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Chest Diseases Hospital

In research, Chest Diseases Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#7,351 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#6,347 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine (Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine is 12.9× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#18,803
of 22,385 · #28,054 all time
Rank in Kuwait
#20
of 23
Research works
852
▲ 20% vs 2018-21
Citations
11k
12.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.84×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
54%
world 40%
International
59%
world 18%
Chest Diseases Hospital

What is Chest Diseases 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 #7,351 of 9,902 2.9%125 #12317
MedicineField #6,347 of 8,541 2.8%120 #10406

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

In 2022-now, 84% of research at Chest Diseases Hospital is in Health Sciences, 8% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (81%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (4%), Psychology (3%). It does 3.4× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 144 fractional works · 83.8% of its workMedicine: 139 fractional works · 80.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 34 fractional works · 19.8% of its workEpidemiology: 13 fractional works · 7.8% of its workSurgery: 13 fractional works · 7.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 11 fractional works · 6.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 11 fractional works · 6.6% of its workPhysiology: 9 fractional works · 5.5% of its workOncology: 6 fractional works · 3.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 5 fractional works · 2.7% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workNephrology: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInternal Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 14 fractional works · 8.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 4.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMolecular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 4.8% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 6 fractional works · 3.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKChest DiseasesHospital172fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences3%Health Sciences84%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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine13980.7%
    2. Health Professions42.3%
    3. Nursing10.5%
    4. Veterinary00.3%
    5. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology74.2%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology31.9%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences21.1%
    4. Neuroscience10.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    1. Psychology42.5%
    2. Social Sciences21.3%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.5%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting00.2%
    5. Decision Sciences00.1%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.1%
    1. Environmental Science21.3%
    2. Engineering21.2%
    3. Mathematics10.3%
    4. Computer Science00.2%
    5. Materials Science00.2%
    6. Chemistry00.1%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    8. Energy00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Chest Diseases Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine takes 12.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 34.2 works13×
← 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: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.79× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.93× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.86× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.20× its world share, 139 worksMedicineNursing: 1.08× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.90× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.83× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine4.20×139 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology1.93×3 works
  3. Veterinary1.90×0 works
  4. Nursing1.08×1 works
  5. Health Professions0.86×4 works
  6. Psychology0.83×4 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.79×7 works
  8. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.51×0 works
  9. Neuroscience0.30×1 works
  10. Mathematics0.27×1 works
  11. Environmental Science0.26×2 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.24×2 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.23×1 works
  14. Dentistry0.18×0 works
  15. Decision Sciences0.15×0 works
  16. Social Sciences0.11×2 works
  17. Engineering0.08×2 works
  18. Chemistry0.05×0 works
  19. Materials Science0.05×0 works
  20. Business, Management and Accounting0.05×0 works
  21. Energy0.04×0 works
  22. Computer Science0.03×0 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.03×0 works
  24. Arts and Humanities0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Chest Diseases Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Khaled Almerri, Özlem Soğukpınar and D. AlShehab lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Chest Diseases Hospital.

  1. 1 Khaled Almerri Kuwait · #2,158,238 worldwide 234 citations · 22 works
  2. 2 Özlem Soğukpınar Kuwait · #2,750,414 worldwide 469 citations · 40 works
  3. 3 D. AlShehab Kuwait · #2,863,523 worldwide 700 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Kemal Tahaoğlu Kuwait · #3,423,133 worldwide 922 citations · 25 works
  5. 5 SR Prasad Kuwait · #3,622,825 worldwide 0 citations · 27 works
  6. 6 Abdullah Mohammed Alenezi Kuwait · #3,632,705 worldwide 277 citations · 30 works
  7. 7 Selahattin Öztaş Kuwait · #3,983,851 worldwide 391 citations · 36 works
  8. 8 Baskaran Chandrasekar Kuwait · #4,217,197 worldwide 823 citations · 41 works
  9. 9 Altan Kır Kuwait · #4,915,609 worldwide 623 citations · 24 works
  10. 10 Saroj Grover Kuwait · #4,957,492 worldwide 193 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Chest Diseases Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Chest Diseases Hospital?

