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Wuhan City Chinese Medicine Hospital

In research, Wuhan City Chinese Medicine Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#8,792 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#10,504 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#15,404
of 28,054 · #29,025 all time
Rank in China
#2,472
of 3,058
Research works
352
▼ 12% vs 2013–17
Citations
6.6k
18.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
43%
world 28%

What is Wuhan City Chinese Medicine 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 #8,792 of 10,443 16.1%64 #15409
Health SciencesDomain #10,504 of 11,982 16.4%67 #17884

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Wuhan City Chinese Medicine 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).

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: 0.35× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.77× its world share, 23 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.95× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 4.48× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.85× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceDentistry: 1.62× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.69× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.90× its world share, 64 worksMedicineNursing: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.50× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.07× 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, 5.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Wuhan City Chinese Medicine Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Lin Wang, Zhiqing Gao and Hangxing Yu lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Wuhan City Chinese Medicine Hospital.

  1. 1 Lin Wang China · #1,625,521 worldwide 0 citations · 20 works
  2. 1 Zhiqing Gao China · #1,625,521 worldwide 0 citations · 20 works
  3. 1 Hangxing Yu China · #1,625,521 worldwide 0 citations · 20 works
  4. 1 Hongtao Yang China · #1,625,521 worldwide 0 citations · 20 works
  5. 1 Z L Wang China · #1,625,521 worldwide 0 citations · 20 works
  6. 1 Jie Li China · #1,625,521 worldwide 0 citations · 20 works
  7. 7 Xinyue Liu China · #1,625,527 worldwide 0 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Wuhan City Chinese Medicine Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Wuhan City Chinese Medicine Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Inflammation, Cancer, Oxidative Stress, Osteoarthritis, Cardiovascular Disease, Neuroprotective Effects, Depression and Traditional Chinese Medicine.

▲ 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. Inflammation17▲ 7.3×52 topics
  2. Cancer13▲ 8.4×28 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress11▲ 5.8×35 topics
  4. Epidemiology8▲ 1.77×41 topics
  5. Cardiovascular Disease6▲ 4.7×21 topics
  6. Osteoarthritis5▲ 37×2 topics
  7. Depression5▲ 5.1×9 topics
  8. Neuroprotective Effects5▲ 26×7 topics
  9. Clinical Trials4▲ 5.8×7 topics
  10. Regulation4▲ 6.6×6 topics
  11. Traditional Chinese Medicine4▲ 29×5 topics
  12. Metabolic Syndrome4▲ 4.2×17 topics
  13. Global Burden4▲ 6.3×5 topics
  14. Metabolism4▲ 6.6×13 topics
  15. Acupuncture4▲ 56×3 topics
  16. Herbal Medicine4▲ 11×6 topics
  17. Management4▲ 4.1×13 topics
  18. Regeneration4▲ 17×4 topics
  19. Biomarkers4▲ 4.6×10 topics
  20. Cell Death4▲ 13×5 topics
  21. Pain Relief4▲ 79×2 topics
  22. Pharmacological Effects4▲ 51×5 topics
  23. Biogenesis4▲ 17×3 topics
  24. Diabetes4▲ 6.2×13 topics
  25. Innate Immunity3▲ 9.1×6 topics
  26. Neurological Effects3▲ 45×2 topics
  27. Apoptosis3▲ 9.4×10 topics
  28. Cytokines3▲ 10×6 topics
  29. Brain Imaging3▲ 35×2 topics
  30. Disease3▲ 31×3 topics
  31. Insulin Resistance3▲ 6.1×8 topics
  32. Adverse Events3▲ 43×1 topic
  33. Fibroblast Response3▲ 124×1 topic
  34. Hypertrophy3▲ 40×2 topics
  35. Metastasis3▲ 7.6×8 topics
  36. Neuroinflammation3▲ 9.2×6 topics
  37. Anti-inflammatory3▲ 9.0×15 topics
  38. Fibrosis3▲ 13×5 topics
  39. Ischemic Stroke3▲ 16×3 topics
  40. Mesenchymal Stem Cells3▲ 23×2 topics

Which research topics does Wuhan City Chinese Medicine Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Acupuncture Treatment Research Studies, Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms, Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research and Circular RNAs in diseases.

Acupuncture Treatment Re…3Acupuncture Treatment Research Studies: 3 fractional worksOsteoarthritis Treatment…2Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms: 2 fractional worksCancer-related molecular…2Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research: 2 fractional worksCircular RNAs in diseases2Circular RNAs in diseases: 2 fractional worksTraditional Chinese Medicine Analysis: 2 fractional worksSpine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 2 fractional worksChronic Obstructive Pulm…2Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research: 2 fractional worksFerroptosis and cancer prognosis: 1 fractional worksNeurological Disease Mechanisms and Treatments: 1 fractional worksBone Metabolism and Dise…1Bone Metabolism and Diseases: 1 fractional works
Complementary and alternative medicineRheumatologyCancer ResearchMolecular Biology3 others

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

  1. 1 Acupuncture Treatment Research Studies Complementary and alternative medicine 3 works
  2. 2 Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms Rheumatology 2 works
  3. 3 Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research Cancer Research 2 works
  4. 4 Circular RNAs in diseases Molecular Biology 2 works
  5. 5 Traditional Chinese Medicine Analysis Complementary and alternative medicine 2 works
  6. 6 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  8. 8 Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  9. 9 Neurological Disease Mechanisms and Treatments Neurology 1 works
  10. 10 Bone Metabolism and Diseases Molecular Biology 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 available43.0%not open57.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors3.6%domestic only96.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Wuhan City Chinese Medicine Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 12% lower 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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