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Hôpital Farhat Hached

In research, Hôpital Farhat Hached stands highest in Surgery (#1,160 of 1,532 worldwide), Medicine (#7,069 of 8,541 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#8,212 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Dermatology, Rheumatology and Hematology (Dermatology is 15.6× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#11,865
of 22,385 · #26,334 all time
Rank in Tunisia
#20
of 56
Research works
3.7k
▲ 27% vs 2018-21
Citations
18k
4.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.56×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
30%
world 40%
International
8%
world 18%
Hôpital Farhat Hached

What is Hôpital Farhat Hached 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 #1,160 of 1,532 2.8%67 #2661
MedicineField #7,069 of 8,541 1.6%727 #13008
Health SciencesDomain #8,212 of 9,902 1.8%794 #15341
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #862 of 1,037 1.1%69 #1765
Life SciencesDomain #5,533 of 6,403 1.3%86 #9896
Social SciencesDomain #9,264 of 9,585 4.7%65 #14506

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hôpital Farhat Hached 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#2,661 #1,160
  2. Medicine#13,008 #7,069
  3. Health Sciences#15,341 #8,212
  4. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#1,765 #862
  5. Life Sciences#9,896 #5,533
  6. Social Sciences#14,506 #9,264
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 Hôpital Farhat Hached work in?

In 2022-now, 83% of research at Hôpital Farhat Hached is in Health Sciences, 9% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (76%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (5%), Health Professions (5%). It does 3.6× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 874 fractional works · 83.1% of its workMedicine: 800 fractional works · 76.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 75 fractional works · 7.1% of its workSurgery: 73 fractional works · 6.9% of its workEpidemiology: 67 fractional works · 6.4% of its workRheumatology: 49 fractional works · 4.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 48 fractional works · 4.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 45 fractional works · 4.3% of its workDermatology: 43 fractional works · 4.1% of its workPhysiology: 43 fractional works · 4.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 41 fractional works · 3.9% of its workOncology: 36 fractional works · 3.4% of its workHematology: 27 fractional works · 2.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 24 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 20 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 18 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHepatology: 18 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 17 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOphthalmology: 16 fractional works · 1.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 15 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNeurology: 14 fractional works · 1.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 13 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGenetics: 13 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPharmacology: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 10 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNephrology: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEmergency Medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRehabilitation: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGastroenterology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnatomy: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 50 fractional works · 4.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 25 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacy: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 19 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOral Surgery: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Dentistry: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPeriodontics: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthodontics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 91 fractional works · 8.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 56 fractional works · 5.3% of its workGenetics: 21 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 16 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCancer Research: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCell Biology: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 16 fractional works · 1.5% of its workImmunology: 11 fractional works · 1.1% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPlant Science: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 71 fractional works · 6.8% of its workPsychology: 34 fractional works · 3.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 20 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 25 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 12 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 16 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKHôpital FarhatHached1,053fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences1%Health Sciences83%Social Sciences7%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine80076.0%
    2. Health Professions504.7%
    3. Dentistry191.8%
    4. Nursing40.3%
    5. Veterinary20.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology565.3%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology161.5%
    3. Neuroscience101.0%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences50.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics40.4%
    1. Psychology343.2%
    2. Social Sciences252.4%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance70.6%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting30.3%
    5. Decision Sciences10.1%
    6. Arts and Humanities10.1%
    1. Environmental Science70.6%
    2. Engineering40.4%
    3. Computer Science20.1%
    4. Mathematics10.1%
    5. Materials Science10.1%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.0%
    7. Chemistry00.0%
    8. Energy00.0%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    10. Physics and Astronomy00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Hôpital Farhat Hached specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Dermatology takes 15.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. DermatologySubfield · 42.9 works16×
  2. RheumatologySubfield · 49.1 works10×
  3. HematologySubfield · 27.2 works8.5×
  4. Endocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismSubfield · 48.3 works8.5×
  5. Pathology and Forensic MedicineSubfield · 44.7 works8.2×
← 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, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.99× its world share, 56 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.51× its world share, 16 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.61× its world share, 10 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.09× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.02× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.03× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.13× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 3.65× its world share, 19 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.80× its world share, 50 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.95× its world share, 800 worksMedicineNursing: 0.69× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.26× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.09× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.30× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.05× its world share, 34 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 25 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.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.95×800 works
  2. Dentistry3.65×19 works
  3. Health Professions1.80×50 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology1.51×16 works
  5. Veterinary1.26×2 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.09×4 works
  7. Psychology1.05×34 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.99×56 works
  9. Nursing0.69×4 works
  10. Neuroscience0.61×10 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.30×7 works
  12. Social Sciences0.19×25 works
  13. Decision Sciences0.14×1 works
  14. Environmental Science0.13×7 works
  15. Mathematics0.11×1 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.10×5 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.09×3 works
  18. Chemical Engineering0.05×0 works
  19. Arts and Humanities0.04×1 works
  20. Energy0.03×0 works
  21. Engineering0.03×4 works
  22. Chemistry0.02×0 works
  23. Computer Science0.02×2 works
  24. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.02×0 works
  25. Materials Science0.02×1 works
  26. Physics and Astronomy0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Hôpital Farhat Hached?

