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Mafraq Hospital

In research, Mafraq Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#8,879 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#21,565
of 22,385 · #31,927 all time
Rank in United Arab Emirates
#60
of 60
Research works
405
▲ 17% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.9k
9.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.90×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
56%
world 40%
International
26%
world 18%
Mafraq Hospital

What is Mafraq Hospital 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
Health SciencesDomain #8,879 of 9,902 5.9%61 #14621

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

Which fields of science does Mafraq Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 78% of research at Mafraq Hospital is in Health Sciences, 13% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (74%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (7%), Health Professions (3%). It does 3.1× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 70 fractional works · 78.4% of its workMedicine: 66 fractional works · 73.8% of its workSurgery: 17 fractional works · 19.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 6 fractional works · 6.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 5 fractional works · 5.4% of its workEpidemiology: 4 fractional works · 4.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 4 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 3.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 3.2% of its workOncology: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Dentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 12 fractional works · 12.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 6.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 6.4% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKMafraq Hospital90fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences2%Health Sciences78%Social Sciences6%

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 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine6673.8%
    2. Health Professions33.1%
    3. Nursing11.0%
    4. Dentistry00.5%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology66.7%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology22.5%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences22.1%
    4. Neuroscience11.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.4%
    1. Psychology22.2%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting21.8%
    3. Social Sciences11.2%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.8%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.2%
    6. Decision Sciences00.1%
    1. Engineering11.0%
    2. Environmental Science00.5%
    3. Mathematics00.4%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.2%
    5. Computer Science00.2%
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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.43× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.25× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.51× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.80× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.10× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.96× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.18× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.84× its world share, 66 worksMedicineNursing: 1.99× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.57× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.72× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.10× 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, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.84×66 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology2.51×2 works
  3. Nursing1.99×1 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.25×6 works
  5. Health Professions1.18×3 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.10×0 works
  7. Dentistry0.96×0 works
  8. Neuroscience0.80×1 works
  9. Psychology0.72×2 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting0.57×2 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.43×2 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.39×1 works
  13. Mathematics0.32×0 works
  14. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.12×0 works
  15. Environmental Science0.10×0 works
  16. Social Sciences0.10×1 works
  17. Decision Sciences0.09×0 works
  18. Engineering0.07×1 works
  19. Arts and Humanities0.06×0 works
  20. Computer Science0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Mafraq Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, M Naiem, Asma Deeb and Lina Saleh Hassan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Mafraq Hospital.

  1. 1 M Naiem United Arab Emirates · #1,520,471 worldwide 822 citations · 18 works
  2. 2 Asma Deeb United Arab Emirates · #2,365,181 worldwide 3.8k citations · 186 works
  3. 3 Lina Saleh Hassan United Arab Emirates · #3,207,385 worldwide 268 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 H. M. Al Attia United Arab Emirates · #4,045,586 worldwide 274 citations · 25 works
  5. 5 Mustafa Al‐Maini United Arab Emirates · #4,048,544 worldwide 509 citations · 24 works
  6. 6 Khulood Walid Khawaja United Arab Emirates · #4,666,630 worldwide 318 citations · 28 works
  7. 7 Niyas Khalid Ottu Para United Arab Emirates · #4,914,830 worldwide 10 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Haider M Al-Attia United Arab Emirates · #5,038,514 worldwide 133 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Mohamad Reza Sedaghatian United Arab Emirates · #5,123,733 worldwide 233 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Haider M. Al Attia United Arab Emirates · #5,712,277 worldwide 134 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at Mafraq Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Mafraq Hospital?

The most cited paper from Mafraq Hospital is "The Ocular Trauma Score (OTS)" (Ferenc Kuhn, Richard Maisiak, LoRetta Mann et al., 2002), with 639 citations. Next come "An International Consortium Update: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome in Adolescence" (466) and "The Birmingham Eye Trauma Terminology system (BETT)" (431).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Ocular Trauma Score (OTS) Ferenc Kuhn, Richard Maisiak, LoRetta Mann et al. · Ophthalmology Clinics of North America Jun 2002 639
2 An International Consortium Update: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome in Adolescence Lourdes Ibáñez et al. · Hormone Research in Paediatrics Open access 2017 466
3 The Birmingham Eye Trauma Terminology system (BETT) Ferenc Kuhn, Robert A. Morris, C. Douglas Witherspoon et al. · Journal Français d Ophtalmologie Feb 2004 431
4 ESTES guidelines: acute mesenteric ischaemia Jonathan Tilsed et al. · European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery Open access 28 Jan 2016 387
5 Prevalence, associated factors and outcomes of pressure injuries in adult intensive care unit patients: the DecubICUs study Sonia O. Labeau et al. · Intensive Care Medicine Open access1,857 authors 9 Oct 2020 348
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Mafraq Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, SARS-CoV-2, Postoperative Complications, COVID-19, Guidelines, Quality of Life, Robotic Surgery and Pandemic.

