On August 4th, the 2021 China Medical College/China Hospital Science and Technology Evaluation Metrics (STEM) and Five-Year Accumulative Science and Technology Evaluation Metrics (ASTEM) Conference hosted by the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences was held in Beijing. In the cardiovascular disease rankings, the Department of Cardiology of Qilu Hospital ranks fifth in the country, one place higher than its ranking in 2020 (sixth).


In 2013, under the leadership of Cao Xuetao, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences released the ranking of scientific and technological influence of Chinese hospitals for the first time. In that year, the Department of Cardiology of Qilu Hospital ranked eighth in the country. In 2018, under the leadership of Wang Chen, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences reformed the original evaluation system and put forward the concept of STEM (Science and Technology Evaluation Metrics) for the first time. STEM is a comprehensive measurement value that revolves around the whole process of scientific and technological activities, covers the whole chain of innovative activities, unifies standards, sources and methods, and reflects the breadth and depth of the influence of scientific and technological activities from three aspects, i.e. scientific and technological output, academic influence and scientific and technological conditions. After years of development, STEM has become a yardstick for the country to measure the progress of medical science and technology, represents the comprehensive level of scientific and technological strength of an institution, and embodies the ability of scientific and technological innovation and sustainable development of institutions. In 2021, the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences put forward the concept of ASTEM (Accumulative Science and Technology Evaluation Metrics) for the first time, a comprehensive measurement value derived from STEM, which can be used for long-period evaluation.

In the past ten years, under the leadership of Academician Zhang Yun of Qilu Hospital and Professor Zhang Cheng, Director of the Department of Cardiology, all staff in the Department of Cardiology have adhered to the hard principle of discipline development and paid close attention to the scientific and technological innovation of new clinical technology, new ideas of scientific research and transformation of new achievements, maintaining the long-term, healthy and upward development momentum of the discipline. From 2013 to 2021, the Department of Cardiology of Qilu Hospital ranked among the top ten in the Cardiology ranking issued by the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, which made an outstanding contribution to the discipline construction of Qilu Hospital.

By Sun Yingtao, Ji Haoyi