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Khyber Teaching Hospital

In research, Khyber Teaching Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#5,115 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#5,964 of 11,982 worldwide) and Surgery (#1,628 of 1,816 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Obstetrics and Gynecology and Surgery — Obstetrics and Gynecology is 13.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#15,344
of 28,054 · #21,547 all time
Rank in Pakistan
#159
of 241
Research works
1.5k
▲ 77% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.1k
3.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
1.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
72%
world 28%

What is Khyber Teaching Hospital 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 #5,115 of 10,443 1.3%613 #7648
Health SciencesDomain #5,964 of 11,982 1.4%652 #8813
SurgerySubfield #1,628 of 1,816 1.1%124 #3816

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Khyber Teaching 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 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. Medicine#7,648 #5,115
  2. Health Sciences#8,813 #5,964
  3. Surgery#3,816 #1,628
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 Teaching Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Obstetrics and Gynecology takes 13.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Obstetrics and GynecologySubfield · 29.1 works13×
  2. SurgerySubfield · 123.6 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: 0.09× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.63× its world share, 26 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.34× its world share, 10 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.76× its world share, 9 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.91× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 11 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.04× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.13× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.16× its world share, 23 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.16× its world share, 613 worksMedicineNursing: 2.59× its world share, 10 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.57× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.18× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.24× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.70× its world share, 16 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 11 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Khyber Teaching Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Imran Khan, Iqbal Haider and Shakir Ullah lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Khyber Teaching Hospital.

  1. 1 Imran Khan Pakistan · #934,111 worldwide 17 citations · 22 works
  2. 2 Iqbal Haider Pakistan · #1,107,634 worldwide 12 citations · 36 works
  3. 3 Shakir Ullah Pakistan · #1,213,357 worldwide 19 citations · 28 works
All ranked researchers at Khyber Teaching Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Khyber Teaching Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Management, Risk Factors, Inflammation, Complications and Guidelines.

▲ 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. Epidemiology126▲ 4.2×112 topics
  2. Inflammation52▲ 3.3×56 topics
  3. Treatment46▲ 5.0×44 topics
  4. Diagnosis43▲ 6.0×36 topics
  5. Risk Factors42▲ 5.0×32 topics
  6. Management39▲ 6.5×26 topics
  7. Quality of Life37▲ 3.3×38 topics
  8. Cardiovascular Disease34▲ 4.0×32 topics
  9. Complications34▲ 8.9×17 topics
  10. Metabolic Syndrome32▲ 5.1×21 topics
  11. Guidelines28▲ 7.9×13 topics
  12. Maternal Mortality24▲ 14×5 topics
  13. Mortality24▲ 5.5×13 topics
  14. Global Burden24▲ 5.7×12 topics
  15. Oxidative Stress23▲ 1.81×31 topics
  16. Surgical Management20▲ 6.3×19 topics
  17. Surgery20▲ 7.3×11 topics
  18. Diabetes18▲ 4.9×16 topics
  19. Rehabilitation18▲ 6.1×10 topics
  20. Obesity18▲ 3.0×17 topics
  21. Pathogenesis18▲ 4.5×20 topics
  22. Prevention18▲ 5.5×15 topics
  23. Surgical Treatment17▲ 11×6 topics
  24. Clinical Practice Guidelines17▲ 4.0×13 topics
  25. Insulin Resistance16▲ 4.5×9 topics
  26. Meta-Analysis16▲ 3.5×10 topics
  27. Endothelial Dysfunction15▲ 8.3×7 topics
  28. Children14▲ 7.8×6 topics
  29. Prenatal Diagnosis14▲ 12×7 topics
  30. Chronic Kidney Disease14▲ 7.3×8 topics
  31. Chronic Pain13▲ 7.7×5 topics
  32. Neuroprotection13▲ 4.7×13 topics
  33. Atherosclerosis12▲ 5.8×7 topics
  34. Hepatocellular Carcinoma12▲ 7.4×3 topics
  35. Infection12▲ 6.1×7 topics
  36. Postoperative Complications12▲ 11×4 topics
  37. Pregnancy12▲ 7.3×9 topics
  38. Treatment Guidelines12▲ 6.9×7 topics
  39. Robotic Surgery11▲ 10×5 topics
  40. Low Back Pain11▲ 8.1×3 topics

Which research topics does Khyber Teaching Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Maternal and fetal healthcare, Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment, Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions and Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies.

Maternal and fetal healt…9Maternal and fetal healthcare: 9 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis …9Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 9 fractional worksMaternal and Perinatal Health Interventions: 8 fractional worksPregnancy and preeclamps…8Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies: 8 fractional worksKidney Stones and Urolit…7Kidney Stones and Urolithiasis Treatments: 7 fractional worksAppendicitis Diagnosis and Management: 6 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 6 fractional worksPelvic floor disorders t…6Pelvic floor disorders treatments: 6 fractional worksCoronary Interventions and Diagnostics: 5 fractional worksAcute Myocardial Infarction Research: 5 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthEpidemiologyObstetrics and GynecologyPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine4 others

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

  1. 1 Maternal and fetal healthcare Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 9 works
  2. 2 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 9 works
  3. 3 Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions Obstetrics and Gynecology 8 works
  4. 4 Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies Obstetrics and Gynecology 8 works
  5. 5 Kidney Stones and Urolithiasis Treatments Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 7 works
  6. 6 Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management Emergency Medicine 6 works
  7. 7 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 6 works
  8. 8 Pelvic floor disorders treatments Rheumatology 6 works
  9. 9 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Surgery 5 works
  10. 10 Acute Myocardial Infarction Research Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 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 available72.5%not open27.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.5%domestic only79.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Khyber Teaching Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 77% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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