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Civil Hospital Karachi

In research, Civil Hospital Karachi stands highest in Surgery (#1,244 of 1,532 worldwide), Medicine (#7,392 of 8,541 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#8,951 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now. 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-now
#16,198
of 22,385 · #32,382 all time
Rank in Pakistan
#182
of 231
Research works
1.3k
▲ 52% vs 2018-21
Citations
8.1k
6.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.60×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
73%
world 40%
International
20%
world 18%
Civil Hospital Karachi

What is Civil Hospital Karachi 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
SurgerySubfield #1,244 of 1,532 2.4%75 #2836
MedicineField #7,392 of 8,541 2.1%398 #13465
Health SciencesDomain #8,951 of 9,902 2.2%426 #15830

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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Surgery#2,836 #1,244
  2. Medicine#13,465 #7,392
  3. Health Sciences#15,830 #8,951
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Civil Hospital Karachi work in?

In 2022-now, 84% of research at Civil Hospital Karachi is in Health Sciences, 8% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (78%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (5%), Health Professions (3%). It does 3.6× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 462 fractional works · 83.7% of its workMedicine: 432 fractional works · 78.2% of its workSurgery: 82 fractional works · 14.8% of its workEpidemiology: 36 fractional works · 6.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 26 fractional works · 4.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 23 fractional works · 4.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 21 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 19 fractional works · 3.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 19 fractional works · 3.5% of its workOncology: 17 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 14 fractional works · 2.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 13 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 12 fractional works · 2.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 12 fractional works · 2.2% of its workRheumatology: 12 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 11 fractional works · 2.0% of its workNeurology: 11 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPhysiology: 10 fractional works · 1.8% of its workRehabilitation: 8 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOphthalmology: 8 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDermatology: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHepatology: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workReproductive Medicine: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHematology: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacology: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNephrology: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workUrology: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGastroenterology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 19 fractional works · 3.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 9 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Information Management: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDentistry: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOral Surgery: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPeriodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNursing: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmall Animals: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 46 fractional works · 8.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 26 fractional works · 4.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 9 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGenetics: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCancer Research: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCell Biology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 9 fractional works · 1.6% of its workImmunology: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 8 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 32 fractional works · 5.7% of its workPsychology: 15 fractional works · 2.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 10 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 12 fractional works · 2.3% of its workComputer Science: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKCivil HospitalKarachi552fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences2%Health Sciences84%Social Sciences6%

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. Medicine43278.2%
    2. Health Professions193.5%
    3. Dentistry50.8%
    4. Nursing50.8%
    5. Veterinary20.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology264.7%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology91.6%
    3. Neuroscience81.4%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences30.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.2%
    1. Psychology152.8%
    2. Social Sciences81.5%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance30.6%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting20.4%
    5. Arts and Humanities20.4%
    6. Decision Sciences00.0%
    1. Computer Science50.8%
    2. Environmental Science30.5%
    3. Engineering30.5%
    4. Materials Science10.1%
    5. Physics and Astronomy10.1%
    6. Mathematics10.1%
    7. Chemistry10.1%
    8. Energy00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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 · 81.8 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: 0.11× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.88× its world share, 26 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.54× its world share, 9 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.85× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.60× 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, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.70× its world share, 5 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.31× its world share, 19 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.07× its world share, 432 worksMedicineNursing: 1.68× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.71× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.28× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.91× 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, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine4.07×432 works
  2. Veterinary2.71×2 works
  3. Dentistry1.70×5 works
  4. Nursing1.68×4 works
  5. Immunology and Microbiology1.54×9 works
  6. Health Professions1.31×19 works
  7. Psychology0.91×15 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.88×26 works
  9. Neuroscience0.85×8 works
  10. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.60×1 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.28×3 works
  12. Arts and Humanities0.14×2 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.14×2 works
  14. Social Sciences0.12×8 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.11×3 works
  16. Computer Science0.11×4 works
  17. Environmental Science0.10×3 works
  18. Mathematics0.10×1 works
  19. Chemistry0.06×0 works
  20. Physics and Astronomy0.05×1 works
  21. Engineering0.03×2 works
  22. Materials Science0.03×1 works
  23. Energy0.02×0 works
  24. Decision Sciences0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Civil Hospital Karachi?

Ranked on the quality score, Raza Hasnain Sayyed, Afshan Hussain and Fariha Ashraf lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Civil Hospital Karachi.

  1. 1 Raza Hasnain Sayyed Pakistan · #573,269 worldwide 3k citations · 96 works
  2. 2 Afshan Hussain Pakistan · #2,024,319 worldwide 557 citations · 28 works
  3. 3 Fariha Ashraf Pakistan · #2,195,722 worldwide 134 citations · 23 works
  4. 4 Bushra Ayub Pakistan · #2,259,128 worldwide 628 citations · 47 works
  5. 5 D. S. Akram Pakistan · #4,000,071 worldwide 13k citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Mubina Agboatwalla Pakistan · #4,025,248 worldwide 2.5k citations · 55 works
  7. 7 Saad Khalid Niaz Pakistan · #4,452,842 worldwide 608 citations · 66 works
  8. 8 Abdul S. Qadir Pakistan · #4,648,978 worldwide 663 citations · 67 works
  9. 9 Umer Butt Pakistan · #4,662,782 worldwide 210 citations · 24 works
  10. 10 Falak Naz Baloch Pakistan · #4,676,493 worldwide 4 citations · 14 works
All ranked researchers at Civil Hospital Karachi

What are the most cited papers from Civil Hospital Karachi?

