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National Heart Foundation Hospital & Research Institute

In research, National Heart Foundation Hospital & Research Institute stands highest in Medicine (#10,276 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#11,804 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#27,523
of 28,054 · #42,527 all time
Rank in Bangladesh
#134
of 135
Research works
197
▲ 124% vs 2013–17
Citations
534
2.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
68%
world 28%

What is National Heart Foundation Hospital & Research Institute 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 #10,276 of 10,443 2.7%66 #17869
Health SciencesDomain #11,804 of 11,982 2.8%75 #20304

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where National Heart Foundation Hospital & Research Institute 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).

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: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.65× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.15× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.20× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.05× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.81× its world share, 66 worksMedicineNursing: 6.80× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 5.71× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.23× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.13× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 6.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at National Heart Foundation Hospital & Research Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, Sohel Reza Choudhury and Nazir Ahmed lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Heart Foundation Hospital & Research Institute.

  1. 1 Sohel Reza Choudhury Bangladesh · #1,476,511 worldwide 8 citations · 19 works
  2. 2 Nazir Ahmed Bangladesh · #1,552,105 worldwide 4 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at National Heart Foundation Hospital & Research Institute

Which keywords describe research at National Heart Foundation Hospital & Research Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cardiovascular Disease, Risk Factors, Epidemiology, Hypertension, Atherosclerosis, Blood Pressure, Guidelines and Inflammation.

▲ 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. Cardiovascular Disease17▲ 17×19 topics
  2. Epidemiology12▲ 3.4×32 topics
  3. Risk Factors8▲ 8.3×10 topics
  4. Inflammation8▲ 4.3×18 topics
  5. Hypertension7▲ 28×7 topics
  6. Public Health7▲ 5.2×12 topics
  7. Atherosclerosis7▲ 26×5 topics
  8. Blood Pressure7▲ 121×2 topics
  9. Guidelines6▲ 15×6 topics
  10. Pandemic6▲ 6.5×7 topics
  11. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention6▲ 48×3 topics
  12. Thrombosis6▲ 23×3 topics
  13. Myocardial Infarction6▲ 26×4 topics
  14. SARS-CoV-25▲ 18×4 topics
  15. Global Burden5▲ 10×6 topics
  16. Immune Response5▲ 9.8×7 topics
  17. Cardiovascular Events5▲ 44×4 topics
  18. Diabetes Mellitus5▲ 27×3 topics
  19. Clinical Guidelines5▲ 18×2 topics
  20. Antihypertensive Drugs4▲ 110×1 topic
  21. Renal Denervation4▲ 110×1 topic
  22. ACE2 Receptor4▲ 20×2 topics
  23. Coronary Stents4▲ 111×1 topic
  24. Myocardial Revascularization4▲ 111×1 topic
  25. Obesity4▲ 6.3×8 topics
  26. Non-Communicable Diseases4▲ 15×4 topics
  27. Antiviral Treatment4▲ 40×1 topic
  28. Clinical Characteristics4▲ 34×2 topics
  29. Cytokine Storm4▲ 40×1 topic
  30. Heart Failure4▲ 10×8 topics
  31. Metabolic Syndrome4▲ 5.3×8 topics
  32. Mortality4▲ 7.6×7 topics
  33. Echocardiography4▲ 15×7 topics
  34. Global Trade3▲ 19×2 topics
  35. Coronary Artery Disease3▲ 31×3 topics
  36. Corporate Political Activity3▲ 99×1 topic
  37. Health In All Policies3▲ 99×1 topic
  38. Acute Coronary Syndromes3▲ 82×1 topic
  39. Cardiac Imaging3▲ 24×3 topics
  40. ST-Segment Elevation3▲ 82×1 topic

Which research topics does National Heart Foundation Hospital & Research Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies, Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics, COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies and Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology.

Blood Pressure and Hyper…4Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies: 4 fractional worksCoronary Interventions a…4Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics: 4 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Resear…4COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 4 fractional worksGlobal Public Health Pol…3Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology: 3 fractional worksAcute Myocardial Infarction Research: 3 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare: 2 fractional worksSodium Intake and Health2Sodium Intake and Health: 2 fractional worksCongenital Heart Disease Studies: 2 fractional worksNutritional Studies and Diet: 2 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 2 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSurgeryInfectious DiseasesOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management5 others

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

  1. 1 Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  2. 2 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Surgery 4 works
  3. 3 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 4 works
  4. 4 Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 3 works
  5. 5 Acute Myocardial Infarction Research Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  6. 6 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Health Information Management 2 works
  7. 7 Sodium Intake and Health Nutrition and Dietetics 2 works
  8. 8 Congenital Heart Disease Studies Epidemiology 2 works
  9. 9 Nutritional Studies and Diet Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  10. 10 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 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 available67.6%not open32.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.2%domestic only73.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has National Heart Foundation Hospital & Research Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 124% higher than in 2013–2017.

201020152020
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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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