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Maternity and Children's Hospital

In research, Maternity and Children's Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,552 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#4,658 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health — Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health is 8.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#11,543
of 28,054 · #24,779 all time
Rank in Saudi Arabia
#63
of 98
Research works
1.2k
▲ 39% vs 2013–17
Citations
8.6k
7.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
65%
world 28%

What is Maternity and Children's 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 #3,552 of 11,982 7.8%321 #9205
MedicineField #4,658 of 10,443 7.4%274 #9579

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Maternity and Children's 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).

What does Maternity and Children's Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health takes 8.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSubfield · 27.5 works8.9×
← 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: 0.16× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.50× its world share, 33 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.46× its world share, 10 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.14× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.02× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.05× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.16× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.97× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.10× its world share, 34 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.43× its world share, 274 worksMedicineNursing: 4.20× its world share, 8 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.14× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.89× its world share, 11 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Maternity and Children's Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Serdar Sander lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Maternity and Children's Hospital.

  1. 1 Serdar Sander Saudi Arabia · #625,164 worldwide 24 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Maternity and Children's Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Maternity and Children's Hospital?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology63▲ 3.8×112 topics
  2. Inflammation21▲ 2.4×56 topics
  3. Diagnosis17▲ 4.4×37 topics
  4. Quality of Life16▲ 2.8×40 topics
  5. Cardiovascular Disease16▲ 3.5×26 topics
  6. Management16▲ 4.8×27 topics
  7. Oxidative Stress16▲ 2.3×38 topics
  8. Risk Factors14▲ 3.1×30 topics
  9. Maternal Mortality14▲ 15×5 topics
  10. Treatment13▲ 2.6×40 topics
  11. Complications13▲ 6.3×13 topics
  12. Metabolic Syndrome13▲ 3.8×21 topics
  13. Public Health12▲ 1.96×33 topics
  14. Prenatal Diagnosis10▲ 16×7 topics
  15. Obesity9▲ 2.9×16 topics
  16. Preterm Infants9▲ 17×4 topics
  17. Genetics9▲ 3.0×15 topics
  18. Pulmonary Hypertension9▲ 15×3 topics
  19. Diabetes8▲ 4.1×15 topics
  20. Critical Care8▲ 8.4×8 topics
  21. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes7▲ 9.2×6 topics
  22. Surgical Management7▲ 4.2×16 topics
  23. Prevention7▲ 4.0×14 topics
  24. Respiratory Distress Syndrome7▲ 19×2 topics
  25. Endothelial Dysfunction6▲ 6.7×6 topics
  26. Pathophysiology6▲ 5.1×9 topics
  27. Quality Improvement6▲ 7.9×8 topics
  28. Children6▲ 6.4×6 topics
  29. SARS-CoV-26▲ 4.6×6 topics
  30. Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia6▲ 23×2 topics
  31. Lung Stem Cells6▲ 24×1 topic
  32. Surfactant Proteins6▲ 24×1 topic
  33. Pregnancy Complications6▲ 18×2 topics
  34. Pregnancy6▲ 6.7×9 topics
  35. Sepsis6▲ 8.0×6 topics
  36. Cardiovascular Health5▲ 6.8×3 topics
  37. Preeclampsia5▲ 17×2 topics
  38. Hypertensive Disorders5▲ 19×1 topic
  39. Placental Development5▲ 19×1 topic
  40. Infertility5▲ 8.6×4 topics

Which research topics does Maternity and Children's Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Neonatal Respiratory Health Research, Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies, Maternal and fetal healthcare and Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions.

Neonatal Respiratory Health Research: 6 fractional worksPregnancy and preeclampsia studies: 5 fractional worksMaternal and fetal healt…4Maternal and fetal healthcare: 4 fractional worksMaternal and Perinatal H…3Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions: 3 fractional worksDiabetes Management and Research: 3 fractional worksUrological Disorders and Treatments: 3 fractional worksOvarian function and dis…3Ovarian function and disorders: 3 fractional worksSepsis Diagnosis and Treatment: 3 fractional worksHemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders: 2 fractional worksGestational Diabetes Res…2Gestational Diabetes Research and Management: 2 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineObstetrics and GynecologyPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism4 others

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

  1. 1 Neonatal Respiratory Health Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 6 works
  2. 2 Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies Obstetrics and Gynecology 5 works
  3. 3 Maternal and fetal healthcare Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 4 works
  4. 4 Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions Obstetrics and Gynecology 3 works
  5. 5 Diabetes Management and Research Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 3 works
  6. 6 Urological Disorders and Treatments Urology 3 works
  7. 7 Ovarian function and disorders Reproductive Medicine 3 works
  8. 8 Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 3 works
  9. 9 Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders Genetics 2 works
  10. 10 Gestational Diabetes Research and Management Obstetrics and Gynecology 2 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 available64.9%not open35.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors33.5%domestic only66.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Maternity and Children's Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 39% 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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