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Xiyuan Hospital

In research, Xiyuan Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#1,672 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#2,147 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#1,886 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Complementary and alternative medicine and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine — Complementary and alternative medicine is 32.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,766
of 28,054 · #9,019 all time
Rank in China
#886
of 3,058
Research works
1.8k
▲ 14% vs 2013–17
Citations
16k
9.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
28.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
37%
world 28%

What is Xiyuan 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 #1,672 of 10,443 28.9%307 #4673
Health SciencesDomain #2,147 of 11,982 29.1%320 #5739
Life SciencesDomain #1,886 of 7,800 27.8%152 #4241
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,877 of 3,579 28.9%89 #4127

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Xiyuan 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#4,673 #1,672
  2. Health Sciences#5,739 #2,147
  3. Life Sciences#4,241 #1,886
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#4,127 #1,877
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 Xiyuan Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Complementary and alternative medicine takes 32.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Complementary and alternative medicineSubfield · 47.8 works33×
  2. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 35.9 works6.8×
← 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: 0.36× its world share, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.31× its world share, 88 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.50× its world share, 18 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.09× its world share, 25 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 7.10× its world share, 12 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.35× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.11× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.12× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.16× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.01× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.42× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.18× its world share, 307 worksMedicineNursing: 2.15× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.38× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 7.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Xiyuan Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Keji Chen, Hao Xu and Miaoran Wang lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Xiyuan Hospital.

  1. 1 Keji Chen China · #410,287 worldwide 88 citations · 74 works
  2. 2 Hao Xu China · #543,317 worldwide 36 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 Miaoran Wang China · #682,079 worldwide 62 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Jianxun Liu China · #719,223 worldwide 59 citations · 47 works
  5. 5 Peili Wang China · #916,567 worldwide 30 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 Xiaomei Hu China · #1,146,124 worldwide 24 citations · 26 works
  7. 7 唐旭东 China · #1,273,607 worldwide 0 citations · 24 works
  8. 8 Jincheng Chen China · #1,288,101 worldwide 36 citations · 24 works
  9. 9 Xudong Tang China · #1,331,548 worldwide 26 citations · 26 works
  10. 10 liu feng China · #1,374,786 worldwide 0 citations · 149 works
All ranked researchers at Xiyuan Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Xiyuan Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Inflammation, Cardiovascular Disease, Cancer, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Oxidative Stress, Herbal Medicine, Metabolism and Metabolic Syndrome.

▲ 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. Inflammation77▲ 7.4×74 topics
  2. Cardiovascular Disease53▲ 9.5×36 topics
  3. Cancer42▲ 6.2×47 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress41▲ 5.0×53 topics
  5. Traditional Chinese Medicine36▲ 59×5 topics
  6. Epidemiology34▲ 1.70×69 topics
  7. Herbal Medicine27▲ 19×10 topics
  8. Metabolic Syndrome26▲ 6.4×21 topics
  9. Metabolism25▲ 9.9×27 topics
  10. Obesity23▲ 6.1×20 topics
  11. Pharmacological Effects23▲ 74×6 topics
  12. Neuroprotective Effects22▲ 28×7 topics
  13. Antioxidant20▲ 5.9×37 topics
  14. Precision Medicine20▲ 8.7×7 topics
  15. Heart Failure19▲ 8.8×14 topics
  16. Phytochemistry19▲ 30×5 topics
  17. Integrative Medicine18▲ 61×2 topics
  18. Pharmacokinetics18▲ 14×9 topics
  19. Atherosclerosis18▲ 12×12 topics
  20. Biomarkers17▲ 4.9×15 topics
  21. Depression17▲ 3.8×17 topics
  22. Anti-inflammatory16▲ 12×23 topics
  23. Antioxidant Activity16▲ 5.0×19 topics
  24. Gene Expression16▲ 5.2×11 topics
  25. Insulin Resistance15▲ 6.4×10 topics
  26. Clinical Trials14▲ 4.3×14 topics
  27. Cancer Prevention14▲ 11×9 topics
  28. Cytokines14▲ 10×7 topics
  29. Genomic Analysis14▲ 11×5 topics
  30. Aging13▲ 4.9×15 topics
  31. Quality Control13▲ 13×2 topics
  32. Astragalus membranaceus13▲ 144×1 topic
  33. Cell Death13▲ 11×6 topics
  34. Chemical Analysis13▲ 45×1 topic
  35. Ayurveda13▲ 106×1 topic
  36. Cardiovascular Risk13▲ 8.3×8 topics
  37. Syndrome Differentiation13▲ 106×1 topic
  38. Immunity12▲ 6.2×9 topics
  39. Myocardial Infarction11▲ 9.4×7 topics
  40. Acupuncture11▲ 37×3 topics

Which research topics does Xiyuan Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Traditional Chinese Medicine Analysis, Traditional Chinese Medicine Studies, Ginseng Biological Effects and Applications and Acupuncture Treatment Research Studies.

Traditional Chinese Medicine Analysis: 13 fractional worksTraditional Chinese Medicine Studies: 13 fractional worksGinseng Biological Effects and Applications: 7 fractional worksAcupuncture Treatment Research Studies: 7 fractional worksNeurological Disease Mechanisms and Treatments: 6 fractional worksGut microbiota and health: 6 fractional worksCardiovascular Function …6Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 6 fractional worksFerroptosis and cancer prognosis: 5 fractional worksGastrointestinal motility and disorders: 5 fractional worksMedical Research and Tre…5Medical Research and Treatments: 5 fractional works
Complementary and alternative medicineMolecular BiologyNeurologyCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine2 others

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

  1. 1 Traditional Chinese Medicine Analysis Complementary and alternative medicine 13 works
  2. 2 Traditional Chinese Medicine Studies Complementary and alternative medicine 13 works
  3. 3 Ginseng Biological Effects and Applications Molecular Biology 7 works
  4. 4 Acupuncture Treatment Research Studies Complementary and alternative medicine 7 works
  5. 5 Neurological Disease Mechanisms and Treatments Neurology 6 works
  6. 6 Gut microbiota and health Molecular Biology 6 works
  7. 7 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 6 works
  8. 8 Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 5 works
  9. 9 Gastrointestinal motility and disorders Gastroenterology 5 works
  10. 10 Medical Research and Treatments Complementary and alternative medicine 5 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 available36.8%not open63.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.5%domestic only93.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Xiyuan Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 14% 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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