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Hospital Sultanah Bahiyah

In research, Hospital Sultanah Bahiyah stands highest in Medicine (#5,282 of 8,541 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#6,404 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery (Surgery is 5.0× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#11,659
of 22,385 · #19,971 all time
Rank in Malaysia
#78
of 124
Research works
559
▲ 13% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.6k
6.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.84×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
65%
world 40%
International
11%
world 18%
Hospital Sultanah Bahiyah

What is Hospital Sultanah Bahiyah 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
MedicineField #5,282 of 8,541 3.1%119 #8453
Health SciencesDomain #6,404 of 9,902 3.5%127 #10381

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hospital Sultanah Bahiyah 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 fields of science does Hospital Sultanah Bahiyah work in?

In 2022-now, 63% of research at Hospital Sultanah Bahiyah is in Health Sciences, 20% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (59%), Social Sciences (12%), Computer Science (6%). It does 2.6× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 146 fractional works · 63.1% of its workMedicine: 136 fractional works · 59.0% of its workSurgery: 27 fractional works · 11.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 16 fractional works · 7.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 11 fractional works · 4.6% of its workEpidemiology: 9 fractional works · 3.7% of its workOphthalmology: 7 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 6 fractional works · 2.8% of its workOncology: 6 fractional works · 2.6% of its workRheumatology: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHepatology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workReproductive Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 7 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPeriodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 46 fractional works · 20.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 27 fractional works · 11.7% of its workEducation: 16 fractional works · 7.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 7 fractional works · 2.9% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLinguistics and Language: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 7 fractional works · 3.2% of its workAccounting: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 25 fractional works · 10.8% of its workComputer Science: 13 fractional works · 5.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workInformation Systems: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 8 fractional works · 3.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 14 fractional works · 6.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKHospital SultanahBahiyah231fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences11%Health Sciences63%Social Sciences20%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine13659.0%
    2. Health Professions73.0%
    3. Dentistry20.7%
    4. Nursing00.2%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Social Sciences2711.7%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting73.2%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance41.5%
    4. Psychology41.5%
    5. Decision Sciences31.2%
    6. Arts and Humanities20.9%
    1. Computer Science135.8%
    2. Engineering83.6%
    3. Environmental Science20.8%
    4. Mathematics10.4%
    5. Energy00.1%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    7. Materials Science00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology62.6%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences31.5%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology31.2%
    4. Neuroscience10.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Hospital Sultanah Bahiyah specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 5.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 26.9 works5.0×
← 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: 0.31× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.49× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.22× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.74× its world share, 13 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.24× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.47× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.15× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.07× its world share, 136 worksMedicineNursing: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.93× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.00× its world share, 7 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.22× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.72× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.50× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.93× its world share, 27 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.07×136 works
  2. Dentistry1.47×2 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology1.22×3 works
  4. Decision Sciences1.22×3 works
  5. Health Professions1.15×7 works
  6. Business, Management and Accounting1.00×7 works
  7. Veterinary0.93×0 works
  8. Social Sciences0.93×27 works
  9. Computer Science0.74×13 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.72×4 works
  11. Psychology0.50×4 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.49×6 works
  13. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.41×0 works
  14. Nursing0.39×0 works
  15. Neuroscience0.33×1 works
  16. Mathematics0.32×1 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.31×4 works
  18. Arts and Humanities0.30×2 works
  19. Engineering0.24×8 works
  20. Energy0.16×0 works
  21. Environmental Science0.15×2 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.06×0 works
  23. Materials Science0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Hospital Sultanah Bahiyah?

Ranked on the quality score, Lee Lee Low, Shen‐Han Lee and Nik Raihan Nik Mustapha lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hospital Sultanah Bahiyah.

  1. 1 Lee Lee Low Malaysia · #1,038,632 worldwide 854 citations · 28 works
  2. 2 Shen‐Han Lee Malaysia · #1,338,736 worldwide 647 citations · 27 works
  3. 3 Nik Raihan Nik Mustapha Malaysia · #1,861,746 worldwide 1.5k citations · 51 works
  4. 4 Nor Shaffinaz Yusoff Azmi Merican Malaysia · #1,907,815 worldwide 43 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 Thiyagar Nadarajaw Malaysia · #2,258,372 worldwide 504 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 Noor Syahireen Mohammed Malaysia · #2,461,963 worldwide 328 citations · 31 works
  7. 7 Murizah Mohd Zain Malaysia · #2,552,479 worldwide 377 citations · 18 works
  8. 8 Huan Yean Kang Malaysia · #3,122,448 worldwide 187 citations · 26 works
  9. 9 Manisekar Subramaniam Malaysia · #3,571,313 worldwide 138 citations · 21 works
  10. 10 Muhammad Radzi Abu Hassan Malaysia · #3,718,267 worldwide 1.8k citations · 139 works
All ranked researchers at Hospital Sultanah Bahiyah

What are the most cited papers from Hospital Sultanah Bahiyah?

