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Ibn Sina Hospital

In research, Ibn Sina Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#4,820 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#5,241 of 10,443 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#6,126 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Rheumatology, Surgery and Neurology — Rheumatology is 8.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,331
of 28,054 · #22,177 all time
Rank in Kuwait
#12
of 23
Research works
1.3k
▲ 71% vs 2013–17
Citations
7.7k
5.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
70%
world 28%

What is Ibn Sina 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 #4,820 of 11,982 3.1%469 #8846
MedicineField #5,241 of 10,443 3.0%447 #8413
Life SciencesDomain #6,126 of 7,800 6.0%61 #11065
SurgerySubfield #1,693 of 1,816 1.6%104 #3748

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ibn Sina 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#8,846 #4,820
  2. Medicine#8,413 #5,241
  3. Life Sciences#11,065 #6,126
  4. Surgery#3,748 #1,693
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.

What does Ibn Sina Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Rheumatology takes 8.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. RheumatologySubfield · 22.8 works8.7×
  2. SurgerySubfield · 103.6 works7.7×
  3. NeurologySubfield · 21.8 works6.6×
← 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: 0.15× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.17× its world share, 36 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.85× its world share, 11 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.00× its world share, 9 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.78× its world share, 5 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.88× its world share, 13 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.07× its world share, 447 worksMedicineNursing: 0.79× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.48× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.29× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.50× its world share, 9 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 9 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 Ibn Sina Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Jasem Al–Hashel, John K. John and Ismail Ibrahim Ismail lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ibn Sina Hospital.

  1. 1 Jasem Al–Hashel Kuwait · #632,851 worldwide 17 citations · 25 works
  2. 2 John K. John Kuwait · #1,036,268 worldwide 61 citations · 201 works
  3. 3 Ismail Ibrahim Ismail Kuwait · #1,101,135 worldwide 5 citations · 23 works
  4. 4 Samar Farouk Ahmed Kuwait · #1,282,820 worldwide 10 citations · 36 works
All ranked researchers at Ibn Sina Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Ibn Sina Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Surgical Management, Complications, Management, Genetic Mutations and Prognostic 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. Epidemiology94▲ 4.2×114 topics
  2. Diagnosis48▲ 8.9×37 topics
  3. Treatment47▲ 6.8×44 topics
  4. Surgical Management26▲ 11×20 topics
  5. Management23▲ 5.2×26 topics
  6. Complications22▲ 7.8×17 topics
  7. Inflammation21▲ 1.76×49 topics
  8. Genetic Mutations19▲ 7.8×22 topics
  9. Prognostic Factors18▲ 7.2×14 topics
  10. Quality of Life17▲ 2.0×34 topics
  11. Risk Factors16▲ 2.6×26 topics
  12. Immunotherapy16▲ 4.0×15 topics
  13. Chemotherapy15▲ 3.8×18 topics
  14. Clinical Practice Guidelines14▲ 4.6×12 topics
  15. Neurological Disorders14▲ 4.4×19 topics
  16. Surgery14▲ 6.9×11 topics
  17. Pathogenesis13▲ 4.5×19 topics
  18. Prenatal Diagnosis13▲ 15×7 topics
  19. Genetics12▲ 3.0×16 topics
  20. Guidelines12▲ 4.4×12 topics
  21. Children10▲ 7.7×6 topics
  22. Autoantibodies10▲ 7.2×8 topics
  23. Diagnostic Criteria9▲ 7.4×10 topics
  24. Echocardiography9▲ 6.0×8 topics
  25. Imaging9▲ 6.2×5 topics
  26. Immunosuppressive Therapy9▲ 8.1×8 topics
  27. Clinical Management8▲ 8.6×8 topics
  28. Endoscopic Surgery8▲ 16×3 topics
  29. Chronic Kidney Disease8▲ 6.0×8 topics
  30. Cognitive Impairment8▲ 5.8×8 topics
  31. Congenital Anomalies8▲ 24×3 topics
  32. Myocardial Infarction8▲ 5.9×5 topics
  33. Molecular Classification8▲ 8.7×4 topics
  34. Surgical Treatment7▲ 6.3×6 topics
  35. Cardiac Imaging7▲ 10×3 topics
  36. Fetal Surgery7▲ 22×3 topics
  37. Adults7▲ 19×2 topics
  38. Review7▲ 9.4×2 topics
  39. Embolization6▲ 17×4 topics
  40. Soft Tissue Sarcoma6▲ 21×2 topics

Which research topics does Ibn Sina Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments, Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment, Pituitary Gland Disorders and Treatments and Urological Disorders and Treatments.

Gastrointestinal disorde…6Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments: 6 fractional worksSarcoma Diagnosis and Tr…5Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 5 fractional worksPituitary Gland Disorders and Treatments: 5 fractional worksUrological Disorders and Treatments: 4 fractional worksMultiple Sclerosis Research Studies: 4 fractional worksCongenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery: 4 fractional worksBone Tumor Diagnosis and Treatments: 4 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases a…4Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 4 fractional worksDiverticular Disease and Complications: 4 fractional worksCerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus: 4 fractional works
SurgeryPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineEndocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismUrology4 others

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

  1. 1 Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments Surgery 6 works
  2. 2 Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 5 works
  3. 3 Pituitary Gland Disorders and Treatments Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 5 works
  4. 4 Urological Disorders and Treatments Urology 4 works
  5. 5 Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies Pathology and Forensic Medicine 4 works
  6. 6 Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery Surgery 4 works
  7. 7 Bone Tumor Diagnosis and Treatments Rheumatology 4 works
  8. 8 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  9. 9 Diverticular Disease and Complications Surgery 4 works
  10. 10 Cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 4 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 available70.2%not open29.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors61.3%domestic only38.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Ibn Sina Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 71% 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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