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Riyadh Armed Forces Hospital

In research, Riyadh Armed Forces Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#6,543 of 8,541 worldwide), Health Sciences (#7,876 of 9,902 worldwide) and Surgery (#1,257 of 1,532 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism (Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism is 10.2× its share of world research).

World rank, 2022-now
#14,015
of 22,385 · #24,794 all time
Rank in Saudi Arabia
#75
of 91
Research works
3.3k
▲ 49% vs 2018-21
Citations
41k
12.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.59×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
59%
world 40%
International
17%
world 18%

What is Riyadh Armed Forces 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
MedicineField #6,543 of 8,541 3.5%593 #10339
Health SciencesDomain #7,876 of 9,902 3.7%706 #12578
SurgerySubfield #1,257 of 1,532 4.8%89 #2306
Health ProfessionsField #1,720 of 1,895 5.8%66 #3161
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,726 of 2,964 3.2%64 #5206
Life SciencesDomain #6,087 of 6,403 3.3%102 #10386
Social SciencesDomain #9,336 of 9,585 7.7%69 #14537

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Riyadh Armed Forces 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 of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Medicine#10,339 #6,543
  2. Health Sciences#12,578 #7,876
  3. Surgery#2,306 #1,257
  4. Health Professions#3,161 #1,720
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#5,206 #2,726
  6. Life Sciences#10,386 #6,087
  7. Social Sciences#14,537 #9,336
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Riyadh Armed Forces Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 78% of research at Riyadh Armed Forces Hospital is in Health Sciences, 11% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (65%), Health Professions (7%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (7%). It does 3.3× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 801 fractional works · 77.6% of its workMedicine: 673 fractional works · 65.2% of its workSurgery: 104 fractional works · 10.1% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 57 fractional works · 5.5% of its workEpidemiology: 43 fractional works · 4.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 42 fractional works · 4.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 41 fractional works · 4.0% of its workPhysiology: 31 fractional works · 3.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 29 fractional works · 2.8% of its workNeurology: 27 fractional works · 2.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 24 fractional works · 2.3% of its workRheumatology: 23 fractional works · 2.2% of its workOncology: 21 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 19 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 18 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEmergency Medicine: 17 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 16 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 15 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDermatology: 15 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOphthalmology: 13 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHematology: 13 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPharmacology: 12 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGenetics: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNephrology: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRehabilitation: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGastroenterology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFamily Practice: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInternal Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 75 fractional works · 7.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 37 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 14 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacy: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOccupational Therapy: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDentistry: 36 fractional works · 3.5% of its workOral Surgery: 16 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPeriodontics: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrthodontics: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Dentistry: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 14 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workResearch and Theory: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLeadership and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 115 fractional works · 11.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 71 fractional works · 6.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 25 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGenetics: 21 fractional works · 2.0% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCell Biology: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCancer Research: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeuroscience: 17 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 15 fractional works · 1.4% of its workImmunology: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workToxicology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 77 fractional works · 7.4% of its workPsychology: 29 fractional works · 2.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 21 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 24 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEducation: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFinance: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 40 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEngineering: 17 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 11 fractional works · 1.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiation: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKRiyadh ArmedForces Hospital1,032fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences78%Social Sciences7%