The most cited paper from Hospital Sultanah Bahiyah is "Mapping the human genetic architecture of COVID-19" (COVID-19 Host Genetics Initiative et al., 2021), with 1,130 citations. Next come "Sedation depth and long-term mortality in mechanically ventilated critically ill adults: a prospective longitudinal multicentre cohort study" (358) and "A Phase 3 Trial of Luspatercept in Patients with Transfusion-Dependent β-Thalassemia" (329).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Mapping the human genetic architecture of COVID-19 COVID-19 Host Genetics Initiative et al. · Nature Open access3,896 authors 8 Jul 2021 1,130
2 Sedation depth and long-term mortality in mechanically ventilated critically ill adults: a prospective longitudinal multicentre cohort study The Sedation Practice in Intensive Care Evaluation (SPICE) Study Group investiga, Yahya Shehabi, Lucy L. K. Chan et al. · Intensive Care Medicine Open access 23 Jan 2013 358
3 A Phase 3 Trial of Luspatercept in Patients with Transfusion-Dependent β-Thalassemia Maria Domenica Cappellini et al. · New England Journal of Medicine 25 Mar 2020 329
4 Global guideline for the diagnosis and management of the endemic mycoses: an initiative of the European Confederation of Medical Mycology in cooperation with the International Society for Human and Animal Mycology George R Thompson et al. · The Lancet Infectious Diseases Open access 6 Aug 2021 303
5 A Randomized Trial of Silymarin for the Treatment of Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis Chan Wah Kheong, Nik Raihan Nik Mustapha, Sanjiv Mahadeva · Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology 15 Apr 2017 261
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Hospital Sultanah Bahiyah?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Treatment, Guidelines, Curriculum Development, Complications, Risk Factors, Chemotherapy and Inflammation.

▲ 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. Epidemiology24▲ 2.6×73 topics
  2. Treatment10▲ 3.5×31 topics
  3. Inflammation8▲ 1.73×31 topics
  4. Risk Factors7▲ 2.8×17 topics
  5. Curriculum Development7▲ 4.4×7 topics
  6. Quality of Life7▲ 2.0×25 topics
  7. Guidelines6▲ 5.8×11 topics
  8. Chemotherapy6▲ 3.6×13 topics
  9. Complications6▲ 5.1×11 topics
  10. COVID-196▲ 1.87×18 topics
  11. Diagnosis5▲ 2.5×26 topics
  12. Cardiovascular Disease5▲ 2.0×14 topics
  13. Management5▲ 2.8×21 topics
  14. Metabolic Syndrome5▲ 2.8×11 topics
  15. Online Learning5▲ 2.4×9 topics
  16. Islamic Education4▲ 5.8×4 topics
  17. Prognostic Factors4▲ 4.4×11 topics
  18. Immune Response4▲ 3.3×9 topics
  19. Immunotherapy4▲ 2.6×11 topics
  20. Surgical Management4▲ 4.5×12 topics
  21. Digital Learning4▲ 3.4×5 topics
  22. Atherosclerosis4▲ 6.0×4 topics
  23. Genetic Mutations4▲ 3.8×10 topics
  24. Religious Education4▲ 9.9×2 topics
  25. Radiotherapy4▲ 3.9×7 topics
  26. Mobile Learning3▲ 4.3×4 topics
  27. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention3▲ 11×3 topics
  28. Catheter Ablation3▲ 11×2 topics
  29. Critical Thinking Skills3▲ 8.1×2 topics
  30. Echocardiography3▲ 5.0×7 topics
  31. Molecular Classification3▲ 8.9×4 topics
  32. Infertility3▲ 8.7×4 topics
  33. Coronary Stents3▲ 27×1 topic
  34. Myocardial Revascularization3▲ 27×1 topic
  35. Arrhythmias3▲ 12×2 topics
  36. Character Development3▲ 6.9×2 topics
  37. Endoscopic Surgery2▲ 11×3 topics
  38. Airway Stenosis2▲ 19×1 topic
  39. Endophthalmitis2▲ 29×2 topics
  40. Tracheostomy2▲ 19×1 topic

Which research topics does Hospital Sultanah Bahiyah publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics, Tracheal and airway disorders, Education and Islamic Studies and Islamic Finance and Banking Studies.

Coronary Interventions a…3Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics: 3 fractional worksTracheal and airway diso…2Tracheal and airway disorders: 2 fractional worksEducation and Islamic Studies: 2 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Bank…2Islamic Finance and Banking Studies: 2 fractional worksEducation and Critical T…2Education and Critical Thinking Development: 2 fractional worksAirway Management and Intubation Techniques: 2 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksEducation and Character …2Education and Character Development: 2 fractional worksVascular Malformations and Hemangiomas: 2 fractional worksEthics in Business and Education: 2 fractional works
SurgeryPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineEducationAccounting3 others

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

  1. 1 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Surgery 3 works
  2. 2 Tracheal and airway disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  3. 3 Education and Islamic Studies Education 2 works
  4. 4 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 2 works
  5. 5 Education and Critical Thinking Development Education 2 works
  6. 6 Airway Management and Intubation Techniques Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  8. 8 Education and Character Development Education 2 works
  9. 9 Vascular Malformations and Hemangiomas Surgery 2 works
  10. 10 Ethics in Business and Education Information Systems and Management 2 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 available64.9%not open35.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.3%domestic only88.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Hospital Sultanah Bahiyah's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 13% 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 Hospital Sultanah Bahiyah as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00090% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Hospital Sultanah Bahiyah0.00085% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Hospital Sultanah Bahiyah 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 2025Hospital Sultanah Bahiyah4.1% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 10.5% in 2016.

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