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Kuwait Cancer Control Center

In research, Kuwait Cancer Control Center stands highest in Medicine (#6,007 of 8,541 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#6,991 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#21,082
of 22,385 · #31,059 all time
Rank in Kuwait
#23
of 23
Research works
459
▼ 19% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.8k
8.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.94×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
36%
world 40%
International
30%
world 18%
Kuwait Cancer Control Center

What is Kuwait Cancer Control Center known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
MedicineField #6,007 of 8,541 5.7%62 #11924
Health SciencesDomain #6,991 of 9,902 6.2%65 #13974

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kuwait Cancer Control Center 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Kuwait Cancer Control Center work in?

In 2022-now, 72% of research at Kuwait Cancer Control Center is in Health Sciences, 16% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (69%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (10%), Psychology (5%). It does 2.9× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 73 fractional works · 72.1% of its workMedicine: 70 fractional works · 69.5% of its workHematology: 9 fractional works · 8.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 9 fractional works · 8.7% of its workOncology: 7 fractional works · 7.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 6 fractional works · 5.7% of its workGenetics: 6 fractional works · 5.6% of its workSurgery: 5 fractional works · 4.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 3.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workTransplantation: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 16 fractional works · 16.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 10 fractional works · 9.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 5.2% of its workCancer Research: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 4 fractional works · 3.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 8.8% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 5.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 3.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 3 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKKuwait CancerControl Center101fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences16%Physical Sciences3%Health Sciences72%Social Sciences9%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine7069.5%
    2. Health Professions21.7%
    3. Dentistry11.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology109.5%
    2. Neuroscience43.9%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology32.6%
    1. Psychology65.5%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.3%
    3. Social Sciences11.0%
    4. Arts and Humanities10.5%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.3%
    6. Decision Sciences00.1%
    1. Engineering11.4%
    2. Computer Science10.7%
    3. Chemistry00.2%
    4. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    5. Environmental Science00.2%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    7. Materials Science00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.79× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.60× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.42× its world share, 4 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.03× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.64× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.61× its world share, 70 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.61× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.80× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.61×70 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology2.60×3 works
  3. Neuroscience2.42×4 works
  4. Dentistry2.03×1 works
  5. Psychology1.80×6 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.79×10 works
  7. Health Professions0.64×2 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.61×1 works
  9. Arts and Humanities0.18×0 works
  10. Chemistry0.16×0 works
  11. Decision Sciences0.13×0 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting0.10×0 works
  13. Computer Science0.09×1 works
  14. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.09×0 works
  15. Engineering0.09×1 works
  16. Physics and Astronomy0.08×0 works
  17. Social Sciences0.08×1 works
  18. Materials Science0.04×0 works
  19. Environmental Science0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Kuwait Cancer Control Center?

Ranked on the quality score, A Elbasmi, Khaled Alsaleh and Maryam Almashmoum lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kuwait Cancer Control Center.

  1. 1 A Elbasmi Kuwait · #1,330,020 worldwide 6.7k citations · 23 works
  2. 2 Khaled Alsaleh Kuwait · #2,460,221 worldwide 113 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 Maryam Almashmoum Kuwait · #2,558,772 worldwide 108 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Y.T. Omar Kuwait · #3,138,996 worldwide 524 citations · 27 works
  5. 5 Muath Al-Nassar Kuwait · #3,360,568 worldwide 103 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Shakir Bahzad Kuwait · #3,413,203 worldwide 400 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 Abdulredha A.H. Esmail Kuwait · #3,700,099 worldwide 577 citations · 41 works
  8. 8 Jude A. Yagan Kuwait · #4,040,014 worldwide 107 citations · 28 works
  9. 9 Dalal H. Elsori Kuwait · #4,191,466 worldwide 220 citations · 24 works
  10. 10 Abdul Rashid Shah Kuwait · #4,219,913 worldwide 193 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at Kuwait Cancer Control Center

What are the most cited papers from Kuwait Cancer Control Center?

The most cited paper from Kuwait Cancer Control Center is "A Practical Approach to the Management of Cancer Patients During the Novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic: An International Collaborative Group" (Humaid Obaid Al-Shamsi, Waleed A. Alhazzani, Ahmad Alhuraiji et al., 2020), with 721 citations. Next come "A Predictive Score for Thrombosis Associated with Breast, Colorectal, Lung, or Ovarian Cancer: The Prospective COMPASS–Cancer-Associated Thrombosis Study" (275) and "BASELINE STAGING OF NEWLY DIAGNOSED PROSTATE CANCER: A SUMMARY OF THE LITERATURE" (267).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A Practical Approach to the Management of Cancer Patients During the Novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic: An International Collaborative Group Humaid Obaid Al-Shamsi, Waleed A. Alhazzani, Ahmad Alhuraiji et al. · The Oncologist Open access 3 Apr 2020 721
2 A Predictive Score for Thrombosis Associated with Breast, Colorectal, Lung, or Ovarian Cancer: The Prospective COMPASS–Cancer-Associated Thrombosis Study Grigoris Gerotziafas, Ali T. Taher, Hikmat Abdel-Razeq et al. · The Oncologist Open access 26 May 2017 275
3 BASELINE STAGING OF NEWLY DIAGNOSED PROSTATE CANCER: A SUMMARY OF THE LITERATURE Sadeq Abuzallouf, Ian S. Dayes, Himu R. Lukka · The Journal of Urology 3 May 2004 267
4 Overview of the current status of familial hypercholesterolaemia care in over 60 countries - The EAS Familial Hypercholesterolaemia Studies Collaboration (FHSC) Antonio J. Vallejo‐Vaz et al. · Atherosclerosis Open access 28 Sep 2018 242
5 Chitin and chitosan derived from crustacean waste valorization streams can support food systems and the UN Sustainable Development Goals Hamid Amiri, Mortaza Aghbashlo, Minaxi Sharma et al. · Nature Food Open access 26 Sep 2022 214
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Kuwait Cancer Control Center?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Prognostic Factors, Rituximab, Genetic Mutations, Genetics, Minimal Residual Disease, Neurobiology, Prevalence and Depression.

