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Yuan's General Hospital

In research, Yuan's General Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#8,553 of 14,558 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#10,336 of 16,688 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#27,627
of 34,923
Rank in Taiwan
#231
of 284
Research works
303
▼ 23% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.4k
14.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.84×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
44%
world 40%
International
13%
world 18%
Yuan's General Hospital

What is Yuan's General 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 #8,553 of 14,558 6.0%204
Health SciencesDomain #10,336 of 16,688 6.1%217

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Yuan's General 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 Yuan's General Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 59% of research at Yuan's General Hospital is in Health Sciences, 33% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (53%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (21%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (5%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 28 fractional works · 58.8% of its workMedicine: 26 fractional works · 52.9% of its workSurgery: 4 fractional works · 8.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 5.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 5.4% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPeriodontics: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workResearch and Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 16 fractional works · 32.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 10 fractional works · 21.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 9.5% of its workBiochemistry: 3 fractional works · 5.5% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMolecular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 5.2% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHorticulture: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 4.8% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 4.4% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 3 fractional works · 6.1% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKYuan's GeneralHospital48fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences33%Physical Sciences6%Health Sciences59%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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine2652.9%
    2. Health Professions12.9%
    3. Dentistry12.2%
    4. Nursing00.6%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1021.5%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences35.2%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics24.8%
    4. Neuroscience00.8%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.4%
    1. Chemistry23.3%
    2. Engineering11.3%
    3. Materials Science00.9%
    4. Environmental Science00.4%
    5. Computer Science00.2%
    6. Mathematics00.1%
    1. Psychology11.1%
    2. Social Sciences00.8%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting00.2%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.2%
    5. Decision Sciences00.2%
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: 1.09× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4.02× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 13.55× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 2.12× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 4.61× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.11× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.75× its world share, 26 worksMedicineNursing: 1.28× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.56× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 13.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics13.55×2 works
  2. Dentistry4.61×1 works
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.02×10 works
  4. Medicine2.75×26 works
  5. Chemistry2.12×2 works
  6. Nursing1.28×0 works
  7. Health Professions1.11×1 works
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.09×2 works
  9. Veterinary0.56×0 works
  10. Neuroscience0.50×0 works
  11. Immunology and Microbiology0.38×0 works
  12. Psychology0.35×0 works
  13. Materials Science0.25×0 works
  14. Decision Sciences0.18×0 works
  15. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.11×0 works
  16. Engineering0.09×1 works
  17. Mathematics0.08×0 works
  18. Environmental Science0.07×0 works
  19. Business, Management and Accounting0.07×0 works
  20. Social Sciences0.06×0 works
  21. Computer Science0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Yuan's General Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Chen‐Guo Ker, Cheng-Hao Lin and Szu‐Jen Wang lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Yuan's General Hospital.

  1. 1 Chen‐Guo Ker Taiwan · #926,096 worldwide 7.5k citations · 103 works
  2. 2 Cheng-Hao Lin Taiwan · #2,079,106 worldwide 401 citations · 26 works
  3. 3 Szu‐Jen Wang Taiwan · #3,128,481 worldwide 278 citations · 29 works
  4. 4 Hong-Yaw Chen Taiwan · #3,172,238 worldwide 393 citations · 24 works
  5. 5 Hoi‐Wan Lo Taiwan · #3,557,660 worldwide 356 citations · 27 works
  6. 6 Yu‐Jou Tsai Taiwan · #3,718,112 worldwide 121 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Ping-Ju Tsai Taiwan · #3,801,175 worldwide 423 citations · 24 works
  8. 8 Wen‐Che Chi Taiwan · #3,898,882 worldwide 174 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 Wen‐Hsin Hsu Taiwan · #4,221,013 worldwide 226 citations · 29 works
  10. 10 Meng‐Shun Sun Taiwan · #4,484,701 worldwide 407 citations · 31 works
All ranked researchers at Yuan's General Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Yuan's General Hospital?

The most cited paper from Yuan's General Hospital is "Tokyo Guidelines 2018: diagnostic criteria and severity grading of acute cholecystitis (with videos)" (Masamichi Yokoe et al., 2017), with 1,544 citations. Next come "Tokyo Guidelines 2018: flowchart for the management of acute cholecystitis" (911) and "Tokyo Guidelines 2018: diagnostic criteria and severity grading of acute cholangitis (with videos)" (752).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Tokyo Guidelines 2018: diagnostic criteria and severity grading of acute cholecystitis (with videos) Masamichi Yokoe et al. · Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Sciences Open access 15 Oct 2017 1,544
2 Tokyo Guidelines 2018: flowchart for the management of acute cholecystitis Kohji Okamoto et al. · Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Sciences Open access 16 Oct 2017 911
3 Tokyo Guidelines 2018: diagnostic criteria and severity grading of acute cholangitis (with videos) Seiki Kiriyama et al. · Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Sciences Open access 15 Oct 2017 752
4 Diagnostic criteria and severity assessment of acute cholecystitis: Tokyo Guidelines Masahiko Hirota et al. · Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery Open access 2007 590
5 Tokyo Guidelines 2018: antimicrobial therapy for acute cholangitis and cholecystitis Harumi Gomi et al. · Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Sciences Open access Nov 2017 454
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Yuan's General Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Antioxidant, Biological Activities, Anti-inflammatory, Synthesis, Cytotoxicity, Antioxidants, Phytochemicals and Cardiovascular Disease.

