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Karachi Medical and Dental College

In research, Karachi Medical and Dental College stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,633 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#3,363 of 10,443 worldwide) and Dentistry (#219 of 367 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in General Dentistry, Dentistry and Periodontics — General Dentistry is 60.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,349
of 28,054 · #16,580 all time
Rank in Pakistan
#98
of 241
Research works
1.8k
▲ 206% vs 2013–17
Citations
7.8k
4.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
79%
world 28%

What is Karachi Medical and Dental College 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
Health SciencesDomain #2,633 of 11,982 4.1%705 #5254
MedicineField #3,363 of 10,443 4.1%531 #7453
DentistryField #219 of 367 3.5%113 #388
Life SciencesDomain #5,408 of 7,800 4.2%93 #10613
SurgerySubfield #1,666 of 1,816 4.2%63 —
Social SciencesDomain #10,011 of 10,521 8.0%70 #16255

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Karachi Medical and Dental College 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. Health Sciences#5,254 #2,633
  2. Medicine#7,453 #3,363
  3. Dentistry#388 #219
  4. Life Sciences#10,613 #5,408
  5. Social Sciences#16,255 #10,011
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 Karachi Medical and Dental College specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: General Dentistry takes 60.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. General DentistrySubfield · 23.8 works60×
  2. DentistryField · 112.8 works26×
  3. PeriodonticsSubfield · 30.6 works25×
  4. Oral SurgerySubfield · 39.2 works22×
← 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, 13 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.02× its world share, 49 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.48× its world share, 14 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.81× its world share, 12 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.80× its world share, 6 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.13× its world share, 9 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 12 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.15× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.31× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 25.70× its world share, 113 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.00× its world share, 48 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.05× its world share, 531 worksMedicineNursing: 2.83× its world share, 13 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.62× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.13× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.13× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.54× its world share, 10 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.00× its world share, 28 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 23 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 25.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Karachi Medical and Dental College?

Ranked on the composite score, Naseer Ahmed, Abhishek Lal and Javed Ashraf lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Karachi Medical and Dental College.

  1. 1 Naseer Ahmed Pakistan · #588,873 worldwide 60 citations · 27 works
  2. 2 Abhishek Lal Pakistan · #1,132,605 worldwide 13 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 Javed Ashraf Pakistan · #1,267,570 worldwide 26 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Karachi Medical and Dental College

Which keywords describe research at Karachi Medical and Dental College?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Quality of Life, Inflammation, COVID-19, Risk Factors, Cardiovascular Disease, Global Burden and Infection Control.

▲ 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. Epidemiology134▲ 3.7×120 topics
  2. Inflammation61▲ 3.2×75 topics
  3. Quality of Life60▲ 4.6×43 topics
  4. COVID-1952▲ 4.2×23 topics
  5. Risk Factors48▲ 4.8×32 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Disease43▲ 4.2×36 topics
  7. Oxidative Stress36▲ 2.4×53 topics
  8. Global Burden32▲ 6.6×12 topics
  9. Treatment31▲ 2.8×41 topics
  10. Metabolic Syndrome29▲ 3.9×23 topics
  11. Public Health28▲ 2.2×44 topics
  12. Virtual Reality28▲ 6.1×4 topics
  13. Depression26▲ 3.3×19 topics
  14. Diagnosis26▲ 3.1×35 topics
  15. Artificial Intelligence26▲ 2.1×9 topics
  16. Infection Control25▲ 34×3 topics
  17. Obesity25▲ 3.7×22 topics
  18. Pandemic24▲ 2.5×10 topics
  19. Dental Practice24▲ 60×1 topic
  20. Transmission Routes24▲ 60×1 topic
  21. Clinical Trials23▲ 3.8×19 topics
  22. Prevention23▲ 6.1×14 topics
  23. Management23▲ 3.2×27 topics
  24. Dental Caries22▲ 26×2 topics
  25. Pathogenesis21▲ 4.6×21 topics
  26. Insulin Resistance20▲ 5.0×10 topics
  27. Chemotherapy20▲ 3.2×23 topics
  28. Mortality20▲ 3.8×13 topics
  29. Guidelines19▲ 4.5×12 topics
  30. Immune Response18▲ 3.6×16 topics
  31. Surgical Management17▲ 4.6×20 topics
  32. Diabetes Mellitus17▲ 9.2×7 topics
  33. Periodontal Disease15▲ 28×2 topics
  34. Psychological Factors14▲ 7.3×5 topics
  35. Oral Health14▲ 27×3 topics
  36. Osteoporosis14▲ 18×4 topics
  37. Maternal Mortality14▲ 6.8×5 topics
  38. Cone-Beam CT13▲ 28×1 topic
  39. Dental Imaging13▲ 28×1 topic
  40. Revascularization13▲ 9.2×4 topics

Which research topics does Karachi Medical and Dental College publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Dental Research and COVID-19, Dental Radiography and Imaging, Dental Health and Care Utilization and Oral microbiology and periodontitis research.

Dental Research and COVI…24Dental Research and COVID-19: 24 fractional worksDental Radiography and Imaging: 13 fractional worksDental Health and Care U…12Dental Health and Care Utilization: 12 fractional worksOral microbiology and pe…11Oral microbiology and periodontitis research: 11 fractional worksDental materials and restorations: 8 fractional worksEndodontics and Root Canal Treatments: 8 fractional worksDental Implant Technique…7Dental Implant Techniques and Outcomes: 7 fractional worksInnovations in Medical Education: 7 fractional worksDental Anxiety and Anesthesia Techniques: 7 fractional worksOral Health Pathology and Treatment: 7 fractional works
General DentistryOral SurgeryPeriodonticsOrthodontics1 others

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

  1. 1 Dental Research and COVID-19 General Dentistry 24 works
  2. 2 Dental Radiography and Imaging Oral Surgery 13 works
  3. 3 Dental Health and Care Utilization Periodontics 12 works
  4. 4 Oral microbiology and periodontitis research Periodontics 11 works
  5. 5 Dental materials and restorations Orthodontics 8 works
  6. 6 Endodontics and Root Canal Treatments Oral Surgery 8 works
  7. 7 Dental Implant Techniques and Outcomes Oral Surgery 7 works
  8. 8 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 7 works
  9. 9 Dental Anxiety and Anesthesia Techniques Oral Surgery 7 works
  10. 10 Oral Health Pathology and Treatment Periodontics 7 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 available79.0%not open21.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.8%domestic only73.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Karachi Medical and Dental College's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 206% 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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