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Hospital / health system · Kuala Lumpur · Malaysia

Hospital Kuala Lumpur

In research, Hospital Kuala Lumpur stands highest in Medicine (#2,534 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#3,262 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#6,002 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Neurology — Neurology is 6.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#9,378
of 28,054 · #13,026 all time
Rank in Malaysia
#55
of 137
Research works
2.6k
▲ 81% vs 2013–17
Citations
26k
10.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
47%
world 28%

What is Hospital Kuala Lumpur 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 #2,534 of 10,443 5.6%462 #4151
Health SciencesDomain #3,262 of 11,982 5.7%500 #5283
Life SciencesDomain #6,002 of 7,800 8.9%68 #8171
SurgerySubfield #1,570 of 1,816 4.4%74 #2915

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hospital Kuala Lumpur 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#4,151 #2,534
  2. Health Sciences#5,283 #3,262
  3. Life Sciences#8,171 #6,002
  4. Surgery#2,915 #1,570
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 Hospital Kuala Lumpur specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Neurology takes 6.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. NeurologySubfield · 22.7 works6.0×
← 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: 0.16× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.02× its world share, 36 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.81× its world share, 12 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.41× its world share, 15 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.18× its world share, 9 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.14× its world share, 14 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.15× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.13× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.90× its world share, 6 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.50× its world share, 26 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.65× its world share, 462 worksMedicineNursing: 1.93× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.79× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.31× its world share, 7 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.53× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.04× its world share, 21 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 15 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Hospital Kuala Lumpur?

Ranked on the composite score, Sunita Bavanandan, Kin Fon Leong and Maurer Hj lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hospital Kuala Lumpur.

  1. 1 Sunita Bavanandan Malaysia · #286,421 worldwide 163 citations · 18 works
  2. 2 Kin Fon Leong Malaysia · #504,134 worldwide 17 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Maurer Hj Malaysia · #1,295,711 worldwide 4 citations · 33 works
All ranked researchers at Hospital Kuala Lumpur

Which keywords describe research at Hospital Kuala Lumpur?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Quality of Life, Complications, Treatment, Diagnosis, Inflammation, Genetic Mutations and Risk Factors.

▲ 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. Epidemiology92▲ 3.5×120 topics
  2. Quality of Life37▲ 3.9×44 topics
  3. Inflammation36▲ 2.7×56 topics
  4. Treatment32▲ 4.0×46 topics
  5. Diagnosis28▲ 4.6×38 topics
  6. Complications24▲ 7.4×16 topics
  7. Risk Factors22▲ 3.0×31 topics
  8. Cardiovascular Disease21▲ 2.9×32 topics
  9. COVID-1919▲ 2.2×22 topics
  10. Management19▲ 3.7×29 topics
  11. Genetic Mutations18▲ 6.4×22 topics
  12. Depression16▲ 2.7×17 topics
  13. Surgical Management16▲ 5.8×18 topics
  14. Genetics15▲ 3.4×18 topics
  15. Guidelines15▲ 4.9×12 topics
  16. Mortality15▲ 3.9×12 topics
  17. Chemotherapy14▲ 3.1×23 topics
  18. Prognostic Factors14▲ 4.9×14 topics
  19. Clinical Practice Guidelines14▲ 3.8×14 topics
  20. Diabetes13▲ 4.1×15 topics
  21. Radiotherapy13▲ 5.0×13 topics
  22. Surgery13▲ 5.6×9 topics
  23. Pathogenesis12▲ 3.7×20 topics
  24. Rehabilitation12▲ 4.6×10 topics
  25. Neurological Disorders12▲ 3.1×16 topics
  26. Immune Response11▲ 2.9×14 topics
  27. Prognosis10▲ 4.8×9 topics
  28. Clinical Management10▲ 8.8×8 topics
  29. Endoscopic Surgery10▲ 16×3 topics
  30. Antibiotic Resistance10▲ 3.8×12 topics
  31. Wound Healing9▲ 5.5×9 topics
  32. SARS-CoV-29▲ 4.2×6 topics
  33. Pathophysiology9▲ 4.6×10 topics
  34. Patient Satisfaction9▲ 4.3×9 topics
  35. Autoantibodies9▲ 5.8×8 topics
  36. Health-related Quality of Life9▲ 5.7×5 topics
  37. Cognitive Impairment8▲ 5.1×8 topics
  38. ACE2 Receptor8▲ 5.2×3 topics
  39. Immunosuppressive Therapy8▲ 6.8×8 topics
  40. Revascularization7▲ 7.2×4 topics

Which research topics does Hospital Kuala Lumpur publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies, Pituitary Gland Disorders and Treatments, Tracheal and airway disorders and Airway Management and Intubation Techniques.

COVID-19 Clinical Resear…5COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 5 fractional worksPituitary Gland Disorder…5Pituitary Gland Disorders and Treatments: 5 fractional worksTracheal and airway disorders: 4 fractional worksAirway Management and Intubation Techniques: 4 fractional worksRenal Diseases and Glomerulopathies: 4 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 4 fractional worksEpilepsy research and treatment: 4 fractional worksHead and Neck Surgical O…4Head and Neck Surgical Oncology: 4 fractional worksLung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 3 fractional worksMultiple Sclerosis Research Studies: 3 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesEndocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine4 others

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

  1. 1 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 5 works
  2. 2 Pituitary Gland Disorders and Treatments Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 5 works
  3. 3 Tracheal and airway disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  4. 4 Airway Management and Intubation Techniques Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine 4 works
  5. 5 Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies Nephrology 4 works
  6. 6 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 4 works
  7. 7 Epilepsy research and treatment Psychiatry and Mental health 4 works
  8. 8 Head and Neck Surgical Oncology Surgery 4 works
  9. 9 Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  10. 10 Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies Pathology and Forensic Medicine 3 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 available47.0%not open53.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.6%domestic only83.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Hospital Kuala Lumpur's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 81% 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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