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Wuhan Third Hospital

In research, Wuhan Third Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#5,497 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#6,498 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#5,159 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cancer Research — Cancer Research is 18.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#11,164
of 28,054 · #19,684 all time
Rank in China
#1,987
of 3,058
Research works
854
▲ 43% vs 2013–17
Citations
8.1k
9.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
40%
world 28%

What is Wuhan Third 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 #5,497 of 10,443 17.4%149 #8802
Health SciencesDomain #6,498 of 11,982 17.3%157 #10485
Life SciencesDomain #5,159 of 7,800 10.6%95 #9737
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #3,451 of 3,579 8.6%69 #7254

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

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. Medicine#8,802 #5,497
  2. Health Sciences#10,485 #6,498
  3. Life Sciences#9,737 #5,159
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#7,254 #3,451
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 Wuhan Third Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cancer Research takes 18.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cancer ResearchSubfield · 23.0 works18×
← 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: 4.45× its world share, 69 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.09× its world share, 12 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.05× its world share, 10 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.42× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.15× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.46× its world share, 20 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.46× its world share, 5 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.12× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.60× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.67× its world share, 149 worksMedicineNursing: 1.63× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.43× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 1 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, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Wuhan Third Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Weiguo Xie, Tian Xia and Ziqing Ye lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Wuhan Third Hospital.

  1. 1 Weiguo Xie China · #976,477 worldwide 30 citations · 19 works
  2. 2 Tian Xia China · #1,306,693 worldwide 29 citations · 24 works
  3. 3 Ziqing Ye China · #1,530,040 worldwide 21 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Wuhan Third Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Wuhan Third Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cancer, Inflammation, Regulation, Biogenesis, Oxidative Stress, Gene Expression, Epidemiology and Epigenetic Regulation.

▲ 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. Cancer44▲ 11×43 topics
  2. Inflammation36▲ 6.0×64 topics
  3. Epidemiology26▲ 2.3×70 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress21▲ 4.3×38 topics
  5. Regulation17▲ 11×7 topics
  6. Biogenesis16▲ 32×3 topics
  7. Gene Expression15▲ 8.4×12 topics
  8. Biomarkers14▲ 7.3×10 topics
  9. Epigenetic Regulation14▲ 22×5 topics
  10. Cell Differentiation12▲ 47×2 topics
  11. Long Noncoding RNAs12▲ 49×1 topic
  12. RNA Regulation12▲ 39×1 topic
  13. Metastasis11▲ 12×11 topics
  14. Cardiovascular Disease11▲ 3.5×29 topics
  15. Angiogenesis11▲ 12×13 topics
  16. Quality of Life11▲ 2.6×23 topics
  17. Risk Factors11▲ 3.4×17 topics
  18. Wound Healing11▲ 14×9 topics
  19. Tumor Microenvironment10▲ 8.2×8 topics
  20. Macrophages10▲ 20×7 topics
  21. Diabetes10▲ 6.7×14 topics
  22. Disease9▲ 35×2 topics
  23. Pathophysiology9▲ 10×6 topics
  24. Cancer Progression9▲ 16×8 topics
  25. Sepsis9▲ 18×5 topics
  26. Rehabilitation8▲ 7.3×10 topics
  27. Cellular Functions8▲ 37×3 topics
  28. Cancer Biomarkers8▲ 32×3 topics
  29. Cell Death8▲ 12×6 topics
  30. Regeneration8▲ 13×4 topics
  31. Therapeutics8▲ 24×2 topics
  32. Circular RNAs8▲ 64×1 topic
  33. MicroRNA8▲ 21×1 topic
  34. MicroRNA Sponges8▲ 64×1 topic
  35. Targeting8▲ 34×1 topic
  36. Growth Factors7▲ 19×3 topics
  37. Resuscitation6▲ 17×3 topics
  38. Psychological Impact6▲ 6.5×5 topics
  39. Chronic Wounds6▲ 36×1 topic
  40. Fibroblasts6▲ 36×1 topic

Which research topics does Wuhan Third Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research, MicroRNA in disease regulation, Circular RNAs in diseases and Wound Healing and Treatments.

Cancer-related molecular…12Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research: 12 fractional worksMicroRNA in disease regulation: 8 fractional worksCircular RNAs in diseases: 8 fractional worksWound Healing and Treatments: 6 fractional worksBurn Injury Management and Outcomes: 5 fractional worksRNA modifications and ca…5RNA modifications and cancer: 5 fractional worksFerroptosis and cancer prognosis: 5 fractional worksChronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes: 2 fractional worksBIM and Construction Integration: 2 fractional worksAtherosclerosis and Cardiovascular Diseases: 2 fractional works
Cancer ResearchMolecular BiologyRehabilitationEpidemiology4 others

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

  1. 1 Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research Cancer Research 12 works
  2. 2 MicroRNA in disease regulation Cancer Research 8 works
  3. 3 Circular RNAs in diseases Molecular Biology 8 works
  4. 4 Wound Healing and Treatments Rehabilitation 6 works
  5. 5 Burn Injury Management and Outcomes Epidemiology 5 works
  6. 6 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 5 works
  7. 7 Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 5 works
  8. 8 Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes Nephrology 2 works
  9. 9 BIM and Construction Integration Building and Construction 2 works
  10. 10 Atherosclerosis and Cardiovascular Diseases 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 available40.0%not open60.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.8%domestic only94.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Wuhan Third Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 43% 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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