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King Fahd Armed Forces Hospital

In research, King Fahd Armed Forces Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#3,903 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#4,734 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,552
of 28,054 · #23,846 all time
Rank in Saudi Arabia
#67
of 98
Research works
633
▲ 131% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.2k
8.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
69%
world 28%

What is King Fahd Armed Forces 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
MedicineField #3,903 of 10,443 5.6%156 #7866
Health SciencesDomain #4,734 of 11,982 6.2%180 #9506

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where King Fahd Armed Forces 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).

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: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.09× its world share, 13 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.35× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.50× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.75× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 9.58× its world share, 10 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.97× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.67× its world share, 156 worksMedicineNursing: 0.83× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.45× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.47× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.90× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 9.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at King Fahd Armed Forces Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Khalid S Aljabri, Mirvat Alasnag and Waqar Ahmed lead among researchers whose main affiliation is King Fahd Armed Forces Hospital.

  1. 1 Khalid S Aljabri Saudi Arabia · #614,646 worldwide 24 citations · 20 works
  2. 2 Mirvat Alasnag Saudi Arabia · #981,844 worldwide 40 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 Waqar Ahmed Saudi Arabia · #1,049,804 worldwide 17 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at King Fahd Armed Forces Hospital

Which keywords describe research at King Fahd Armed Forces Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diabetes, Inflammation, Cardiovascular Disease, Guidelines, Complications, Management 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. Epidemiology32▲ 3.7×92 topics
  2. Inflammation13▲ 2.8×48 topics
  3. Cardiovascular Disease9▲ 3.8×25 topics
  4. Diabetes9▲ 8.5×11 topics
  5. Risk Factors9▲ 3.5×23 topics
  6. Quality of Life8▲ 2.7×30 topics
  7. Management8▲ 4.7×21 topics
  8. Complications7▲ 6.5×15 topics
  9. Oxidative Stress7▲ 1.96×31 topics
  10. Guidelines7▲ 6.8×9 topics
  11. Treatment7▲ 2.6×29 topics
  12. Depression7▲ 3.5×11 topics
  13. Diagnosis6▲ 3.1×24 topics
  14. Pandemic6▲ 2.6×8 topics
  15. Glycemic Control6▲ 17×4 topics
  16. Heart Failure6▲ 6.0×10 topics
  17. Global Burden6▲ 4.7×11 topics
  18. Mortality6▲ 4.3×11 topics
  19. Prevention5▲ 5.4×12 topics
  20. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement5▲ 31×1 topic
  21. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement5▲ 31×1 topic
  22. Myocardial Infarction5▲ 9.5×6 topics
  23. Kidney Transplantation5▲ 35×2 topics
  24. Echocardiography4▲ 7.6×6 topics
  25. Primary Care4▲ 5.2×10 topics
  26. Atherosclerosis4▲ 6.7×8 topics
  27. Surgical Management4▲ 4.6×13 topics
  28. Cardiovascular Risk4▲ 6.0×7 topics
  29. Antibiotic Resistance4▲ 4.7×11 topics
  30. Insulin Therapy4▲ 15×3 topics
  31. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention4▲ 13×4 topics
  32. Type 1 Diabetes4▲ 21×2 topics
  33. Graft Survival4▲ 20×2 topics
  34. Immunosuppressive Drugs4▲ 27×2 topics
  35. Anemia4▲ 17×4 topics
  36. Critical Care4▲ 6.8×8 topics
  37. Postoperative Complications4▲ 12×3 topics
  38. Quality Improvement4▲ 8.1×6 topics
  39. Radiation Exposure3▲ 15×2 topics
  40. Revascularization3▲ 9.4×4 topics

Which research topics does King Fahd Armed Forces Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments, Diabetes Management and Research and Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes.

Cardiac Valve Diseases a…5Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 5 fractional worksRenal Transplantation Ou…3Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments: 3 fractional worksDiabetes Management and …3Diabetes Management and Research: 3 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and …3Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 3 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 2 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 2 fractional worksCardiovascular Function …2Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 2 fractional worksCoronary Interventions and Diagnostics: 2 fractional worksHemoglobinopathies and R…2Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders: 2 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineTransplantationEndocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismClinical Psychology4 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 5 works
  2. 2 Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments Transplantation 3 works
  3. 3 Diabetes Management and Research Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 3 works
  4. 4 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  5. 5 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 2 works
  6. 6 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  7. 7 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  8. 8 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 2 works
  9. 9 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Surgery 2 works
  10. 10 Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders Genetics 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 available69.0%not open31.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.9%domestic only76.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has King Fahd Armed Forces Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 131% 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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