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Shalamar Hospital

In research, Shalamar Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#6,642 of 8,541 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#8,067 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine (Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 5.7× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#14,383
of 22,385 · #29,495 all time
Rank in Pakistan
#159
of 231
Research works
616
▲ 90% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.5k
2.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.71×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
81%
world 40%
International
23%
world 18%
Shalamar Hospital

What is Shalamar Hospital 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
MedicineField #6,642 of 8,541 2.7%232 #12842
Health SciencesDomain #8,067 of 9,902 2.7%253 #15177

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

Which fields of science does Shalamar Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 76% of research at Shalamar Hospital is in Health Sciences, 11% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (70%), Psychology (5%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (5%). It does 3.2× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 280 fractional works · 75.8% of its workMedicine: 257 fractional works · 69.7% of its workSurgery: 30 fractional works · 8.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 22 fractional works · 5.9% of its workEpidemiology: 21 fractional works · 5.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 20 fractional works · 5.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 16 fractional works · 4.2% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 12 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 11 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 11 fractional works · 3.1% of its workOncology: 10 fractional works · 2.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 9 fractional works · 2.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 9 fractional works · 2.4% of its workRheumatology: 9 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 9 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPhysiology: 8 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEmergency Medicine: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNeurology: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPharmacology: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHematology: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHepatology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOphthalmology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workReproductive Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workUrology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Informatics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFamily Practice: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 17 fractional works · 4.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 8 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOccupational Therapy: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Dentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 41 fractional works · 11.2% of its workPsychology: 19 fractional works · 5.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 14 fractional works · 3.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 12 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEducation: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 34 fractional works · 9.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 18 fractional works · 4.9% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMolecular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 7 fractional works · 2.0% of its workImmunology: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 14 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKShalamar Hospital369fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences76%Social Sciences11%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine25769.7%
    2. Health Professions174.5%
    3. Nursing41.0%
    4. Dentistry20.6%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Psychology195.2%
    2. Social Sciences123.2%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance51.4%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting30.7%
    5. Arts and Humanities20.6%
    6. Decision Sciences10.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology184.9%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology72.0%
    3. Neuroscience41.1%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences41.0%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.2%
    1. Engineering51.3%
    2. Computer Science41.2%
    3. Environmental Science30.7%
    4. Mathematics10.3%
    5. Materials Science10.2%
    6. Chemistry00.1%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.0%
    8. Energy00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Shalamar Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 5.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 21.9 works5.7×
← 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, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.91× its world share, 18 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.00× its world share, 7 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.69× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.59× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.15× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.15× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.20× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.70× its world share, 16 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.62× its world share, 257 worksMedicineNursing: 2.02× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.22× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.65× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.70× its world share, 19 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 12 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.62×257 works
  2. Nursing2.02×4 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology2.00×7 works
  4. Health Professions1.70×16 works
  5. Psychology1.70×19 works
  6. Dentistry1.20×2 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.91×18 works
  8. Neuroscience0.69×4 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.65×5 works
  10. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.59×1 works
  11. Mathematics0.25×1 works
  12. Social Sciences0.25×12 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.22×3 works
  14. Decision Sciences0.22×1 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.21×4 works
  16. Arts and Humanities0.20×2 works
  17. Veterinary0.17×0 works
  18. Computer Science0.15×4 works
  19. Environmental Science0.15×3 works
  20. Engineering0.09×5 works
  21. Chemistry0.06×0 works
  22. Materials Science0.06×1 works
  23. Energy0.02×0 works
  24. Physics and Astronomy0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Shalamar Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Ghulam Farid, Farkhanda Ghafoor and Aman Ullah lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Shalamar Hospital.

  1. 1 Ghulam Farid Pakistan · #825,113 worldwide 567 citations · 36 works
  2. 2 Farkhanda Ghafoor Pakistan · #1,968,887 worldwide 1.3k citations · 41 works
  3. 3 Aman Ullah Pakistan · #2,512,094 worldwide 247 citations · 37 works
  4. 4 Tahseen Haider Kazmi Pakistan · #3,183,514 worldwide 3.2k citations · 48 works
  5. 5 Muhammad Zahid Bashir Pakistan · #3,279,958 worldwide 215 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Muhammad Hassan Hafeez Pakistan · #3,372,415 worldwide 241 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 Bilal Bin Younis Pakistan · #3,727,613 worldwide 212 citations · 20 works
  8. 8 Muhammad Muneeb Pakistan · #3,817,317 worldwide 208 citations · 27 works
  9. 9 Unsa Athar Pakistan · #3,861,805 worldwide 71 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Faizan Ahmed Pakistan · #3,876,252 worldwide 8 citations · 29 works
All ranked researchers at Shalamar Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Shalamar Hospital?

