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Bangladesh Shishu (Children) Hospital & Institute

In research, Bangladesh Shishu (Children) Hospital & Institute stands highest in Medicine (#9,526 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#11,157 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health — Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health is 12.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#23,086
of 28,054 · #30,324 all time
Rank in Bangladesh
#115
of 135
Research works
745
▲ 139% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.2k
5.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
88%
world 28%

What is Bangladesh Shishu (Children) Hospital & Institute 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 #9,526 of 10,443 1.8%211 #15251
Health SciencesDomain #11,157 of 11,982 1.8%235 #16270

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Bangladesh Shishu (Children) Hospital & Institute 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 Bangladesh Shishu (Children) Hospital & Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health takes 12.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSubfield · 27.2 works13×
← 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: 0.26× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.96× its world share, 14 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.42× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.40× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.80× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.43× its world share, 11 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.90× its world share, 211 worksMedicineNursing: 8.50× its world share, 12 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.87× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.55× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.43× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 8.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Bangladesh Shishu (Children) Hospital & Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, Mohammed Hanif, ASM Nawshad Uddin Ahmed and Probir Kumar Sarkar lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Bangladesh Shishu (Children) Hospital & Institute.

  1. 1 Mohammed Hanif Bangladesh · #606,960 worldwide 19 citations · 16 works
  2. 2 ASM Nawshad Uddin Ahmed Bangladesh · #876,783 worldwide 30 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 Probir Kumar Sarkar Bangladesh · #1,051,375 worldwide 22 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Jahangir Alam Bangladesh · #1,096,165 worldwide 45 citations · 28 works
All ranked researchers at Bangladesh Shishu (Children) Hospital & Institute

Which keywords describe research at Bangladesh Shishu (Children) Hospital & Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Neurodevelopmental Outcomes, Preterm Infants, Inflammation, Pulmonary Hypertension, Treatment, Prenatal Diagnosis and Diagnosis.

▲ 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. Epidemiology66▲ 5.9×72 topics
  2. Inflammation20▲ 3.5×28 topics
  3. Treatment15▲ 4.4×25 topics
  4. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes14▲ 28×6 topics
  5. Preterm Infants14▲ 42×4 topics
  6. Pulmonary Hypertension13▲ 33×3 topics
  7. Diagnosis13▲ 4.9×23 topics
  8. Prenatal Diagnosis11▲ 27×6 topics
  9. Oxidative Stress11▲ 2.3×13 topics
  10. Vaccine10▲ 8.4×10 topics
  11. Public Health10▲ 2.4×16 topics
  12. COVID-1910▲ 2.5×13 topics
  13. Child Development10▲ 8.0×5 topics
  14. Pathogenesis10▲ 6.6×17 topics
  15. Immune Response9▲ 5.8×12 topics
  16. Genetics9▲ 4.6×10 topics
  17. Antimicrobial Resistance9▲ 15×6 topics
  18. Complications9▲ 6.1×10 topics
  19. Vaccine Development8▲ 11×6 topics
  20. Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia8▲ 42×2 topics
  21. Global Burden of Disease8▲ 11×2 topics
  22. Respiratory Distress Syndrome8▲ 33×2 topics
  23. Maternal and Child Undernutrition8▲ 33×1 topic
  24. Water Sanitation Hygiene8▲ 33×1 topic
  25. Lung Stem Cells8▲ 46×1 topic
  26. Surfactant Proteins8▲ 46×1 topic
  27. Clinical Practice Guidelines7▲ 4.5×8 topics
  28. Congenital Anomalies7▲ 43×3 topics
  29. SARS-CoV-27▲ 7.4×6 topics
  30. Maternal Mortality6▲ 10×5 topics
  31. Surgical Management6▲ 5.4×7 topics
  32. Cerebral Palsy6▲ 28×2 topics
  33. Vector Control6▲ 18×3 topics
  34. Vaccination6▲ 27×2 topics
  35. Community-Acquired Pneumonia6▲ 58×1 topic
  36. Executive Functioning6▲ 15×2 topics
  37. Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine6▲ 58×1 topic
  38. Pediatric5▲ 33×4 topics
  39. Sickle-cell Disease5▲ 44×1 topic
  40. Thalassemia5▲ 44×1 topic

Which research topics does Bangladesh Shishu (Children) Hospital & Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Child Nutrition and Water Access, Neonatal Respiratory Health Research, Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections and Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders.

Child Nutrition and Wate…8Child Nutrition and Water Access: 8 fractional worksNeonatal Respiratory Hea…8Neonatal Respiratory Health Research: 8 fractional worksPneumonia and Respiratory Infections: 6 fractional worksHemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders: 5 fractional worksNeonatal and fetal brain pathology: 5 fractional worksMosquito-borne diseases and control: 5 fractional worksIron Metabolism and Disorders: 4 fractional worksUrological Disorders and…4Urological Disorders and Treatments: 4 fractional worksCongenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies: 4 fractional worksCongenital Heart Disease Studies: 4 fractional works
Nutrition and DieteticsPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineEpidemiologyGenetics5 others

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

  1. 1 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 8 works
  2. 2 Neonatal Respiratory Health Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 8 works
  3. 3 Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections Epidemiology 6 works
  4. 4 Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders Genetics 5 works
  5. 5 Neonatal and fetal brain pathology Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 5 works
  6. 6 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 5 works
  7. 7 Iron Metabolism and Disorders Hematology 4 works
  8. 8 Urological Disorders and Treatments Urology 4 works
  9. 9 Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies Surgery 4 works
  10. 10 Congenital Heart Disease Studies Epidemiology 4 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 available87.8%not open12.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.8%domestic only84.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Bangladesh Shishu (Children) Hospital & Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 139% 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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