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Armed Forces Hospital

In research, Armed Forces Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,206 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#2,689 of 10,443 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#5,882 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism — Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism is 7.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,078
of 28,054 · #14,613 all time
Rank in Saudi Arabia
#49
of 98
Research works
1.6k
▲ 88% vs 2013–17
Citations
13k
8.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
68%
world 28%

What is Armed Forces 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
Health SciencesDomain #2,206 of 11,982 7.1%451 #3884
MedicineField #2,689 of 10,443 6.4%385 #4824
Life SciencesDomain #5,882 of 7,800 6.6%61 #10942
SurgerySubfield #1,481 of 1,816 9.5%66 #3438

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

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Health Sciences#3,884 #2,206
  2. Medicine#4,824 #2,689
  3. Life Sciences#10,942 #5,882
  4. Surgery#3,438 #1,481
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

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

What does Armed Forces Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism takes 7.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Endocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismSubfield · 23.2 works7.6×
← 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: 0.13× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.25× its world share, 38 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.75× its world share, 10 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.77× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.14× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.10× 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: 0.10× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.11× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 6.48× its world share, 18 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.72× its world share, 41 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.53× its world share, 385 worksMedicineNursing: 1.59× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.41× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.17× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.16× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.42× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.84× its world share, 14 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 11 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 6.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Armed Forces Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, K Lorenz lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Armed Forces Hospital.

  1. 1 K Lorenz · #1,203,312 worldwide 3 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Armed Forces Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Armed Forces Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Quality of Life, 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 2022–2025 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. Epidemiology82▲ 3.6×116 topics
  2. Inflammation30▲ 2.6×59 topics
  3. Quality of Life28▲ 3.4×47 topics
  4. Treatment27▲ 3.9×41 topics
  5. Diagnosis25▲ 4.7×37 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Disease24▲ 3.8×30 topics
  7. Risk Factors21▲ 3.4×32 topics
  8. Metabolic Syndrome19▲ 4.1×22 topics
  9. Complications17▲ 6.1×16 topics
  10. Diabetes17▲ 6.1×14 topics
  11. Public Health17▲ 2.0×34 topics
  12. Management16▲ 3.6×28 topics
  13. Mortality16▲ 4.9×13 topics
  14. COVID-1916▲ 2.0×19 topics
  15. Depression14▲ 2.9×14 topics
  16. Guidelines14▲ 5.3×12 topics
  17. Heart Failure14▲ 5.7×13 topics
  18. Obesity13▲ 3.1×17 topics
  19. Pandemic12▲ 2.1×9 topics
  20. Clinical Trials12▲ 3.1×15 topics
  21. Surgical Management12▲ 5.0×20 topics
  22. Global Burden12▲ 3.8×12 topics
  23. Pathogenesis11▲ 3.9×20 topics
  24. Elderly11▲ 7.9×6 topics
  25. Quality Improvement11▲ 10×8 topics
  26. Clinical Practice Guidelines11▲ 3.5×14 topics
  27. Patient Satisfaction11▲ 6.0×10 topics
  28. Prevention10▲ 4.2×16 topics
  29. Insulin Resistance10▲ 3.8×9 topics
  30. Genetic Mutations10▲ 3.9×21 topics
  31. Glycemic Control9▲ 11×4 topics
  32. Prognostic Factors9▲ 3.7×13 topics
  33. Clinical Guidelines9▲ 5.2×9 topics
  34. Primary Care8▲ 4.0×13 topics
  35. Cardiovascular Risk8▲ 4.7×9 topics
  36. Clinical Outcomes8▲ 6.9×6 topics
  37. Surgery8▲ 4.2×12 topics
  38. Thrombosis8▲ 5.2×6 topics
  39. Type 2 Diabetes7▲ 5.9×6 topics
  40. Insulin Therapy7▲ 10×3 topics

Which research topics does Armed Forces Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes, Long-Term Effects of COVID-19, Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders and Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins.

Pharmaceutical Practices…5Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes: 5 fractional worksLong-Term Effects of COV…4Long-Term Effects of COVID-19: 4 fractional worksHemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders: 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 worksHealth and Well-being St…3Health and Well-being Studies: 3 fractional worksDental Radiography and Imaging: 3 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 3 fractional works
Geriatrics and GerontologyNeurologyGeneticsEndocrinology, 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 5 works
  2. 2 Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 Neurology 4 works
  3. 3 Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders Genetics 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 Health and Well-being Studies Clinical Psychology 3 works
  9. 9 Dental Radiography and Imaging Oral Surgery 3 works
  10. 10 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Armed Forces Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 88% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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