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Maternity and Children's Hospital

In research, Maternity and Children's Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#5,086 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#4,725 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health (Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health is 8.7× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#13,915
of 22,385 · #23,606 all time
Rank in Saudi Arabia
#74
of 91
Research works
1.2k
▲ 105% vs 2018-21
Citations
8.6k
7.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.78×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
65%
world 40%
International
34%
world 18%
Maternity and Children's Hospital

What is Maternity and Children's 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 #5,086 of 9,902 4.4%321 #9505
MedicineField #4,725 of 8,541 4.1%274 #8552

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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Maternity and Children's Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 78% of research at Maternity and Children's Hospital is in Health Sciences, 13% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (67%), Health Professions (8%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (8%). It does 3.3× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 368 fractional works · 77.6% of its workMedicine: 317 fractional works · 66.8% of its workSurgery: 44 fractional works · 9.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 31 fractional works · 6.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 27 fractional works · 5.7% of its workEpidemiology: 24 fractional works · 5.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 23 fractional works · 4.9% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 19 fractional works · 3.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 11 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 10 fractional works · 2.2% of its workRheumatology: 9 fractional works · 2.0% of its workReproductive Medicine: 8 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEmergency Medicine: 8 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOncology: 8 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPhysiology: 8 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 7 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNeurology: 7 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHematology: 7 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 7 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGenetics: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNephrology: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workUrology: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGastroenterology: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOphthalmology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 37 fractional works · 7.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 19 fractional works · 4.0% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacy: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOccupational Therapy: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 10 fractional works · 2.0% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workResearch and Theory: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPeriodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 64 fractional works · 13.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 37 fractional works · 7.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 15 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGenetics: 12 fractional works · 2.5% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMolecular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 13 fractional works · 2.8% of its workImmunology: 8 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMicrobiology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 8 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSensory Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 29 fractional works · 6.1% of its workPsychology: 13 fractional works · 2.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 8 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 14 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKMaternity andChildren's…475fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences3%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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine31766.8%
    2. Health Professions377.8%
    3. Nursing102.0%
    4. Dentistry40.9%
    5. Veterinary10.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology377.7%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology132.8%
    3. Neuroscience81.8%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences40.8%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.4%
    1. Psychology132.7%
    2. Social Sciences91.9%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance30.5%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting20.5%
    5. Arts and Humanities10.3%
    6. Decision Sciences10.2%
    1. Environmental Science51.0%
    2. Engineering30.7%
    3. Computer Science20.4%
    4. Chemistry10.3%
    5. Materials Science10.2%
    6. Mathematics10.2%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.0%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    9. Physics and Astronomy00.0%
    10. Energy00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Maternity and Children's Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health takes 8.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSubfield · 31.0 works8.7×
← 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, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.44× its world share, 36 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.79× its world share, 13 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.09× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.01× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.16× 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: 0.20× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.76× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.96× its world share, 37 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.47× its world share, 317 worksMedicineNursing: 4.10× its world share, 10 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.34× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.88× its world share, 13 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 9 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing4.10×10 works
  2. Medicine3.47×317 works
  3. Health Professions2.96×37 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology2.79×13 works
  5. Dentistry1.76×4 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.44×36 works
  7. Veterinary1.34×1 works
  8. Neuroscience1.09×8 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.01×2 works
  10. Psychology0.88×13 works
  11. Decision Sciences0.25×1 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.25×2 works
  13. Environmental Science0.20×5 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.16×4 works
  15. Chemistry0.16×1 works
  16. Mathematics0.16×1 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.16×2 works
  18. Social Sciences0.15×9 works
  19. Chemical Engineering0.12×0 works
  20. Arts and Humanities0.09×1 works
  21. Computer Science0.06×2 works
  22. Engineering0.05×3 works
  23. Materials Science0.05×1 works
  24. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.03×0 works
  25. Energy0.01×0 works
  26. Physics and Astronomy0.01×0 works

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

Ranked on the quality score, Nourah Al Dossary, Aalia Akhtar Hayat and Qingliu Fu lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Maternity and Children's Hospital.

  1. 1 Nourah Al Dossary Saudi Arabia · #2,828,156 worldwide 176 citations · 23 works
  2. 2 Aalia Akhtar Hayat Saudi Arabia · #4,943,872 worldwide 126 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Qingliu Fu Saudi Arabia · #5,059,404 worldwide 320 citations · 22 works
  4. 4 Jinglin Xu Saudi Arabia · #5,251,199 worldwide 22 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Fatma Dawood Abdulhameed Saudi Arabia · #5,361,421 worldwide 170 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Sajjad M AlKadhem Saudi Arabia · #5,402,953 worldwide 104 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Abdulrahman G. Alharbi Saudi Arabia · #5,807,476 worldwide 85 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Muhammad Faheem Afzal Saudi Arabia · #5,864,235 worldwide 182 citations · 60 works
  9. 9 Maher M Al-Zaiem Saudi Arabia · #5,883,712 worldwide 84 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Ibrahim Alhelali Saudi Arabia · #5,909,009 worldwide 125 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Maternity and Children's Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Maternity and Children's Hospital?

