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Wuhan Hankou Hospital

In research, Wuhan Hankou Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#10,926 of 14,558 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#13,143 of 16,688 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#32,212
of 34,923
Rank in China
#2,740
of 2,919
Research works
212
▲ 13% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.4k
6.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.83×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
52%
world 40%
International
6%
world 18%
Wuhan Hankou Hospital

What is Wuhan Hankou Hospital known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
MedicineField #10,926 of 14,558 3.3%142
Health SciencesDomain #13,143 of 16,688 3.3%149

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Wuhan Hankou 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Wuhan Hankou Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 70% of research at Wuhan Hankou Hospital is in Health Sciences, 22% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (67%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (13%), Neuroscience (4%). It does 2.7× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 49 fractional works · 70.1% of its workMedicine: 46 fractional works · 66.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 6 fractional works · 8.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 5 fractional works · 7.9% of its workSurgery: 5 fractional works · 7.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 5.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 4 fractional works · 5.1% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 4.5% of its workOphthalmology: 3 fractional works · 4.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 15 fractional works · 21.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 9 fractional works · 12.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 7.2% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 3.7% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 5 fractional works · 6.7% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKWuhan HankouHospital69fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences22%Physical Sciences7%Health Sciences70%Social Sciences2%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine4666.7%
    2. Nursing11.4%
    3. Dentistry11.3%
    4. Health Professions00.7%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology912.9%
    2. Neuroscience33.7%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology23.5%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics11.4%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.2%
    1. Engineering23.4%
    2. Chemistry11.0%
    3. Materials Science10.9%
    4. Physics and Astronomy00.7%
    5. Computer Science00.5%
    6. Environmental Science00.1%
    1. Psychology10.9%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting00.3%
    3. Decision Sciences00.2%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.42× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.46× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.29× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.86× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.64× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.72× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.47× its world share, 46 worksMedicineNursing: 2.94× its world share, 1 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksPsychology1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics3.86×1 works
  2. Medicine3.47×46 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology3.46×2 works
  4. Nursing2.94×1 works
  5. Dentistry2.72×1 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.42×9 works
  7. Neuroscience2.29×3 works
  8. Chemistry0.64×1 works
  9. Physics and Astronomy0.32×0 works
  10. Psychology0.30×1 works
  11. Materials Science0.26×1 works
  12. Health Professions0.25×0 works
  13. Engineering0.23×2 works
  14. Decision Sciences0.17×0 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.10×0 works
  16. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.07×0 works
  17. Computer Science0.06×0 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.05×0 works
  19. Environmental Science0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Wuhan Hankou Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Shibo Feng, Qingquan Lv and Xiaohua Lei lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Wuhan Hankou Hospital.

  1. 1 Shibo Feng China · #969,926 worldwide 744 citations · 30 works
  2. 2 Qingquan Lv China · #1,230,259 worldwide 957 citations · 23 works
  3. 3 Xiaohua Lei China · #2,917,648 worldwide 175 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Xiaodan Zheng China · #3,353,893 worldwide 300 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Ji-Bin Chen China · #3,364,960 worldwide 130 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 Qingyan Zeng China · #3,394,193 worldwide 591 citations · 74 works
  7. 7 Zhifang Cai China · #3,481,452 worldwide 1k citations · 18 works
  8. 8 Yuhong Wang China · #3,758,097 worldwide 522 citations · 42 works
  9. 9 Yong Zhang China · #4,838,819 worldwide 16 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Wuhan Hankou Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Wuhan Hankou Hospital?

The most cited paper from Wuhan Hankou Hospital is "Development and Validation of a Clinical Risk Score to Predict the Occurrence of Critical Illness in Hospitalized Patients With COVID-19" (Wenhua Liang, Hengrui Liang, Limin Ou et al., 2020), with 1,530 citations. Next come "Immune cell profiling of COVID-19 patients in the recovery stage by single-cell sequencing" (789) and "Stability issues of RT‐PCR testing of SARS‐CoV‐2 for hospitalized patients clinically diagnosed with COVID‐19" (742).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Development and Validation of a Clinical Risk Score to Predict the Occurrence of Critical Illness in Hospitalized Patients With COVID-19 Wenhua Liang, Hengrui Liang, Limin Ou et al. · JAMA Internal Medicine Open access 12 May 2020 1,530
2 Immune cell profiling of COVID-19 patients in the recovery stage by single-cell sequencing Wen Wen, Wenru Su, Hao Tang et al. · Cell Discovery Open access 4 May 2020 789
3 Stability issues of RT‐PCR testing of SARS‐CoV‐2 for hospitalized patients clinically diagnosed with COVID‐19 Yafang Li, Lin Yao, Jiawei Li et al. · Journal of Medical Virology Open access 27 Mar 2020 742
4 Clinical characteristics and risk factors associated with COVID-19 disease severity in patients with cancer in Wuhan, China: a multicentre, retrospective, cohort study Jianbo Tian et al. · The Lancet Oncology Open access 29 May 2020 554
5 Early triage of critically ill COVID-19 patients using deep learning Wenhua Liang et al. · Nature Communications Open access 15 Jul 2020 307
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Wuhan Hankou Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Inflammation, Epidemiology, Cancer, Intraocular Pressure, Inflammatory Cytokines, Dry Eye Disease, Ocular Surface and Corneal Biomechanics.

