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Research in Dammam

Science Explorer records 5 research institutions in Dammam, Saudi Arabia. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam Central Hospital and Maternity and Children's Hospital.

Research institutions
5
4 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
13k
▲ 23% vs 2018-21
Citations
165k
13.1 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
20.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1952-2026
75 years on the record
Dammam

A city carries no overall standing here. The quality score is built for institutions and countries, the units its floors and field normalisation were designed around. An empty rank on this page is a statement about the measure, not about the place.

Which research institutions are in Dammam?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal UniversityUniversity 9,060 #2,654
2King Fahad Specialist HospitalHospital / health system 1,298 #17,643
3Maternity and Children's HospitalHospital / health system 1,167 #13,915
4Dammam Central HospitalHospital / health system 872 #10,945
5Saud Al-babtain Cardiac CentreHospital / health system 187 #33,770 all time

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022-now. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.

How concentrated the city is

The same institutions as shares of everything the list accounts for. A city that is one university and a city that is twelve read alike as a table and not at all alike here.

Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University: 72.0%King Fahad Specialist Hospital: 10.3%Maternity and Children's Hospital: 9.3%Dammam Central Hospital: 6.9%1 other listed: 1.5%72%largest
Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University9,060 · 72.0%King Fahad Specialist Hospital1,298 · 10.3%Maternity and Children's Hospital1,167 · 9.3%Dammam Central Hospital872 · 6.9%1 other listed187 · 1.5%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which fields of science does Dammam work in?

In 2022-now, 46% of research in Dammam is in Health Sciences, 29% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (36%), Engineering (8%), Social Sciences (7%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 2,572 fractional works · 45.6% of its workMedicine: 2,036 fractional works · 36.1% of its workSurgery: 280 fractional works · 5.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 142 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEpidemiology: 141 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 138 fractional works · 2.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 85 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 83 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPhysiology: 77 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 76 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOncology: 72 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNeurology: 69 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 68 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 65 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 61 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRheumatology: 61 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 59 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPharmacology: 44 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHematology: 41 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medicine: 41 fractional works · 0.7% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 38 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDermatology: 37 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 37 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 33 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOphthalmology: 29 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 23 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrology: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workFamily Practice: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 29 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 262 fractional works · 4.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 114 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 39 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Information Management: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacy: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 36 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDentistry: 225 fractional works · 4.0% of its workOrthodontics: 79 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOral Surgery: 76 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPeriodontics: 44 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Dentistry: 26 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 44 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 28 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1,610 fractional works · 28.5% of its workEngineering: 459 fractional works · 8.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 109 fractional works · 1.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 90 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 54 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 47 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 30 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 39 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science: 397 fractional works · 7.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 144 fractional works · 2.5% of its workInformation Systems: 95 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 55 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 34 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 300 fractional works · 5.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 193 fractional works · 3.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 45 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomaterials: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCeramics and Composites: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 167 fractional works · 3.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 30 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 26 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 80 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 47 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 79 fractional works · 1.4% of its workApplied Mathematics: 27 fractional works · 0.5% of its workModeling and Simulation: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 33 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnergy: 52 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 51 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 48 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 30 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 880 fractional works · 15.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 403 fractional works · 7.1% of its workEducation: 148 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 120 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHealth: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 50 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychology: 195 fractional works · 3.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 87 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 43 fractional works · 0.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 28 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 27 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 107 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAccounting: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 23 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 66 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 50 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFinance: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 58 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArcheology: 23 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 35 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 50 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 580 fractional works · 10.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 283 fractional works · 5.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 131 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGenetics: 63 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCancer Research: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMolecular Medicine: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 27 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 103 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPlant Science: 52 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFood Science: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 26 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 89 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 39 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 71 fractional works · 1.3% of its workImmunology: 37 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 34 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKDammam5,643fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences29%Health Sciences46%Social Sciences16%

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 city does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Sciences2,57245.6%
    1. Medicine2,03636.1%
    2. Health Professions2624.6%
    3. Dentistry2254.0%
    4. Nursing440.8%
    5. Veterinary60.1%
    1. Engineering4598.1%
    2. Computer Science3977.0%
    3. Materials Science3005.3%
    4. Environmental Science1673.0%
    5. Chemistry801.4%
    6. Mathematics791.4%
    7. Energy520.9%
    8. Physics and Astronomy480.9%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences190.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering100.2%
    1. Social Sciences4037.1%
    2. Psychology1953.5%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting1071.9%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance661.2%
    5. Arts and Humanities581.0%
    6. Decision Sciences500.9%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2835.0%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1031.8%
    3. Neuroscience891.6%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology711.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics340.6%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Dammam strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Dammam is most concentrated in Orthodontics, General Dentistry and Dentistry (12.7× the world share in Orthodontics).

  1. OrthodonticsSubfield · 70.6 works13×
  2. General DentistrySubfield · 23.6 works11×
  3. DentistryField · 202.7 works8.4×
  4. Oral SurgerySubfield · 68.9 works7.2×
  5. PeriodonticsSubfield · 39.6 works5.9×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient against the world baseline. Inside a single field a city is a meaningful unit, which is why this is where a city is measured at all.

