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Makassed General Hospital

In research, Makassed General Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#9,999 of 14,558 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#11,988 of 16,688 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#32,828
of 34,923
Rank in Lebanon
#29
of 31
Research works
225
▼ 20% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.4k
15.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.85×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
62%
world 40%
International
34%
world 18%
Makassed General Hospital

What is Makassed General Hospital known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
MedicineField #9,999 of 14,558 6.5%182
Health SciencesDomain #11,988 of 16,688 7.0%191

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Makassed General 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Makassed General Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 84% of research at Makassed General Hospital is in Health Sciences, 12% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (81%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (9%), Immunology and Microbiology (2%). It does 3.1× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 41 fractional works · 84.2% of its workMedicine: 39 fractional works · 81.1% of its workSurgery: 12 fractional works · 23.9% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 6.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 6.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 3 fractional works · 6.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 4.9% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 4.6% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 11.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 9.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMolecular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKMakassed GeneralHospital49fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences2%Health Sciences84%Social Sciences2%

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 16 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine3981.1%
    2. Health Professions11.6%
    3. Veterinary00.9%
    4. Nursing00.6%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology59.4%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology11.8%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.4%
    4. Neuroscience00.3%
    1. Environmental Science00.9%
    2. Engineering00.9%
    3. Chemistry00.4%
    4. Mathematics00.1%
    1. Psychology00.8%
    2. Social Sciences00.5%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.2%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.75× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.79× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksChemistryEngineering: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.61× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.22× its world share, 39 worksMedicineNursing: 1.22× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 6.31× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 6.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 16 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary6.31×0 works
  2. Medicine4.22×39 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology1.79×1 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.75×4 works
  5. Nursing1.22×0 works
  6. Health Professions0.61×1 works
  7. Psychology0.26×0 works
  8. Chemistry0.25×0 works
  9. Environmental Science0.19×0 works
  10. Neuroscience0.16×0 works
  11. Mathematics0.10×0 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.08×0 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.08×0 works
  14. Engineering0.06×0 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.04×0 works
  16. Social Sciences0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Makassed General Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Nisreen Rumman, Mariam El‐Rajab and Zoher M. Naja lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Makassed General Hospital.

  1. 1 Nisreen Rumman Lebanon · #637,841 worldwide 846 citations · 54 works
  2. 2 Mariam El‐Rajab Lebanon · #2,299,542 worldwide 1.2k citations · 27 works
  3. 3 Zoher M. Naja Lebanon · #2,476,302 worldwide 1.8k citations · 52 works
  4. 4 Tamima Jisr Lebanon · #2,647,935 worldwide 879 citations · 47 works
  5. 5 Rima Moghnieh Lebanon · #2,957,450 worldwide 1.3k citations · 74 works
  6. 6 Lyn S. Awad Lebanon · #2,999,413 worldwide 404 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Dania Abdallah Lebanon · #3,556,692 worldwide 655 citations · 40 works
  8. 8 Hayssam Fawal Lebanon · #3,645,140 worldwide 108 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 Hilal Maaliki Lebanon · #3,686,269 worldwide 447 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Nizar Bitar Lebanon · #3,917,363 worldwide 851 citations · 56 works
All ranked researchers at Makassed General Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Makassed General Hospital?

The most cited paper from Makassed General Hospital is "Somatic paravertebral nerve blockade Incidence of failed block and complications" (Zoher M. Naja, PA Lönnqvist, 2001), with 329 citations. Next come "Efficacy and safety of ceftazidime–avibactam versus imipenem–cilastatin in the treatment of complicated urinary tract infections, including acute pyelonephritis, in hospitalized adults: results of a prospective, investigator-blinded, randomized study" (220) and "Bilateral thoracic paravertebral block: potential and practice" (217).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Somatic paravertebral nerve blockade Incidence of failed block and complications Zoher M. Naja, PA Lönnqvist · Anaesthesia Dec 2001 329
2 Efficacy and safety of ceftazidime–avibactam versus imipenem–cilastatin in the treatment of complicated urinary tract infections, including acute pyelonephritis, in hospitalized adults: results of a prospective, investigator-blinded, randomized study José Antonio Vázquez, Luis Demetrio González Patzán, David Stricklin et al. · Current Medical Research and Opinion 12 Nov 2012 220
3 Bilateral thoracic paravertebral block: potential and practice John Adkins Richardson, Per‐Arne Lönnqvist, Zoher M. Naja · British Journal of Anaesthesia Open access 13 Jan 2011 217
4 Spectrum of Phenotypes Associated with Mutations in LRBA Omar K. Alkhairy, Hassan Abolhassani, Nima Rezaei et al. · Journal of Clinical Immunology 27 Dec 2015 214
5 Effects of Smoking, Mother's Age, Body Mass Index, and Parity Number on Lipid, Protein, and Secretory Immunoglobulin A Concentrations of Human Milk Pamela Bachour, Rula Yafawi, Farouk Jaber et al. · Breastfeeding Medicine 13 Dec 2011 190
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Which keywords describe research at Makassed General Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Pathophysiology, Complications, Chemotherapy, Antibiotic Resistance and SARS-CoV-2.

