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King Khaled Hospital

In research, King Khaled Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#5,568 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#7,920 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,821
of 28,054 · #24,221 all time
Rank in Saudi Arabia
#70
of 98
Research works
691
▲ 93% vs 2013–17
Citations
6.8k
9.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
62%
world 28%

What is King Khaled 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 #5,568 of 11,982 6.6%149 #11620
MedicineField #7,920 of 10,443 6.0%128 #12213

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where King Khaled 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: 0.42× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.84× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.01× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.24× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.62× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.59× its world share, 11 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.32× its world share, 11 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.32× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 3.62× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.28× its world share, 14 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.86× its world share, 128 worksMedicineNursing: 1.85× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.13× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.53× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.99× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.90× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.03× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 9 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at King Khaled Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Clinical Trials, Mortality, Quality Improvement, Gastric Cancer, Risk Factors, Survival Analysis and Diagnosis.

▲ 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. Epidemiology26▲ 2.9×91 topics
  2. Inflammation10▲ 2.1×42 topics
  3. Quality of Life8▲ 2.5×31 topics
  4. Risk Factors8▲ 3.2×24 topics
  5. Clinical Trials8▲ 5.2×14 topics
  6. Diagnosis8▲ 3.5×28 topics
  7. Treatment8▲ 2.7×34 topics
  8. Healthcare7▲ 2.8×12 topics
  9. Mortality7▲ 5.2×11 topics
  10. COVID-197▲ 2.1×18 topics
  11. Chemotherapy6▲ 3.7×20 topics
  12. Guidelines6▲ 5.5×12 topics
  13. Public Health6▲ 1.76×24 topics
  14. Management6▲ 3.2×18 topics
  15. Quality Improvement6▲ 13×8 topics
  16. Gastric Cancer6▲ 21×3 topics
  17. Global Burden6▲ 4.4×11 topics
  18. Survival Analysis5▲ 8.3×4 topics
  19. Clinical Practice Guidelines5▲ 4.0×14 topics
  20. Cytoreductive Surgery5▲ 33×2 topics
  21. Antibiotic Resistance5▲ 5.6×10 topics
  22. Depression5▲ 2.4×15 topics
  23. Complications5▲ 4.1×14 topics
  24. Surgery5▲ 5.9×7 topics
  25. Clinical Guidelines5▲ 6.9×7 topics
  26. Colorectal Cancer4▲ 24×2 topics
  27. Primary Care4▲ 5.1×10 topics
  28. Surgical Management4▲ 4.7×17 topics
  29. Prevention4▲ 4.2×12 topics
  30. Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy4▲ 86×1 topic
  31. Patient Satisfaction4▲ 5.4×9 topics
  32. Peritoneal Metastases4▲ 86×1 topic
  33. Drug Resistance4▲ 5.8×4 topics
  34. Healthcare-Associated Infections3▲ 12×5 topics
  35. Healthcare Quality3▲ 14×4 topics
  36. Clinical Outcomes3▲ 6.2×4 topics
  37. Critical Care3▲ 5.7×8 topics
  38. Postoperative Complications3▲ 9.0×4 topics
  39. Cancer Incidence3▲ 8.1×4 topics
  40. Scheduling2▲ 16×3 topics

Which research topics does King Khaled Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Intraperitoneal and Appendiceal Malignancies, Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation, Organizational and Employee Performance and Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues.

Intraperitoneal and Appe…4Intraperitoneal and Appendiceal Malignancies: 4 fractional worksMusculoskeletal pain and…2Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation: 2 fractional worksOrganizational and Employee Performance: 2 fractional worksMedical Malpractice and Liability Issues: 2 fractional worksAntibiotic Use and Resistance: 2 fractional worksNutrition and Health in Aging: 2 fractional worksGlobal Cancer Incidence …2Global Cancer Incidence and Screening: 2 fractional worksAppendicitis Diagnosis and Management: 2 fractional worksEmergency and Acute Care Studies: 2 fractional worksLipoproteins and Cardiov…2Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health: 2 fractional works
SurgeryPharmacologyArtificial IntelligencePharmacy4 others

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

  1. 1 Intraperitoneal and Appendiceal Malignancies Surgery 4 works
  2. 2 Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation Pharmacology 2 works
  3. 3 Organizational and Employee Performance Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  4. 4 Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues Pharmacy 2 works
  5. 5 Antibiotic Use and Resistance Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 2 works
  6. 6 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 2 works
  7. 7 Global Cancer Incidence and Screening Oncology 2 works
  8. 8 Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management Emergency Medicine 2 works
  9. 9 Emergency and Acute Care Studies Emergency Medicine 2 works
  10. 10 Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health 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 available61.5%not open38.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors36.2%domestic only63.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has King Khaled Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 93% 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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