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Penang Adventist Hospital

In research, Penang Adventist Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#10,536 of 14,558 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#12,395 of 16,688 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#31,970
of 34,923
Rank in Malaysia
#137
of 141
Research works
194
▲ 5% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.9k
9.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.85×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
41%
world 40%
International
24%
world 18%
Penang Adventist Hospital

What is Penang Adventist 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 #10,536 of 14,558 5.5%148
Health SciencesDomain #12,395 of 16,688 5.5%157

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Penang Adventist 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 Penang Adventist Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 82% of research at Penang Adventist Hospital is in Health Sciences, 7% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (77%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (4%), Engineering (3%). It does 3.0× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 43 fractional works · 81.7% of its workMedicine: 40 fractional works · 77.3% of its workSurgery: 10 fractional works · 19.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 6 fractional works · 10.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 5.7% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 4.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 3.7% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 7.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 4.3% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 5.7% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 3 fractional works · 5.5% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInstrumentation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKPenang AdventistHospital52fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences6%Health Sciences82%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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine4077.3%
    2. Health Professions23.0%
    3. Nursing11.0%
    4. Dentistry00.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology24.3%
    2. Neuroscience11.2%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.8%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.3%
    1. Psychology12.1%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.0%
    3. Arts and Humanities11.0%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting00.8%
    5. Decision Sciences00.6%
    6. Social Sciences00.1%
    1. Engineering23.1%
    2. Physics and Astronomy11.3%
    3. Chemistry00.5%
    4. Chemical Engineering00.2%
    5. Materials Science00.2%
    6. Computer Science00.1%
    7. Mathematics00.1%
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: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.80× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.83× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.72× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.97× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.60× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.15× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.02× its world share, 40 worksMedicineNursing: 2.05× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.66× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.70× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine4.02×40 works
  2. Nursing2.05×0 works
  3. Health Professions1.15×2 works
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.97×0 works
  5. Immunology and Microbiology0.83×0 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.80×2 works
  7. Neuroscience0.72×1 works
  8. Psychology0.70×1 works
  9. Decision Sciences0.66×0 works
  10. Physics and Astronomy0.60×1 works
  11. Dentistry0.59×0 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.49×0 works
  13. Chemical Engineering0.46×0 works
  14. Arts and Humanities0.34×0 works
  15. Chemistry0.32×0 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.26×0 works
  17. Engineering0.21×2 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.10×0 works
  19. Mathematics0.10×0 works
  20. Materials Science0.05×0 works
  21. Computer Science0.02×0 works
  22. Social Sciences0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Penang Adventist Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Jyh Yung Hor, Hutchison Ewan and Gaik Bee Eow lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Penang Adventist Hospital.

  1. 1 Jyh Yung Hor Malaysia · #1,351,973 worldwide 1.3k citations · 48 works
  2. 2 Hutchison Ewan Malaysia · #2,346,728 worldwide 31 citations · 66 works
  3. 3 Gaik Bee Eow Malaysia · #3,335,088 worldwide 481 citations · 36 works
  4. 4 Revathy Nallusamy Malaysia · #3,380,793 worldwide 1.7k citations · 33 works
  5. 5 Thien Thien Lim Malaysia · #3,410,495 worldwide 490 citations · 48 works
  6. 6 Alex Cheen Hoe Khoo Malaysia · #5,089,306 worldwide 44 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Penang Adventist Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Penang Adventist Hospital?

The most cited paper from Penang Adventist Hospital is "Clinical efficacy and safety of a novel tetravalent dengue vaccine in healthy children in Asia: a phase 3, randomised, observer-masked, placebo-controlled trial" (Maria Rosario Capeding et al., 2014), with 988 citations. Next come "Zolbetuximab plus CAPOX in CLDN18.2-positive gastric or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma: the randomized, phase 3 GLOW trial" (651) and "Sedation depth and long-term mortality in mechanically ventilated critically ill adults: a prospective longitudinal multicentre cohort study" (358).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Clinical efficacy and safety of a novel tetravalent dengue vaccine in healthy children in Asia: a phase 3, randomised, observer-masked, placebo-controlled trial Maria Rosario Capeding et al. · The Lancet 10 Jul 2014 988
2 Zolbetuximab plus CAPOX in CLDN18.2-positive gastric or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma: the randomized, phase 3 GLOW trial Manish A. Shah et al. · Nature Medicine Open access 31 Jul 2023 651
3 Sedation depth and long-term mortality in mechanically ventilated critically ill adults: a prospective longitudinal multicentre cohort study The Sedation Practice in Intensive Care Evaluation (SPICE) Study Group investiga, Yahya Shehabi, Lucy L. K. Chan et al. · Intensive Care Medicine Open access 23 Jan 2013 358
4 Randomized controlled trial of pulse intravenous cyclophosphamide versus mycophenolate mofetil in the induction therapy of proliferative lupus nephritis Loke Meng Ong, Lai Seong Hooi, Teck Onn Lim et al. · Nephrology Oct 2005 252
5 Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and suicide: a review of possible associations Anthony James, Frank Ho‐yin Lai, Christine Dahl · Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica Open access 27 Sep 2004 227
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Penang Adventist Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Atherosclerosis, Percutaneous Coronary Intervention, Coronary Stents, Myocardial Revascularization, Epidemiology, Treatment, Guidelines and Genetic Mutations.