Ranked on the quality score, Dorra H’mida-Ben Brahim, Imed Harrabi and Zied Mezgar lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hôpital Farhat Hached.

  1. 1 Dorra H’mida-Ben Brahim Tunisia · #1,441,836 worldwide 2.1k citations · 17 works
  2. 2 Imed Harrabi Tunisia · #2,534,175 worldwide 2k citations · 180 works
  3. 3 Zied Mezgar Tunisia · #2,908,087 worldwide 160 citations · 41 works
  4. 4 Saoussen Trabelsi Tunisia · #2,982,468 worldwide 2k citations · 34 works
  5. 5 Molka Kammoun Tunisia · #2,995,203 worldwide 629 citations · 35 works
  6. 6 Firas Chouikha Tunisia · #3,459,542 worldwide 157 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 Ali Saâd Tunisia · #3,597,384 worldwide 3.9k citations · 156 works
  8. 8 Hend Braham Tunisia · #3,625,763 worldwide 475 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 Habib Ben Ali Tunisia · #3,638,341 worldwide 468 citations · 36 works
  10. 10 Oussama Grissa Tunisia · #3,939,727 worldwide 784 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Hôpital Farhat Hached

What are the most cited papers from Hôpital Farhat Hached?

The most cited paper from Hôpital Farhat Hached is "Integrated Molecular Meta-Analysis of 1,000 Pediatric High-Grade and Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma" (Alan G. Mackay et al., 2017), with 1,303 citations. Next come "From human writing to artificial intelligence generated text: examining the prospects and potential threats of ChatGPT in academic writing" (793) and "Heterogeneity of Psychosis Risk Within Individuals at Clinical High Risk" (449).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Integrated Molecular Meta-Analysis of 1,000 Pediatric High-Grade and Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma Alan G. Mackay et al. · Cancer Cell ReviewOpen access 29 Sep 2017 1,303
2 From human writing to artificial intelligence generated text: examining the prospects and potential threats of ChatGPT in academic writing Ismail Dergaa, Karim Chamari, Piotr Żmijewski et al. · Biology of Sport Open access 2023 793
3 Heterogeneity of Psychosis Risk Within Individuals at Clinical High Risk Paolo Fusar‐Poli et al. · JAMA Psychiatry Open access 31 Dec 2015 449
4 Germline NLRP1 Mutations Cause Skin Inflammatory and Cancer Susceptibility Syndromes via Inflammasome Activation Franklin L. Zhong et al. · Cell Open access Sep 2016 447
5 Effective public health measures to mitigate the spread of COVID-19: a systematic review Imen Ayouni, J. Maatoug, Wafa Dhouib et al. · BMC Public Health ReviewOpen access 29 May 2021 440
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Hôpital Farhat Hached?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Autoantibodies, Management, Immunosuppressive Therapy, Inflammation 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-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. Epidemiology163▲ 3.9×113 topics
  2. Diagnosis79▲ 8.0×38 topics
  3. Treatment78▲ 6.1×43 topics
  4. Inflammation60▲ 2.7×65 topics
  5. Management55▲ 6.5×28 topics
  6. Autoantibodies52▲ 21×8 topics
  7. Quality of Life51▲ 3.4×43 topics
  8. Metabolic Syndrome43▲ 5.1×23 topics
  9. Immunosuppressive Therapy39▲ 19×7 topics
  10. Global Burden37▲ 6.5×12 topics
  11. Cardiovascular Disease34▲ 2.8×32 topics
  12. Depression32▲ 3.4×17 topics
  13. Clinical Practice Guidelines29▲ 5.0×14 topics
  14. Obesity28▲ 3.5×16 topics
  15. Prognostic Factors28▲ 6.1×14 topics
  16. Insulin Resistance28▲ 5.8×10 topics
  17. Risk Factors27▲ 2.3×29 topics
  18. Rituximab27▲ 18×4 topics
  19. Chemotherapy26▲ 3.5×22 topics
  20. Pathogenesis24▲ 4.4×21 topics
  21. Surgical Management22▲ 5.0×17 topics
  22. Anxiety21▲ 4.3×8 topics
  23. Immune Response21▲ 3.5×18 topics
