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Pham Ngoc Thach University of Medicine

In research, Pham Ngoc Thach University of Medicine stands highest in Medicine (#4,401 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#5,351 of 11,982 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#12,827 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ecology and Surgery — Ecology is 19.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,931
of 28,054 · #24,103 all time
Rank in Vietnam
#60
of 161
Research works
754
▲ 572% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.7k
4.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
80%
world 28%

What is Pham Ngoc Thach University of Medicine 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 #4,401 of 10,443 6.2%213 #8662
Health SciencesDomain #5,351 of 11,982 6.2%229 #8835
Physical SciencesDomain #12,827 of 12,888 0.9%102 #21327
Environmental ScienceField #3,544 of 3,551 0.4%70 —
EcologySubfield #577 of 578 0.0%63 —

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Pham Ngoc Thach University of Medicine 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. Medicine#8,662 #4,401
  2. Health Sciences#8,835 #5,351
  3. Physical Sciences#21,327 #12,827
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.

What does Pham Ngoc Thach University of Medicine specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ecology takes 19.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. EcologySubfield · 62.5 works19×
  2. SurgerySubfield · 39.6 works4.1×
← 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: 0.43× its world share, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.19× its world share, 26 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.81× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.49× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.73× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.19× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.29× its world share, 18 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.37× its world share, 70 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.53× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.52× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.83× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.66× its world share, 213 worksMedicineNursing: 1.38× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.66× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.41× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.61× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.44× its world share, 23 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Pham Ngoc Thach University of Medicine?

Ranked on the composite score, Nguyễn Minh Đức and Binh Thanh Nguyen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Pham Ngoc Thach University of Medicine.

  1. 1 Nguyễn Minh Đức Vietnam · #1,238,543 worldwide 14 citations · 26 works
  2. 2 Binh Thanh Nguyen Vietnam · #1,496,702 worldwide 5 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at Pham Ngoc Thach University of Medicine

Which keywords describe research at Pham Ngoc Thach University of Medicine?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Risk Assessment, Fuzzy Mathematics, Set Pair Analysis, Epidemiology, Religion, Vietnam, Society and Colonialism.

▲ 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. Risk Assessment63▲ 22×6 topics
  2. Fuzzy Mathematics62▲ 714×1 topic
  3. Set Pair Analysis62▲ 714×1 topic
  4. Epidemiology45▲ 2.7×96 topics
  5. Inflammation19▲ 2.1×52 topics
  6. Treatment18▲ 3.5×34 topics
  7. Diagnosis18▲ 4.5×30 topics
  8. History17▲ 5.8×3 topics
  9. Religion16▲ 8.3×2 topics
  10. Vietnam16▲ 94×2 topics
  11. Culture16▲ 7.2×2 topics
  12. Colonialism15▲ 7.8×2 topics
  13. Gender15▲ 6.8×2 topics
  14. Identity15▲ 5.1×1 topic
  15. Society15▲ 19×1 topic
  16. Cardiovascular Disease14▲ 3.1×29 topics
  17. Management12▲ 3.6×23 topics
  18. Surgical Management11▲ 6.6×20 topics
  19. Risk Factors11▲ 2.4×25 topics
  20. Environmental Impact11▲ 1.50×9 topics
  21. Global Burden10▲ 4.6×11 topics
  22. Infrastructure9▲ 18×2 topics
  23. Cancer9▲ 1.63×34 topics
  24. Geodetic9▲ 313×1 topic
  25. Monitoring9▲ 23×1 topic
  26. Metabolic Syndrome8▲ 2.5×19 topics
  27. Obesity8▲ 2.6×18 topics
  28. Immunotherapy8▲ 2.7×16 topics
  29. Complications8▲ 3.8×15 topics
  30. Clinical Practice Guidelines7▲ 3.2×12 topics
  31. Genetic Mutations7▲ 4.1×17 topics
  32. Guidelines7▲ 3.5×10 topics
  33. Biomarkers7▲ 2.4×12 topics
  34. Radiotherapy6▲ 4.0×8 topics
  35. Antibiotic Resistance6▲ 4.0×10 topics
  36. Prognostic Factors6▲ 3.5×12 topics
  37. Prognosis6▲ 4.3×9 topics
  38. Hepatocellular Carcinoma5▲ 5.5×3 topics
  39. Molecular Classification5▲ 7.4×4 topics
  40. Traditional Chinese Medicine4▲ 8.5×4 topics

Which research topics does Pham Ngoc Thach University of Medicine publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Research studies in Vietnam, Vietnamese History and Culture Studies, Geodetic Measurements and Engineering Structures and Medical Research and Treatments.

Research studies in Viet…62Research studies in Vietnam: 62 fractional worksVietnamese History and C…15Vietnamese History and Culture Studies: 15 fractional worksGeodetic Measurements an…9Geodetic Measurements and Engineering Structures: 9 fractional worksMedical Research and Treatments: 3 fractional worksGlioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 3 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksEducational Reforms and Innovations: 2 fractional worksSepsis Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksGastrointestinal disorders and treatments: 2 fractional worksLGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy: 2 fractional works
EcologySociology and Political ScienceCivil and Structural EngineeringComplementary and alternative medicine5 others

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

  1. 1 Research studies in Vietnam Ecology 62 works
  2. 2 Vietnamese History and Culture Studies Sociology and Political Science 15 works
  3. 3 Geodetic Measurements and Engineering Structures Civil and Structural Engineering 9 works
  4. 4 Medical Research and Treatments Complementary and alternative medicine 3 works
  5. 5 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 3 works
  6. 6 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 2 works
  7. 7 Educational Reforms and Innovations Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 2 works
  8. 8 Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 2 works
  9. 9 Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments Surgery 2 works
  10. 10 LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy Social Psychology 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 available80.2%not open19.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.2%domestic only74.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Pham Ngoc Thach University of Medicine's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 572% higher than in 2013–2017.

20002005201020152020
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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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