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Hospital / health system · Makkah al Mukarramah · Saudi Arabia

King Abdulaziz Hospital

In research, King Abdulaziz Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,638 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#2,875 of 10,443 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#5,576 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Dentistry — Dentistry is 6.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,373
of 28,054 · #16,284 all time
Rank in Saudi Arabia
#52
of 98
Research works
1.7k
▲ 114% vs 2013–17
Citations
16k
9.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
73%
world 28%

What is King Abdulaziz 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 #2,638 of 11,982 6.3%576 #5788
MedicineField #2,875 of 10,443 5.9%500 #5773
Life SciencesDomain #5,576 of 7,800 9.9%81 #9715
SurgerySubfield #1,576 of 1,816 5.5%75 #3543
Social SciencesDomain #9,366 of 10,521 16.9%61 —

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where King Abdulaziz 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#5,788 #2,638
  2. Medicine#5,773 #2,875
  3. Life Sciences#9,715 #5,576
  4. Surgery#3,543 #1,576
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 King Abdulaziz Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Dentistry takes 6.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. DentistryField · 23.4 works6.4×
← 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: 0.12× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.16× its world share, 46 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.73× its world share, 13 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.20× its world share, 15 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.23× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.13× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.12× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.15× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 6.44× its world share, 23 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.25× its world share, 44 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.48× its world share, 500 worksMedicineNursing: 1.80× its world share, 7 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.15× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.22× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.42× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.19× its world share, 27 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 18 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 6.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at King Abdulaziz Hospital?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology114▲ 3.8×117 topics
  2. Inflammation42▲ 2.7×72 topics
  3. Quality of Life41▲ 3.8×48 topics
  4. Treatment36▲ 3.9×44 topics
  5. Diagnosis30▲ 4.4×40 topics
  6. Risk Factors28▲ 3.4×29 topics
  7. Cardiovascular Disease26▲ 3.1×32 topics
  8. Management25▲ 4.2×30 topics
  9. COVID-1923▲ 2.2×23 topics
  10. Complications21▲ 5.7×17 topics
  11. Metabolic Syndrome20▲ 3.3×22 topics
  12. Global Burden20▲ 4.9×12 topics
  13. Pathogenesis19▲ 4.9×22 topics
  14. Depression18▲ 2.7×17 topics
  15. Obesity16▲ 2.9×20 topics
  16. Prevention16▲ 5.0×14 topics
  17. Pandemic16▲ 1.94×9 topics
  18. Surgical Management15▲ 5.0×20 topics
  19. Genetics15▲ 2.9×18 topics
  20. Clinical Practice Guidelines15▲ 3.6×14 topics
  21. Mortality15▲ 3.4×12 topics
  22. Chemotherapy15▲ 2.8×24 topics
  23. Immune Response13▲ 3.1×17 topics
  24. Diabetes13▲ 3.6×16 topics
  25. Guidelines13▲ 3.7×12 topics
  26. Prognostic Factors13▲ 3.9×14 topics
  27. Antibiotic Resistance12▲ 4.0×14 topics
  28. Insulin Resistance12▲ 3.4×10 topics
  29. Critical Care11▲ 6.6×8 topics
  30. Elderly11▲ 6.0×5 topics
  31. Patient Satisfaction11▲ 4.7×10 topics
  32. Rehabilitation11▲ 3.7×13 topics
  33. Primary Care11▲ 3.8×12 topics
  34. Pathophysiology10▲ 4.7×9 topics
  35. Cardiovascular Risk10▲ 4.3×9 topics
  36. Quality Improvement10▲ 6.7×8 topics
  37. Type 2 Diabetes9▲ 5.5×6 topics
  38. Autoantibodies9▲ 5.1×8 topics
  39. Glycemic Control9▲ 7.5×4 topics
  40. Pulmonary Hypertension8▲ 7.3×3 topics

Which research topics does King Abdulaziz Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Health and Well-being Studies, Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders, Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes and COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies.

Health and Well-being St…5Health and Well-being Studies: 5 fractional worksHemoglobinopathies and R…4Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders: 4 fractional worksPharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes: 4 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Resear…4COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 4 fractional worksNasal Surgery and Airway…4Nasal Surgery and Airway Studies: 4 fractional worksGastrointestinal disorders and treatments: 4 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 4 fractional worksTracheal and airway diso…4Tracheal and airway disorders: 4 fractional worksDental Research and COVID-19: 3 fractional worksSepsis Diagnosis and Treatment: 3 fractional works
Clinical PsychologyGeneticsGeriatrics and GerontologyInfectious Diseases4 others

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

  1. 1 Health and Well-being Studies Clinical Psychology 5 works
  2. 2 Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders Genetics 4 works
  3. 3 Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes Geriatrics and Gerontology 4 works
  4. 4 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 4 works
  5. 5 Nasal Surgery and Airway Studies Surgery 4 works
  6. 6 Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments Surgery 4 works
  7. 7 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 4 works
  8. 8 Tracheal and airway disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  9. 9 Dental Research and COVID-19 General Dentistry 3 works
  10. 10 Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 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 available73.4%not open26.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.0%domestic only76.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has King Abdulaziz Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 114% 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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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.