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Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University

In research, Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University stands highest in Medicine (#702 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#921 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#612 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Hepatology, Neurology and Immunology — Hepatology is 22.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,689
of 28,054 · #4,039 all time
Rank in China
#477
of 3,058
Research works
5k
▲ 23% vs 2013–17
Citations
73k
14.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
25.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
46%
world 28%

What is Third Affiliated Hospital of 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 #702 of 10,443 22.9%750 #1656
Health SciencesDomain #921 of 11,982 23.1%792 #2109
Life SciencesDomain #612 of 7,800 29.9%352 #1601
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #953 of 3,579 29.4%213 #2079
Molecular BiologySubfield #722 of 2,175 29.7%130 #1533
SurgerySubfield #632 of 1,816 21.3%94 #1352
Immunology and MicrobiologyField #343 of 682 36.2%64 #933
EpidemiologySubfield #526 of 976 22.1%81 #1261
Physical SciencesDomain #7,304 of 12,888 30.0%70 #13696
NeuroscienceField #664 of 1,168 26.0%63 #1687

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Third Affiliated Hospital of 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#1,656 #702
  2. Health Sciences#2,109 #921
  3. Life Sciences#1,601 #612
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#2,079 #953
  5. Molecular Biology#1,533 #722
  6. Surgery#1,352 #632
  7. Immunology and Microbiology#933 #343
  8. Epidemiology#1,261 #526
  9. Physical Sciences#13,696 #7,304
  10. Neuroscience#1,687 #664
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 Sun Yat-sen University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Hepatology takes 22.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. HepatologySubfield · 53.7 works22×
  2. NeurologySubfield · 22.4 works6.5×
  3. ImmunologySubfield · 55.6 works6.5×
  4. RheumatologySubfield · 33.9 works6.0×
← 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: 0.10× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.22× its world share, 213 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 5.10× its world share, 64 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.14× its world share, 63 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.47× its world share, 6 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.11× its world share, 11 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.16× its world share, 31 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.15× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.29× its world share, 13 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.98× its world share, 6 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.76× its world share, 25 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.15× its world share, 750 worksMedicineNursing: 1.36× its world share, 8 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.57× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.41× its world share, 16 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 5.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Inflammation, Cancer, Epidemiology, Oxidative Stress, Hepatocellular Carcinoma, Tumor Microenvironment, Treatment and Metabolic Syndrome.

▲ 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. Inflammation139▲ 5.4×80 topics
  2. Epidemiology132▲ 2.7×114 topics
  3. Cancer107▲ 6.4×51 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress85▲ 4.2×55 topics
  5. Treatment62▲ 4.1×43 topics
  6. Hepatocellular Carcinoma54▲ 21×3 topics
  7. Quality of Life53▲ 3.0×42 topics
  8. Cardiovascular Disease52▲ 3.8×36 topics
  9. Metabolic Syndrome49▲ 4.8×21 topics
  10. Diagnosis48▲ 4.2×39 topics
  11. Tumor Microenvironment48▲ 8.7×8 topics
  12. Biomarkers43▲ 5.1×17 topics
  13. Management43▲ 4.4×27 topics
  14. Gene Expression40▲ 5.3×15 topics
  15. Immune Response40▲ 5.7×20 topics
  16. Insulin Resistance40▲ 7.0×10 topics
  17. Clinical Practice Guidelines37▲ 5.5×14 topics
  18. Immunity37▲ 7.4×11 topics
  19. Immunotherapy36▲ 4.1×19 topics
  20. Cell Death33▲ 11×6 topics
  21. Neurological Disorders33▲ 4.7×17 topics
  22. Global Burden29▲ 4.3×12 topics
  23. Chemotherapy29▲ 3.3×24 topics
  24. Innate Immunity28▲ 7.0×11 topics
  25. Biogenesis28▲ 13×3 topics
  26. Metabolism27▲ 4.3×26 topics
  27. Metastasis26▲ 6.2×12 topics
  28. Hepatic Steatosis26▲ 13×2 topics
  29. Antiviral Therapy25▲ 21×3 topics
  30. Liver Disease25▲ 22×3 topics
  31. NAFLD24▲ 16×1 topic
  32. NASH24▲ 16×1 topic
  33. Survival22▲ 13×4 topics
  34. Apoptosis22▲ 5.7×17 topics
  35. Cytokines22▲ 6.2×8 topics
  36. Neuroinflammation21▲ 5.9×6 topics
  37. Cancer Progression19▲ 8.5×8 topics
  38. Lipid Peroxidation19▲ 14×3 topics
  39. Radiofrequency Ablation18▲ 14×2 topics
  40. Liver Cancer18▲ 26×1 topic

Which research topics does Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment, Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis, Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis and Liver Disease and Transplantation.

Liver Disease Diagnosis …24Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 24 fractional worksHepatocellular Carcinoma…18Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis: 18 fractional worksFerroptosis and cancer p…18Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis: 18 fractional worksLiver Disease and Transp…14Liver Disease and Transplantation: 14 fractional worksImmune cells in cancer: 13 fractional worksHepatitis B Virus Studies: 13 fractional worksExtracellular vesicles i…12Extracellular vesicles in disease: 12 fractional worksCancer-related molecular mechanisms research: 12 fractional worksRNA modifications and cancer: 12 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and…11Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 11 fractional works
EpidemiologyHepatologyPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineImmunology3 others

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

  1. 1 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 24 works
  2. 2 Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis Hepatology 18 works
  3. 3 Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 18 works
  4. 4 Liver Disease and Transplantation Hepatology 14 works
  5. 5 Immune cells in cancer Immunology 13 works
  6. 6 Hepatitis B Virus Studies Epidemiology 13 works
  7. 7 Extracellular vesicles in disease Molecular Biology 12 works
  8. 8 Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research Cancer Research 12 works
  9. 9 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 12 works
  10. 10 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 11 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 available45.6%not open54.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.8%domestic only90.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 23% 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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