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Research in Dammam

Science Explorer records 5 research institutions in Dammam, Saudi Arabia. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Maternity and Children's Hospital and King Fahad Specialist Hospital.

Research institutions
5
4 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
13k
▲ 177% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
20.0%
record average 16.5%

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Which research institutions are in Dammam?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal UniversityUniversity 9,060 #726
2King Fahad Specialist HospitalHospital / health system 1,298 #12,896
3Maternity and Children's HospitalHospital / health system 1,167 #11,543
4Dammam Central HospitalHospital / health system 872 #14,654
5Saud Al-babtain Cardiac CentreHospital / health system 187 #41,975 all time

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022–2025. 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.

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×
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Which keywords describe research in Dammam?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, 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 2022–2025 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. Epidemiology410▲ 2.1×132 topics
  2. Machine Learning202▲ 1.25×79 topics
  3. Deep Learning170◆ 1.00×75 topics
  4. Inflammation157▲ 1.52×81 topics
  5. Quality of Life152▲ 2.1×50 topics
  6. COVID-19132▲ 1.96×26 topics
  7. Risk Factors116▲ 2.1×35 topics
  8. Treatment112▲ 1.87×51 topics
  9. Healthcare105▲ 1.87×21 topics
  10. Diagnosis100▲ 2.2×41 topics
  11. Clinical Trials97▲ 2.9×18 topics
  12. Oxidative Stress96▲ 1.19×60 topics
  13. Nanoparticles93▲ 1.49×38 topics
  14. Public Health93▲ 1.29×52 topics
  15. Cardiovascular Disease87▲ 1.58×38 topics
  16. Pandemic84▲ 1.59×12 topics
  17. Depression84▲ 1.92×22 topics
  18. Mental Health82◆ 1.13×34 topics
  19. Nanomaterials82▲ 1.56×18 topics
  20. Management78▲ 2.0×32 topics
  21. Global Burden72▲ 2.7×12 topics
  22. Prevention68▲ 3.3×16 topics
  23. Metabolic Syndrome66▲ 1.63×23 topics
  24. Complications63▲ 2.6×17 topics
  25. Anxiety61▲ 2.6×12 topics
  26. Genetics60▲ 1.72×22 topics
  27. Diabetes57▲ 2.3×22 topics
  28. Surgical Management48▲ 2.4×20 topics
  29. SARS-CoV-248▲ 3.0×6 topics
  30. Dental Materials47▲ 18×1 topic
  31. Restorative Dentistry47▲ 18×1 topic
  32. Smart Cities45▲ 3.5×6 topics
  33. Surgery45▲ 2.6×12 topics
  34. Dental Caries36▲ 7.4×2 topics
  35. Bone Regeneration33▲ 5.7×2 topics
  36. Magnetic Nanoparticles31▲ 5.6×4 topics
  37. Guanxi26▲ 24×1 topic
  38. Wasta26▲ 24×1 topic
  39. Dental Implants25▲ 10×1 topic
  40. Peri-implant Diseases25▲ 10×1 topic

What research is done in Dammam?

  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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