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Hospital / health system · Shijiazhuang · China

Third Hospital of Hebei Medical University

In research, Third Hospital of Hebei Medical University stands highest in Medicine (#1,569 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#2,228 of 11,982 worldwide) and Surgery (#635 of 1,816 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Surgery and Pathology and Forensic Medicine — Orthopedics and Sports Medicine is 13.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,290
of 28,054 · #14,266 all time
Rank in China
#1,318
of 3,058
Research works
2.2k
▲ 17% vs 2013–17
Citations
24k
10.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
52%
world 28%

What is Third Hospital of Hebei 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
MedicineField #1,569 of 10,443 18.3%494 #4248
Health SciencesDomain #2,228 of 11,982 18.2%506 #5665
SurgerySubfield #635 of 1,816 17.3%162 #1449
Life SciencesDomain #2,961 of 7,800 19.4%120 #6024
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,886 of 3,579 19.5%78 #5516

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Third Hospital of Hebei 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. Medicine#4,248 #1,569
  2. Health Sciences#5,665 #2,228
  3. Surgery#1,449 #635
  4. Life Sciences#6,024 #2,961
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#5,516 #2,886
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 Hospital of Hebei Medical University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Orthopedics and Sports Medicine takes 13.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Orthopedics and Sports MedicineSubfield · 23.1 works13×
  2. SurgerySubfield · 161.7 works10×
  3. Pathology and Forensic MedicineSubfield · 30.6 works8.8×
  4. RheumatologySubfield · 21.1 works6.9×
← 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: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.18× its world share, 78 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.25× its world share, 15 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.00× its world share, 22 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.49× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.03× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.26× its world share, 26 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.10× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.16× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.47× its world share, 5 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.21× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.82× its world share, 494 worksMedicineNursing: 0.90× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.70× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.18× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Third Hospital of Hebei Medical University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Inflammation, Cancer, Complications, Biomechanics, Epidemiology, Degenerative Disc Disease, Spinal Fusion and Mortality.

▲ 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. Epidemiology66▲ 2.5×94 topics
  2. Inflammation64▲ 4.6×74 topics
  3. Cancer52▲ 5.8×46 topics
  4. Complications44▲ 13×17 topics
  5. Biomechanics39▲ 19×8 topics
  6. Oxidative Stress38▲ 3.5×44 topics
  7. Degenerative Disc Disease37▲ 58×2 topics
  8. Spinal Fusion35▲ 55×2 topics
  9. Mortality30▲ 7.9×11 topics
  10. Surgical Treatment30▲ 23×5 topics
  11. Rehabilitation29▲ 11×11 topics
  12. Revision Surgery27▲ 32×2 topics
  13. Total Hip Replacement27▲ 32×2 topics
  14. Treatment26▲ 3.2×38 topics
  15. Low Back Pain26▲ 23×2 topics
  16. Clinical Outcomes25▲ 18×6 topics
  17. Intervertebral Disc23▲ 50×1 topic
  18. Lumbar Disc Degeneration23▲ 50×1 topic
  19. Spinal Surgery23▲ 44×2 topics
  20. Arthroplasty21▲ 33×2 topics
  21. Clinical Practice Guidelines21▲ 5.8×14 topics
  22. Elderly Patients20▲ 18×4 topics
  23. Tumor Microenvironment20▲ 6.6×8 topics
  24. Surgery19▲ 8.0×11 topics
  25. Patient Satisfaction18▲ 8.7×6 topics
  26. Health-related Quality of Life18▲ 12×4 topics
  27. Surgical Management17▲ 6.3×15 topics
  28. Outcomes17▲ 32×1 topic
  29. Total Knee Replacement17▲ 38×1 topic
  30. Functional Recovery17▲ 17×4 topics
  31. Internal Fixation16▲ 36×2 topics
  32. Regeneration16▲ 12×5 topics
  33. Osteoarthritis16▲ 18×6 topics
  34. Hip Fracture15▲ 59×1 topic
  35. Orthogeriatric Care15▲ 59×1 topic
  36. Cell Death14▲ 9.3×6 topics
  37. Dysphagia14▲ 36×2 topics
  38. Anterior Cervical Discectomy14▲ 77×1 topic
  39. Cervical Spine Surgery14▲ 77×1 topic
  40. Hepatocellular Carcinoma14▲ 10×3 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology, Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes, Hip and Femur Fractures and Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy.

Spine and Intervertebral…23Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 23 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty …17Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 17 fractional worksHip and Femur Fractures: 15 fractional worksCervical and Thoracic Myelopathy: 14 fractional worksScoliosis diagnosis and treatment: 13 fractional worksLower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies: 12 fractional worksKnee injuries and reconstruction techniques: 12 fractional worksBone fractures and treat…11Bone fractures and treatments: 11 fractional worksSpinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques: 11 fractional worksOrthopaedic implants and arthroplasty: 10 fractional works
Pathology and Forensic MedicineSurgeryBiomedical EngineeringEpidemiology

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

  1. 1 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 23 works
  2. 2 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 17 works
  3. 3 Hip and Femur Fractures Surgery 15 works
  4. 4 Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy Surgery 14 works
  5. 5 Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment Surgery 13 works
  6. 6 Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies Biomedical Engineering 12 works
  7. 7 Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques Surgery 12 works
  8. 8 Bone fractures and treatments Epidemiology 11 works
  9. 9 Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques Surgery 11 works
  10. 10 Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty Surgery 10 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 available51.6%not open48.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.1%domestic only94.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 17% 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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