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Hamad General Hospital

In research, Hamad General Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,511 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#3,099 of 8,541 worldwide) and Surgery (#895 of 1,532 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#11,338
of 22,385 · #17,931 all time
Rank in Qatar
#11
of 21
Research works
1.6k
◆ 1% vs 2018-21
Citations
19k
12.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.87×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
67%
world 40%
International
29%
world 18%
Hamad General Hospital

What is Hamad General 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 #3,511 of 9,902 7.7%361 #7523
MedicineField #3,099 of 8,541 7.4%334 #6091
SurgerySubfield #895 of 1,532 10.5%62 #1713

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hamad General 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 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#7,523 #3,511
  2. Medicine#6,091 #3,099
  3. Surgery#1,713 #895
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 Hamad General Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 85% of research at Hamad General Hospital is in Health Sciences, 8% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (79%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (4%), Health Professions (4%). It does 3.6× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 397 fractional works · 84.7% of its workMedicine: 369 fractional works · 78.7% of its workSurgery: 68 fractional works · 14.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 36 fractional works · 7.6% of its workEpidemiology: 22 fractional works · 4.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 19 fractional works · 4.1% of its workNeurology: 19 fractional works · 4.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 19 fractional works · 4.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 18 fractional works · 3.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 16 fractional works · 3.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 13 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 12 fractional works · 2.5% of its workRheumatology: 10 fractional works · 2.1% of its workOncology: 10 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPhysiology: 10 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHematology: 9 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 8 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGenetics: 7 fractional works · 1.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 7 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 7 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNephrology: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDermatology: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInternal Medicine: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOphthalmology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workUrology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHepatology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReproductive Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workFamily Practice: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 19 fractional works · 4.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 9 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workResearch and Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 38 fractional works · 8.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 20 fractional works · 4.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 10 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGenetics: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeuroscience: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 17 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPsychology: 7 fractional works · 1.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 16 fractional works · 3.5% of its workEngineering: 9 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKHamad GeneralHospital469fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences3%Health Sciences85%Social Sciences4%

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. Medicine36978.7%
    2. Health Professions194.1%
    3. Nursing61.4%
    4. Dentistry20.4%
    5. Veterinary10.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology204.4%
    2. Neuroscience61.3%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology61.2%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics40.8%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences20.5%
    1. Psychology71.4%
    2. Social Sciences51.0%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance30.6%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting20.3%
    5. Decision Sciences10.2%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.1%
    1. Engineering91.8%
    2. Computer Science51.0%
    3. Environmental Science20.4%
    4. Mathematics00.1%
    5. Materials Science00.1%
    6. Chemistry00.0%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.0%
    8. Energy00.0%
    9. Physics and Astronomy00.0%
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: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.82× its world share, 20 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.22× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.79× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.19× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.13× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.12× its world share, 9 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.78× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.54× its world share, 19 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.09× its world share, 369 worksMedicineNursing: 2.79× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.95× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.29× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.46× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine4.09×369 works
  2. Nursing2.79×6 works
  3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.19×4 works
  4. Veterinary1.95×1 works
  5. Health Professions1.54×19 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology1.22×6 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.82×20 works
  8. Neuroscience0.79×6 works
  9. Dentistry0.78×2 works
  10. Psychology0.46×6 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.29×3 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.24×1 works
  13. Computer Science0.13×5 works
  14. Engineering0.12×9 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.10×2 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.10×2 works
  17. Mathematics0.09×0 works
  18. Social Sciences0.08×5 works
  19. Environmental Science0.07×2 works
  20. Chemistry0.03×0 works
  21. Energy0.03×0 works
  22. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.02×0 works
  23. Materials Science0.02×0 works
  24. Arts and Humanities0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Hamad General Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Renol Mathew Koshy, Ahammed Abdulla Mekkodathil and Abdelrahman Abdelaal lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hamad General Hospital.

  1. 1 Renol Mathew Koshy Qatar · #935,192 worldwide 1.1k citations · 40 works
  2. 2 Ahammed Abdulla Mekkodathil Qatar · #2,624,141 worldwide 1.5k citations · 89 works
  3. 3 Abdelrahman Abdelaal Qatar · #3,086,995 worldwide 1.3k citations · 58 works
  4. 4 Talal Ibrahim Qatar · #3,464,652 worldwide 2.6k citations · 94 works
  5. 5 Ahmed Hussein Qatar · #3,770,293 worldwide 1.7k citations · 33 works
  6. 6 Nada A Soliman Qatar · #3,808,312 worldwide 802 citations · 56 works
  7. 7 Vincenzo De Sanctis Qatar · #3,827,730 worldwide 5.5k citations · 211 works
  8. 8 Gaby Jabbour Qatar · #3,849,849 worldwide 686 citations · 34 works
  9. 9 Ahmed Sameer Hatem Alani Qatar · #4,024,329 worldwide 419 citations · 21 works
  10. 10 Ambreen Iqrar Qatar · #4,106,674 worldwide 398 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Hamad General Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Hamad General Hospital?