▲ 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. Epidemiology14▲ 4.0×53 topics
  2. COVID-194▲ 3.6×11 topics
  3. Quality of Life4▲ 3.2×19 topics
  4. SARS-CoV-24▲ 15×5 topics
  5. Inflammation4▲ 1.81×27 topics
  6. Pandemic4▲ 3.9×6 topics
  7. Treatment3▲ 3.0×19 topics
  8. Postoperative Complications3▲ 28×4 topics
  9. Diagnosis3▲ 3.8×15 topics
  10. Guidelines3▲ 7.2×9 topics
  11. Robotic Surgery3▲ 20×4 topics
  12. Chemotherapy3▲ 4.0×12 topics
  13. Chronic Pain2▲ 13×3 topics
  14. Thyroid Carcinoma2▲ 55×2 topics
  15. Clinical Practice Guidelines2▲ 4.9×9 topics
  16. Immune Response2▲ 4.7×8 topics
  17. Mortality2▲ 4.7×7 topics
  18. Pain Management2▲ 12×5 topics
  19. Risk Factors2▲ 2.4×11 topics
  20. Management2▲ 3.1×13 topics
  21. ACE2 Receptor2▲ 11×3 topics
  22. Complications2▲ 4.9×8 topics
  23. Differentiated Thyroid Cancer2▲ 61×1 topic
  24. Pathophysiology2▲ 8.4×5 topics
  25. Perioperative Care2▲ 21×2 topics
  26. Thyroid Nodules2▲ 61×1 topic
  27. Postoperative Pain2▲ 24×2 topics
  28. Analgesia2▲ 32×1 topic
  29. Pathogenesis2▲ 4.1×9 topics
  30. Regional Anesthesia2▲ 39×1 topic
  31. Surgical Management2▲ 5.3×11 topics
  32. Elderly2▲ 6.8×3 topics
  33. Hypoparathyroidism2▲ 71×1 topic
  34. Pulmonary Hypertension2▲ 12×3 topics
  35. Thyroid Surgery2▲ 71×1 topic
  36. Cardiac Risk1▲ 21×1 topic
  37. Perioperative1▲ 21×1 topic
  38. Prenatal Diagnosis1▲ 11×5 topics
  39. Reproductive Outcome1▲ 41×2 topics
  40. Surgical Treatment1▲ 7.6×3 topics

Which research topics does Mafraq Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment, Anesthesia and Pain Management, Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery and Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes.

Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksAnesthesia and Pain Management: 2 fractional worksThyroid and Parathyroid …2Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery: 2 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and …1Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 1 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 1 fractional worksBig Data and Business Intelligence: 1 fractional worksHealth and Well-being St…1Health and Well-being Studies: 1 fractional worksEctopic Pregnancy Diagnosis and Management: 1 fractional worksEsophageal and GI Pathology: 1 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 detection and…1SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing: 1 fractional works
Endocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismSurgeryCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineInfectious Diseases3 others

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

  1. 1 Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 2 works
  2. 2 Anesthesia and Pain Management Surgery 2 works
  3. 3 Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery Surgery 2 works
  4. 4 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  5. 5 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 1 works
  6. 6 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 1 works
  7. 7 Health and Well-being Studies Clinical Psychology 1 works
  8. 8 Ectopic Pregnancy Diagnosis and Management Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  9. 9 Esophageal and GI Pathology Surgery 1 works
  10. 10 SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing Infectious Diseases 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 available55.8%not open44.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.3%domestic only73.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Mafraq Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 17% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Mafraq Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00029% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Mafraq Hospital0.00030% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Mafraq Hospital over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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