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Civil Hospital Karachi

In research, Civil Hospital Karachi stands highest in Medicine (#4,126 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#5,422 of 11,982 worldwide) and Surgery (#1,700 of 1,816 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 6.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#15,890
of 28,054 · #24,421 all time
Rank in Pakistan
#167
of 241
Research works
1.3k
▲ 159% vs 2013–17
Citations
8.1k
6.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
73%
world 28%

What is Civil Hospital Karachi 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 #4,126 of 10,443 2.5%398 #6534
Health SciencesDomain #5,422 of 11,982 2.6%426 #8270
SurgerySubfield #1,700 of 1,816 3.0%75 #3914

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Civil Hospital Karachi 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. Medicine#6,534 #4,126
  2. Health Sciences#8,270 #5,422
  3. Surgery#3,914 #1,700
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 Civil Hospital Karachi specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 6.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 75.5 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: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.89× its world share, 24 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.52× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.81× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.59× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.11× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.03× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.81× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.34× its world share, 18 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.05× its world share, 398 worksMedicineNursing: 1.71× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.97× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.27× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.97× its world share, 15 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.12× 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, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Civil Hospital Karachi?

Ranked on the composite score, Masood Jawaid lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Civil Hospital Karachi.

  1. 1 Masood Jawaid Pakistan · #1,037,974 worldwide 24 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Civil Hospital Karachi

Which keywords describe research at Civil Hospital Karachi?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology81▲ 4.0×114 topics
  2. Inflammation30▲ 2.8×52 topics
  3. Diagnosis28▲ 5.8×38 topics
  4. Cardiovascular Disease24▲ 4.3×31 topics
  5. Treatment24▲ 3.8×44 topics
  6. Metabolic Syndrome24▲ 5.7×19 topics
  7. Complications22▲ 8.7×17 topics
  8. Quality of Life20▲ 2.7×38 topics
  9. Management19▲ 4.7×27 topics
  10. Risk Factors19▲ 3.3×30 topics
  11. Guidelines17▲ 7.2×11 topics
  12. Oxidative Stress16▲ 1.96×31 topics
  13. Mortality16▲ 5.5×13 topics
  14. Maternal Mortality16▲ 14×5 topics
  15. Insulin Resistance14▲ 6.2×9 topics
  16. Global Burden14▲ 5.1×11 topics
  17. Obesity14▲ 3.6×19 topics
  18. COVID-1914▲ 1.97×20 topics
  19. Depression13▲ 2.9×19 topics
  20. Surgery13▲ 7.3×10 topics
  21. Diabetes13▲ 5.1×14 topics
  22. Pathogenesis11▲ 4.4×21 topics
  23. Clinical Practice Guidelines11▲ 4.0×14 topics
  24. Immune Response11▲ 3.8×16 topics
  25. Chemotherapy11▲ 3.1×22 topics
  26. Meta-Analysis10▲ 3.5×11 topics
  27. Rehabilitation10▲ 4.9×10 topics
  28. Wound Healing10▲ 7.4×8 topics
  29. Chronic Pain10▲ 8.8×5 topics
  30. Pregnancy9▲ 8.7×8 topics
  31. Endothelial Dysfunction9▲ 7.3×6 topics
  32. Pain Management8▲ 7.2×8 topics
  33. Clinical Guidelines8▲ 5.6×9 topics
  34. SARS-CoV-28▲ 4.9×6 topics
  35. Children8▲ 6.6×7 topics
  36. Infection Prevention8▲ 18×3 topics
  37. Regeneration7▲ 7.2×5 topics
  38. Prenatal Diagnosis7▲ 9.1×7 topics
  39. Growth Factors7▲ 11×3 topics
  40. Perioperative Care7▲ 11×3 topics

Which research topics does Civil Hospital Karachi publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies, Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment, Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management and Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation.

Pregnancy and preeclamps…5Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies: 5 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis …5Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 5 fractional worksAppendicitis Diagnosis and Management: 5 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 5 fractional worksWound Healing and Treatments: 4 fractional worksOvarian function and disorders: 4 fractional worksAnesthesia and Pain Management: 4 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Chil…4Global Maternal and Child Health: 4 fractional worksHealth and Well-being Studies: 4 fractional worksGestational Diabetes Research and Management: 4 fractional works
Obstetrics and GynecologyEpidemiologyEmergency MedicineSurgery4 others

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

  1. 1 Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies Obstetrics and Gynecology 5 works
  2. 2 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 5 works
  3. 3 Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management Emergency Medicine 5 works
  4. 4 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 5 works
  5. 5 Wound Healing and Treatments Rehabilitation 4 works
  6. 6 Ovarian function and disorders Reproductive Medicine 4 works
  7. 7 Anesthesia and Pain Management Surgery 4 works
  8. 8 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 4 works
  9. 9 Health and Well-being Studies Clinical Psychology 4 works
  10. 10 Gestational Diabetes Research and Management Obstetrics and Gynecology 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 available72.8%not open27.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.5%domestic only80.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Civil Hospital Karachi's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 159% 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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