The most cited paper from Shalamar Hospital is "Current challenges and potential solutions to the use of digital health technologies in evidence generation: a narrative review" (Hassan Mumtaz, Muhammad Hamza Riaz, Hanan Wajid et al., 2023), with 306 citations. Next come "Sustainable development challenges in libraries: A systematic literature review (2000–2020)" (120) and "Amphotericin B Loaded Polymeric Nanoparticles for Treatment of Leishmania Infections" (108).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Current challenges and potential solutions to the use of digital health technologies in evidence generation: a narrative review Hassan Mumtaz, Muhammad Hamza Riaz, Hanan Wajid et al. · Frontiers in Digital Health ReviewOpen access 28 Sep 2023 306
2 Sustainable development challenges in libraries: A systematic literature review (2000–2020) Ayesha Khalid, Ghulam Farid, Khalid M. Mahmood · The Journal of Academic Librarianship Review 13 Mar 2021 120
3 Amphotericin B Loaded Polymeric Nanoparticles for Treatment of Leishmania Infections Mudassara Saqib, Abdul Shabbir Ali Bhatti, Nasir Mehmood Ahmad et al. · Nanomaterials Open access 12 Jun 2020 108
4 Digital information security management policy in academic libraries: A systematic review (2010–2022) Ghulam Farid, Nosheen Fatima Warraich, Sadaf Iftikhar · Journal of Information Science ReviewOpen access 5 Apr 2023 101
5 2024 Recommendations for Validation of Noninvasive Arterial Pulse Wave Velocity Measurement Devices Bart Spronck et al. · Hypertension Open access 17 Nov 2023 95
All 62 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Shalamar Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Cardiovascular Disease, Treatment, Depression, Risk Factors, Quality of Life, Inflammation and Metabolic Syndrome.

▲ 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. Epidemiology56▲ 3.8×96 topics
  2. Inflammation20▲ 2.6×49 topics
  3. Cardiovascular Disease20▲ 4.8×30 topics
  4. Treatment20▲ 4.4×40 topics
  5. Quality of Life18▲ 3.4×31 topics
  6. Risk Factors17▲ 4.3×31 topics
  7. Depression16▲ 5.0×15 topics
  8. Mental Health15▲ 2.9×21 topics
  9. COVID-1914▲ 3.0×16 topics
  10. Metabolic Syndrome14▲ 4.7×16 topics
  11. Diagnosis13▲ 3.9×31 topics
  12. Global Burden12▲ 6.0×12 topics
  13. Guidelines12▲ 6.6×12 topics
  14. Obesity11▲ 3.8×17 topics
  15. Maternal Mortality10▲ 12×5 topics
  16. Pandemic10▲ 2.7×8 topics
  17. Complications9▲ 4.9×16 topics
  18. Anxiety9▲ 5.0×7 topics
  19. Mortality9▲ 4.2×13 topics
  20. Management9▲ 2.9×18 topics
  21. Chemotherapy8▲ 3.2×20 topics
  22. Clinical Trials8▲ 3.5×16 topics
  23. Insulin Resistance8▲ 4.9×9 topics
  24. Meta-Analysis8▲ 3.7×12 topics
  25. Clinical Practice Guidelines8▲ 3.7×13 topics
  26. Heart Failure8▲ 4.6×13 topics
  27. Elderly7▲ 8.3×5 topics
  28. Low Back Pain7▲ 12×3 topics
  29. Prevention7▲ 4.5×12 topics
  30. Pregnancy7▲ 8.6×9 topics
  31. Self-Efficacy7▲ 7.0×4 topics
  32. Stress7▲ 5.0×6 topics
  33. Chronic Pain6▲ 8.0×4 topics
  34. Cardiovascular Risk6▲ 5.4×7 topics
  35. Surgical Treatment6▲ 8.8×5 topics
  36. Cardiovascular Health6▲ 8.3×6 topics
  37. Myocardial Infarction6▲ 6.6×7 topics
  38. Nursing6▲ 8.1×2 topics
  39. Educational Achievement6▲ 26×1 topic
  40. Job Stress6▲ 26×1 topic

Which research topics does Shalamar Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Health and Well-being Studies, COVID-19 and Mental Health, Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment and Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation.

Health and Well-being St…6Health and Well-being Studies: 6 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health4COVID-19 and Mental Health: 4 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 4 fractional worksMusculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation: 4 fractional worksPregnancy and preeclampsia studies: 3 fractional worksUrinary Tract Infections Management: 3 fractional worksInnovations in Medical Education: 3 fractional worksUterine Myomas and Treat…3Uterine Myomas and Treatments: 3 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 3 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 2 fractional works
Clinical PsychologyEpidemiologyPharmacologyObstetrics and Gynecology3 others

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

  1. 1 Health and Well-being Studies Clinical Psychology 6 works
  2. 2 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 4 works
  3. 3 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 4 works
  4. 4 Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation Pharmacology 4 works
  5. 5 Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies Obstetrics and Gynecology 3 works
  6. 6 Urinary Tract Infections Management Epidemiology 3 works
  7. 7 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  8. 8 Uterine Myomas and Treatments Obstetrics and Gynecology 3 works
  9. 9 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  10. 10 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 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 available80.9%not open19.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.6%domestic only77.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Shalamar Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 90% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting200020052010201520202025
grewheldshrank

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 Shalamar Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0012% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Shalamar Hospital0.0017% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of Shalamar Hospital 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 2025Shalamar Hospital3.8% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 5.2% in 2018.

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