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Khyber Medical College

In research, Khyber Medical College stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,269 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#3,542 of 10,443 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#6,450 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oral Surgery and Dentistry — Oral Surgery is 14.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,499
of 28,054 · #19,043 all time
Rank in Pakistan
#118
of 241
Research works
1.7k
▲ 204% vs 2013–17
Citations
5k
2.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
75%
world 28%

What is Khyber Medical 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 #3,269 of 11,982 2.9%677 #5783
MedicineField #3,542 of 10,443 2.6%555 #6718
Life SciencesDomain #6,450 of 7,800 4.2%87 #12648
Social SciencesDomain #9,777 of 10,521 7.3%85 #16133
SurgerySubfield #1,730 of 1,816 2.0%77 #4123

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Khyber Medical 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#5,783 #3,269
  2. Medicine#6,718 #3,542
  3. Life Sciences#12,648 #6,450
  4. Social Sciences#16,133 #9,777
  5. Surgery#4,123 #1,730
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 Khyber Medical College specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oral Surgery takes 14.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Oral SurgerySubfield · 24.3 works14×
  2. DentistryField · 58.8 works14×
← 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: 0.28× its world share, 12 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.89× its world share, 42 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.74× its world share, 15 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.81× its world share, 12 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.05× its world share, 6 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.27× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.06× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.15× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.25× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 13.79× its world share, 59 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.33× its world share, 54 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.29× its world share, 555 worksMedicineNursing: 2.02× its world share, 9 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.71× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.17× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.15× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.39× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.42× its world share, 38 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 29 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 13.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Khyber Medical College?

Ranked on the composite score, Tariq Iqbal, Gul Hassan and Farooq Ahmed lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Khyber Medical College.

  1. 1 Tariq Iqbal Pakistan · #592,238 worldwide 159 citations · 65 works
  2. 2 Gul Hassan Pakistan · #615,500 worldwide 38 citations · 20 works
  3. 3 Farooq Ahmed Pakistan · #833,169 worldwide 23 citations · 24 works
  4. 4 Muhammad Abdullah Ali Pakistan · #1,531,567 worldwide 2 citations · 27 works
  5. 5 Zaryab Bacha Pakistan · #1,615,563 worldwide 1 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Mian Zahid Jan Kakakhel Pakistan · #1,616,075 worldwide 0 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Khyber Medical College

Which keywords describe research at Khyber Medical College?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology125▲ 3.6×121 topics
  2. Inflammation53▲ 2.9×71 topics
  3. Quality of Life50▲ 3.9×41 topics
  4. Cardiovascular Disease41▲ 4.2×33 topics
  5. Risk Factors35▲ 3.6×32 topics
  6. Treatment34▲ 3.2×44 topics
  7. Depression32▲ 4.1×19 topics
  8. COVID-1931▲ 2.6×21 topics
  9. Diagnosis30▲ 3.7×39 topics
  10. Global Burden30▲ 6.4×12 topics
  11. Oxidative Stress30▲ 2.1×47 topics
  12. Mental Health30▲ 2.3×26 topics
  13. Public Health29▲ 2.3×40 topics
  14. Metabolic Syndrome28▲ 4.0×22 topics
  15. Management26▲ 3.8×30 topics
  16. Guidelines23▲ 5.6×13 topics
  17. Obesity21▲ 3.2×20 topics
  18. Immune Response19▲ 3.9×16 topics
  19. Clinical Trials19▲ 3.2×18 topics
  20. Insulin Resistance19▲ 4.7×9 topics
  21. Prevention18▲ 5.0×15 topics
  22. Complications18▲ 4.2×15 topics
  23. Surgical Management18▲ 5.0×20 topics
  24. Heart Failure18▲ 4.8×13 topics
  25. Diabetes18▲ 4.0×17 topics
  26. Pathogenesis17▲ 3.8×22 topics
  27. Virtual Reality17▲ 3.8×4 topics
  28. Elderly16▲ 7.5×6 topics
  29. Stress16▲ 4.9×8 topics
  30. Nursing14▲ 8.8×5 topics
  31. Self-Efficacy14▲ 6.0×6 topics
  32. Hepatocellular Carcinoma14▲ 7.5×3 topics
  33. Maternal Mortality13▲ 6.8×5 topics
  34. Infection Control12▲ 17×2 topics
  35. Educational Achievement12▲ 22×1 topic
  36. Job Stress12▲ 22×1 topic
  37. Antiviral Therapy11▲ 13×3 topics
  38. Dental Practice11▲ 29×1 topic
  39. Liver Disease11▲ 14×3 topics
  40. Transmission Routes11▲ 29×1 topic

Which research topics does Khyber Medical College publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Health and Well-being Studies, Dental Research and COVID-19, Dental Radiography and Imaging and Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment.

Health and Well-being St…12Health and Well-being Studies: 12 fractional worksDental Research and COVI…11Dental Research and COVID-19: 11 fractional worksDental Radiography and I…9Dental Radiography and Imaging: 9 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis …8Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 8 fractional worksInnovations in Medical Education: 8 fractional worksDental Education, Practice, Research: 7 fractional worksHepatitis B Virus Studies6Hepatitis B Virus Studies: 6 fractional worksOral microbiology and periodontitis research: 5 fractional worksPregnancy and preeclampsia studies: 5 fractional worksOrthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics: 5 fractional works
Clinical PsychologyGeneral DentistryOral SurgeryEpidemiology5 others

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

  1. 1 Health and Well-being Studies Clinical Psychology 12 works
  2. 2 Dental Research and COVID-19 General Dentistry 11 works
  3. 3 Dental Radiography and Imaging Oral Surgery 9 works
  4. 4 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 8 works
  5. 5 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 8 works
  6. 6 Dental Education, Practice, Research General Health Professions 7 works
  7. 7 Hepatitis B Virus Studies Epidemiology 6 works
  8. 8 Oral microbiology and periodontitis research Periodontics 5 works
  9. 9 Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies Obstetrics and Gynecology 5 works
  10. 10 Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics Orthodontics 5 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 available74.7%not open25.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.6%domestic only75.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Khyber Medical College's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 204% 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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