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Dasman Diabetes Institute

In research, Dasman Diabetes Institute stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,362 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#3,513 of 8,541 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#3,748 of 6,403 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism (Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism is 24.6× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#12,953
of 22,385 · #14,299 all time
Rank in Kuwait
#13
of 23
Research works
459
▲ 31% vs 2018-21
Citations
10k
22.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.09×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
73%
world 40%
International
40%
world 18%
Dasman Diabetes Institute

What is Dasman Diabetes Institute 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 #3,362 of 9,902 10.9%109 #4173
MedicineField #3,513 of 8,541 10.6%97 #4233
Life SciencesDomain #3,748 of 6,403 14.0%61 #5159

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Dasman Diabetes Institute 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#4,173 #3,362
  2. Medicine#4,233 #3,513
  3. Life Sciences#5,159 #3,748
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 Dasman Diabetes Institute work in?

In 2022-now, 58% of research at Dasman Diabetes Institute is in Health Sciences, 33% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (52%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (22%), Immunology and Microbiology (4%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 120 fractional works · 58.4% of its workMedicine: 107 fractional works · 51.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 27 fractional works · 13.3% of its workPhysiology: 13 fractional works · 6.3% of its workEpidemiology: 12 fractional works · 5.7% of its workSurgery: 8 fractional works · 4.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 7 fractional works · 3.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 5 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workOncology: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workTransplantation: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 8 fractional works · 4.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 6 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPeriodontics: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 67 fractional works · 32.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 46 fractional works · 22.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 21 fractional works · 10.1% of its workGenetics: 11 fractional works · 5.5% of its workCell Biology: 6 fractional works · 2.9% of its workCancer Research: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workBiochemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 9 fractional works · 4.2% of its workImmunology: 8 fractional works · 3.9% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 8 fractional works · 4.0% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workToxicology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 11 fractional works · 5.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 7 fractional works · 3.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKDasman DiabetesInstitute206fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences33%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences58%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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine10751.9%
    2. Health Professions84.1%
    3. Dentistry41.8%
    4. Nursing10.6%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4622.5%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology94.2%
    3. Neuroscience84.0%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences21.0%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.9%
    1. Social Sciences52.6%
    2. Psychology31.5%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.4%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting10.4%
    5. Arts and Humanities10.3%
    6. Decision Sciences10.3%
    1. Environmental Science52.2%
    2. Computer Science20.9%
    3. Engineering10.3%
    4. Chemistry00.0%
    5. Materials Science00.0%
    6. Mathematics00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Dasman Diabetes Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism takes 24.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Endocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismSubfield · 27.5 works25×
← 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: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4.21× its world share, 46 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.16× its world share, 9 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.48× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.68× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.44× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 3.68× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.54× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.70× its world share, 107 worksMedicineNursing: 1.22× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.48× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.21×46 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology4.16×9 works
  3. Dentistry3.68×4 works
  4. Medicine2.70×107 works
  5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.68×2 works
  6. Neuroscience2.48×8 works
  7. Health Professions1.54×8 works
  8. Nursing1.22×1 works
  9. Psychology0.48×3 works
  10. Environmental Science0.44×4 works
  11. Veterinary0.40×0 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.33×1 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.21×2 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.20×1 works
  15. Social Sciences0.20×5 works
  16. Computer Science0.12×2 works
  17. Arts and Humanities0.12×1 works
  18. Business, Management and Accounting0.12×1 works
  19. Chemistry0.03×0 works
  20. Mathematics0.03×0 works
  21. Engineering0.02×1 works
  22. Materials Science0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Dasman Diabetes Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, Fahd Al‐Mulla, Abdullah Alkandari and Monira Alarouj lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Dasman Diabetes Institute.

  1. 1 Fahd Al‐Mulla Kuwait · #235,390 worldwide 26k citations · 593 works
  2. 2 Abdullah Alkandari Kuwait · #407,215 worldwide 9.1k citations · 59 works
  3. 3 Monira Alarouj Kuwait · #541,399 worldwide 9.4k citations · 57 works
  4. 4 Rasheed Ahmad Kuwait · #741,007 worldwide 6.1k citations · 304 works
  5. 5 Ebaa Al‐Ozairi Kuwait · #820,545 worldwide 4k citations · 162 works
  6. 6 Shihab Kochumon Kuwait · #879,961 worldwide 1.8k citations · 74 works
  7. 7 Thangavel Alphonse Thanaraj Kuwait · #887,699 worldwide 7.4k citations · 178 works
  8. 8 Fatema Al‐Rashed Kuwait · #929,083 worldwide 1.6k citations · 93 works
  9. 9 Dania Haddad Kuwait · #966,683 worldwide 1k citations · 46 works
  10. 10 Reeby Thomas Kuwait · #1,049,658 worldwide 1.8k citations · 70 works
All ranked researchers at Dasman Diabetes Institute

What are the most cited papers from Dasman Diabetes Institute?

