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West China Hospital of Sichuan University

In research, West China Hospital of Sichuan University stands highest in Health Sciences (#50 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#50 of 10,443 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#56 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Hepatology, Nephrology and Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine — Hepatology is 7.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#233
of 28,054 · #1,203 all time
Rank in China
#89
of 3,058
Research works
20k
▲ 84% vs 2013–17
Citations
294k
14.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
25.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
53%
world 28%

What is West China Hospital of Sichuan University 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
Health SciencesDomain #50 of 11,982 23.1%5,312 #344
MedicineField #50 of 10,443 22.7%5,033 #344
Life SciencesDomain #56 of 7,800 28.9%1,588 #507
SurgerySubfield #15 of 1,816 20.4%841 #221
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #69 of 3,579 29.5%1,013 #568
Molecular BiologySubfield #55 of 2,175 30.7%582 #452
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #30 of 1,144 18.7%631 #253
OncologySubfield #32 of 772 25.0%397 #245
EpidemiologySubfield #42 of 976 23.4%359 #320
NephrologySubfield #3 of 63 27.6%103 #73

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where West China Hospital of Sichuan University 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. Health Sciences#344 #50
  2. Medicine#344 #50
  3. Life Sciences#507 #56
  4. Surgery#221 #15
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#568 #69
  6. Molecular Biology#452 #55
  7. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#253 #30
  8. Oncology#245 #32
  9. Epidemiology#320 #42
  10. Nephrology#73 #3
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 West China Hospital of Sichuan University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Hepatology takes 7.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. HepatologySubfield · 107.6 works7.1×
  2. NephrologySubfield · 102.9 works6.1×
  3. Anesthesiology and Pain MedicineSubfield · 45.0 works5.2×
  4. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 631.0 works5.2×
  5. Critical Care and Intensive Care MedicineSubfield · 59.0 works5.1×
  6. Internal MedicineSubfield · 22.5 works4.7×
  7. SurgerySubfield · 840.8 works4.6×
← 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: 0.11× its world share, 40 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.43× its world share, 1,013 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.66× its world share, 210 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.21× its world share, 281 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.59× its world share, 44 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.28× its world share, 8 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.55× its world share, 68 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.14× its world share, 84 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.19× its world share, 14 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.24× its world share, 280 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.16× its world share, 63 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.47× its world share, 129 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.12× its world share, 11 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 14 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.78× its world share, 68 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.71× its world share, 146 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.35× its world share, 5,033 worksMedicineNursing: 1.48× its world share, 57 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.82× its world share, 9 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 7 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 13 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.14× its world share, 24 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.60× its world share, 143 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 60 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at West China Hospital of Sichuan University?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology758▲ 2.5×129 topics
  2. Inflammation657▲ 4.0×83 topics
  3. Cancer430▲ 4.1×55 topics
  4. Treatment327▲ 3.4×51 topics
  5. Oxidative Stress322▲ 2.5×60 topics
  6. Chemotherapy310▲ 5.7×25 topics
  7. Immunotherapy299▲ 5.4×19 topics
  8. Diagnosis269▲ 3.7×41 topics
  9. Cardiovascular Disease251▲ 2.9×38 topics
  10. Tumor Microenvironment250▲ 7.2×8 topics
  11. Biomarkers229▲ 4.3×18 topics
  12. Management225▲ 3.7×30 topics
  13. Clinical Practice Guidelines221▲ 5.2×14 topics
  14. Quality of Life219▲ 1.94×52 topics
  15. Prognostic Factors207▲ 6.1×14 topics
  16. Metabolic Syndrome200▲ 3.1×23 topics
  17. Risk Factors193▲ 2.2×35 topics
  18. Gene Expression167▲ 3.5×18 topics
  19. Radiotherapy161▲ 5.3×13 topics
  20. Neurological Disorders159▲ 3.6×20 topics
  21. Surgical Management152▲ 4.7×20 topics
  22. Obesity150▲ 2.5×25 topics
  23. Clinical Trials149▲ 2.9×19 topics
  24. Genetic Mutations148▲ 4.4×23 topics
  25. Metastasis145▲ 5.5×12 topics
  26. Complications142▲ 3.6×17 topics
  27. Immunity140▲ 4.5×11 topics
  28. Neoadjuvant Therapy140▲ 7.6×5 topics
  29. Prognosis139▲ 5.4×9 topics
  30. Guidelines134▲ 3.7×13 topics
  31. Global Burden133▲ 3.2×12 topics
  32. Aging129▲ 3.1×18 topics
  33. Insulin Resistance126▲ 3.5×10 topics
  34. Angiogenesis121▲ 4.7×16 topics
  35. Hepatocellular Carcinoma115▲ 7.0×4 topics
  36. Echocardiography111▲ 5.2×8 topics
  37. Cardiovascular Risk110▲ 4.5×9 topics
  38. Chronic Kidney Disease102▲ 5.4×9 topics
  39. Molecular Characterization97▲ 7.0×6 topics
  40. Adjuvant Therapy83▲ 8.4×2 topics

Which research topics does West China Hospital of Sichuan University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers, Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment, Nutrition and Health in Aging and Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis.

Cancer Immunotherapy and…62Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 62 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis …52Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 52 fractional worksNutrition and Health in Aging: 51 fractional worksFerroptosis and cancer prognosis: 50 fractional worksNanoplatforms for cancer theranostics: 50 fractional worksHepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis: 50 fractional worksLung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 50 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Le…48Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 48 fractional worksInflammatory Biomarkers in Disease Prognosis: 42 fractional worksEsophageal Cancer Research and Treatment: 41 fractional works
OncologyEpidemiologyPhysiologyPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine4 others

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

  1. 1 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 62 works
  2. 2 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 52 works
  3. 3 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 51 works
  4. 4 Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 50 works
  5. 5 Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics Biomedical Engineering 50 works
  6. 6 Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis Hepatology 50 works
  7. 7 Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 50 works
  8. 8 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 48 works
  9. 9 Inflammatory Biomarkers in Disease Prognosis Oncology 42 works
  10. 10 Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment Surgery 41 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 available53.1%not open46.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.9%domestic only89.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has West China Hospital of Sichuan University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 84% higher than in 2013–2017.

200020102020
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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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