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Hospital / health system · Fuzhou · China

Union Hospital

In research, Union Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#296 of 10,443 worldwide), Life Sciences (#236 of 7,800 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#386 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cancer Research, Oncology and Gastroenterology — Cancer Research is 8.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#774
of 28,054 · #2,301 all time
Rank in China
#258
of 3,058
Research works
7.7k
▲ 101% vs 2013–17
Citations
133k
17.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
27.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
53%
world 28%

What is Union 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 #296 of 10,443 25.1%1,635 #1020
Life SciencesDomain #236 of 7,800 31.6%769 #965
Health SciencesDomain #386 of 11,982 25.2%1,702 #1198
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #103 of 1,144 23.7%234 #447
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #354 of 3,579 31.8%515 #1225
Molecular BiologySubfield #227 of 2,175 32.9%314 #908
SurgerySubfield #193 of 1,816 21.9%257 #836
OncologySubfield #121 of 772 24.1%211 #475
Immunology and MicrobiologyField #130 of 682 32.2%124 #573
Physical SciencesDomain #3,135 of 12,888 30.5%230 #6736

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Union 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#1,020 #296
  2. Life Sciences#965 #236
  3. Health Sciences#1,198 #386
  4. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#447 #103
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,225 #354
  6. Molecular Biology#908 #227
  7. Surgery#836 #193
  8. Oncology#475 #121
  9. Immunology and Microbiology#573 #130
  10. Physical Sciences#6,736 #3,135
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 Union Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cancer Research takes 8.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cancer ResearchSubfield · 101.8 works8.6×
  2. OncologySubfield · 211.3 works6.8×
  3. GastroenterologySubfield · 21.1 works6.5×
  4. HepatologySubfield · 33.8 works6.4×
  5. ImmunologySubfield · 117.1 works6.2×
  6. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 234.3 works5.6×
  7. HematologySubfield · 39.8 works4.8×
← 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, 18 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.52× its world share, 515 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.49× its world share, 124 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.17× its world share, 96 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.65× its world share, 16 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.48× its world share, 21 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 17 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.20× its world share, 5 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.24× its world share, 100 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.13× its world share, 18 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.58× its world share, 55 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.10× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.13× its world share, 8 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.27× its world share, 17 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.39× its world share, 28 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.10× its world share, 1,635 worksMedicineNursing: 1.53× its world share, 21 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.01× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.09× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.25× its world share, 21 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 10 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Union Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Qiangsong Tong, Jun Wei and Dan Li lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Union Hospital.

  1. 1 Qiangsong Tong China · #492,710 worldwide 120 citations · 24 works
  2. 2 Jun Wei China · #623,827 worldwide 49 citations · 20 works
  3. 3 Dan Li China · #667,133 worldwide 78 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 Nan Liu China · #938,474 worldwide 39 citations · 24 works
  5. 5 Feng Ye China · #1,003,507 worldwide 48 citations · 22 works
  6. 6 Hui Sun China · #1,233,436 worldwide 19 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 Qiong Jiang China · #1,270,953 worldwide 54 citations · 22 works
  8. 8 Yuan Yin China · #1,342,489 worldwide 17 citations · 22 works
  9. 9 Yuman Li China · #1,548,797 worldwide 5 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Xiaosong Chen China · #1,606,418 worldwide 22 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Union Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Union Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cancer, Inflammation, Tumor Microenvironment, Chemotherapy, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Oxidative Stress, Immunotherapy and Epidemiology.

▲ 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. Cancer288▲ 7.8×56 topics
  2. Inflammation283▲ 5.0×82 topics
  3. Epidemiology194▲ 1.79×120 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress156▲ 3.5×58 topics
  5. Tumor Microenvironment147▲ 12×8 topics
  6. Chemotherapy136▲ 7.1×24 topics
  7. Immunotherapy116▲ 5.9×18 topics
  8. Clinical Practice Guidelines113▲ 7.6×14 topics
  9. Gene Expression101▲ 6.0×17 topics
  10. Biomarkers96▲ 5.1×17 topics
  11. Immunity84▲ 7.6×11 topics
  12. Metastasis82▲ 8.8×12 topics
  13. Treatment78▲ 2.3×50 topics
  14. Neoadjuvant Therapy75▲ 12×5 topics
  15. Prognostic Factors73▲ 6.1×14 topics
  16. Cell Death72▲ 11×6 topics
  17. Cardiovascular Disease70▲ 2.3×37 topics
  18. Biogenesis65▲ 13×3 topics
  19. Cancer Therapy65▲ 4.1×20 topics
  20. Metabolism58▲ 4.1×29 topics
  21. Reactive Oxygen Species58▲ 5.2×13 topics
  22. Radiotherapy58▲ 5.5×13 topics
  23. Drug Delivery57▲ 3.9×13 topics
  24. Survival Analysis57▲ 7.7×6 topics
  25. Angiogenesis56▲ 6.3×16 topics
  26. Endoscopic Resection56▲ 21×2 topics
  27. Regulation56▲ 3.8×10 topics
  28. Innate Immunity52▲ 5.9×11 topics
  29. Molecular Characterization49▲ 10.0×6 topics
  30. Adjuvant Therapy47▲ 14×2 topics
  31. Cancer Progression47▲ 9.3×8 topics
  32. Apoptosis47▲ 5.7×21 topics
  33. Tumor Targeting47▲ 9.6×3 topics
  34. Epigenetic Regulation46▲ 7.8×6 topics
  35. Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy45▲ 21×2 topics
  36. Lipid Peroxidation43▲ 15×3 topics
  37. Ferroptosis41▲ 20×1 topic
  38. GPX441▲ 20×1 topic
  39. Gastric Cancer40▲ 13×3 topics
  40. Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy38▲ 16×2 topics

Which research topics does Union Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis, Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers, Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes and Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research.

Ferroptosis and cancer p…41Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis: 41 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and…36Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 36 fractional worksGastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 32 fractional worksCancer-related molecular…31Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research: 31 fractional worksNanoplatforms for cancer…30Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics: 30 fractional worksRNA modifications and cancer: 28 fractional worksExtracellular vesicles in disease: 25 fractional worksImmune cells in cancer24Immune cells in cancer: 24 fractional worksEsophageal Cancer Research and Treatment: 24 fractional worksMicroRNA in disease regulation: 24 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineOncologyCancer ResearchBiomedical Engineering3 others

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

  1. 1 Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 41 works
  2. 2 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 36 works
  3. 3 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 32 works
  4. 4 Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research Cancer Research 31 works
  5. 5 Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics Biomedical Engineering 30 works
  6. 6 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 28 works
  7. 7 Extracellular vesicles in disease Molecular Biology 25 works
  8. 8 Immune cells in cancer Immunology 24 works
  9. 9 Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment Surgery 24 works
  10. 10 MicroRNA in disease regulation Cancer Research 24 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 available53.3%not open46.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.5%domestic only87.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Union Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 101% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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