The Fourth Hospital of Changsha

长沙市第四医院 长沙市中西医结合医院

China

Time frame: 1 June 2025 - 30 May 2026

Profile

The Nature Index tracks primary research articles from 178 applied, health, natural and social sciences journals, across many different publishers, chosen by an independent group of researchers. The Nature Index provides absolute Count of primary research articles and fractional Share counts of author contribution to articles. The positions in the table below reflect The Fourth Hospital of Changsha's position overall, domestically, within their sector, and in various subject areas based on their Share. Each position links to the corresponding table where The Fourth Hospital of Changsha is listed.

Position by research output Share

Global China
Overall 5842 1451
Healthcare 1454 494

Position by research output Share in subject areas

Global China
Health sciences 5463 1090
Natural sciences 3715 997
Biological sciences 2190 533
Chemistry 2384 906

Research

The Fourth Hospital of Changsha has the following research output in the current window (1 June 2025 - 30 May 2026) of the Nature Index. Click on Count to view a list of articles representing the corresponding Share value.

Overall research output

Count Share
Overall 5 0.45

Overall Count and Share for 'The Fourth Hospital of Changsha' based on the 12-month time frame mentioned above.

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Research outputs by subject area

Note: Natural sciences includes biological sciences, chemistry, Earth & environmental sciences and physical sciences.
Subject Count Share
Biological sciences 2 0.29
Chemistry 1 0.10
Health sciences 2 0.05

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Leading research topics

In the Current Index (12-month rolling window), The Fourth Hospital of Changsha published the most articles in these research topics. Learn more about Nature Research Intelligence Topics.
Topics Count Share
Ecology 1 0.25
Analytical Chemistry 1 0.10
Clinical Sciences 2 0.05
Biochemistry and Cell Biology 1 0.04

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Share output for the past 5 years

Subject area or journal group 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Overall 0 0 0 0 0
Applied sciences 0 0 0 0 0
Natural sciences
Chemistry 0 0 0 0 0

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Collaboration

Nature Index collaborations highlight fruitful collaborations that lead to high quality research around the world. A collaboration can be between any two institutions or locations co-authoring at least one article in the journals tracked by the Nature Index. The collaboration score between two institutions is the sum of each of their Shares on the papers to which both have contributed. The table and charts below highlight the leading collaborators with The Fourth Hospital of Changsha.

International vs domestic collaboration by Share

Type Percentage
International (0 institutions) 0.0%
Domestic (5 institutions) 100.0%

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Top 5 domestic collaborators with The Fourth Hospital of Changsha by Share

Collaborating institutions

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Collaborating Institution Collaborators' Share Collaboration Score
Central South University (CSU) 0.32 / 1.73 2.04
Xiangya Hospital, CSU 0.25 / 0.67 0.92
Hunan Normal University (HUNNU) 0.10 / 0.60 0.70
Xinjiang Medical University (XJMU) 0.28 / 0.11 0.39
Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University 0.25 / 0.08 0.33

Top 5 international collaborators with The Fourth Hospital of Changsha by Share

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