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Sarawak General Hospital

In research, Sarawak General Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#6,162 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#7,167 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine — Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine is 5.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#16,486
of 28,054 · #22,050 all time
Rank in Malaysia
#78
of 137
Research works
885
▲ 107% vs 2013–17
Citations
7.1k
8.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
53%
world 28%

What is Sarawak General 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 #6,162 of 10,443 5.9%190 #8418
Health SciencesDomain #7,167 of 11,982 6.5%208 #10089

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

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine takes 5.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 23.3 works5.8×
← 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: 0.21× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.81× its world share, 11 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.70× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.95× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.08× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.16× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.69× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.77× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.76× its world share, 190 worksMedicineNursing: 1.07× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.88× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.71× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.57× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 5 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.

Who are the top researchers at Sarawak General Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Mohamad Adam Bujang, Tiong Kiam Ong and Sze Shyang Kho lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Sarawak General Hospital.

  1. 1 Mohamad Adam Bujang Malaysia · #440,652 worldwide 132 citations · 25 works
  2. 2 Tiong Kiam Ong Malaysia · #837,986 worldwide 51 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 Sze Shyang Kho Malaysia · #1,194,088 worldwide 2 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Siew Teck Tie Malaysia · #1,256,611 worldwide 1 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Y.L. Cham Malaysia · #1,347,205 worldwide 4 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 T.K. Ong Malaysia · #1,354,216 worldwide 1 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Alan Yean Yip Fong Malaysia · #1,400,007 worldwide 17 citations · 31 works
  8. 8 Chee Yik Chang Malaysia · #1,507,297 worldwide 5 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Sarawak General Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Sarawak General Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Chemotherapy, Treatment, Radiotherapy, Surgical Management, Quality of Life and Cardiovascular Disease.

▲ 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▲ 3.2×90 topics
  2. Diagnosis15▲ 5.9×31 topics
  3. Treatment14▲ 4.3×34 topics
  4. Chemotherapy13▲ 7.0×20 topics
  5. Quality of Life12▲ 3.3×33 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Disease11▲ 3.8×28 topics
  7. Risk Factors11▲ 3.7×27 topics
  8. Inflammation11▲ 1.93×40 topics
  9. Radiotherapy10▲ 9.9×12 topics
  10. Management9▲ 4.2×25 topics
  11. Surgical Management8▲ 7.8×15 topics
  12. Complications8▲ 5.8×14 topics
  13. Genetic Mutations7▲ 6.4×17 topics
  14. Pathogenesis7▲ 5.0×18 topics
  15. Guidelines6▲ 5.3×12 topics
  16. Immunotherapy6▲ 3.3×13 topics
  17. Echocardiography6▲ 8.2×8 topics
  18. Tissue Engineering6▲ 3.7×5 topics
  19. Endoscopic Surgery6▲ 22×3 topics
  20. Prognostic Factors6▲ 4.9×12 topics
  21. Tumor Staging6▲ 19×2 topics
  22. Clinical Practice Guidelines5▲ 3.8×12 topics
  23. Global Burden5▲ 3.7×11 topics
  24. Heart Failure5▲ 4.6×10 topics
  25. Adjuvant Therapy5▲ 15×2 topics
  26. Mortality5▲ 3.4×11 topics
  27. Clinical Guidelines5▲ 6.6×8 topics
  28. Meta-Analysis5▲ 3.2×10 topics
  29. Lung Cancer5▲ 11×2 topics
  30. CT Screening5▲ 27×1 topic
  31. Positron Emission Tomography5▲ 27×1 topic
  32. Vaccine Development5▲ 7.1×8 topics
  33. Mechanical Ventilation5▲ 15×2 topics
  34. Airway Stenosis4▲ 28×1 topic
  35. Tracheostomy4▲ 28×1 topic
  36. Chronic Kidney Disease4▲ 6.5×8 topics
  37. Autoantibodies4▲ 6.2×8 topics
  38. Clinical Management4▲ 8.3×7 topics
  39. Molecular Classification4▲ 9.5×4 topics
  40. Cardiovascular Events3▲ 10×3 topics

Which research topics does Sarawak General Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment, Tracheal and airway disorders, Pituitary Gland Disorders and Treatments and Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life.

Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 5 fractional worksTracheal and airway disorders: 4 fractional worksPituitary Gland Disorder…3Pituitary Gland Disorders and Treatments: 3 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic…3Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 3 fractional worksUltrasound in Clinical Applications: 2 fractional worksBlood Pressure and Hypertension Studies: 2 fractional worksInfectious Diseases and …2Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis: 2 fractional worksHead and Neck Surgical Oncology: 2 fractional worksMeningioma and schwannoma management: 2 fractional worksHeart Failure Treatment and Management: 2 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineEndocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismEconomics and EconometricsCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine3 others

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

  1. 1 Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 5 works
  2. 2 Tracheal and airway disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  3. 3 Pituitary Gland Disorders and Treatments Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 3 works
  4. 4 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  5. 5 Ultrasound in Clinical Applications Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 2 works
  6. 6 Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis Surgery 2 works
  8. 8 Head and Neck Surgical Oncology Surgery 2 works
  9. 9 Meningioma and schwannoma management Epidemiology 2 works
  10. 10 Heart Failure Treatment and Management Cardiology and Cardiovascular 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 available53.0%not open47.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.2%domestic only85.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Sarawak General Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 107% 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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