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Lady Reading Hospital

In research, Lady Reading Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#6,428 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#5,781 of 10,443 worldwide) and Surgery (#1,631 of 1,816 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Surgery and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine — Obstetrics and Gynecology is 15.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#16,657
of 28,054 · #28,761 all time
Rank in Pakistan
#172
of 241
Research works
1.5k
▲ 136% vs 2013–17
Citations
4k
2.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
1.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
80%
world 28%

What is Lady Reading 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
Health SciencesDomain #6,428 of 11,982 1.1%713 #12956
MedicineField #5,781 of 10,443 1.1%672 #11137
SurgerySubfield #1,631 of 1,816 0.9%137 #4008

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Lady Reading 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. Health Sciences#12,956 #6,428
  2. Medicine#11,137 #5,781
  3. Surgery#4,008 #1,631
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 Lady Reading Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Obstetrics and Gynecology takes 15.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Obstetrics and GynecologySubfield · 34.9 works15×
  2. SurgerySubfield · 136.9 works7.2×
  3. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 53.0 works6.2×
  4. Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSubfield · 36.8 works6.1×
← 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: 0.14× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.51× its world share, 22 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.32× its world share, 11 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.79× its world share, 10 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.05× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.07× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.53× its world share, 6 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.17× its world share, 25 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.33× its world share, 672 worksMedicineNursing: 2.29× its world share, 9 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.61× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.34× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.48× its world share, 12 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Lady Reading Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Muhammad Imran, Saeed Farooq and Arshad Javaid lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Lady Reading Hospital.

  1. 1 Muhammad Imran Pakistan · #426,363 worldwide 50 citations · 23 works
  2. 2 Saeed Farooq Pakistan · #1,010,768 worldwide 47 citations · 37 works
  3. 3 Arshad Javaid Pakistan · #1,043,258 worldwide 10 citations · 24 works
  4. 4 Muhammad Hafizullah Pakistan · #1,050,891 worldwide 9 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Mohammad Hafizullah Pakistan · #1,454,684 worldwide 8 citations · 36 works
  6. 6 Mohammad Faheem Pakistan · #1,543,059 worldwide 11 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Farhan Israr Pakistan · #1,622,403 worldwide 0 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Lady Reading Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Lady Reading Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Guidelines, Management, Complications, Diagnosis, Maternal Mortality, Treatment 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. Epidemiology133▲ 4.2×113 topics
  2. Inflammation50▲ 3.0×55 topics
  3. Guidelines45▲ 12×12 topics
  4. Treatment43▲ 4.4×41 topics
  5. Management42▲ 6.6×28 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Disease41▲ 4.5×31 topics
  7. Diagnosis40▲ 5.4×35 topics
  8. Complications38▲ 9.3×17 topics
  9. Metabolic Syndrome34▲ 5.2×21 topics
  10. Quality of Life34▲ 2.9×40 topics
  11. Maternal Mortality34▲ 19×5 topics
  12. Risk Factors32▲ 3.6×25 topics
  13. Surgical Management27▲ 8.2×18 topics
  14. Mortality27▲ 5.8×13 topics
  15. Surgery27▲ 9.5×10 topics
  16. Oxidative Stress26▲ 2.0×36 topics
  17. Atherosclerosis23▲ 10×7 topics
  18. Prenatal Diagnosis23▲ 19×7 topics
  19. Myocardial Infarction22▲ 12×7 topics
  20. Global Burden22▲ 5.0×12 topics
  21. Rehabilitation21▲ 6.5×9 topics
  22. Obesity19▲ 3.1×19 topics
  23. Diabetes19▲ 4.7×15 topics
  24. Meta-Analysis18▲ 3.8×8 topics
  25. Insulin Resistance17▲ 4.7×8 topics
  26. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention16▲ 15×4 topics
  27. Endothelial Dysfunction16▲ 8.7×6 topics
  28. Surgical Treatment16▲ 10.0×5 topics
  29. Pregnancy14▲ 8.4×9 topics
  30. Maternal Outcomes14▲ 22×2 topics
  31. Perinatal Outcomes14▲ 22×2 topics
  32. Low Back Pain14▲ 9.8×3 topics
  33. Children13▲ 7.1×7 topics
  34. Cardiovascular Health13▲ 8.3×5 topics
  35. Clinical Outcomes13▲ 7.4×4 topics
  36. Preeclampsia13▲ 21×2 topics
  37. Acute Coronary Syndromes12▲ 42×1 topic
  38. ST-Segment Elevation12▲ 42×1 topic
  39. Global Trends12▲ 19×2 topics
  40. Cesarean Section12▲ 37×1 topic

Which research topics does Lady Reading Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Acute Myocardial Infarction Research, Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions, Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies and Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics.

Acute Myocardial Infarct…12Acute Myocardial Infarction Research: 12 fractional worksMaternal and Perinatal H…12Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions: 12 fractional worksPregnancy and preeclampsia studies: 12 fractional worksCoronary Interventions a…12Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics: 12 fractional worksMaternal and fetal healt…11Maternal and fetal healthcare: 11 fractional worksAppendicitis Diagnosis and Management: 9 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 8 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and …7Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 7 fractional worksPelvic floor disorders treatments: 7 fractional worksKidney Stones and Urolithiasis Treatments: 7 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineObstetrics and GynecologySurgeryPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health4 others

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

  1. 1 Acute Myocardial Infarction Research Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 12 works
  2. 2 Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions Obstetrics and Gynecology 12 works
  3. 3 Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies Obstetrics and Gynecology 12 works
  4. 4 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Surgery 12 works
  5. 5 Maternal and fetal healthcare Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 11 works
  6. 6 Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management Emergency Medicine 9 works
  7. 7 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 8 works
  8. 8 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 7 works
  9. 9 Pelvic floor disorders treatments Rheumatology 7 works
  10. 10 Kidney Stones and Urolithiasis Treatments Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 7 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 available80.5%not open19.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.9%domestic only85.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Lady Reading Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 136% 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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