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Research in Mecca

Science Explorer records 5 research institutions in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Umm al-Qura University, King Abdulaziz Hospital and King Abdullah Medical City.

Research institutions
5
4 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
14k
▲ 137% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
20.0%
record average 16.5%

A city carries no overall standing here. The composite 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 Mecca?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Umm al-Qura UniversityUniversity 11,114 #503
2King Abdulaziz HospitalHospital / health system 1,716 #8,373
3King Abdullah Medical CityHospital / health system 920 #10,969
4Hera General HospitalHospital / health system 253 #20,943
5Prince Mohammad Bin Salman College of Business and EntrepreneurshipUniversity 84 not ranked

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.

Umm al-Qura University: 78.9%King Abdulaziz Hospital: 12.2%King Abdullah Medical City: 6.5%Hera General Hospital: 1.8%1 other listed: 0.6%79%largest
Umm al-Qura University11k · 78.9%King Abdulaziz Hospital1,716 · 12.2%King Abdullah Medical City920 · 6.5%Hera General Hospital253 · 1.8%1 other listed84 · 0.6%

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

What is Mecca strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Mecca is most concentrated in General Dentistry, Dentistry and Oral Surgery (8.6× the world share in General Dentistry).

  1. General DentistrySubfield · 25.0 works8.6×
  2. DentistryField · 156.8 works4.8×
  3. Oral SurgerySubfield · 61.1 works4.7×
  4. Modeling and SimulationSubfield · 43.7 works4.7×
  5. OrthodonticsSubfield · 33.7 works4.5×
  6. Geriatrics and GerontologySubfield · 29.4 works4.1×
← 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.

Which keywords describe research in Mecca?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Quality of Life, Machine Learning, Inflammation, Deep Learning, Heat Transfer, Oxidative Stress and COVID-19.

▲ 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. Epidemiology468▲ 1.77×130 topics
  2. Machine Learning280▲ 1.27×91 topics
  3. Deep Learning258◆ 1.13×79 topics
  4. Inflammation212▲ 1.52×83 topics
  5. Quality of Life204▲ 2.1×53 topics
  6. Oxidative Stress166▲ 1.52×62 topics
  7. COVID-19146▲ 1.59×29 topics
  8. Treatment138▲ 1.70×52 topics
  9. Nanomaterials122▲ 1.72×18 topics
  10. Cancer115▲ 1.28×59 topics
  11. Risk Factors115▲ 1.56×35 topics
  12. Nanoparticles115▲ 1.36×43 topics
  13. Heat Transfer112▲ 3.4×19 topics
  14. Depression112▲ 1.90×23 topics
  15. Cardiovascular Disease110▲ 1.47×39 topics
  16. Healthcare109▲ 1.44×23 topics
  17. Diagnosis108▲ 1.74×41 topics
  18. Mental Health106◆ 1.08×36 topics
  19. Antioxidant100▲ 2.2×51 topics
  20. Biomedical Applications98▲ 1.23×36 topics
  21. Nanocomposites94▲ 1.74×22 topics
  22. Metabolic Syndrome88▲ 1.61×23 topics
  23. Management85▲ 1.62×33 topics
  24. Global Burden82▲ 2.3×12 topics
  25. Obesity82▲ 1.62×26 topics
  26. Diabetes76▲ 2.3×22 topics
  27. Synthesis72▲ 2.9×32 topics
  28. Medicinal Chemistry69▲ 3.7×13 topics
  29. Elderly68▲ 4.0×6 topics
  30. Infectious Diseases65▲ 3.0×9 topics
  31. Anticancer Agents64▲ 6.3×12 topics
  32. Experimental Investigation59▲ 8.3×4 topics
  33. Nonlinear Equations52▲ 6.1×6 topics
  34. Review51▲ 6.2×5 topics
  35. Heterocyclic Compounds40▲ 6.8×5 topics
  36. Nanofluids38▲ 6.8×2 topics
  37. Viscosity38▲ 7.9×3 topics
  38. Fractional Calculus37▲ 9.7×2 topics
  39. Convective Transport37▲ 12×1 topic
  40. Enhancement37▲ 12×1 topic

What research is done in Mecca?

Nanofluid Flow and Heat …37Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer: 37 fractional worksHealth and Well-being St…34Health and Well-being Studies: 34 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Banking Studies: 34 fractional worksFractional Differential …33Fractional Differential Equations Solutions: 33 fractional worksSocioeconomic Developmen…31Socioeconomic Development in MENA: 31 fractional worksSynthesis and biological activity: 29 fractional worksOrganizational and Employee Performance: 26 fractional worksDental Research and COVI…25Dental Research and COVID-19: 25 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 24 fractional worksPharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes: 23 fractional works
Biomedical EngineeringClinical PsychologyAccountingModeling and Simulation5 others

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

  1. 1 Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer Biomedical Engineering 37 works
  2. 2 Health and Well-being Studies Clinical Psychology 34 works
  3. 3 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 34 works
  4. 4 Fractional Differential Equations Solutions Modeling and Simulation 33 works
  5. 5 Socioeconomic Development in MENA Sociology and Political Science 31 works
  6. 6 Synthesis and biological activity Organic Chemistry 29 works
  7. 7 Organizational and Employee Performance Artificial Intelligence 26 works
  8. 8 Dental Research and COVID-19 General Dentistry 25 works
  9. 9 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 24 works
  10. 10 Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes Geriatrics and Gerontology 23 works

Research output over time

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