▲ 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-now 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. Prognostic Factors12▲ 27×14 topics
  2. Epidemiology7▲ 1.82×47 topics
  3. Rituximab5▲ 36×3 topics
  4. Genetics5▲ 7.0×5 topics
  5. Depression5▲ 5.5×11 topics
  6. Treatment5▲ 4.0×22 topics
  7. Genetic Mutations5▲ 11×12 topics
  8. Minimal Residual Disease5▲ 67×2 topics
  9. Immunotherapy4▲ 6.2×13 topics
  10. Chemotherapy4▲ 6.2×17 topics
  11. Inflammation4▲ 2.0×19 topics
  12. Cancer4▲ 3.1×24 topics
  13. Neurobiology4▲ 16×5 topics
  14. Prevalence4▲ 10×5 topics
  15. Therapeutic Targets4▲ 26×3 topics
  16. Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia4▲ 93×1 topic
  17. Genomic Aberrations4▲ 93×1 topic
  18. Metabolic Syndrome4▲ 4.5×8 topics
  19. Staging System4▲ 59×2 topics
  20. Quality of Life4▲ 2.4×18 topics
  21. Diagnosis Criteria3▲ 91×1 topic
  22. Hematopoietic Stem Cells3▲ 36×3 topics
  23. International Myeloma Working Group3▲ 91×1 topic
  24. Meta-Analysis3▲ 5.5×8 topics
  25. AML3▲ 56×1 topic
  26. Acute Myeloid Leukemia3▲ 56×1 topic
  27. Clinical Practice Guidelines3▲ 5.1×9 topics
  28. Targeted Therapy3▲ 12×4 topics
  29. Cognitive Function3▲ 14×4 topics
  30. Comorbidity2▲ 21×2 topics
  31. PET Imaging2▲ 14×4 topics
  32. Radiotherapy2▲ 5.9×10 topics
  33. Mutation2▲ 13×3 topics
  34. Clinical Guidelines2▲ 7.5×6 topics
  35. Survival Analysis2▲ 8.1×4 topics
  36. ADHD2▲ 53×1 topic
  37. Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder2▲ 53×1 topic
  38. BCR-ABL2▲ 78×1 topic
  39. Imatinib2▲ 78×1 topic
  40. Treatment Guidelines2▲ 9.0×2 topics

Which research topics does Kuwait Cancer Control Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research, Multiple Myeloma Research and Treatments, Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research and Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Treatments.

Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research: 4 fractional worksMultiple Myeloma Research and Treatments: 3 fractional worksAcute Myeloid Leukemia R…3Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research: 3 fractional worksChronic Myeloid Leukemia…2Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Treatments: 2 fractional worksAttention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: 2 fractional worksSchizophrenia research and treatment: 2 fractional worksBipolar Disorder and Tre…1Bipolar Disorder and Treatment: 1 fractional worksAcute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research: 1 fractional worksRetinoids in leukemia and cellular processes: 1 fractional worksGlobal Cancer Incidence and Screening: 1 fractional works
GeneticsHematologyPsychiatry and Mental healthPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health2 others

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

  1. 1 Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research Genetics 4 works
  2. 2 Multiple Myeloma Research and Treatments Hematology 3 works
  3. 3 Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research Hematology 3 works
  4. 4 Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Treatments Hematology 2 works
  5. 5 Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Psychiatry and Mental health 2 works
  6. 6 Schizophrenia research and treatment Psychiatry and Mental health 2 works
  7. 7 Bipolar Disorder and Treatment Psychiatry and Mental health 1 works
  8. 8 Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  9. 9 Retinoids in leukemia and cellular processes Molecular Biology 1 works
  10. 10 Global Cancer Incidence and Screening Oncology 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 available35.8%not open64.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors30.0%domestic only70.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Kuwait Cancer Control Center's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 19% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Kuwait Cancer Control Center as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00025% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Kuwait Cancer Control Center0.00038% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Kuwait Cancer Control Center over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Kuwait Cancer Control Center5.9% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 7.5% in 2023.

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