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Oman Medical College

In research, Oman Medical College stands highest in Health Sciences (#5,180 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#5,291 of 10,443 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#7,599 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,240
of 28,054 · #17,540 all time
Rank in Oman
#10
of 26
Research works
1.2k
▲ 107% vs 2013–17
Citations
11k
9.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
68%
world 28%

What is Oman Medical College 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 #5,180 of 11,982 6.6%223 #8738
MedicineField #5,291 of 10,443 6.4%184 #8082
Social SciencesDomain #7,599 of 10,521 12.6%81 #12905
Physical SciencesDomain #10,054 of 12,888 19.5%87 #16172

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Oman Medical College 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#8,738 #5,180
  2. Medicine#8,082 #5,291
  3. Social Sciences#12,905 #7,599
  4. Physical Sciences#16,172 #10,054
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.

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: 0.18× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.90× its world share, 20 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.95× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.06× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.99× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.66× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.66× its world share, 22 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.54× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.64× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.57× its world share, 37 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.53× its world share, 11 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.23× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.31× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 5.05× its world share, 10 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.14× its world share, 24 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.23× its world share, 184 worksMedicineNursing: 2.22× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.35× its world share, 19 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.95× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.43× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.42× its world share, 19 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.61× its world share, 33 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 5.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Oman Medical College?

Ranked on the composite score, Alireza Nader, Sanjay Saraf and Firdous Jahan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Oman Medical College.

  1. 1 Alireza Nader Oman · #475,730 worldwide 19 citations · 20 works
  2. 2 Sanjay Saraf Oman · #923,528 worldwide 3 citations · 23 works
  3. 3 Firdous Jahan Oman · #1,277,076 worldwide 9 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Oman Medical College

Which keywords describe research at Oman Medical College?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Depression, Machine Learning, Treatment, Quality of Life, Supply Chain Management, Healthcare and Diagnosis.

▲ 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. Epidemiology37▲ 2.2×93 topics
  2. Machine Learning20▲ 1.41×41 topics
  3. Inflammation14▲ 1.58×43 topics
  4. Quality of Life14▲ 2.3×33 topics
  5. Treatment14▲ 2.6×36 topics
  6. Depression13▲ 3.5×14 topics
  7. Healthcare12▲ 2.5×13 topics
  8. COVID-1912▲ 2.0×21 topics
  9. Supply Chain Management11▲ 2.9×11 topics
  10. Diagnosis11▲ 2.7×29 topics
  11. Education10▲ 1.35×14 topics
  12. Mental Health9▲ 1.44×18 topics
  13. Meta-Analysis9▲ 3.5×13 topics
  14. Risk Factors9▲ 1.84×23 topics
  15. Chemotherapy8▲ 2.8×20 topics
  16. Cardiovascular Disease8▲ 1.72×20 topics
  17. Clinical Practice Guidelines7▲ 3.0×12 topics
  18. Anxiety7▲ 3.4×8 topics
  19. Guidelines7▲ 3.5×12 topics
  20. Surgical Management6▲ 3.5×14 topics
  21. Smart Cities6▲ 5.1×4 topics
  22. Stress6▲ 3.5×4 topics
  23. Antibiotic Resistance6▲ 3.4×9 topics
  24. Reflective Practice6▲ 6.9×5 topics
  25. Organizational Performance5▲ 4.8×3 topics
  26. Safety Climate5▲ 13×2 topics
  27. Student Satisfaction4▲ 5.6×2 topics
  28. Human Resource Management4▲ 6.7×3 topics
  29. Pulmonary Hypertension4▲ 7.4×3 topics
  30. Nursing Education4▲ 7.2×4 topics
  31. Review4▲ 8.1×3 topics
  32. Localization4▲ 8.0×2 topics
  33. Guanxi4▲ 42×1 topic
  34. Wasta4▲ 42×1 topic
  35. Accident Prevention4▲ 13×2 topics
  36. Safety Culture4▲ 13×2 topics
  37. Social Media Marketing4▲ 19×1 topic
  38. Construction Safety4▲ 13×1 topic
  39. Occupational Safety4▲ 9.2×2 topics
  40. Sickle-cell Disease4▲ 20×1 topic

Which research topics does Oman Medical College publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Socioeconomic Development in MENA, Organizational and Employee Performance, Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders and Occupational Health and Safety Research.

Socioeconomic Developmen…4Socioeconomic Development in MENA: 4 fractional worksOrganizational and Emplo…4Organizational and Employee Performance: 4 fractional worksHemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders: 4 fractional worksOccupational Health and …4Occupational Health and Safety Research: 4 fractional worksInnovations in Medical E…3Innovations in Medical Education: 3 fractional worksHealth and Well-being Studies: 3 fractional worksEducation and Critical Thinking Development: 3 fractional worksHydraulic Fracturing and…3Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis: 3 fractional worksTechnology-Enhanced Education Studies: 3 fractional worksHealthcare professionals’ stress and burnout: 2 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceArtificial IntelligenceGeneticsRadiological and Ultrasound Technology5 others

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

  1. 1 Socioeconomic Development in MENA Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  2. 2 Organizational and Employee Performance Artificial Intelligence 4 works
  3. 3 Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders Genetics 4 works
  4. 4 Occupational Health and Safety Research Radiological and Ultrasound Technology 4 works
  5. 5 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  6. 6 Health and Well-being Studies Clinical Psychology 3 works
  7. 7 Education and Critical Thinking Development Education 3 works
  8. 8 Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis Mechanical Engineering 3 works
  9. 9 Technology-Enhanced Education Studies Education 3 works
  10. 10 Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout General Health Professions 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 available67.8%not open32.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors33.0%domestic only67.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Oman Medical College's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 107% 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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