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University Medical Center HCMC

In research, University Medical Center HCMC stands highest in Medicine (#6,343 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#7,356 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Surgery — Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 6.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#17,104
of 28,054 · #31,870 all time
Rank in Vietnam
#91
of 161
Research works
500
▲ 373% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.3k
4.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
76%
world 28%

What is University Medical Center HCMC 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 #6,343 of 10,443 6.6%233 #13474
Health SciencesDomain #7,356 of 11,982 6.8%238 #15825

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University Medical Center HCMC 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 University Medical Center HCMC specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 6.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 21.6 works6.6×
  2. SurgerySubfield · 43.3 works6.0×
← 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: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.49× its world share, 25 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.43× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.24× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.21× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.22× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.16× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.23× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.54× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.90× its world share, 232 worksMedicineNursing: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.82× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.45× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University Medical Center HCMC?

Ranked on the composite score, Hai Thanh Phan, Khoi M. Le and Hien Nguyen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University Medical Center HCMC.

  1. 1 Hai Thanh Phan Vietnam · #1,208,466 worldwide 23 citations · 31 works
  2. 2 Khoi M. Le Vietnam · #1,371,891 worldwide 9 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 Hien Nguyen Vietnam · #1,545,298 worldwide 16 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at University Medical Center HCMC

Which keywords describe research at University Medical Center HCMC?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Treatment, Diagnosis, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Chemotherapy, Inflammation, Guidelines and Hepatocellular Carcinoma.

▲ 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. Epidemiology42▲ 3.4×91 topics
  2. Treatment19▲ 5.1×32 topics
  3. Inflammation18▲ 2.7×52 topics
  4. Diagnosis16▲ 5.4×29 topics
  5. Chemotherapy13▲ 6.0×17 topics
  6. Clinical Practice Guidelines13▲ 7.4×13 topics
  7. Quality of Life12▲ 2.7×29 topics
  8. Cardiovascular Disease11▲ 3.3×26 topics
  9. Guidelines11▲ 7.3×10 topics
  10. Management11▲ 4.4×18 topics
  11. Risk Factors10▲ 3.0×17 topics
  12. Hepatocellular Carcinoma9▲ 14×3 topics
  13. Metabolic Syndrome9▲ 3.6×16 topics
  14. Global Burden8▲ 5.0×10 topics
  15. Immune Response8▲ 4.5×10 topics
  16. Complications8▲ 5.1×17 topics
  17. Surgical Management8▲ 6.2×15 topics
  18. Mortality8▲ 4.3×11 topics
  19. Insulin Resistance8▲ 5.3×8 topics
  20. Molecular Characterization8▲ 14×4 topics
  21. Prognostic Factors7▲ 5.5×12 topics
  22. Gastric Cancer7▲ 20×3 topics
  23. Immunotherapy7▲ 3.1×13 topics
  24. Survival Analysis7▲ 7.8×5 topics
  25. Endoscopic Resection6▲ 21×2 topics
  26. Heart Failure6▲ 4.9×9 topics
  27. Targeted Therapy6▲ 9.4×4 topics
  28. Pathogenesis6▲ 4.0×17 topics
  29. Neoadjuvant Therapy6▲ 8.4×5 topics
  30. Prevention6▲ 4.7×8 topics
  31. Adjuvant Therapy6▲ 15×2 topics
  32. Myocardial Infarction6▲ 7.8×6 topics
  33. Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy5▲ 19×2 topics
  34. Hepatic Steatosis5▲ 10×2 topics
  35. Lymph Node Dissection5▲ 26×1 topic
  36. Metastatic Gastric Cancer5▲ 26×1 topic
  37. Liver Disease5▲ 17×3 topics
  38. Antiviral Therapy5▲ 15×3 topics
  39. NAFLD5▲ 13×1 topic
  40. NASH5▲ 13×1 topic

Which research topics does University Medical Center HCMC publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes, Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment, Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics and Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments.

Gastric Cancer Managemen…5Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 5 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis …5Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 5 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diag…4Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 4 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases a…4Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 4 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Screening and Detection: 3 fractional worksOlfactory and Sensory Function Studies: 3 fractional worksSpine and Intervertebral…3Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 3 fractional worksHepatitis B Virus Studies: 3 fractional worksSepsis Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksImmunotherapy and Immune…2Immunotherapy and Immune Responses: 2 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineEpidemiologyCancer ResearchCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine4 others

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

  1. 1 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 5 works
  2. 2 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 5 works
  3. 3 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 4 works
  4. 4 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  5. 5 Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection Oncology 3 works
  6. 6 Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies Sensory Systems 3 works
  7. 7 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 3 works
  8. 8 Hepatitis B Virus Studies Epidemiology 3 works
  9. 9 Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 2 works
  10. 10 Immunotherapy and Immune Responses Immunology 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 available75.6%not open24.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.4%domestic only77.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University Medical Center HCMC's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 373% 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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