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Baghdad Medical City

In research, Baghdad Medical City stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,150 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#2,963 of 10,443 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#5,528 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Hematology and Obstetrics and Gynecology — Hematology is 6.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,745
of 28,054 · #16,677 all time
Rank in Iraq
#45
of 67
Research works
3.4k
▲ 164% vs 2013–17
Citations
15k
4.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
77%
world 28%

What is Baghdad Medical City 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 #3,150 of 11,982 2.9%867 #6621
MedicineField #2,963 of 10,443 2.8%784 #6276
Life SciencesDomain #5,528 of 7,800 3.3%186 #8793
Physical SciencesDomain #10,244 of 12,888 6.7%115 #18178
SurgerySubfield #1,645 of 1,816 2.3%101 #3490
Social SciencesDomain #10,216 of 10,521 7.0%68 #16524
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #3,540 of 3,579 2.8%89 #7454

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Baghdad Medical City 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#6,621 #3,150
  2. Medicine#6,276 #2,963
  3. Life Sciences#8,793 #5,528
  4. Physical Sciences#18,178 #10,244
  5. Surgery#3,490 #1,645
  6. Social Sciences#16,524 #10,216
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#7,454 #3,540
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 Baghdad Medical City specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Hematology takes 6.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. HematologySubfield · 24.5 works6.6×
  2. Obstetrics and GynecologySubfield · 22.4 works6.3×
← 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: 0.42× its world share, 24 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.36× its world share, 89 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.65× its world share, 33 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.41× its world share, 28 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.62× its world share, 11 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.70× its world share, 14 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.16× its world share, 15 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.29× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.24× its world share, 44 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.26× its world share, 16 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.35× its world share, 15 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.20× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.15× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 3.87× its world share, 23 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.38× its world share, 45 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.30× its world share, 784 worksMedicineNursing: 2.08× its world share, 13 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.07× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.17× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.14× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.37× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.30× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.64× its world share, 24 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 19 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Baghdad Medical City?

Ranked on the composite score, Hasan Ali Farhan, Hayder Adnan Fawzi and Aamir Al-Mosawi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Baghdad Medical City.

  1. 1 Hasan Ali Farhan Iraq · #1,008,859 worldwide 8 citations · 18 works
  2. 2 Hayder Adnan Fawzi Iraq · #1,282,796 worldwide 10 citations · 25 works
  3. 3 Aamir Al-Mosawi Iraq · #1,295,767 worldwide 14 citations · 69 works
  4. 4 Samer S. Hoz Iraq · #1,479,125 worldwide 4 citations · 35 works
All ranked researchers at Baghdad Medical City

Which keywords describe research at Baghdad Medical City?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Cardiovascular Disease, Treatment, Metabolic Syndrome, Oxidative Stress, Diagnosis and Quality of Life.

▲ 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. Epidemiology151▲ 3.1×113 topics
  2. Inflammation92▲ 3.6×79 topics
  3. Treatment56▲ 3.8×46 topics
  4. Cardiovascular Disease56▲ 4.1×36 topics
  5. Oxidative Stress54▲ 2.7×53 topics
  6. Quality of Life49▲ 2.8×37 topics
  7. Metabolic Syndrome45▲ 4.5×23 topics
  8. Diagnosis42▲ 3.7×36 topics
  9. Cancer42▲ 2.5×50 topics
  10. COVID-1939▲ 2.3×21 topics
  11. Pandemic37▲ 2.8×9 topics
  12. Chemotherapy34▲ 3.9×25 topics
  13. Risk Factors33▲ 2.4×31 topics
  14. Management33▲ 3.4×28 topics
  15. Immune Response32▲ 4.6×19 topics
  16. Obesity29▲ 3.1×22 topics
  17. Complications28▲ 4.5×16 topics
  18. Mortality27▲ 3.8×13 topics
  19. Insulin Resistance27▲ 4.8×9 topics
  20. Prognostic Factors26▲ 4.8×14 topics
  21. Genetics26▲ 3.0×17 topics
  22. Depression25▲ 2.3×20 topics
  23. ACE2 Receptor24▲ 7.9×3 topics
  24. Pathogenesis24▲ 3.8×22 topics
  25. SARS-CoV-224▲ 5.8×6 topics
  26. Guidelines24▲ 4.1×13 topics
  27. Pathophysiology23▲ 6.2×10 topics
  28. Global Burden22▲ 3.3×12 topics
  29. Thrombosis22▲ 6.3×7 topics
  30. Surgical Management20▲ 3.9×20 topics
  31. Vaccine20▲ 4.0×10 topics
  32. Chronic Kidney Disease20▲ 6.6×8 topics
  33. Antibiotic Resistance18▲ 3.8×13 topics
  34. Metastasis17▲ 4.1×12 topics
  35. Pregnancy16▲ 6.5×8 topics
  36. Elderly16▲ 5.3×5 topics
  37. Maternal Mortality16▲ 5.7×5 topics
  38. Clinical Characteristics14▲ 8.6×2 topics
  39. Antiviral Treatment13▲ 9.9×1 topic
  40. Cytokine Storm13▲ 9.9×1 topic

Which research topics does Baghdad Medical City publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies, Health and Well-being Studies, Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment and Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies.

COVID-19 Clinical Resear…13COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 13 fractional worksHealth and Well-being St…10Health and Well-being Studies: 10 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis …10Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 10 fractional worksPregnancy and preeclamps…7Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies: 7 fractional worksDiverse Scientific Research Studies: 7 fractional worksChronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research: 7 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 …6SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 6 fractional worksDialysis and Renal Disease Management: 6 fractional worksHemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders: 6 fractional worksThyroid Cancer Diagnosis…5Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 5 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesClinical PsychologyEpidemiologyObstetrics and Gynecology4 others

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

  1. 1 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 13 works
  2. 2 Health and Well-being Studies Clinical Psychology 10 works
  3. 3 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 10 works
  4. 4 Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies Obstetrics and Gynecology 7 works
  5. 5 Diverse Scientific Research Studies General Health Professions 7 works
  6. 6 Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research Genetics 7 works
  7. 7 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 6 works
  8. 8 Dialysis and Renal Disease Management Nephrology 6 works
  9. 9 Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders Genetics 6 works
  10. 10 Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 5 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 available76.9%not open23.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.0%domestic only85.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Baghdad Medical City's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 164% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.