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Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences

In research, Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences stands highest in Health Sciences (#4,327 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#5,132 of 10,443 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#6,508 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,069
of 28,054 · #19,104 all time
Rank in Pakistan
#131
of 241
Research works
1.6k
▲ 184% vs 2013–17
Citations
8.5k
5.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
75%
world 28%

What is Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences 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 #4,327 of 11,982 2.1%659 #6488
MedicineField #5,132 of 10,443 1.9%594 #6272
Life SciencesDomain #6,508 of 7,800 4.5%71 #11295
SurgerySubfield #1,729 of 1,816 0.8%110 #3939

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences 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#6,488 #4,327
  2. Medicine#6,272 #5,132
  3. Life Sciences#11,295 #6,508
  4. Surgery#3,939 #1,729
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.

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, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.82× its world share, 35 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.74× its world share, 14 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.93× its world share, 12 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.60× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 9 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 5.45× its world share, 22 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.44× its world share, 31 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.80× its world share, 594 worksMedicineNursing: 3.33× its world share, 13 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.11× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.31× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.01× its world share, 25 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 21 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 5.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences?

Ranked on the composite score, Fiona Fleck, Ayesha Javed and Muhammad Saaiq lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences.

  1. 1 Fiona Fleck Pakistan · #414,528 worldwide 17 citations · 46 works
  2. 2 Ayesha Javed Pakistan · #574,477 worldwide 57 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Muhammad Saaiq Pakistan · #887,221 worldwide 24 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Amna Batool Pakistan · #909,572 worldwide 23 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Mazhar Badshah Pakistan · #1,296,292 worldwide 3 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 Kaleem Ullah Pakistan · #1,565,282 worldwide 1 citations · 22 works
  7. 7 Ghazanfar Ali Shah Pakistan · #1,571,839 worldwide 2 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences

Which keywords describe research at Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Treatment, Diagnosis, Complications, Quality of Life, Risk Factors and Management.

▲ 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. Epidemiology135▲ 4.2×116 topics
  2. Inflammation58▲ 3.5×66 topics
  3. Treatment46▲ 4.7×44 topics
  4. Diagnosis41▲ 5.5×38 topics
  5. Quality of Life40▲ 3.4×40 topics
  6. Risk Factors36▲ 4.0×30 topics
  7. Cardiovascular Disease32▲ 3.6×34 topics
  8. Management32▲ 4.9×26 topics
  9. Complications30▲ 7.4×17 topics
  10. Oxidative Stress26▲ 1.95×39 topics
  11. Metabolic Syndrome25▲ 3.8×19 topics
  12. COVID-1925▲ 2.2×20 topics
  13. Global Burden23▲ 5.3×12 topics
  14. Guidelines22▲ 5.9×12 topics
  15. Diabetes22▲ 5.5×17 topics
  16. Depression21▲ 3.0×15 topics
  17. Pathogenesis21▲ 5.2×20 topics
  18. Mortality21▲ 4.5×13 topics
  19. Rehabilitation21▲ 6.5×12 topics
  20. Cancer20▲ 1.88×33 topics
  21. Pathophysiology19▲ 8.0×10 topics
  22. Immune Response19▲ 4.2×18 topics
  23. Surgical Management19▲ 5.6×20 topics
  24. Surgery18▲ 6.5×10 topics
  25. Chemotherapy18▲ 3.1×24 topics
  26. Antibiotic Resistance17▲ 5.5×10 topics
  27. Insulin Resistance17▲ 4.5×9 topics
  28. Prevention17▲ 4.9×15 topics
  29. Clinical Trials16▲ 3.0×19 topics
  30. Neurological Disorders16▲ 3.5×17 topics
  31. Vaccine16▲ 4.9×11 topics
  32. Chronic Pain14▲ 7.7×5 topics
  33. Heart Failure14▲ 3.9×13 topics
  34. Sepsis13▲ 9.5×5 topics
  35. Drug Resistance12▲ 5.4×6 topics
  36. Pain Management12▲ 6.7×8 topics
  37. Prognosis12▲ 4.6×9 topics
  38. Children12▲ 6.3×7 topics
  39. Stroke12▲ 8.2×7 topics
  40. Glycemic Control11▲ 8.7×4 topics

Which research topics does Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Burn Injury Management and Outcomes, Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment, Health and Well-being Studies and COVID-19 and healthcare impacts.

Burn Injury Management a…7Burn Injury Management and Outcomes: 7 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis …7Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 7 fractional worksHealth and Well-being Studies: 6 fractional worksCOVID-19 and healthcare impacts: 6 fractional worksAnesthesia and Pain Management: 5 fractional worksUrological Disorders and Treatments: 5 fractional worksLiver Disease and Transplantation: 5 fractional worksIron Metabolism and Diso…5Iron Metabolism and Disorders: 5 fractional worksAppendicitis Diagnosis and Management: 4 fractional worksWound Healing and Treatments: 4 fractional works
EpidemiologyClinical PsychologyOncologySurgery5 others

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

  1. 1 Burn Injury Management and Outcomes Epidemiology 7 works
  2. 2 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 7 works
  3. 3 Health and Well-being Studies Clinical Psychology 6 works
  4. 4 COVID-19 and healthcare impacts Oncology 6 works
  5. 5 Anesthesia and Pain Management Surgery 5 works
  6. 6 Urological Disorders and Treatments Urology 5 works
  7. 7 Liver Disease and Transplantation Hepatology 5 works
  8. 8 Iron Metabolism and Disorders Hematology 5 works
  9. 9 Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management Emergency Medicine 4 works
  10. 10 Wound Healing and Treatments Rehabilitation 4 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 available75.3%not open24.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.7%domestic only79.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 184% 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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