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. Medicine67365.2%
    2. Health Professions757.2%
    3. Dentistry363.5%
    4. Nursing141.3%
    5. Veterinary30.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology716.9%
    2. Neuroscience171.7%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology151.4%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences60.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics60.5%
    1. Psychology292.8%
    2. Social Sciences242.3%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance101.0%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting90.9%
    5. Decision Sciences20.2%
    6. Arts and Humanities20.2%
    1. Engineering171.7%
    2. Computer Science60.5%
    3. Materials Science50.5%
    4. Chemistry40.4%
    5. Environmental Science30.3%
    6. Physics and Astronomy20.2%
    7. Mathematics10.1%
    8. Energy10.1%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    10. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Riyadh Armed Forces Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism takes 10.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Endocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismSubfield · 56.9 works10×
← 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: 0.13× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.29× its world share, 71 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.41× its world share, 15 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.03× its world share, 17 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.54× its world share, 6 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.23× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 17 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.07× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.13× its world share, 5 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 7.19× its world share, 36 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.75× its world share, 75 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.39× its world share, 673 worksMedicineNursing: 2.68× its world share, 14 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.49× its world share, 4 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.28× its world share, 9 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.47× its world share, 10 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.93× its world share, 29 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 24 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 7.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Dentistry7.19×36 works
  2. Medicine3.39×673 works
  3. Health Professions2.75×75 works
  4. Nursing2.68×14 works
  5. Veterinary2.49×4 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.54×6 works
  7. Immunology and Microbiology1.41×15 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.29×71 works
  9. Neuroscience1.03×17 works
  10. Psychology0.93×29 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.47×10 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting0.28×9 works
  13. Chemistry0.23×4 works
  14. Decision Sciences0.20×2 works
  15. Social Sciences0.18×24 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.13×6 works
  17. Materials Science0.13×5 works
  18. Energy0.12×1 works
  19. Engineering0.11×17 works
  20. Mathematics0.10×1 works
  21. Physics and Astronomy0.09×2 works
  22. Computer Science0.07×6 works
  23. Environmental Science0.07×3 works
  24. Arts and Humanities0.06×2 works
  25. Chemical Engineering0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Riyadh Armed Forces Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Ghaleb A. Almekhlafi, Ali M. Albarrak and Sami H. Wali lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Riyadh Armed Forces Hospital.

  1. 1 Ghaleb A. Almekhlafi Saudi Arabia · #204,520 worldwide 4.7k citations · 51 works
  2. 2 Ali M. Albarrak Saudi Arabia · #253,174 worldwide 6.8k citations · 82 works
  3. 3 Sami H. Wali Saudi Arabia · #443,618 worldwide 2.1k citations · 41 works
  4. 4 Amal M. Alhashem Saudi Arabia · #486,709 worldwide 5.5k citations · 157 works
  5. 5 Yasser Mandourah Saudi Arabia · #531,360 worldwide 3.6k citations · 74 works
  6. 6 Mohammed M. Algaradah Saudi Arabia · #1,115,370 worldwide 1.1k citations · 38 works
  7. 7 Amal Hashem Saudi Arabia · #1,534,694 worldwide 1k citations · 17 works
  8. 8 David V Hamilton Saudi Arabia · #1,820,217 worldwide 3.1k citations · 217 works
  9. 9 Brahim M. Tabarki Saudi Arabia · #2,060,044 worldwide 4.2k citations · 166 works
  10. 10 Hesham I. Alkhashan Saudi Arabia · #2,553,001 worldwide 1.3k citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Riyadh Armed Forces Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Riyadh Armed Forces Hospital?

The most cited paper from Riyadh Armed Forces Hospital is "Epidemiological, demographic, and clinical characteristics of 47 cases of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus disease from Saudi Arabia: a descriptive study" (Abdullah Mufareh Assiri, Jaffar A. Al‐Tawfiq, Abdullah A Al-Rabeeah et al., 2013), with 1,477 citations. Next come "Corticosteroid Therapy for Critically Ill Patients with Middle East Respiratory Syndrome" (1,208) and "A global view of pulmonary hypertension" (1,074).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Epidemiological, demographic, and clinical characteristics of 47 cases of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus disease from Saudi Arabia: a descriptive study Abdullah Mufareh Assiri, Jaffar A. Al‐Tawfiq, Abdullah A Al-Rabeeah et al. · The Lancet Infectious Diseases Open access 25 Jul 2013 1,477
2 Corticosteroid Therapy for Critically Ill Patients with Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Yaseen M. Arabi et al. · American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 21 Nov 2017 1,208
3 A global view of pulmonary hypertension Marius M. Hoeper, Marc Humbert, Rogério Souza et al. · The Lancet Respiratory Medicine 11 Mar 2016 1,074
4 American Society of Anaesthesiologists physical status classification Mohamed Daabiss · Indian Journal of Anaesthesia Open access Mar 2011 929
5 Autosomal recessive lissencephaly with cerebellar hypoplasia is associated with human RELN mutations Susan E. Hong, Yin Yao Shugart, David Tsu-Chau Huang et al. · Nature Genetics Sep 2000 885
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Riyadh Armed Forces Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diabetes, Complications, Glycemic Control, Inflammation, Cardiovascular Disease, Quality of Life and Primary Care.

