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Ziauddin Hospital

In research, Ziauddin Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#9,170 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#9,898 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 7.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#23,767
of 28,054 · #38,051 all time
Rank in Pakistan
#220
of 241
Research works
444
▲ 64% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.8k
4.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
1.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
84%
world 28%

What is Ziauddin 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 #9,170 of 11,982 1.7%153 #16923
MedicineField #9,898 of 10,443 1.6%138 #15797

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

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 7.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 30.6 works7.3×
← 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: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.84× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.93× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.05× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 4.24× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.69× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.03× its world share, 138 worksMedicineNursing: 2.65× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.29× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.79× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Ziauddin Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Complications, Management, Surgical Management, Diagnosis, Inflammation, SARS-CoV-2 and Treatment.

▲ 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. Epidemiology27▲ 3.8×81 topics
  2. Inflammation10▲ 2.6×36 topics
  3. Management8▲ 5.8×22 topics
  4. Complications8▲ 8.7×12 topics
  5. Diagnosis8▲ 4.7×25 topics
  6. Treatment7▲ 3.4×21 topics
  7. Metabolic Syndrome6▲ 4.3×17 topics
  8. Surgical Management6▲ 8.5×15 topics
  9. Risk Factors6▲ 3.1×20 topics
  10. Quality of Life6▲ 2.3×27 topics
  11. SARS-CoV-25▲ 9.1×6 topics
  12. COVID-195▲ 2.1×15 topics
  13. Clinical Practice Guidelines5▲ 5.3×12 topics
  14. Mortality5▲ 5.1×10 topics
  15. Pandemic5▲ 2.7×7 topics
  16. Cardiovascular Disease5▲ 2.5×23 topics
  17. Immune Response5▲ 4.9×9 topics
  18. Maternal Mortality4▲ 11×5 topics
  19. Chemotherapy4▲ 3.5×12 topics
  20. Global Burden4▲ 4.5×10 topics
  21. Prognostic Factors4▲ 5.2×13 topics
  22. Hepatocellular Carcinoma4▲ 11×3 topics
  23. Insulin Resistance4▲ 4.9×8 topics
  24. Guidelines4▲ 4.7×9 topics
  25. Radiotherapy4▲ 5.7×10 topics
  26. Clinical Trials4▲ 3.2×10 topics
  27. Pathophysiology4▲ 7.1×6 topics
  28. Prenatal Diagnosis4▲ 14×5 topics
  29. Surgery4▲ 5.9×7 topics
  30. Diabetes4▲ 4.0×12 topics
  31. Rehabilitation3▲ 4.6×6 topics
  32. ACE2 Receptor3▲ 7.4×2 topics
  33. Critical Care3▲ 7.8×8 topics
  34. Chronic Pain3▲ 7.8×5 topics
  35. Clinical Guidelines3▲ 5.8×6 topics
  36. Thrombosis3▲ 6.0×5 topics
  37. Endothelial Dysfunction3▲ 6.8×6 topics
  38. Postoperative Complications3▲ 12×3 topics
  39. Robotic Surgery3▲ 10×5 topics
  40. Clinical Characteristics2▲ 11×2 topics

Which research topics does Ziauddin Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies, Maternal and fetal healthcare, Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment and Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions.

COVID-19 Clinical Resear…2COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 2 fractional worksMaternal and fetal healt…2Maternal and fetal healthcare: 2 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis …2Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksMaternal and Perinatal H…2Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions: 2 fractional worksLiver Disease and Transplantation: 1 fractional worksOral and Maxillofacial Pathology: 1 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and …1Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 1 fractional worksPancreatitis Pathology and Treatment: 1 fractional worksOrthopaedic implants and arthroplasty: 1 fractional worksProstate Cancer Diagnosi…1Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 1 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthEpidemiologyObstetrics and Gynecology5 others

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

  1. 1 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 2 works
  2. 2 Maternal and fetal healthcare Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 2 works
  3. 3 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 2 works
  4. 4 Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions Obstetrics and Gynecology 2 works
  5. 5 Liver Disease and Transplantation Hepatology 1 works
  6. 6 Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology Oral Surgery 1 works
  7. 7 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  8. 8 Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment Surgery 1 works
  9. 9 Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty Surgery 1 works
  10. 10 Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 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 available83.5%not open16.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.0%domestic only84.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Ziauddin Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 64% 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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