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Ain Shams University Hospital

In research, Ain Shams University Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#5,554 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#6,767 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine — Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine is 6.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#14,439
of 28,054 · #22,663 all time
Rank in Egypt
#82
of 123
Research works
1.2k
▲ 35% vs 2013–17
Citations
11k
9.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
64%
world 28%

What is Ain Shams 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
MedicineField #5,554 of 10,443 7.5%239 #6924
Health SciencesDomain #6,767 of 11,982 7.8%251 #9089

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ain Shams 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).

What does Ain Shams University Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine takes 6.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 29.2 works6.0×
← 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: 0.36× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.03× its world share, 17 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.48× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.81× its world share, 9 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.78× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.96× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.89× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.97× its world share, 239 worksMedicineNursing: 1.75× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.59× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Ain Shams University Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Elham Hossny lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ain Shams University Hospital.

  1. 1 Elham Hossny Egypt · #1,149,943 worldwide 19 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Ain Shams University Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Ain Shams University Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Treatment, Diagnosis, Management, Inflammation, Quality of Life, Clinical Practice Guidelines and Metabolic Syndrome.

▲ 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. Epidemiology43▲ 3.4×77 topics
  2. Inflammation19▲ 2.9×46 topics
  3. Treatment19▲ 4.9×33 topics
  4. Diagnosis16▲ 5.4×29 topics
  5. Quality of Life14▲ 3.2×28 topics
  6. Management14▲ 5.7×19 topics
  7. Oxidative Stress14▲ 2.7×32 topics
  8. Metabolic Syndrome11▲ 4.2×15 topics
  9. Risk Factors10▲ 3.0×21 topics
  10. Clinical Practice Guidelines10▲ 5.9×13 topics
  11. Complications9▲ 5.5×14 topics
  12. Cardiovascular Disease8▲ 2.3×21 topics
  13. Guidelines8▲ 5.4×10 topics
  14. Pathophysiology8▲ 8.4×8 topics
  15. Obesity8▲ 3.2×16 topics
  16. SARS-CoV-27▲ 6.8×5 topics
  17. Genetics7▲ 3.1×13 topics
  18. Mortality7▲ 3.8×8 topics
  19. ACE2 Receptor7▲ 8.7×3 topics
  20. Echocardiography7▲ 7.9×7 topics
  21. Heart Failure7▲ 4.9×10 topics
  22. Surgery7▲ 6.0×7 topics
  23. Chemotherapy6▲ 3.0×20 topics
  24. Insulin Resistance6▲ 4.5×7 topics
  25. Hepatocellular Carcinoma6▲ 9.4×3 topics
  26. Surgical Management6▲ 4.8×15 topics
  27. Cardiovascular Risk6▲ 6.3×8 topics
  28. Genetic Mutations6▲ 4.5×22 topics
  29. Health-related Quality of Life6▲ 7.7×5 topics
  30. Radiotherapy6▲ 4.6×12 topics
  31. Rehabilitation6▲ 4.5×8 topics
  32. Prevention5▲ 4.0×9 topics
  33. Hepatic Steatosis5▲ 11×2 topics
  34. Thrombosis5▲ 5.7×7 topics
  35. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes5▲ 8.2×5 topics
  36. Breast Cancer4▲ 6.0×8 topics
  37. NAFLD4▲ 12×1 topic
  38. NASH4▲ 12×1 topic
  39. Pulmonary Hypertension4▲ 9.6×3 topics
  40. Optical Coherence Tomography4▲ 12×3 topics

Which research topics does Ain Shams University Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment, COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies, Uterine Myomas and Treatments and Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors.

Liver Disease Diagnosis …4Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 4 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Resear…3COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 3 fractional worksUterine Myomas and Treatments: 3 fractional worksCardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 3 fractional worksCystic Fibrosis Research Advances: 3 fractional worksUrinary Bladder and Prostate Research: 2 fractional worksRetinal Diseases and Treatments: 2 fractional worksRetinal and Optic Condit…2Retinal and Optic Conditions: 2 fractional worksHemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders: 2 fractional worksAttention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: 2 fractional works
EpidemiologyInfectious DiseasesObstetrics and GynecologyCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine5 others

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

  1. 1 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 4 works
  2. 2 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 3 works
  3. 3 Uterine Myomas and Treatments Obstetrics and Gynecology 3 works
  4. 4 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  5. 5 Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  6. 6 Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research Urology 2 works
  7. 7 Retinal Diseases and Treatments Ophthalmology 2 works
  8. 8 Retinal and Optic Conditions Ophthalmology 2 works
  9. 9 Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders Genetics 2 works
  10. 10 Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Psychiatry and Mental health 2 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 available64.1%not open35.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Ain Shams University Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 35% 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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