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Abbasi Shaheed Hospital

In research, Abbasi Shaheed Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#6,889 of 8,541 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#8,153 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#17,608
of 22,385 · #31,256 all time
Rank in Pakistan
#200
of 231
Research works
413
▲ 55% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.6k
3.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.80×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
78%
world 40%
International
19%
world 18%
Abbasi Shaheed Hospital

What is Abbasi Shaheed Hospital known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
MedicineField #6,889 of 8,541 1.1%116 #13118
Health SciencesDomain #8,153 of 9,902 1.2%132 #15206

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

In 2022-now, 80% of research at Abbasi Shaheed Hospital is in Health Sciences, 11% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (71%), Health Professions (4%), Social Sciences (4%). It does 3.3× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 144 fractional works · 79.6% of its workMedicine: 128 fractional works · 70.8% of its workSurgery: 25 fractional works · 13.9% of its workEpidemiology: 8 fractional works · 4.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 7 fractional works · 4.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 7 fractional works · 3.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 7 fractional works · 3.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 6 fractional works · 3.2% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 5 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workOncology: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workRheumatology: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEmergency Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workReproductive Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOphthalmology: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workUrology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHepatology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 7 fractional works · 4.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 6 fractional works · 3.3% of its workOral Surgery: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPeriodontics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Dentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 19 fractional works · 10.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 4.1% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 3.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 11 fractional works · 6.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 6 fractional works · 3.5% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKAbbasi ShaheedHospital181fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences80%Social Sciences11%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine12870.8%
    2. Health Professions74.1%
    3. Dentistry63.3%
    4. Nursing21.4%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Social Sciences74.1%
    2. Psychology63.4%
    3. Arts and Humanities21.3%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance21.2%
    5. Decision Sciences10.3%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology52.8%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences31.6%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology20.9%
    4. Neuroscience10.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.3%
    1. Engineering21.2%
    2. Environmental Science10.7%
    3. Mathematics10.5%
    4. Computer Science10.4%
    5. Chemistry10.4%
    6. Energy00.2%
    7. Materials Science00.1%
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: 0.34× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.52× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.90× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.94× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsDentistry: 6.75× its world share, 6 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.57× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.68× its world share, 128 worksMedicineNursing: 2.78× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.72× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.46× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.56× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.12× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 6.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Dentistry6.75×6 works
  2. Medicine3.68×128 works
  3. Nursing2.78×2 works
  4. Health Professions1.57×8 works
  5. Psychology1.12×6 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.94×1 works
  7. Immunology and Microbiology0.90×2 works
  8. Veterinary0.72×0 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.56×2 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.52×5 works
  11. Arts and Humanities0.46×2 works
  12. Mathematics0.43×1 works
  13. Neuroscience0.37×1 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.34×3 works
  15. Social Sciences0.32×7 works
  16. Decision Sciences0.31×0 works
  17. Chemistry0.26×1 works
  18. Energy0.20×0 works
  19. Environmental Science0.14×1 works
  20. Engineering0.08×2 works
  21. Business, Management and Accounting0.07×0 works
  22. Computer Science0.05×1 works
  23. Materials Science0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Abbasi Shaheed Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Laraib Fatima Malik, Muhammad Jamaluddin and Aneela Altaf Kidwai lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Abbasi Shaheed Hospital.

  1. 1 Laraib Fatima Malik Pakistan · #3,496,376 worldwide 241 citations · 36 works
  2. 2 Muhammad Jamaluddin Pakistan · #4,541,351 worldwide 64 citations · 27 works
  3. 3 Aneela Altaf Kidwai Pakistan · #4,546,619 worldwide 72 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Hajrah Hilal Ahmed Pakistan · #4,807,770 worldwide 12 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Shabnam Shaikh Pakistan · #5,069,076 worldwide 93 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Sobia Majeed Pakistan · #5,124,014 worldwide 61 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 Muhammad Adil Ramzan Pakistan · #5,283,616 worldwide 9 citations · 20 works
  8. 8 Amna Begum Pakistan · #5,466,107 worldwide 41 citations · 19 works
  9. 9 Erum Shahid Pakistan · #5,526,604 worldwide 145 citations · 38 works
  10. 10 Syed Muhammad Ali Shah Pakistan · #5,676,485 worldwide 321 citations · 34 works
All ranked researchers at Abbasi Shaheed Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Abbasi Shaheed Hospital?

