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Kidney Centre

In research, Kidney Centre stands highest in Medicine (#8,194 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#9,926 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine — Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine is 8.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#24,423
of 28,054 · #20,651 all time
Rank in Pakistan
#224
of 241
Research works
857
▲ 74% vs 2013–17
Citations
11k
13.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
1.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
45%
world 28%

What is Kidney Centre 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 #8,194 of 10,443 1.3%129 #6332
Health SciencesDomain #9,926 of 11,982 1.3%138 #8181

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kidney Centre 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 Kidney Centre specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine takes 8.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 21.4 works8.7×
← 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: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.82× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.58× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.43× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.19× its world share, 129 worksMedicineNursing: 2.03× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.76× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.99× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 3 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 Kidney Centre?

Ranked on the composite score, Coen A. Stegeman, Hendrik Buikema and Mariko Kato lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kidney Centre.

  1. 1 Coen A. Stegeman Pakistan · #29,182 worldwide 230 citations · 61 works
  2. 2 Hendrik Buikema Pakistan · #330,853 worldwide 67 citations · 25 works
  3. 3 Mariko Kato Pakistan · #922,021 worldwide 3 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Aasim Ahmad Pakistan · #1,225,082 worldwide 21 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 de Jong Pakistan · #1,446,535 worldwide 13 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Kidney Centre

Which keywords describe research at Kidney Centre?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Treatment, Management, Metabolic Syndrome, Risk Factors, Prevalence, Diagnosis and Cardiovascular Disease.

▲ 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. Epidemiology26▲ 4.0×49 topics
  2. Treatment16▲ 8.5×25 topics
  3. Management14▲ 11×16 topics
  4. Metabolic Syndrome12▲ 9.5×12 topics
  5. Risk Factors11▲ 6.2×18 topics
  6. Quality of Life10▲ 4.1×17 topics
  7. Cardiovascular Disease10▲ 5.3×18 topics
  8. Diagnosis9▲ 6.3×17 topics
  9. Prevalence9▲ 14×6 topics
  10. Inflammation8▲ 2.4×25 topics
  11. Chronic Kidney Disease8▲ 20×7 topics
  12. Graft Survival8▲ 59×2 topics
  13. Calcium Oxalate7▲ 195×1 topic
  14. Urolithiasis7▲ 195×1 topic
  15. Robotic Surgery7▲ 31×5 topics
  16. Kidney Transplantation7▲ 68×2 topics
  17. Mortality6▲ 6.4×6 topics
  18. Antibiotic Prophylaxis6▲ 42×2 topics
  19. Pediatric5▲ 59×2 topics
  20. Urinary Tract Infection5▲ 87×1 topic
  21. Vesicoureteral Reflux5▲ 134×1 topic
  22. Hepatocellular Carcinoma5▲ 16×3 topics
  23. Clinical Guidelines5▲ 11×6 topics
  24. Liver Transplantation5▲ 26×4 topics
  25. Surgery5▲ 8.8×6 topics
  26. Genetic Mutations5▲ 7.1×8 topics
  27. Ethical Considerations5▲ 8.8×4 topics
  28. Guidelines5▲ 6.4×11 topics
  29. Hemodialysis4▲ 36×2 topics
  30. Immunosuppressive Drugs4▲ 46×2 topics
  31. Nutrition4▲ 6.0×4 topics
  32. Transplantation4▲ 26×3 topics
  33. Dialysis4▲ 50×1 topic
  34. Donor Risk Index4▲ 59×1 topic
  35. Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury4▲ 38×1 topic
  36. Peritoneal Dialysis4▲ 50×1 topic
  37. Antibody-Mediated Rejection4▲ 66×1 topic
  38. Renal Allograft4▲ 66×1 topic
  39. Coagulopathy4▲ 30×2 topics
  40. Molecular Characterization4▲ 13×4 topics

Which research topics does Kidney Centre publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Kidney Stones and Urolithiasis Treatments, Pediatric Urology and Nephrology Studies, Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes and Dialysis and Renal Disease Management.

Kidney Stones and Urolithiasis Treatments: 7 fractional worksPediatric Urology and Nephrology Studies: 5 fractional worksOrgan Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes: 4 fractional worksDialysis and Renal Disease Management: 4 fractional worksRenal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments: 4 fractional worksLiver Disease and Transplantation: 3 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis …3Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 3 fractional worksOrgan Donation and Transplantation: 3 fractional worksUreteral procedures and complications: 3 fractional worksUrinary Bladder and Prostate Research: 2 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicinePediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSurgeryNephrology6 others

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

  1. 1 Kidney Stones and Urolithiasis Treatments Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 7 works
  2. 2 Pediatric Urology and Nephrology Studies Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 5 works
  3. 3 Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes Surgery 4 works
  4. 4 Dialysis and Renal Disease Management Nephrology 4 works
  5. 5 Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments Transplantation 4 works
  6. 6 Liver Disease and Transplantation Hepatology 3 works
  7. 7 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 3 works
  8. 8 Organ Donation and Transplantation Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  9. 9 Ureteral procedures and complications Obstetrics and Gynecology 3 works
  10. 10 Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research Urology 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 available44.7%not open55.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors33.6%domestic only66.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Kidney Centre's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 74% 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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