King Abdulaziz Hospital
In research, King Abdulaziz Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#5,531 of 8,541 worldwide), Health Sciences (#6,647 of 9,902 worldwide) and Surgery (#1,148 of 1,532 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Dentistry (Dentistry is 6.5× its share of world research).
- World rank, 2022-now
- #11,713 of 22,385 · #20,952 all time
- Rank in Saudi Arabia
- #63 of 91
- Research works
- 1.7k ▲ 142% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 16k 9.2 per fractional work
- Top-10% rate
- 5.1% all institutions 10.0%
- vs its own fields
- 0.71× 1.00× is exactly expected
- Open access
- 73% world 40%
- International
- 24% world 18%
What is King Abdulaziz Hospital known for in research?
The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.
| Field | World rank | Where that sits | Top-10% rate | Works | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MedicineField | #5,531 of 8,541 | 4.1% | 500 | #9442 | |
| Health SciencesDomain | #6,647 of 9,902 | 4.3% | 576 | #11456 | |
| SurgerySubfield | #1,148 of 1,532 | 5.0% | 75 | #2522 | |
| Life SciencesDomain | #5,629 of 6,403 | 4.9% | 81 | #9024 | |
| Social SciencesDomain | #9,288 of 9,585 | 9.5% | 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 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.
- Medicine#9,442 #5,531
- Health Sciences#11,456 #6,647
- Surgery#2,522 #1,148
- Life Sciences#9,024 #5,629
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 King Abdulaziz Hospital work in?
In 2022-now, 77% of research at King Abdulaziz Hospital is in Health Sciences, 11% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (67%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (6%), Health Professions (6%). It does 3.3× the world's share of Health Sciences.
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 26 fields, with their numbers
- Health Sciences65276.9%
- Medicine56666.7%
- Health Professions516.0%
- Dentistry273.2%
- Nursing70.9%
- Veterinary10.2%
- Life Sciences9311.0%
- Social Sciences688.0%
- Physical Sciences364.2%
- Engineering121.4%
- Computer Science81.0%
- Environmental Science50.6%
- Materials Science50.6%
- Chemistry30.3%
- Mathematics20.2%
- Physics and Astronomy10.1%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences00.0%
- Chemical Engineering00.0%
- Energy00.0%
What does King Abdulaziz Hospital specialise in?
Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Dentistry takes 6.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.
- DentistryField · 26.9 works6.5×
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 6.5×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Dentistry6.54×27 works
- Medicine3.47×566 works
- Health Professions2.29×51 works
- Nursing1.75×7 works
- Immunology and Microbiology1.72×15 works
- Neuroscience1.20×16 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.17×53 works
- Psychology1.15×30 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.13×3 works
- Veterinary1.11×1 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.42×8 works
- Business, Management and Accounting0.23×6 works
- Chemistry0.20×3 works
- Mathematics0.18×2 works
- Social Sciences0.18×19 works
- Decision Sciences0.17×1 works
- Materials Science0.16×5 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.14×6 works
- Arts and Humanities0.13×3 works
- Computer Science0.12×8 works
- Environmental Science0.12×5 works
- Engineering0.09×12 works
- Chemical Engineering0.08×0 works
- Physics and Astronomy0.05×1 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences0.03×0 works
- Energy0.01×0 works
- Dentistry 6.5×
- Medicine 3.5×
- Health Professions 2.3×
- Nursing 1.8×
- Immunology and Microbiology 1.7×
- Neuroscience 1.2×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 1.2×
- Psychology 1.1×
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 1.1×
- Veterinary 1.1×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 0.4×
- Business, Management and Accounting 0.2×
- Chemistry 0.2×
- Mathematics 0.2×
- Social Sciences 0.2×
- Decision Sciences 0.2×
- Materials Science 0.2×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.1×
- Arts and Humanities 0.1×
- Computer Science 0.1×
- Environmental Science 0.1×
- Engineering 0.1×
- Chemical Engineering 0.1×
- Physics and Astronomy 0.1×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 0.0×
- Energy 0.0×
Who are the top researchers at King Abdulaziz Hospital?
Ranked on the quality score, Abdulsalam M. Al‐Aithan, Ibrahim Mohammed Dighriri and Ammar Ashraf lead among researchers whose main affiliation is King Abdulaziz Hospital.
