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King Khalid University Hospital

In research, King Khalid University Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#5,859 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#6,196 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#14,270
of 28,054 · #17,064 all time
Rank in Saudi Arabia
#79
of 98
Research works
2k
▼ 11% vs 2013–17
Citations
35k
16.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
44%
world 28%

What is King Khalid 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 #5,859 of 11,982 9.5%142 #6573
MedicineField #6,196 of 10,443 9.0%127 #5549

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

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: 0.64× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.60× its world share, 17 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.50× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.70× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.48× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.08× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.16× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.50× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 5.76× its world share, 5 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.58× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.41× its world share, 127 worksMedicineNursing: 1.26× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.76× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 5.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at King Khalid University Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Mohamed Naguib, Abdulhakim B. Jamjoom and Aamer Aleem lead among researchers whose main affiliation is King Khalid University Hospital.

  1. 1 Mohamed Naguib Saudi Arabia · #112,130 worldwide 187 citations · 38 works
  2. 2 Abdulhakim B. Jamjoom Saudi Arabia · #407,185 worldwide 31 citations · 22 works
  3. 3 Aamer Aleem Saudi Arabia · #1,306,139 worldwide 16 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at King Khalid University Hospital

Which keywords describe research at King Khalid University Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Treatment, Diagnosis, Guidelines, Cardiovascular Disease, Quality of Life and Oxidative Stress.

▲ 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. Epidemiology24▲ 3.1×85 topics
  2. Inflammation12▲ 2.8×48 topics
  3. Treatment9▲ 3.8×33 topics
  4. Diagnosis8▲ 4.5×28 topics
  5. Quality of Life8▲ 2.9×35 topics
  6. Oxidative Stress8▲ 2.5×36 topics
  7. Cardiovascular Disease7▲ 3.4×22 topics
  8. Risk Factors7▲ 3.2×26 topics
  9. Metabolic Syndrome6▲ 3.9×17 topics
  10. Guidelines6▲ 6.4×11 topics
  11. Depression6▲ 3.3×14 topics
  12. Genetics5▲ 3.7×12 topics
  13. Management5▲ 3.2×24 topics
  14. Obesity5▲ 3.3×15 topics
  15. Chemotherapy5▲ 3.5×20 topics
  16. Mortality4▲ 4.0×10 topics
  17. Cardiovascular Risk4▲ 6.7×9 topics
  18. Complications4▲ 4.1×16 topics
  19. Diabetes4▲ 4.2×14 topics
  20. Clinical Practice Guidelines4▲ 3.6×13 topics
  21. Pathogenesis4▲ 3.8×12 topics
  22. Insulin Resistance4▲ 4.0×7 topics
  23. Prognostic Factors4▲ 4.1×12 topics
  24. Type 2 Diabetes3▲ 8.0×6 topics
  25. Prevention3▲ 4.1×13 topics
  26. Anxiety3▲ 3.5×7 topics
  27. Genetic Mutations3▲ 3.8×14 topics
  28. Inflammatory Bowel Disease3▲ 14×5 topics
  29. Pulmonary Hypertension3▲ 10×3 topics
  30. Autoantibodies3▲ 6.0×6 topics
  31. Pain Management3▲ 6.2×6 topics
  32. Clinical Guidelines3▲ 4.7×9 topics
  33. Genetic Regulation3▲ 8.2×4 topics
  34. Genetic Variants2▲ 6.8×6 topics
  35. Immunology2▲ 11×2 topics
  36. Sickle-cell Disease2▲ 28×1 topic
  37. Thalassemia2▲ 28×1 topic
  38. Weight Loss2▲ 7.3×4 topics
  39. Glycemic Control2▲ 7.2×4 topics
  40. Perioperative Care2▲ 9.0×3 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Anesthesia and Pain Management and COVID-19 and Mental Health.

Hemoglobinopathies and R…2Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders: 2 fractional worksInflammatory Bowel Disease2Inflammatory Bowel Disease: 2 fractional worksAnesthesia and Pain Management: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 1 fractional worksBariatric Surgery and Outcomes: 1 fractional worksPoisoning and overdose treatments: 1 fractional worksOvarian function and disorders: 1 fractional worksEsophageal and GI Pathol…1Esophageal and GI Pathology: 1 fractional worksCardiac Arrest and Resuscitation: 1 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 1 fractional works
GeneticsSurgeryClinical PsychologyEmergency Medicine2 others

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

  1. 1 Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders Genetics 2 works
  2. 2 Inflammatory Bowel Disease Genetics 2 works
  3. 3 Anesthesia and Pain Management Surgery 2 works
  4. 4 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 1 works
  5. 5 Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes Surgery 1 works
  6. 6 Poisoning and overdose treatments Emergency Medicine 1 works
  7. 7 Ovarian function and disorders Reproductive Medicine 1 works
  8. 8 Esophageal and GI Pathology Surgery 1 works
  9. 9 Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Emergency Medicine 1 works
  10. 10 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 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 available43.5%not open56.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.7%domestic only85.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 11% 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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