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Sina Hospital

In research, Sina Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#3,258 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#3,845 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#5,706 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Neurology and Surgery — Neurology is 7.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,643
of 28,054 · #15,081 all time
Rank in Iran
#191
of 301
Research works
1.9k
▲ 44% vs 2013–17
Citations
25k
13.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
57%
world 28%

What is Sina 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 #3,258 of 10,443 9.6%335 #4327
Health SciencesDomain #3,845 of 11,982 10.2%362 #5113
Life SciencesDomain #5,706 of 7,800 15.4%64 #8749
SurgerySubfield #1,434 of 1,816 10.4%68 #2652

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Sina 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. Medicine#4,327 #3,258
  2. Health Sciences#5,113 #3,845
  3. Life Sciences#8,749 #5,706
  4. Surgery#2,652 #1,434
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 Sina Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Neurology takes 7.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. NeurologySubfield · 20.1 works7.4×
  2. SurgerySubfield · 68.2 works6.2×
← 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: 0.15× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.40× its world share, 35 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.89× its world share, 9 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.78× its world share, 14 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.35× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.40× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.12× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.18× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.19× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.44× its world share, 6 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.24× its world share, 16 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.69× its world share, 335 worksMedicineNursing: 2.22× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.99× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.49× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.69× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Sina Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Treatment, Management, Surgical Management, Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Cancer.

▲ 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. Epidemiology64▲ 3.5×118 topics
  2. Inflammation28▲ 2.8×66 topics
  3. Treatment22▲ 3.9×44 topics
  4. Cancer19▲ 3.0×42 topics
  5. Quality of Life18▲ 2.6×47 topics
  6. Management17▲ 4.7×29 topics
  7. Risk Factors17▲ 3.3×29 topics
  8. Diagnosis17▲ 3.8×39 topics
  9. Oxidative Stress17▲ 2.2×42 topics
  10. Pandemic17▲ 3.3×8 topics
  11. Cardiovascular Disease14▲ 2.7×28 topics
  12. Metabolic Syndrome14▲ 3.6×20 topics
  13. Surgical Management14▲ 7.0×20 topics
  14. Neurological Disorders13▲ 5.0×18 topics
  15. Complications13▲ 5.4×16 topics
  16. COVID-1912▲ 1.93×19 topics
  17. Pathophysiology12▲ 8.8×10 topics
  18. SARS-CoV-212▲ 7.5×6 topics
  19. Chemotherapy12▲ 3.5×23 topics
  20. Immunotherapy12▲ 3.4×18 topics
  21. Mortality11▲ 4.2×13 topics
  22. Cognitive Impairment11▲ 9.3×8 topics
  23. Immune Response11▲ 4.2×18 topics
  24. ACE2 Receptor11▲ 9.4×3 topics
  25. Clinical Trials11▲ 3.4×15 topics
  26. Obesity11▲ 3.0×18 topics
  27. Surgery10▲ 6.1×10 topics
  28. Clinical Practice Guidelines10▲ 3.9×14 topics
  29. Vaccine9▲ 4.7×11 topics
  30. Thrombosis9▲ 6.8×6 topics
  31. Diagnostic Criteria9▲ 8.4×9 topics
  32. Neuroprotection9▲ 5.2×12 topics
  33. Diabetes8▲ 3.6×17 topics
  34. Rehabilitation8▲ 4.6×11 topics
  35. Immunity8▲ 4.2×9 topics
  36. Prognosis8▲ 5.2×9 topics
  37. Stroke7▲ 8.0×6 topics
  38. Clinical Characteristics6▲ 11×2 topics
  39. Antiviral Treatment6▲ 12×1 topic
  40. Cytokine Storm6▲ 12×1 topic

Which research topics does Sina Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies, Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research and Long-Term Effects of COVID-19.

COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 6 fractional worksMultiple Sclerosis Research Studies: 5 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 …4SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 4 fractional worksLong-Term Effects of COV…4Long-Term Effects of COVID-19: 4 fractional worksOrgan Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes: 3 fractional worksKidney Stones and Urolithiasis Treatments: 3 fractional worksCOVID-19 and healthcare …3COVID-19 and healthcare impacts: 3 fractional worksMigraine and Headache St…3Migraine and Headache Studies: 3 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and R…2Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional worksGlioma Diagnosis and Tre…2Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesPathology and Forensic MedicineNeurologySurgery4 others

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

  1. 1 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 6 works
  2. 2 Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies Pathology and Forensic Medicine 5 works
  3. 3 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 4 works
  4. 4 Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 Neurology 4 works
  5. 5 Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes Surgery 3 works
  6. 6 Kidney Stones and Urolithiasis Treatments Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  7. 7 COVID-19 and healthcare impacts Oncology 3 works
  8. 8 Migraine and Headache Studies Psychiatry and Mental health 3 works
  9. 9 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 2 works
  10. 10 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 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 available57.4%not open42.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.9%domestic only77.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Sina Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 44% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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