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King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences

In research, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences stands highest in Health Sciences (#385 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#841 of 10,443 worldwide) and Dentistry (#52 of 367 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Orthodontics, Dentistry and Oral Surgery — Orthodontics is 9.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,849
of 28,054 · #3,583 all time
Rank in Saudi Arabia
#28
of 98
Research works
5.1k
▲ 109% vs 2013–17
Citations
69k
13.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
75%
world 28%

What is King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences 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 #385 of 11,982 12.9%1,419 #747
MedicineField #841 of 10,443 11.3%1,170 #1313
DentistryField #52 of 367 20.7%83 #172
Health ProfessionsField #428 of 1,928 20.6%136 #548
Life SciencesDomain #1,861 of 7,800 15.4%262 #3361
Social SciencesDomain #3,211 of 10,521 25.2%220 #4888
Physical SciencesDomain #5,132 of 12,888 24.8%120 #9748
Social SciencesField #3,106 of 6,365 30.0%82 #4376
General Health ProfessionsSubfield #460 of 916 23.6%67 #840
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield #475 of 828 16.2%89 #925

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences 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#747 #385
  2. Medicine#1,313 #841
  3. Dentistry#172 #52
  4. Health Professions#548 #428
  5. Life Sciences#3,361 #1,861
  6. Social Sciences#4,888 #3,211
  7. Physical Sciences#9,748 #5,132
  8. Social Sciences#4,376 #3,106
  9. General Health Professions#840 #460
  10. Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health#925 #475
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 Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Orthodontics takes 9.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OrthodonticsSubfield · 21.1 works9.3×
  2. DentistryField · 83.5 works8.5×
  3. Oral SurgerySubfield · 32.6 works8.3×
  4. Emergency MedicineSubfield · 34.2 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: 0.24× its world share, 23 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.38× its world share, 149 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.66× its world share, 34 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.37× its world share, 45 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.69× its world share, 12 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.38× its world share, 12 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.19× its world share, 30 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 35 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.16× its world share, 16 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.22× its world share, 16 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.21× its world share, 5 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 8.51× its world share, 84 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.56× its world share, 136 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.01× its world share, 1,170 worksMedicineNursing: 2.79× its world share, 28 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.63× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.27× its world share, 16 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.16× its world share, 10 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.37× its world share, 7 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.32× its world share, 14 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.48× its world share, 91 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 82 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 8.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences?

Ranked on the composite score, Yaseen M. Arabi, Muhammad Umair and Ali H. Hajeer lead among researchers whose main affiliation is King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences.

  1. 1 Yaseen M. Arabi Saudi Arabia · #28,817 worldwide 743 citations · 177 works
  2. 2 Muhammad Umair Saudi Arabia · #54,265 worldwide 431 citations · 40 works
  3. 3 Ali H. Hajeer Saudi Arabia · #313,162 worldwide 110 citations · 38 works
  4. 4 Saeeda Naz Saudi Arabia · #403,144 worldwide 65 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Ikram Ul Haq Saudi Arabia · #467,087 worldwide 31 citations · 25 works
  6. 6 Anwar Ahmed Saudi Arabia · #472,050 worldwide 96 citations · 26 works
  7. 7 Fadia AlBuhairan Saudi Arabia · #475,556 worldwide 140 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Muhammad Anwar Khan Saudi Arabia · #733,648 worldwide 34 citations · 22 works
  9. 9 Hasan M. Al‐Dorzi Saudi Arabia · #855,286 worldwide 20 citations · 25 works
  10. 10 Zafar Iqbal Saudi Arabia · #898,198 worldwide 106 citations · 87 works
All ranked researchers at King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences

Which keywords describe research at King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Quality of Life, Inflammation, Treatment, Risk Factors, Diagnosis, Depression and COVID-19.

▲ 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. Epidemiology242▲ 3.0×130 topics
  2. Inflammation104▲ 2.5×82 topics
  3. Quality of Life97▲ 3.3×51 topics
  4. Treatment82▲ 3.3×50 topics
  5. COVID-1971▲ 2.6×26 topics
  6. Risk Factors71▲ 3.2×35 topics
  7. Diagnosis64▲ 3.4×40 topics
  8. Depression61▲ 3.5×23 topics
  9. Cardiovascular Disease61▲ 2.7×37 topics
  10. Oxidative Stress56▲ 1.69×57 topics
  11. Management53▲ 3.3×31 topics
  12. Mental Health51▲ 1.72×32 topics
  13. Pandemic51▲ 2.3×12 topics
  14. Cancer49▲ 1.81×55 topics
  15. Metabolic Syndrome43▲ 2.6×22 topics
  16. Global Burden42▲ 3.9×12 topics
  17. Mortality41▲ 3.5×13 topics
  18. Anxiety36▲ 3.8×12 topics
  19. Obesity36▲ 2.4×24 topics
  20. Genetics36▲ 2.5×22 topics
  21. Complications36▲ 3.5×17 topics
  22. Clinical Trials35▲ 2.6×19 topics
  23. Clinical Practice Guidelines35▲ 3.1×14 topics
  24. Guidelines34▲ 3.6×13 topics
  25. Immune Response32▲ 2.8×21 topics
  26. Diabetes32▲ 3.2×21 topics
  27. Prevention30▲ 3.5×16 topics
  28. Pathogenesis30▲ 2.9×24 topics
  29. Heart Failure29▲ 3.3×12 topics
  30. Surgical Management28▲ 3.4×20 topics
  31. SARS-CoV-228▲ 4.2×6 topics
  32. Patient Satisfaction27▲ 4.3×10 topics
  33. Medical Education27▲ 5.2×11 topics
  34. Pathophysiology27▲ 4.5×11 topics
  35. Healthcare Workers26▲ 5.2×6 topics
  36. Quality Improvement24▲ 6.2×8 topics
  37. Critical Care23▲ 5.0×8 topics
  38. Elderly23▲ 4.5×6 topics
  39. Clinical Outcomes22▲ 5.0×5 topics
  40. Chronic Disease Management22▲ 5.6×5 topics

Which research topics does King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: COVID-19 and Mental Health, Innovations in Medical Education, COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies and Health and Well-being Studies.

COVID-19 and Mental Health15COVID-19 and Mental Health: 15 fractional worksInnovations in Medical E…14Innovations in Medical Education: 14 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 12 fractional worksHealth and Well-being Studies: 12 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 10 fractional worksHealthcare professionals’ stress and burnout: 10 fractional worksDental Radiography and Imaging: 10 fractional worksDental Research and COVI…10Dental Research and COVID-19: 10 fractional worksVenous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management: 10 fractional worksCardiac Arrest and Resuscitation: 10 fractional works
Clinical PsychologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthInfectious DiseasesHealth Informatics5 others

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

  1. 1 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 15 works
  2. 2 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 14 works
  3. 3 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 12 works
  4. 4 Health and Well-being Studies Clinical Psychology 12 works
  5. 5 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 10 works
  6. 6 Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout General Health Professions 10 works
  7. 7 Dental Radiography and Imaging Oral Surgery 10 works
  8. 8 Dental Research and COVID-19 General Dentistry 10 works
  9. 9 Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management Internal Medicine 10 works
  10. 10 Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Emergency Medicine 10 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 available74.7%not open25.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors29.7%domestic only70.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 109% 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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