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XinHua Hospital

In research, XinHua Hospital stands highest in Life Sciences (#638 of 7,800 worldwide), Medicine (#901 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#1,331 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cancer Research, Neurology and Pathology and Forensic Medicine — Cancer Research is 8.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,644
of 28,054 · #4,001 all time
Rank in China
#468
of 3,058
Research works
6.6k
▼ 9% vs 2013–17
Citations
102k
15.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
40%
world 28%

What is XinHua 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
Life SciencesDomain #638 of 7,800 25.0%438 #1726
MedicineField #901 of 10,443 19.7%788 #1726
Health SciencesDomain #1,331 of 11,982 19.5%833 #2150
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #786 of 3,579 24.4%304 #1830
Molecular BiologySubfield #612 of 2,175 25.0%171 #1329
SurgerySubfield #638 of 1,816 17.2%113 #1221
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #493 of 1,144 20.6%81 #1076
Physical SciencesDomain #6,248 of 12,888 29.4%128 #10655
EpidemiologySubfield #636 of 976 21.0%61 #1078
NeuroscienceField #772 of 1,168 19.4%65 #1595

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where XinHua 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. Life Sciences#1,726 #638
  2. Medicine#1,726 #901
  3. Health Sciences#2,150 #1,331
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,830 #786
  5. Molecular Biology#1,329 #612
  6. Surgery#1,221 #638
  7. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#1,076 #493
  8. Physical Sciences#10,655 #6,248
  9. Epidemiology#1,078 #636
  10. Neuroscience#1,595 #772
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 XinHua Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cancer Research takes 8.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cancer ResearchSubfield · 49.5 works8.0×
  2. NeurologySubfield · 20.3 works5.1×
  3. Pathology and Forensic MedicineSubfield · 37.8 works5.1×
← 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: 0.21× its world share, 14 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.99× its world share, 304 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.45× its world share, 50 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.82× its world share, 65 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.10× its world share, 6 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.35× its world share, 8 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 10 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.22× its world share, 48 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.55× its world share, 39 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.36× its world share, 18 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.22× its world share, 8 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.49× its world share, 18 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.87× its world share, 788 worksMedicineNursing: 2.48× its world share, 17 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.41× its world share, 18 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 9 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, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at XinHua Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Jian‐Gao Fan, Jun Zhang and Wei Cai lead among researchers whose main affiliation is XinHua Hospital.

  1. 1 Jian‐Gao Fan China · #52,001 worldwide 320 citations · 49 works
  2. 2 Jun Zhang China · #195,164 worldwide 232 citations · 71 works
  3. 3 Wei Cai China · #218,040 worldwide 101 citations · 30 works
  4. 4 Qing Su China · #310,769 worldwide 150 citations · 73 works
  5. 5 Wei Xiong China · #373,091 worldwide 53 citations · 24 works
  6. 6 Li‐Yang Dai China · #441,845 worldwide 88 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Chen‐Ying Liu China · #468,335 worldwide 172 citations · 22 works
  8. 8 Shiting Li China · #527,836 worldwide 79 citations · 37 works
  9. 9 Yingwei Chen China · #585,616 worldwide 46 citations · 22 works
  10. 10 Xi Zhang China · #599,373 worldwide 53 citations · 46 works
All ranked researchers at XinHua Hospital

Which keywords describe research at XinHua Hospital?

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

▲ 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. Inflammation133▲ 4.5×81 topics
  2. Cancer126▲ 6.5×52 topics
  3. Epidemiology116▲ 2.0×114 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress86▲ 3.7×53 topics
  5. Treatment56▲ 3.3×44 topics
  6. Metabolic Syndrome55▲ 4.7×23 topics
  7. Cardiovascular Disease52▲ 3.3×36 topics
  8. Biomarkers52▲ 5.3×17 topics
  9. Tumor Microenvironment46▲ 7.2×8 topics
  10. Gene Expression43▲ 5.0×16 topics
  11. Immunotherapy41▲ 4.1×18 topics
  12. Diagnosis37▲ 2.8×35 topics
  13. Management34▲ 3.0×26 topics
  14. Obesity33▲ 3.1×19 topics
  15. Neurological Disorders32▲ 4.0×17 topics
  16. Chemotherapy31▲ 3.1×24 topics
  17. Cell Death31▲ 9.3×6 topics
  18. Metabolism30▲ 4.1×27 topics
  19. Angiogenesis30▲ 6.4×15 topics
  20. Metastasis30▲ 6.2×12 topics
  21. Insulin Resistance30▲ 4.5×10 topics
  22. Prognostic Factors29▲ 4.7×14 topics
  23. Genetic Mutations28▲ 4.5×22 topics
  24. Immunity27▲ 4.7×9 topics
  25. Clinical Practice Guidelines26▲ 3.4×14 topics
  26. Cancer Therapy26▲ 3.2×16 topics
  27. Biogenesis25▲ 9.8×3 topics
  28. Regulation25▲ 3.2×11 topics
  29. Cancer Progression24▲ 9.2×8 topics
  30. Epigenetic Regulation22▲ 7.3×6 topics
  31. Neurodegeneration22▲ 5.1×10 topics
  32. Macrophages20▲ 8.2×7 topics
  33. Metabolic Disorders19▲ 11×4 topics
  34. Stem Cells19▲ 5.3×13 topics
  35. Critical Care19▲ 5.8×8 topics
  36. Endothelial Dysfunction19▲ 5.8×8 topics
  37. Sepsis19▲ 7.8×6 topics
  38. Lipid Peroxidation17▲ 12×2 topics
  39. Cell Differentiation17▲ 13×2 topics
  40. Ferroptosis16▲ 15×1 topic

Which research topics does XinHua Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis, Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research, RNA modifications and cancer and Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment.

Ferroptosis and cancer p…16Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis: 16 fractional worksCancer-related molecular…16Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research: 16 fractional worksRNA modifications and cancer: 13 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis …13Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 13 fractional worksMetabolism and Genetic D…11Metabolism and Genetic Disorders: 11 fractional worksExtracellular vesicles in disease: 10 fractional worksImmune cells in cancer: 10 fractional worksMicroRNA in disease regu…10MicroRNA in disease regulation: 10 fractional worksCancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism: 9 fractional worksSepsis Diagnosis and Treatment: 9 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineCancer ResearchMolecular BiologyEpidemiology2 others

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

  1. 1 Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 16 works
  2. 2 Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research Cancer Research 16 works
  3. 3 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 13 works
  4. 4 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 13 works
  5. 5 Metabolism and Genetic Disorders Clinical Biochemistry 11 works
  6. 6 Extracellular vesicles in disease Molecular Biology 10 works
  7. 7 Immune cells in cancer Immunology 10 works
  8. 8 MicroRNA in disease regulation Cancer Research 10 works
  9. 9 Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism Cancer Research 9 works
  10. 10 Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 9 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 available39.9%not open60.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.5%domestic only90.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has XinHua Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 9% 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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