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Dow University of Health Sciences

In research, Dow University of Health Sciences stands highest in Health Sciences (#859 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#947 of 10,443 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#2,219 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Periodontics and Dentistry — Periodontics is 8.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,448
of 28,054 · #8,235 all time
Rank in Pakistan
#35
of 241
Research works
5.4k
▲ 130% vs 2013–17
Citations
34k
6.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
74%
world 28%

What is Dow University of Health Sciences 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 #859 of 11,982 8.2%1,831 #2230
MedicineField #947 of 10,443 8.0%1,605 #2521
Life SciencesDomain #2,219 of 7,800 7.3%316 #5406
SurgerySubfield #709 of 1,816 7.6%212 #1983
Health ProfessionsField #762 of 1,928 9.0%118 #2032
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield #336 of 738 10.8%144 #1340
DentistryField #170 of 367 9.5%82 #331
Social SciencesDomain #6,203 of 10,521 11.1%220 #9247
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,647 of 3,579 6.6%168 #6247
EpidemiologySubfield #752 of 976 6.6%129 #1840

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Dow University of Health Sciences 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. Health Sciences#2,230 #859
  2. Medicine#2,521 #947
  3. Life Sciences#5,406 #2,219
  4. Surgery#1,983 #709
  5. Health Professions#2,032 #762
  6. Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine#1,340 #336
  7. Dentistry#331 #170
  8. Social Sciences#9,247 #6,203
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#6,247 #2,647
  10. Epidemiology#1,840 #752
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 Dow University of Health Sciences specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Periodontics takes 8.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. PeriodonticsSubfield · 27.0 works8.0×
  2. DentistryField · 82.3 works6.9×
← 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: 0.35× its world share, 41 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.27× its world share, 168 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.06× its world share, 51 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.00× its world share, 40 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.82× its world share, 16 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.25× its world share, 10 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.11× its world share, 21 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.06× its world share, 22 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.22× its world share, 27 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.15× its world share, 13 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.30× its world share, 9 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 6.86× its world share, 82 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.81× its world share, 118 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.38× its world share, 1,605 worksMedicineNursing: 1.97× its world share, 24 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.47× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.07× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.32× its world share, 26 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.62× its world share, 33 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.09× its world share, 82 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 68 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 6.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Dow University of Health Sciences?

Ranked on the composite score, Muhammad Usman, Tariq Jamal Siddiqi and Adarsh Raja lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Dow University of Health Sciences.

  1. 1 Muhammad Usman Pakistan · #5,556 worldwide 2.6k citations · 57 works
  2. 2 Tariq Jamal Siddiqi Pakistan · #181,512 worldwide 2.6k citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Adarsh Raja Pakistan · #318,712 worldwide 136 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Jonathan Hilliard Pakistan · #465,230 worldwide 23 citations · 26 works
  5. 5 Muhammad Ahsan Pakistan · #565,930 worldwide 83 citations · 25 works
  6. 6 Nazli Hossain Pakistan · #566,079 worldwide 65 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 Nazeer Khan Pakistan · #665,526 worldwide 16 citations · 23 works
  8. 8 Saeed Khan Pakistan · #716,364 worldwide 26 citations · 24 works
  9. 9 Muhammad Asif Qureshi Pakistan · #719,961 worldwide 15 citations · 29 works
  10. 10 Rafiq Khanani Pakistan · #721,166 worldwide 38 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Dow University of Health Sciences

Which keywords describe research at Dow University of Health Sciences?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology363▲ 3.7×124 topics
  2. Inflammation138▲ 2.7×78 topics
  3. Cardiovascular Disease128▲ 4.7×37 topics
  4. Risk Factors121▲ 4.5×33 topics
  5. Treatment112▲ 3.7×49 topics
  6. Diagnosis100▲ 4.3×40 topics
  7. Quality of Life93▲ 2.6×46 topics
  8. Public Health87▲ 2.4×46 topics
  9. Metabolic Syndrome85▲ 4.2×22 topics
  10. COVID-1984▲ 2.5×25 topics
  11. Oxidative Stress79▲ 1.95×55 topics
  12. Global Burden74▲ 5.6×12 topics
  13. Guidelines70▲ 6.1×12 topics
  14. Pathogenesis69▲ 5.5×23 topics
  15. Obesity68▲ 3.6×24 topics
  16. Mortality65▲ 4.6×13 topics
  17. Pandemic65▲ 2.5×10 topics
  18. Depression65▲ 3.0×22 topics
  19. Heart Failure63▲ 5.9×13 topics
  20. Management63▲ 3.2×29 topics
  21. Immune Response59▲ 4.2×19 topics
  22. Chemotherapy59▲ 3.4×23 topics
  23. Clinical Trials58▲ 3.5×19 topics
  24. Complications57▲ 4.6×17 topics
  25. Insulin Resistance53▲ 4.7×10 topics
  26. Vaccine50▲ 5.0×11 topics
  27. Diabetes47▲ 3.9×21 topics
  28. Clinical Practice Guidelines47▲ 3.5×14 topics
  29. Clinical Guidelines45▲ 6.3×9 topics
  30. SARS-CoV-239▲ 4.8×6 topics
  31. Surgical Management37▲ 3.7×20 topics
  32. Surgery37▲ 4.3×11 topics
  33. Hypertension36▲ 5.1×14 topics
  34. Diabetes Mellitus36▲ 7.2×7 topics
  35. ACE2 Receptor34▲ 5.7×3 topics
  36. Type 2 Diabetes34▲ 6.2×6 topics
  37. Maternal Mortality32▲ 5.9×5 topics
  38. Glycemic Control32▲ 8.4×4 topics
  39. Myocardial Infarction31▲ 5.4×7 topics
  40. Insulin Therapy28▲ 9.4×3 topics

Which research topics does Dow University of Health Sciences publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment, Diabetes Treatment and Management, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research and Global Maternal and Child Health.

Liver Disease Diagnosis …19Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 19 fractional worksDiabetes Treatment and M…17Diabetes Treatment and Management: 17 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 16 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 15 fractional worksCardiovascular Health and Risk Factors: 14 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 14 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 14 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health14COVID-19 and Mental Health: 14 fractional worksBlood Pressure and Hypertension Studies: 13 fractional worksAcute Ischemic Stroke Management: 12 fractional works
EpidemiologyEndocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismInfectious DiseasesPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health2 others

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

  1. 1 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 19 works
  2. 2 Diabetes Treatment and Management Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 17 works
  3. 3 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 16 works
  4. 4 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 15 works
  5. 5 Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 14 works
  6. 6 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 14 works
  7. 7 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 14 works
  8. 8 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 14 works
  9. 9 Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 13 works
  10. 10 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Epidemiology 12 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 available73.7%not open26.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.9%domestic only73.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Dow University of Health Sciences's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 130% 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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