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Armed Forces Institute of Pathology

In research, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology stands highest in Health Sciences (#4,244 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#4,337 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Hematology — Hematology is 22.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#11,701
of 28,054 · #16,098 all time
Rank in Pakistan
#126
of 241
Research works
1.5k
▲ 57% vs 2013–17
Citations
23k
15.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
54%
world 28%

What is Armed Forces Institute of Pathology 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 #4,244 of 11,982 2.4%312 #6203
MedicineField #4,337 of 10,443 2.0%274 #6287

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Armed Forces Institute of Pathology 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 Armed Forces Institute of Pathology specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Hematology takes 22.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. HematologySubfield · 26.3 works22×
← 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: 0.14× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.09× its world share, 23 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.74× its world share, 11 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.87× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.11× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 9.95× its world share, 19 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.49× its world share, 15 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.65× its world share, 274 worksMedicineNursing: 2.23× its world share, 4 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.78× its world share, 9 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 9.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Armed Forces Institute of Pathology?

Ranked on the composite score, Farooq Azam Rathore, Muhammad Hussain and Muhammad Aamir lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Armed Forces Institute of Pathology.

  1. 1 Farooq Azam Rathore Pakistan · #196,556 worldwide 68 citations · 34 works
  2. 2 Muhammad Hussain Pakistan · #483,710 worldwide 78 citations · 20 works
  3. 3 Muhammad Aamir Pakistan · #580,088 worldwide 68 citations · 24 works
  4. 4 Frederick E. Jackson Pakistan · #589,595 worldwide 19 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 Muhammad Tahir Khadim Pakistan · #622,301 worldwide 5 citations · 23 works
  6. 6 Luqman Satti Pakistan · #723,245 worldwide 28 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Parvez Ahmed Pakistan · #886,509 worldwide 51 citations · 24 works
  8. 8 Ayesha Khurshid Pakistan · #915,630 worldwide 23 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 Asad Mahmood Pakistan · #955,097 worldwide 51 citations · 38 works
  10. 10 Muhammad Asif Pakistan · #998,130 worldwide 65 citations · 49 works
All ranked researchers at Armed Forces Institute of Pathology

Which keywords describe research at Armed Forces Institute of Pathology?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Prognostic Factors, Quality of Life, Treatment, Cardiovascular Disease, Hematopoietic Stem Cells 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. Epidemiology54▲ 3.5×90 topics
  2. Inflammation26▲ 3.2×47 topics
  3. Quality of Life19▲ 3.4×33 topics
  4. Treatment17▲ 3.7×35 topics
  5. Cardiovascular Disease16▲ 3.8×30 topics
  6. Prognostic Factors15▲ 8.7×10 topics
  7. Risk Factors15▲ 3.5×21 topics
  8. Oxidative Stress13▲ 2.0×32 topics
  9. Metabolic Syndrome12▲ 3.9×18 topics
  10. Management12▲ 3.8×22 topics
  11. Diagnosis11▲ 3.0×27 topics
  12. Hematopoietic Stem Cells10▲ 31×3 topics
  13. Cancer10▲ 1.98×21 topics
  14. Global Burden9▲ 4.4×12 topics
  15. Antibiotic Resistance9▲ 6.1×11 topics
  16. Guidelines9▲ 5.0×10 topics
  17. Myocardial Infarction9▲ 9.8×7 topics
  18. Rehabilitation9▲ 5.7×10 topics
  19. Anemia9▲ 23×4 topics
  20. Atherosclerosis9▲ 7.8×7 topics
  21. Clinical Trials9▲ 3.3×11 topics
  22. Immune Response8▲ 3.8×13 topics
  23. Heart Failure8▲ 4.5×11 topics
  24. Psychological Factors7▲ 8.4×4 topics
  25. Thrombosis7▲ 6.3×6 topics
  26. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention7▲ 13×4 topics
  27. AML6▲ 33×1 topic
  28. Acute Myeloid Leukemia6▲ 33×1 topic
  29. Functional Recovery6▲ 11×4 topics
  30. Magnetic Resonance Imaging6▲ 6.2×5 topics
  31. Infection6▲ 6.2×6 topics
  32. Mesenchymal Stem Cells5▲ 13×3 topics
  33. Mutation5▲ 7.3×4 topics
  34. Coronary Artery Disease5▲ 12×3 topics
  35. Genetic Regulation5▲ 8.2×2 topics
  36. Pulmonary Hypertension5▲ 9.4×2 topics
  37. Rituximab5▲ 8.9×4 topics
  38. Hemostasis5▲ 14×4 topics
  39. Sickle-cell Disease5▲ 31×1 topic
  40. Thalassemia5▲ 31×1 topic

Which research topics does Armed Forces Institute of Pathology publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research, Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders, Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation.

Acute Myeloid Leukemia R…6Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research: 6 fractional worksHemoglobinopathies and R…5Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders: 5 fractional worksCoronary Interventions and Diagnostics: 5 fractional worksHematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: 4 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 4 fractional worksMyeloproliferative Neoplasms: Diagnosis and Treatment: 4 fractional worksDental Radiography and Imaging: 4 fractional worksBlood groups and transfu…4Blood groups and transfusion: 4 fractional worksStroke Rehabilitation and Recovery: 3 fractional worksChronic Myeloid Leukemia Treatments: 3 fractional works
HematologyGeneticsSurgeryRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging2 others

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

  1. 1 Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research Hematology 6 works
  2. 2 Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders Genetics 5 works
  3. 3 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Surgery 5 works
  4. 4 Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Hematology 4 works
  5. 5 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 4 works
  6. 6 Myeloproliferative Neoplasms: Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 4 works
  7. 7 Dental Radiography and Imaging Oral Surgery 4 works
  8. 8 Blood groups and transfusion Hematology 4 works
  9. 9 Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery Rehabilitation 3 works
  10. 10 Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Treatments Hematology 3 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 available53.9%not open46.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.5%domestic only76.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Armed Forces Institute of Pathology's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 57% 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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