  24. Diagnostic Criteria21▲ 8.6×10 topics
  25. Diabetes21▲ 3.9×16 topics
  26. Radiotherapy20▲ 4.8×12 topics
  27. Fibrosis20▲ 9.8×5 topics
  28. Endothelial Dysfunction20▲ 8.1×8 topics
  29. Autoimmune18▲ 38×2 topics
  30. Endoscopic Surgery18▲ 18×3 topics
  31. Psychological Factors17▲ 7.9×5 topics
  32. Cardiovascular Risk17▲ 5.2×9 topics
  33. Hepatocellular Carcinoma16▲ 7.4×3 topics
  34. Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis16▲ 29×2 topics
  35. Cancer Incidence15▲ 11×4 topics
  36. Respiratory15▲ 15×2 topics
  37. Inflammatory Bowel Disease15▲ 12×5 topics
  38. COPD15▲ 21×1 topic
  39. spirometry15▲ 21×1 topic
  40. Musculoskeletal Disorders14▲ 13×3 topics

Which research topics does Hôpital Farhat Hached publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research, Systemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases, Autoimmune Bullous Skin Diseases and Autoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders.

Chronic Obstructive Pulm…15Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research: 15 fractional worksSystemic Sclerosis and R…12Systemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases: 12 fractional worksAutoimmune Bullous Skin Diseases: 11 fractional worksAutoimmune and Inflammat…11Autoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders: 11 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis …11Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 11 fractional worksFibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research: 11 fractional worksPituitary Gland Disorders and Treatments: 10 fractional worksAutoimmune and Inflammat…10Autoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders Research: 10 fractional worksRheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies: 9 fractional worksSkin Diseases and Diabetes: 8 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicinePathology and Forensic MedicineEpidemiologyPsychiatry and Mental health4 others

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

  1. 1 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 15 works
  2. 2 Systemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases Pathology and Forensic Medicine 12 works
  3. 3 Autoimmune Bullous Skin Diseases Pathology and Forensic Medicine 11 works
  4. 4 Autoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders Epidemiology 11 works
  5. 5 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 11 works
  6. 6 Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research Psychiatry and Mental health 11 works
  7. 7 Pituitary Gland Disorders and Treatments Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 10 works
  8. 8 Autoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders Research Hematology 10 works
  9. 9 Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies Rheumatology 9 works
  10. 10 Skin Diseases and Diabetes Dermatology 8 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 available30.0%not open70.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.0%domestic only92.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Hôpital Farhat Hached's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 27% 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 Hôpital Farhat Hached as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0045% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Hôpital Farhat Hached0.0042% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Hôpital Farhat Hached 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 2025Hôpital Farhat Hached1.6% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 5.8% in 2001.

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