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Zhujiang Hospital

In research, Zhujiang Hospital stands highest in Life Sciences (#413 of 7,800 worldwide), Medicine (#760 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#977 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cancer Research, Immunology and Rheumatology — Cancer Research is 8.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,259
of 28,054 · #3,988 all time
Rank in China
#382
of 3,058
Research works
4k
▲ 21% vs 2013–17
Citations
57k
14.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
28.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
41%
world 28%

What is Zhujiang 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 #413 of 7,800 30.4%393 #1616
MedicineField #760 of 10,443 25.9%589 #1911
Health SciencesDomain #977 of 11,982 26.3%613 #2389
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #659 of 3,579 28.5%254 #1956
Molecular BiologySubfield #451 of 2,175 29.5%153 #1444
SurgerySubfield #608 of 1,816 22.7%78 #1612
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #523 of 1,144 22.7%67 #1436
NeuroscienceField #548 of 1,168 28.9%63 #1538
Physical SciencesDomain #6,149 of 12,888 35.2%89 #12519
OncologySubfield #377 of 772 27.5%65 #941

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Zhujiang 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#1,616 #413
  2. Medicine#1,911 #760
  3. Health Sciences#2,389 #977
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,956 #659
  5. Molecular Biology#1,444 #451
  6. Surgery#1,612 #608
  7. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#1,436 #523
  8. Neuroscience#1,538 #548
  9. Physical Sciences#12,519 #6,149
  10. Oncology#941 #377
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 Zhujiang Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cancer Research takes 8.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cancer ResearchSubfield · 43.1 works8.8×
  2. ImmunologySubfield · 52.3 works6.7×
  3. RheumatologySubfield · 28.8 works5.6×
← 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: 0.19× its world share, 10 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4.22× its world share, 254 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 5.16× its world share, 59 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.41× its world share, 62 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.72× its world share, 7 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.26× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.14× its world share, 12 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.24× its world share, 41 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.13× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.53× its world share, 21 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.10× its world share, 6 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.26× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.71× its world share, 589 worksMedicineNursing: 1.76× its world share, 10 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.64× its world share, 22 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 9 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 5.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Zhujiang Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Jing-ming Lin, Sanfang Tu and Qiuyou Xie lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Zhujiang Hospital.

  1. 1 Jing-ming Lin China · #219,844 worldwide 47 citations · 33 works
  2. 2 Sanfang Tu China · #472,734 worldwide 72 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 Qiuyou Xie China · #581,261 worldwide 57 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Yuhua Li China · #636,646 worldwide 43 citations · 27 works
  5. 5 Yi Gao China · #659,253 worldwide 46 citations · 39 works
  6. 6 Yanfang Zheng China · #709,286 worldwide 29 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 Xiuli Zhang China · #730,447 worldwide 41 citations · 18 works
  8. 8 Xuefeng Wang China · #737,122 worldwide 46 citations · 43 works
  9. 9 Peng Luo China · #834,290 worldwide 110 citations · 92 works
  10. 10 Jiren Zhang China · #892,230 worldwide 24 citations · 30 works
All ranked researchers at Zhujiang Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Zhujiang Hospital?

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

▲ 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. Inflammation135▲ 5.8×83 topics
  2. Cancer117▲ 7.7×55 topics
  3. Epidemiology78▲ 1.74×108 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress71▲ 3.9×53 topics
  5. Tumor Microenvironment56▲ 11×8 topics
  6. Immunotherapy54▲ 6.6×17 topics
  7. Gene Expression51▲ 7.4×16 topics
  8. Biomarkers41▲ 5.4×17 topics
  9. Cell Death36▲ 14×6 topics
  10. Chemotherapy33▲ 4.1×24 topics
  11. Immunity32▲ 7.1×10 topics
  12. Cardiovascular Disease30▲ 2.4×32 topics
  13. Innate Immunity28▲ 7.9×11 topics
  14. Cancer Therapy28▲ 4.3×19 topics
  15. Biogenesis27▲ 14×3 topics
  16. Metastasis27▲ 6.9×12 topics
  17. Clinical Practice Guidelines26▲ 4.1×14 topics
  18. Neuroinflammation25▲ 7.8×6 topics
  19. Reactive Oxygen Species25▲ 5.5×12 topics
  20. Drug Delivery24▲ 3.9×10 topics
  21. Angiogenesis23▲ 6.2×15 topics
  22. Metabolism23▲ 3.9×25 topics
  23. Prognostic Factors23▲ 4.6×14 topics
  24. Cytokines22▲ 7.0×8 topics
  25. Apoptosis22▲ 6.5×20 topics
  26. Regeneration22▲ 10×6 topics
  27. Lipid Peroxidation21▲ 18×3 topics
  28. Ferroptosis20▲ 24×1 topic
  29. GPX420▲ 24×1 topic
  30. Tumor Targeting20▲ 10×3 topics
  31. Cancer Progression20▲ 9.6×8 topics
  32. Epigenetic Regulation20▲ 8.1×6 topics
  33. Inflammatory Diseases19▲ 9.2×5 topics
  34. Neurodegeneration19▲ 5.6×10 topics
  35. Photodynamic Therapy19▲ 7.5×6 topics
  36. Immune Responses18▲ 11×3 topics
  37. Cancer Immunotherapy18▲ 10×3 topics
  38. Mesenchymal Stem Cells17▲ 15×3 topics
  39. Metabolic Health17▲ 7.5×3 topics
  40. Matrix Metalloproteinases16▲ 10×5 topics

Which research topics does Zhujiang Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis, Gut microbiota and health, Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers and Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics.

Ferroptosis and cancer p…20Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis: 20 fractional worksGut microbiota and health15Gut microbiota and health: 15 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 15 fractional worksNanoplatforms for cancer theranostics: 14 fractional worksOsteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms: 13 fractional worksRNA modifications and cancer: 12 fractional worksCancer-related molecular mechanisms research: 12 fractional worksImmune cells in cancer12Immune cells in cancer: 12 fractional worksMicroRNA in disease regulation: 11 fractional worksExtracellular vesicles in disease: 10 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineMolecular BiologyOncologyBiomedical Engineering3 others

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

  1. 1 Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 20 works
  2. 2 Gut microbiota and health Molecular Biology 15 works
  3. 3 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 15 works
  4. 4 Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics Biomedical Engineering 14 works
  5. 5 Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms Rheumatology 13 works
  6. 6 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 12 works
  7. 7 Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research Cancer Research 12 works
  8. 8 Immune cells in cancer Immunology 12 works
  9. 9 MicroRNA in disease regulation Cancer Research 11 works
  10. 10 Extracellular vesicles in disease Molecular Biology 10 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 available41.4%not open58.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.9%domestic only90.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Zhujiang Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 21% higher than in 2013–2017.

200020102020
grewheldshrank

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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