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Chittagong Medical College

In research, Chittagong Medical College stands highest in Health Sciences (#9,017 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#8,842 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Epidemiology — Epidemiology is 6.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#17,568
of 28,054 · #26,611 all time
Rank in Bangladesh
#96
of 135
Research works
1.1k
▲ 26% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.1k
3.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
87%
world 28%

What is Chittagong 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 #9,017 of 11,982 2.5%260 #13918
MedicineField #8,842 of 10,443 2.3%239 #12640

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Chittagong 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).

What does Chittagong Medical College specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Epidemiology takes 6.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. EpidemiologySubfield · 27.9 works6.1×
← 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: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.16× its world share, 20 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.60× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.57× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.60× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.04× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.19× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsDentistry: 2.25× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.51× its world share, 13 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.82× its world share, 239 worksMedicineNursing: 2.37× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.75× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.80× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Chittagong Medical College?

Ranked on the composite score, Shakeel Ahmed, Aniruddha Ghose and Md. Abdus Sattar lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Chittagong Medical College.

  1. 1 Shakeel Ahmed Bangladesh · #418,132 worldwide 31 citations · 22 works
  2. 2 Aniruddha Ghose Bangladesh · #763,029 worldwide 33 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 Md. Abdus Sattar Bangladesh · #1,264,189 worldwide 36 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 Farhana Akter Bangladesh · #1,511,291 worldwide 15 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at Chittagong Medical College

Which keywords describe research at Chittagong Medical College?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Cardiovascular Disease, Inflammation, Global Burden, Diagnosis, Maternal Mortality, Risk Factors and Metabolic Syndrome.

▲ 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. Epidemiology57▲ 4.4×94 topics
  2. Inflammation23▲ 3.4×49 topics
  3. Cardiovascular Disease21▲ 5.8×30 topics
  4. Diagnosis16▲ 5.1×31 topics
  5. Risk Factors15▲ 4.3×25 topics
  6. Treatment14▲ 3.7×33 topics
  7. Global Burden14▲ 7.8×12 topics
  8. COVID-1914▲ 3.0×17 topics
  9. Metabolic Syndrome13▲ 4.9×17 topics
  10. Maternal Mortality13▲ 18×5 topics
  11. Oxidative Stress12▲ 2.3×28 topics
  12. Cancer12▲ 2.7×22 topics
  13. Pandemic12▲ 3.3×8 topics
  14. Public Health11▲ 2.4×26 topics
  15. Management10▲ 4.1×21 topics
  16. Insulin Resistance9▲ 6.3×8 topics
  17. Guidelines9▲ 6.0×10 topics
  18. Diabetes9▲ 5.4×12 topics
  19. Mortality8▲ 4.4×10 topics
  20. Complications8▲ 5.0×13 topics
  21. Surgery8▲ 7.0×9 topics
  22. Vaccine Development8▲ 9.4×8 topics
  23. Endothelial Dysfunction7▲ 9.9×6 topics
  24. Obesity7▲ 3.0×12 topics
  25. Chronic Kidney Disease7▲ 9.3×8 topics
  26. Immune Response7▲ 3.7×12 topics
  27. Pulmonary Hypertension7▲ 15×3 topics
  28. Thrombosis6▲ 6.7×6 topics
  29. SARS-CoV-26▲ 5.7×5 topics
  30. Atherosclerosis6▲ 6.3×6 topics
  31. Pregnancy6▲ 8.7×7 topics
  32. Non-Communicable Diseases6▲ 5.8×5 topics
  33. Cardiovascular Health6▲ 8.8×3 topics
  34. Vector Control5▲ 14×2 topics
  35. Revascularization5▲ 10×3 topics
  36. Stroke5▲ 8.8×5 topics
  37. Hepatic Steatosis5▲ 9.8×2 topics
  38. Prenatal Diagnosis5▲ 10×5 topics
  39. Neurological Manifestations5▲ 19×2 topics
  40. Preeclampsia5▲ 19×2 topics

Which research topics does Chittagong Medical College publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Mosquito-borne diseases and control, Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies, Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders and Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment.

Mosquito-borne diseases …4Mosquito-borne diseases and control: 4 fractional worksPregnancy and preeclamps…4Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies: 4 fractional worksHemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders: 4 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis …4Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 4 fractional worksAcute Ischemic Stroke Ma…3Acute Ischemic Stroke Management: 3 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 3 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 3 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Resear…3COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 3 fractional worksMaternal and fetal healthcare: 2 fractional worksPublic Health and Nutrition: 2 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthObstetrics and GynecologyGeneticsEpidemiology3 others

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

  1. 1 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  2. 2 Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies Obstetrics and Gynecology 4 works
  3. 3 Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders Genetics 4 works
  4. 4 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 4 works
  5. 5 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Epidemiology 3 works
  6. 6 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 3 works
  7. 7 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  8. 8 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 3 works
  9. 9 Maternal and fetal healthcare Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 2 works
  10. 10 Public Health and Nutrition Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 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 available86.9%not open13.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.0%domestic only82.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Chittagong Medical College's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 26% 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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