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Third Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University

In research, Third Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,897 of 11,982 worldwide), Life Sciences (#2,263 of 7,800 worldwide) and Medicine (#3,451 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Reproductive Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health — Reproductive Medicine is 26.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,155
of 28,054 · #11,465 all time
Rank in China
#1,119
of 3,058
Research works
1.8k
▲ 24% vs 2013–17
Citations
15k
8.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
42%
world 28%

What is Third Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou 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
Health SciencesDomain #2,897 of 11,982 20.5%364 #7022
Life SciencesDomain #2,263 of 7,800 21.7%178 #4877
MedicineField #3,451 of 10,443 20.3%349 #6790
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,078 of 3,579 21.4%123 #4736
Molecular BiologySubfield #1,764 of 2,175 23.7%63 #3784

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Third Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou 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. Health Sciences#7,022 #2,897
  2. Life Sciences#4,877 #2,263
  3. Medicine#6,790 #3,451
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#4,736 #2,078
  5. Molecular Biology#3,784 #1,764
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 Zhengzhou University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Reproductive Medicine takes 26.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Reproductive MedicineSubfield · 35.3 works26×
  2. Obstetrics and GynecologySubfield · 25.4 works15×
  3. Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSubfield · 39.0 works8.8×
  4. GeneticsSubfield · 25.9 works5.3×
← 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: 0.12× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.87× its world share, 123 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.31× its world share, 20 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.10× its world share, 30 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.00× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.39× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.13× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 9 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.32× its world share, 10 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.13× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.67× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.42× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.06× its world share, 349 worksMedicineNursing: 2.14× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.71× its world share, 13 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

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

Ranked on the composite score, Changlian Zhu, Xiaoyang Wang and Shihong Cui lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Third Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University.

  1. 1 Changlian Zhu China · #110,372 worldwide 331 citations · 23 works
  2. 2 Xiaoyang Wang China · #792,041 worldwide 107 citations · 81 works
  3. 3 Shihong Cui China · #1,015,021 worldwide 12 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Lihua Jiang China · #1,090,902 worldwide 27 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Linlin Zhang China · #1,188,432 worldwide 51 citations · 34 works
  6. 6 Ya Xiao China · #1,477,244 worldwide 3 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Third Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University

Which keywords describe research at Third Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cancer, Inflammation, Oxidative Stress, Epidemiology, Metabolic Syndrome, Cardiovascular Disease, Infertility and Gene Expression.

▲ 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. Cancer54▲ 6.8×43 topics
  2. Epidemiology53▲ 2.3×85 topics
  3. Inflammation47▲ 3.8×67 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress40▲ 4.1×43 topics
  5. Cardiovascular Disease32▲ 4.9×28 topics
  6. Metabolic Syndrome29▲ 6.1×15 topics
  7. Infertility24▲ 29×3 topics
  8. Gene Expression22▲ 6.2×11 topics
  9. Obesity20▲ 4.5×14 topics
  10. Quality of Life20▲ 2.3×33 topics
  11. Insulin Resistance19▲ 6.9×8 topics
  12. Prenatal Diagnosis18▲ 21×7 topics
  13. Tumor Microenvironment17▲ 6.5×8 topics
  14. Fertility16▲ 32×3 topics
  15. Metastasis16▲ 7.7×12 topics
  16. Chemotherapy15▲ 3.7×19 topics
  17. Assisted Reproductive Technology15▲ 40×2 topics
  18. Ovarian Reserve15▲ 57×1 topic
  19. Polycystic Ovary Syndrome15▲ 57×1 topic
  20. Cell Death14▲ 10×6 topics
  21. Maternal Mortality14▲ 11×5 topics
  22. Epigenetic Regulation14▲ 11×4 topics
  23. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes14▲ 12×6 topics
  24. Pregnancy13▲ 11×8 topics
  25. Brain Development13▲ 12×5 topics
  26. Clinical Practice Guidelines13▲ 3.9×12 topics
  27. Fertility Preservation12▲ 37×1 topic
  28. Ovarian Tissue Cryopreservation12▲ 37×1 topic
  29. Preterm Infants12▲ 16×3 topics
  30. Genetic Mutations12▲ 4.6×20 topics
  31. Endothelial Dysfunction11▲ 8.0×7 topics
  32. Cancer Progression10▲ 9.4×8 topics
  33. Cervical Cancer10▲ 16×3 topics
  34. Biogenesis10▲ 9.6×3 topics
  35. Genetic Variants10▲ 9.4×6 topics
  36. Immune Regulation9▲ 14×4 topics
  37. Cerebral Palsy9▲ 21×2 topics
  38. In Vitro Fertilization9▲ 67×1 topic
  39. Twin Pregnancy9▲ 67×1 topic
  40. Neurodevelopmental Disorders9▲ 11×4 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Ovarian function and disorders, Reproductive Biology and Fertility, Assisted Reproductive Technology and Twin Pregnancy and Reproductive System and Pregnancy.

Ovarian function and dis…15Ovarian function and disorders: 15 fractional worksReproductive Biology and…12Reproductive Biology and Fertility: 12 fractional worksAssisted Reproductive Technology and Twin Pregnancy: 9 fractional worksReproductive System and Pregnancy: 8 fractional worksPregnancy and preeclamps…8Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies: 8 fractional worksPrenatal Screening and Diagnostics: 8 fractional worksFerroptosis and cancer prognosis: 8 fractional worksRNA modifications and ca…7RNA modifications and cancer: 7 fractional worksGenomics and Rare Diseases: 7 fractional worksCancer-related molecular mechanisms research: 7 fractional works
Reproductive MedicinePublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthImmunology5 others

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

  1. 1 Ovarian function and disorders Reproductive Medicine 15 works
  2. 2 Reproductive Biology and Fertility Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 12 works
  3. 3 Assisted Reproductive Technology and Twin Pregnancy Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 9 works
  4. 4 Reproductive System and Pregnancy Immunology 8 works
  5. 5 Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies Obstetrics and Gynecology 8 works
  6. 6 Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 8 works
  7. 7 Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 8 works
  8. 8 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 7 works
  9. 9 Genomics and Rare Diseases Genetics 7 works
  10. 10 Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research Cancer Research 7 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 available42.3%not open57.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.5%domestic only91.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 24% 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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