The most cited paper from Dasman Diabetes Institute is "A reference panel of 64,976 haplotypes for genotype imputation" (Shane McCarthy et al., 2016), with 3,318 citations. Next come "Inborn errors of type I IFN immunity in patients with life-threatening COVID-19" (2,421) and "Fine-mapping type 2 diabetes loci to single-variant resolution using high-density imputation and islet-specific epigenome maps" (1,968).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A reference panel of 64,976 haplotypes for genotype imputation Shane McCarthy et al. · Nature Genetics Open access111 authors 22 Aug 2016 3,318
2 Inborn errors of type I IFN immunity in patients with life-threatening COVID-19 Qian Zhang et al. · Science Open access746 authors 24 Sep 2020 2,421
3 Fine-mapping type 2 diabetes loci to single-variant resolution using high-density imputation and islet-specific epigenome maps Anubha Mahajan et al. · Nature Genetics Open access115 authors Oct 2018 1,968
4 Definition and diagnostic criteria of clinical obesity Francesco Rubino et al. · The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology Open access 14 Jan 2025 1,660
5 Genetic analysis of over 1 million people identifies 535 new loci associated with blood pressure traits the Million Veteran Program et al. · Nature Genetics Open access281 authors 17 Sep 2018 1,523
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Dasman Diabetes Institute?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Inflammation, Cardiovascular Disease, Metabolic Syndrome, Obesity, Diabetes, Insulin Resistance, Glycemic Control and Type 2 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. Inflammation31▲ 7.1×57 topics
  2. Cardiovascular Disease28▲ 12×25 topics
  3. Metabolic Syndrome24▲ 14×15 topics
  4. Obesity23▲ 15×18 topics
  5. Diabetes21▲ 20×16 topics
  6. Epidemiology20▲ 2.4×49 topics
  7. Insulin Resistance20▲ 21×10 topics
  8. Glycemic Control17▲ 53×4 topics
  9. Oxidative Stress14▲ 4.3×30 topics
  10. Type 2 Diabetes14▲ 29×5 topics
  11. Cancer14▲ 4.9×33 topics
  12. Insulin Therapy14▲ 53×3 topics
  13. Type 1 Diabetes13▲ 78×2 topics
  14. Adipose Tissue9▲ 82×2 topics
  15. Atherosclerosis9▲ 16×8 topics
  16. Heart Failure9▲ 9.8×11 topics
  17. Genetics8▲ 5.9×8 topics
  18. Metabolism8▲ 7.4×13 topics
  19. Depression8▲ 4.3×13 topics
  20. Complications8▲ 7.4×3 topics
  21. Diabetes Mellitus7▲ 17×7 topics
  22. Continuous Glucose Monitoring7▲ 78×1 topic
  23. Hypertension7▲ 12×11 topics
  24. Hypoglycemia7▲ 78×1 topic
  25. Glucose Metabolism7▲ 35×3 topics
  26. Weight Loss7▲ 22×4 topics
  27. Autoimmunity7▲ 24×4 topics
  28. Macrophages7▲ 18×6 topics
  29. Clinical Guidelines7▲ 11×5 topics
  30. C-Reactive Protein6▲ 41×2 topics
  31. Immunotherapy6▲ 4.3×4 topics
  32. Adipokines6▲ 71×1 topic
  33. HLA Genes6▲ 78×1 topic
  34. Insulin Production6▲ 78×1 topic
  35. Primary Care6▲ 7.9×4 topics
  36. Immune Response6▲ 5.0×15 topics
  37. Cardiovascular Outcomes6▲ 49×1 topic
  38. Glucose Control6▲ 49×1 topic
  39. Lifestyle Intervention5▲ 29×2 topics
  40. Cholesterol5▲ 16×4 topics

Which research topics does Dasman Diabetes Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Diabetes Management and Research, Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases, Diabetes and associated disorders and Diabetes Treatment and Management.

Diabetes Management and …7Diabetes Management and Research: 7 fractional worksAdipokines, Inflammation…6Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases: 6 fractional worksDiabetes and associated …6Diabetes and associated disorders: 6 fractional worksDiabetes Treatment and M…6Diabetes Treatment and Management: 6 fractional worksPancreatic function and diabetes: 4 fractional worksDiabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins: 4 fractional worksDiabetes Management and …4Diabetes Management and Education: 4 fractional worksMetabolism, Diabetes, an…4Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer: 4 fractional worksRegulation of Appetite a…4Regulation of Appetite and Obesity: 4 fractional worksLipid metabolism and dis…3Lipid metabolism and disorders: 3 fractional works
Endocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismEpidemiologyGeneticsSurgery3 others

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

  1. 1 Diabetes Management and Research Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 7 works
  2. 2 Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases Epidemiology 6 works
  3. 3 Diabetes and associated disorders Genetics 6 works
  4. 4 Diabetes Treatment and Management Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 6 works
  5. 5 Pancreatic function and diabetes Surgery 4 works
  6. 6 Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 4 works
  7. 7 Diabetes Management and Education Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 4 works
  8. 8 Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer Molecular Biology 4 works
  9. 9 Regulation of Appetite and Obesity Endocrine and Autonomic Systems 4 works
  10. 10 Lipid metabolism and disorders Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 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 available73.2%not open26.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors39.5%domestic only60.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Dasman Diabetes Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 31% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting200020052010201520202025
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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 Dasman Diabetes Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00071% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Dasman Diabetes Institute0.00095% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of Dasman Diabetes Institute 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%30%all institutions10.0% in 2025Dasman Diabetes Institute9.8% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 23.7% in 2020.

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