The most cited paper from Maternity and Children's Hospital is "Consanguineous marriages, pearls and perils: Geneva International Consanguinity Workshop Report" (Hanan Hamamy et al., 2011), with 349 citations. Next come "Biomarkers of Chondrocyte Apoptosis and Autophagy in Osteoarthritis" (341) and "Effect of the COVID‐19 pandemic on female sexual behavior" (334).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Consanguineous marriages, pearls and perils: Geneva International Consanguinity Workshop Report Hanan Hamamy et al. · Genetics in Medicine Open access 6 May 2011 349
2 Biomarkers of Chondrocyte Apoptosis and Autophagy in Osteoarthritis Giuseppe Musumeci, Paola Castrogiovanni, Francesca Maria Trovato et al. · International Journal of Molecular Sciences Open access 31 Aug 2015 341
3 Effect of the COVID‐19 pandemic on female sexual behavior Bahar Yüksel, Faruk Özgör · International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics Open access 11 May 2020 334
4 The landscape of genetic diseases in Saudi Arabia based on the first 1000 diagnostic panels and exomes Dorota Monies et al. · Human Genetics Open access107 authors 9 Jun 2017 324
5 Rickettsial infections: Indian perspective Narendra Bhikulal Rathi, Akanksha Rathi · Indian Pediatrics Feb 2010 190
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

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

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Maternal Mortality, Diagnosis, Management, Inflammation, Cardiovascular Disease, Complications 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-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. Epidemiology72▲ 3.8×114 topics
  2. Inflammation25▲ 2.5×62 topics
  3. Diagnosis20▲ 4.6×38 topics
  4. Cardiovascular Disease19▲ 3.6×28 topics
  5. Oxidative Stress19▲ 2.5×43 topics
  6. Quality of Life19▲ 2.8×42 topics
  7. Management18▲ 4.9×27 topics
  8. Maternal Mortality17▲ 16×5 topics
  9. Treatment15▲ 2.6×41 topics
  10. Metabolic Syndrome15▲ 3.9×21 topics
  11. Risk Factors15▲ 2.9×31 topics
  12. Complications14▲ 6.0×14 topics
  13. Public Health13▲ 1.92×35 topics
  14. Prenatal Diagnosis11▲ 16×7 topics
  15. Obesity10▲ 2.9×16 topics
  16. Genetics10▲ 3.1×16 topics
  17. Preterm Infants10▲ 17×4 topics
  18. Diabetes10▲ 4.0×16 topics
  19. Critical Care9▲ 8.1×8 topics
  20. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes9▲ 10×6 topics
  21. Pulmonary Hypertension9▲ 14×3 topics
  22. Prevention8▲ 4.2×14 topics
  23. SARS-CoV-28▲ 5.7×6 topics
  24. Endothelial Dysfunction8▲ 7.3×7 topics
  25. Surgical Management8▲ 4.2×16 topics
  26. Pathophysiology7▲ 5.3×9 topics
  27. Pregnancy7▲ 7.5×9 topics
  28. Children7▲ 6.7×6 topics
  29. Respiratory Distress Syndrome7▲ 19×2 topics
  30. Pregnancy Complications7▲ 20×2 topics
  31. Sepsis7▲ 8.1×6 topics
  32. Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia7▲ 22×2 topics
  33. Lung Stem Cells6▲ 24×1 topic
  34. Quality Improvement6▲ 7.0×8 topics
  35. Surfactant Proteins6▲ 24×1 topic
  36. Cardiovascular Health6▲ 6.9×3 topics
  37. Infertility6▲ 9.3×4 topics
  38. Preeclampsia6▲ 17×2 topics
  39. Hypertensive Disorders6▲ 20×1 topic
  40. Placental Development6▲ 20×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022-now: Neonatal Respiratory Health Research, Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies, Maternal and fetal healthcare and Ovarian function and disorders.

Neonatal Respiratory Health Research: 6 fractional worksPregnancy and preeclampsia studies: 6 fractional worksMaternal and fetal healt…4Maternal and fetal healthcare: 4 fractional worksOvarian function and dis…4Ovarian function and disorders: 4 fractional worksDiabetes Management and Research: 3 fractional worksMaternal and Perinatal Health Interventions: 3 fractional worksSepsis Diagnosis and Tre…3Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment: 3 fractional worksUrological Disorders and Treatments: 3 fractional worksImmunodeficiency and Autoimmune Disorders: 3 fractional worksTracheal and airway diso…3Tracheal and airway disorders: 3 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineObstetrics and GynecologyPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthReproductive Medicine4 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 6 works
  3. 3 Maternal and fetal healthcare Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 4 works
  4. 4 Ovarian function and disorders Reproductive Medicine 4 works
  5. 5 Diabetes Management and Research Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 3 works
  6. 6 Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions Obstetrics and Gynecology 3 works
  7. 7 Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 3 works
  8. 8 Urological Disorders and Treatments Urology 3 works
  9. 9 Immunodeficiency and Autoimmune Disorders Immunology 3 works
  10. 10 Tracheal and airway disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 105% higher 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 Maternity and Children's Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0022% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Maternity and Children's Hospital0.0019% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Maternity and Children's Hospital 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 2025Maternity and Children's Hospital4.4% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 10.1% in 2016.

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