Table 2. Top institutional pairs in Chinese anti-cancer drug research network.
| Institutional pairs (region)* | Co-publication frequency | Jaccard index (Jij) | Geographic adjacency (Y=yes, N=no)** | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Natl Yang Ming Univ (Taiwan) | Taipei Vet Gen Hosp (Taiwan) | 260 | 0.361 | Y |
| Chinese Univ Hong Kong (Hong Kong) | Prince Wales Hosp (Hong Kong) | 117 | 0.277 | Y |
| Second Mil Med Univ (Shanghai) | Shanghai Inst Mat Med, Chinese Acad Sci (Shanghai) | 94 | 0.435 | Y |
| Natl Res Inst Family Planning (Beijing) | World Hlth Org CollabCtr Res Human Reprod (Beijing) | 67 | 0.290 | Y |
| China Three Gorges Univ (Hubei) | Yichang Cent Peoples Hosp (Hubei) | 51 | 0.680 | Y |
| Shenzhen Kangzhe Pharmaceut Co., Ltd. (Guangdong) | Tianjin Med Univ (Tianjin) | 41 | 0.402 | N |
| Shanghai Inst Mat Med, Chinese Acad Sci (Shanghai) | Ocean Univ China (Shandong) | 36 | 0.257 | N |
| Hong Kong Univ Sci & Technol (Hong Kong) | CK Life Sci Int Inc (Hong Kong) | 24 | 0.774 | Y |
| Yunnan Univ (Yunnan) | Third Affiliated Hosp Kunming Med Univ (Yunnan) | 24 | 0.522 | Y |
| Nanchang Univ (Jiangxi) | Shaoxing Peoples Hosp (Zhejiang) | 22 | 0.338 | Y |
| Inst Modern Phys, Chinese Acad Sci (Gansu) | Lanzhou Command Ctr Dis Control & Prevent (Gansu) | 21 | 0.778 | Y |
| Hubei Univ Tradit Chinese Med (Hubei) | E China Univ Sci & Technol (Shanghai) | 20 | 0.444 | N |
| Cent S Univ (Hunan) | Shaoxing Peoples Hosp (Zhejiang) | 20 | 0.290 | N |
| China Med Univ (Liaoning) | Liaoning Canc Hosp & Inst (Liaoning) | 18 | 0.474 | Y |
| Guangzhou Med Coll (Guangdong) | So Med Univ (Guangdong) | 18 | 0.346 | Y |
| Huazhong Univ Sci & Technol (Hubei) | Wuhan First Hosp (Hubei) | 18 | 0.257 | Y |
*, institution’s regional location is the provincial-level administrative divisions of China; **, the value of geographic adjacency is “yes” when the institutional partners are located within the same region or physically neighboring regions, on the contrary, the value is “no”