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Qatar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital

In research, Qatar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#4,505 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#5,883 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine and Surgery — Orthopedics and Sports Medicine is 98.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#18,053
of 28,054 · #18,723 all time
Rank in Qatar
#17
of 26
Research works
767
▼ 19% vs 2013–17
Citations
23k
30.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
26.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
46%
world 28%

What is Qatar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine 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
MedicineField #4,505 of 10,443 28.1%118 #4048
Health SciencesDomain #5,883 of 11,982 27.5%123 #5146

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Qatar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine 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 Qatar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Orthopedics and Sports Medicine takes 98.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Orthopedics and Sports MedicineSubfield · 37.2 works98×
  2. SurgerySubfield · 37.4 works11×
← 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: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.53× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.77× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.43× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.26× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.16× its world share, 118 worksMedicineNursing: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.78× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

Who are the top researchers at Qatar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Juan Manuel Alonso, Karim Chamari and Adam Weir lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Qatar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital.

  1. 1 Juan Manuel Alonso Qatar · #81,415 worldwide 180 citations · 28 works
  2. 2 Karim Chamari Qatar · #110,734 worldwide 184 citations · 52 works
  3. 3 Adam Weir Qatar · #117,668 worldwide 152 citations · 24 works
  4. 4 Johannes L. Tol Qatar · #227,692 worldwide 118 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 Mathew G Wilson Qatar · #457,886 worldwide 140 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Lee Taylor Qatar · #483,552 worldwide 86 citations · 43 works
  7. 7 Rod Whiteley Qatar · #523,091 worldwide 34 citations · 23 works
  8. 8 Montassar Tabben Qatar · #689,437 worldwide 30 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 Sébastien Racinais Qatar · #889,013 worldwide 57 citations · 31 works
  10. 10 Gian Nicola Bisciotti Qatar · #983,722 worldwide 5 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Qatar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Qatar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Injury Prevention, Risk Factors, Prevention, Athletic Training, Muscle Injuries, Sports Injury and Rehabilitation.

▲ 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. Epidemiology42▲ 7.1×32 topics
  2. Injury Prevention20▲ 110×3 topics
  3. Risk Factors20▲ 12×9 topics
  4. Prevention19▲ 31×5 topics
  5. Athletic Training19▲ 139×3 topics
  6. Muscle Injuries19▲ 194×1 topic
  7. Sports Injury19▲ 194×1 topic
  8. Rehabilitation16▲ 27×6 topics
  9. Arthroplasty13▲ 89×2 topics
  10. Biomechanics13▲ 28×6 topics
  11. Biomechanical Analysis11▲ 117×2 topics
  12. Anterior Cruciate Ligament11▲ 186×1 topic
  13. Injury Risk11▲ 186×1 topic
  14. Shoulder Function10▲ 79×2 topics
  15. Complications8▲ 12×7 topics
  16. High-Intensity Interval Training8▲ 54×2 topics
  17. Rotator Cuff Tears8▲ 88×1 topic
  18. Shoulder Pathology8▲ 88×1 topic
  19. Gait Analysis8▲ 57×3 topics
  20. Regeneration8▲ 27×3 topics
  21. Resistance Training7▲ 54×2 topics
  22. Ankle Injuries7▲ 155×1 topic
  23. Foot Strike Patterns7▲ 128×1 topic
  24. Running Injuries7▲ 128×1 topic
  25. Sprains7▲ 155×1 topic
  26. Performance Analysis7▲ 21×1 topic
  27. Training Load7▲ 71×1 topic
  28. Revision Surgery7▲ 36×2 topics
  29. Total Hip Replacement7▲ 36×2 topics
  30. Patient Satisfaction6▲ 13×3 topics
  31. Distal Radius Fractures6▲ 74×1 topic
  32. Flexor Tendon Repair6▲ 74×1 topic
  33. Outcomes6▲ 49×1 topic
  34. Total Knee Replacement6▲ 60×1 topic
  35. Growth Factors6▲ 31×2 topics
  36. Platelet-Rich Plasma6▲ 56×2 topics
  37. Stem Cells5▲ 15×3 topics
  38. Extracellular Matrix5▲ 18×1 topic
  39. Tendon5▲ 100×1 topic
  40. Physical Activity5▲ 6.3×9 topics

Which research topics does Qatar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Sports injuries and prevention, Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques, Shoulder Injury and Treatment and Foot and Ankle Surgery.

Sports injuries and prev…19Sports injuries and prevention: 19 fractional worksKnee injuries and reconstruction techniques: 11 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Treatment: 8 fractional worksFoot and Ankle Surgery7Foot and Ankle Surgery: 7 fractional worksLower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies: 7 fractional worksSports Performance and Training: 7 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and R…6Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 6 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 6 fractional worksTendon Structure and Treatment: 5 fractional worksCardiovascular Effects of Exercise: 4 fractional works
Orthopedics and Sports MedicineSurgeryBiomedical EngineeringCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

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

  1. 1 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 19 works
  2. 2 Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques Surgery 11 works
  3. 3 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 8 works
  4. 4 Foot and Ankle Surgery Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 7 works
  5. 5 Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies Biomedical Engineering 7 works
  6. 6 Sports Performance and Training Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 7 works
  7. 7 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 6 works
  8. 8 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 6 works
  9. 9 Tendon Structure and Treatment Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 5 works
  10. 10 Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 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 available45.5%not open54.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors66.6%domestic only33.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Qatar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 19% lower 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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