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Hospital / health system · Kota Kinabalu · Malaysia

Queen Elizabeth Hospital

In research, Queen Elizabeth Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#9,148 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#10,757 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 6.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#20,835
of 28,054 · #27,631 all time
Rank in Malaysia
#97
of 137
Research works
570
▲ 141% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.9k
6.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
66%
world 28%

What is Queen Elizabeth Hospital 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 #9,148 of 10,443 3.5%153 #10463
Health SciencesDomain #10,757 of 11,982 3.6%161 #12567

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Queen Elizabeth 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does Queen Elizabeth Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 6.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 30.1 works6.8×
← 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: 0.29× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.57× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.79× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.94× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.29× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.14× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.20× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.06× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.18× its world share, 153 worksMedicineNursing: 0.62× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.40× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.09× 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, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Queen Elizabeth Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Houng Bang Liew lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Queen Elizabeth Hospital.

  1. 1 Houng Bang Liew Malaysia · #445,257 worldwide 52 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Queen Elizabeth Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Treatment, Diagnosis, Surgical Management, Complications, Prognostic Factors, Management and Pathogenesis.

▲ 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. Epidemiology33▲ 4.4×75 topics
  2. Treatment18▲ 7.7×36 topics
  3. Diagnosis14▲ 7.7×31 topics
  4. Surgical Management13▲ 16×17 topics
  5. Management9▲ 6.2×21 topics
  6. Complications9▲ 9.6×14 topics
  7. Inflammation8▲ 2.1×23 topics
  8. Prognostic Factors8▲ 10×13 topics
  9. Chemotherapy7▲ 5.0×15 topics
  10. Pathogenesis6▲ 6.4×14 topics
  11. Quality of Life6▲ 2.1×17 topics
  12. Radiotherapy6▲ 7.7×10 topics
  13. Genetic Mutations6▲ 6.8×11 topics
  14. Vaccine Development6▲ 11×9 topics
  15. Risk Factors5▲ 2.6×17 topics
  16. Clinical Practice Guidelines5▲ 4.6×7 topics
  17. Autoantibodies5▲ 10×7 topics
  18. Immunotherapy4▲ 3.3×12 topics
  19. Neurological Disorders4▲ 4.2×11 topics
  20. Mortality4▲ 4.0×10 topics
  21. Surgery4▲ 6.4×8 topics
  22. Chronic Kidney Disease4▲ 9.3×5 topics
  23. Immune Response4▲ 3.9×12 topics
  24. Pathophysiology4▲ 7.4×9 topics
  25. Prognosis4▲ 6.7×8 topics
  26. Diabetes4▲ 4.2×7 topics
  27. Antibiotic Resistance4▲ 5.4×6 topics
  28. Children4▲ 8.7×5 topics
  29. Echocardiography4▲ 7.7×6 topics
  30. Guidelines4▲ 4.1×9 topics
  31. Wound Healing4▲ 7.3×6 topics
  32. Rehabilitation3▲ 4.5×9 topics
  33. Clinical Guidelines3▲ 5.6×5 topics
  34. Type III Secretion System3▲ 28×2 topics
  35. Virulence3▲ 23×3 topics
  36. Immunohistochemistry3▲ 19×4 topics
  37. Postoperative Complications3▲ 11×4 topics
  38. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus3▲ 27×2 topics
  39. Pediatric3▲ 24×3 topics
  40. Diagnostic Imaging2▲ 12×3 topics

Which research topics does Queen Elizabeth Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Burkholderia infections and melioidosis, Salivary Gland Tumors Diagnosis and Treatment, Tracheal and airway disorders and Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases.

Burkholderia infections …2Burkholderia infections and melioidosis: 2 fractional worksSalivary Gland Tumors Di…2Salivary Gland Tumors Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksTracheal and airway disorders: 2 fractional worksPleural and Pulmonary Diseases: 2 fractional worksCoronary Artery Anomalies: 2 fractional worksTumors and Oncological Cases: 2 fractional worksInfectious Diseases and Tuberculosis: 2 fractional worksSystemic Lupus Erythemat…2Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research: 2 fractional worksOral and Maxillofacial Pathology: 2 fractional worksSarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional works
EpidemiologySurgeryPulmonary and Respiratory MedicinePathology and Forensic Medicine2 others

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

  1. 1 Burkholderia infections and melioidosis Epidemiology 2 works
  2. 2 Salivary Gland Tumors Diagnosis and Treatment Surgery 2 works
  3. 3 Tracheal and airway disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  4. 4 Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  5. 5 Coronary Artery Anomalies Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  6. 6 Tumors and Oncological Cases Pathology and Forensic Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis Surgery 2 works
  8. 8 Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research Rheumatology 2 works
  9. 9 Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology Oral Surgery 2 works
  10. 10 Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 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 available66.2%not open33.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.5%domestic only83.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Queen Elizabeth Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 141% 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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