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King Hamad University Hospital

In research, King Hamad University Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#7,948 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#8,343 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 8.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#20,980
of 28,054 · #34,459 all time
Rank in Bahrain
#12
of 14
Research works
454
▲ 253% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.5k
3.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
78%
world 28%

What is King Hamad University 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 #7,948 of 11,982 3.0%202 #13293
MedicineField #8,343 of 10,443 2.9%188 #15035

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where King Hamad University 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).

What does King Hamad University Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 8.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 46.0 works8.0×
← 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, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.20× its world share, 16 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.95× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.94× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.47× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.17× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.61× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.21× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.96× its world share, 188 worksMedicineNursing: 3.87× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.60× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.46× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at King Hamad University Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Martin Corbally lead among researchers whose main affiliation is King Hamad University Hospital.

  1. 1 Martin Corbally Bahrain · #752,007 worldwide 12 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at King Hamad University Hospital

Which keywords describe research at King Hamad University Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Complications, Diagnosis, Chemotherapy, Treatment, Surgical Management, Prenatal Diagnosis 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. Epidemiology32▲ 3.2×83 topics
  2. Treatment14▲ 4.8×30 topics
  3. Diagnosis14▲ 5.9×28 topics
  4. Complications12▲ 10×17 topics
  5. Chemotherapy12▲ 7.0×17 topics
  6. Surgical Management11▲ 11×17 topics
  7. Inflammation10▲ 1.91×32 topics
  8. Quality of Life9▲ 2.5×24 topics
  9. Management8▲ 4.3×19 topics
  10. Prenatal Diagnosis8▲ 22×6 topics
  11. Risk Factors7▲ 2.7×23 topics
  12. Clinical Practice Guidelines7▲ 5.4×10 topics
  13. Cancer7▲ 2.1×16 topics
  14. Cardiovascular Disease6▲ 2.4×19 topics
  15. Pathophysiology6▲ 8.4×9 topics
  16. Prognostic Factors6▲ 5.8×14 topics
  17. Mortality6▲ 4.3×11 topics
  18. Prognosis6▲ 7.6×8 topics
  19. Radiotherapy6▲ 6.3×9 topics
  20. Immunotherapy6▲ 3.4×13 topics
  21. Clinical Trials6▲ 3.5×10 topics
  22. Guidelines6▲ 5.1×11 topics
  23. Surgery6▲ 6.6×9 topics
  24. Laparoscopic Surgery5▲ 19×4 topics
  25. Congenital Anomalies5▲ 38×3 topics
  26. Neurological Disorders5▲ 3.6×13 topics
  27. Children5▲ 8.6×5 topics
  28. Diabetes5▲ 4.1×11 topics
  29. Meta-Analysis5▲ 3.4×8 topics
  30. Genomic Analysis5▲ 7.4×5 topics
  31. Metastasis4▲ 5.4×4 topics
  32. Cytoreductive Surgery4▲ 28×2 topics
  33. Mutation Analysis4▲ 22×2 topics
  34. Ovarian Cancer4▲ 18×2 topics
  35. Postoperative Complications4▲ 12×4 topics
  36. Autoantibodies4▲ 6.7×7 topics
  37. Fallopian Tube Origin4▲ 34×1 topic
  38. Tumor Models4▲ 26×1 topic
  39. Immunohistochemistry4▲ 20×4 topics
  40. Antibiotic Therapy3▲ 22×2 topics

Which research topics does King Hamad University Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment, Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery, Intestinal and Peritoneal Adhesions and Intestinal Malrotation and Obstruction Disorders.

Ovarian cancer diagnosis…4Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment: 4 fractional worksCongenital Anomalies and…3Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery: 3 fractional worksIntestinal and Peritoneal Adhesions: 2 fractional worksIntestinal Malrotation and Obstruction Disorders: 2 fractional worksAppendicitis Diagnosis and Management: 2 fractional worksCongenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies: 2 fractional worksEsophageal and GI Pathology: 2 fractional worksMetabolism and Genetic D…2Metabolism and Genetic Disorders: 2 fractional worksHernia repair and management: 2 fractional worksGlioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional works
Reproductive MedicineSurgeryEmergency MedicineClinical Biochemistry1 others

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

  1. 1 Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment Reproductive Medicine 4 works
  2. 2 Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery Surgery 3 works
  3. 3 Intestinal and Peritoneal Adhesions Surgery 2 works
  4. 4 Intestinal Malrotation and Obstruction Disorders Surgery 2 works
  5. 5 Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management Emergency Medicine 2 works
  6. 6 Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies Surgery 2 works
  7. 7 Esophageal and GI Pathology Surgery 2 works
  8. 8 Metabolism and Genetic Disorders Clinical Biochemistry 2 works
  9. 9 Hernia repair and management Surgery 2 works
  10. 10 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment 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 available78.3%not open21.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors31.2%domestic only68.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has King Hamad University Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 253% 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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