Union Hospital
In research, Union Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#456 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#408 of 8,541 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#529 of 6,403 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cancer Research, Hepatology and Immunology (Cancer Research is 8.5× its share of world research).
- World rank, 2022-now
- #964 of 22,385 · #1,547 all time
- Rank in China
- #233 of 2,481
- Research works
- 8.8k ▲ 22% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 176k 20.1 per fractional work
- Top-10% rate
- 18.8% all institutions 10.0%
- vs its own fields
- 1.46× 1.00× is exactly expected
- Open access
- 50% world 40%
- International
- 12% world 18%
What is Union Hospital known for in research?
The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.
| Field | World rank | Where that sits | Top-10% rate | Works | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health SciencesDomain | #456 of 9,902 | 19.6% | 1,554 | #780 | |
| MedicineField | #408 of 8,541 | 19.4% | 1,500 | #678 | |
| Life SciencesDomain | #529 of 6,403 | 18.5% | 777 | #967 | |
| Physical SciencesDomain | #1,308 of 10,670 | 19.1% | 275 | #1921 | |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField | #477 of 2,964 | 17.4% | 508 | #855 | |
| SurgerySubfield | #304 of 1,532 | 19.3% | 209 | #502 | |
| Molecular BiologySubfield | #456 of 1,880 | 17.1% | 315 | #820 | |
| Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield | #284 of 1,037 | 16.0% | 184 | #470 | |
| Materials ScienceField | #663 of 2,276 | 19.2% | 74 | #1093 | |
| EpidemiologySubfield | #287 of 927 | 20.4% | 107 | #559 |
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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).
Which of those standings moved
The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.
- Health Sciences#780 #456
- Medicine#678 #408
- Life Sciences#967 #529
- Physical Sciences#1,921 #1,308
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#855 #477
- Surgery#502 #304
- Molecular Biology#820 #456
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#470 #284
- Materials Science#1,093 #663
- Epidemiology#559 #287
A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.
Which fields of science does Union Hospital work in?
In 2022-now, 59% of research at Union Hospital is in Health Sciences, 30% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (57%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (19%), Immunology and Microbiology (5%). It does 2.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.
Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.
Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
- Health Sciences1,69258.6%
- Medicine1,63456.6%
- Health Professions260.9%
- Nursing180.6%
- Dentistry130.4%
- Veterinary10.0%
- Life Sciences85229.5%
- Physical Sciences30410.5%
- Engineering1394.8%
- Materials Science842.9%
- Computer Science240.8%
- Chemistry230.8%
- Environmental Science160.5%
- Physics and Astronomy100.4%
- Energy50.2%
- Chemical Engineering20.1%
- Mathematics10.0%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences00.0%
- Social Sciences391.3%
What does Union Hospital specialise in?
Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cancer Research takes 8.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.
- Cancer ResearchSubfield · 107.1 works8.5×
- HepatologySubfield · 42.5 works7.6×
- ImmunologySubfield · 132.5 works6.7×
- OncologySubfield · 198.7 works6.1×
- GastroenterologySubfield · 20.7 works6.1×
- Immunology and MicrobiologyField · 143.3 works4.9×
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 4.9×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Immunology and Microbiology4.93×143 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.61×556 works
- Medicine2.94×1,634 works
- Neuroscience2.40×112 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.95×20 works
- Nursing1.28×18 works
- Dentistry0.91×13 works
- Materials Science0.83×84 works
- Chemistry0.50×23 works
- Health Professions0.34×26 works
- Engineering0.32×139 works
- Veterinary0.32×1 works
- Psychology0.23×20 works
- Chemical Engineering0.22×2 works
- Energy0.19×5 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.16×21 works
- Physics and Astronomy0.16×10 works
- Computer Science0.11×24 works
- Environmental Science0.11×16 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.07×4 works
- Mathematics0.04×1 works
- Decision Sciences0.03×1 works
- Social Sciences0.03×11 works
- Business, Management and Accounting0.02×2 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences0.01×0 works
- Arts and Humanities0.01×1 works
- Immunology and Microbiology 4.9×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 3.6×
- Medicine 2.9×
- Neuroscience 2.4×
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 1.9×
- Nursing 1.3×
- Dentistry 0.9×
- Materials Science 0.8×
- Chemistry 0.5×
- Health Professions 0.3×
- Engineering 0.3×
- Veterinary 0.3×
- Psychology 0.2×
- Chemical Engineering 0.2×
- Energy 0.2×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.2×
- Physics and Astronomy 0.2×
- Computer Science 0.1×
- Environmental Science 0.1×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 0.1×
- Mathematics 0.0×
- Decision Sciences 0.0×
- Social Sciences 0.0×
- Business, Management and Accounting 0.0×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 0.0×
- Arts and Humanities 0.0×
Who are the top researchers at Union Hospital?
Ranked on the quality score, Tao Jiang, Lingyun Xiong and Zhe Wang lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Union Hospital.
