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Hôpital La Rabta

In research, Hôpital La Rabta stands highest in Health Sciences (#5,949 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#5,290 of 8,541 worldwide) and Surgery (#1,184 of 1,532 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Rheumatology, Dermatology and Pathology and Forensic Medicine (Rheumatology is 17.6× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#10,872
of 22,385 · #27,858 all time
Rank in Tunisia
#16
of 56
Research works
4.1k
◆ 1% vs 2018-21
Citations
15k
3.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
1.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.67×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
19%
world 40%
International
6%
world 18%
Hôpital La Rabta

What is Hôpital La Rabta 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
Health SciencesDomain #5,949 of 9,902 1.0%639 #15297
MedicineField #5,290 of 8,541 1.0%585 #12891
SurgerySubfield #1,184 of 1,532 1.6%88 #2855
Life SciencesDomain #5,111 of 6,403 1.2%77 #10065
RheumatologySubfield #263 of 320 0.4%64 #738

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hôpital La Rabta 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. Health Sciences#15,297 #5,949
  2. Medicine#12,891 #5,290
  3. Surgery#2,855 #1,184
  4. Life Sciences#10,065 #5,111
  5. Rheumatology#738 #263
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 La Rabta work in?

In 2022-now, 84% of research at Hôpital La Rabta is in Health Sciences, 10% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (78%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (7%), Health Professions (5%). It does 3.6× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 708 fractional works · 84.3% of its workMedicine: 652 fractional works · 77.6% of its workSurgery: 100 fractional works · 11.9% of its workRheumatology: 68 fractional works · 8.0% of its workEpidemiology: 52 fractional works · 6.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 50 fractional works · 6.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 32 fractional works · 3.8% of its workDermatology: 32 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 29 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 28 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPhysiology: 26 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 23 fractional works · 2.7% of its workHepatology: 20 fractional works · 2.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 18 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHematology: 15 fractional works · 1.8% of its workNeurology: 14 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOncology: 14 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGastroenterology: 14 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPharmacology: 10 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNephrology: 10 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGenetics: 10 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRehabilitation: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workUrology: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workReproductive Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInternal Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnatomy: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFamily Practice: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 45 fractional works · 5.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 26 fractional works · 3.1% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVeterinary: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmall Animals: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 88 fractional works · 10.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 57 fractional works · 6.8% of its workGenetics: 24 fractional works · 2.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 18 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCell Biology: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 20 fractional works · 2.4% of its workImmunology: 16 fractional works · 1.9% of its workParasitology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 29 fractional works · 3.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 13 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 15 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKHôpital La Rabta840fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences2%Health Sciences84%Social Sciences3%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine65277.6%
    2. Health Professions455.4%
    3. Nursing50.6%
    4. Veterinary30.4%
    5. Dentistry30.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology576.8%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology202.4%
    3. Neuroscience50.6%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences30.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics30.3%
    1. Social Sciences131.6%
    2. Psychology70.8%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting60.7%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.2%
    5. Arts and Humanities10.1%
    6. Decision Sciences00.0%
    1. Environmental Science50.6%
    2. Engineering30.3%
    3. Computer Science20.3%
    4. Chemistry20.2%
    5. Chemical Engineering10.2%
    6. Mathematics10.1%
    7. Materials Science00.0%
    8. Physics and Astronomy00.0%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Hôpital La Rabta specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Rheumatology takes 17.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. RheumatologySubfield · 67.6 works18×
  2. DermatologySubfield · 32.0 works14×
  3. Pathology and Forensic MedicineSubfield · 28.0 works6.4×
  4. Endocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismSubfield · 28.7 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: 0.07× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.27× its world share, 57 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.36× its world share, 20 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.39× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.85× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.03× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.02× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.13× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.68× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.04× its world share, 45 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.04× its world share, 652 worksMedicineNursing: 1.19× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.77× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.22× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.27× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 13 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 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine4.04×652 works
  2. Veterinary2.77×3 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology2.36×20 works
  4. Health Professions2.04×45 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.27×57 works
  6. Nursing1.19×5 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.85×2 works
  8. Dentistry0.68×3 works
  9. Chemical Engineering0.47×1 works
  10. Neuroscience0.39×5 works
  11. Psychology0.27×7 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting0.22×6 works
  13. Environmental Science0.13×5 works
  14. Social Sciences0.13×13 works
  15. Chemistry0.12×2 works
  16. Mathematics0.09×1 works
  17. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.08×2 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.07×3 works
  19. Arts and Humanities0.05×1 works
  20. Computer Science0.03×2 works
  21. Engineering0.02×3 works
  22. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.01×0 works
  23. Materials Science0.01×0 works
  24. Physics and Astronomy0.01×0 works
  25. Decision Sciences0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Hôpital La Rabta?

