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Al-Sabah Hospital

In research, Al-Sabah Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#3,663 of 8,541 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#4,453 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery (Surgery is 6.3× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#13,234
of 22,385 · #20,694 all time
Rank in Kuwait
#14
of 23
Research works
675
▲ 71% vs 2018-21
Citations
8.5k
12.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.96×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
49%
world 40%
International
36%
world 18%
Al-Sabah Hospital

What is Al-Sabah 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 #3,663 of 8,541 8.6%109 #7028
Health SciencesDomain #4,453 of 9,902 8.4%116 #8634

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

In 2022-now, 71% of research at Al-Sabah Hospital is in Health Sciences, 10% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (67%), Engineering (5%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (4%). It does 3.0× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 140 fractional works · 71.3% of its workMedicine: 132 fractional works · 66.7% of its workSurgery: 29 fractional works · 14.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 12 fractional works · 5.9% of its workEpidemiology: 8 fractional works · 4.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 6 fractional works · 3.1% of its workRheumatology: 5 fractional works · 2.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 5 fractional works · 2.7% of its workDermatology: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workNeurology: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workOncology: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOphthalmology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workUrology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransplantation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInternal Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPeriodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 20 fractional works · 10.2% of its workEngineering: 10 fractional works · 5.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 2.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 6 fractional works · 2.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 18 fractional works · 9.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 4.2% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workImmunology: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 18 fractional works · 9.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 3.9% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKAl-Sabah Hospital197fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences10%Health Sciences71%Social Sciences9%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine13266.7%
    2. Health Professions52.5%
    3. Dentistry21.1%
    4. Nursing10.7%
    5. Veterinary00.2%
    1. Engineering105.0%
    2. Computer Science62.8%
    3. Environmental Science21.0%
    4. Physics and Astronomy10.5%
    5. Energy10.3%
    6. Mathematics00.3%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    8. Materials Science00.1%
    9. Chemistry00.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology84.2%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology52.5%
    3. Neuroscience31.5%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences21.0%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Social Sciences83.9%
    2. Psychology42.1%
    3. Decision Sciences21.0%
    4. Arts and Humanities21.0%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.7%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting10.6%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Al-Sabah Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 6.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 29.2 works6.3×
← 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: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.78× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.50× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.95× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.36× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.34× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.33× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.96× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.47× its world share, 132 worksMedicineNursing: 1.36× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.45× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.03× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.70× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.47×132 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology2.50×5 works
  3. Dentistry2.33×2 works
  4. Veterinary1.45×0 works
  5. Nursing1.36×1 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.03×2 works
  7. Health Professions0.96×5 works
  8. Neuroscience0.95×3 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.78×8 works
  10. Psychology0.70×4 works
  11. Energy0.37×1 works
  12. Computer Science0.36×6 works
  13. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.34×0 works
  14. Engineering0.34×10 works
  15. Arts and Humanities0.33×2 works
  16. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.31×1 works
  17. Social Sciences0.31×8 works
  18. Physics and Astronomy0.23×1 works
  19. Mathematics0.22×0 works
  20. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.21×2 works
  21. Environmental Science0.20×2 works
  22. Business, Management and Accounting0.17×1 works
  23. Chemical Engineering0.12×0 works
  24. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.05×0 works
  25. Chemistry0.03×0 works
  26. Materials Science0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Al-Sabah Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Sulaiman M. Almazeedi, Annamma Jacob and A. Baqer lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Al-Sabah Hospital.

  1. 1 Sulaiman M. Almazeedi Kuwait · #1,489,908 worldwide 1.5k citations · 54 works
  2. 2 Annamma Jacob Kuwait · #2,209,241 worldwide 308 citations · 388 works
  3. 3 A. Baqer Kuwait · #2,311,626 worldwide 729 citations · 23 works
  4. 4 R M Hanna Kuwait · #2,410,147 worldwide 585 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 Sarah Al‐Youha Kuwait · #2,598,745 worldwide 1.2k citations · 72 works
  6. 6 Mohammed Ramadhan Kuwait · #2,822,803 worldwide 62 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Hassan Abdelnaby Kuwait · #3,259,111 worldwide 204 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Iqbal Sadiq Kuwait · #3,326,275 worldwide 402 citations · 21 works
  9. 9 Mousa Akbar Kuwait · #3,414,944 worldwide 216 citations · 23 works
  10. 10 Nora Almutairi Kuwait · #3,911,215 worldwide 221 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Al-Sabah Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Al-Sabah Hospital?

