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Shifa International Hospital

In research, Shifa International Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#5,383 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#6,004 of 10,443 worldwide) and Surgery (#1,710 of 1,816 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#14,883
of 28,054 · #21,333 all time
Rank in Pakistan
#154
of 241
Research works
1.5k
▲ 110% vs 2013–17
Citations
7.8k
5.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
72%
world 28%

What is Shifa International 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
Health SciencesDomain #5,383 of 11,982 2.8%525 #6461
MedicineField #6,004 of 10,443 2.5%479 #6711
SurgerySubfield #1,710 of 1,816 2.2%88 #3710

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Shifa International 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).

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#6,461 #5,383
  2. Medicine#6,711 #6,004
  3. Surgery#3,710 #1,710
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.

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: 0.13× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.82× its world share, 28 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.27× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.96× its world share, 10 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.02× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.64× its world share, 8 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.90× its world share, 32 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.96× its world share, 479 worksMedicineNursing: 1.54× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.14× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.36× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.10× its world share, 21 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 11 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 Shifa International Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Saeed Akhter, Faisal Saud Dar and Arsalan Ahmad lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Shifa International Hospital.

  1. 1 Saeed Akhter Pakistan · #994,122 worldwide 11 citations · 18 works
  2. 2 Faisal Saud Dar Pakistan · #1,333,848 worldwide 13 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 Arsalan Ahmad Pakistan · #1,533,215 worldwide 10 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Shifa International Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Shifa International Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Management, Treatment, Quality of Life, Inflammation, Risk Factors and Guidelines.

▲ 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. Epidemiology87▲ 3.5×108 topics
  2. Inflammation34▲ 2.6×59 topics
  3. Diagnosis34▲ 5.8×35 topics
  4. Treatment34▲ 4.4×40 topics
  5. Management31▲ 6.2×28 topics
  6. Quality of Life31▲ 3.4×41 topics
  7. Risk Factors26▲ 3.8×25 topics
  8. Cardiovascular Disease25▲ 3.6×33 topics
  9. COVID-1921▲ 2.4×18 topics
  10. Guidelines20▲ 6.8×12 topics
  11. Metabolic Syndrome20▲ 3.9×21 topics
  12. Clinical Practice Guidelines18▲ 5.1×14 topics
  13. Surgical Management17▲ 6.7×20 topics
  14. Complications17▲ 5.4×15 topics
  15. Pandemic16▲ 2.4×8 topics
  16. Mortality16▲ 4.5×13 topics
  17. Depression15▲ 2.7×13 topics
  18. Global Burden14▲ 4.1×11 topics
  19. Clinical Trials13▲ 3.1×15 topics
  20. Prognostic Factors13▲ 4.7×14 topics
  21. Immunotherapy13▲ 2.9×16 topics
  22. Immune Response12▲ 3.5×15 topics
  23. Pathophysiology12▲ 6.6×8 topics
  24. Diabetes12▲ 3.8×16 topics
  25. Critical Care12▲ 8.0×8 topics
  26. Insulin Resistance11▲ 4.0×10 topics
  27. Genetic Mutations11▲ 4.0×19 topics
  28. Chronic Kidney Disease10▲ 6.9×8 topics
  29. Prognosis10▲ 4.9×9 topics
  30. Chronic Pain10▲ 7.2×5 topics
  31. SARS-CoV-210▲ 4.8×6 topics
  32. Surgical Treatment10▲ 7.9×6 topics
  33. Hepatocellular Carcinoma10▲ 7.4×3 topics
  34. Infection10▲ 6.3×7 topics
  35. Maternal Mortality10▲ 7.0×5 topics
  36. ACE2 Receptor10▲ 6.2×3 topics
  37. Clinical Outcomes10▲ 7.0×5 topics
  38. Thrombosis9▲ 5.3×7 topics
  39. Low Back Pain8▲ 7.8×3 topics
  40. Liver Transplantation8▲ 11×4 topics

Which research topics does Shifa International Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Liver Disease and Transplantation, Health and Well-being Studies, Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment and COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies.

Liver Disease and Transp…6Liver Disease and Transplantation: 6 fractional worksHealth and Well-being St…6Health and Well-being Studies: 6 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 5 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Resear…5COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 5 fractional worksOrgan Transplantation Te…5Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes: 5 fractional worksSepsis Diagnosis and Treatment: 5 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 5 fractional worksHemoglobinopathies and R…4Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders: 4 fractional worksGallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders: 4 fractional worksSpine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 4 fractional works
HepatologyClinical PsychologyEpidemiologyInfectious Diseases5 others

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

  1. 1 Liver Disease and Transplantation Hepatology 6 works
  2. 2 Health and Well-being Studies Clinical Psychology 6 works
  3. 3 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 5 works
  4. 4 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 5 works
  5. 5 Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes Surgery 5 works
  6. 6 Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 5 works
  7. 7 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 5 works
  8. 8 Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders Genetics 4 works
  9. 9 Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  10. 10 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 4 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 available72.1%not open27.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.1%domestic only80.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Shifa International Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 110% 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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