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Ziauddin Hospital

In research, Ziauddin Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#6,745 of 8,541 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#8,029 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery (Surgery is 7.1× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#18,788
of 22,385 · #32,610 all time
Rank in Pakistan
#210
of 231
Research works
444
▲ 56% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.8k
4.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.79×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
84%
world 40%
International
16%
world 18%
Ziauddin Hospital

What is Ziauddin 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 #6,745 of 8,541 0.8%138 #13074
Health SciencesDomain #8,029 of 9,902 1.0%153 #15410

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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Ziauddin Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 85% of research at Ziauddin Hospital is in Health Sciences, 7% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (77%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (5%), Health Professions (5%). It does 3.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 168 fractional works · 85.0% of its workMedicine: 151 fractional works · 76.8% of its workSurgery: 33 fractional works · 16.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 16 fractional works · 8.0% of its workEpidemiology: 11 fractional works · 5.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 7 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 7 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 6 fractional works · 3.0% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 6 fractional works · 2.9% of its workOncology: 6 fractional works · 2.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 5 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPhysiology: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workRheumatology: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHepatology: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workUrology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 9 fractional works · 4.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDentistry: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOral Surgery: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPeriodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 14 fractional works · 7.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 10 fractional works · 5.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 10 fractional works · 5.0% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 2.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 5 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKZiauddin Hospital197fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences3%Health Sciences85%Social Sciences5%

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. Medicine15176.8%
    2. Health Professions94.5%
    3. Dentistry41.9%
    4. Nursing31.5%
    5. Veterinary10.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology105.2%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology21.0%
    3. Neuroscience10.6%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.4%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.1%
    1. Psychology52.3%
    2. Social Sciences41.8%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.4%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting10.4%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.1%
    6. Decision Sciences00.0%
    1. Engineering20.9%
    2. Physics and Astronomy10.6%
    3. Environmental Science10.4%
    4. Computer Science10.4%
    5. Mathematics00.1%
    6. Chemistry00.1%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.0%
    8. Materials Science00.0%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Ziauddin Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 7.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 32.9 works7.1×
← 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: 0.97× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.99× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.15× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.05× 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: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 4.02× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.71× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.00× its world share, 151 worksMedicineNursing: 3.01× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.08× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.77× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.14× 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, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Dentistry4.02×4 works
  2. Medicine4.00×151 works
  3. Nursing3.01×3 works
  4. Veterinary2.08×1 works
  5. Health Professions1.71×9 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.15×1 works
  7. Immunology and Microbiology0.99×2 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.97×10 works
  9. Psychology0.77×5 works
  10. Neuroscience0.35×1 works
  11. Physics and Astronomy0.26×1 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.17×1 works
  13. Social Sciences0.14×4 works
  14. Mathematics0.12×0 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.11×1 works
  16. Environmental Science0.09×1 works
  17. Chemical Engineering0.08×0 works
  18. Chemistry0.08×0 works
  19. Engineering0.06×2 works
  20. Computer Science0.05×1 works
  21. Decision Sciences0.04×0 works
  22. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.03×0 works
  23. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.02×0 works
  24. Arts and Humanities0.02×0 works
  25. Materials Science0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Ziauddin Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Hiba Siddiqui, Ramsha Zaheer and Minaam Abbas lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ziauddin Hospital.

  1. 1 Hiba Siddiqui Pakistan · #2,837,644 worldwide 83 citations · 20 works
  2. 2 Ramsha Zaheer Pakistan · #3,021,124 worldwide 270 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Minaam Abbas Pakistan · #3,343,535 worldwide 405 citations · 22 works
  4. 4 Maria C. Hassan Pakistan · #3,438,337 worldwide 654 citations · 34 works
  5. 5 Muhammad Ali Pakistan · #3,952,909 worldwide 206 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Ayesha Akhtar Pakistan · #4,311,529 worldwide 83 citations · 23 works
  7. 7 Muhammad Ali Qadeer Pakistan · #4,318,680 worldwide 51 citations · 14 works
  8. 8 Jamil Muqtadir Pakistan · #4,647,621 worldwide 8 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Sumbal Nasir Mahmood Pakistan · #4,734,882 worldwide 101 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Mehreen Siyal Pakistan · #4,736,622 worldwide 41 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Ziauddin Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Ziauddin Hospital?