Ranked on the quality score, Salem Ben Abdessalem, Hatem Ksouri and Manel Ben Hlima lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hôpital La Rabta.

  1. 1 Salem Ben Abdessalem Tunisia · #1,455,230 worldwide 3.9k citations · 49 works
  2. 2 Hatem Ksouri Tunisia · #2,110,024 worldwide 1.2k citations · 44 works
  3. 3 Manel Ben Hlima Tunisia · #2,194,187 worldwide 1.2k citations · 21 works
  4. 4 Sami Alaya Tunisia · #3,113,634 worldwide 786 citations · 22 works
  5. 5 Mohamed Sami Mourali Tunisia · #3,454,576 worldwide 8.8k citations · 154 works
  6. 6 Asma Ayari Tunisia · #3,820,794 worldwide 228 citations · 22 works
  7. 7 Amine Sebai Tunisia · #3,984,018 worldwide 648 citations · 75 works
  8. 8 Rochdi Nasri Tunisia · #4,179,300 worldwide 1.4k citations · 26 works
  9. 9 Habib Houman Tunisia · #4,187,410 worldwide 2.9k citations · 68 works
  10. 10 Amine Charfi Tunisia · #4,746,484 worldwide 1.4k citations · 76 works
All ranked researchers at Hôpital La Rabta

What are the most cited papers from Hôpital La Rabta?

The most cited paper from Hôpital La Rabta is "International Cooperative Ataxia Rating Scale for pharmacological assessment of the cerebellar syndrome" (P Trouillas, Toshimitsu Takayanagi, Mark Hallett et al., 1997), with 1,278 citations. Next come "Dysferlin, a novel skeletal muscle gene, is mutated in Miyoshi myopathy and limb girdle muscular dystrophy" (927) and "Eltrombopag for the Treatment of Chronic Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura" (817).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 International Cooperative Ataxia Rating Scale for pharmacological assessment of the cerebellar syndrome P Trouillas, Toshimitsu Takayanagi, Mark Hallett et al. · Journal of the Neurological Sciences Feb 1997 1,278
2 Dysferlin, a novel skeletal muscle gene, is mutated in Miyoshi myopathy and limb girdle muscular dystrophy Jing Liu et al. · Nature Genetics Sep 1998 927
3 Eltrombopag for the Treatment of Chronic Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura James Bruce Bussel, Gregory Yin-Ming Cheng, Mansoor Noorali Saleh et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 28 Nov 2007 817
4 Advancing the global public health agenda for NAFLD: a consensus statement Jeffrey Victor Lazarus et al. · Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology ReviewOpen access221 authors 27 Oct 2021 768
5 EULAR recommendations for the management of Behçet disease Gülen Hatemi, Alan J. Silman, Dongsik Bang et al. · Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases Open access Feb 2008 724
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Hôpital La Rabta?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Treatment, Diagnosis, Autoantibodies, Inflammation, Management, Cardiovascular Risk and Pathogenesis.

