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Armed Forces Medical College

In research, Armed Forces Medical College stands highest in Health Sciences (#11,423 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#10,051 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#25,124
of 28,054 · #35,849 all time
Rank in Bangladesh
#127
of 135
Research works
474
▲ 49% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.3k
2.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
86%
world 28%

What is Armed Forces Medical College 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 #11,423 of 11,982 2.8%91 #17687
MedicineField #10,051 of 10,443 2.6%78 #15561

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Armed Forces Medical College 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).

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: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.85× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.77× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.37× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.90× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.44× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsDentistry: 4.27× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.25× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.31× its world share, 78 worksMedicineNursing: 4.89× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.00× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.53× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.87× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.74× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 4.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Armed Forces Medical College?

Ranked on the composite score, Mushtaq Ahmad lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Armed Forces Medical College.

  1. 1 Mushtaq Ahmad Bangladesh · #1,505,896 worldwide 16 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Armed Forces Medical College

Which keywords describe research at Armed Forces Medical College?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, COVID-19, Pandemic, Mortality, Public Health, Diagnosis, Immune Response and Global Burden of Disease.

▲ 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. Epidemiology23▲ 4.7×63 topics
  2. COVID-198▲ 4.7×13 topics
  3. Pandemic6▲ 5.0×7 topics
  4. Public Health6▲ 3.6×18 topics
  5. Treatment5▲ 3.6×15 topics
  6. Diagnosis5▲ 4.6×15 topics
  7. Inflammation5▲ 2.1×17 topics
  8. Mortality5▲ 7.0×8 topics
  9. Oxidative Stress5▲ 2.4×18 topics
  10. Risk Factors5▲ 3.6×13 topics
  11. Cardiovascular Disease5▲ 3.5×13 topics
  12. Management4▲ 4.6×11 topics
  13. Immune Response4▲ 6.2×7 topics
  14. Global Burden of Disease4▲ 13×3 topics
  15. Vaccine4▲ 7.5×6 topics
  16. SARS-CoV-24▲ 9.3×5 topics
  17. ACE2 Receptor3▲ 11×3 topics
  18. Medical Imaging3▲ 5.3×5 topics
  19. Non-Communicable Diseases3▲ 8.5×3 topics
  20. Maternal Mortality3▲ 11×5 topics
  21. Guidelines3▲ 4.7×5 topics
  22. Pathophysiology3▲ 7.2×3 topics
  23. Thrombosis3▲ 7.6×2 topics
  24. Assessment Methods2▲ 19×2 topics
  25. Autoantibodies2▲ 8.8×5 topics
  26. Cardiovascular Health2▲ 10×3 topics
  27. Clinical Characteristics2▲ 15×1 topic
  28. Competency-Based Education2▲ 22×1 topic
  29. Cytokine Storm2▲ 18×1 topic
  30. Genetic Mutations2▲ 4.5×8 topics
  31. Professional Identity Formation2▲ 31×1 topic
  32. Rehabilitation2▲ 4.9×6 topics
  33. Hypertension2▲ 6.5×4 topics
  34. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes2▲ 9.4×5 topics
  35. Pulmonary Hypertension2▲ 13×3 topics
  36. Coronavirus2▲ 8.2×2 topics
  37. Infection2▲ 6.6×4 topics
  38. Sepsis2▲ 9.5×4 topics
  39. Maternal and Child Undernutrition2▲ 18×1 topic
  40. Water Sanitation Hygiene2▲ 18×1 topic

Which research topics does Armed Forces Medical College publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies, Innovations in Medical Education, Child Nutrition and Water Access and Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology.

COVID-19 Clinical Resear…2COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 2 fractional worksInnovations in Medical E…2Innovations in Medical Education: 2 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 2 fractional worksGlobal Public Health Policies and Epidemiology: 2 fractional worksCardiovascular Health and Risk Factors: 2 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and Reforms: 2 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 2 fractional worksHemoglobinopathies and R…2Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders: 2 fractional worksDiverse Scientific Research Studies: 1 fractional worksHernia repair and management: 1 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthNutrition and DieteticsOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management6 others

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

  1. 1 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 2 works
  2. 2 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  3. 3 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 2 works
  4. 4 Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 2 works
  5. 5 Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  6. 6 Healthcare Systems and Reforms Finance 2 works
  7. 7 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 2 works
  8. 8 Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders Genetics 2 works
  9. 9 Diverse Scientific Research Studies General Health Professions 1 works
  10. 10 Hernia repair and management Surgery 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 available85.5%not open14.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors29.3%domestic only70.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Armed Forces Medical College's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 49% 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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