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King Fahd Medical City

In research, King Fahd Medical City stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,847 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#2,142 of 10,443 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#4,312 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Neurology and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism — Neurology is 7.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,576
of 28,054 · #10,858 all time
Rank in Saudi Arabia
#45
of 98
Research works
2.3k
▲ 86% vs 2013–17
Citations
24k
10.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
75%
world 28%

What is King Fahd Medical City 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 #1,847 of 11,982 7.6%662 #3176
MedicineField #2,142 of 10,443 7.1%604 #3658
Life SciencesDomain #4,312 of 7,800 11.0%94 #6449
SurgerySubfield #1,574 of 1,816 4.7%79 #2900

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where King Fahd Medical City 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#3,176 #1,847
  2. Medicine#3,658 #2,142
  3. Life Sciences#6,449 #4,312
  4. Surgery#2,900 #1,574
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 Fahd Medical City specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Neurology takes 7.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. NeurologySubfield · 33.4 works7.0×
  2. Endocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismSubfield · 31.1 works6.9×
← 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: 0.11× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.18× its world share, 52 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.99× its world share, 17 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.26× its world share, 17 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.18× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 13 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.67× its world share, 11 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.74× its world share, 38 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.78× its world share, 604 worksMedicineNursing: 1.92× its world share, 8 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.71× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.15× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.46× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.95× its world share, 24 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 12 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at King Fahd Medical City?

Ranked on the composite score, Imad M. Tleyjeh, Dania Al‐Jaroudi and Mohamad Al‐Tannir lead among researchers whose main affiliation is King Fahd Medical City.

  1. 1 Imad M. Tleyjeh Saudi Arabia · #82,775 worldwide 493 citations · 24 works
  2. 2 Dania Al‐Jaroudi Saudi Arabia · #713,748 worldwide 49 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Mohamad Al‐Tannir Saudi Arabia · #881,872 worldwide 50 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Adnan Zafar Saudi Arabia · #1,194,984 worldwide 19 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Mutahir A. Tunio Saudi Arabia · #1,273,667 worldwide 24 citations · 24 works
  6. 6 Naji Aljohani Saudi Arabia · #1,361,950 worldwide 19 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 Mussa Almalki Saudi Arabia · #1,392,752 worldwide 13 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at King Fahd Medical City

Which keywords describe research at King Fahd Medical City?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology113▲ 3.4×118 topics
  2. Inflammation44▲ 2.5×64 topics
  3. Treatment38▲ 3.7×42 topics
  4. Quality of Life34▲ 2.9×49 topics
  5. Diagnosis32▲ 4.2×37 topics
  6. Prognostic Factors31▲ 8.5×14 topics
  7. Management27▲ 4.2×29 topics
  8. Risk Factors25▲ 2.7×31 topics
  9. Chemotherapy24▲ 4.2×23 topics
  10. Surgical Management23▲ 6.8×18 topics
  11. Cardiovascular Disease22▲ 2.4×28 topics
  12. Oxidative Stress22▲ 1.65×42 topics
  13. Clinical Practice Guidelines22▲ 4.8×14 topics
  14. COVID-1922▲ 1.90×19 topics
  15. Genetic Mutations20▲ 5.4×23 topics
  16. Complications19▲ 4.6×17 topics
  17. Genetics19▲ 3.3×19 topics
  18. Depression18▲ 2.5×16 topics
  19. Immunotherapy18▲ 3.1×18 topics
  20. Diabetes18▲ 4.4×15 topics
  21. Radiotherapy16▲ 5.1×12 topics
  22. Neurological Disorders16▲ 3.4×18 topics
  23. Mortality16▲ 3.2×12 topics
  24. Thrombosis15▲ 6.5×7 topics
  25. Heart Failure15▲ 4.1×12 topics
  26. Cardiovascular Risk13▲ 5.2×8 topics
  27. SARS-CoV-213▲ 4.8×6 topics
  28. Patient Satisfaction13▲ 4.9×9 topics
  29. Quality Improvement13▲ 8.0×8 topics
  30. Pathophysiology12▲ 5.0×11 topics
  31. Surgery12▲ 4.3×11 topics
  32. Autoantibodies12▲ 6.0×8 topics
  33. Clinical Management12▲ 8.1×7 topics
  34. Clinical Outcomes11▲ 6.3×6 topics
  35. Elderly11▲ 5.5×6 topics
  36. Critical Care11▲ 5.8×8 topics
  37. Glycemic Control10▲ 8.2×4 topics
  38. Rituximab10▲ 7.9×4 topics
  39. Radiosurgery10▲ 13×4 topics
  40. Endoscopic Surgery10▲ 12×3 topics

Which research topics does King Fahd Medical City publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment, COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies, Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices and Bone Tumor Diagnosis and Treatments.

Sarcoma Diagnosis and Tr…6Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 6 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Resear…6COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 6 fractional worksMechanical Circulatory Support Devices: 6 fractional worksBone Tumor Diagnosis and…5Bone Tumor Diagnosis and Treatments: 5 fractional worksAcute Lymphoblastic Leuk…5Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research: 5 fractional worksNeonatal Respiratory Health Research: 5 fractional worksGlioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 5 fractional worksThyroid Cancer Diagnosis…4Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 4 fractional worksPharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes: 4 fractional worksTrauma and Emergency Care Studies: 4 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineInfectious DiseasesBiomedical EngineeringRheumatology5 others

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

  1. 1 Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 6 works
  2. 2 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 6 works
  3. 3 Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Biomedical Engineering 6 works
  4. 4 Bone Tumor Diagnosis and Treatments Rheumatology 5 works
  5. 5 Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 5 works
  6. 6 Neonatal Respiratory Health Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 5 works
  7. 7 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 5 works
  8. 8 Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 4 works
  9. 9 Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes Geriatrics and Gerontology 4 works
  10. 10 Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Emergency Medicine 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 available75.1%not open24.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.8%domestic only73.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has King Fahd Medical City's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 86% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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