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Al-Sabah Hospital

In research, Al-Sabah Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#4,323 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#5,583 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 6.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#13,495
of 28,054 · #20,009 all time
Rank in Kuwait
#13
of 23
Research works
675
▲ 76% vs 2013–17
Citations
8.5k
12.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
49%
world 28%

What is Al-Sabah Hospital known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
MedicineField #4,323 of 10,443 9.9%109 #7580
Health SciencesDomain #5,583 of 11,982 10.1%116 #9788

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does Al-Sabah Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 6.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 24.3 works6.4×
← 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: 0.84× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.23× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.06× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.37× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.35× its world share, 9 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.33× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.05× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.49× its world share, 109 worksMedicineNursing: 1.51× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.00× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.94× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.80× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 6 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.

Who are the top researchers at Al-Sabah Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Arti Nanda lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Al-Sabah Hospital.

  1. 1 Arti Nanda Kuwait · #612,807 worldwide 54 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Al-Sabah Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Al-Sabah Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Surgical Management, Complications, Management, Treatment, Quality of Life and Surgery.

▲ 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 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. Epidemiology22▲ 3.4×89 topics
  2. Diagnosis8▲ 4.9×30 topics
  3. Inflammation7▲ 2.1×36 topics
  4. Treatment7▲ 3.5×34 topics
  5. Quality of Life7▲ 2.9×29 topics
  6. Management6▲ 4.8×23 topics
  7. Surgical Management6▲ 9.0×20 topics
  8. Complications6▲ 6.9×14 topics
  9. Cardiovascular Disease5▲ 2.5×20 topics
  10. Mortality4▲ 4.5×11 topics
  11. Surgery4▲ 7.3×10 topics
  12. Diabetes4▲ 5.1×10 topics
  13. Guidelines4▲ 5.3×10 topics
  14. Obesity4▲ 3.3×13 topics
  15. Risk Factors4▲ 2.2×19 topics
  16. Immunotherapy4▲ 3.1×10 topics
  17. Genetic Mutations4▲ 4.9×13 topics
  18. Metabolic Syndrome4▲ 2.7×14 topics
  19. Rehabilitation4▲ 5.4×9 topics
  20. Clinical Guidelines3▲ 6.9×7 topics
  21. Type 2 Diabetes3▲ 9.3×4 topics
  22. Chronic Pain3▲ 8.8×5 topics
  23. Prognostic Factors3▲ 4.3×11 topics
  24. SARS-CoV-23▲ 5.9×6 topics
  25. Cardiovascular Risk3▲ 5.7×8 topics
  26. Pathophysiology3▲ 5.9×8 topics
  27. Heart Failure3▲ 4.0×9 topics
  28. Thermodynamic Analysis3▲ 26×2 topics
  29. Weight Loss3▲ 10×4 topics
  30. Pain Management3▲ 7.0×6 topics
  31. Endoscopic Surgery2▲ 16×3 topics
  32. Robotic Surgery2▲ 10×4 topics
  33. Thrombosis2▲ 5.3×7 topics
  34. Postoperative Complications2▲ 10×4 topics
  35. Laparoscopic Surgery2▲ 11×4 topics
  36. Lifestyle Intervention2▲ 15×2 topics
  37. Adsorption Refrigeration2▲ 53×1 topic
  38. Ejectors2▲ 40×1 topic
  39. Refrigerants2▲ 40×1 topic
  40. Thermochemical Heat Storage2▲ 53×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Adsorption and Cooling Systems, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technologies, Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes and Anesthesia and Pain Management.

Adsorption and Cooling S…2Adsorption and Cooling Systems: 2 fractional worksRefrigeration and Air Co…2Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technologies: 2 fractional worksBariatric Surgery and Ou…2Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksAnesthesia and Pain Mana…1Anesthesia and Pain Management: 1 fractional worksAerodynamics and Fluid Dynamics Research: 1 fractional worksSinusitis and nasal conditions: 1 fractional worksPediatric Urology and Ne…1Pediatric Urology and Nephrology Studies: 1 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 1 fractional worksParasitic Diseases Research and Treatment: 1 fractional worksHead and Neck Surgical O…1Head and Neck Surgical Oncology: 1 fractional works
Mechanical EngineeringSurgeryAerospace EngineeringOtorhinolaryngology2 others

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

  1. 1 Adsorption and Cooling Systems Mechanical Engineering 2 works
  2. 2 Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technologies Mechanical Engineering 2 works
  3. 3 Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes Surgery 2 works
  4. 4 Anesthesia and Pain Management Surgery 1 works
  5. 5 Aerodynamics and Fluid Dynamics Research Aerospace Engineering 1 works
  6. 6 Sinusitis and nasal conditions Otorhinolaryngology 1 works
  7. 7 Pediatric Urology and Nephrology Studies Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 works
  8. 8 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 1 works
  9. 9 Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment Infectious Diseases 1 works
  10. 10 Head and Neck Surgical Oncology 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 available49.0%not open51.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 76% higher than in 2013–2017.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

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