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Pham Ngoc Thach Hospital

In research, Pham Ngoc Thach Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#3,990 of 8,541 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#4,933 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery (Surgery is 6.6× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#16,376
of 22,385 · #23,668 all time
Rank in Vietnam
#116
of 148
Research works
230
▲ 201% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.3k
14.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.96×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
73%
world 40%
International
31%
world 18%
Pham Ngoc Thach Hospital

What is Pham Ngoc Thach Hospital known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
MedicineField #3,990 of 8,541 7.5%87 #5311
Health SciencesDomain #4,933 of 9,902 7.7%90 #6492

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Pham Ngoc Thach 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 Pham Ngoc Thach Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 77% of research at Pham Ngoc Thach Hospital is in Health Sciences, 10% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (73%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (5%), Environmental Science (5%). It does 3.1× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 110 fractional works · 76.8% of its workMedicine: 105 fractional works · 73.4% of its workSurgery: 22 fractional works · 15.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 10 fractional works · 7.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 10 fractional works · 6.7% of its workEpidemiology: 8 fractional works · 5.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 6 fractional works · 3.9% of its workRheumatology: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workOncology: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGastroenterology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFamily Practice: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrthodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 15 fractional works · 10.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 5.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMolecular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSensory Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 14 fractional works · 9.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 7 fractional works · 5.0% of its workEcology: 6 fractional works · 4.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKPham Ngoc ThachHospital144fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences10%Health Sciences77%Social Sciences3%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine10573.4%
    2. Health Professions21.6%
    3. Dentistry21.1%
    4. Nursing10.6%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology75.2%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology32.2%
    3. Neuroscience21.4%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.8%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.7%
    1. Environmental Science75.0%
    2. Engineering31.9%
    3. Computer Science10.9%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.8%
    5. Materials Science10.4%
    6. Chemistry00.3%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    8. Mathematics00.1%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    10. Energy00.0%
    1. Social Sciences21.4%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.9%
    3. Psychology10.6%
    4. Arts and Humanities00.1%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.1%
    6. Decision Sciences00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Pham Ngoc Thach Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 6.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 22.3 works6.6×
← 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: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.97× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.18× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.88× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.07× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.00× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.25× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.62× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.82× its world share, 105 worksMedicineNursing: 1.26× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.82×105 works
  2. Dentistry2.25×2 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology2.18×3 works
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.07×1 works
  5. Nursing1.26×1 works
  6. Environmental Science1.00×7 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.97×7 works
  8. Neuroscience0.88×2 works
  9. Health Professions0.62×2 works
  10. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.48×1 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.40×1 works
  12. Veterinary0.34×0 works
  13. Chemical Engineering0.33×0 works
  14. Psychology0.21×1 works
  15. Chemistry0.18×0 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.16×1 works
  17. Engineering0.13×3 works
  18. Materials Science0.12×1 works
  19. Mathematics0.12×0 works
  20. Computer Science0.11×1 works
  21. Social Sciences0.11×2 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.08×0 works
  23. Decision Sciences0.08×0 works
  24. Energy0.05×0 works
  25. Arts and Humanities0.04×0 works
  26. Business, Management and Accounting0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Pham Ngoc Thach Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Hoang Thi Quy, Thang Huy Nguyen and Nguyễn Thị Ngọc Lan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Pham Ngoc Thach Hospital.

  1. 1 Hoang Thi Quy Vietnam · #516,236 worldwide 3k citations · 33 works
  2. 2 Thang Huy Nguyen Vietnam · #655,223 worldwide 1.3k citations · 58 works
  3. 3 Nguyễn Thị Ngọc Lan Vietnam · #1,931,571 worldwide 2.2k citations · 59 works
  4. 4 Nguyễn Thị Ngọc Lan Vietnam · #2,184,707 worldwide 4.2k citations · 136 works
  5. 5 Tran Ngoc Buu Vietnam · #2,518,093 worldwide 1k citations · 23 works
  6. 6 Cong Thao Trinh Vietnam · #2,553,792 worldwide 461 citations · 26 works
  7. 7 Thu Hang Pham Vietnam · #3,220,783 worldwide 180 citations · 19 works
  8. 8 Trung Quoc Nguyen Vietnam · #3,359,023 worldwide 397 citations · 44 works
  9. 9 Van Trung Hoang Vietnam · #3,450,003 worldwide 617 citations · 61 works
  10. 10 Hoang Anh Thi Van Vietnam · #3,822,448 worldwide 244 citations · 29 works
All ranked researchers at Pham Ngoc Thach Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Pham Ngoc Thach Hospital?

