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King Saud Medical City

In research, King Saud Medical City stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,247 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#1,642 of 10,443 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#4,358 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,410
of 28,054 · #10,034 all time
Rank in Saudi Arabia
#43
of 98
Research works
2.2k
▲ 274% vs 2013–17
Citations
20k
9.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
78%
world 28%

What is King Saud Medical City 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 #1,247 of 11,982 8.9%813 #2577
MedicineField #1,642 of 10,443 7.5%701 #3531
Life SciencesDomain #4,358 of 7,800 8.9%133 #8475
Health ProfessionsField #1,215 of 1,928 17.4%68 #2270
Social SciencesDomain #7,556 of 10,521 23.2%81 #11378
SurgerySubfield #1,416 of 1,816 4.2%127 #3178
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #3,293 of 3,579 8.9%74 #6925

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where King Saud Medical City 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#2,577 #1,247
  2. Medicine#3,531 #1,642
  3. Life Sciences#8,475 #4,358
  4. Health Professions#2,270 #1,215
  5. Social Sciences#11,378 #7,556
  6. Surgery#3,178 #1,416
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#6,925 #3,293
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.

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: 0.17× its world share, 9 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.30× its world share, 74 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.69× its world share, 18 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.47× its world share, 26 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.75× its world share, 7 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.23× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 14 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.15× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.17× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 6.07× its world share, 32 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.39× its world share, 68 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.40× its world share, 701 worksMedicineNursing: 2.35× its world share, 12 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.09× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.41× its world share, 9 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.24× its world share, 41 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 25 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 6.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at King Saud Medical City?

Ranked on the composite score, Dimitrios Karakitsos and Hatan Mortada lead among researchers whose main affiliation is King Saud Medical City.

  1. 1 Dimitrios Karakitsos Saudi Arabia · #155,517 worldwide 124 citations · 23 works
  2. 2 Hatan Mortada Saudi Arabia · #1,275,946 worldwide 12 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at King Saud Medical City

Which keywords describe research at King Saud Medical City?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology148▲ 3.5×121 topics
  2. Inflammation62▲ 2.8×74 topics
  3. Quality of Life57▲ 3.7×48 topics
  4. Complications43▲ 8.0×17 topics
  5. Treatment42▲ 3.2×49 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Disease37▲ 3.1×37 topics
  7. Risk Factors36▲ 3.0×32 topics
  8. Diagnosis35▲ 3.5×37 topics
  9. COVID-1934▲ 2.3×22 topics
  10. Depression32▲ 3.4×22 topics
  11. Oxidative Stress29▲ 1.66×52 topics
  12. Public Health27▲ 1.71×39 topics
  13. Metabolic Syndrome26▲ 3.0×22 topics
  14. Management25▲ 3.0×29 topics
  15. Surgical Management24▲ 5.4×19 topics
  16. Pandemic23▲ 1.98×9 topics
  17. Diabetes22▲ 4.2×18 topics
  18. Anxiety21▲ 4.1×12 topics
  19. Obesity20▲ 2.5×21 topics
  20. Genetics20▲ 2.6×18 topics
  21. Patient Satisfaction20▲ 5.8×10 topics
  22. Clinical Trials19▲ 2.7×18 topics
  23. Neurological Disorders19▲ 3.2×18 topics
  24. Quality Improvement19▲ 9.3×8 topics
  25. Mortality19▲ 3.1×13 topics
  26. Clinical Practice Guidelines19▲ 3.2×14 topics
  27. Prevention19▲ 4.2×16 topics
  28. Prognostic Factors19▲ 4.0×14 topics
  29. Global Burden18▲ 3.2×12 topics
  30. Primary Care18▲ 4.5×13 topics
  31. Genetic Mutations17▲ 3.6×23 topics
  32. Surgery17▲ 4.4×11 topics
  33. Rehabilitation16▲ 3.7×12 topics
  34. Clinical Guidelines14▲ 4.7×9 topics
  35. Chronic Disease Management14▲ 6.9×5 topics
  36. Pain Management13▲ 5.2×9 topics
  37. Weight Loss13▲ 7.1×4 topics
  38. Pregnancy12▲ 5.7×9 topics
  39. Endoscopic Surgery12▲ 12×3 topics
  40. Glycemic Control12▲ 7.2×4 topics

Which research topics does King Saud Medical City publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: COVID-19 and Mental Health, Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout and Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education.

COVID-19 and Mental Health8COVID-19 and Mental Health: 8 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and R…6Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 6 fractional worksHealthcare professionals’ stress and burnout: 6 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence …6Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 6 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Resear…6COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 6 fractional worksTrauma Management and Diagnosis: 5 fractional worksHead and Neck Surgical Oncology: 5 fractional worksInnovations in Medical E…5Innovations in Medical Education: 5 fractional worksBariatric Surgery and Outcomes: 4 fractional worksSleep and related disorders: 4 fractional works
Clinical PsychologySurgeryGeneral Health ProfessionsHealth Informatics3 others

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

  1. 1 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 8 works
  2. 2 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 6 works
  3. 3 Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout General Health Professions 6 works
  4. 4 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 6 works
  5. 5 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 6 works
  6. 6 Trauma Management and Diagnosis Surgery 5 works
  7. 7 Head and Neck Surgical Oncology Surgery 5 works
  8. 8 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 5 works
  9. 9 Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes Surgery 4 works
  10. 10 Sleep and related disorders Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 4 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-authors28.7%domestic only71.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has King Saud Medical City's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 274% 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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