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Farwaniya Hospital

In research, Farwaniya Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#5,772 of 8,541 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#7,042 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#17,586
of 22,385 · #27,468 all time
Rank in Kuwait
#18
of 23
Research works
535
▲ 45% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.8k
10.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.89×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
60%
world 40%
International
27%
world 18%
Farwaniya Hospital

What is Farwaniya 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
MedicineField #5,772 of 8,541 5.9%106 #9618
Health SciencesDomain #7,042 of 9,902 6.4%114 #11701

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

In 2022-now, 79% of research at Farwaniya Hospital is in Health Sciences, 9% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (73%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (5%), Social Sciences (4%). It does 3.2× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 138 fractional works · 78.8% of its workMedicine: 128 fractional works · 72.9% of its workSurgery: 23 fractional works · 13.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 10 fractional works · 5.8% of its workEpidemiology: 10 fractional works · 5.6% of its workRheumatology: 9 fractional works · 5.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 6 fractional works · 3.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 6 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 5 fractional works · 2.8% of its workNeurology: 5 fractional works · 2.7% of its workOncology: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workOphthalmology: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workUrology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInternal Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workOral Surgery: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPeriodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 16 fractional works · 8.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 4.8% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMolecular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVirology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSensory Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 13 fractional works · 7.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 8 fractional works · 4.6% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKFarwaniyaHospital175fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences5%Health Sciences79%Social Sciences8%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine12872.9%
    2. Health Professions52.8%
    3. Dentistry42.2%
    4. Veterinary10.5%
    5. Nursing10.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology84.8%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology42.4%
    3. Neuroscience21.2%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Social Sciences63.6%
    2. Psychology42.2%
    3. Arts and Humanities20.9%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.5%
    5. Decision Sciences10.3%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting00.2%
    1. Engineering42.3%
    2. Computer Science20.9%
    3. Physics and Astronomy10.5%
    4. Environmental Science10.4%
    5. Chemistry00.2%
    6. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    8. Materials Science00.1%
    9. 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: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.90× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.41× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.76× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.15× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 4.54× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.08× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.79× its world share, 128 worksMedicineNursing: 0.77× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 4.01× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.73× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Dentistry4.54×4 works
  2. Veterinary4.01×1 works
  3. Medicine3.79×128 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology2.41×4 works
  5. Health Professions1.08×5 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.90×8 works
  7. Nursing0.77×1 works
  8. Neuroscience0.76×2 works
  9. Psychology0.73×4 works
  10. Chemical Engineering0.36×0 works
  11. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.33×0 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.31×0 works
  13. Arts and Humanities0.30×2 works
  14. Social Sciences0.29×6 works
  15. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.25×1 works
  16. Physics and Astronomy0.21×1 works
  17. Engineering0.15×4 works
  18. Computer Science0.11×2 works
  19. Chemistry0.10×0 works
  20. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.08×0 works
  21. Environmental Science0.08×1 works
  22. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.07×1 works
  23. Business, Management and Accounting0.05×0 works
  24. Materials Science0.03×0 works
  25. Energy0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Farwaniya Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Amal Ayed, Mahmoud M. Lubani and Dinesh C. Sharda lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Farwaniya Hospital.

  1. 1 Amal Ayed Kuwait · #2,488,013 worldwide 306 citations · 18 works
  2. 2 Mahmoud M. Lubani Kuwait · #2,812,743 worldwide 784 citations · 27 works
  3. 3 Dinesh C. Sharda Kuwait · #2,935,153 worldwide 588 citations · 22 works
  4. 4 Alia Embaireeg Kuwait · #3,016,175 worldwide 290 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Saadoun Bin‐Hasan Kuwait · #3,075,037 worldwide 469 citations · 33 works
  6. 6 Nawaf Al-Mutairi Kuwait · #3,545,096 worldwide 2.1k citations · 111 works
  7. 7 Qusay A. Al-Saleh Kuwait · #3,553,564 worldwide 529 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Essam A. R. Ismail Kuwait · #3,663,099 worldwide 642 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 Anas Alyousef Kuwait · #3,705,580 worldwide 275 citations · 44 works
  10. 10 Mariam Ayed Kuwait · #3,761,137 worldwide 455 citations · 51 works
All ranked researchers at Farwaniya Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Farwaniya Hospital?