The most cited paper from Pham Ngoc Thach Hospital is "Dexamethasone for the Treatment of Tuberculous Meningitis in Adolescents and Adults" (Guy Edward Thwaites et al., 2004), with 1,074 citations. Next come "Host Genotype-Specific Therapies Can Optimize the Inflammatory Response to Mycobacterial Infections" (587) and "People with Suspected COVID-19 Symptoms Were More Likely Depressed and Had Lower Health-Related Quality of Life: The Potential Benefit of Health Literacy" (584).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Dexamethasone for the Treatment of Tuberculous Meningitis in Adolescents and Adults Guy Edward Thwaites et al. · New England Journal of Medicine 20 Oct 2004 1,074
2 Host Genotype-Specific Therapies Can Optimize the Inflammatory Response to Mycobacterial Infections David M. Tobin, Francisco Jose Roca, Sungwhan F. Oh et al. · Cell Open access Feb 2012 587
3 People with Suspected COVID-19 Symptoms Were More Likely Depressed and Had Lower Health-Related Quality of Life: The Potential Benefit of Health Literacy Hoang Cong Nguyen, Minh H. Nguyen, Binh N. Do et al. · Journal of Clinical Medicine Open access 31 Mar 2020 584
4 The lta4h Locus Modulates Susceptibility to Mycobacterial Infection in Zebrafish and Humans David M. Tobin, Jay C. Vary, John P. Ray et al. · Cell Open access Mar 2010 541
5 The Influence of Host and Bacterial Genotype on the Development of Disseminated Disease with Mycobacterium tuberculosis Maxine Caws et al. · PLoS Pathogens Open access 27 Mar 2008 508
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Pham Ngoc Thach Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Guidelines, Treatment, Inflammation, Complications, Management and Fuzzy Mathematics.

▲ 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 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. Epidemiology23▲ 4.0×77 topics
  2. Diagnosis13▲ 9.6×27 topics
  3. Inflammation11▲ 3.5×36 topics
  4. Treatment10▲ 5.9×30 topics
  5. Guidelines9▲ 14×11 topics
  6. Management7▲ 6.3×18 topics
  7. Risk Factors7▲ 4.4×17 topics
  8. Cardiovascular Disease7▲ 4.2×20 topics
  9. Complications7▲ 9.4×13 topics
  10. Risk Assessment6▲ 6.7×3 topics
  11. Fuzzy Mathematics6▲ 209×1 topic
  12. Set Pair Analysis6▲ 209×1 topic
  13. Heart Failure6▲ 9.4×9 topics
  14. Chemotherapy6▲ 5.5×15 topics
  15. Clinical Practice Guidelines5▲ 6.6×10 topics
  16. Children4▲ 12×4 topics
  17. Global Burden4▲ 5.0×9 topics
  18. Prevention4▲ 6.4×9 topics
  19. Meta-Analysis4▲ 4.5×5 topics
  20. Biomarkers4▲ 3.7×8 topics
  21. Surgery4▲ 7.5×7 topics
  22. Mortality4▲ 4.4×9 topics
  23. Clinical Trials4▲ 3.6×10 topics
  24. Colorectal Cancer4▲ 31×3 topics
  25. Immune Response4▲ 4.2×10 topics
  26. Surgical Management3▲ 5.6×15 topics
  27. Antibiotic Resistance3▲ 5.4×11 topics
  28. Echocardiography3▲ 7.7×7 topics
  29. Cardiovascular Risk3▲ 6.7×4 topics
  30. Antibiotic Therapy3▲ 32×2 topics
  31. Gastric Cancer3▲ 18×3 topics
  32. Neuroprotection3▲ 5.6×6 topics
  33. Vaccine3▲ 4.9×6 topics
  34. Revascularization3▲ 12×4 topics
  35. CT Scan2▲ 18×2 topics
  36. Cytoreductive Surgery2▲ 27×2 topics
  37. Appendicitis2▲ 58×1 topic
  38. Regeneration2▲ 8.3×4 topics
  39. Renal Function2▲ 16×2 topics
  40. B-Type Natriuretic Peptide2▲ 29×1 topic

Which research topics does Pham Ngoc Thach Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Research studies in Vietnam, Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management, Heart Failure Treatment and Management and Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms.

Research studies in Viet…6Research studies in Vietnam: 6 fractional worksAppendicitis Diagnosis a…2Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management: 2 fractional worksHeart Failure Treatment …2Heart Failure Treatment and Management: 2 fractional worksOsteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms: 2 fractional worksCardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 2 fractional worksTuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 1 fractional worksAcute Ischemic Stroke Management: 1 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Screening and Detection: 1 fractional worksIntraperitoneal and Appendiceal Malignancies: 1 fractional worksOvarian cancer diagnosis and treatment: 1 fractional works
EcologyEmergency MedicineCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineRheumatology5 others

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

  1. 1 Research studies in Vietnam Ecology 6 works
  2. 2 Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management Emergency Medicine 2 works
  3. 3 Heart Failure Treatment and Management Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  4. 4 Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms Rheumatology 2 works
  5. 5 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  6. 6 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 1 works
  7. 7 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Epidemiology 1 works
  8. 8 Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection Oncology 1 works
  9. 9 Intraperitoneal and Appendiceal Malignancies Surgery 1 works
  10. 10 Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment Reproductive Medicine 1 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 available72.6%not open27.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors30.8%domestic only69.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Pham Ngoc Thach Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 201% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Pham Ngoc Thach Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00056% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Pham Ngoc Thach Hospital0.00078% in 2025200020102020

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