The whole field profile

All 26 fields at once: above the ring is more than a place this size would be expected to do. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.37× its world share, 88 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.93× its world share, 246 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.23× its world share, 61 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.97× its world share, 78 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.75× its world share, 30 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.52× its world share, 9 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.94× its world share, 73 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.91× its world share, 352 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 15 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.95× its world share, 43 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.55× its world share, 412 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.55× its world share, 136 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.58× its world share, 274 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.11× its world share, 65 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.40× its world share, 44 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 8.43× its world share, 203 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.78× its world share, 232 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.88× its world share, 1,794 worksMedicineNursing: 1.59× its world share, 39 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.75× its world share, 5 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.34× its world share, 48 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.59× its world share, 94 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.93× its world share, 45 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.55× its world share, 58 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.10× its world share, 167 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.55× its world share, 342 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 8.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Dentistry8.43×203 works
  2. Medicine1.88×1,794 works
  3. Health Professions1.78×232 works
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.75×30 works
  5. Nursing1.59×39 works
  6. Materials Science1.58×274 works
  7. Immunology and Microbiology1.23×61 works
  8. Mathematics1.11×65 works
  9. Psychology1.10×167 works
  10. Neuroscience0.97×78 works
  11. Energy0.95×43 works
  12. Chemistry0.94×73 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.93×246 works
  14. Decision Sciences0.93×45 works
  15. Computer Science0.91×352 works
  16. Veterinary0.75×5 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.59×94 works
  18. Engineering0.55×412 works
  19. Environmental Science0.55×136 works
  20. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.55×58 works
  21. Social Sciences0.55×342 works
  22. Chemical Engineering0.52×9 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.40×44 works
  24. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.37×88 works
  25. Arts and Humanities0.34×48 works
  26. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.20×15 works

Which keywords describe research in Dammam?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Quality of Life, Machine Learning, Inflammation, COVID-19, Risk Factors, Clinical Trials 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-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this city'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. Epidemiology461▲ 2.0×132 topics
  2. Machine Learning230▲ 1.23×81 topics
  3. Deep Learning189◆ 0.97×75 topics
  4. Inflammation184▲ 1.54×81 topics
  5. Quality of Life175▲ 2.1×53 topics
  6. COVID-19144▲ 1.96×26 topics
  7. Risk Factors129▲ 2.1×36 topics
  8. Treatment126▲ 1.84×51 topics
  9. Healthcare121▲ 1.87×21 topics
  10. Diagnosis113▲ 2.2×41 topics
  11. Oxidative Stress111▲ 1.20×61 topics
  12. Clinical Trials106▲ 2.8×18 topics
  13. Nanoparticles106▲ 1.50×39 topics
  14. Cardiovascular Disease104▲ 1.61×39 topics
  15. Public Health102▲ 1.24×55 topics
  16. Nanomaterials95▲ 1.61×19 topics
  17. Management93▲ 2.1×32 topics
  18. Depression92▲ 1.85×22 topics
  19. Pandemic88▲ 1.58×12 topics
  20. Mental Health88◆ 1.09×34 topics
  21. Global Burden82▲ 2.7×12 topics
  22. Prevention77▲ 3.2×16 topics
  23. Metabolic Syndrome75▲ 1.64×23 topics
  24. Complications71▲ 2.5×17 topics
  25. Genetics70▲ 1.75×22 topics
  26. Obesity68▲ 1.55×26 topics
  27. Anxiety67▲ 2.5×12 topics
  28. Diabetes60▲ 2.1×22 topics
  29. Smart Cities53▲ 3.5×7 topics
  30. Surgical Management52▲ 2.3×20 topics
  31. Dental Materials52▲ 17×1 topic
  32. Restorative Dentistry52▲ 17×1 topic
  33. SARS-CoV-252▲ 3.0×6 topics
  34. Antibiotic Resistance51▲ 2.3×15 topics
  35. Surgery51▲ 2.6×12 topics
  36. Dental Caries40▲ 7.1×2 topics
  37. Bone Regeneration36▲ 5.6×2 topics
  38. Magnetic Nanoparticles35▲ 5.4×4 topics
  39. Guanxi31▲ 26×1 topic
  40. Wasta31▲ 26×1 topic

What research is done in Dammam?

Dental materials and restorations: 47 fractional worksSocioeconomic Development in MENA: 26 fractional worksDental Implant Techniques and Outcomes: 25 fractional worksDental Research and COVID-19: 24 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 23 fractional worksOrganizational and Employee Performance: 21 fractional worksNanoparticles: synthesis…21Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications: 21 fractional worksRadiation Shielding Materials Analysis: 20 fractional worksDental Health and Care Utilization: 20 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Resear…18COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 18 fractional works
OrthodonticsSociology and Political ScienceOral SurgeryGeneral Dentistry5 others

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

  1. 1 Dental materials and restorations Orthodontics 47 works
  2. 2 Socioeconomic Development in MENA Sociology and Political Science 26 works
  3. 3 Dental Implant Techniques and Outcomes Oral Surgery 25 works
  4. 4 Dental Research and COVID-19 General Dentistry 24 works
  5. 5 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 23 works
  6. 6 Organizational and Employee Performance Artificial Intelligence 21 works
  7. 7 Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications Materials Chemistry 21 works
  8. 8 Radiation Shielding Materials Analysis Materials Chemistry 20 works
  9. 9 Dental Health and Care Utilization Periodontics 20 works
  10. 10 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 18 works

Research output over time

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grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%Dammam18.5% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 22.6% in 2020.

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