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Hospital Sultanah Bahiyah

In research, Hospital Sultanah Bahiyah stands highest in Medicine (#8,024 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#9,729 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. 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, 2022–2025
#23,544
of 28,054 · #31,604 all time
Rank in Malaysia
#116
of 137
Research works
559
▲ 139% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.6k
6.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
65%
world 28%

What is Hospital Sultanah Bahiyah 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 #8,024 of 10,443 3.5%119 #13699
Health SciencesDomain #9,729 of 11,982 3.8%127 #14620

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

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 · 24.3 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: 0.34× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.48× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.18× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.76× its world share, 12 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.25× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.31× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.14× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.01× its world share, 119 worksMedicineNursing: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.04× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.10× its world share, 7 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.36× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.81× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.44× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.00× its world share, 26 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Hospital Sultanah Bahiyah?

Ranked on the composite score, Muhammad Radzi Abu Hassan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hospital Sultanah Bahiyah.

  1. 1 Muhammad Radzi Abu Hassan Malaysia · #1,502,754 worldwide 5 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Hospital Sultanah Bahiyah

Which keywords describe research at Hospital Sultanah Bahiyah?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Treatment, Curriculum Development, Complications, Chemotherapy, Islamic Education, Religious Education 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. Epidemiology20▲ 2.5×70 topics
  2. Treatment9▲ 3.4×28 topics
  3. Inflammation7▲ 1.68×22 topics
  4. Curriculum Development7▲ 4.6×7 topics
  5. Risk Factors6▲ 2.7×17 topics
  6. Chemotherapy6▲ 4.0×12 topics
  7. Complications6▲ 5.6×10 topics
  8. Quality of Life6▲ 1.91×22 topics
  9. COVID-195▲ 1.90×18 topics
  10. Diagnosis5▲ 2.5×24 topics
  11. Guidelines4▲ 4.7×10 topics
  12. Islamic Education4▲ 6.0×4 topics
  13. Management4▲ 2.7×19 topics
  14. Metabolic Syndrome4▲ 2.6×8 topics
  15. Online Learning4▲ 2.5×9 topics
  16. Supply Chain Management4▲ 2.2×11 topics
  17. Prognostic Factors4▲ 4.6×11 topics
  18. Immunotherapy4▲ 2.8×11 topics
  19. Surgical Management4▲ 4.8×12 topics
  20. Digital Learning4▲ 3.4×5 topics
  21. Religious Education4▲ 11×2 topics
  22. Atherosclerosis4▲ 6.1×3 topics
  23. Genetic Mutations4▲ 4.0×9 topics
  24. Radiotherapy4▲ 4.5×7 topics
  25. Mobile Learning3▲ 4.7×4 topics
  26. Critical Thinking Skills3▲ 8.4×2 topics
  27. Molecular Classification3▲ 10×4 topics
  28. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention3▲ 11×3 topics
  29. Teaching Strategies3▲ 4.7×3 topics
  30. 21st Century Skills3▲ 4.6×2 topics
  31. Infertility3▲ 9.3×4 topics
  32. Character Development3▲ 7.5×2 topics
  33. Coronary Stents3▲ 29×1 topic
  34. Myocardial Revascularization3▲ 29×1 topic
  35. Clinical Management2▲ 7.0×6 topics
  36. Endoscopic Surgery2▲ 13×3 topics
  37. Airway Stenosis2▲ 21×1 topic
  38. Tracheostomy2▲ 21×1 topic
  39. Endophthalmitis2▲ 33×2 topics
  40. Muslim Students2▲ 15×1 topic

Which research topics does Hospital Sultanah Bahiyah publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: 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 worksEthics in Business and Education: 2 fractional worksEducation and Character …2Education and Character Development: 2 fractional worksOvarian function and disorders: 2 fractional worksLung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 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 Ethics in Business and Education Information Systems and Management 2 works
  8. 8 Education and Character Development Education 2 works
  9. 9 Ovarian function and disorders Reproductive Medicine 2 works
  10. 10 Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Hospital Sultanah Bahiyah's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 139% 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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