The most cited paper from Al-Sabah Hospital is "Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases: an Update on the Classification from the International Union of Immunological Societies Expert Committee for Primary Immunodeficiency 2015" (Capucine Pïcard, Waleed Al–Herz, Aziz A. Bousfiha et al., 2015), with 1,205 citations. Next come "Burden of 375 diseases and injuries, risk-attributable burden of 88 risk factors, and healthy life expectancy in 204 countries and territories, including 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023" (762) and "Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases: An Update on the Classification from the International Union of Immunological Societies Expert Committee for Primary Immunodeficiency" (751).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases: an Update on the Classification from the International Union of Immunological Societies Expert Committee for Primary Immunodeficiency 2015 Capucine Pïcard, Waleed Al–Herz, Aziz A. Bousfiha et al. · Journal of Clinical Immunology Open access 19 Oct 2015 1,205
2 Burden of 375 diseases and injuries, risk-attributable burden of 88 risk factors, and healthy life expectancy in 204 countries and territories, including 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023 Simon I Hay et al. · The Lancet Open access2,780 authors Oct 2025 762
3 Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases: An Update on the Classification from the International Union of Immunological Societies Expert Committee for Primary Immunodeficiency Waleed Al–Herz, Aziz A. Bousfiha, Jean‐Laurent Casanova et al. · Frontiers in Immunology Open access 22 Apr 2014 751
4 Global burden of 292 causes of death in 204 countries and territories and 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023 Mohsen Naghavi et al. · The Lancet Open access2,463 authors Oct 2025 500
5 Loss of Interleukin-10 Signaling and Infantile Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Implications for Diagnosis and Therapy Daniel Kotlarz et al. · Gastroenterology Open access 30 Apr 2012 476
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Al-Sabah Hospital?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology26▲ 3.4×97 topics
  2. Diagnosis9▲ 5.0×32 topics
  3. Treatment9▲ 3.8×36 topics
  4. Inflammation9▲ 2.1×40 topics
  5. Quality of Life9▲ 3.0×33 topics
  6. Management7▲ 4.6×24 topics
  7. Surgical Management6▲ 8.0×20 topics
  8. Complications6▲ 6.3×15 topics
  9. Cardiovascular Disease6▲ 2.6×24 topics
  10. Risk Factors5▲ 2.5×24 topics
  11. Mortality5▲ 4.3×12 topics
  12. Genetic Mutations5▲ 5.5×17 topics
  13. Metabolic Syndrome5▲ 2.9×14 topics
  14. Guidelines4▲ 4.9×11 topics
  15. Surgery4▲ 6.5×10 topics
  16. Diabetes4▲ 4.4×11 topics
  17. Obesity4▲ 2.9×13 topics
  18. Rehabilitation4▲ 5.4×10 topics
  19. Immunotherapy4▲ 2.9×10 topics
  20. Clinical Guidelines4▲ 6.4×7 topics
  21. Pathogenesis4▲ 3.6×15 topics
  22. Prognostic Factors4▲ 4.2×11 topics
  23. Robotic Surgery4▲ 12×4 topics
  24. Type 2 Diabetes3▲ 7.5×4 topics
  25. Chronic Pain3▲ 7.5×5 topics
  26. Heart Failure3▲ 3.7×10 topics
  27. Prevention3▲ 3.9×10 topics
  28. Cardiovascular Risk3▲ 5.0×8 topics
  29. SARS-CoV-23▲ 5.2×6 topics
  30. Pathophysiology3▲ 5.3×9 topics
  31. Endoscopic Surgery3▲ 15×3 topics
  32. Weight Loss3▲ 9.0×4 topics
  33. Pain Management3▲ 5.9×6 topics
  34. Postoperative Complications3▲ 11×4 topics
  35. Thermodynamic Analysis3▲ 22×2 topics
  36. Surgical Treatment3▲ 6.8×6 topics
  37. Laparoscopic Surgery2▲ 11×4 topics
  38. Lifestyle Intervention2▲ 13×2 topics
  39. Radiosurgery2▲ 11×4 topics
  40. Immune Dysregulation2▲ 13×2 topics

Which research topics does Al-Sabah Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technologies, Adsorption and Cooling Systems, Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes and Anesthesia and Pain Management.

Refrigeration and Air Co…2Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technologies: 2 fractional worksAdsorption and Cooling S…2Adsorption and Cooling Systems: 2 fractional worksBariatric Surgery and Ou…2Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksAnesthesia and Pain Mana…2Anesthesia and Pain Management: 2 fractional worksAerodynamics and Fluid Dynamics Research: 1 fractional worksHead and Neck Surgical Oncology: 1 fractional worksPelvic floor disorders t…1Pelvic floor disorders treatments: 1 fractional worksSinusitis and nasal conditions: 1 fractional worksDermatology and Skin Diseases: 1 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Resear…1COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 1 fractional works
Mechanical EngineeringSurgeryAerospace EngineeringRheumatology3 others

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

  1. 1 Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technologies Mechanical Engineering 2 works
  2. 2 Adsorption and Cooling Systems Mechanical Engineering 2 works
  3. 3 Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes Surgery 2 works
  4. 4 Anesthesia and Pain Management Surgery 2 works
  5. 5 Aerodynamics and Fluid Dynamics Research Aerospace Engineering 1 works
  6. 6 Head and Neck Surgical Oncology Surgery 1 works
  7. 7 Pelvic floor disorders treatments Rheumatology 1 works
  8. 8 Sinusitis and nasal conditions Otorhinolaryngology 1 works
  9. 9 Dermatology and Skin Diseases Dermatology 1 works
  10. 10 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 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 available49.0%not open51.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors36.5%domestic only63.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Al-Sabah Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 71% 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 Al-Sabah Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00065% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Al-Sabah Hospital0.00097% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Al-Sabah 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 counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025Al-Sabah Hospital8.3% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.9% in 2023.

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