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

All 37 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology6▲ 2.9×38 topics
  2. Atherosclerosis5▲ 31×3 topics
  3. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention4▲ 60×3 topics
  4. Coronary Stents4▲ 172×1 topic
  5. Myocardial Revascularization4▲ 172×1 topic
  6. Treatment4▲ 6.0×19 topics
  7. Guidelines3▲ 12×8 topics
  8. Genetic Mutations2▲ 10×12 topics
  9. Inflammation2▲ 1.96×15 topics
  10. Risk Factors2▲ 3.7×11 topics
  11. Chemotherapy2▲ 5.3×13 topics
  12. Clinical Practice Guidelines2▲ 7.0×8 topics
  13. Mortality2▲ 6.4×3 topics
  14. Prognostic Factors2▲ 8.3×8 topics
  15. Quality of Life2▲ 2.5×12 topics
  16. Cardiac Risk2▲ 44×1 topic
  17. Diagnosis2▲ 3.6×13 topics
  18. Metabolic Syndrome2▲ 4.2×10 topics
  19. Perioperative2▲ 44×1 topic
  20. Postoperative Complications2▲ 27×2 topics
  21. Management2▲ 3.9×12 topics
  22. Cardiovascular Disease2▲ 2.6×14 topics
  23. Oxidative Stress1▲ 1.57×10 topics
  24. SARS-CoV-21▲ 8.6×2 topics
  25. Obesity1▲ 3.1×7 topics
  26. Pathophysiology1▲ 8.4×3 topics
  27. Pregnancy1▲ 12×5 topics
  28. Surgery1▲ 7.0×4 topics
  29. Complications1▲ 4.6×8 topics
  30. Magnetic Resonance Imaging1▲ 8.9×3 topics
  31. Thrombosis1▲ 8.5×3 topics
  32. Endoscopic Resection1▲ 20×2 topics
  33. Immune Response1▲ 3.7×4 topics
  34. Neoadjuvant Therapy1▲ 8.6×5 topics
  35. Revascularization1▲ 14×3 topics
  36. ACE2 Receptor1▲ 8.6×2 topics
  37. Therapy1▲ 10×4 topics

Which research topics does Penang Adventist Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics, Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes, COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies and Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment.

Coronary Interventions a…4Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics: 4 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 1 fractional worksEsophageal Cancer Research and Treatment: 1 fractional worksSarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 1 fractional worksGastrointestinal Bleeding Diagnosis and Treatment: 1 fractional worksGastrointestinal Tumor Research and Treatment: 0 fractional worksAortic aneurysm repair treatments: 0 fractional worksHistorical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies: 0 fractional worksAbdominal vascular conditions and treatments: 0 fractional works
SurgeryCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineInfectious DiseasesPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine2 others

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

  1. 1 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Surgery 4 works
  2. 2 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  3. 3 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 1 works
  4. 4 Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment Surgery 1 works
  5. 5 Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  6. 6 Gastrointestinal Bleeding Diagnosis and Treatment Gastroenterology 1 works
  7. 7 Gastrointestinal Tumor Research and Treatment Gastroenterology 0 works
  8. 8 Aortic aneurysm repair treatments Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 0 works
  9. 9 Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies Archeology 0 works
  10. 10 Abdominal vascular conditions and treatments Surgery 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 available41.2%not open58.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.9%domestic only76.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Penang Adventist Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 5% higher 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 Penang Adventist Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00015% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Penang Adventist Hospital0.00026% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Penang Adventist Hospital over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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