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Amiri Hospital

In research, Amiri Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#4,802 of 8,541 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#6,096 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#17,780
of 22,385 · #25,589 all time
Rank in Kuwait
#19
of 23
Research works
681
▲ 10% vs 2018-21
Citations
7.8k
11.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.89×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
55%
world 40%
International
29%
world 18%
Amiri Hospital

What is Amiri 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 #4,802 of 8,541 6.4%121 #8704
Health SciencesDomain #6,096 of 9,902 6.6%129 #10606

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

In 2022-now, 80% of research at Amiri Hospital is in Health Sciences, 12% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (75%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (8%), Health Professions (4%). It does 3.3× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 144 fractional works · 79.9% of its workMedicine: 135 fractional works · 74.6% of its workSurgery: 19 fractional works · 10.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 10 fractional works · 5.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 10 fractional works · 5.3% of its workEpidemiology: 9 fractional works · 4.8% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 8 fractional works · 4.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 7 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPhysiology: 6 fractional works · 3.2% of its workNephrology: 6 fractional works · 3.1% of its workNeurology: 5 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 5 fractional works · 2.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 5 fractional works · 2.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 5 fractional works · 2.8% of its workRheumatology: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workDermatology: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOncology: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHematology: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOphthalmology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 7 fractional works · 4.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 21 fractional works · 11.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 14 fractional works · 7.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 3.6% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workImmunology: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 10 fractional works · 5.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 5 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKAmiri Hospital180fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences3%Health Sciences80%Social Sciences5%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine13574.6%
    2. Health Professions74.0%
    3. Dentistry10.7%
    4. Nursing10.6%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology147.5%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology42.4%
    3. Neuroscience21.3%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Social Sciences53.0%
    2. Psychology21.2%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.5%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting10.4%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.1%
    6. Decision Sciences00.1%
    1. Engineering21.4%
    2. Physics and Astronomy10.6%
    3. Environmental Science10.4%
    4. Computer Science10.4%
    5. Chemistry00.1%
    6. Materials Science00.1%
    7. Mathematics00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.41× its world share, 14 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.37× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.80× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.38× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.51× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.88× its world share, 135 worksMedicineNursing: 1.27× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.88×135 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology2.37×4 works
  3. Health Professions1.51×7 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.41×14 works
  5. Dentistry1.38×1 works
  6. Nursing1.27×1 works
  7. Neuroscience0.80×2 works
  8. Psychology0.39×2 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.28×0 works
  10. Physics and Astronomy0.25×1 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.25×1 works
  12. Social Sciences0.24×5 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.13×1 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.11×1 works
  15. Veterinary0.10×0 works
  16. Engineering0.09×2 works
  17. Environmental Science0.09×1 works
  18. Decision Sciences0.08×0 works
  19. Computer Science0.05×1 works
  20. Chemistry0.04×0 works
  21. Mathematics0.04×0 works
  22. Arts and Humanities0.04×0 works
  23. Materials Science0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Amiri Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Abdulrahman Abdullah Al-Fares, Raed Alroughani and Sanjay Khadgi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Amiri Hospital.

  1. 1 Abdulrahman Abdullah Al-Fares Kuwait · #271,002 worldwide 1.7k citations · 83 works
  2. 2 Raed Alroughani Kuwait · #1,259,200 worldwide 8.5k citations · 415 works
  3. 3 Sanjay Khadgi Kuwait · #1,512,202 worldwide 476 citations · 20 works
  4. 4 Ahmed Al-Mulla Kuwait · #1,837,688 worldwide 388 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Abdulla Alfraij Kuwait · #1,970,049 worldwide 122 citations · 24 works
  6. 6 Mohammad Alghounaim Kuwait · #1,983,407 worldwide 534 citations · 55 works
  7. 7 Mona Alkhawari Kuwait · #1,999,139 worldwide 659 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Saud Al-Subaie Kuwait · #3,374,997 worldwide 335 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 Bader Al‐Bader Kuwait · #3,561,861 worldwide 295 citations · 20 works
  10. 10 Nadia S. Al-Ali Kuwait · #3,578,592 worldwide 144 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Amiri Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Amiri Hospital?