▲ 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. Epidemiology142▲ 4.2×93 topics
  2. Treatment87▲ 8.5×41 topics
  3. Diagnosis79▲ 10×36 topics
  4. Inflammation66▲ 3.7×59 topics
  5. Autoantibodies57▲ 29×8 topics
  6. Management44▲ 6.6×27 topics
  7. Cardiovascular Risk33▲ 12×8 topics
  8. Pathogenesis32▲ 7.3×20 topics
  9. Cardiovascular Disease29▲ 3.0×27 topics
  10. Cytokines26▲ 11×5 topics
  11. Surgical Management25▲ 7.3×19 topics
  12. Immunosuppressive Therapy25▲ 16×8 topics
  13. Rheumatoid Arthritis25▲ 30×2 topics
  14. Guidelines25▲ 6.3×12 topics
  15. Immune Response24▲ 5.1×16 topics
  16. Biological Therapy24▲ 48×2 topics
  17. Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs23▲ 54×1 topic
  18. Joint Inflammation23▲ 54×1 topic
  19. Clinical Practice Guidelines23▲ 5.0×14 topics
  20. Metabolic Syndrome23▲ 3.3×16 topics
  21. Inflammatory Bowel Disease21▲ 21×5 topics
  22. Complications20▲ 4.8×14 topics
  23. Genetic Mutations20▲ 5.4×20 topics
  24. Insulin Resistance19▲ 4.9×7 topics
  25. Global Burden18▲ 3.8×8 topics
  26. Prognostic Factors17▲ 4.6×10 topics
  27. Endothelial Dysfunction16▲ 8.4×7 topics
  28. Hepatocellular Carcinoma16▲ 9.4×3 topics
  29. Primary Care16▲ 5.2×6 topics
  30. Rituximab16▲ 13×4 topics
  31. Fibrosis15▲ 9.2×7 topics
  32. Liver Transplantation15▲ 15×5 topics
  33. Children13▲ 6.8×5 topics
  34. Ankylosing Spondylitis12▲ 50×1 topic
  35. Spondyloarthritis12▲ 50×1 topic
  36. Genetic Variants12▲ 8.2×6 topics
  37. Musculoskeletal Disorders12▲ 15×3 topics
  38. Contact Allergy12▲ 77×1 topic
  39. Health Impact12▲ 25×2 topics
  40. Skin Sensitization12▲ 77×1 topic

Which research topics does Hôpital La Rabta publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies, Spondyloarthritis Studies and Treatments, Contact Dermatitis and Allergies and Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment.

Rheumatoid Arthritis Res…23Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies: 23 fractional worksSpondyloarthritis Studies and Treatments: 12 fractional worksContact Dermatitis and Allergies: 12 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 11 fractional worksSystemic Lupus Erythematosus Research: 10 fractional worksHealth, Medicine and Society: 10 fractional worksSystemic Sclerosis and R…10Systemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases: 10 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 9 fractional worksOccupational exposure and asthma: 8 fractional worksAutoimmune and Inflammat…8Autoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders Research: 8 fractional works
RheumatologyDermatologyEpidemiologyGeneral Health Professions4 others

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

  1. 1 Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies Rheumatology 23 works
  2. 2 Spondyloarthritis Studies and Treatments Rheumatology 12 works
  3. 3 Contact Dermatitis and Allergies Dermatology 12 works
  4. 4 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 11 works
  5. 5 Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research Rheumatology 10 works
  6. 6 Health, Medicine and Society General Health Professions 10 works
  7. 7 Systemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases Pathology and Forensic Medicine 10 works
  8. 8 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 9 works
  9. 9 Occupational exposure and asthma Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 8 works
  10. 10 Autoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders Research Hematology 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 available19.1%not open80.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.1%domestic only93.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Hôpital La Rabta's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 1% 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 La Rabta as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0040% in 2024.

still counting0.0025%0.0050%0.0075%Hôpital La Rabta0.0029% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Hôpital La Rabta 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 La Rabta1.2% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 6.6% in 2000.

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