▲ 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. Epidemiology131▲ 3.2×117 topics
  2. Inflammation61▲ 2.8×75 topics
  3. Quality of Life48▲ 3.2×44 topics
  4. Cardiovascular Disease46▲ 3.9×34 topics
  5. Diabetes45▲ 8.6×16 topics
  6. Complications44▲ 8.6×17 topics
  7. Treatment43▲ 3.4×47 topics
  8. Glycemic Control38▲ 23×4 topics
  9. Depression37▲ 4.1×20 topics
  10. Diagnosis35▲ 3.6×38 topics
  11. Risk Factors34▲ 3.0×31 topics
  12. Primary Care30▲ 7.8×12 topics
  13. COVID-1929▲ 2.2×20 topics
  14. Insulin Therapy28▲ 22×3 topics
  15. Management28▲ 3.4×29 topics
  16. Public Health26▲ 1.73×34 topics
  17. Quality Improvement24▲ 12×8 topics
  18. Obesity23▲ 2.9×18 topics
  19. Metabolic Syndrome22▲ 2.7×21 topics
  20. Patient Satisfaction22▲ 7.0×10 topics
  21. Surgical Management21▲ 5.1×20 topics
  22. Type 1 Diabetes21▲ 24×2 topics
  23. Global Burden21▲ 3.7×12 topics
  24. Clinical Trials20▲ 2.9×18 topics
  25. Mortality19▲ 3.3×12 topics
  26. Genetic Mutations19▲ 4.2×23 topics
  27. Prognostic Factors19▲ 4.2×14 topics
  28. Pathogenesis18▲ 3.4×22 topics
  29. Clinical Guidelines18▲ 5.8×9 topics
  30. Prevention17▲ 4.0×15 topics
  31. Continuous Glucose Monitoring17▲ 36×1 topic
  32. Guidelines17▲ 3.5×12 topics
  33. Hypoglycemia17▲ 36×1 topic
  34. Weight Loss16▲ 9.7×4 topics
  35. Clinical Outcomes15▲ 6.9×6 topics
  36. Elderly15▲ 6.0×5 topics
  37. Type 2 Diabetes14▲ 6.1×5 topics
  38. Healthcare Workers14▲ 5.8×4 topics
  39. Chronic Pain14▲ 6.1×5 topics
  40. Critical Care14▲ 5.5×8 topics

Which research topics does Riyadh Armed Forces Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Diabetes Management and Research, Diabetes Management and Education, COVID-19 and Mental Health and Health and Well-being Studies.

  1. 1 Diabetes Management and Research Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 17 works
  2. 2 Diabetes Management and Education Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 9 works
  3. 3 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 8 works
  4. 4 Health and Well-being Studies Clinical Psychology 8 works
  5. 5 Diabetes Treatment and Management Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 7 works
  6. 6 Dietary Effects on Health Physiology 6 works
  7. 7 Dental Research and COVID-19 General Dentistry 6 works
  8. 8 Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation Pharmacology 6 works
  9. 9 Metabolism and Genetic Disorders Clinical Biochemistry 5 works
  10. 10 Mobile Health and mHealth Applications General Health Professions 5 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 available59.1%not open40.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.3%domestic only82.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Riyadh Armed Forces Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 49% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Riyadh Armed Forces Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0052% in 2024.

still counting0.0025%0.0050%0.0075%Riyadh Armed Forces Hospital0.0041% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Riyadh Armed Forces 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 2025Riyadh Armed Forces Hospital4.2% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 12.3% in 1992.

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