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Kidney Centre

In research, Kidney Centre stands highest in Health Sciences (#8,530 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#7,420 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine (Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine is 9.2× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#19,048
of 22,385 · #23,571 all time
Rank in Pakistan
#216
of 231
Research works
857
▲ 76% vs 2018-21
Citations
11k
13.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.79×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
45%
world 40%
International
34%
world 18%
Kidney Centre

What is Kidney Centre known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #8,530 of 9,902 2.1%138 #10990
MedicineField #7,420 of 8,541 2.1%129 #9583

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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Kidney Centre work in?

In 2022-now, 86% of research at Kidney Centre is in Health Sciences, 6% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (81%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (5%), Health Professions (4%). It does 3.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 153 fractional works · 85.6% of its workMedicine: 144 fractional works · 80.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 25 fractional works · 14.1% of its workSurgery: 23 fractional works · 12.9% of its workNephrology: 10 fractional works · 5.3% of its workEpidemiology: 8 fractional works · 4.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 8 fractional works · 4.4% of its workHepatology: 7 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 6 fractional works · 3.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 5 fractional works · 2.9% of its workTransplantation: 5 fractional works · 2.8% of its workOncology: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workRheumatology: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workUrology: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHematology: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 7 fractional works · 3.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 11 fractional works · 6.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 9 fractional works · 4.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 11 fractional works · 6.0% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 2.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKKidney Centre179fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences2%Health Sciences86%Social Sciences6%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine14480.7%
    2. Health Professions73.7%
    3. Nursing20.9%
    4. Dentistry00.3%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology94.8%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.6%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology10.4%
    4. Neuroscience00.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Psychology52.9%
    2. Social Sciences31.9%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.5%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting10.4%
    5. Decision Sciences00.3%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.1%
    1. Engineering21.3%
    2. Chemistry00.3%
    3. Mathematics00.2%
    4. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    5. Environmental Science00.1%
    6. Computer Science00.1%
    7. Materials Science00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Kidney Centre specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine takes 9.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 25.2 works9.2×
← 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: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.91× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.17× 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: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.40× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.20× its world share, 144 worksMedicineNursing: 1.82× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.69× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.94× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.15× 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.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine4.20×144 works
  2. Nursing1.82×2 works
  3. Health Professions1.40×7 works
  4. Psychology0.94×5 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.91×9 works
  6. Veterinary0.69×0 works
  7. Dentistry0.52×0 works
  8. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.40×0 works
  9. Immunology and Microbiology0.39×1 works
  10. Decision Sciences0.29×0 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.24×1 works
  12. Chemistry0.17×0 works
  13. Mathematics0.16×0 works
  14. Social Sciences0.15×3 works
  15. Neuroscience0.14×0 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.12×1 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.11×1 works
  18. Engineering0.09×2 works
  19. Physics and Astronomy0.08×0 works
  20. Arts and Humanities0.03×0 works
  21. Environmental Science0.02×0 works
  22. Materials Science0.02×0 works
  23. Computer Science0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Kidney Centre?

Ranked on the quality score, AJ Smit, Wybe D. Kloppenburg and Nagako Nakanishi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kidney Centre.

  1. 1 AJ Smit Pakistan · #2,837,230 worldwide 331 citations · 27 works
  2. 2 Wybe D. Kloppenburg Pakistan · #3,918,533 worldwide 354 citations · 21 works
  3. 3 Nagako Nakanishi Pakistan · #4,667,631 worldwide 321 citations · 31 works
  4. 4 Salman El Khalid Pakistan · #4,770,533 worldwide 251 citations · 24 works
  5. 5 Waqar Ul Hassan Pakistan · #4,825,381 worldwide 102 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 Bilal Jamil Pakistan · #4,843,441 worldwide 263 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 Pe Dejong Pakistan · #4,939,066 worldwide 22 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Beena Salman Pakistan · #5,024,271 worldwide 174 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 W. F. Terpstra Pakistan · #5,152,579 worldwide 56 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Takehide Takuma Pakistan · #5,173,794 worldwide 146 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Kidney Centre

What are the most cited papers from Kidney Centre?

