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Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College

In research, Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College stands highest in Surgery (#1,380 of 1,532 worldwide), Medicine (#8,193 of 8,541 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#9,602 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health (Obstetrics and Gynecology is 11.7× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#16,461
of 22,385 · #33,331 all time
Rank in Bangladesh
#104
of 127
Research works
1.4k
▲ 63% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.5k
2.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.55×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
90%
world 40%
International
26%
world 18%
Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College

What is Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
SurgerySubfield #1,380 of 1,532 0.4%68 #3078
MedicineField #8,193 of 8,541 1.3%426 #14110
Health SciencesDomain #9,602 of 9,902 1.3%467 #16298

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Surgery#3,078 #1,380
  2. Medicine#14,110 #8,193
  3. Health Sciences#16,298 #9,602
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College work in?

In 2022-now, 80% of research at Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College is in Health Sciences, 9% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (73%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (4%), Health Professions (4%). It does 3.4× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 536 fractional works · 80.1% of its workMedicine: 489 fractional works · 73.1% of its workSurgery: 77 fractional works · 11.5% of its workEpidemiology: 47 fractional works · 7.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 34 fractional works · 5.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 29 fractional works · 4.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 28 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 27 fractional works · 4.1% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 22 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 22 fractional works · 3.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 20 fractional works · 3.0% of its workOncology: 18 fractional works · 2.6% of its workRheumatology: 12 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 11 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPhysiology: 11 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 10 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNeurology: 9 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 9 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHematology: 8 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 8 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHepatology: 7 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 7 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNephrology: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workUrology: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDermatology: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workReproductive Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOphthalmology: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRehabilitation: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGastroenterology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Informatics: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 25 fractional works · 3.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 13 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth Information Management: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacy: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 11 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 10 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 10 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPeriodontics: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOral Surgery: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 61 fractional works · 9.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 28 fractional works · 4.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 9 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGenetics: 8 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCancer Research: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMolecular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 12 fractional works · 1.8% of its workImmunology: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 11 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPlant Science: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 8 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 48 fractional works · 7.1% of its workPsychology: 18 fractional works · 2.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 12 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 17 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEducation: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 24 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 7 fractional works · 1.1% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 7 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workModeling and Simulation: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKShaheedSuhrawardy…669fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences80%Social Sciences7%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine48973.1%
    2. Health Professions253.8%
    3. Nursing111.6%
    4. Dentistry101.4%
    5. Veterinary10.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology284.1%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology121.8%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences111.7%
    4. Neuroscience81.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.3%
    1. Psychology182.6%
    2. Social Sciences172.5%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance61.0%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting30.5%
    5. Arts and Humanities30.4%
    6. Decision Sciences10.1%
    1. Environmental Science71.1%
    2. Engineering71.1%
    3. Computer Science40.6%
    4. Mathematics20.3%
    5. Materials Science20.3%
    6. Chemistry10.2%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Obstetrics and Gynecology takes 11.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Obstetrics and GynecologySubfield · 22.4 works12×
  2. Endocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismSubfield · 22.2 works6.1×
  3. Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSubfield · 27.2 works5.4×
← 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: 0.35× its world share, 11 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.77× its world share, 28 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.82× its world share, 12 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.74× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.95× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.07× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.21× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.98× its world share, 10 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.42× its world share, 25 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.80× its world share, 489 worksMedicineNursing: 3.29× its world share, 11 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.30× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.14× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.14× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.44× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.86× its world share, 18 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 17 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.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.80×489 works
  2. Nursing3.29×11 works
  3. Dentistry2.98×10 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology1.82×12 works
  5. Health Professions1.42×25 works
  6. Veterinary1.30×1 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.95×2 works
  8. Psychology0.86×18 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.77×28 works
  10. Neuroscience0.74×8 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.44×6 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.35×11 works
  13. Mathematics0.29×2 works
  14. Environmental Science0.21×7 works
  15. Social Sciences0.20×17 works
  16. Arts and Humanities0.14×3 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.14×3 works
  18. Decision Sciences0.14×1 works
  19. Chemical Engineering0.11×0 works
  20. Chemistry0.11×1 works
  21. Materials Science0.09×2 works
  22. Computer Science0.08×4 works
  23. Engineering0.07×7 works
  24. Physics and Astronomy0.03×0 works
  25. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College?

Ranked on the quality score, Farhad Uddin Ahmed, Ridwanur Rahman and Umme Raihan Siddiqi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College.

  1. 1 Farhad Uddin Ahmed Bangladesh · #1,468,844 worldwide 560 citations · 61 works
  2. 2 Ridwanur Rahman Bangladesh · #1,507,171 worldwide 1.4k citations · 39 works
  3. 3 Umme Raihan Siddiqi Bangladesh · #1,695,902 worldwide 553 citations · 25 works
  4. 4 Md. Mustafizur Rahman Bangladesh · #2,345,273 worldwide 389 citations · 32 works
  5. 5 Jannatul Ferdous Bangladesh · #2,500,943 worldwide 250 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 Dilip Kumar Ghosh Bangladesh · #3,448,157 worldwide 667 citations · 77 works
  7. 7 Md Asaduzzaman Bangladesh · #4,281,057 worldwide 231 citations · 36 works
  8. 8 Farhana Dewan Bangladesh · #4,762,376 worldwide 134 citations · 47 works
  9. 9 Md Golam Mowla Bangladesh · #5,071,321 worldwide 98 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 PK Saha Bangladesh · #5,144,950 worldwide 184 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College

What are the most cited papers from Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College?

