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Third Affiliated Hospital of Southern Medical University

In research, Third Affiliated Hospital of Southern Medical University stands highest in Life Sciences (#1,176 of 7,800 worldwide), Medicine (#1,835 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#2,283 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cancer Research, Rheumatology and Immunology — Cancer Research is 8.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,705
of 28,054 · #7,427 all time
Rank in China
#685
of 3,058
Research works
1.7k
▲ 67% vs 2013–17
Citations
24k
13.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
25.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
54%
world 28%

What is Third Affiliated Hospital of Southern Medical 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
Life SciencesDomain #1,176 of 7,800 26.8%203 #3399
MedicineField #1,835 of 10,443 23.0%380 #4717
Health SciencesDomain #2,283 of 11,982 23.0%399 #5474
SurgerySubfield #727 of 1,816 20.8%67 #1902
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,545 of 3,579 25.0%137 #3983
Molecular BiologySubfield #1,184 of 2,175 27.6%84 #2773
Physical SciencesDomain #7,080 of 12,888 32.3%69 #13356

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Third Affiliated Hospital of Southern Medical 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. Life Sciences#3,399 #1,176
  2. Medicine#4,717 #1,835
  3. Health Sciences#5,474 #2,283
  4. Surgery#1,902 #727
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#3,983 #1,545
  6. Molecular Biology#2,773 #1,184
  7. Physical Sciences#13,356 #7,080
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 Third Affiliated Hospital of Southern Medical University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cancer Research takes 8.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cancer ResearchSubfield · 23.9 works8.1×
  2. RheumatologySubfield · 23.0 works7.4×
  3. ImmunologySubfield · 29.8 works6.3×
  4. Immunology and MicrobiologyField · 33.9 works4.9×
← 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, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.75× its world share, 136 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.93× its world share, 34 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.04× its world share, 23 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.01× its world share, 7 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.41× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.15× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.33× its world share, 34 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.14× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.66× its world share, 16 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.93× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.54× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.89× its world share, 380 worksMedicineNursing: 1.74× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.94× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.29× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 4.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Third Affiliated Hospital of Southern Medical University?

Ranked on the composite score, Jing Ning, Lixin Liu and Daozhang Cai lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Third Affiliated Hospital of Southern Medical University.

  1. 1 Jing Ning China · #1,171,848 worldwide 26 citations · 17 works
  2. 2 Lixin Liu China · #1,172,996 worldwide 20 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Daozhang Cai China · #1,243,398 worldwide 27 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Mingkun Chen China · #1,396,383 worldwide 24 citations · 23 works
  5. 5 Duan Xiao China · #1,526,487 worldwide 5 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 Cundong Liu China · #1,562,992 worldwide 13 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Third Affiliated Hospital of Southern Medical University

Which keywords describe research at Third Affiliated Hospital of Southern Medical University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Inflammation, Cancer, Epidemiology, Oxidative Stress, Angiogenesis, Biomarkers, Tumor Microenvironment and Regeneration.

▲ 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. Inflammation92▲ 6.5×75 topics
  2. Cancer74▲ 8.1×51 topics
  3. Epidemiology59▲ 2.2×98 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress40▲ 3.6×52 topics
  5. Biomarkers25▲ 5.4×14 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Disease23▲ 3.0×33 topics
  7. Gene Expression22▲ 5.2×14 topics
  8. Angiogenesis22▲ 9.6×15 topics
  9. Tumor Microenvironment21▲ 7.0×8 topics
  10. Metabolic Syndrome19▲ 3.5×22 topics
  11. Regeneration19▲ 14×5 topics
  12. Cell Death18▲ 12×6 topics
  13. Immunity18▲ 6.5×10 topics
  14. Metabolism18▲ 5.0×22 topics
  15. Reactive Oxygen Species17▲ 6.1×11 topics
  16. Tissue Engineering17▲ 4.0×11 topics
  17. Biogenesis16▲ 14×3 topics
  18. Biomechanics16▲ 7.7×8 topics
  19. Drug Delivery16▲ 4.3×11 topics
  20. Immunotherapy15▲ 3.1×16 topics
  21. Immune Response15▲ 3.9×17 topics
  22. Metastasis15▲ 6.5×11 topics
  23. Cancer Therapy15▲ 3.8×16 topics
  24. Low Back Pain15▲ 13×3 topics
  25. Innate Immunity14▲ 6.6×11 topics
  26. Rehabilitation14▲ 5.3×10 topics
  27. Apoptosis14▲ 6.8×20 topics
  28. Degenerative Disc Disease13▲ 21×2 topics
  29. Surgical Treatment13▲ 9.8×5 topics
  30. Cancer Progression13▲ 10×8 topics
  31. Epigenetic Regulation13▲ 8.8×6 topics
  32. Extracellular Matrix12▲ 10×7 topics
  33. Chronic Kidney Disease12▲ 7.0×8 topics
  34. Regenerative Medicine11▲ 6.6×6 topics
  35. Osteoarthritis11▲ 13×6 topics
  36. Mesenchymal Stem Cells11▲ 15×3 topics
  37. Cell Differentiation10▲ 16×2 topics
  38. Clinical Outcomes10▲ 7.2×5 topics
  39. Spinal Fusion10▲ 16×2 topics
  40. Matrix Metalloproteinases10▲ 10×4 topics

Which research topics does Third Affiliated Hospital of Southern Medical University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research, Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology, Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis and Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms.

Cancer-related molecular…9Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research: 9 fractional worksSpine and Intervertebral…9Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 9 fractional worksFerroptosis and cancer prognosis: 9 fractional worksOsteoarthritis Treatment…8Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms: 8 fractional worksNanoplatforms for cancer…7Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics: 7 fractional worksRNA modifications and cancer: 7 fractional worksMicroRNA in disease regulation: 7 fractional worksImmune cells in cancer6Immune cells in cancer: 6 fractional worksExtracellular vesicles in disease: 6 fractional worksBone Tissue Engineering Materials: 5 fractional works
Cancer ResearchPathology and Forensic MedicinePulmonary and Respiratory MedicineRheumatology3 others

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

  1. 1 Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research Cancer Research 9 works
  2. 2 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 9 works
  3. 3 Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 9 works
  4. 4 Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms Rheumatology 8 works
  5. 5 Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics Biomedical Engineering 7 works
  6. 6 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 7 works
  7. 7 MicroRNA in disease regulation Cancer Research 7 works
  8. 8 Immune cells in cancer Immunology 6 works
  9. 9 Extracellular vesicles in disease Molecular Biology 6 works
  10. 10 Bone Tissue Engineering Materials Biomedical Engineering 5 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 available54.2%not open45.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.0%domestic only89.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Third Affiliated Hospital of Southern Medical University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 67% 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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