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Kazakhstan Medical University

In research, Kazakhstan Medical University stands highest in Health Sciences (#7,751 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#6,957 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Epidemiology — Epidemiology is 5.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#15,540
of 28,054 · #28,313 all time
Rank in Kazakhstan
#43
of 84
Research works
580
▲ 261% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.5k
2.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
74%
world 28%

What is Kazakhstan Medical University 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 #7,751 of 11,982 5.1%177 #15188
MedicineField #6,957 of 10,443 4.9%155 #13704

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kazakhstan Medical University 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 Kazakhstan Medical University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Epidemiology takes 5.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. EpidemiologySubfield · 22.5 works5.6×
← 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: 0.46× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.00× its world share, 15 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.30× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.06× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.81× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.26× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.49× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.27× its world share, 12 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.44× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 3.97× its world share, 6 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.87× its world share, 14 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.84× its world share, 155 worksMedicineNursing: 1.51× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.78× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.43× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.49× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.81× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.99× its world share, 9 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.70× its world share, 25 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Kazakhstan Medical University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Risk Factors, Prevention, Public Health, Non-Communicable Diseases, Epidemiological Studies, Occupational Health and Cardiovascular Diseases.

▲ 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. Epidemiology32▲ 2.8×80 topics
  2. Risk Factors20▲ 6.4×23 topics
  3. Public Health17▲ 4.2×27 topics
  4. Prevention15▲ 13×10 topics
  5. Quality of Life13▲ 3.2×28 topics
  6. Oxidative Stress12▲ 2.7×29 topics
  7. Non-Communicable Diseases11▲ 13×3 topics
  8. Epidemiological Studies11▲ 27×2 topics
  9. Cardiovascular Disease11▲ 3.4×27 topics
  10. Occupational Health10▲ 31×2 topics
  11. Cardiovascular Diseases10▲ 40×1 topic
  12. Mortality Trends10▲ 88×1 topic
  13. COVID-1910▲ 2.5×18 topics
  14. Inflammation9▲ 1.56×37 topics
  15. Metabolic Syndrome9▲ 3.8×17 topics
  16. Mortality8▲ 4.8×13 topics
  17. Pandemic7▲ 2.4×9 topics
  18. Global Burden7▲ 4.6×10 topics
  19. Obesity7▲ 3.3×14 topics
  20. Diagnosis7▲ 2.6×17 topics
  21. Management6▲ 2.8×20 topics
  22. Chemotherapy6▲ 3.1×12 topics
  23. Clinical Practice Guidelines6▲ 3.8×11 topics
  24. Legal Regulation6▲ 9.0×5 topics
  25. Nutrition5▲ 4.1×4 topics
  26. Economic Security5▲ 8.4×4 topics
  27. Maternal Mortality5▲ 8.0×5 topics
  28. Public Oversight5▲ 13×1 topic
  29. Transport Policy5▲ 13×1 topic
  30. Health-related Quality of Life5▲ 7.1×4 topics
  31. Foresight5▲ 12×2 topics
  32. Air Force4▲ 13×1 topic
  33. Islam4▲ 7.5×1 topic
  34. Modernization4▲ 8.6×1 topic
  35. Social Influence4▲ 7.3×1 topic
  36. Adolescent Health4▲ 18×3 topics
  37. Child Health4▲ 26×2 topics
  38. Environmental Factors4▲ 22×2 topics
  39. Educational Technologies4▲ 18×1 topic
  40. Hygienic Assessment4▲ 51×1 topic

Which research topics does Kazakhstan Medical University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Healthcare Systems and Public Health, Legal and Regulatory Analysis, Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies and Military Technology and Strategies.

Healthcare Systems and P…10Healthcare Systems and Public Health: 10 fractional worksLegal and Regulatory Ana…5Legal and Regulatory Analysis: 5 fractional worksLinguistic, Cultural, an…4Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 4 fractional worksMilitary Technology and Strategies: 4 fractional worksHuman Health and Disease: 4 fractional worksChildhood Cancer Survivo…2Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life: 2 fractional worksLong-Term Effects of COVID-19: 2 fractional worksOrgan Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 and healthcare impacts: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 2 fractional works
EpidemiologyTransportationSociology and Political ScienceAerospace Engineering5 others

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

  1. 1 Healthcare Systems and Public Health Epidemiology 10 works
  2. 2 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 5 works
  3. 3 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  4. 4 Military Technology and Strategies Aerospace Engineering 4 works
  5. 5 Human Health and Disease Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 4 works
  6. 6 Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 2 works
  7. 7 Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 Neurology 2 works
  8. 8 Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes Surgery 2 works
  9. 9 COVID-19 and healthcare impacts Oncology 2 works
  10. 10 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 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 available74.3%not open25.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors27.7%domestic only72.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Kazakhstan Medical University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 261% 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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