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Indus Hospital

In research, Indus Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#6,598 of 8,541 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#7,880 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Infectious Diseases (Infectious Diseases is 6.9× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#15,273
of 22,385 · #26,196 all time
Rank in Pakistan
#169
of 231
Research works
883
▲ 52% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.6k
4.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.67×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
81%
world 40%
International
24%
world 18%
Indus Hospital

What is Indus Hospital 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 #6,598 of 8,541 2.3%309 #10352
Health SciencesDomain #7,880 of 9,902 2.3%340 #12314

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Indus Hospital 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 Indus Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 78% of research at Indus Hospital is in Health Sciences, 11% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (71%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (7%), Health Professions (5%). It does 3.3× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 392 fractional works · 78.1% of its workMedicine: 356 fractional works · 70.9% of its workSurgery: 43 fractional works · 8.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 32 fractional works · 6.4% of its workEpidemiology: 27 fractional works · 5.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 23 fractional works · 4.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 21 fractional works · 4.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 20 fractional works · 4.0% of its workHematology: 19 fractional works · 3.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 14 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEmergency Medicine: 13 fractional works · 2.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 12 fractional works · 2.5% of its workRheumatology: 12 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPhysiology: 11 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 11 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 11 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGenetics: 9 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOncology: 8 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 7 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNeurology: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNephrology: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHepatology: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workReproductive Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDermatology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOphthalmology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGastroenterology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 24 fractional works · 4.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 10 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Information Management: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 8 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 8 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOral Surgery: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 54 fractional works · 10.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 33 fractional works · 6.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 12 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGenetics: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEndocrinology: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMolecular Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 13 fractional works · 2.5% of its workImmunology: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workVirology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 43 fractional works · 8.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 16 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEducation: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 13 fractional works · 2.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 8 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFinance: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 13 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKIndus Hospital502fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences3%Health Sciences78%Social Sciences9%

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. Medicine35670.9%
    2. Health Professions244.8%
    3. Nursing81.7%
    4. Dentistry40.7%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology336.6%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology132.5%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences40.7%
    4. Neuroscience30.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.3%
    1. Social Sciences163.3%
    2. Psychology132.6%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance81.5%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting30.6%
    5. Decision Sciences20.5%
    6. Arts and Humanities10.1%
    1. Engineering50.9%
    2. Environmental Science30.6%
    3. Computer Science30.5%
    4. Mathematics20.3%
    5. Chemistry10.1%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    7. Materials Science00.0%
    8. Physics and Astronomy00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Indus Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Infectious Diseases takes 6.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 23.5 works6.9×
← 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, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.24× its world share, 33 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.52× its world share, 13 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.34× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.78× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.06× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.12× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.49× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.83× its world share, 24 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.69× its world share, 356 worksMedicineNursing: 3.45× its world share, 8 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.17× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.49× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.71× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.86× its world share, 13 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 16 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.69×356 works
  2. Nursing3.45×8 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology2.52×13 works
  4. Health Professions1.83×24 works
  5. Dentistry1.49×4 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.24×33 works
  7. Psychology0.86×13 works
  8. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.78×1 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.71×8 works
  10. Decision Sciences0.49×2 works
  11. Neuroscience0.34×3 works
  12. Mathematics0.29×2 works
  13. Social Sciences0.26×16 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.17×3 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.16×4 works
  16. Environmental Science0.12×3 works
  17. Chemistry0.07×0 works
  18. Computer Science0.06×2 works
  19. Engineering0.06×5 works
  20. Arts and Humanities0.05×1 works
  21. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.04×0 works
  22. Materials Science0.01×0 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Indus Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Farhana Amanullah, Naseem Salahuddin and Syed Ahmer Hamid lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Indus Hospital.

  1. 1 Farhana Amanullah Pakistan · #460,837 worldwide 2.9k citations · 74 works
  2. 2 Naseem Salahuddin Pakistan · #824,858 worldwide 1.9k citations · 82 works
  3. 3 Syed Ahmer Hamid Pakistan · #828,407 worldwide 967 citations · 45 works
  4. 4 Saima Saeed Pakistan · #1,096,929 worldwide 445 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 Hamidah Hussain Pakistan · #1,470,974 worldwide 1.8k citations · 81 works
  6. 6 Maria Jaswal Pakistan · #1,497,518 worldwide 345 citations · 22 works
  7. 7 Nauman Safdar Pakistan · #1,625,454 worldwide 620 citations · 30 works
  8. 8 Nida Zia Pakistan · #1,689,470 worldwide 777 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 Lubna Samad Pakistan · #2,177,712 worldwide 1.5k citations · 97 works
  10. 10 Muhammad Nabeel Ashraf Pakistan · #2,377,152 worldwide 374 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at Indus Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Indus Hospital?