- 1
Abdulsalam M. Al‐Aithan
Saudi Arabia · #1,146,122 worldwide 2.1k citations · 24 works
- 2
Ibrahim Mohammed Dighriri
Saudi Arabia · #2,870,498 worldwide 820 citations · 48 works
- 3
Ammar Ashraf
Saudi Arabia · #3,761,145 worldwide 143 citations · 285 works
- 4
Seraj Abualnaja
Saudi Arabia · #4,555,706 worldwide 138 citations · 26 works
- 5
Javed I. Memon
Saudi Arabia · #4,673,446 worldwide 474 citations · 19 works
- 6
Jibril Y. Hudise
Saudi Arabia · #5,627,180 worldwide 107 citations · 16 works
- 7
Maryam Ali Al-Aamri
Saudi Arabia · #6,014,924 worldwide 98 citations · 16 works
- 8
Ayman F. Soliman
Saudi Arabia · #6,091,145 worldwide 28 citations · 15 works
- 9
Hamad Abdulaziz AlSubaie
Saudi Arabia · #6,117,143 worldwide 25 citations · 16 works
- 10
Wael Gawad
Saudi Arabia · #6,152,532 worldwide 37 citations · 16 works
Which keywords describe research at King Abdulaziz Hospital?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Quality of Life, Treatment, Inflammation, Diagnosis, Management, Complications and Risk Factors.
- Glycemic Control
- Type 2 Diabetes
- Pathophysiology
- Cardiovascular Risk
- Elderly
- Rehabilitation
- Insulin Resistance
- Primary Care
- Immune Response
- Guidelines
- Mortality
- Surgical Management
- Prevention
- Depression
- Pathogenesis
- Complications
- Management
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Treatment
- Inflammation
- Epidemiology
- Quality of Life
- Diagnosis
- Risk Factors
- COVID-19
- Metabolic Syndrome
- Global Burden
- Obesity
- Clinical Practice Guidelines
- Genetics
- Chemotherapy
- Diabetes
- Prognostic Factors
- Antibiotic Resistance
- Critical Care
- Heart Failure
- Genetic Mutations
- Patient Satisfaction
- Quality Improvement
- Autoantibodies
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
- Epidemiology127▲ 3.8×118 topics
- Inflammation48▲ 2.6×73 topics
- Quality of Life46▲ 3.7×48 topics
- Treatment39▲ 3.8×46 topics
- Diagnosis34▲ 4.3×40 topics
- Cardiovascular Disease30▲ 3.1×32 topics
- Risk Factors30▲ 3.2×29 topics
- Management28▲ 4.1×31 topics
- COVID-1924▲ 2.2×23 topics
- Complications24▲ 5.6×17 topics
- Metabolic Syndrome22▲ 3.2×22 topics
- Pathogenesis22▲ 5.1×23 topics
- Global Burden21▲ 4.6×12 topics
- Depression19▲ 2.6×18 topics
- Obesity19▲ 2.9×20 topics
- Prevention17▲ 4.9×14 topics
- Clinical Practice Guidelines17▲ 3.6×14 topics
- Surgical Management17▲ 4.8×20 topics
- Genetics17▲ 2.8×18 topics
- Mortality16▲ 3.4×12 topics
- Chemotherapy16▲ 2.7×24 topics
- Guidelines16▲ 4.0×12 topics
- Diabetes16▲ 3.6×16 topics
- Immune Response15▲ 3.1×18 topics
- Prognostic Factors14▲ 3.8×14 topics
- Primary Care13▲ 4.1×12 topics
- Antibiotic Resistance13▲ 3.8×14 topics
- Insulin Resistance13▲ 3.3×10 topics
- Critical Care12▲ 6.0×8 topics
- Rehabilitation12▲ 3.6×13 topics
- Heart Failure12▲ 3.2×13 topics
- Elderly12▲ 5.9×5 topics
- Genetic Mutations12▲ 3.3×22 topics
- Cardiovascular Risk12▲ 4.5×9 topics
- Patient Satisfaction12▲ 4.5×10 topics
- Pathophysiology11▲ 4.6×10 topics
- Quality Improvement11▲ 6.9×8 topics
- Type 2 Diabetes11▲ 5.7×6 topics
- Autoantibodies10▲ 5.2×8 topics
- Glycemic Control10▲ 7.4×4 topics
Which research topics does King Abdulaziz Hospital publish most on?
By volume in 2022-now: Health and Well-being Studies, Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes, Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders and COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Health and Well-being Studies Clinical Psychology 5 works
- 2 Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes Geriatrics and Gerontology 5 works
- 3 Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders Genetics 4 works
- 4 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 4 works
- 5 Nasal Surgery and Airway Studies Surgery 4 works
- 6 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 4 works
- 7 Tracheal and airway disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
- 8 Dental Research and COVID-19 General Dentistry 4 works
- 9 Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments Surgery 4 works
- 10 Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 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.
World: 40% of research is openly available.
World: 18% is written across borders.
How has King Abdulaziz Hospital's research output changed?
Output in 2022-2025 was 142% higher than in 2018-2021.
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 King Abdulaziz Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0035% in 2024.
Fractional works of King Abdulaziz 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.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 9.6% in 2006.
Other research institutions in Makkah al Mukarramah
- Umm al-Qura University
- King Abdullah Medical City
- Hera General Hospital
- Prince Mohammad Bin Salman College of Business and Entrepreneurship
Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners have tabs of their own, above.
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