The most cited paper from Hamad General Hospital is "Can AI Help in Screening Viral and COVID-19 Pneumonia?" (Muhammad E. H. Chowdhury, Tawsifur Rahman, Amith Abdullah Khandakar et al., 2020), with 1,953 citations. Next come "Endothelial dysfunction: cardiovascular risk factors, therapy, and outcome." (822) and "Reliable Tuberculosis Detection Using Chest X-Ray With Deep Learning, Segmentation and Visualization" (652).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Can AI Help in Screening Viral and COVID-19 Pneumonia? Muhammad E. H. Chowdhury, Tawsifur Rahman, Amith Abdullah Khandakar et al. · IEEE Access Open access 2020 1,953
2 Endothelial dysfunction: cardiovascular risk factors, therapy, and outcome. Hadi A. R. Hadi, Cornelia Sonia Carr, Jassim M. S. Al Suwaidi · PubMed Open access 2005 822
3 Reliable Tuberculosis Detection Using Chest X-Ray With Deep Learning, Segmentation and Visualization Tawsifur Rahman, Amith Abdullah Khandakar, Muhammad Abdul Kadir et al. · IEEE Access Open access 2020 652
4 International consensus statement on the management of hypotension with vasopressors during caesarean section under spinal anaesthesia Stephen Michael Kinsella, Brendan Carvalho, R.A. Dyer et al. · Anaesthesia Open access Nov 2017 597
5 Advancements and limitations in traditional anti-cancer therapies: a comprehensive review of surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and hormonal therapy Aasma Zafar, Summaiya Khatoon, Muhammad Jawad Khan et al. · Discover Oncology Open access 24 Apr 2025 538
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Hamad General Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Complications, Management, Mortality, Cardiovascular Disease and Surgical 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-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. Epidemiology67▲ 3.6×107 topics
  2. Diagnosis30▲ 7.0×38 topics
  3. Treatment30▲ 5.3×42 topics
  4. Management21▲ 5.7×28 topics
  5. Inflammation21▲ 2.1×51 topics
  6. Complications20▲ 8.6×16 topics
  7. Cardiovascular Disease19▲ 3.6×30 topics
  8. Risk Factors18▲ 3.5×27 topics
  9. Metabolic Syndrome16▲ 4.3×21 topics
  10. Mortality16▲ 6.1×13 topics
  11. Quality of Life16▲ 2.3×37 topics
  12. Surgical Management14▲ 7.2×19 topics
  13. Immune Response12▲ 4.6×15 topics
  14. Pandemic12▲ 2.6×9 topics
  15. Public Health12▲ 1.75×32 topics
  16. Thrombosis12▲ 8.9×6 topics
  17. Heart Failure11▲ 5.3×12 topics
  18. Pathophysiology11▲ 8.0×10 topics
  19. Guidelines11▲ 4.9×11 topics
  20. Clinical Practice Guidelines11▲ 4.1×14 topics
  21. Pathogenesis10▲ 4.2×20 topics
  22. Diabetes10▲ 4.2×15 topics
  23. Surgery9▲ 5.8×10 topics
  24. SARS-CoV-29▲ 6.4×6 topics
  25. Global Burden9▲ 3.5×12 topics
  26. Genetic Mutations9▲ 4.3×20 topics
  27. ACE2 Receptor8▲ 8.0×3 topics
  28. Critical Care8▲ 7.3×8 topics
  29. Prevention8▲ 4.2×14 topics
  30. Patient Satisfaction8▲ 5.5×9 topics
  31. Prognosis8▲ 4.9×9 topics
  32. Chronic Kidney Disease8▲ 6.4×8 topics
  33. Cardiovascular Risk7▲ 5.0×8 topics
  34. Health Outcomes7▲ 5.5×4 topics
  35. Quality Improvement7▲ 7.8×8 topics
  36. Prophylaxis7▲ 11×4 topics
  37. Pain Management7▲ 6.1×8 topics
  38. Mechanical Ventilation6▲ 12×2 topics
  39. Prenatal Diagnosis6▲ 8.9×7 topics
  40. Clinical Characteristics6▲ 9.9×2 topics

Which research topics does Hamad General Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies, Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management, Trauma and Emergency Care Studies and Sexual function and dysfunction studies.

COVID-19 Clinical Resear…5COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 5 fractional worksVenous Thromboembolism D…4Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management: 4 fractional worksTrauma and Emergency Care Studies: 4 fractional worksSexual function and dysfunction studies: 4 fractional worksTracheal and airway disorders: 3 fractional worksMechanical Circulatory Support Devices: 3 fractional worksPharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes: 3 fractional worksHemoglobinopathies and R…3Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders: 3 fractional worksRespiratory Support and Mechanisms: 3 fractional worksGenital Health and Disease: 3 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesInternal MedicineEmergency MedicinePsychiatry and Mental health5 others

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

  1. 1 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 5 works
  2. 2 Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management Internal Medicine 4 works
  3. 3 Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Emergency Medicine 4 works
  4. 4 Sexual function and dysfunction studies Psychiatry and Mental health 4 works
  5. 5 Tracheal and airway disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  6. 6 Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Biomedical Engineering 3 works
  7. 7 Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes Geriatrics and Gerontology 3 works
  8. 8 Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders Genetics 3 works
  9. 9 Respiratory Support and Mechanisms Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  10. 10 Genital Health and Disease Surgery 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 available67.4%not open32.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors28.8%domestic only71.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Hamad General Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 1% 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 Hamad General Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0017% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Hamad General Hospital0.0020% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Hamad General 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 2025Hamad General Hospital6.5% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 13.6% in 2007.

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