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United Christian Hospital

In research, United Christian Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#6,064 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#7,729 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 6.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#19,085
of 28,054 · #16,653 all time
Rank in China
#2,797
of 3,058
Research works
1.2k
▲ 16% vs 2013–17
Citations
27k
22.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
46%
world 28%

What is United Christian 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 #6,064 of 10,443 5.6%168 #3910
Health SciencesDomain #7,729 of 11,982 5.8%179 #5264

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where United Christian 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).

What does United Christian Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 6.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 32.6 works6.5×
← 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: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.74× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.82× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.26× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.72× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.73× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.07× its world share, 168 worksMedicineNursing: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.05× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.88× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at United Christian Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Chung‐Ming Chu, W. W. K. To and KL Lee lead among researchers whose main affiliation is United Christian Hospital.

  1. 1 Chung‐Ming Chu China · #521,497 worldwide 88 citations · 17 works
  2. 2 W. W. K. To China · #913,030 worldwide 19 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 KL Lee China · #1,115,835 worldwide 25 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 Syk Law China · #1,292,549 worldwide 2 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Cheung China · #1,397,709 worldwide 4 citations · 58 works
  6. 6 Kenneth K. W. Li China · #1,416,377 worldwide 15 citations · 20 works
  7. 7 Yiu Cheung Chan China · #1,621,075 worldwide 6 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at United Christian Hospital

Which keywords describe research at United Christian Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Mortality, Treatment, Surgery, Clinical Trials, COVID-19, Genetic Mutations and SARS-CoV-2.

▲ 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. Epidemiology22▲ 2.6×67 topics
  2. Treatment10▲ 3.9×29 topics
  3. COVID-199▲ 3.2×13 topics
  4. Mortality8▲ 6.7×10 topics
  5. Quality of Life8▲ 2.6×24 topics
  6. Clinical Trials8▲ 5.3×9 topics
  7. Diagnosis7▲ 3.7×21 topics
  8. Chemotherapy7▲ 4.6×18 topics
  9. Risk Factors7▲ 2.9×14 topics
  10. Cancer7▲ 2.3×16 topics
  11. Surgery7▲ 8.9×7 topics
  12. Clinical Practice Guidelines7▲ 5.7×12 topics
  13. Pandemic6▲ 2.8×7 topics
  14. Genetic Mutations6▲ 6.9×13 topics
  15. Management6▲ 3.6×17 topics
  16. SARS-CoV-26▲ 8.4×6 topics
  17. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention6▲ 20×3 topics
  18. Atherosclerosis6▲ 9.0×3 topics
  19. Complications5▲ 5.0×12 topics
  20. Immunotherapy5▲ 3.5×12 topics
  21. Echocardiography5▲ 9.0×7 topics
  22. Maternal Mortality5▲ 11×5 topics
  23. Guidelines5▲ 5.2×12 topics
  24. Chronic Kidney Disease5▲ 9.7×6 topics
  25. Rehabilitation5▲ 5.5×7 topics
  26. Pathophysiology5▲ 7.2×6 topics
  27. Stroke5▲ 12×6 topics
  28. Maternal Outcomes4▲ 27×2 topics
  29. Perinatal Outcomes4▲ 27×2 topics
  30. Pregnancy4▲ 9.8×5 topics
  31. Prognostic Factors4▲ 4.6×8 topics
  32. Radiotherapy4▲ 5.2×10 topics
  33. Surgical Management4▲ 4.8×10 topics
  34. Coronary Stents4▲ 44×1 topic
  35. Myocardial Revascularization4▲ 44×1 topic
  36. Cancer Risk4▲ 7.8×6 topics
  37. Prenatal Diagnosis4▲ 12×6 topics
  38. Psychiatric Disorders3▲ 12×2 topics
  39. Emergency Department Visits3▲ 27×1 topic
  40. Resuscitation3▲ 12×3 topics

Which research topics does United Christian Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics, COVID-19 and healthcare impacts, COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction and Smoking Behavior and Cessation.

Coronary Interventions a…4Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics: 4 fractional worksCOVID-19 and healthcare …3COVID-19 and healthcare impacts: 3 fractional worksCOVID-19 Impact on Repro…3COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction: 3 fractional worksSmoking Behavior and Ces…3Smoking Behavior and Cessation: 3 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 2 fractional worksRenal cell carcinoma tre…2Renal cell carcinoma treatment: 2 fractional worksCongenital Heart Disease Studies: 2 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 2 fractional worksVascular Procedures and …2Vascular Procedures and Complications: 2 fractional works
SurgeryOncologyObstetrics and GynecologyPhysiology3 others

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

  1. 1 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Surgery 4 works
  2. 2 COVID-19 and healthcare impacts Oncology 3 works
  3. 3 COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction Obstetrics and Gynecology 3 works
  4. 4 Smoking Behavior and Cessation Physiology 3 works
  5. 5 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 2 works
  6. 6 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 Renal cell carcinoma treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  8. 8 Congenital Heart Disease Studies Epidemiology 2 works
  9. 9 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  10. 10 Vascular Procedures and Complications Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 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 available46.2%not open53.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors30.4%domestic only69.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has United Christian Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 16% 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.

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