▲ 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-now 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. Epidemiology10▲ 3.5×30 topics
  2. Inflammation9▲ 6.3×31 topics
  3. Cancer7▲ 7.1×22 topics
  4. Intraocular Pressure4▲ 65×2 topics
  5. Inflammatory Cytokines4▲ 60×2 topics
  6. Dry Eye Disease4▲ 147×1 topic
  7. Ocular Surface4▲ 147×1 topic
  8. Oxidative Stress3▲ 2.8×16 topics
  9. Corneal Biomechanics3▲ 115×1 topic
  10. Keratoconus3▲ 115×1 topic
  11. Metabolic Syndrome2▲ 4.4×7 topics
  12. Cardiovascular Disease2▲ 3.0×9 topics
  13. Depression2▲ 3.5×7 topics
  14. Regulation2▲ 6.0×5 topics
  15. Risk Factors2▲ 2.8×7 topics
  16. Biomarkers2▲ 4.2×5 topics
  17. Glaucoma2▲ 19×3 topics
  18. Myocardial Infarction2▲ 12×5 topics
  19. Biogenesis2▲ 16×3 topics
  20. Insulin Resistance2▲ 6.0×5 topics
  21. Myopia2▲ 40×2 topics
  22. Wound Healing2▲ 10×4 topics
  23. Meta-Analysis2▲ 4.4×5 topics
  24. Tissue Engineering2▲ 4.3×4 topics
  25. Neurodegeneration2▲ 7.8×4 topics
  26. Corneal Regeneration2▲ 83×1 topic
  27. Genetic Mutations2▲ 5.4×7 topics
  28. Limbal Stem Cells2▲ 83×1 topic
  29. Sepsis2▲ 12×5 topics
  30. Critical Care2▲ 8.8×4 topics
  31. Heart Failure2▲ 4.7×4 topics
  32. Apoptosis1▲ 6.1×8 topics
  33. Cardiovascular Risk1▲ 6.1×5 topics
  34. Optical Coherence Tomography1▲ 19×2 topics
  35. Refractive Error1▲ 44×1 topic
  36. Visual Impairment1▲ 35×1 topic
  37. Macrophages1▲ 9.2×3 topics
  38. Retinal Ganglion Cells1▲ 16×2 topics
  39. Toll-like Receptors1▲ 16×2 topics
  40. Osteoarthritis1▲ 12×3 topics

Which research topics does Wuhan Hankou Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Ocular Surface and Contact Lens, Corneal surgery and disorders, Corneal Surgery and Treatments and Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies.

Ocular Surface and Conta…4Ocular Surface and Contact Lens: 4 fractional worksCorneal surgery and disorders: 3 fractional worksCorneal Surgery and Treatments: 2 fractional worksOphthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies: 1 fractional worksCardiac Health and Mental Health: 1 fractional worksGlaucoma and retinal disorders: 1 fractional worksRespiratory Support and Mechanisms: 1 fractional worksIntraocular Surgery and Lenses: 1 fractional worksImmune Response and Inflammation: 1 fractional worksMicroRNA in disease regulation: 1 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingEpidemiologyCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine4 others

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

  1. 1 Ocular Surface and Contact Lens Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  2. 2 Corneal surgery and disorders Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 3 works
  3. 3 Corneal Surgery and Treatments Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  4. 4 Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies Epidemiology 1 works
  5. 5 Cardiac Health and Mental Health Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  6. 6 Glaucoma and retinal disorders Ophthalmology 1 works
  7. 7 Respiratory Support and Mechanisms Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  8. 8 Intraocular Surgery and Lenses Ophthalmology 1 works
  9. 9 Immune Response and Inflammation Immunology 1 works
  10. 10 MicroRNA in disease regulation Cancer Research 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 available52.4%not open47.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.9%domestic only94.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Wuhan Hankou Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 13% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Wuhan Hankou Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00025% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%Wuhan Hankou Hospital0.00029% in 2025200020102020

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