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Armed Forces Hospital

In research, Armed Forces Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#6,052 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#5,256 of 8,541 worldwide) and Surgery (#976 of 1,532 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#13,040
of 22,385 · #22,919 all time
Rank in Saudi Arabia
#72
of 91
Research works
1.6k
▲ 108% vs 2018-21
Citations
13k
8.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.71×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
68%
world 40%
International
35%
world 18%
Armed Forces Hospital

What is Armed Forces 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
Health SciencesDomain #6,052 of 9,902 5.4%451 #12378
MedicineField #5,256 of 8,541 5.0%385 #10451
SurgerySubfield #976 of 1,532 9.0%66 #2356
Life SciencesDomain #5,878 of 6,403 3.9%61 #9610

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Armed Forces 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 of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Health Sciences#12,378 #6,052
  2. Medicine#10,451 #5,256
  3. Surgery#2,356 #976
  4. Life Sciences#9,610 #5,878
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Armed Forces Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 80% of research at Armed Forces Hospital is in Health Sciences, 11% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (68%), Health Professions (7%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (7%). It does 3.4× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 519 fractional works · 79.9% of its workMedicine: 444 fractional works · 68.4% of its workSurgery: 78 fractional works · 12.0% of its workEpidemiology: 31 fractional works · 4.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 29 fractional works · 4.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 25 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 24 fractional works · 3.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 21 fractional works · 3.3% of its workOncology: 19 fractional works · 2.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 16 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPhysiology: 15 fractional works · 2.3% of its workNeurology: 13 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHematology: 12 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 12 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 11 fractional works · 1.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 11 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRheumatology: 9 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 9 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGenetics: 9 fractional works · 1.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 7 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDermatology: 7 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPharmacology: 7 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNephrology: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workUrology: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOphthalmology: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFamily Practice: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGastroenterology: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReproductive Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransplantation: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHepatology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInternal Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 46 fractional works · 7.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 21 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 10 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOccupational Therapy: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Information Management: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacy: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDentistry: 19 fractional works · 3.0% of its workOral Surgery: 10 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOrthodontics: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPeriodontics: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Dentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmall Animals: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 70 fractional works · 10.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 44 fractional works · 6.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 20 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGenetics: 12 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCancer Research: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMolecular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 11 fractional works · 1.7% of its workImmunology: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 8 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSensory Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 40 fractional works · 6.2% of its workPsychology: 16 fractional works · 2.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 10 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 12 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 21 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEngineering: 9 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKArmed ForcesHospital649fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences3%Health Sciences80%Social Sciences6%

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. Medicine44468.4%
    2. Health Professions467.1%
    3. Dentistry193.0%
    4. Nursing60.9%
    5. Veterinary30.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology446.7%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology111.7%
    3. Neuroscience81.3%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences40.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics30.4%
    1. Psychology162.5%
    2. Social Sciences121.8%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance50.8%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting30.5%
    5. Arts and Humanities30.4%
    6. Decision Sciences10.2%
    1. Engineering91.4%
    2. Computer Science40.7%
    3. Environmental Science30.5%
    4. Materials Science10.2%
    5. Mathematics10.2%
    6. Chemistry10.1%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.0%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    10. Energy00.0%
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: 0.12× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.26× its world share, 44 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.69× its world share, 11 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.80× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.17× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 9 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.11× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 6.13× its world share, 19 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.71× its world share, 46 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.56× its world share, 444 worksMedicineNursing: 1.84× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.31× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.15× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.14× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.38× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.82× its world share, 16 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 12 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 6.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Dentistry6.13×19 works
  2. Medicine3.56×444 works
  3. Veterinary3.31×3 works
  4. Health Professions2.71×46 works
  5. Nursing1.84×6 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology1.69×11 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.26×44 works
  8. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.17×3 works
  9. Psychology0.82×16 works
  10. Neuroscience0.80×8 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.38×5 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.18×1 works
  13. Mathematics0.15×1 works
  14. Arts and Humanities0.15×3 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.14×3 works
  16. Social Sciences0.14×12 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.12×4 works
  18. Environmental Science0.11×3 works
  19. Chemistry0.09×1 works
  20. Engineering0.09×9 works
  21. Computer Science0.08×4 works
  22. Chemical Engineering0.05×0 works
  23. Materials Science0.05×1 works
  24. Physics and Astronomy0.03×0 works
  25. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.02×0 works
  26. Energy0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Armed Forces Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Saeed Al Tala, Yousef Alalawi and Saud Al Sifri lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Armed Forces Hospital.

  1. 1 Saeed Al Tala Saudi Arabia · #228,142 worldwide 2k citations · 33 works
  2. 2 Yousef Alalawi Saudi Arabia · #2,027,809 worldwide 565 citations · 25 works
  3. 3 Saud Al Sifri Saudi Arabia · #2,514,961 worldwide 372 citations · 32 works
  4. 4 Saeed M. Al-Asmary Saudi Arabia · #3,291,060 worldwide 454 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Hamed A. Alghamdi Saudi Arabia · #4,326,148 worldwide 163 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 Umar Yagoub Saudi Arabia · #4,338,625 worldwide 466 citations · 20 works
  7. 7 Tariq M Shaqran Saudi Arabia · #4,520,680 worldwide 129 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Mushabab Ayedh Al-Murayeh Saudi Arabia · #4,590,929 worldwide 488 citations · 34 works
  9. 9 Castro João Jácome de Saudi Arabia · #4,838,454 worldwide 3 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Saud N. Alsifri Saudi Arabia · #4,917,240 worldwide 586 citations · 36 works
All ranked researchers at Armed Forces Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Armed Forces Hospital?

