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Tianjin Hospital

In research, Tianjin Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#3,062 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#3,924 of 11,982 worldwide) and Surgery (#754 of 1,816 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery and Pathology and Forensic Medicine — Surgery is 8.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#7,186
of 28,054 · #14,425 all time
Rank in China
#1,460
of 3,058
Research works
2.4k
▲ 6% vs 2013–17
Citations
22k
9.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
38%
world 28%

What is Tianjin 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
MedicineField #3,062 of 10,443 16.6%365 #5170
Health SciencesDomain #3,924 of 11,982 16.7%378 #6386
SurgerySubfield #754 of 1,816 16.8%113 #1597
Life SciencesDomain #3,762 of 7,800 17.5%113 #7160
Physical SciencesDomain #9,461 of 12,888 19.2%75 #18194
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #3,248 of 3,579 15.8%76 #6175

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Tianjin 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. Medicine#5,170 #3,062
  2. Health Sciences#6,386 #3,924
  3. Surgery#1,597 #754
  4. Life Sciences#7,160 #3,762
  5. Physical Sciences#18,194 #9,461
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#6,175 #3,248
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 Tianjin Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 8.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 113.3 works8.4×
  2. Pathology and Forensic MedicineSubfield · 24.3 works8.1×
← 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: 0.14× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.50× its world share, 76 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.79× its world share, 10 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.14× its world share, 20 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.22× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.23× its world share, 10 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.42× its world share, 36 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.31× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.66× its world share, 13 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.87× its world share, 5 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.31× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.32× its world share, 365 worksMedicineNursing: 0.89× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.63× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.02× 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, 3.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Tianjin Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Jianxiong Ma, Xiaolin Zhang and Yong‐cheng Hu lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Tianjin Hospital.

  1. 1 Jianxiong Ma China · #255,569 worldwide 165 citations · 45 works
  2. 2 Xiaolin Zhang China · #595,479 worldwide 23 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Yong‐cheng Hu China · #866,273 worldwide 9 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 Xun Sun China · #882,705 worldwide 24 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Tieliang Zhang China · #937,407 worldwide 36 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 Bin Lü China · #952,591 worldwide 153 citations · 50 works
  7. 7 Xinlong Ma China · #956,252 worldwide 55 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Bing Li China · #999,019 worldwide 53 citations · 34 works
  9. 9 Baoshan Xu China · #1,001,792 worldwide 29 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 Lei Sun China · #1,068,400 worldwide 27 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Tianjin Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Tianjin Hospital?

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

▲ 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. Inflammation51▲ 4.3×72 topics
  2. Epidemiology47▲ 2.1×82 topics
  3. Cancer34▲ 4.4×41 topics
  4. Complications31▲ 11×13 topics
  5. Biomechanics28▲ 16×8 topics
  6. Degenerative Disc Disease24▲ 44×2 topics
  7. Rehabilitation23▲ 10×11 topics
  8. Oxidative Stress23▲ 2.5×46 topics
  9. Revision Surgery23▲ 32×2 topics
  10. Total Hip Replacement23▲ 32×2 topics
  11. Spinal Fusion20▲ 37×2 topics
  12. Low Back Pain19▲ 19×3 topics
  13. Surgical Treatment19▲ 17×4 topics
  14. Arthroplasty18▲ 32×2 topics
  15. Clinical Outcomes17▲ 14×4 topics
  16. Regeneration17▲ 15×5 topics
  17. Mortality16▲ 4.9×11 topics
  18. Spinal Surgery16▲ 36×2 topics
  19. Intervertebral Disc16▲ 41×1 topic
  20. Lumbar Disc Degeneration16▲ 41×1 topic
  21. Patient Satisfaction16▲ 8.7×5 topics
  22. Biomarkers14▲ 3.6×14 topics
  23. Osteoarthritis14▲ 19×5 topics
  24. Health-related Quality of Life14▲ 10×3 topics
  25. Outcomes14▲ 30×1 topic
  26. Total Knee Replacement14▲ 36×1 topic
  27. Infection Prevention13▲ 27×3 topics
  28. Internal Fixation13▲ 34×2 topics
  29. Surgical Management13▲ 5.4×17 topics
  30. Elderly Patients12▲ 13×3 topics
  31. Biogenesis12▲ 12×3 topics
  32. Functional Recovery11▲ 13×4 topics
  33. Angiogenesis11▲ 5.8×14 topics
  34. Bone Healing11▲ 43×1 topic
  35. Fracture Epidemiology11▲ 43×1 topic
  36. Matrix Metalloproteinases11▲ 13×4 topics
  37. Mesenchymal Stem Cells10▲ 17×3 topics
  38. Hypertrophy10▲ 27×2 topics
  39. Cartilage10▲ 35×1 topic
  40. Chondrocyte10▲ 35×1 topic

Which research topics does Tianjin Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology, Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes, Bone fractures and treatments and Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms.

Spine and Intervertebral…16Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 16 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty …14Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 14 fractional worksBone fractures and treat…11Bone fractures and treatments: 11 fractional worksOsteoarthritis Treatment…10Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms: 10 fractional worksOrthopaedic implants and arthroplasty: 9 fractional worksCervical and Thoracic Myelopathy: 8 fractional worksHip and Femur Fractures8Hip and Femur Fractures: 8 fractional worksSpinal Fractures and Fix…7Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques: 7 fractional worksKnee injuries and recons…7Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques: 7 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Trea…6Shoulder Injury and Treatment: 6 fractional works
Pathology and Forensic MedicineSurgeryEpidemiologyRheumatology

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

  1. 1 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 16 works
  2. 2 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 14 works
  3. 3 Bone fractures and treatments Epidemiology 11 works
  4. 4 Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms Rheumatology 10 works
  5. 5 Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty Surgery 9 works
  6. 6 Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy Surgery 8 works
  7. 7 Hip and Femur Fractures Surgery 8 works
  8. 8 Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques Surgery 7 works
  9. 9 Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques Surgery 7 works
  10. 10 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 6 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 available38.4%not open61.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors4.9%domestic only95.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Tianjin Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 6% 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.

Other research institutions in Tianjin

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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.