The most cited paper from Farwaniya Hospital is "Unique Endemicity of Cryptosporidiosis in Children in Kuwait" (Irshad M. Sulaiman, Parsotam Ravjee Hira, Ling Zhou et al., 2005), with 493 citations. Next come "'The honeymoon phase' in children with type 1 diabetes mellitus: frequency, duration, and influential factors" (239) and "Mutations in ISPD cause Walker-Warburg syndrome and defective glycosylation of α-dystroglycan" (215).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Unique Endemicity of Cryptosporidiosis in Children in Kuwait Irshad M. Sulaiman, Parsotam Ravjee Hira, Ling Zhou et al. · Journal of Clinical Microbiology Open access Jun 2005 493
2 'The honeymoon phase' in children with type 1 diabetes mellitus: frequency, duration, and influential factors Majedah M. Abdul-Rasoul, Haydar Bin Habib, Maha Al-Khouly · Pediatric Diabetes Open access Apr 2006 239
3 Mutations in ISPD cause Walker-Warburg syndrome and defective glycosylation of α-dystroglycan Tony Roscioli et al. · Nature Genetics Open access 22 Apr 2012 215
4 Current and Future Technologies for the Detection of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Dina Yamin, Vuk Uskoković, Abubakar Muhammad Wakil et al. · Diagnostics Open access 18 Oct 2023 211
5 International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC) report, data summary of 45 countries for 2012-2017: Device-associated module Víctor Rosenthal et al. · American Journal of Infection Control 890 authors 29 Oct 2019 194
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Farwaniya Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Surgical Management, Complications, Quality of Life, Autoantibodies and Thrombosis.

▲ 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. Epidemiology29▲ 4.2×87 topics
  2. Treatment10▲ 4.7×30 topics
  3. Diagnosis9▲ 5.7×27 topics
  4. Inflammation9▲ 2.3×32 topics
  5. Quality of Life9▲ 3.4×25 topics
  6. Risk Factors7▲ 3.5×24 topics
  7. Surgical Management7▲ 9.4×13 topics
  8. Cardiovascular Disease6▲ 3.2×22 topics
  9. Complications6▲ 7.2×15 topics
  10. Autoantibodies6▲ 13×8 topics
  11. Thrombosis5▲ 11×6 topics
  12. Immune Response5▲ 5.2×9 topics
  13. Prognostic Factors5▲ 6.5×10 topics
  14. Management5▲ 3.5×19 topics
  15. Pathogenesis5▲ 5.2×18 topics
  16. Heart Failure5▲ 5.9×7 topics
  17. Cardiovascular Risk4▲ 7.7×7 topics
  18. Mortality4▲ 3.8×10 topics
  19. Neurological Disorders4▲ 3.7×9 topics
  20. Pathophysiology4▲ 7.0×10 topics
  21. Antibiotic Resistance3▲ 4.9×12 topics
  22. Global Burden3▲ 3.5×9 topics
  23. SARS-CoV-23▲ 6.3×6 topics
  24. Genetic Mutations3▲ 4.2×12 topics
  25. Guidelines3▲ 3.8×11 topics
  26. Immunosuppressive Therapy3▲ 9.3×7 topics
  27. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention3▲ 13×4 topics
  28. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation3▲ 22×2 topics
  29. Pregnancy3▲ 8.3×7 topics
  30. Robotic Surgery3▲ 11×4 topics
  31. Chronic Kidney Disease3▲ 6.3×6 topics
  32. Mechanical Ventilation3▲ 14×2 topics
  33. Postoperative Complications3▲ 12×3 topics
  34. Cardiogenic Shock3▲ 31×1 topic
  35. Left Ventricular Assist Device3▲ 31×1 topic
  36. ACE2 Receptor2▲ 6.2×3 topics
  37. Children2▲ 6.2×6 topics
  38. Intravenous Immunoglobulin2▲ 21×3 topics
  39. Rheumatoid Arthritis2▲ 14×2 topics
  40. Parathyroid Hormone2▲ 13×3 topics

Which research topics does Farwaniya Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices, Tracheal and airway disorders, Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders and Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies.

Mechanical Circulatory S…3Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices: 3 fractional worksTracheal and airway diso…2Tracheal and airway disorders: 2 fractional worksPeripheral Neuropathies …2Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders: 2 fractional worksRheumatoid Arthritis Res…2Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies: 2 fractional worksThyroid and Parathyroid Surgery: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 1 fractional worksGenital Health and Disease1Genital Health and Disease: 1 fractional worksEsophageal and GI Pathology: 1 fractional worksSarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 1 fractional worksOral and Maxillofacial P…1Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology: 1 fractional works
Biomedical EngineeringPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineNeurologyRheumatology3 others

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

  1. 1 Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Biomedical Engineering 3 works
  2. 2 Tracheal and airway disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  3. 3 Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders Neurology 2 works
  4. 4 Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies Rheumatology 2 works
  5. 5 Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery Surgery 2 works
  6. 6 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 1 works
  7. 7 Genital Health and Disease Surgery 1 works
  8. 8 Esophageal and GI Pathology Surgery 1 works
  9. 9 Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  10. 10 Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology Oral Surgery 1 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 available60.0%not open40.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.8%domestic only73.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Farwaniya Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 45% 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 Farwaniya Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00045% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Farwaniya Hospital0.00073% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Farwaniya 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%Farwaniya Hospital10.4% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 10.4% in 2025.

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