▲ 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 35 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 35 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology9▲ 4.7×48 topics
  2. Diagnosis4▲ 10×22 topics
  3. Treatment4▲ 7.6×20 topics
  4. Pathophysiology3▲ 20×7 topics
  5. Chemotherapy2▲ 7.3×14 topics
  6. Antibiotic Resistance2▲ 12×7 topics
  7. Complications2▲ 10×10 topics
  8. SARS-CoV-22▲ 16×5 topics
  9. Management2▲ 5.6×13 topics
  10. Clinical Practice Guidelines2▲ 8.0×8 topics
  11. COVID-192▲ 3.2×10 topics
  12. Guidelines2▲ 8.3×11 topics
  13. Inflammation2▲ 1.88×20 topics
  14. Surgical Management2▲ 9.7×9 topics
  15. Prognostic Factors2▲ 8.7×11 topics
  16. Pandemic2▲ 3.5×5 topics
  17. Pathogenesis2▲ 6.8×10 topics
  18. Children2▲ 14×5 topics
  19. Quality of Life2▲ 2.3×9 topics
  20. Imaging1▲ 12×3 topics
  21. ACE2 Receptor1▲ 12×3 topics
  22. Immune Response1▲ 4.8×7 topics
  23. Review1▲ 23×2 topics
  24. Surgery1▲ 7.7×8 topics
  25. Adults1▲ 44×2 topics
  26. Antimicrobial Resistance1▲ 12×6 topics
  27. Intussusception1▲ 74×1 topic
  28. Meckel's Diverticulum1▲ 74×1 topic
  29. Molecular Characterization1▲ 15×5 topics
  30. Thrombosis1▲ 8.8×4 topics
  31. Cancer1▲ 1.71×9 topics
  32. Surgical Treatment1▲ 12×5 topics
  33. Survival Analysis1▲ 8.5×5 topics
  34. Immunotherapy1▲ 3.0×6 topics
  35. Public Health1▲ 1.43×8 topics

Which research topics does Makassed General Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments, Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria, COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies and Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections.

Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments: 1 fractional worksAntibiotic Resistance in Bacteria: 1 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Resear…1COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 1 fractional worksPneumonia and Respirator…1Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections: 1 fractional worksEndometriosis Research and Treatment: 1 fractional worksAnesthesia and Pain Management: 1 fractional worksCOVID-19 Impact on Repro…0COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction: 0 fractional worksGastrointestinal Tumor Research and Treatment: 0 fractional worksNosocomial Infections in ICU: 0 fractional worksHypertrophic osteoarthro…0Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy and related conditions: 0 fractional works
SurgeryMolecular MedicineInfectious DiseasesEpidemiology5 others

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

  1. 1 Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments Surgery 1 works
  2. 2 Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria Molecular Medicine 1 works
  3. 3 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 1 works
  4. 4 Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections Epidemiology 1 works
  5. 5 Endometriosis Research and Treatment Reproductive Medicine 1 works
  6. 6 Anesthesia and Pain Management Surgery 1 works
  7. 7 COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction Obstetrics and Gynecology 0 works
  8. 8 Gastrointestinal Tumor Research and Treatment Gastroenterology 0 works
  9. 9 Nosocomial Infections in ICU Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 0 works
  10. 10 Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy and related conditions Rheumatology 0 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 available62.2%not open37.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors34.5%domestic only65.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Makassed General Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 20% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Makassed General Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00016% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%Makassed General Hospital0.00019% in 20251990200020102020

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