▲ 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. Antioxidant5▲ 15×22 topics
  2. Biological Activities5▲ 66×6 topics
  3. Anti-inflammatory4▲ 29×15 topics
  4. Epidemiology4▲ 1.81×30 topics
  5. Synthesis4▲ 19×4 topics
  6. Cancer3▲ 5.0×18 topics
  7. Cytotoxicity3▲ 50×5 topics
  8. Cardiovascular Disease3▲ 5.8×11 topics
  9. Antioxidants3▲ 14×8 topics
  10. Inflammation3▲ 2.9×27 topics
  11. Phytochemicals3▲ 57×3 topics
  12. Isolation3▲ 92×2 topics
  13. Acetogenins3▲ 564×1 topic
  14. Annonaceae3▲ 564×1 topic
  15. Diabetes Mellitus2▲ 25×5 topics
  16. Diabetes2▲ 9.6×9 topics
  17. Medicinal Plants2▲ 12×9 topics
  18. Pharmacology2▲ 19×12 topics
  19. Quality of Life2▲ 3.2×12 topics
  20. Anticancer2▲ 28×9 topics
  21. Mortality2▲ 7.9×4 topics
  22. Hypertension2▲ 14×6 topics
  23. Risk Factors2▲ 3.8×12 topics
  24. Clinical Practice Guidelines2▲ 6.6×8 topics
  25. Treatment2▲ 3.0×13 topics
  26. Alkaloids2▲ 66×3 topics
  27. Chemotherapy2▲ 4.6×9 topics
  28. Chronic Kidney Disease2▲ 13×5 topics
  29. Diagnosis2▲ 3.5×12 topics
  30. Heart Failure2▲ 7.6×5 topics
  31. Antioxidant Activity2▲ 4.9×9 topics
  32. Bioactive Compounds1▲ 12×5 topics
  33. Antiviral1▲ 34×2 topics
  34. Flavonoids1▲ 11×7 topics
  35. Phytochemistry1▲ 23×4 topics
  36. Prognostic Factors1▲ 6.4×7 topics
  37. Traditional Medicine1▲ 18×5 topics
  38. Apoptosis1▲ 8.1×6 topics
  39. Ivabradine1▲ 354×1 topic
  40. Resting Heart Rate1▲ 354×1 topic

Which research topics does Yuan's General Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Traditional and Medicinal Uses of Annonaceae, Heart rate and cardiovascular health, Natural product bioactivities and synthesis and Dialysis and Renal Disease Management.

Traditional and Medicina…3Traditional and Medicinal Uses of Annonaceae: 3 fractional worksHeart rate and cardiovas…1Heart rate and cardiovascular health: 1 fractional worksNatural product bioactiv…1Natural product bioactivities and synthesis: 1 fractional worksDialysis and Renal Disease Management: 1 fractional worksPhytochemistry and Biological Activities: 1 fractional worksSarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 1 fractional worksCardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention: 1 fractional worksChemical synthesis and alkaloids: 1 fractional worksOral microbiology and periodontitis research: 1 fractional worksAlkaloids: synthesis and pharmacology: 1 fractional works
BiochemistryCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineMolecular BiologyNephrology5 others

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

  1. 1 Traditional and Medicinal Uses of Annonaceae Biochemistry 3 works
  2. 2 Heart rate and cardiovascular health Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  3. 3 Natural product bioactivities and synthesis Molecular Biology 1 works
  4. 4 Dialysis and Renal Disease Management Nephrology 1 works
  5. 5 Phytochemistry and Biological Activities Plant Science 1 works
  6. 6 Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  7. 7 Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  8. 8 Chemical synthesis and alkaloids Organic Chemistry 1 works
  9. 9 Oral microbiology and periodontitis research Periodontics 1 works
  10. 10 Alkaloids: synthesis and pharmacology Pharmacology 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 available43.6%not open56.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.0%domestic only87.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Yuan's General Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 23% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Yuan's General Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00019% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Yuan's General Hospital0.00030% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Yuan's General Hospital over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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