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Cairo University hospitals

In research, Cairo University hospitals stands highest in Medicine (#4,756 of 8,541 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#5,969 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery (Surgery is 7.0× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#17,007
of 22,385 · #26,122 all time
Rank in Egypt
#96
of 117
Research works
705
▲ 5% vs 2018-21
Citations
6k
8.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.85×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
58%
world 40%
International
24%
world 18%
Cairo University hospitals

What is Cairo University hospitals known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
MedicineField #4,756 of 8,541 4.7%156 #8900
Health SciencesDomain #5,969 of 9,902 4.7%164 #11159

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Cairo University hospitals 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Cairo University hospitals work in?

In 2022-now, 81% of research at Cairo University hospitals is in Health Sciences, 11% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (77%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (7%), Health Professions (3%). It does 3.4× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 195 fractional works · 81.4% of its workMedicine: 186 fractional works · 77.4% of its workSurgery: 39 fractional works · 16.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 16 fractional works · 6.7% of its workEpidemiology: 11 fractional works · 4.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 11 fractional works · 4.6% of its workRheumatology: 8 fractional works · 3.3% of its workNeurology: 7 fractional works · 3.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 7 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 7 fractional works · 2.7% of its workOncology: 6 fractional works · 2.6% of its workOphthalmology: 6 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 6 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPhysiology: 6 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workNephrology: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workUrology: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHematology: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workReproductive Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHepatology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGastroenterology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workTransplantation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workFamily Practice: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 27 fractional works · 11.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 17 fractional works · 7.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCancer Research: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMolecular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workImmunology: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 10 fractional works · 4.1% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKCairo Universityhospitals240fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences81%Social Sciences3%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine18677.4%
    2. Health Professions62.6%
    3. Nursing21.0%
    4. Dentistry10.3%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology177.2%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology41.8%
    3. Neuroscience41.6%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.3%
    1. Engineering41.6%
    2. Computer Science41.5%
    3. Chemistry10.5%
    4. Materials Science10.2%
    5. Mathematics00.1%
    6. Environmental Science00.1%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    8. Energy00.0%
    1. Psychology31.2%
    2. Social Sciences20.7%
    3. Arts and Humanities10.4%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting10.3%
    5. Decision Sciences10.3%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Cairo University hospitals specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 7.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 39.3 works7.0×
← 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: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.36× its world share, 17 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.78× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.98× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.84× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.19× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.65× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.99× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.03× its world share, 186 worksMedicineNursing: 2.05× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.39× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine4.03×186 works
  2. Nursing2.05×2 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology1.78×4 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.36×17 works
  5. Health Professions0.99×6 works
  6. Neuroscience0.98×4 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.84×1 works
  8. Dentistry0.65×1 works
  9. Psychology0.39×3 works
  10. Chemistry0.29×1 works
  11. Decision Sciences0.29×1 works
  12. Computer Science0.19×4 works
  13. Veterinary0.15×0 works
  14. Arts and Humanities0.14×1 works
  15. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.13×1 works
  16. Engineering0.11×4 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.10×1 works
  18. Business, Management and Accounting0.10×1 works
  19. Mathematics0.09×0 works
  20. Materials Science0.07×1 works
  21. Social Sciences0.06×2 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.04×0 works
  23. Energy0.03×0 works
  24. Environmental Science0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Cairo University hospitals?

Ranked on the quality score, Waeel O. Hamouda, Ahmed Mohammed Elshaer and Omar Abdelaziz lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Cairo University hospitals.

  1. 1 Waeel O. Hamouda Egypt · #3,056,126 worldwide 179 citations · 37 works
  2. 2 Ahmed Mohammed Elshaer Egypt · #3,690,813 worldwide 76 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Omar Abdelaziz Egypt · #4,645,274 worldwide 230 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Naglaa Samir Bazan Egypt · #5,006,912 worldwide 206 citations · 30 works
  5. 5 Manal K. Youssef Egypt · #5,165,851 worldwide 78 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Sally Emad‐Eldin Egypt · #6,356,921 worldwide 280 citations · 36 works
All ranked researchers at Cairo University hospitals

What are the most cited papers from Cairo University hospitals?

