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Adan Hospital

In research, Adan Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#6,190 of 8,541 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#7,379 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery (Surgery is 7.5× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#20,016
of 22,385 · #30,859 all time
Rank in Kuwait
#21
of 23
Research works
450
▲ 54% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.2k
9.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.89×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
54%
world 40%
International
23%
world 18%
Adan Hospital

What is Adan 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 #6,190 of 8,541 6.2%88 #11883
Health SciencesDomain #7,379 of 9,902 6.0%94 #14091

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Adan 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 Adan Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 82% of research at Adan Hospital is in Health Sciences, 8% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (77%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (5%), Engineering (4%). It does 3.3× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 119 fractional works · 82.0% of its workMedicine: 112 fractional works · 77.0% of its workSurgery: 25 fractional works · 17.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 11 fractional works · 7.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 8 fractional works · 5.3% of its workEpidemiology: 6 fractional works · 4.2% of its workDermatology: 4 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workRheumatology: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGastroenterology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHepatology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFamily Practice: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workTransplantation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 12 fractional works · 8.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 5.2% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 10 fractional works · 6.8% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 3.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 3.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 3.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKAdan Hospital145fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences7%Health Sciences82%Social Sciences3%

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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine11277.0%
    2. Health Professions32.2%
    3. Nursing21.6%
    4. Dentistry11.0%
    5. Veterinary00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology85.2%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology21.7%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.5%
    4. Neuroscience10.4%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.3%
    1. Engineering53.7%
    2. Environmental Science21.3%
    3. Computer Science21.1%
    4. Materials Science10.4%
    5. Chemistry00.1%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    7. Mathematics00.0%
    1. Social Sciences21.7%
    2. Psychology21.3%
    3. Arts and Humanities00.2%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Adan Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 7.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 25.4 works7.5×
← 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: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.98× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.65× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.30× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.25× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.96× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.83× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.01× its world share, 112 worksMedicineNursing: 3.19× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.69× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.44× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine4.01×112 works
  2. Nursing3.19×2 works
  3. Dentistry1.96×1 works
  4. Veterinary1.69×0 works
  5. Immunology and Microbiology1.65×2 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.30×1 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.98×8 works
  8. Health Professions0.83×3 works
  9. Psychology0.44×2 works
  10. Environmental Science0.26×2 works
  11. Engineering0.25×5 works
  12. Neuroscience0.23×0 works
  13. Computer Science0.14×2 works
  14. Social Sciences0.13×2 works
  15. Materials Science0.12×1 works
  16. Chemistry0.07×0 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.06×0 works
  18. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.06×0 works
  19. Arts and Humanities0.05×0 works
  20. Physics and Astronomy0.03×0 works
  21. Mathematics0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Adan Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Huda Alfoudri, Fawaz AlRefaee and Mohammed Shamsah lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Adan Hospital.

  1. 1 Huda Alfoudri Kuwait · #658,091 worldwide 1.6k citations · 37 works
  2. 2 Fawaz AlRefaee Kuwait · #3,817,059 worldwide 265 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Mohammed Shamsah Kuwait · #3,860,086 worldwide 250 citations · 25 works
  4. 4 Mohamed Tarek Abdellatif Kuwait · #4,009,823 worldwide 53 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Mohammed Riad El-Sonbaty Kuwait · #4,322,629 worldwide 307 citations · 22 works
  6. 6 Reem A. Asad Kuwait · #4,456,484 worldwide 407 citations · 28 works
  7. 7 Khaled Aljenaee Kuwait · #4,613,521 worldwide 102 citations · 27 works
  8. 8 Meshal Alhadhoud Kuwait · #4,664,109 worldwide 170 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 Raimundo Pinto Kuwait · #4,844,426 worldwide 62 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Najla Alsiri Kuwait · #4,911,785 worldwide 212 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at Adan Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Adan Hospital?

