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Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center

In research, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center stands highest in Medicine (#107 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#146 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#186 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Otorhinolaryngology, Oncology and Hepatology — Otorhinolaryngology is 35.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#572
of 28,054 · #1,599 all time
Rank in China
#186
of 3,058
Research works
6.1k
▲ 55% vs 2013–17
Citations
153k
25.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
25.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
59%
world 28%

What is Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
MedicineField #107 of 10,443 22.4%1,297 #350
Health SciencesDomain #146 of 11,982 22.5%1,322 #449
Life SciencesDomain #186 of 7,800 34.3%528 #721
OncologySubfield #29 of 772 25.1%328 #138
Molecular BiologySubfield #163 of 2,175 34.6%243 #538
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #287 of 3,579 33.0%405 #887
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #92 of 1,144 19.5%233 #331
SurgerySubfield #185 of 1,816 23.6%176 #575
Cancer ResearchSubfield #31 of 237 29.9%109 #91
Immunology and MicrobiologyField #113 of 682 40.6%87 #482

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Medicine#350 #107
  2. Health Sciences#449 #146
  3. Life Sciences#721 #186
  4. Oncology#138 #29
  5. Molecular Biology#538 #163
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#887 #287
  7. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#331 #92
  8. Surgery#575 #185
  9. Cancer Research#91 #31
  10. Immunology and Microbiology#482 #113
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Otorhinolaryngology takes 35.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OtorhinolaryngologySubfield · 70.9 works36×
  2. OncologySubfield · 327.7 works15×
  3. HepatologySubfield · 54.0 works14×
  4. Cancer ResearchSubfield · 108.6 works13×
  5. RadiationSubfield · 21.7 works7.9×
  6. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 233.4 works7.6×
  7. GeneticsSubfield · 34.9 works6.4×
  8. Pathology and Forensic MedicineSubfield · 65.1 works6.3×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.82× its world share, 405 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.37× its world share, 87 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.79× its world share, 25 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.60× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.23× its world share, 7 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.18× its world share, 28 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 33 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.08× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.19× its world share, 13 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.11× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.51× its world share, 22 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.60× its world share, 6 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.25× its world share, 13 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.39× its world share, 1,297 worksMedicineNursing: 0.58× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.12× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.13× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 4.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Chemotherapy, Cancer, Tumor Microenvironment, Radiotherapy, Immunotherapy, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Prognostic Factors and Survival.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Chemotherapy269▲ 19×23 topics
  2. Cancer236▲ 8.9×49 topics
  3. Tumor Microenvironment207▲ 23×8 topics
  4. Radiotherapy169▲ 22×13 topics
  5. Immunotherapy163▲ 11×18 topics
  6. Inflammation127▲ 3.1×80 topics
  7. Clinical Practice Guidelines123▲ 11×14 topics
  8. Prognostic Factors122▲ 14×14 topics
  9. Survival120▲ 45×4 topics
  10. Gene Expression101▲ 8.3×17 topics
  11. Metastasis101▲ 15×12 topics
  12. Targeted Therapy99▲ 22×5 topics
  13. Clinical Trials89▲ 6.7×17 topics
  14. Neoadjuvant Therapy88▲ 19×5 topics
  15. Oxidative Stress88▲ 2.7×50 topics
  16. Cetuximab87▲ 53×2 topics
  17. Prognosis86▲ 13×8 topics
  18. Immune Checkpoint Blockade84▲ 38×1 topic
  19. PD-1 and PD-L184▲ 38×1 topic
  20. Human Papillomavirus79▲ 32×3 topics
  21. Treatment76▲ 3.1×41 topics
  22. Immunity74▲ 9.3×10 topics
  23. Biomarkers73▲ 5.4×16 topics
  24. Squamous Cell Carcinoma72▲ 41×3 topics
  25. Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma70▲ 70×1 topic
  26. Oropharyngeal Cancer70▲ 70×1 topic
  27. Cell Death70▲ 15×6 topics
  28. Precision Medicine68▲ 7.3×8 topics
  29. Cancer Therapy64▲ 5.7×19 topics
  30. Endoscopic Resection57▲ 29×2 topics
  31. Hepatocellular Carcinoma57▲ 14×3 topics
  32. Survival Analysis56▲ 10×7 topics
  33. Cancer Progression53▲ 14×8 topics
  34. Molecular Characterization53▲ 15×5 topics
  35. PET Imaging52▲ 16×5 topics
  36. Adjuvant Therapy50▲ 20×2 topics
  37. Lipid Peroxidation50▲ 24×3 topics
  38. Chemoradiation49▲ 38×2 topics
  39. Ferroptosis49▲ 32×1 topic
  40. GPX449▲ 32×1 topic

Which research topics does Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers, Head and Neck Cancer Studies, Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis and Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis.

Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 84 fractional worksHead and Neck Cancer Studies: 70 fractional worksFerroptosis and cancer prognosis: 49 fractional worksHepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis: 46 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 43 fractional worksLung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 38 fractional worksEsophageal Cancer Resear…37Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment: 37 fractional worksRNA modifications and ca…34RNA modifications and cancer: 34 fractional worksLung Cancer Research Stu…34Lung Cancer Research Studies: 34 fractional worksLung Cancer Diagnosis an…30Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 30 fractional works
OncologyOtorhinolaryngologyPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineHepatology3 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Cancer Immunotherapy and BiomarkersOncology 84 works
  2. 2 Head and Neck Cancer StudiesOtorhinolaryngology 70 works
  3. 3 Ferroptosis and cancer prognosisPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 49 works
  4. 4 Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and PrognosisHepatology 46 works
  5. 5 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical ImagingRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 43 works
  6. 6 Lung Cancer Treatments and MutationsPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 38 works
  7. 7 Esophageal Cancer Research and TreatmentSurgery 37 works
  8. 8 RNA modifications and cancerMolecular Biology 34 works
  9. 9 Lung Cancer Research StudiesOncology 34 works
  10. 10 Lung Cancer Diagnosis and TreatmentPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 30 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world’s own shares — the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available58.9%not open41.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.7%domestic only84.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 55% higher than in 2013–2017.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

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