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West China Medical Center of Sichuan University

In research, West China Medical Center of Sichuan University stands highest in Health Sciences (#716 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#655 of 10,443 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#830 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cancer Research and Genetics — Cancer Research is 5.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,456
of 28,054 · #4,233 all time
Rank in China
#427
of 3,058
Research works
4.4k
▲ 174% vs 2013–17
Citations
53k
12.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
29.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
34%
world 28%

What is West China Medical Center 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 #716 of 11,982 27.4%612 #2091
MedicineField #655 of 10,443 27.5%562 #2003
Life SciencesDomain #830 of 7,800 29.0%331 #2369
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #978 of 3,579 28.6%228 #2536
Physical SciencesDomain #3,636 of 12,888 33.1%154 #7152
Molecular BiologySubfield #758 of 2,175 27.2%123 #1941
Social SciencesDomain #4,208 of 10,521 41.2%70 #8195
SurgerySubfield #730 of 1,816 23.9%74 #1954

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where West China Medical Center 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#2,091 #716
  2. Medicine#2,003 #655
  3. Life Sciences#2,369 #830
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#2,536 #978
  5. Physical Sciences#7,152 #3,636
  6. Molecular Biology#1,941 #758
  7. Social Sciences#8,195 #4,208
  8. Surgery#1,954 #730
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 Medical Center of Sichuan University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cancer Research takes 5.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cancer ResearchSubfield · 27.0 works5.3×
  2. GeneticsSubfield · 46.8 works4.8×
← 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: 0.18× its world share, 10 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.67× its world share, 228 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.21× its world share, 38 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.45× its world share, 46 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.97× its world share, 8 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.64× its world share, 3 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.91× its world share, 17 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.30× its world share, 27 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.28× its world share, 50 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.49× its world share, 28 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.52× its world share, 21 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.24× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.12× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.03× its world share, 12 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.92× its world share, 28 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.50× its world share, 562 worksMedicineNursing: 1.65× its world share, 9 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.67× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.16× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.28× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.95× its world share, 34 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 18 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at West China Medical Center of Sichuan University?

Ranked on the composite score, Wei Gang, Can Hou and Huaiqing Chen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is West China Medical Center of Sichuan University.

  1. 1 Wei Gang China · #619,524 worldwide 0 citations · 19 works
  2. 2 Can Hou China · #680,123 worldwide 81 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 Huaiqing Chen China · #834,094 worldwide 7 citations · 31 works
  4. 4 Zhengrong Wang China · #857,538 worldwide 48 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Lang Bao China · #989,353 worldwide 13 citations · 24 works
  6. 6 Tāo Luò China · #1,043,511 worldwide 15 citations · 28 works
  7. 7 Jianping Chen China · #1,138,430 worldwide 22 citations · 18 works
  8. 8 Liu H China · #1,150,069 worldwide 7 citations · 63 works
  9. 9 WANG Wang China · #1,181,090 worldwide 28 citations · 225 works
  10. 10 Xiaoheng Liu China · #1,238,683 worldwide 30 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at West China Medical Center of Sichuan University

Which keywords describe research at West China Medical Center of Sichuan University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Inflammation, Cancer, Epidemiology, Gene Expression, Oxidative Stress, Cardiovascular Disease, Biomarkers and Metabolic Syndrome.

▲ 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. Inflammation99▲ 4.1×80 topics
  2. Epidemiology97▲ 2.1×112 topics
  3. Cancer73▲ 4.7×50 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress63▲ 3.3×57 topics
  5. Gene Expression48▲ 6.7×15 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Disease45▲ 3.5×37 topics
  7. Biomarkers37▲ 4.7×17 topics
  8. Metabolic Syndrome37▲ 3.9×21 topics
  9. Depression33▲ 3.2×19 topics
  10. Treatment32▲ 2.3×45 topics
  11. Immunotherapy29▲ 3.5×18 topics
  12. Quality of Life28▲ 1.68×42 topics
  13. Obesity28▲ 3.1×22 topics
  14. Tumor Microenvironment27▲ 5.3×8 topics
  15. Chemotherapy26▲ 3.2×23 topics
  16. Aging26▲ 4.1×16 topics
  17. Diagnosis26▲ 2.4×37 topics
  18. Insulin Resistance23▲ 4.3×9 topics
  19. Immunity23▲ 4.8×10 topics
  20. Tissue Engineering23▲ 3.2×12 topics
  21. Precision Medicine22▲ 4.1×8 topics
  22. Drug Delivery22▲ 3.4×12 topics
  23. Immune Response21▲ 3.1×21 topics
  24. Diabetes20▲ 3.4×18 topics
  25. Metastasis20▲ 5.0×12 topics
  26. Neuroinflammation18▲ 5.5×6 topics
  27. Biogenesis18▲ 8.8×3 topics
  28. Genomic Analysis18▲ 6.3×12 topics
  29. Angiogenesis17▲ 4.5×16 topics
  30. Data Analysis16▲ 5.2×5 topics
  31. Apoptosis16▲ 4.6×20 topics
  32. Population Genetics16▲ 10×5 topics
  33. Cancer Progression16▲ 7.3×8 topics
  34. Genetic Variation16▲ 6.2×7 topics
  35. Ancient DNA15▲ 24×3 topics
  36. Human Evolution14▲ 57×2 topics
  37. Forensic Genetics14▲ 86×1 topic
  38. Population History14▲ 86×1 topic
  39. Normalization13▲ 22×2 topics
  40. Quantitative13▲ 12×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Forensic and Genetic Research, Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications, Genetic Associations and Epidemiology and Extracellular vesicles in disease.

Forensic and Genetic Res…14Forensic and Genetic Research: 14 fractional worksMolecular Biology Techni…12Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications: 12 fractional worksGenetic Associations and…11Genetic Associations and Epidemiology: 11 fractional worksExtracellular vesicles i…10Extracellular vesicles in disease: 10 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 8 fractional worksNutrition and Health in Aging: 7 fractional worksTryptophan and brain dis…7Tryptophan and brain disorders: 7 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 7 fractional worksNanoplatforms for cancer theranostics: 7 fractional worksEpigenetics and DNA Meth…6Epigenetics and DNA Methylation: 6 fractional works
GeneticsMolecular BiologyOncologyPhysiology3 others

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

  1. 1 Forensic and Genetic Research Genetics 14 works
  2. 2 Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications Molecular Biology 12 works
  3. 3 Genetic Associations and Epidemiology Genetics 11 works
  4. 4 Extracellular vesicles in disease Molecular Biology 10 works
  5. 5 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 8 works
  6. 6 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 7 works
  7. 7 Tryptophan and brain disorders Biological Psychiatry 7 works
  8. 8 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 7 works
  9. 9 Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics Biomedical Engineering 7 works
  10. 10 Epigenetics and DNA Methylation Molecular Biology 6 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 available33.5%not open66.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.5%domestic only88.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 174% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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