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Hopital Universitaire Habib Bourguiba

In research, Hopital Universitaire Habib Bourguiba stands highest in Medicine (#5,099 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#6,133 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#6,565 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Neurology and Ophthalmology — Pathology and Forensic Medicine is 12.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#15,028
of 28,054 · #21,294 all time
Rank in Tunisia
#27
of 59
Research works
2.9k
▲ 37% vs 2013–17
Citations
15k
5.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
26%
world 28%

What is Hopital Universitaire Habib Bourguiba 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 #5,099 of 10,443 2.1%581 #6003
Health SciencesDomain #6,133 of 11,982 2.1%607 #7895
Life SciencesDomain #6,565 of 7,800 3.8%97 #10479
SurgerySubfield #1,695 of 1,816 2.9%84 #3559

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hopital Universitaire Habib Bourguiba 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#6,003 #5,099
  2. Health Sciences#7,895 #6,133
  3. Life Sciences#10,479 #6,565
  4. Surgery#3,559 #1,695
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 Hopital Universitaire Habib Bourguiba specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pathology and Forensic Medicine takes 12.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Pathology and Forensic MedicineSubfield · 49.2 works13×
  2. NeurologySubfield · 49.0 works11×
  3. OphthalmologySubfield · 21.2 works11×
  4. RheumatologySubfield · 25.5 works7.5×
  5. Endocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismSubfield · 22.7 works5.6×
← 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: 0.28× its world share, 10 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.20× its world share, 48 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.17× its world share, 16 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.77× its world share, 21 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.09× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.10× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.70× its world share, 14 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.05× its world share, 581 worksMedicineNursing: 1.40× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.96× its world share, 4 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.39× its world share, 9 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 6 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 Hopital Universitaire Habib Bourguiba?

Ranked on the composite score, S. Ghroubi, M.H. Elleuch and A. Ghorbel lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hopital Universitaire Habib Bourguiba.

  1. 1 S. Ghroubi Tunisia · #685,953 worldwide 47 citations · 29 works
  2. 2 M.H. Elleuch Tunisia · #760,501 worldwide 45 citations · 38 works
  3. 3 A. Ghorbel Tunisia · #816,050 worldwide 14 citations · 22 works
  4. 4 R Jlidi Tunisia · #863,665 worldwide 10 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 Noureddine Rekik Tunisia · #883,275 worldwide 9 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 Imed Frikha Tunisia · #924,396 worldwide 14 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 M. Frikha Tunisia · #959,715 worldwide 7 citations · 19 works
  8. 8 Chokri Mhiri Tunisia · #972,615 worldwide 76 citations · 127 works
  9. 9 A. Yahia Tunisia · #1,012,723 worldwide 29 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 W. Siala Tunisia · #1,061,842 worldwide 0 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Hopital Universitaire Habib Bourguiba

Which keywords describe research at Hopital Universitaire Habib Bourguiba?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Cognitive Impairment, Diagnostic Criteria, Surgical Management, Prognostic Factors and Radiotherapy.

▲ 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. Epidemiology109▲ 3.7×106 topics
  2. Diagnosis58▲ 8.3×40 topics
  3. Treatment57▲ 6.3×43 topics
  4. Inflammation35▲ 2.2×51 topics
  5. Cognitive Impairment33▲ 18×9 topics
  6. Diagnostic Criteria32▲ 19×10 topics
  7. Surgical Management28▲ 9.3×18 topics
  8. Prognostic Factors28▲ 8.5×14 topics
  9. Immunotherapy27▲ 5.0×14 topics
  10. Neurological Disorders26▲ 6.3×16 topics
  11. Chemotherapy26▲ 5.0×22 topics
  12. Management26▲ 4.4×27 topics
  13. Radiotherapy26▲ 8.9×10 topics
  14. Prognosis24▲ 9.9×9 topics
  15. Genetic Mutations24▲ 7.5×23 topics
  16. Cardiovascular Disease22▲ 2.6×27 topics
  17. Clinical Practice Guidelines22▲ 5.4×12 topics
  18. Pathogenesis22▲ 5.7×22 topics
  19. Risk Factors22▲ 2.6×24 topics
  20. Oxidative Stress21▲ 1.73×32 topics
  21. Autoantibodies20▲ 12×8 topics
  22. Multiple Sclerosis20▲ 74×1 topic
  23. Neuromyelitis Optica20▲ 74×1 topic
  24. Complications17▲ 4.6×15 topics
  25. Global Burden16▲ 3.9×11 topics
  26. Genetics15▲ 2.8×15 topics
  27. Clinical Management14▲ 11×7 topics
  28. Neuroimaging13▲ 6.6×9 topics
  29. Molecular Classification13▲ 12×3 topics
  30. Molecular Profiling12▲ 16×3 topics
  31. Immunohistochemistry12▲ 22×4 topics
  32. Pathophysiology12▲ 5.2×10 topics
  33. Thyroid Carcinoma11▲ 30×2 topics
  34. Imaging11▲ 6.0×7 topics
  35. Immunosuppressive Therapy11▲ 7.7×6 topics
  36. Gene Expression Profiling10▲ 17×2 topics
  37. Intravenous Immunoglobulin10▲ 21×3 topics
  38. Rituximab10▲ 8.9×4 topics
  39. Endoscopic Surgery9▲ 13×3 topics
  40. Ultrasound9▲ 12×2 topics

Which research topics does Hopital Universitaire Habib Bourguiba publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies, Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment, Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment and Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders.

Multiple Sclerosis Resea…20Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies: 20 fractional worksGlioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 8 fractional worksThyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 7 fractional worksPeripheral Neuropathies and Disorders: 7 fractional worksSarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 7 fractional worksCancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 6 fractional worksChronic Obstructive Pulm…6Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research: 6 fractional worksOcular Diseases and Behçet’s Syndrome: 5 fractional worksRetinal and Optic Conditions: 5 fractional worksInflammatory Myopathies and Dermatomyositis: 5 fractional works
Pathology and Forensic MedicineGeneticsEndocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismNeurology4 others

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

  1. 1 Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies Pathology and Forensic Medicine 20 works
  2. 2 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 8 works
  3. 3 Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 7 works
  4. 4 Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders Neurology 7 works
  5. 5 Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 7 works
  6. 6 Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Oncology 6 works
  7. 7 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 6 works
  8. 8 Ocular Diseases and Behçet’s Syndrome Ophthalmology 5 works
  9. 9 Retinal and Optic Conditions Ophthalmology 5 works
  10. 10 Inflammatory Myopathies and Dermatomyositis Epidemiology 5 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 available26.4%not open73.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.8%domestic only92.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Hopital Universitaire Habib Bourguiba's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 37% 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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