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Rasool Akram Hospital

In research, Rasool Akram Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#3,849 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#4,658 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 6.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,720
of 28,054 · #16,238 all time
Rank in Iran
#212
of 301
Research works
1.1k
▲ 30% vs 2013–17
Citations
14k
12.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
61%
world 28%

What is Rasool Akram 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 #3,849 of 10,443 14.3%187 #5442
Health SciencesDomain #4,658 of 11,982 14.3%196 #6567

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Rasool Akram 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 Rasool Akram Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 6.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 39.5 works6.9×
← 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: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.52× its world share, 20 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.66× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.02× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.92× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.35× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.74× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.97× its world share, 187 worksMedicineNursing: 1.38× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.84× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.69× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 1 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.

Who are the top researchers at Rasool Akram Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Mohsen Bahmani Kashkouli lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Rasool Akram Hospital.

  1. 1 Mohsen Bahmani Kashkouli · #830,492 worldwide 22 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at Rasool Akram Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Rasool Akram Hospital?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology34▲ 3.5×82 topics
  2. Inflammation23▲ 4.5×56 topics
  3. Obesity14▲ 7.5×17 topics
  4. Quality of Life14▲ 3.9×33 topics
  5. Oxidative Stress12▲ 2.9×38 topics
  6. Complications11▲ 9.2×16 topics
  7. Treatment11▲ 3.8×35 topics
  8. Cardiovascular Risk11▲ 14×8 topics
  9. Diagnosis11▲ 4.7×30 topics
  10. Diabetes10▲ 8.3×15 topics
  11. Weight Loss8▲ 21×4 topics
  12. Risk Factors8▲ 3.0×22 topics
  13. Type 2 Diabetes8▲ 15×5 topics
  14. Cancer8▲ 2.4×34 topics
  15. Genetic Mutations8▲ 7.4×19 topics
  16. COVID-198▲ 2.3×14 topics
  17. Management8▲ 4.0×21 topics
  18. Lifestyle Intervention7▲ 36×2 topics
  19. Health Outcomes7▲ 11×2 topics
  20. Bariatric Surgery7▲ 86×1 topic
  21. Metabolic Surgery7▲ 86×1 topic
  22. Neurological Disorders6▲ 4.7×17 topics
  23. Neurodegeneration6▲ 8.7×10 topics
  24. Pathophysiology6▲ 8.1×9 topics
  25. Wound Healing6▲ 9.4×9 topics
  26. ACE2 Receptor6▲ 9.6×3 topics
  27. Intravitreal Injection6▲ 34×2 topics
  28. Surgical Management6▲ 5.6×16 topics
  29. Glaucoma6▲ 15×3 topics
  30. Macular Degeneration5▲ 18×3 topics
  31. Prognostic Factors5▲ 4.9×12 topics
  32. Optical Coherence Tomography5▲ 20×3 topics
  33. Diabetic Retinopathy5▲ 19×2 topics
  34. Echocardiography5▲ 7.0×7 topics
  35. Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor4▲ 21×3 topics
  36. Choroidal Thickness4▲ 32×1 topic
  37. Immunosuppressive Therapy4▲ 9.0×5 topics
  38. Intraocular Pressure4▲ 20×2 topics
  39. Retinal Pigment Epithelium4▲ 32×1 topic
  40. Regeneration4▲ 8.1×5 topics

Which research topics does Rasool Akram Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes, Retinal Diseases and Treatments, Glaucoma and retinal disorders and COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies.

Bariatric Surgery and Ou…7Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes: 7 fractional worksRetinal Diseases and Treatments: 4 fractional worksGlaucoma and retinal disorders: 3 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 3 fractional worksRetinal and Macular Surgery: 2 fractional worksDermatologic Treatments and Research: 2 fractional worksBody Contouring and Surg…2Body Contouring and Surgery: 2 fractional worksFacial Rejuvenation and …2Facial Rejuvenation and Surgery Techniques: 2 fractional worksCardiovascular Function …2Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 2 fractional worksOcular Diseases and Behç…2Ocular Diseases and Behçet’s Syndrome: 2 fractional works
SurgeryOphthalmologyInfectious DiseasesRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging2 others

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

  1. 1 Bariatric Surgery and OutcomesSurgery 7 works
  2. 2 Retinal Diseases and TreatmentsOphthalmology 4 works
  3. 3 Glaucoma and retinal disordersOphthalmology 3 works
  4. 4 COVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesInfectious Diseases 3 works
  5. 5 Retinal and Macular SurgeryRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  6. 6 Dermatologic Treatments and ResearchDermatology 2 works
  7. 7 Body Contouring and SurgerySurgery 2 works
  8. 8 Facial Rejuvenation and Surgery TechniquesDermatology 2 works
  9. 9 Cardiovascular Function and Risk FactorsCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  10. 10 Ocular Diseases and Behçet’s SyndromeOphthalmology 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 available60.9%not open39.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.4%domestic only86.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Rasool Akram Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 30% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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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