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Union Hospital

In research, Union Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#2,694 of 8,541 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#3,291 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#15,225
of 22,385 · #17,531 all time
Rank in United States
#2,179
of 3,332
Research works
452
▲ 81% vs 2018-21
Citations
5k
11.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.02×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
45%
world 40%
International
73%
world 18%
Union Hospital

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.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
MedicineField #2,694 of 8,541 12.2%83 #4365
Health SciencesDomain #3,291 of 9,902 12.3%86 #5330

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 fields of science does Union Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 71% of research at Union Hospital is in Health Sciences, 21% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (68%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (15%), Immunology and Microbiology (4%). It does 2.9× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 107 fractional works · 70.7% of its workMedicine: 103 fractional works · 68.1% of its workSurgery: 19 fractional works · 12.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 16 fractional works · 10.9% of its workOncology: 10 fractional works · 6.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 6 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEpidemiology: 5 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPhysiology: 5 fractional works · 3.1% of its workNeurology: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workHematology: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGastroenterology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 32 fractional works · 21.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 22 fractional works · 14.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 13 fractional works · 8.3% of its workCancer Research: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMolecular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 5 fractional works · 3.6% of its workImmunology: 5 fractional works · 3.2% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 9 fractional works · 5.6% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 3.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKUnion Hospital151fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences21%Physical Sciences6%Health Sciences71%Social Sciences2%

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 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine10368.1%
    2. Health Professions31.9%
    3. Nursing10.5%
    4. Dentistry00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2214.5%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology53.6%
    3. Neuroscience42.8%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.3%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.2%
    1. Engineering53.0%
    2. Materials Science10.8%
    3. Computer Science10.7%
    4. Environmental Science10.5%
    5. Chemistry10.4%
    6. Energy00.2%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    8. Mathematics00.0%
    1. Psychology21.6%
    2. Social Sciences10.6%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.72× its world share, 22 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.56× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.73× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.82× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.20× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.73× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.54× its world share, 103 worksMedicineNursing: 0.93× its world share, 1 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Psychology: 0.51× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology3.56×5 works
  2. Medicine3.54×103 works
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.72×22 works
  4. Neuroscience1.73×4 works
  5. Nursing0.93×1 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.82×0 works
  7. Health Professions0.73×3 works
  8. Psychology0.51×2 works
  9. Dentistry0.40×0 works
  10. Chemistry0.27×1 works
  11. Materials Science0.22×1 works
  12. Engineering0.20×4 works
  13. Energy0.18×0 works
  14. Environmental Science0.10×1 works
  15. Computer Science0.09×1 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.05×0 works
  17. Physics and Astronomy0.05×0 works
  18. Social Sciences0.05×1 works
  19. Business, Management and Accounting0.03×0 works
  20. Mathematics0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Union Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Leon L. Blum and Peter J. Stavrakis lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Union Hospital.

  1. 1 Leon L. Blum United States · #3,074,191 worldwide 240 citations · 57 works
  2. 2 Peter J. Stavrakis United States · #5,449,757 worldwide 72 citations · 48 works
All ranked researchers at Union Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Union Hospital?

The most cited paper from Union Hospital is "Production and Activity of Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 on the Ocular Surface Increase in Dysfunctional Tear Syndrome" (Suksri Chotikavanich, Cintia Sade de Paiva, De Quan Li et al., 2009), with 400 citations. Next come "Efficacy and Safety of Long-Term Universal Salt Iodization on Thyroid Disorders: Epidemiological Evidence from 31 Provinces of Mainland China" (376) and "Rhabdomyolysis as Potential Late Complication Associated with COVID-19" (346).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Production and Activity of Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 on the Ocular Surface Increase in Dysfunctional Tear Syndrome Suksri Chotikavanich, Cintia Sade de Paiva, De Quan Li et al. · Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science Open access 23 Jun 2009 400
2 Efficacy and Safety of Long-Term Universal Salt Iodization on Thyroid Disorders: Epidemiological Evidence from 31 Provinces of Mainland China Yongze Li et al. · Thyroid 20 Feb 2020 376
3 Rhabdomyolysis as Potential Late Complication Associated with COVID-19 Min Jin, Qiaoxia Tong · Emerging infectious diseases Open access 20 Mar 2020 346
4 Brain tissue oxygen monitoring in traumatic brain injury and major trauma: outcome analysis of a brain tissue oxygen–directed therapy Pradeep K. Narotam, John F. Morrison, Narendra Nathoo · Journal of neurosurgery 22 May 2009 279
5 Fusobacterium nucleatumand colorectal cancer: A review Fumei Shang, Hongli Liu · World Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology Open access 14 Mar 2018 268
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Union Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Inflammation, Cancer, Chemotherapy, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Endoscopic Resection, Tumor Microenvironment, Epidemiology and Neoadjuvant Therapy.