The most cited paper from Amiri Hospital is "Bariatric Surgery Worldwide: Baseline Demographic Description and One-Year Outcomes from the Fourth IFSO Global Registry Report 2018" (RICHARD B. WELBOURN, Marianne Hollyman, Robin Kinsman et al., 2018), with 844 citations. Next come "Association of Initial Disease-Modifying Therapy With Later Conversion to Secondary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis" (557) and "Loss of Interleukin-10 Signaling and Infantile Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Implications for Diagnosis and Therapy" (476).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Bariatric Surgery Worldwide: Baseline Demographic Description and One-Year Outcomes from the Fourth IFSO Global Registry Report 2018 RICHARD B. WELBOURN, Marianne Hollyman, Robin Kinsman et al. · Obesity Surgery Open access 12 Nov 2018 844
2 Association of Initial Disease-Modifying Therapy With Later Conversion to Secondary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis J William L Brown et al. · JAMA Open access 15 Jan 2019 557
3 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
4 Defining secondary progressive multiple sclerosis Johannes Lorscheider et al. · Brain Open access 7 Jul 2016 424
5 Diagnosis and classification of optic neuritis Axel Petzold et al. · The Lancet Neurology Open access101 authors 27 Sep 2022 314
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Amiri Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Treatment, Diagnosis, Inflammation, Cardiovascular Disease, Cognitive Impairment, Autoantibodies and Cardiovascular Risk.

▲ 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. Epidemiology23▲ 3.2×82 topics
  2. Treatment14▲ 6.5×37 topics
  3. Inflammation12▲ 3.1×43 topics
  4. Diagnosis11▲ 6.3×28 topics
  5. Cardiovascular Disease9▲ 4.4×26 topics
  6. Metabolic Syndrome6▲ 4.2×15 topics
  7. Quality of Life6▲ 2.4×26 topics
  8. Management6▲ 4.1×24 topics
  9. Autoantibodies6▲ 13×8 topics
  10. Cognitive Impairment6▲ 12×5 topics
  11. Obesity6▲ 3.9×12 topics
  12. Diabetes5▲ 5.9×11 topics
  13. Risk Factors5▲ 2.7×20 topics
  14. Neurological Disorders5▲ 5.1×10 topics
  15. Cardiovascular Risk5▲ 9.0×6 topics
  16. Complications5▲ 5.6×16 topics
  17. Diagnostic Criteria5▲ 12×5 topics
  18. Pandemic5▲ 2.7×7 topics
  19. Pathogenesis5▲ 5.1×16 topics
  20. Global Burden4▲ 4.5×9 topics
  21. Chronic Kidney Disease4▲ 9.8×8 topics
  22. Mortality4▲ 4.3×11 topics
  23. Weight Loss4▲ 15×4 topics
  24. Clinical Practice Guidelines4▲ 4.3×12 topics
  25. Genetics4▲ 3.3×15 topics
  26. Heart Failure4▲ 5.3×11 topics
  27. Multiple Sclerosis4▲ 61×1 topic
  28. Neuromyelitis Optica4▲ 61×1 topic
  29. Guidelines4▲ 4.7×11 topics
  30. Prognostic Factors4▲ 5.0×11 topics
  31. SARS-CoV-24▲ 7.1×6 topics
  32. Fibrosis4▲ 11×5 topics
  33. Immunosuppressive Therapy4▲ 10×6 topics
  34. Prognosis4▲ 5.8×8 topics
  35. ACE2 Receptor3▲ 8.0×3 topics
  36. Rituximab3▲ 13×4 topics
  37. Surgery3▲ 5.2×8 topics
  38. Critical Care3▲ 7.3×7 topics
  39. Type 2 Diabetes3▲ 7.0×3 topics
  40. Type 1 Diabetes3▲ 17×2 topics

Which research topics does Amiri Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies, Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research and Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies.

Multiple Sclerosis Resea…4Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies: 4 fractional worksBariatric Surgery and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 2 fractional worksRheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies: 2 fractional worksDiabetes and associated disorders: 2 fractional worksPeripheral Neuropathies and Disorders: 2 fractional worksRenal Diseases and Glome…2Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies: 2 fractional worksChronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes: 2 fractional worksSystemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases: 1 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Mana…1Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 1 fractional works
Pathology and Forensic MedicineSurgeryInfectious DiseasesRheumatology4 others

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

  1. 1 Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies Pathology and Forensic Medicine 4 works
  2. 2 Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes Surgery 2 works
  3. 3 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 2 works
  4. 4 Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies Rheumatology 2 works
  5. 5 Diabetes and associated disorders Genetics 2 works
  6. 6 Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders Neurology 2 works
  7. 7 Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies Nephrology 2 works
  8. 8 Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes Nephrology 2 works
  9. 9 Systemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases Pathology and Forensic Medicine 1 works
  10. 10 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 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 available55.0%not open45.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors28.8%domestic only71.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Amiri Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 10% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Amiri Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00063% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Amiri Hospital0.00065% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Amiri 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 2025Amiri Hospital9.5% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 17.5% in 2018.

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