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King Fahad Hospital Jeddah

In research, King Fahad Hospital Jeddah stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,802 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#2,971 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Dentistry — Dentistry is 9.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#9,882
of 28,054 · #18,209 all time
Rank in Saudi Arabia
#57
of 98
Research works
1.2k
▲ 186% vs 2013–17
Citations
10k
8.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
68%
world 28%

What is King Fahad Hospital Jeddah 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 #2,802 of 11,982 7.0%386 #5730
MedicineField #2,971 of 10,443 5.9%325 #6103

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where King Fahad Hospital Jeddah 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).

What does King Fahad Hospital Jeddah specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Dentistry takes 9.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. DentistryField · 22.0 works9.2×
← 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, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.10× its world share, 29 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.34× its world share, 12 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.88× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.75× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.18× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 9.16× its world share, 22 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.47× its world share, 32 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.42× its world share, 325 worksMedicineNursing: 2.04× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.84× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.22× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.47× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.35× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.16× its world share, 18 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 9 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 9.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at King Fahad Hospital Jeddah?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology74▲ 3.8×118 topics
  2. Quality of Life34▲ 4.8×43 topics
  3. Inflammation24▲ 2.3×53 topics
  4. Treatment23▲ 3.9×44 topics
  5. Risk Factors20▲ 3.6×31 topics
  6. Diagnosis19▲ 4.0×38 topics
  7. Cardiovascular Disease18▲ 3.3×29 topics
  8. Depression16▲ 3.7×14 topics
  9. Management15▲ 3.9×27 topics
  10. Diabetes14▲ 5.5×12 topics
  11. Clinical Practice Guidelines13▲ 4.9×14 topics
  12. COVID-1913▲ 1.94×20 topics
  13. Complications13▲ 5.3×17 topics
  14. Metabolic Syndrome13▲ 3.2×22 topics
  15. Public Health13▲ 1.77×33 topics
  16. Global Burden12▲ 4.6×12 topics
  17. Surgical Management12▲ 5.9×20 topics
  18. Mortality11▲ 3.9×12 topics
  19. Elderly11▲ 8.7×5 topics
  20. Social Support10▲ 3.7×10 topics
  21. Pathogenesis10▲ 4.0×21 topics
  22. Prevention10▲ 4.8×15 topics
  23. Obesity10▲ 2.6×18 topics
  24. Prognostic Factors9▲ 4.3×14 topics
  25. Rehabilitation9▲ 4.6×10 topics
  26. Guidelines9▲ 3.8×12 topics
  27. Immune Response8▲ 3.0×16 topics
  28. Genetic Mutations8▲ 3.6×22 topics
  29. Pathophysiology8▲ 5.2×9 topics
  30. Patient Satisfaction8▲ 4.9×10 topics
  31. Stress8▲ 4.1×5 topics
  32. Surgery7▲ 4.2×11 topics
  33. Self-Efficacy7▲ 5.3×5 topics
  34. Nursing7▲ 7.4×3 topics
  35. Quality Improvement7▲ 7.0×8 topics
  36. Chronic Disease Management6▲ 6.9×5 topics
  37. Educational Achievement6▲ 21×1 topic
  38. Job Stress6▲ 21×1 topic
  39. Glycemic Control6▲ 8.4×4 topics
  40. Chronic Kidney Disease6▲ 5.3×9 topics

Which research topics does King Fahad Hospital Jeddah publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Health and Well-being Studies, COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies, Dental Radiography and Imaging and Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation.

Health and Well-being St…6Health and Well-being Studies: 6 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 3 fractional worksDental Radiography and Imaging: 3 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 3 fractional worksDental Research and COVID-19: 3 fractional worksFamily and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units: 2 fractional worksHemoglobinopathies and R…2Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders: 2 fractional worksDiabetes Management and Education: 2 fractional worksEndodontics and Root Canal Treatments: 2 fractional worksOral and Maxillofacial P…2Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology: 2 fractional works
Clinical PsychologyInfectious DiseasesOral SurgerySurgery4 others

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

  1. 1 Health and Well-being Studies Clinical Psychology 6 works
  2. 2 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 3 works
  3. 3 Dental Radiography and Imaging Oral Surgery 3 works
  4. 4 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 3 works
  5. 5 Dental Research and COVID-19 General Dentistry 3 works
  6. 6 Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units Radiological and Ultrasound Technology 2 works
  7. 7 Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders Genetics 2 works
  8. 8 Diabetes Management and Education Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 2 works
  9. 9 Endodontics and Root Canal Treatments Oral Surgery 2 works
  10. 10 Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology Oral Surgery 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 available68.5%not open31.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors29.0%domestic only71.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has King Fahad Hospital Jeddah's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 186% 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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