▲ 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-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
  1. Inflammation15▲ 4.7×57 topics
  2. Epidemiology13▲ 2.1×60 topics
  3. Cancer12▲ 5.8×32 topics
  4. Chemotherapy10▲ 9.0×18 topics
  5. Clinical Practice Guidelines9▲ 11×13 topics
  6. Endoscopic Resection7▲ 48×2 topics
  7. Tumor Microenvironment7▲ 10×7 topics
  8. Oxidative Stress7▲ 2.7×27 topics
  9. Neoadjuvant Therapy6▲ 17×5 topics
  10. Molecular Characterization6▲ 22×4 topics
  11. Survival Analysis6▲ 14×6 topics
  12. Adjuvant Therapy5▲ 28×2 topics
  13. Prognostic Factors5▲ 7.7×12 topics
  14. Gastric Cancer5▲ 30×3 topics
  15. Immunotherapy5▲ 4.5×14 topics
  16. Treatment5▲ 2.6×24 topics
  17. Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy5▲ 37×2 topics
  18. Lymph Node Dissection4▲ 51×1 topic
  19. Metastatic Gastric Cancer4▲ 51×1 topic
  20. Gene Expression4▲ 4.5×8 topics
  21. Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy4▲ 34×2 topics
  22. Surgery4▲ 7.8×7 topics
  23. Cancer Therapy4▲ 4.7×14 topics
  24. Risk Factors4▲ 2.4×17 topics
  25. Meta-Analysis4▲ 4.4×6 topics
  26. Cell Death4▲ 10×6 topics
  27. Immunity4▲ 5.6×8 topics
  28. Chemoradiation3▲ 34×2 topics
  29. Radiotherapy3▲ 5.7×10 topics
  30. Metastasis3▲ 6.3×10 topics
  31. Neurodegeneration3▲ 7.2×7 topics
  32. Angiogenesis3▲ 6.3×14 topics
  33. Prognosis3▲ 6.1×7 topics
  34. PET Imaging3▲ 11×4 topics
  35. Thrombosis3▲ 7.0×7 topics
  36. Barrett's Esophagus3▲ 43×1 topic
  37. Echocardiography3▲ 6.5×7 topics
  38. Esophageal Carcinoma3▲ 43×1 topic
  39. Prognostic Markers2▲ 15×3 topics
  40. Therapeutic Targets2▲ 9.8×8 topics

Which research topics does Union Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes, Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment, Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis and Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers.

Gastric Cancer Managemen…4Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 4 fractional worksEsophageal Cancer Research and Treatment: 3 fractional worksFerroptosis and cancer prognosis: 2 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 2 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments: 1 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 1 fractional worksRNA modifications and ca…1RNA modifications and cancer: 1 fractional worksNutrition and Health in Aging: 1 fractional worksLymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 1 fractional worksInflammatory Biomarkers in Disease Prognosis: 1 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSurgeryOncologyRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging3 others

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

  1. 1 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  2. 2 Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment Surgery 3 works
  3. 3 Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  4. 4 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 2 works
  5. 5 Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments Oncology 1 works
  6. 6 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 1 works
  7. 7 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 1 works
  8. 8 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 1 works
  9. 9 Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pathology and Forensic Medicine 1 works
  10. 10 Inflammatory Biomarkers in Disease Prognosis Oncology 1 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 available45.0%not open55.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors72.9%domestic only27.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Union Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 81% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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, 0.00044% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Union Hospital0.00091% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Union Hospital over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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