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Dammam Central Hospital

In research, Dammam Central Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#6,028 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#8,069 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#14,654
of 28,054 · #19,409 all time
Rank in Saudi Arabia
#82
of 98
Research works
872
▼ 3% vs 2013–17
Citations
10k
11.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
60%
world 28%

What is Dammam Central 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 #6,028 of 11,982 6.1%196 #7858
MedicineField #8,069 of 10,443 5.5%170 #10629

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Dammam Central 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).

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: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.71× its world share, 11 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.65× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.65× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.15× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.36× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.25× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.56× its world share, 25 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.21× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.28× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 5.44× its world share, 8 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.10× its world share, 16 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.01× its world share, 170 worksMedicineNursing: 1.15× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.95× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.34× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.46× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.72× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.46× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.92× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.36× its world share, 13 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 5.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Dammam Central Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Ayman Karkar lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Dammam Central Hospital.

  1. 1 Ayman Karkar Saudi Arabia · #935,982 worldwide 34 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at Dammam Central Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Dammam Central Hospital?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology43▲ 3.7×105 topics
  2. Treatment16▲ 4.5×39 topics
  3. Quality of Life13▲ 3.2×33 topics
  4. Inflammation13▲ 2.2×49 topics
  5. Diagnosis12▲ 4.4×33 topics
  6. Complications10▲ 6.6×17 topics
  7. Risk Factors9▲ 2.7×28 topics
  8. Management8▲ 3.5×26 topics
  9. Surgical Management8▲ 6.4×17 topics
  10. COVID-197▲ 1.80×18 topics
  11. Immune Response7▲ 4.0×15 topics
  12. Pathogenesis6▲ 4.0×18 topics
  13. Pandemic6▲ 1.77×8 topics
  14. Cardiovascular Disease6▲ 1.69×25 topics
  15. Diabetes6▲ 3.8×14 topics
  16. Pathophysiology5▲ 6.0×10 topics
  17. Vaccine5▲ 4.2×10 topics
  18. Metabolic Syndrome5▲ 2.0×17 topics
  19. Patient Satisfaction5▲ 5.3×9 topics
  20. Guidelines5▲ 3.5×12 topics
  21. Prevention5▲ 3.9×14 topics
  22. Antibiotic Resistance5▲ 4.1×9 topics
  23. SARS-CoV-25▲ 4.9×6 topics
  24. Prognostic Factors5▲ 3.6×13 topics
  25. Quality Improvement5▲ 8.1×8 topics
  26. Global Burden4▲ 2.7×12 topics
  27. Children4▲ 6.1×6 topics
  28. CO2 Sequestration4▲ 7.3×2 topics
  29. Rehabilitation4▲ 3.2×10 topics
  30. ACE2 Receptor4▲ 5.2×3 topics
  31. Surgery4▲ 3.6×10 topics
  32. Drilling Fluids4▲ 22×1 topic
  33. Rheological Properties4▲ 6.9×2 topics
  34. Well Integrity4▲ 22×1 topic
  35. Cardiovascular Risk4▲ 3.8×7 topics
  36. Prenatal Diagnosis4▲ 8.1×5 topics
  37. Fibrosis3▲ 5.3×5 topics
  38. Predictive Maintenance3▲ 12×3 topics
  39. Pulmonary Hypertension3▲ 6.7×3 topics
  40. Congenital Anomalies2▲ 15×3 topics

Which research topics does Dammam Central Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Drilling and Well Engineering, Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders, Oil and Gas Production Techniques and COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies.

Drilling and Well Engine…4Drilling and Well Engineering: 4 fractional worksHemoglobinopathies and R…2Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders: 2 fractional worksOil and Gas Production Techniques: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 2 fractional worksVascular Malformations and Hemangiomas: 2 fractional worksEsophageal and GI Pathology: 2 fractional worksGastrointestinal disorders and treatments: 2 fractional worksUrological Disorders and…2Urological Disorders and Treatments: 2 fractional worksIntestinal Malrotation and Obstruction Disorders: 2 fractional worksReservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods: 2 fractional works
Ocean EngineeringGeneticsInfectious DiseasesSurgery1 others

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

  1. 1 Drilling and Well Engineering Ocean Engineering 4 works
  2. 2 Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders Genetics 2 works
  3. 3 Oil and Gas Production Techniques Ocean Engineering 2 works
  4. 4 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 2 works
  5. 5 Vascular Malformations and Hemangiomas Surgery 2 works
  6. 6 Esophageal and GI Pathology Surgery 2 works
  7. 7 Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments Surgery 2 works
  8. 8 Urological Disorders and Treatments Urology 2 works
  9. 9 Intestinal Malrotation and Obstruction Disorders Surgery 2 works
  10. 10 Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods Ocean Engineering 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 available60.3%not open39.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors27.9%domestic only72.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Dammam Central Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 3% lower 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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