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The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University

In research, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University stands highest in Medicine (#159 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#231 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#178 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Hepatology, Gastroenterology and Cancer Research — Hepatology is 13.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#629
of 28,054 · #1,878 all time
Rank in China
#205
of 3,058
Research works
11k
▲ 30% vs 2013–17
Citations
201k
17.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
24.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
47%
world 28%

What is The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University 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 #159 of 10,443 22.2%1,874 #588
Health SciencesDomain #231 of 11,982 22.3%1,944 #749
Life SciencesDomain #178 of 7,800 29.4%809 #739
Molecular BiologySubfield #156 of 2,175 29.9%332 #571
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #309 of 3,579 29.2%565 #886
SurgerySubfield #158 of 1,816 20.1%273 #494
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #110 of 1,144 21.6%227 #417
OncologySubfield #90 of 772 24.7%194 #367
Immunology and MicrobiologyField #98 of 682 34.4%130 #488
ImmunologySubfield #87 of 455 35.0%120 #438

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University 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#588 #159
  2. Health Sciences#749 #231
  3. Life Sciences#739 #178
  4. Molecular Biology#571 #156
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#886 #309
  6. Surgery#494 #158
  7. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#417 #110
  8. Oncology#367 #90
  9. Immunology and Microbiology#488 #98
  10. Immunology#438 #87
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 The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Hepatology takes 13.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. HepatologySubfield · 75.8 works13×
  2. GastroenterologySubfield · 29.8 works8.6×
  3. Cancer ResearchSubfield · 103.1 works8.0×
  4. NephrologySubfield · 47.7 works7.5×
  5. OtorhinolaryngologySubfield · 21.3 works7.2×
  6. ImmunologySubfield · 120.5 works5.9×
  7. OncologySubfield · 193.9 works5.8×
← 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: 0.07× its world share, 10 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.59× its world share, 565 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.38× its world share, 130 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.92× its world share, 92 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.09× its world share, 11 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.23× its world share, 11 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.13× its world share, 30 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.16× its world share, 72 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.11× its world share, 16 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.25× its world share, 26 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.09× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.94× its world share, 14 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.44× its world share, 34 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.30× its world share, 1,874 worksMedicineNursing: 1.37× its world share, 20 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.55× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.05× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.18× its world share, 16 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 9 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 The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cancer, Inflammation, Tumor Microenvironment, Epidemiology, Chemotherapy, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Treatment and Oxidative Stress.

▲ 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. Inflammation296▲ 4.8×82 topics
  2. Cancer277▲ 7.0×54 topics
  3. Epidemiology266▲ 2.3×121 topics
  4. Tumor Microenvironment159▲ 12×8 topics
  5. Oxidative Stress158▲ 3.3×59 topics
  6. Treatment144▲ 4.0×49 topics
  7. Chemotherapy130▲ 6.3×25 topics
  8. Diagnosis123▲ 4.5×38 topics
  9. Cardiovascular Disease113▲ 3.4×36 topics
  10. Clinical Practice Guidelines113▲ 7.0×14 topics
  11. Immunotherapy109▲ 5.2×19 topics
  12. Gene Expression106▲ 5.9×15 topics
  13. Management100▲ 4.3×29 topics
  14. Biomarkers94▲ 4.7×17 topics
  15. Prognostic Factors92▲ 7.1×14 topics
  16. Metabolic Syndrome88▲ 3.7×23 topics
  17. Hepatocellular Carcinoma78▲ 13×3 topics
  18. Cell Death76▲ 11×6 topics
  19. Immunity74▲ 6.2×11 topics
  20. Metastasis72▲ 7.1×12 topics
  21. Obesity71▲ 3.2×22 topics
  22. Survival62▲ 16×4 topics
  23. Insulin Resistance62▲ 4.6×10 topics
  24. Cancer Progression61▲ 11×8 topics
  25. Angiogenesis60▲ 6.2×16 topics
  26. Surgical Management60▲ 5.0×20 topics
  27. Heart Failure59▲ 4.7×13 topics
  28. Guidelines57▲ 4.2×13 topics
  29. Neoadjuvant Therapy56▲ 8.1×5 topics
  30. Radiofrequency Ablation51▲ 16×2 topics
  31. Biogenesis50▲ 9.7×3 topics
  32. Epigenetic Regulation50▲ 7.9×6 topics
  33. Lipid Peroxidation49▲ 16×3 topics
  34. Ferroptosis48▲ 21×1 topic
  35. GPX448▲ 21×1 topic
  36. Liver Cancer48▲ 29×1 topic
  37. Sorafenib48▲ 29×1 topic
  38. Immune Checkpoint Blockade43▲ 13×1 topic
  39. PD-1 and PD-L143▲ 13×1 topic
  40. Gene Expression Regulation43▲ 13×3 topics

Which research topics does The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University publish most on?

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

Ferroptosis and cancer p…48Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis: 48 fractional worksHepatocellular Carcinoma…48Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis: 48 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and…43Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 43 fractional worksRNA modifications and ca…39RNA modifications and cancer: 39 fractional worksCancer-related molecular mechanisms research: 33 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 29 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis …27Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 27 fractional worksCholangiocarcinoma and G…26Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies: 26 fractional worksImmune cells in cancer26Immune cells in cancer: 26 fractional worksInflammatory Bowel Disease20Inflammatory Bowel Disease: 20 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineHepatologyOncologyMolecular Biology6 others

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

  1. 1 Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 48 works
  2. 2 Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis Hepatology 48 works
  3. 3 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 43 works
  4. 4 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 39 works
  5. 5 Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research Cancer Research 33 works
  6. 6 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 29 works
  7. 7 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 27 works
  8. 8 Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies Surgery 26 works
  9. 9 Immune cells in cancer Immunology 26 works
  10. 10 Inflammatory Bowel Disease Genetics 20 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 available46.6%not open53.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.9%domestic only87.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 30% 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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