The most cited paper from Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College is "Spread of Artemisinin Resistance in Plasmodium falciparum Malaria" (Elizabeth A. Ashley et al., 2014), with 2,295 citations. Next come "Envisioning planetary health in every medical curriculum: An international medical student organization’s perspective" (239) and "Strategies to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections: A Narrative Overview" (228).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Spread of Artemisinin Resistance in Plasmodium falciparum Malaria Elizabeth A. Ashley et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 30 Jul 2014 2,295
2 Envisioning planetary health in every medical curriculum: An international medical student organization’s perspective Omnia El Omrani, Alaa Dafallah, Blanca Paniello-Castillo et al. · Medical Teacher Open access 6 Aug 2020 239
3 Strategies to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections: A Narrative Overview Mainul Haque, Judy McKimm, Massimo Sartelli et al. · Risk Management and Healthcare Policy Open access Sep 2020 228
4 Pre-referral rectal artesunate to prevent death and disability in severe malaria: a placebo-controlled trial MF Gomes et al. · The Lancet Open access 7 Dec 2008 227
5 Annual Incidence of Snake Bite in Rural Bangladesh Ridwanur Rahman, Maryam Faiz, Shahjada Selim et al. · PLoS neglected tropical diseases Open access 26 Oct 2010 203
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Cardiovascular Disease, Treatment, Global Burden, Inflammation, Diagnosis, Metabolic Syndrome and Maternal Mortality.

▲ 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-now 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. Epidemiology122▲ 4.6×115 topics
  2. Inflammation38▲ 2.7×61 topics
  3. Cardiovascular Disease36▲ 4.7×31 topics
  4. Treatment32▲ 4.0×45 topics
  5. Diagnosis28▲ 4.5×39 topics
  6. Quality of Life28▲ 2.9×38 topics
  7. Metabolic Syndrome27▲ 5.0×20 topics
  8. Risk Factors26▲ 3.5×32 topics
  9. COVID-1925▲ 2.9×21 topics
  10. Global Burden25▲ 6.7×12 topics
  11. Public Health23▲ 2.4×33 topics
  12. Pandemic23▲ 3.4×9 topics
  13. Oxidative Stress22▲ 2.0×40 topics
  14. Management22▲ 4.2×28 topics
  15. Guidelines21▲ 6.5×12 topics
  16. Maternal Mortality21▲ 14×5 topics
  17. Mortality20▲ 5.3×13 topics
  18. Complications19▲ 5.7×16 topics
  19. Cancer18▲ 1.98×34 topics
  20. Chemotherapy16▲ 3.3×22 topics
  21. Immune Response15▲ 4.0×20 topics
  22. Insulin Resistance15▲ 4.9×9 topics
  23. Pathophysiology15▲ 7.5×10 topics
  24. Surgical Management15▲ 5.3×19 topics
  25. Chronic Pain14▲ 9.8×5 topics
  26. SARS-CoV-213▲ 6.6×6 topics
  27. Vaccine13▲ 4.9×10 topics
  28. Diabetes13▲ 3.8×17 topics
  29. Surgery13▲ 5.4×11 topics
  30. Prevention12▲ 4.2×15 topics
  31. Pain Management12▲ 7.5×8 topics
  32. Antibiotic Resistance12▲ 4.3×11 topics
  33. Endothelial Dysfunction11▲ 7.1×6 topics
  34. Pregnancy11▲ 7.8×9 topics
  35. Thrombosis10▲ 5.6×7 topics
  36. ACE2 Receptor10▲ 6.8×3 topics
  37. Cardiovascular Health10▲ 7.8×4 topics
  38. Prenatal Diagnosis10▲ 10×7 topics
  39. Human Papillomavirus10▲ 12×3 topics
  40. Preeclampsia9▲ 17×2 topics

Which research topics does Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies, COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies, Cervical Cancer and HPV Research and Anesthesia and Pain Management.

Pregnancy and preeclamps…8Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies: 8 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Resear…6COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 6 fractional worksCervical Cancer and HPV Research: 6 fractional worksAnesthesia and Pain Management: 6 fractional worksMosquito-borne diseases and control: 6 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 5 fractional worksMaternal and fetal healthcare: 5 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and …5Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 5 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 5 fractional worksThyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 5 fractional works
Obstetrics and GynecologyInfectious DiseasesEpidemiologySurgery4 others

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

  1. 1 Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies Obstetrics and Gynecology 8 works
  2. 2 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 6 works
  3. 3 Cervical Cancer and HPV Research Epidemiology 6 works
  4. 4 Anesthesia and Pain Management Surgery 6 works
  5. 5 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 6 works
  6. 6 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 5 works
  7. 7 Maternal and fetal healthcare Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 5 works
  8. 8 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 5 works
  9. 9 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 5 works
  10. 10 Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 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 available89.5%not open10.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.3%domestic only73.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 63% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting200020052010201520202025
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0026% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College0.0024% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College2.1% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 3.2% in 2012.

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