The most cited paper from Ziauddin Hospital is "Comprehensive molecular profiling of lung adenocarcinoma" (Eric A. Collisson et al., 2014), with 5,968 citations. Next come "Prevalence, Psychological Responses and Associated Correlates of Depression, Anxiety and Stress in a Global Population, During the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Pandemic" (573) and "Bone age assessment methods: A critical review" (182).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Comprehensive molecular profiling of lung adenocarcinoma Eric A. Collisson et al. · Nature Open access310 authors 8 Jul 2014 5,968
2 Prevalence, Psychological Responses and Associated Correlates of Depression, Anxiety and Stress in a Global Population, During the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Pandemic Syed Mustafa Ali Shah, Danish Mohammad, Muhammad Fazal Hussain Qureshi et al. · Community Mental Health Journal Open access 27 Oct 2020 573
3 Bone age assessment methods: A critical review Arsalan Manzoor Mughal, Nuzhat Hassan, Anwar Ahmed · Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences Open access 18 Nov 2013 182
4 The Asian Pacific association for the study of the liver clinical practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease Mohammed Eslam et al. · Hepatology International Open access 27 Feb 2025 165
5 Adjusted estimate of the prevalence of hepatitis delta virus in 25 countries and territories Devin Razavi‐Shearer et al. · Journal of Hepatology Open access142 authors 27 Nov 2023 108
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Ziauddin Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Complications, Management, Surgical Management, Diagnosis, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Inflammation and Radiotherapy.

▲ 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. Epidemiology29▲ 3.7×89 topics
  2. Inflammation10▲ 2.5×40 topics
  3. Management9▲ 5.7×23 topics
  4. Complications8▲ 8.6×14 topics
  5. Diagnosis8▲ 4.5×27 topics
  6. Treatment8▲ 3.4×23 topics
  7. Clinical Practice Guidelines7▲ 6.4×12 topics
  8. Quality of Life7▲ 2.5×28 topics
  9. Metabolic Syndrome7▲ 4.2×18 topics
  10. Oxidative Stress7▲ 2.0×24 topics
  11. Risk Factors7▲ 3.1×21 topics
  12. Surgical Management7▲ 8.2×15 topics
  13. Chemotherapy6▲ 4.4×15 topics
  14. Mortality6▲ 5.3×10 topics
  15. Radiotherapy6▲ 7.6×11 topics
  16. Pandemic6▲ 2.9×7 topics
  17. COVID-196▲ 2.2×15 topics
  18. Cardiovascular Disease6▲ 2.5×24 topics
  19. SARS-CoV-26▲ 9.2×6 topics
  20. Immune Response5▲ 4.7×11 topics
  21. Global Burden5▲ 4.4×10 topics
  22. Maternal Mortality4▲ 10×5 topics
  23. Prognostic Factors4▲ 5.2×13 topics
  24. Guidelines4▲ 4.6×10 topics
  25. Insulin Resistance4▲ 4.8×8 topics
  26. Hepatocellular Carcinoma4▲ 11×3 topics
  27. Clinical Trials4▲ 3.1×11 topics
  28. Pathophysiology4▲ 6.9×6 topics
  29. Surgery4▲ 5.9×7 topics
  30. Prenatal Diagnosis4▲ 13×6 topics
  31. Rehabilitation4▲ 5.0×7 topics
  32. Diabetes4▲ 3.8×12 topics
  33. Critical Care4▲ 7.6×8 topics
  34. ACE2 Receptor3▲ 7.7×2 topics
  35. Chronic Pain3▲ 7.8×5 topics
  36. Thrombosis3▲ 5.9×5 topics
  37. Clinical Characteristics3▲ 12×2 topics
  38. Pregnancy3▲ 7.0×8 topics
  39. Postoperative Complications3▲ 11×3 topics
  40. Robotic Surgery3▲ 9.3×5 topics

Which research topics does Ziauddin Hospital publish most on?

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

COVID-19 Clinical Resear…2COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 2 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis …2Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksMaternal and fetal healt…2Maternal and fetal healthcare: 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 worksBreast Cancer Treatment Studies: 1 fractional worksHernia repair and manage…1Hernia repair and management: 1 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesEpidemiologyPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthObstetrics 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 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 2 works
  3. 3 Maternal and fetal healthcare Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 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 Breast Cancer Treatment Studies Cancer Research 1 works
  10. 10 Hernia repair and management Surgery 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Ziauddin Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 56% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 Ziauddin Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00088% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Ziauddin Hospital0.00098% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Ziauddin 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 2025Ziauddin Hospital1.1% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 3.9% in 2019.

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