The most cited paper from Cairo University hospitals is "Advancing the global public health agenda for NAFLD: a consensus statement" (Jeffrey Victor Lazarus et al., 2021), with 768 citations. Next come "The need to promote sleep health in public health agendas across the globe" (366) and "International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium report, data summary of 50 countries for 2010-2015: Device-associated module" (351).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Advancing the global public health agenda for NAFLD: a consensus statement Jeffrey Victor Lazarus et al. · Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology ReviewOpen access221 authors 27 Oct 2021 768
2 The need to promote sleep health in public health agendas across the globe Diane C Lim, Arezu Najafi, Lamia Afifi et al. · The Lancet Public Health Open access 28 Sep 2023 366
3 International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium report, data summary of 50 countries for 2010-2015: Device-associated module Víctor Rosenthal et al. · American Journal of Infection Control Open access786 authors 15 Oct 2016 351
4 Exome Sequencing Can Improve Diagnosis and Alter Patient Management Tracy Dixon‐Salazar et al. · Science Translational Medicine Open access 13 Jun 2012 262
5 A multinational Delphi consensus to end the COVID-19 public health threat Jeffrey Victor Lazarus et al. · Nature Open access352 authors 3 Nov 2022 242
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Cairo University hospitals?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Complications, Treatment, Rehabilitation, Quality of Life, Inflammation, Cardiovascular Disease and Management.

▲ 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-now 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. Epidemiology34▲ 3.6×77 topics
  2. Treatment13▲ 4.6×31 topics
  3. Inflammation13▲ 2.6×44 topics
  4. Quality of Life12▲ 3.5×32 topics
  5. Complications11▲ 9.2×15 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Disease10▲ 3.6×21 topics
  7. Oxidative Stress9▲ 2.2×30 topics
  8. Management9▲ 4.5×18 topics
  9. Rehabilitation9▲ 9.0×9 topics
  10. Diagnosis8▲ 3.6×25 topics
  11. Risk Factors7▲ 2.8×20 topics
  12. Obesity7▲ 3.8×13 topics
  13. Metabolic Syndrome7▲ 3.5×14 topics
  14. Diabetes7▲ 5.5×11 topics
  15. Mortality6▲ 4.5×11 topics
  16. Chemotherapy6▲ 3.5×12 topics
  17. Cardiovascular Risk6▲ 7.5×7 topics
  18. Neurological Disorders5▲ 3.9×13 topics
  19. Clinical Practice Guidelines5▲ 3.9×10 topics
  20. Medical Imaging5▲ 4.0×6 topics
  21. Insulin Resistance5▲ 4.5×8 topics
  22. Surgical Management5▲ 4.9×16 topics
  23. Biomechanics5▲ 6.5×5 topics
  24. Global Burden5▲ 3.5×8 topics
  25. Pathophysiology5▲ 6.6×9 topics
  26. Surgical Treatment5▲ 10.0×5 topics
  27. Neoadjuvant Therapy4▲ 7.7×5 topics
  28. Radiotherapy4▲ 4.6×9 topics
  29. Surgery4▲ 5.2×9 topics
  30. Prognosis4▲ 5.1×9 topics
  31. Type 2 Diabetes4▲ 7.5×5 topics
  32. Critical Care4▲ 6.9×8 topics
  33. Survival Analysis4▲ 5.6×5 topics
  34. Urinary Incontinence4▲ 19×2 topics
  35. Chronic Kidney Disease4▲ 5.8×7 topics
  36. Weight Loss3▲ 9.0×4 topics
  37. Pain Management3▲ 5.9×6 topics
  38. Hepatocellular Carcinoma3▲ 6.5×3 topics
  39. Sepsis3▲ 7.1×5 topics
  40. Arthroplasty3▲ 12×2 topics

Which research topics does Cairo University hospitals publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes, Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging, Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment and Breast Cancer Treatment Studies.

Bariatric Surgery and Ou…2Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Le…2Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 2 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksBreast Cancer Treatment Studies: 2 fractional worksPelvic floor disorders treatments: 2 fractional worksAI in cancer detection: 2 fractional worksUrinary Bladder and Prostate Research: 2 fractional worksUrological Disorders and…2Urological Disorders and Treatments: 2 fractional worksGastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksDigital Radiography and Breast Imaging: 2 fractional works
SurgeryRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingEpidemiologyCancer Research4 others

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

  1. 1 Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes Surgery 2 works
  2. 2 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  3. 3 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 2 works
  4. 4 Breast Cancer Treatment Studies Cancer Research 2 works
  5. 5 Pelvic floor disorders treatments Rheumatology 2 works
  6. 6 AI in cancer detection Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  7. 7 Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research Urology 2 works
  8. 8 Urological Disorders and Treatments Urology 2 works
  9. 9 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  10. 10 Digital Radiography and Breast Imaging Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 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 available57.8%not open42.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.0%domestic only76.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Cairo University hospitals's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 5% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Cairo University hospitals as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00087% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Cairo University hospitals0.0010% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Cairo University hospitals over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Cairo University hospitals6.5% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 10.4% in 2015.

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