The most cited paper from Armed Forces Hospital is "Sensitive Troponin I Assay in Early Diagnosis of Acute Myocardial Infarction" (Till Keller et al., 2009), with 1,161 citations. Next come "Accelerating Novel Candidate Gene Discovery in Neurogenetic Disorders via Whole-Exome Sequencing of Prescreened Multiplex Consanguineous Families" (484) and "Using Whole-Exome Sequencing to Identify Inherited Causes of Autism" (464).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Sensitive Troponin I Assay in Early Diagnosis of Acute Myocardial Infarction Till Keller et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 26 Aug 2009 1,161
2 Accelerating Novel Candidate Gene Discovery in Neurogenetic Disorders via Whole-Exome Sequencing of Prescreened Multiplex Consanguineous Families Anas M. Alazami et al. · Cell Reports Open access 31 Dec 2014 484
3 Using Whole-Exome Sequencing to Identify Inherited Causes of Autism Timothy W. Yu et al. · Neuron Open access 2013 464
4 Lessons Learned from Large-Scale, First-Tier Clinical Exome Sequencing in a Highly Consanguineous Population Dorota Monies et al. · The American Journal of Human Genetics Open access117 authors 23 May 2019 291
5 Delirium in Critically Ill Children: An International Point Prevalence Study* Chani Traube et al. · Critical Care Medicine Open access 11 Jan 2017 286
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Armed Forces Hospital?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology96▲ 3.7×119 topics
  2. Inflammation37▲ 2.6×64 topics
  3. Quality of Life34▲ 3.6×47 topics
  4. Treatment31▲ 3.9×42 topics
  5. Diagnosis29▲ 4.8×37 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Disease28▲ 3.7×33 topics
  7. Risk Factors24▲ 3.3×32 topics
  8. Metabolic Syndrome21▲ 4.0×22 topics
  9. Complications20▲ 6.3×16 topics
  10. Management20▲ 3.9×29 topics
  11. Diabetes18▲ 5.6×14 topics
  12. Public Health18▲ 1.93×37 topics
  13. Mortality18▲ 4.8×13 topics
  14. COVID-1917▲ 1.98×21 topics
  15. Depression16▲ 2.9×14 topics
  16. Heart Failure16▲ 5.4×13 topics
  17. Guidelines16▲ 5.1×12 topics
  18. Obesity15▲ 2.9×17 topics
  19. Global Burden13▲ 3.8×12 topics
  20. Surgical Management13▲ 5.0×20 topics
  21. Elderly13▲ 8.1×6 topics
  22. Clinical Trials13▲ 2.9×16 topics
  23. Pathogenesis12▲ 3.8×21 topics
  24. Chemotherapy12▲ 2.7×23 topics
  25. Clinical Practice Guidelines12▲ 3.5×14 topics
  26. Patient Satisfaction12▲ 5.9×10 topics
  27. Quality Improvement12▲ 9.3×8 topics
  28. Prevention11▲ 4.0×16 topics
  29. Insulin Resistance11▲ 3.7×10 topics
  30. Genetic Mutations10▲ 3.7×21 topics
  31. Clinical Guidelines10▲ 5.3×9 topics
  32. Surgery10▲ 4.3×12 topics
  33. Primary Care10▲ 4.0×13 topics
  34. Glycemic Control10▲ 9.3×4 topics
  35. Thrombosis10▲ 5.3×7 topics
  36. Clinical Outcomes9▲ 6.4×6 topics
  37. Health Outcomes9▲ 5.0×6 topics
  38. Type 2 Diabetes8▲ 5.5×6 topics
  39. Chronic Disease Management8▲ 6.2×5 topics
  40. Insulin Therapy7▲ 9.0×3 topics

Which research topics does Armed Forces Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes, Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders, Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 and Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins.

Pharmaceutical Practices…6Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes: 6 fractional worksHemoglobinopathies and R…5Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders: 5 fractional worksLong-Term Effects of COVID-19: 4 fractional worksDiabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins: 4 fractional worksDiabetes Treatment and Management: 4 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 4 fractional worksPatient Satisfaction in Healthcare: 3 fractional worksGlobal Cancer Incidence …3Global Cancer Incidence and Screening: 3 fractional worksHealth and Well-being Studies: 3 fractional worksSepsis Diagnosis and Treatment: 3 fractional works
Geriatrics and GerontologyGeneticsNeurologyEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism5 others

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

  1. 1 Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes Geriatrics and Gerontology 6 works
  2. 2 Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders Genetics 5 works
  3. 3 Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 Neurology 4 works
  4. 4 Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 4 works
  5. 5 Diabetes Treatment and Management Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 4 works
  6. 6 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 4 works
  7. 7 Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare General Health Professions 3 works
  8. 8 Global Cancer Incidence and Screening Oncology 3 works
  9. 9 Health and Well-being Studies Clinical Psychology 3 works
  10. 10 Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 3 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 available67.9%not open32.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors35.0%domestic only65.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Armed Forces Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 108% 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 Armed Forces Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0028% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Armed Forces Hospital0.0028% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Armed Forces 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 2025Armed Forces Hospital5.9% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 8.5% in 2015.

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