The most cited paper from Abbasi Shaheed Hospital is "Coronavirus (COVID-19): A Review of Clinical Features, Diagnosis, and Treatment" (Syed Adeel Hassan, Fahad Nawaz Sheikh, Somia Jamal et al., 2020), with 432 citations. Next come "Paan without tobacco: An independent risk factor for oral cancer" (223) and "Clinical and functional staging of oral submucous fibrosis" (157).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Coronavirus (COVID-19): A Review of Clinical Features, Diagnosis, and Treatment Syed Adeel Hassan, Fahad Nawaz Sheikh, Somia Jamal et al. · Cureus Open access 21 Mar 2020 432
2 Paan without tobacco: An independent risk factor for oral cancer Anwar T. Merchant, SYED SHAJEE HUSAIN, Mervyn Hosain et al. · International Journal of Cancer Open access Apr 2000 223
3 Clinical and functional staging of oral submucous fibrosis Syed Mahmood Haider, Anwar T. Merchant, Fariyal F. Fikree et al. · British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Feb 2000 157
4 Minocycline as an adjunct for treatment-resistant depressive symptoms: A pilot randomised placebo-controlled trial Muhammad Ishrat Husain, Imran Bashir Chaudhry, Nusrat Husain et al. · Journal of Psychopharmacology 31 Aug 2017 148
5 Internet addiction and sleep quality among medical students during the COVID-19 pandemic: A multinational cross-sectional survey Muhammad Junaid Tahir et al. · PLoS ONE Open access 5 Nov 2021 131
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Abbasi Shaheed Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Chronic Pain, Pain Management, Guidelines, Quality of Life, Postoperative Pain, Complications and Inflammation.

▲ 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. Epidemiology20▲ 2.8×71 topics
  2. Inflammation10▲ 2.6×40 topics
  3. Quality of Life10▲ 3.6×30 topics
  4. Chronic Pain8▲ 21×5 topics
  5. Pain Management8▲ 20×5 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Disease8▲ 3.7×25 topics
  7. Guidelines7▲ 8.5×12 topics
  8. Management7▲ 4.9×20 topics
  9. Metabolic Syndrome7▲ 4.7×16 topics
  10. Complications6▲ 7.1×13 topics
  11. Oxidative Stress6▲ 2.1×20 topics
  12. Postoperative Pain6▲ 37×3 topics
  13. Risk Factors6▲ 3.1×18 topics
  14. Treatment6▲ 2.8×29 topics
  15. Diagnosis6▲ 3.4×22 topics
  16. Analgesia5▲ 46×2 topics
  17. Perioperative Care5▲ 25×2 topics
  18. Regional Anesthesia5▲ 54×1 topic
  19. Surgical Outcome5▲ 54×1 topic
  20. Chemotherapy5▲ 3.8×14 topics
  21. Maternal Mortality4▲ 11×5 topics
  22. Mortality4▲ 4.3×11 topics
  23. Surgical Management4▲ 5.3×13 topics
  24. Insulin Resistance4▲ 4.6×8 topics
  25. Meta-Analysis4▲ 3.5×9 topics
  26. Prognosis4▲ 6.3×7 topics
  27. Radiotherapy4▲ 5.2×9 topics
  28. Global Burden4▲ 3.7×11 topics
  29. Pathophysiology3▲ 6.4×7 topics
  30. Prevention3▲ 4.4×11 topics
  31. Squamous Cell Carcinoma3▲ 20×3 topics
  32. Surgical Treatment3▲ 9.1×5 topics
  33. Surgery3▲ 4.9×7 topics
  34. Clinical Guidelines3▲ 5.4×6 topics
  35. Endothelial Dysfunction3▲ 6.7×6 topics
  36. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes3▲ 7.5×6 topics
  37. Postoperative Complications3▲ 11×3 topics
  38. Cardiac Risk2▲ 17×1 topic
  39. Human Papillomavirus2▲ 11×3 topics
  40. Survival2▲ 9.7×3 topics

Which research topics does Abbasi Shaheed Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Anesthesia and Pain Management, Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes, Head and Neck Cancer Studies and Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies.

Anesthesia and Pain Mana…5Anesthesia and Pain Management: 5 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 2 fractional worksHead and Neck Cancer Studies: 2 fractional worksPregnancy and preeclampsia studies: 2 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 2 fractional worksAppendicitis Diagnosis a…1Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management: 1 fractional worksVitamin D Research Studies: 1 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 1 fractional worksPediatric Pain Management Techniques: 1 fractional works
SurgeryCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineOtorhinolaryngologyObstetrics and Gynecology6 others

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

  1. 1 Anesthesia and Pain Management Surgery 5 works
  2. 2 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  3. 3 Head and Neck Cancer Studies Otorhinolaryngology 2 works
  4. 4 Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies Obstetrics and Gynecology 2 works
  5. 5 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 2 works
  6. 6 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 2 works
  7. 7 Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management Emergency Medicine 1 works
  8. 8 Vitamin D Research Studies Pathology and Forensic Medicine 1 works
  9. 9 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 1 works
  10. 10 Pediatric Pain Management Techniques Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 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 available78.3%not open21.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.6%domestic only81.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Abbasi Shaheed Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 55% higher 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 Abbasi Shaheed Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00051% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Abbasi Shaheed Hospital0.0010% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Abbasi Shaheed Hospital over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Abbasi Shaheed Hospital3.2% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 5.0% in 2018.

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