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Aga Khan University Hospital

In research, Aga Khan University Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,235 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#1,319 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Professions (#1,052 of 1,928 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Genetics, Emergency Medicine and Oral Surgery — Genetics is 9.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,705
of 28,054 · #10,484 all time
Rank in Pakistan
#66
of 241
Research works
5.2k
▲ 71% vs 2013–17
Citations
47k
9.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
71%
world 28%

What is Aga Khan University 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
Health SciencesDomain #1,235 of 11,982 6.1%1,156 #2585
MedicineField #1,319 of 10,443 5.5%1,028 #3009
Health ProfessionsField #1,052 of 1,928 9.6%65 #1587
Life SciencesDomain #4,915 of 7,800 4.9%129 #7763
SurgerySubfield #1,240 of 1,816 4.9%154 #1944
Social SciencesDomain #9,304 of 10,521 9.9%76 #13285
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield #759 of 828 8.2%62 #1699
EpidemiologySubfield #895 of 976 5.5%77 #2004
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #1,067 of 1,144 3.9%94 #2173
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #3,555 of 3,579 3.0%83 #7136

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Aga Khan University 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. Health Sciences#2,585 #1,235
  2. Medicine#3,009 #1,319
  3. Health Professions#1,587 #1,052
  4. Life Sciences#7,763 #4,915
  5. Surgery#1,944 #1,240
  6. Social Sciences#13,285 #9,304
  7. Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health#1,699 #759
  8. Epidemiology#2,004 #895
  9. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#2,173 #1,067
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#7,136 #3,555
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 Aga Khan University Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Genetics takes 9.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. GeneticsSubfield · 35.3 works9.2×
  2. Emergency MedicineSubfield · 29.0 works8.5×
  3. Oral SurgerySubfield · 21.6 works8.0×
  4. DentistryField · 52.9 works7.8×
← 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: 0.08× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.12× its world share, 83 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.06× its world share, 15 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.00× its world share, 23 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.56× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 9 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 14 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.08× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.16× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 7.81× its world share, 53 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.76× its world share, 65 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.83× its world share, 1,028 worksMedicineNursing: 1.12× its world share, 8 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.09× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.14× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.43× its world share, 13 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.56× its world share, 24 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 28 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 7.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Aga Khan University Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Farhat Moazam, Zehra Fadoo and Fazal Hameed Khan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Aga Khan University Hospital.

  1. 1 Farhat Moazam Pakistan · #300,493 worldwide 74 citations · 23 works
  2. 2 Zehra Fadoo Pakistan · #371,501 worldwide 61 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 Fazal Hameed Khan Pakistan · #429,676 worldwide 24 citations · 23 works
  4. 4 Nawal Salahuddin Pakistan · #430,268 worldwide 91 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Hasnain Zafar Pakistan · #495,336 worldwide 34 citations · 22 works
  6. 6 Arsalan Ahmed Pakistan · #734,451 worldwide 30 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 M.S. Awan Pakistan · #785,525 worldwide 88 citations · 28 works
  8. 8 Faheemullah Khan Pakistan · #798,522 worldwide 14 citations · 23 works
  9. 9 Hasnain Ali Shah Pakistan · #837,752 worldwide 28 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Naila Kayani Pakistan · #870,720 worldwide 38 citations · 32 works
All ranked researchers at Aga Khan University Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Aga Khan University Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Radiotherapy, Immunotherapy, Management, Diagnosis, Surgical Management, Treatment and Risk Factors.

▲ 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. Epidemiology193▲ 3.5×111 topics
  2. Inflammation58▲ 2.0×58 topics
  3. Treatment58▲ 3.4×43 topics
  4. Immunotherapy57▲ 5.8×18 topics
  5. Management56▲ 5.1×29 topics
  6. Diagnosis55▲ 4.3×37 topics
  7. Risk Factors54▲ 3.5×33 topics
  8. Radiotherapy54▲ 10×12 topics
  9. COVID-1952▲ 2.7×20 topics
  10. Quality of Life49▲ 2.4×38 topics
  11. Chemotherapy47▲ 4.8×23 topics
  12. Mortality43▲ 5.3×13 topics
  13. Cardiovascular Disease42▲ 2.7×32 topics
  14. Surgical Management42▲ 7.3×19 topics
  15. Prognostic Factors40▲ 6.6×14 topics
  16. Complications39▲ 5.6×16 topics
  17. Guidelines39▲ 5.9×12 topics
  18. Clinical Practice Guidelines36▲ 4.8×14 topics
  19. Pandemic34▲ 2.3×8 topics
  20. Cancer34▲ 1.82×36 topics
  21. Metabolic Syndrome34▲ 3.0×22 topics
  22. Molecular Classification32▲ 15×4 topics
  23. Genetic Mutations31▲ 5.2×22 topics
  24. Surgery29▲ 6.0×12 topics
  25. Global Burden28▲ 3.8×12 topics
  26. Prognosis26▲ 5.7×9 topics
  27. Biomarkers26▲ 2.7×14 topics
  28. Medical Education25▲ 7.0×10 topics
  29. SARS-CoV-225▲ 5.5×6 topics
  30. Pathophysiology24▲ 5.7×10 topics
  31. Glioblastoma23▲ 24×1 topic
  32. Temozolomide23▲ 24×1 topic
  33. Critical Care21▲ 6.6×8 topics
  34. Prevention21▲ 3.6×15 topics
  35. Thrombosis20▲ 5.3×7 topics
  36. ACE2 Receptor20▲ 5.9×3 topics
  37. Postoperative Complications18▲ 9.9×4 topics
  38. Clinical Management18▲ 7.5×8 topics
  39. Radiosurgery16▲ 13×4 topics
  40. Sepsis16▲ 6.8×6 topics

Which research topics does Aga Khan University Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment, Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes, COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies and Dental Research and COVID-19.

Glioma Diagnosis and Tre…23Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 23 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 14 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Resear…11COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 11 fractional worksDental Research and COVI…11Dental Research and COVID-19: 11 fractional worksSepsis Diagnosis and Treatment: 10 fractional worksPituitary Gland Disorders and Treatments: 8 fractional worksTrauma and Emergency Car…7Trauma and Emergency Care Studies: 7 fractional worksMeningioma and schwannom…7Meningioma and schwannoma management: 7 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis …7Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 7 fractional worksAirway Management and In…7Airway Management and Intubation Techniques: 7 fractional works
GeneticsCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineInfectious DiseasesGeneral Dentistry4 others

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

  1. 1 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 23 works
  2. 2 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 14 works
  3. 3 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 11 works
  4. 4 Dental Research and COVID-19 General Dentistry 11 works
  5. 5 Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 10 works
  6. 6 Pituitary Gland Disorders and Treatments Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 8 works
  7. 7 Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Emergency Medicine 7 works
  8. 8 Meningioma and schwannoma management Epidemiology 7 works
  9. 9 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 7 works
  10. 10 Airway Management and Intubation Techniques Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine 7 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 available71.4%not open28.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.0%domestic only80.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Aga Khan University Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 71% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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.

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