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King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital

In research, King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#8,692 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#10,405 of 11,982 worldwide) and Ophthalmology (#87 of 94 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ophthalmology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Medicine — Ophthalmology is 114.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#21,204
of 28,054 · #27,056 all time
Rank in Saudi Arabia
#94
of 98
Research works
1.3k
▼ 10% vs 2013–17
Citations
22k
16.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
48%
world 28%

What is King Khaled Eye Specialist 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 #8,692 of 10,443 3.7%174 #7932
Health SciencesDomain #10,405 of 11,982 3.9%177 #10341
OphthalmologySubfield #87 of 94 3.9%67 #235

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where King Khaled Eye Specialist 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).

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. Medicine#7,932 #8,692
  2. Health Sciences#10,341 #10,405
  3. Ophthalmology#235 #87
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 Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ophthalmology takes 114.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OphthalmologySubfield · 66.9 works115×
  2. Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingSubfield · 41.5 works21×
  3. MedicineField · 173.7 works4.1×
← 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: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.96× its world share, 23 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.74× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.82× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.78× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.55× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.46× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.14× its world share, 174 worksMedicineNursing: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.77× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Hind M. Alkatan, Deepak P. Edward and Rajiv Khandekar lead among researchers whose main affiliation is King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital.

  1. 1 Hind M. Alkatan Saudi Arabia · #311,848 worldwide 67 citations · 29 works
  2. 2 Deepak P. Edward Saudi Arabia · #524,791 worldwide 54 citations · 23 works
  3. 3 Rajiv Khandekar Saudi Arabia · #570,002 worldwide 35 citations · 27 works
  4. 4 Marco Mura Saudi Arabia · #823,099 worldwide 25 citations · 32 works
  5. 5 Khabir Ahmad Saudi Arabia · #1,033,497 worldwide 60 citations · 114 works
  6. 6 Klaus D. Teichmann Saudi Arabia · #1,035,564 worldwide 15 citations · 23 works
  7. 7 Nicola G. Ghazi Saudi Arabia · #1,240,604 worldwide 7 citations · 26 works
  8. 8 Alicia Galindo‐Ferreiro Saudi Arabia · #1,339,370 worldwide 11 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 Samar A. Al-Swailem Saudi Arabia · #1,606,708 worldwide 7 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital

Which keywords describe research at King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Glaucoma, Intraocular Pressure, Epidemiology, Optical Coherence Tomography, Myopia, Genetic Mutations, Femtosecond Laser and Intraocular Lens Implantation.

▲ 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▲ 3.7×39 topics
  2. Glaucoma29▲ 92×4 topics
  3. Intraocular Pressure27▲ 148×2 topics
  4. Optical Coherence Tomography17▲ 74×3 topics
  5. Myopia16▲ 124×2 topics
  6. Genetic Mutations15▲ 16×15 topics
  7. Femtosecond Laser15▲ 143×1 topic
  8. Intraocular Lens Implantation15▲ 261×1 topic
  9. Corneal Biomechanics14▲ 202×1 topic
  10. Keratoconus14▲ 202×1 topic
  11. Optic Nerve14▲ 66×2 topics
  12. Risk Factors14▲ 5.9×7 topics
  13. Wound Healing14▲ 24×6 topics
  14. Neurodegeneration13▲ 20×5 topics
  15. Intravitreal Injection13▲ 88×2 topics
  16. Tissue Engineering13▲ 9.7×4 topics
  17. Retinal Ganglion Cells13▲ 54×2 topics
  18. Ocular Hypertension13▲ 113×1 topic
  19. Visual Field Progression13▲ 113×1 topic
  20. Corneal Regeneration12▲ 232×1 topic
  21. Limbal Stem Cells12▲ 232×1 topic
  22. Inflammation12▲ 2.6×25 topics
  23. OCT Imaging11▲ 190×2 topics
  24. Endophthalmitis11▲ 146×2 topics
  25. Macular Degeneration11▲ 40×3 topics
  26. Macular Hole10▲ 226×1 topic
  27. Vitreoretinal Surgery10▲ 226×1 topic
  28. Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor9▲ 50×3 topics
  29. Diabetic Retinopathy8▲ 38×2 topics
  30. Prognostic Factors8▲ 8.0×6 topics
  31. Antibiotic Resistance7▲ 8.8×7 topics
  32. Choroidal Thickness7▲ 60×1 topic
  33. Retinal Pigment Epithelium7▲ 60×1 topic
  34. Immunosuppressive Therapy7▲ 16×4 topics
  35. Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis6▲ 60×2 topics
  36. Behçet's Disease6▲ 108×1 topic
  37. Keratitis6▲ 184×1 topic
  38. Ocular Infections6▲ 184×1 topic
  39. Uveitis6▲ 108×1 topic
  40. Radiation Therapy6▲ 22×2 topics

Which research topics does King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Intraocular Surgery and Lenses, Corneal surgery and disorders, Glaucoma and retinal disorders and Corneal Surgery and Treatments.

Intraocular Surgery and …15Intraocular Surgery and Lenses: 15 fractional worksCorneal surgery and diso…14Corneal surgery and disorders: 14 fractional worksGlaucoma and retinal dis…13Glaucoma and retinal disorders: 13 fractional worksCorneal Surgery and Trea…12Corneal Surgery and Treatments: 12 fractional worksRetinal and Macular Surgery: 10 fractional worksRetinal Diseases and Treatments: 7 fractional worksOcular Diseases and Behç…6Ocular Diseases and Behçet’s Syndrome: 6 fractional worksOcular Infections and Treatments: 6 fractional worksOcular Surface and Contact Lens: 6 fractional worksOcular Oncology and Treatments: 6 fractional works
OphthalmologyRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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

  1. 1 Intraocular Surgery and Lenses Ophthalmology 15 works
  2. 2 Corneal surgery and disorders Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 14 works
  3. 3 Glaucoma and retinal disorders Ophthalmology 13 works
  4. 4 Corneal Surgery and Treatments Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 12 works
  5. 5 Retinal and Macular Surgery Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 10 works
  6. 6 Retinal Diseases and Treatments Ophthalmology 7 works
  7. 7 Ocular Diseases and Behçet’s Syndrome Ophthalmology 6 works
  8. 8 Ocular Infections and Treatments Ophthalmology 6 works
  9. 9 Ocular Surface and Contact Lens Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 6 works
  10. 10 Ocular Oncology and Treatments Ophthalmology 6 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 available47.9%not open52.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.0%domestic only76.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 10% lower 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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