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Wuhan Union Hospital

In research, Wuhan Union Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#895 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#812 of 10,443 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#782 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cancer Research, Immunology and Oncology — Cancer Research is 8.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,696
of 28,054 · #4,558 all time
Rank in China
#479
of 3,058
Research works
2.7k
▲ 79% vs 2013–17
Citations
44k
16.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
28.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
51%
world 28%

What is Wuhan Union 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
Health SciencesDomain #895 of 11,982 25.8%539 #2334
MedicineField #812 of 10,443 25.4%517 #2096
Life SciencesDomain #782 of 7,800 33.2%273 #2056
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,008 of 3,579 33.9%178 #2751
Molecular BiologySubfield #720 of 2,175 35.7%107 #1915
SurgerySubfield #852 of 1,816 20.5%69 #1974
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #573 of 1,144 24.5%63 #1446
Physical SciencesDomain #6,615 of 12,888 32.7%66 #12777
OncologySubfield #487 of 772 25.3%64 #1120

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Wuhan Union 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. Health Sciences#2,334 #895
  2. Medicine#2,096 #812
  3. Life Sciences#2,056 #782
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#2,751 #1,008
  5. Molecular Biology#1,915 #720
  6. Surgery#1,974 #852
  7. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#1,446 #573
  8. Physical Sciences#12,777 #6,615
  9. Oncology#1,120 #487
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 Union Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cancer Research takes 8.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cancer ResearchSubfield · 31.7 works8.2×
  2. ImmunologySubfield · 45.9 works7.5×
  3. OncologySubfield · 64.4 works6.4×
← 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: 0.12× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.74× its world share, 178 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 5.52× its world share, 50 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.40× its world share, 35 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.92× its world share, 6 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.26× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.23× its world share, 31 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.11× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.40× its world share, 12 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.20× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.85× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.46× its world share, 11 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.02× its world share, 517 worksMedicineNursing: 1.51× its world share, 7 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.20× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 5.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Wuhan Union Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, You Shang and Yanli He lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Wuhan Union Hospital.

  1. 1 You Shang China · #1,038,414 worldwide 37 citations · 25 works
  2. 2 Yanli He China · #1,263,701 worldwide 18 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at Wuhan Union Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Wuhan Union Hospital?

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

▲ 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▲ 5.3×81 topics
  2. Cancer92▲ 7.7×49 topics
  3. Epidemiology62▲ 1.77×104 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress52▲ 3.6×50 topics
  5. Tumor Microenvironment43▲ 11×8 topics
  6. Immunotherapy40▲ 6.3×18 topics
  7. Chemotherapy33▲ 5.3×22 topics
  8. Biomarkers29▲ 4.8×15 topics
  9. Prognostic Factors28▲ 7.2×14 topics
  10. Immunity27▲ 7.5×10 topics
  11. Cardiovascular Disease27▲ 2.7×35 topics
  12. Gene Expression27▲ 4.9×13 topics
  13. Treatment25▲ 2.4×40 topics
  14. Metabolic Syndrome24▲ 3.3×22 topics
  15. Cell Death24▲ 12×6 topics
  16. Metastasis24▲ 7.8×12 topics
  17. Clinical Practice Guidelines23▲ 4.8×14 topics
  18. Metabolism23▲ 5.0×26 topics
  19. Diagnosis22▲ 2.7×33 topics
  20. Cancer Therapy22▲ 4.2×19 topics
  21. Management21▲ 3.0×26 topics
  22. Angiogenesis21▲ 7.1×15 topics
  23. Immune Response20▲ 3.9×19 topics
  24. Obesity20▲ 2.9×19 topics
  25. Biogenesis20▲ 12×3 topics
  26. Macrophages18▲ 12×7 topics
  27. Insulin Resistance18▲ 4.4×10 topics
  28. Drug Delivery18▲ 3.7×13 topics
  29. Reactive Oxygen Species17▲ 4.7×12 topics
  30. Apoptosis17▲ 6.1×21 topics
  31. Heart Failure16▲ 4.3×12 topics
  32. Innate Immunity16▲ 5.8×10 topics
  33. Cancer Progression16▲ 9.8×8 topics
  34. Cancer Immunotherapy15▲ 11×3 topics
  35. Lymphoma14▲ 9.8×4 topics
  36. PET Imaging14▲ 9.1×4 topics
  37. Epigenetic Regulation13▲ 6.9×4 topics
  38. Hepatocellular Carcinoma13▲ 7.1×3 topics
  39. Tumor Targeting12▲ 7.8×3 topics
  40. Transcriptional Regulation12▲ 8.3×9 topics

Which research topics does Wuhan Union Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis, Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers, Immune cells in cancer and RNA modifications and cancer.

Ferroptosis and cancer p…11Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis: 11 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and…11Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 11 fractional worksImmune cells in cancer: 10 fractional worksRNA modifications and ca…9RNA modifications and cancer: 9 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy resea…9CAR-T cell therapy research: 9 fractional worksExtracellular vesicles in disease: 8 fractional worksCancer-related molecular mechanisms research: 8 fractional worksNanoplatforms for cancer…8Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics: 8 fractional worksMicroRNA in disease regulation: 7 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 6 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineOncologyImmunologyMolecular Biology3 others

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

  1. 1 Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 11 works
  2. 2 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 11 works
  3. 3 Immune cells in cancer Immunology 10 works
  4. 4 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 9 works
  5. 5 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 9 works
  6. 6 Extracellular vesicles in disease Molecular Biology 8 works
  7. 7 Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research Cancer Research 8 works
  8. 8 Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics Biomedical Engineering 8 works
  9. 9 MicroRNA in disease regulation Cancer Research 7 works
  10. 10 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 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 available50.7%not open49.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.5%domestic only87.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Wuhan Union Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 79% 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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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.