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Third Xiangya Hospital

In research, Third Xiangya Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#486 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#491 of 10,443 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#557 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Nephrology, Cancer Research and Immunology — Nephrology is 8.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,309
of 28,054 · #3,613 all time
Rank in China
#391
of 3,058
Research works
3.6k
▲ 92% vs 2013–17
Citations
63k
17.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
29.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
55%
world 28%

What is Third Xiangya Hospital 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 #486 of 11,982 28.5%787 #1592
MedicineField #491 of 10,443 27.6%737 #1561
Life SciencesDomain #557 of 7,800 27.8%412 #1649
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #833 of 3,579 27.9%286 #1832
Molecular BiologySubfield #534 of 2,175 27.7%174 #1357
SurgerySubfield #487 of 1,816 28.4%85 #1563
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #454 of 1,144 28.9%73 #1346
Immunology and MicrobiologyField #305 of 682 30.1%72 #1032
OncologySubfield #425 of 772 26.7%63 #1069
ImmunologySubfield #253 of 455 31.1%63 #869

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Third Xiangya Hospital 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#1,592 #486
  2. Medicine#1,561 #491
  3. Life Sciences#1,649 #557
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,832 #833
  5. Molecular Biology#1,357 #534
  6. Surgery#1,563 #487
  7. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#1,346 #454
  8. Immunology and Microbiology#1,032 #305
  9. Oncology#1,069 #425
  10. Immunology#869 #253
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 Xiangya Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Nephrology takes 8.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. NephrologySubfield · 25.9 works8.9×
  2. Cancer ResearchSubfield · 50.5 works8.7×
  3. ImmunologySubfield · 62.9 works6.8×
  4. Immunology and MicrobiologyField · 72.0 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: 0.08× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4.00× its world share, 286 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 5.33× its world share, 72 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.80× its world share, 39 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.05× its world share, 10 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.21× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.11× its world share, 12 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.18× its world share, 36 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.28× its world share, 18 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.45× its world share, 21 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.85× its world share, 6 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.82× its world share, 29 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.86× its world share, 737 worksMedicineNursing: 2.21× its world share, 14 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.63× its world share, 26 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 15 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 5.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Third Xiangya Hospital?

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

▲ 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. Inflammation168▲ 6.0×80 topics
  2. Cancer146▲ 8.1×48 topics
  3. Epidemiology121▲ 2.3×110 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress94▲ 4.3×53 topics
  5. Cardiovascular Disease71▲ 4.7×36 topics
  6. Tumor Microenvironment62▲ 10×8 topics
  7. Gene Expression59▲ 7.2×14 topics
  8. Metabolic Syndrome56▲ 5.1×22 topics
  9. Cell Death51▲ 16×6 topics
  10. Biomarkers47▲ 5.1×17 topics
  11. Quality of Life43▲ 2.2×43 topics
  12. Treatment40▲ 2.5×44 topics
  13. Regulation38▲ 5.2×11 topics
  14. Obesity37▲ 3.6×23 topics
  15. Diagnosis36▲ 2.9×37 topics
  16. Immunity35▲ 6.5×11 topics
  17. Metastasis35▲ 7.6×12 topics
  18. Insulin Resistance34▲ 5.6×9 topics
  19. Immunotherapy34▲ 3.5×17 topics
  20. Immune Response33▲ 4.3×21 topics
  21. Management33▲ 3.1×27 topics
  22. Apoptosis31▲ 7.7×18 topics
  23. Chemotherapy31▲ 3.3×24 topics
  24. Cancer Therapy31▲ 4.0×18 topics
  25. Biogenesis31▲ 13×3 topics
  26. Diabetes30▲ 4.5×19 topics
  27. Cancer Progression30▲ 12×8 topics
  28. Epigenetic Regulation29▲ 10.0×5 topics
  29. Lipid Peroxidation28▲ 20×2 topics
  30. Angiogenesis28▲ 6.3×15 topics
  31. Ferroptosis28▲ 27×1 topic
  32. GPX428▲ 27×1 topic
  33. Innate Immunity25▲ 5.9×11 topics
  34. Chronic Kidney Disease24▲ 7.4×8 topics
  35. Hypertension23▲ 6.0×14 topics
  36. Gene Expression Regulation23▲ 16×3 topics
  37. RNA methylation21▲ 17×1 topic
  38. m6A-seq21▲ 17×1 topic
  39. Disease20▲ 17×3 topics
  40. Mitochondria20▲ 12×6 topics

Which research topics does Third Xiangya Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis, RNA modifications and cancer, Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research and MicroRNA in disease regulation.

Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis: 28 fractional worksRNA modifications and cancer: 21 fractional worksCancer-related molecular…19Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research: 19 fractional worksMicroRNA in disease regu…13MicroRNA in disease regulation: 13 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 12 fractional worksInflammasome and immune disorders: 12 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and…12Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 12 fractional worksCircular RNAs in diseases12Circular RNAs in diseases: 12 fractional worksGut microbiota and health10Gut microbiota and health: 10 fractional worksImmune cells in cancer10Immune cells in cancer: 10 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineMolecular BiologyCancer ResearchEpidemiology2 others

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

  1. 1 Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 28 works
  2. 2 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 21 works
  3. 3 Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research Cancer Research 19 works
  4. 4 MicroRNA in disease regulation Cancer Research 13 works
  5. 5 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 12 works
  6. 6 Inflammasome and immune disorders Molecular Biology 12 works
  7. 7 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 12 works
  8. 8 Circular RNAs in diseases Molecular Biology 12 works
  9. 9 Gut microbiota and health Molecular Biology 10 works
  10. 10 Immune cells in cancer Immunology 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 available55.1%not open44.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.0%domestic only88.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Third Xiangya Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 92% higher than in 2013–2017.

2005201020152020
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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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