The most cited paper from Civil Hospital Karachi is "Human knockouts and phenotypic analysis in a cohort with a high rate of consanguinity" (Danish Saleheen et al., 2017), with 365 citations. Next come "COVID-19 pandemic: from origins to outcomes. A comprehensive review of viral pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, diagnostic evaluation, and management." (337) and "Identification of new susceptibility loci for type 2 diabetes and shared etiological pathways with coronary heart disease" (300).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Human knockouts and phenotypic analysis in a cohort with a high rate of consanguinity Danish Saleheen et al. · Nature Open access Apr 2017 365
2 COVID-19 pandemic: from origins to outcomes. A comprehensive review of viral pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, diagnostic evaluation, and management. RohanKumar Ochani, Ameema Asad, Farah Yasmin et al. · PubMed Open access Mar 2021 337
3 Identification of new susceptibility loci for type 2 diabetes and shared etiological pathways with coronary heart disease Wei Zhao et al. · Nature Genetics Open access 4 Sep 2017 300
4 Advances in the Management of Diabetes Mellitus: A Focus on Personalized Medicine Fnu Sugandh, Maria Chandio, FNU Raveena et al. · Cureus Open access 18 Aug 2023 271
5 Apolipoprotein(a) isoform size, lipoprotein(a) concentration, and coronary artery disease: a mendelian randomisation analysis Danish Saleheen et al. · The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology Open access 10 Apr 2017 240
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Civil Hospital Karachi?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Complications, Metabolic Syndrome, Inflammation, Cardiovascular Disease, 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-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. Epidemiology89▲ 4.0×116 topics
  2. Inflammation33▲ 2.8×52 topics
  3. Diagnosis30▲ 5.8×38 topics
  4. Cardiovascular Disease26▲ 4.1×31 topics
  5. Metabolic Syndrome25▲ 5.5×19 topics
  6. Treatment25▲ 3.7×44 topics
  7. Complications23▲ 8.4×17 topics
  8. Quality of Life21▲ 2.7×38 topics
  9. Risk Factors21▲ 3.4×30 topics
  10. Management20▲ 4.6×27 topics
  11. Guidelines18▲ 6.9×11 topics
  12. Oxidative Stress17▲ 1.90×31 topics
  13. Mortality17▲ 5.4×13 topics
  14. Maternal Mortality16▲ 13×5 topics
  15. Global Burden15▲ 5.1×11 topics
  16. Insulin Resistance15▲ 6.1×9 topics
  17. Public Health15▲ 1.81×32 topics
  18. Obesity14▲ 3.4×20 topics
  19. Depression14▲ 2.8×19 topics
  20. Diabetes13▲ 4.8×14 topics
  21. Surgery13▲ 6.9×10 topics
  22. Clinical Practice Guidelines13▲ 4.2×14 topics
  23. Chemotherapy12▲ 3.1×23 topics
  24. Pathogenesis12▲ 4.3×21 topics
  25. Immune Response12▲ 3.7×16 topics
  26. Meta-Analysis11▲ 3.5×11 topics
  27. Wound Healing10▲ 7.0×8 topics
  28. Chronic Pain10▲ 8.4×5 topics
  29. Rehabilitation10▲ 4.6×10 topics
  30. Clinical Guidelines10▲ 5.8×9 topics
  31. Surgical Management9▲ 4.1×19 topics
  32. Endothelial Dysfunction9▲ 7.1×6 topics
  33. Pregnancy9▲ 7.9×8 topics
  34. Pain Management9▲ 6.9×8 topics
  35. Infection Prevention9▲ 17×3 topics
  36. Children8▲ 6.3×7 topics
  37. Regeneration8▲ 6.8×5 topics
  38. Infertility7▲ 9.2×4 topics
  39. Perioperative Care7▲ 11×3 topics
  40. Prenatal Diagnosis7▲ 8.6×7 topics

Which research topics does Civil Hospital Karachi publish most on?

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

Liver Disease Diagnosis …6Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 6 fractional worksPregnancy and preeclamps…5Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies: 5 fractional worksAppendicitis Diagnosis and Management: 5 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 5 fractional worksAnesthesia and Pain Management: 5 fractional worksOvarian function and disorders: 4 fractional worksWound Healing and Treatments: 4 fractional worksGallbladder and Bile Duc…4Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders: 4 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 4 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 4 fractional works
EpidemiologyObstetrics and GynecologyEmergency MedicineSurgery5 others

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

  1. 1 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 6 works
  2. 2 Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies Obstetrics and Gynecology 5 works
  3. 3 Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management Emergency Medicine 5 works
  4. 4 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 5 works
  5. 5 Anesthesia and Pain Management Surgery 5 works
  6. 6 Ovarian function and disorders Reproductive Medicine 4 works
  7. 7 Wound Healing and Treatments Rehabilitation 4 works
  8. 8 Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  9. 9 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 4 works
  10. 10 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Civil Hospital Karachi's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 52% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Civil Hospital Karachi as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0020% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Civil Hospital Karachi0.0026% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Civil Hospital Karachi 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 2025Civil Hospital Karachi1.2% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 6.4% in 2014.

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