- 1
Tao Jiang
China · #663,907 worldwide 1.5k citations · 57 works
- 2
Lingyun Xiong
China · #842,037 worldwide 1.7k citations · 90 works
- 3
Zhe Wang
China · #918,738 worldwide 784 citations · 28 works
- 4
Fei Li
China · #926,425 worldwide 1.2k citations · 53 works
- 5
Dong Zheng
China · #1,021,253 worldwide 1.5k citations · 28 works
- 6
Xiaoxiang Mao
China · #1,109,536 worldwide 1.2k citations · 15 works
- 7
Libo Chen
China · #1,159,806 worldwide 3.2k citations · 120 works
- 8
Xukai Wang
China · #1,194,700 worldwide 383 citations · 17 works
- 9
Wei Peng
China · #1,375,644 worldwide 2k citations · 35 works
- 10
Chi He
China · #1,410,146 worldwide 887 citations · 17 works
Which keywords describe research at Union Hospital?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cancer, Inflammation, Tumor Microenvironment, Oxidative Stress, Immunotherapy, Epidemiology, Chemotherapy and Gene Expression.
- GPX4
- Cancer Immunotherapy
- Macrophages
- Cancer Progression
- Photodynamic Therapy
- Innate Immunity
- Regulation
- Reactive Oxygen Species
- Immune Response
- Angiogenesis
- Metastasis
- Diagnosis
- Drug Delivery
- Nanoparticles
- Clinical Practice Guidelines
- Treatment
- Gene Expression
- Immunotherapy
- Oxidative Stress
- Cancer
- Inflammation
- Epidemiology
- Tumor Microenvironment
- Chemotherapy
- Biomarkers
- Immunity
- Cell Death
- Biomedical Applications
- Prognostic Factors
- Cancer Therapy
- Metabolic Syndrome
- Biogenesis
- Management
- Metabolism
- Tumor Targeting
- Apoptosis
- Hepatocellular Carcinoma
- Epigenetic Regulation
- Lipid Peroxidation
- Ferroptosis
Size is fractional works in 2022-now 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
- Inflammation295▲ 4.8×83 topics
- Cancer287▲ 7.4×57 topics
- Epidemiology206▲ 1.79×122 topics
- Oxidative Stress165▲ 3.5×57 topics
- Tumor Microenvironment138▲ 11×8 topics
- Immunotherapy126▲ 6.0×18 topics
- Chemotherapy107▲ 5.2×24 topics
- Gene Expression101▲ 5.6×17 topics
- Biomarkers99▲ 4.9×18 topics
- Treatment94▲ 2.7×47 topics
- Immunity84▲ 7.2×10 topics
- Clinical Practice Guidelines80▲ 5.0×14 topics
- Cell Death80▲ 11×6 topics
- Nanoparticles79▲ 2.2×30 topics
- Biomedical Applications77▲ 2.3×31 topics
- Drug Delivery75▲ 4.7×14 topics
- Prognostic Factors75▲ 6.0×14 topics
- Diagnosis74▲ 2.8×39 topics
- Cancer Therapy74▲ 4.5×20 topics
- Metastasis72▲ 7.3×12 topics
- Metabolic Syndrome70▲ 3.0×23 topics
- Angiogenesis70▲ 7.3×16 topics
- Biogenesis67▲ 14×3 topics
- Immune Response67▲ 4.1×20 topics
- Management66▲ 2.9×27 topics
- Reactive Oxygen Species66▲ 5.5×12 topics
- Metabolism65▲ 4.3×29 topics
- Regulation58▲ 3.8×15 topics
- Tumor Targeting57▲ 11×3 topics
- Innate Immunity56▲ 6.0×11 topics
- Apoptosis51▲ 5.7×20 topics
- Photodynamic Therapy48▲ 7.3×6 topics
- Hepatocellular Carcinoma48▲ 8.1×3 topics
- Cancer Progression47▲ 9.0×8 topics
- Epigenetic Regulation47▲ 7.7×6 topics
- Macrophages46▲ 8.6×7 topics
- Lipid Peroxidation46▲ 14×3 topics
- Cancer Immunotherapy44▲ 10.0×3 topics
- Ferroptosis44▲ 19×1 topic
- GPX444▲ 19×1 topic
Which research topics does Union Hospital publish most on?
By volume in 2022-now: Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis, Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics, Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers and Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 44 works
- 2 Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics Biomedical Engineering 38 works
- 3 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 36 works
- 4 Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research Cancer Research 31 works
- 5 Immune cells in cancer Immunology 28 works
- 6 Extracellular vesicles in disease Molecular Biology 27 works
- 7 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 25 works
- 8 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 24 works
- 9 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 22 works
- 10 MicroRNA in disease regulation Cancer Research 22 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.
World: 40% of research is openly available.
World: 18% is written across borders.
How has Union Hospital's research output changed?
Output in 2022-2025 was 22% higher than in 2018-2021.
The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.
Its share of all research
Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Union Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.012% in 2024.
Fractional works of Union Hospital over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.
How much of it reaches the world top 10%
Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 20.3% in 2025.
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