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Rawalpindi Medical University

In research, Rawalpindi Medical University stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,733 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#3,354 of 10,443 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#6,260 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Dentistry — Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 5.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,838
of 28,054 · #14,104 all time
Rank in Pakistan
#68
of 241
Research works
2k
▲ 274% vs 2013–17
Citations
10k
5.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
71%
world 28%

What is Rawalpindi Medical University 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
Health SciencesDomain #3,733 of 11,982 4.7%622 #7577
MedicineField #3,354 of 10,443 4.9%553 #6869
Physical SciencesDomain #6,260 of 12,888 20.6%91 #13847
Social SciencesDomain #5,303 of 10,521 11.5%145 #11100
Life SciencesDomain #4,917 of 7,800 11.5%99 #9818
SurgerySubfield #1,605 of 1,816 4.3%83 #3746

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Rawalpindi Medical University 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. Health Sciences#7,577 #3,733
  2. Medicine#6,869 #3,354
  3. Physical Sciences#13,847 #6,260
  4. Social Sciences#11,100 #5,303
  5. Life Sciences#9,818 #4,917
  6. Surgery#3,746 #1,605
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 Rawalpindi Medical University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 5.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 54.6 works5.4×
  2. DentistryField · 20.1 works4.3×
← 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: 0.55× its world share, 25 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.90× its world share, 46 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.19× its world share, 12 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.76× its world share, 12 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.47× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.50× its world share, 8 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.19× its world share, 14 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.42× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.21× its world share, 31 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.23× its world share, 11 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.46× its world share, 16 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.42× its world share, 5 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 4.32× its world share, 20 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.51× its world share, 38 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.01× its world share, 553 worksMedicineNursing: 2.04× its world share, 10 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.97× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.45× its world share, 12 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.30× its world share, 9 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.70× its world share, 14 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.68× its world share, 49 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.48× its world share, 58 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Rawalpindi Medical University?

Ranked on the composite score, Abida Sultana, Yasir Iqbal and Mohammad Ebad Ur Rehman lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Rawalpindi Medical University.

  1. 1 Abida Sultana Pakistan · #53,211 worldwide 481 citations · 29 works
  2. 2 Yasir Iqbal Pakistan · #719,682 worldwide 53 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Mohammad Ebad Ur Rehman Pakistan · #960,284 worldwide 7 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 Muhammad Umar Pakistan · #1,170,416 worldwide 13 citations · 30 works
  5. 5 Mushood Ahmed Pakistan · #1,366,325 worldwide 11 citations · 58 works
  6. 6 Jawad Basit Pakistan · #1,433,779 worldwide 4 citations · 49 works
  7. 7 Jahanzeb Malik Pakistan · #1,486,910 worldwide 26 citations · 22 works
  8. 8 Ahmad Pakistan · #1,534,037 worldwide 3 citations · 31 works
  9. 9 Riaz Ahmed Pakistan · #1,535,590 worldwide 0 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Sana Iqbal Pakistan · #1,543,367 worldwide 4 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Rawalpindi Medical University

Which keywords describe research at Rawalpindi Medical University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Cardiovascular Disease, Guidelines, Risk Factors, Treatment, Depression and COVID-19.

▲ 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. Epidemiology114▲ 3.0×121 topics
  2. Inflammation53▲ 2.7×73 topics
  3. Cardiovascular Disease42▲ 3.9×36 topics
  4. Risk Factors36▲ 3.5×33 topics
  5. COVID-1934▲ 2.6×21 topics
  6. Treatment33▲ 2.9×45 topics
  7. Oxidative Stress30▲ 1.95×49 topics
  8. Guidelines30▲ 6.7×13 topics
  9. Quality of Life30▲ 2.1×41 topics
  10. Depression30▲ 3.5×19 topics
  11. Metabolic Syndrome27▲ 3.5×21 topics
  12. Mental Health27▲ 1.92×32 topics
  13. Pandemic26▲ 2.6×9 topics
  14. Diagnosis25▲ 2.8×38 topics
  15. Obesity24▲ 3.3×21 topics
  16. Cancer22▲ 1.73×47 topics
  17. Global Burden22▲ 4.2×12 topics
  18. Complications21▲ 4.4×17 topics
  19. Management21▲ 2.8×29 topics
  20. Mortality20▲ 3.6×13 topics
  21. Atherosclerosis20▲ 7.3×12 topics
  22. Insulin Resistance20▲ 4.5×10 topics
  23. Chemotherapy17▲ 2.5×24 topics
  24. Clinical Trials17▲ 2.6×19 topics
  25. Immune Response16▲ 3.0×20 topics
  26. Diabetes16▲ 3.5×20 topics
  27. Myocardial Infarction16▲ 7.3×7 topics
  28. Pathogenesis16▲ 3.3×22 topics
  29. Meta-Analysis16▲ 2.8×17 topics
  30. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention15▲ 12×4 topics
  31. Heart Failure15▲ 3.6×14 topics
  32. Maternal Mortality14▲ 6.4×5 topics
  33. Surgery13▲ 3.9×9 topics
  34. SARS-CoV-213▲ 4.1×6 topics
  35. Pathophysiology12▲ 4.4×10 topics
  36. Thrombosis12▲ 4.5×6 topics
  37. Coronary Stents9▲ 23×1 topic
  38. Myocardial Revascularization9▲ 23×1 topic
  39. Assessment Methods9▲ 8.9×2 topics
  40. Coronary Artery Disease9▲ 8.3×3 topics

Which research topics does Rawalpindi Medical University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics, Innovations in Medical Education, Acute Myocardial Infarction Research and COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies.

Coronary Interventions a…9Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics: 9 fractional worksInnovations in Medical E…8Innovations in Medical Education: 8 fractional worksAcute Myocardial Infarction Research: 7 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 7 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 6 fractional worksMosquito-borne diseases and control: 6 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 6 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and …6Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 6 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 6 fractional worksHealth and Well-being Studies: 5 fractional works
SurgeryPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineInfectious Diseases3 others

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

  1. 1 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Surgery 9 works
  2. 2 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 8 works
  3. 3 Acute Myocardial Infarction Research Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 7 works
  4. 4 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 7 works
  5. 5 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 6 works
  6. 6 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 6 works
  7. 7 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 6 works
  8. 8 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 6 works
  9. 9 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 6 works
  10. 10 Health and Well-being Studies Clinical Psychology 5 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 available70.8%not open29.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors29.6%domestic only70.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Rawalpindi Medical University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 274% 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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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.