The most cited paper from Chest Diseases Hospital is "International ERS/ATS guidelines on definition, evaluation and treatment of severe asthma" (Kian Fan Chung et al., 2013), with 3,995 citations. Next come "2nd ESMO Consensus Conference on Lung Cancer: early-stage non-small-cell lung cancer consensus on diagnosis, treatment and follow-up" (499) and "Safety and efficacy of a CXCR 2 antagonist in patients with severe asthma and sputum neutrophils: a randomized, placebo‐controlled clinical trial" (335).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 International ERS/ATS guidelines on definition, evaluation and treatment of severe asthma Kian Fan Chung et al. · European Respiratory Journal 12 Dec 2013 3,995
2 2nd ESMO Consensus Conference on Lung Cancer: early-stage non-small-cell lung cancer consensus on diagnosis, treatment and follow-up Johan Vansteenkiste et al. · Annals of Oncology Open access 21 Feb 2014 499
3 Safety and efficacy of a CXCR 2 antagonist in patients with severe asthma and sputum neutrophils: a randomized, placebo‐controlled clinical trial Parameswaran K. Nair, Mina Gaga, Eleftherios Zervas et al. · Clinical & Experimental Allergy 15 Jun 2012 335
4 Insufficient autophagy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis Jun Araya, Jun Kojima, Naoki Takasaka et al. · American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology 20 Oct 2012 332
5 Second ESMO consensus conference on lung cancer: pathology and molecular biomarkers for non-small-cell lung cancer K.M. Kerr et al. · Annals of Oncology Open access 10 Apr 2014 300
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Chest Diseases Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Management, Global Burden, Immune Response, Inflammation and Respiratory.

▲ 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. Epidemiology33▲ 4.8×64 topics
  2. Diagnosis26▲ 16×27 topics
  3. Treatment20▲ 9.3×28 topics
  4. Management14▲ 10×19 topics
  5. Inflammation13▲ 3.4×38 topics
  6. Global Burden10▲ 10×8 topics
  7. Immune Response10▲ 9.9×13 topics
  8. Cardiovascular Disease8▲ 4.2×23 topics
  9. Respiratory8▲ 47×2 topics
  10. COPD8▲ 67×1 topic
  11. spirometry8▲ 67×1 topic
  12. Pandemic7▲ 4.3×8 topics
  13. Thrombosis6▲ 13×5 topics
  14. Clinical Practice Guidelines6▲ 6.2×9 topics
  15. Fibrosis6▲ 18×5 topics
  16. SARS-CoV-26▲ 11×6 topics
  17. Vaccine6▲ 8.6×7 topics
  18. Chemotherapy5▲ 4.4×12 topics
  19. TGF-ß5▲ 20×3 topics
  20. Drug Resistance5▲ 10×5 topics
  21. Prophylaxis5▲ 23×4 topics
  22. Genetics5▲ 4.1×9 topics
  23. Surgery5▲ 8.3×7 topics
  24. Genetic Diversity5▲ 6.4×3 topics
  25. Meta-Analysis5▲ 4.8×10 topics
  26. Pathophysiology5▲ 9.4×5 topics
  27. ACE2 Receptor5▲ 12×3 topics
  28. Complications5▲ 5.4×9 topics
  29. Echocardiography5▲ 9.9×7 topics
  30. Interstitial Lung Disease5▲ 42×2 topics
  31. Heart Failure5▲ 5.9×10 topics
  32. Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis5▲ 57×1 topic
  33. Myofibroblast5▲ 57×1 topic
  34. Chronic Kidney Disease4▲ 10.0×6 topics
  35. Critical Care4▲ 10×6 topics
  36. Mycobacterium tuberculosis4▲ 44×1 topic
  37. Tuberculosis4▲ 46×1 topic
  38. Asthma4▲ 25×2 topics
  39. Clinical Characteristics4▲ 18×2 topics
  40. Immunology4▲ 20×2 topics

Which research topics does Chest Diseases Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research, Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology and Asthma and respiratory diseases.

Chronic Obstructive Pulm…8Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research: 8 fractional worksInterstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: 5 fractional worksTuberculosis Research an…4Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 4 fractional worksAsthma and respiratory d…4Asthma and respiratory diseases: 4 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 4 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 3 fractional worksLung Cancer Diagnosis an…3Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 3 fractional worksInfective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management: 3 fractional worksVenous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management: 2 fractional worksMycobacterium research and diagnosis: 2 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineInfectious DiseasesPhysiologyCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine2 others

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

  1. 1 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 8 works
  2. 2 Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 5 works
  3. 3 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 4 works
  4. 4 Asthma and respiratory diseases Physiology 4 works
  5. 5 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 4 works
  6. 6 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  7. 7 Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  8. 8 Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management Epidemiology 3 works
  9. 9 Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management Internal Medicine 2 works
  10. 10 Mycobacterium research and diagnosis Epidemiology 2 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 available53.5%not open46.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors58.7%domestic only41.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Chest Diseases Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 20% 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 Chest Diseases Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00058% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Chest Diseases Hospital0.00088% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Chest Diseases 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 2025Chest Diseases Hospital4.7% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 10.1% in 2015.

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