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Cairo University hospitals

In research, Cairo University hospitals stands highest in Medicine (#4,429 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#5,958 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 7.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#17,954
of 28,054 · #27,293 all time
Rank in Egypt
#98
of 123
Research works
705
▲ 68% vs 2013–17
Citations
6k
8.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
58%
world 28%

What is Cairo University hospitals 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 #4,429 of 10,443 8.6%156 #8666
Health SciencesDomain #5,958 of 11,982 8.6%164 #9602

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does Cairo University hospitals specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 7.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 33.0 works7.1×
← 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: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.21× its world share, 13 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.94× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.05× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.17× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.75× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.01× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.07× its world share, 156 worksMedicineNursing: 1.73× its world share, 2 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.46× 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, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Cairo University hospitals?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Treatment, Complications, Rehabilitation, Quality of Life, Cardiovascular Disease, Inflammation and Cardiovascular Risk.

▲ 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. Epidemiology29▲ 3.7×75 topics
  2. Treatment11▲ 4.6×28 topics
  3. Inflammation10▲ 2.5×36 topics
  4. Quality of Life10▲ 3.5×30 topics
  5. Cardiovascular Disease8▲ 3.9×20 topics
  6. Complications8▲ 8.5×15 topics
  7. Rehabilitation8▲ 9.7×9 topics
  8. Management7▲ 4.2×16 topics
  9. Diagnosis6▲ 3.4×22 topics
  10. Oxidative Stress6▲ 1.93×22 topics
  11. Mortality6▲ 4.9×10 topics
  12. Metabolic Syndrome6▲ 3.5×13 topics
  13. Risk Factors5▲ 2.4×19 topics
  14. Neurological Disorders5▲ 4.6×12 topics
  15. Obesity5▲ 3.4×11 topics
  16. Cardiovascular Risk5▲ 8.1×7 topics
  17. Chemotherapy5▲ 3.4×11 topics
  18. Medical Imaging5▲ 4.6×6 topics
  19. Diabetes5▲ 4.7×8 topics
  20. Surgical Treatment4▲ 11×5 topics
  21. Surgery4▲ 5.8×8 topics
  22. Insulin Resistance4▲ 4.4×8 topics
  23. Pathophysiology4▲ 6.7×9 topics
  24. Surgical Management4▲ 4.9×16 topics
  25. Biomechanics4▲ 6.5×5 topics
  26. Clinical Practice Guidelines4▲ 3.5×10 topics
  27. Precision Medicine4▲ 4.0×6 topics
  28. Prognosis4▲ 5.3×7 topics
  29. Urinary Incontinence4▲ 23×2 topics
  30. Type 2 Diabetes3▲ 7.6×4 topics
  31. Critical Care3▲ 6.8×8 topics
  32. Neoadjuvant Therapy3▲ 6.7×5 topics
  33. Health-related Quality of Life3▲ 6.4×5 topics
  34. Chronic Kidney Disease3▲ 5.9×6 topics
  35. Pain Management3▲ 6.3×6 topics
  36. Stroke3▲ 7.7×5 topics
  37. Molecular Characterization3▲ 7.3×4 topics
  38. Weight Loss3▲ 7.8×3 topics
  39. Endoscopic Resection2▲ 12×2 topics
  40. Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy2▲ 15×2 topics

Which research topics does Cairo University hospitals publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging, Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes, Pelvic floor disorders treatments and Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research.

Radiomics and Machine Le…2Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 2 fractional worksBariatric Surgery and Ou…2Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksPelvic floor disorders treatments: 2 fractional worksUrinary Bladder and Pros…2Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research: 2 fractional worksUrological Disorders and…2Urological Disorders and Treatments: 2 fractional worksGastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksHip and Femur Fractures1Hip and Femur Fractures: 1 fractional worksVitamin D Research Studies: 1 fractional worksAI in cancer detection: 1 fractional works
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingSurgeryRheumatologyUrology4 others

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

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

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Cairo University hospitals's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 68% 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.

Other research institutions in Cairo

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