The most cited paper from Indus Hospital is "WHO guidelines for the programmatic management of drug-resistant tuberculosis: 2011 update" (Dennis Falzon et al., 2011), with 1,106 citations. Next come "The quality of clinical practice guidelines over the last two decades: a systematic review of guideline appraisal studies" (486) and "The WHO Global Tuberculosis 2021 Report – not so good news and turning the tide back to End TB" (430).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 WHO guidelines for the programmatic management of drug-resistant tuberculosis: 2011 update Dennis Falzon et al. · European Respiratory Journal Open access 2 Aug 2011 1,106
2 The quality of clinical practice guidelines over the last two decades: a systematic review of guideline appraisal studies Pablo Alonso‐Coello, Areeka Irfan, Iván Solà et al. · BMJ Quality & Safety Review Dec 2010 486
3 The WHO Global Tuberculosis 2021 Report – not so good news and turning the tide back to End TB Jeremiah Muhwa Chakaya, Eskild Petersen, Rebecca Nantanda et al. · International Journal of Infectious Diseases Open access 20 Mar 2022 430
4 11th edition of the IDF Diabetes Atlas: global, regional, and national diabetes prevalence estimates for 2024 and projections for 2050 Irini Genitsaridi, Paraskevi Salpea, Agus Salim et al. · The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology Open access 16 Dec 2025 428
5 Global Retinoblastoma Presentation and Analysis by National Income Level Global Retinoblastoma Study Group et al. · JAMA Oncology Open access473 authors 27 Feb 2020 382
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Indus Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Prognostic Factors, Treatment, Cardiovascular Disease, Diagnosis, Management, Metabolic Syndrome and Maternal Mortality.

▲ 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. Epidemiology84▲ 4.2×95 topics
  2. Treatment28▲ 4.7×38 topics
  3. Cardiovascular Disease26▲ 4.6×31 topics
  4. Diagnosis24▲ 5.2×34 topics
  5. Prognostic Factors24▲ 11×10 topics
  6. Inflammation23▲ 2.2×46 topics
  7. Management20▲ 5.0×27 topics
  8. Metabolic Syndrome18▲ 4.6×18 topics
  9. Risk Factors17▲ 3.0×28 topics
  10. Public Health16▲ 2.2×29 topics
  11. Global Burden14▲ 5.3×12 topics
  12. Quality of Life14▲ 1.99×32 topics
  13. Immune Response14▲ 5.0×10 topics
  14. Pandemic14▲ 2.8×9 topics
  15. COVID-1914▲ 2.1×19 topics
  16. Antibiotic Resistance14▲ 6.8×11 topics
  17. Maternal Mortality13▲ 11×5 topics
  18. Complications12▲ 4.9×14 topics
  19. SARS-CoV-211▲ 7.4×5 topics
  20. Vaccine11▲ 5.5×8 topics
  21. Mortality11▲ 3.8×10 topics
  22. Guidelines11▲ 4.5×11 topics
  23. Clinical Practice Guidelines10▲ 3.8×13 topics
  24. Minimal Residual Disease10▲ 30×2 topics
  25. Pathogenesis10▲ 3.9×18 topics
  26. Health-related Quality of Life10▲ 8.2×4 topics
  27. Pediatric Oncology10▲ 35×2 topics
  28. Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia10▲ 57×1 topic
  29. Childhood Cancer10▲ 57×1 topic
  30. Insulin Resistance10▲ 4.2×8 topics
  31. Drug Resistance9▲ 6.5×5 topics
  32. Infection9▲ 7.1×8 topics
  33. Critical Care9▲ 7.2×8 topics
  34. ACE2 Receptor8▲ 7.5×3 topics
  35. Pathophysiology8▲ 5.8×10 topics
  36. Antimicrobial Resistance8▲ 7.5×9 topics
  37. Hematopoietic Stem Cells8▲ 18×3 topics
  38. Mutation7▲ 7.7×3 topics
  39. AML7▲ 28×1 topic
  40. Acute Myeloid Leukemia7▲ 28×1 topic

Which research topics does Indus Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research, Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research, COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies and Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life.

Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research: 10 fractional worksAcute Myeloid Leukemia Research: 7 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 5 fractional worksChildhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life: 5 fractional worksAntibiotic Use and Resistance: 4 fractional worksSepsis Diagnosis and Treatment: 4 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Chil…4Global Maternal and Child Health: 4 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 4 fractional worksAntibiotic Resistance in Bacteria: 4 fractional worksPregnancy and preeclamps…4Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies: 4 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthHematologyInfectious DiseasesPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health5 others

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

  1. 1 Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 10 works
  2. 2 Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research Hematology 7 works
  3. 3 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 5 works
  4. 4 Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 5 works
  5. 5 Antibiotic Use and Resistance Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 4 works
  6. 6 Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 4 works
  7. 7 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 4 works
  8. 8 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 4 works
  9. 9 Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria Molecular Medicine 4 works
  10. 10 Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies Obstetrics and Gynecology 4 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 available81.2%not open18.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.8%domestic only76.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Indus Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 52% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting200020102020
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 Indus Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0017% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Indus Hospital0.0020% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Indus Hospital 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 2025Indus Hospital3.6% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 6.1% in 2018.

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