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National Guard Health Affairs

In research, National Guard Health Affairs stands highest in Health Sciences (#758 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#1,293 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Professions (#525 of 1,928 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Emergency Medicine, Emergency Medical Services and Dentistry — Emergency Medicine is 9.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,599
of 28,054 · #6,578 all time
Rank in Saudi Arabia
#38
of 98
Research works
3.6k
▲ 258% vs 2013–17
Citations
39k
11.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
68%
world 28%

What is National Guard Health Affairs 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 #758 of 11,982 8.9%1,022 #1718
MedicineField #1,293 of 10,443 7.8%844 #2730
Health ProfessionsField #525 of 1,928 10.9%110 #1194
Life SciencesDomain #3,758 of 7,800 10.3%152 #5520
Social SciencesDomain #6,570 of 10,521 17.3%94 #9534
SurgerySubfield #1,325 of 1,816 5.9%128 #2797
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #3,014 of 3,579 11.4%90 #5324
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield #722 of 828 9.5%62 #1712
EpidemiologySubfield #853 of 976 10.3%65 #1983
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #1,073 of 1,144 5.4%65 #2372

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where National Guard Health Affairs 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#1,718 #758
  2. Medicine#2,730 #1,293
  3. Health Professions#1,194 #525
  4. Life Sciences#5,520 #3,758
  5. Social Sciences#9,534 #6,570
  6. Surgery#2,797 #1,325
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#5,324 #3,014
  8. Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health#1,712 #722
  9. Epidemiology#1,983 #853
  10. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#2,372 #1,073
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.

What does National Guard Health Affairs specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Emergency Medicine takes 9.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Emergency MedicineSubfield · 31.6 works9.8×
  2. Emergency Medical ServicesSubfield · 22.0 works9.1×
  3. DentistryField · 55.0 works8.5×
  4. Oral SurgerySubfield · 21.6 works8.4×
← 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: 0.12× its world share, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.27× its world share, 90 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.81× its world share, 24 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.94× its world share, 20 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.27× its world share, 11 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.36× its world share, 7 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.11× its world share, 11 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 21 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.07× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.13× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.17× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.10× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 8.54× its world share, 55 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.13× its world share, 110 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.31× its world share, 844 worksMedicineNursing: 1.70× its world share, 11 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.05× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.18× its world share, 8 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.59× its world share, 17 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.92× its world share, 37 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 26 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 8.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at National Guard Health Affairs?

Ranked on the composite score, Adnan Awada, Mohammed Aljumah and Sameer Huraib lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Guard Health Affairs.

  1. 1 Adnan Awada Saudi Arabia · #171,891 worldwide 126 citations · 27 works
  2. 2 Mohammed Aljumah Saudi Arabia · #599,018 worldwide 31 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Sameer Huraib Saudi Arabia · #681,034 worldwide 32 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Ali Alshehri Saudi Arabia · #761,682 worldwide 39 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Tanveer Akhtar Saudi Arabia · #968,613 worldwide 17 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 Hiroshi Arai Saudi Arabia · #1,129,022 worldwide 3 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Abdullah A. Alghamdi Saudi Arabia · #1,142,960 worldwide 24 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Mansoor Ahmed Khan Saudi Arabia · #1,212,272 worldwide 10 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 Mohamed S. Kabbani Saudi Arabia · #1,614,645 worldwide 5 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at National Guard Health Affairs

Which keywords describe research at National Guard Health Affairs?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Quality of Life, Treatment, Complications, Diagnosis, Management, Inflammation 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. Epidemiology171▲ 3.3×125 topics
  2. Quality of Life65▲ 3.4×50 topics
  3. Inflammation60▲ 2.2×76 topics
  4. Treatment56▲ 3.5×50 topics
  5. Diagnosis48▲ 3.9×40 topics
  6. Risk Factors46▲ 3.1×33 topics
  7. Management44▲ 4.3×31 topics
  8. Complications40▲ 6.0×17 topics
  9. COVID-1939▲ 2.1×21 topics
  10. Cardiovascular Disease37▲ 2.5×34 topics
  11. Depression32▲ 2.8×19 topics
  12. Healthcare29▲ 1.95×16 topics
  13. Mortality29▲ 3.7×13 topics
  14. Clinical Practice Guidelines29▲ 4.0×14 topics
  15. Quality Improvement28▲ 11×8 topics
  16. Guidelines26▲ 4.2×13 topics
  17. Clinical Trials26▲ 2.9×19 topics
  18. Pandemic26▲ 1.81×8 topics
  19. Global Burden25▲ 3.5×12 topics
  20. Metabolic Syndrome24▲ 2.3×22 topics
  21. Prevention24▲ 4.3×16 topics
  22. Primary Care24▲ 4.8×13 topics
  23. Pathogenesis23▲ 3.5×24 topics
  24. Surgical Management23▲ 4.2×19 topics
  25. Chemotherapy22▲ 2.4×24 topics
  26. Critical Care21▲ 6.9×8 topics
  27. Patient Satisfaction20▲ 4.8×10 topics
  28. Heart Failure20▲ 3.5×13 topics
  29. Pathophysiology18▲ 4.5×11 topics
  30. Elderly18▲ 5.3×6 topics
  31. Chronic Disease Management17▲ 6.8×5 topics
  32. Echocardiography17▲ 4.8×8 topics
  33. Clinical Outcomes17▲ 5.9×6 topics
  34. Physician Burnout17▲ 17×2 topics
  35. Medication Errors16▲ 25×2 topics
  36. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes15▲ 6.2×6 topics
  37. Resuscitation14▲ 8.1×4 topics
  38. Sepsis14▲ 6.3×6 topics
  39. Electronic Health Records14▲ 11×3 topics
  40. Genomic Studies12▲ 14×3 topics

Which research topics does National Guard Health Affairs publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Electronic Health Records Systems, Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques, Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation and Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education.

Electronic Health Record…10Electronic Health Records Systems: 10 fractional worksReconstructive Surgery a…10Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques: 10 fractional worksCardiac Arrest and Resuscitation: 9 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 9 fractional worksInnovations in Medical Education: 8 fractional worksPharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes: 8 fractional worksDental Research and COVID-19: 8 fractional worksSepsis Diagnosis and Tre…7Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment: 7 fractional worksCongenital Heart Disease Studies: 7 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 7 fractional works
Health Information ManagementSurgeryEmergency MedicineHealth Informatics5 others

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

  1. 1 Electronic Health Records Systems Health Information Management 10 works
  2. 2 Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques Surgery 10 works
  3. 3 Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Emergency Medicine 9 works
  4. 4 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 9 works
  5. 5 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 8 works
  6. 6 Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes Geriatrics and Gerontology 8 works
  7. 7 Dental Research and COVID-19 General Dentistry 8 works
  8. 8 Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 7 works
  9. 9 Congenital Heart Disease Studies Epidemiology 7 works
  10. 10 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 7 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 available67.7%not open32.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.6%domestic only80.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has National Guard Health Affairs's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 258% 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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