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Hamad General Hospital

In research, Hamad General Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,660 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#2,772 of 10,443 worldwide) and Surgery (#1,366 of 1,816 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#7,094
of 28,054 · #16,097 all time
Rank in Qatar
#11
of 26
Research works
1.6k
▲ 72% vs 2013–17
Citations
19k
12.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
67%
world 28%

What is Hamad General 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 #1,660 of 11,982 10.4%361 #4346
MedicineField #2,772 of 10,443 9.7%334 #4476
SurgerySubfield #1,366 of 1,816 11.7%62 #2336

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Health Sciences#4,346 #1,660
  2. Medicine#4,476 #2,772
  3. Surgery#2,336 #1,366
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

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: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.84× its world share, 19 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.33× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.85× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.22× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.14× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.13× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.86× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.57× its world share, 18 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.08× its world share, 334 worksMedicineNursing: 2.87× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.96× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.32× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.40× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 4 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.

Who are the top researchers at Hamad General Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Nada Alaaraj, Fahmi Yousef Khan and Noor Hamed lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hamad General Hospital.

  1. 1 Nada Alaaraj · #273,172 worldwide 61 citations · 37 works
  2. 2 Fahmi Yousef Khan · #277,427 worldwide 76 citations · 21 works
  3. 3 Noor Hamed · #339,659 worldwide 58 citations · 37 works
  4. 4 Shayma Ahmed · #524,341 worldwide 58 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 Ragesh B. Thandassery · #1,174,587 worldwide 7 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 Tariq O. Abbas · #1,183,984 worldwide 4 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 Mansoor Hameed · #1,527,627 worldwide 2 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Khalid Ahmed · #1,565,132 worldwide 4 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Mushtaq Ahmad · #1,584,821 worldwide 2 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Hamad General Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Hamad General Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Complications, Management, Mortality, Metabolic Syndrome and Risk Factors.

▲ 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. Epidemiology62▲ 3.7×104 topics
  2. Treatment28▲ 5.5×41 topics
  3. Diagnosis28▲ 7.0×37 topics
  4. Inflammation19▲ 2.2×50 topics
  5. Complications19▲ 8.9×16 topics
  6. Management18▲ 5.4×27 topics
  7. Risk Factors16▲ 3.5×27 topics
  8. Cardiovascular Disease15▲ 3.3×26 topics
  9. Metabolic Syndrome15▲ 4.5×21 topics
  10. Quality of Life15▲ 2.4×37 topics
  11. Mortality15▲ 6.0×12 topics
  12. Immune Response12▲ 5.0×15 topics
  13. Pandemic12▲ 2.6×9 topics
  14. Surgical Management12▲ 6.6×19 topics
  15. Thrombosis11▲ 9.4×6 topics
  16. COVID-1911▲ 1.90×18 topics
  17. Pathophysiology11▲ 8.4×10 topics
  18. Clinical Practice Guidelines10▲ 4.2×13 topics
  19. Guidelines10▲ 4.9×10 topics
  20. Heart Failure10▲ 5.2×10 topics
  21. Pathogenesis10▲ 4.4×19 topics
  22. SARS-CoV-29▲ 6.6×6 topics
  23. Diabetes9▲ 4.2×14 topics
  24. Surgery9▲ 5.9×10 topics
  25. Global Burden9▲ 3.8×12 topics
  26. ACE2 Receptor8▲ 8.2×3 topics
  27. Genetic Mutations8▲ 4.3×20 topics
  28. Prevention8▲ 4.5×14 topics
  29. Critical Care7▲ 7.3×8 topics
  30. Patient Satisfaction7▲ 5.3×9 topics
  31. Prognosis7▲ 5.0×9 topics
  32. Chronic Kidney Disease7▲ 6.4×8 topics
  33. Prophylaxis7▲ 12×4 topics
  34. Cardiovascular Risk6▲ 5.0×8 topics
  35. Pain Management6▲ 6.6×8 topics
  36. Mechanical Ventilation6▲ 12×2 topics
  37. Prenatal Diagnosis6▲ 9.8×7 topics
  38. Chronic Pain6▲ 6.4×5 topics
  39. Quality Improvement6▲ 7.3×8 topics
  40. Clinical Characteristics6▲ 10×2 topics

Which research topics does Hamad General Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies, Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management, Trauma and Emergency Care Studies and Tracheal and airway disorders.

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: 3 fractional worksTracheal and airway disorders: 3 fractional worksPharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes: 3 fractional worksMechanical Circulatory Support Devices: 3 fractional worksHemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders: 3 fractional worksRespiratory Support and …3Respiratory Support and Mechanisms: 3 fractional worksAmoebic Infections and Treatments: 2 fractional worksGrowth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors: 2 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesInternal MedicineEmergency MedicinePulmonary and Respiratory Medicine4 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 3 works
  4. 4 Tracheal and airway disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  5. 5 Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes Geriatrics and Gerontology 3 works
  6. 6 Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Biomedical Engineering 3 works
  7. 7 Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders Genetics 3 works
  8. 8 Respiratory Support and Mechanisms Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  9. 9 Amoebic Infections and Treatments Infectious Diseases 2 works
  10. 10 Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 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 available67.4%not open32.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Hamad General Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 72% higher 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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