The most cited paper from Adan Hospital is "Bacteriological study of diabetic foot infections" (Adel Abdulrazak, Zouheir Ibrahim Bitar, Abdullah Alshamali et al., 2005), with 244 citations. Next come "CLINICAL CATEGORIES OF NEUROBRUCELLOSIS" (242) and "Osteoarticular Complications of Brucellosis: A Study of 169 Cases" (200).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Bacteriological study of diabetic foot infections Adel Abdulrazak, Zouheir Ibrahim Bitar, Abdullah Alshamali et al. · Journal of Diabetes and its Complications 30 Apr 2005 244
2 CLINICAL CATEGORIES OF NEUROBRUCELLOSIS Ra'ad A. Shakir, Amir S. Najim Al-Din, George Farah Araj et al. · Brain 1987 242
3 Osteoarticular Complications of Brucellosis: A Study of 169 Cases A. R. M. Mousa, S. A. Muhtaseb, D. S. Al-Mudallal et al. · Clinical Infectious Diseases May 1987 200
4 Lactose intolerance and gastrointestinal cow’s milk allergy in infants and children – common misconceptions revisited Ralf G. Heine, Fawaz AlRefaee, Prashant Bachina et al. · World Allergy Organization Journal Open access 2017 170
5 The Urological Association of Asia clinical guideline for urinary stone disease Kazumi Taguchi, Sung Yong Cho, Anthony CF Ng et al. · International Journal of Urology Open access 24 Apr 2019 140
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Adan Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Treatment, Diagnosis, Complications, Heart Failure, Thrombosis, Management and Surgical Management.

▲ 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. Epidemiology19▲ 3.2×69 topics
  2. Treatment13▲ 7.2×29 topics
  3. Diagnosis12▲ 8.9×29 topics
  4. Complications8▲ 11×14 topics
  5. Heart Failure8▲ 12×10 topics
  6. Thrombosis7▲ 17×5 topics
  7. Management7▲ 5.8×23 topics
  8. Inflammation6▲ 2.0×36 topics
  9. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention5▲ 25×3 topics
  10. Surgical Management5▲ 8.5×15 topics
  11. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation4▲ 40×1 topic
  12. Left Ventricular Assist Device4▲ 64×1 topic
  13. Clinical Practice Guidelines4▲ 5.4×10 topics
  14. Children4▲ 13×6 topics
  15. Echocardiography4▲ 10×6 topics
  16. Quality of Life4▲ 2.0×23 topics
  17. Risk Factors4▲ 2.6×19 topics
  18. Chemotherapy4▲ 3.8×8 topics
  19. Imaging4▲ 11×5 topics
  20. Prognostic Factors3▲ 5.3×7 topics
  21. Guidelines3▲ 4.6×10 topics
  22. Pathophysiology3▲ 7.6×8 topics
  23. Mechanical Ventilation3▲ 19×2 topics
  24. Adults3▲ 36×2 topics
  25. Genetic Mutations3▲ 4.6×10 topics
  26. Intussusception3▲ 59×1 topic
  27. Meckel's Diverticulum3▲ 59×1 topic
  28. Review3▲ 16×2 topics
  29. Chronic Kidney Disease2▲ 6.6×7 topics
  30. Prognosis2▲ 4.8×6 topics
  31. Autoantibodies2▲ 6.3×7 topics
  32. Health Outcomes2▲ 5.5×3 topics
  33. Postoperative Complications2▲ 12×4 topics
  34. Resuscitation2▲ 11×3 topics
  35. Soft Tissue Sarcoma2▲ 28×2 topics
  36. Sepsis2▲ 7.2×4 topics
  37. Sudden Cardiac Death2▲ 15×2 topics
  38. Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy2▲ 31×1 topic
  39. Hypothermia2▲ 17×2 topics
  40. Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator2▲ 31×1 topic

Which research topics does Adan Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices, Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments, Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies and Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation.

Mechanical Circulatory S…4Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices: 4 fractional worksGastrointestinal disorders and treatments: 3 fractional worksCardiac pacing and defibrillation studies: 2 fractional worksCardiac Arrest and Resuscitation: 2 fractional worksRespiratory Support and Mechanisms: 2 fractional worksTracheal and airway disorders: 1 fractional worksSarcoma Diagnosis and Tr…1Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 1 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional worksAirway Management and Intubation Techniques: 1 fractional worksCardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair: 1 fractional works
Biomedical EngineeringSurgeryCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineEmergency Medicine2 others

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

  1. 1 Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Biomedical Engineering 4 works
  2. 2 Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments Surgery 3 works
  3. 3 Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  4. 4 Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Emergency Medicine 2 works
  5. 5 Respiratory Support and Mechanisms Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  6. 6 Tracheal and airway disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  7. 7 Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  8. 8 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 1 works
  9. 9 Airway Management and Intubation Techniques Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine 1 works
  10. 10 Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair 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 available54.4%not open45.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.4%domestic only76.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Adan Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 54% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Adan Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00046% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Adan Hospital0.00066% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Adan 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 2025Adan Hospital7.1% in 2025

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 9.3% in 2022.

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