The most cited paper from Kidney Centre is "Definition and classification of chronic kidney disease: A position statement from Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO)" (Andrew S. Levey, Kai‐Uwe Eckardt, Yusuke Tsukamoto et al., 2005), with 3,992 citations. Next come "The emerging role of ACE2 in physiology and disease" (463) and "Microalbuminuria as an Early Marker for Cardiovascular Disease" (409).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Definition and classification of chronic kidney disease: A position statement from Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Andrew S. Levey, Kai‐Uwe Eckardt, Yusuke Tsukamoto et al. · Kidney International Open access 6 May 2005 3,992
2 The emerging role of ACE2 in physiology and disease Inge Hamming, Mark E. Cooper, Bart L. Haagmans et al. · The Journal of Pathology Open access 26 Apr 2007 463
3 Microalbuminuria as an Early Marker for Cardiovascular Disease Dick de Zeeuw, Hans‐Henrik Parving, Robert H. Henning · Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 6 Jul 2006 409
4 Weight Loss Interventions in Chronic Kidney Disease Sankar Dass Navaneethan, Hans Yehnert, Fady Moustarah et al. · Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology Open access 18 Sep 2009 384
5 Effects of Dietary Sodium and Hydrochlorothiazide on the Antiproteinuric Efficacy of Losartan Liffert Vogt, Femke Waanders, Frans Boomsma et al. · Journal of the American Society of Nephrology Open access 13 Feb 2008 373
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Which keywords describe research at Kidney Centre?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Treatment, Management, Metabolic Syndrome, Risk Factors, Diagnosis, Prevalence 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-now 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. Epidemiology29▲ 4.0×56 topics
  2. Treatment19▲ 8.9×28 topics
  3. Management16▲ 12×18 topics
  4. Metabolic Syndrome14▲ 9.4×12 topics
  5. Risk Factors12▲ 6.3×20 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Disease11▲ 5.3×18 topics
  7. Diagnosis11▲ 6.5×21 topics
  8. Quality of Life10▲ 3.9×18 topics
  9. Prevalence10▲ 13×6 topics
  10. Inflammation9▲ 2.4×28 topics
  11. Chronic Kidney Disease8▲ 19×7 topics
  12. Calcium Oxalate8▲ 188×1 topic
  13. Graft Survival8▲ 55×2 topics
  14. Urolithiasis8▲ 188×1 topic
  15. Robotic Surgery8▲ 28×5 topics
  16. Clinical Guidelines7▲ 13×6 topics
  17. Kidney Transplantation7▲ 60×2 topics
  18. Immunotherapy7▲ 5.1×6 topics
  19. Mortality6▲ 6.2×8 topics
  20. Genetic Mutations6▲ 7.9×8 topics
  21. Guidelines6▲ 7.3×12 topics
  22. Liver Transplantation6▲ 27×4 topics
  23. Surgery6▲ 9.6×7 topics
  24. Antibiotic Prophylaxis6▲ 39×2 topics
  25. Pediatric6▲ 54×2 topics
  26. Chemotherapy6▲ 4.5×12 topics
  27. Molecular Characterization6▲ 18×4 topics
  28. Prognostic Factors6▲ 7.3×7 topics
  29. Urinary Tract Infection6▲ 79×1 topic
  30. Vesicoureteral Reflux6▲ 126×1 topic
  31. Hepatocellular Carcinoma6▲ 15×3 topics
  32. Ethical Considerations5▲ 8.3×5 topics
  33. Hemodialysis5▲ 32×2 topics
  34. Immunosuppressive Drugs5▲ 41×2 topics
  35. Nutrition5▲ 5.9×4 topics
  36. Donor Risk Index4▲ 59×1 topic
  37. Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury4▲ 38×1 topic
  38. Dialysis4▲ 47×1 topic
  39. Peritoneal Dialysis4▲ 47×1 topic
  40. Transplantation4▲ 23×3 topics

Which research topics does Kidney Centre publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: 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: 8 fractional worksPediatric Urology and Nephrology Studies: 6 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: 4 fractional worksUreteral procedures and …4Ureteral procedures and complications: 4 fractional worksRenal cell carcinoma tre…3Renal cell carcinoma treatment: 3 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis …3Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 3 fractional worksOrgan Donation and Trans…3Organ Donation and Transplantation: 3 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicinePediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSurgeryNephrology5 others

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

  1. 1 Kidney Stones and Urolithiasis Treatments Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 8 works
  2. 2 Pediatric Urology and Nephrology Studies Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 6 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 4 works
  7. 7 Ureteral procedures and complications Obstetrics and Gynecology 4 works
  8. 8 Renal cell carcinoma treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  9. 9 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 3 works
  10. 10 Organ Donation and Transplantation Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Kidney Centre's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 76% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Kidney Centre as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00062% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Kidney Centre0.00084% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Kidney Centre over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Kidney Centre3.2% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 12.3% in 2006.

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