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Al Assad University Hospital

In research, Al Assad University Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#8,579 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#10,308 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 9.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#25,042
of 28,054 · #40,724 all time
Rank in Syria
#16
of 16
Research works
263
▲ 563% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.4k
5.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
83%
world 28%

What is Al Assad 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 #8,579 of 10,443 2.9%118 #15223
Health SciencesDomain #10,308 of 11,982 3.2%121 #18113

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Al Assad 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 Al Assad University Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 9.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 32.0 works9.9×
← 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, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.19× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.36× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.56× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.48× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.42× its world share, 118 worksMedicineNursing: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.89× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Al Assad University Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Prognostic Factors, Surgical Management, Treatment, Chemotherapy, Diagnosis, Genetic Mutations and Complications.

▲ 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. Epidemiology19▲ 3.5×65 topics
  2. Prognostic Factors10▲ 17×13 topics
  3. Treatment10▲ 5.9×30 topics
  4. Surgical Management10▲ 17×17 topics
  5. Diagnosis8▲ 6.3×24 topics
  6. Chemotherapy8▲ 8.1×15 topics
  7. Genetic Mutations6▲ 9.5×12 topics
  8. Quality of Life6▲ 2.8×22 topics
  9. Risk Factors6▲ 3.7×17 topics
  10. Complications5▲ 7.1×16 topics
  11. Clinical Practice Guidelines5▲ 6.1×10 topics
  12. Immunotherapy4▲ 4.4×10 topics
  13. Prenatal Diagnosis4▲ 22×6 topics
  14. Fetal Surgery4▲ 57×3 topics
  15. Genetics4▲ 4.5×8 topics
  16. Echocardiography4▲ 11×5 topics
  17. Management4▲ 3.8×17 topics
  18. Genomic Characterization4▲ 20×2 topics
  19. Cardiac Imaging4▲ 21×2 topics
  20. Obesity3▲ 3.3×10 topics
  21. Soft Tissue Sarcoma3▲ 45×2 topics
  22. Congenital Anomalies3▲ 38×3 topics
  23. Ewing's Sarcoma3▲ 47×1 topic
  24. Heart Failure3▲ 5.1×4 topics
  25. Osteosarcoma3▲ 47×1 topic
  26. Biomechanics3▲ 7.2×5 topics
  27. Cardiovascular Risk3▲ 6.8×7 topics
  28. Pathophysiology3▲ 6.5×9 topics
  29. Radiotherapy3▲ 5.2×10 topics
  30. Squamous Cell Carcinoma3▲ 21×2 topics
  31. Clinical Management2▲ 10×7 topics
  32. Coronary Artery Disease2▲ 15×2 topics
  33. MRI Imaging2▲ 21×2 topics
  34. Magnetic Resonance Imaging2▲ 6.9×2 topics
  35. Myocardial Infarction2▲ 7.4×3 topics
  36. PET Imaging2▲ 9.9×2 topics
  37. Zoonosis2▲ 90×2 topics
  38. Endoscopic Surgery2▲ 17×3 topics
  39. Molecular Classification2▲ 11×4 topics
  40. Echinococcosis2▲ 129×1 topic

Which research topics does Al Assad University Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment, Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics, Parasitic infections in humans and animals and Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors.

Sarcoma Diagnosis and Tr…3Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 3 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diag…2Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 2 fractional worksParasitic infections in humans and animals: 2 fractional worksCardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 2 fractional worksVascular Malformations and Hemangiomas: 2 fractional worksTeratomas and Epidermoid Cysts: 2 fractional worksTracheal and airway disorders: 2 fractional worksBone Tumor Diagnosis and…2Bone Tumor Diagnosis and Treatments: 2 fractional worksEar and Head Tumors2Ear and Head Tumors: 2 fractional worksCongenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery: 2 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingPathology and Forensic MedicineCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine3 others

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

  1. 1 Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  2. 2 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  3. 3 Parasitic infections in humans and animals Pathology and Forensic Medicine 2 works
  4. 4 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  5. 5 Vascular Malformations and Hemangiomas Surgery 2 works
  6. 6 Teratomas and Epidermoid Cysts Surgery 2 works
  7. 7 Tracheal and airway disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  8. 8 Bone Tumor Diagnosis and Treatments Rheumatology 2 works
  9. 9 Ear and Head Tumors Oncology 2 works
  10. 10 Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery Surgery 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 available83.4%not open16.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.6%domestic only82.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Al Assad University Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 563% 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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