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.
| Field | World rank | Where that sits | Top-10% rate | Works | All 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.
- Medicine#10,339 #6,543
- Health Sciences#12,578 #7,876
- Surgery#2,306 #1,257
- Health Professions#3,161 #1,720
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#5,206 #2,726
- Life Sciences#10,386 #6,087
- Social Sciences#14,537 #9,336
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.
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
- Health Sciences80177.6%
- Medicine67365.2%
- Health Professions757.2%
- Dentistry363.5%
- Nursing141.3%
- Veterinary30.3%
- Life Sciences11511.1%
- Social Sciences777.4%
- Psychology292.8%
- Social Sciences242.3%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance101.0%
- Business, Management and Accounting90.9%
- Decision Sciences20.2%
- Arts and Humanities20.2%
- Physical Sciences403.8%
- Engineering171.7%
- Computer Science60.5%
- Materials Science50.5%
- Chemistry40.4%
- Environmental Science30.3%
- Physics and Astronomy20.2%
- Mathematics10.1%
- Energy10.1%
- Chemical Engineering00.0%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences00.0%
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.
- Endocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismSubfield · 56.9 works10×
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 7.2×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 25 fields, with their numbers
- Dentistry7.19×36 works
- Medicine3.39×673 works
- Health Professions2.75×75 works
- Nursing2.68×14 works
- Veterinary2.49×4 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.54×6 works
- Immunology and Microbiology1.41×15 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.29×71 works
- Neuroscience1.03×17 works
- Psychology0.93×29 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.47×10 works
- Business, Management and Accounting0.28×9 works
- Chemistry0.23×4 works
- Decision Sciences0.20×2 works
- Social Sciences0.18×24 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.13×6 works
- Materials Science0.13×5 works
- Energy0.12×1 works
- Engineering0.11×17 works
- Mathematics0.10×1 works
- Physics and Astronomy0.09×2 works
- Computer Science0.07×6 works
- Environmental Science0.07×3 works
- Arts and Humanities0.06×2 works
- Chemical Engineering0.05×0 works
- Dentistry 7.2×
- Medicine 3.4×
- Health Professions 2.8×
- Nursing 2.7×
- Veterinary 2.5×
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 1.5×
- Immunology and Microbiology 1.4×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 1.3×
- Neuroscience 1.0×
- Psychology 0.9×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 0.5×
- Business, Management and Accounting 0.3×
- Chemistry 0.2×
- Decision Sciences 0.2×
- Social Sciences 0.2×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.1×
- Materials Science 0.1×
- Energy 0.1×
- Engineering 0.1×
- Mathematics 0.1×
- Physics and Astronomy 0.1×
- Computer Science 0.1×
- Environmental Science 0.1×
- Arts and Humanities 0.1×
- Chemical Engineering 0.1×
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
Ghaleb A. Almekhlafi
Saudi Arabia · #204,520 worldwide 4.7k citations · 51 works
- 2
Ali M. Albarrak
Saudi Arabia · #253,174 worldwide 6.8k citations · 82 works
- 3
Sami H. Wali
Saudi Arabia · #443,618 worldwide 2.1k citations · 41 works
- 4
Amal M. Alhashem
Saudi Arabia · #486,709 worldwide 5.5k citations · 157 works
- 5
Yasser Mandourah
Saudi Arabia · #531,360 worldwide 3.6k citations · 74 works
- 6
Mohammed M. Algaradah
Saudi Arabia · #1,115,370 worldwide 1.1k citations · 38 works
- 7
Amal Hashem
Saudi Arabia · #1,534,694 worldwide 1k citations · 17 works
- 8
David V Hamilton
Saudi Arabia · #1,820,217 worldwide 3.1k citations · 217 works
- 9
Brahim M. Tabarki
Saudi Arabia · #2,060,044 worldwide 4.2k citations · 166 works
- 10
Hesham I. Alkhashan
Saudi Arabia · #2,553,001 worldwide 1.3k citations · 19 works
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.
- Critical Care
- Healthcare Workers
- Elderly
- Weight Loss
- Guidelines
- Prevention
- Pathogenesis
- Genetic Mutations
- Clinical Trials
- Type 1 Diabetes
- Patient Satisfaction
- Obesity
- Public Health
- Insulin Therapy
- Primary Care
- Diagnosis
- Glycemic Control
- Complications
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Inflammation
- Epidemiology
- Quality of Life
- Diabetes
- Treatment
- Depression
- Risk Factors
- COVID-19
- Management
- Quality Improvement
- Metabolic Syndrome
- Surgical Management
- Global Burden
- Mortality
- Prognostic Factors
- Clinical Guidelines
- Continuous Glucose Monitoring
- Hypoglycemia
- Clinical Outcomes
- Type 2 Diabetes
- Chronic Pain
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
- Epidemiology131▲ 3.2×117 topics
- Inflammation61▲ 2.8×75 topics
- Quality of Life48▲ 3.2×44 topics
- Cardiovascular Disease46▲ 3.9×34 topics
- Diabetes45▲ 8.6×16 topics
- Complications44▲ 8.6×17 topics
- Treatment43▲ 3.4×47 topics
- Glycemic Control38▲ 23×4 topics
- Depression37▲ 4.1×20 topics
- Diagnosis35▲ 3.6×38 topics
- Risk Factors34▲ 3.0×31 topics
- Primary Care30▲ 7.8×12 topics
- COVID-1929▲ 2.2×20 topics
- Insulin Therapy28▲ 22×3 topics
- Management28▲ 3.4×29 topics
- Public Health26▲ 1.73×34 topics
- Quality Improvement24▲ 12×8 topics
- Obesity23▲ 2.9×18 topics
- Metabolic Syndrome22▲ 2.7×21 topics
- Patient Satisfaction22▲ 7.0×10 topics
- Surgical Management21▲ 5.1×20 topics
- Type 1 Diabetes21▲ 24×2 topics
- Global Burden21▲ 3.7×12 topics
- Clinical Trials20▲ 2.9×18 topics
- Mortality19▲ 3.3×12 topics
- Genetic Mutations19▲ 4.2×23 topics
- Prognostic Factors19▲ 4.2×14 topics
- Pathogenesis18▲ 3.4×22 topics
- Clinical Guidelines18▲ 5.8×9 topics
- Prevention17▲ 4.0×15 topics
- Continuous Glucose Monitoring17▲ 36×1 topic
- Guidelines17▲ 3.5×12 topics
- Hypoglycemia17▲ 36×1 topic
- Weight Loss16▲ 9.7×4 topics
- Clinical Outcomes15▲ 6.9×6 topics
- Elderly15▲ 6.0×5 topics
- Type 2 Diabetes14▲ 6.1×5 topics
- Healthcare Workers14▲ 5.8×4 topics
- Chronic Pain14▲ 6.1×5 topics
- 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.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Diabetes Management and Research Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 17 works
- 2 Diabetes Management and Education Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 9 works
- 3 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 8 works
- 4 Health and Well-being Studies Clinical Psychology 8 works
- 5 Diabetes Treatment and Management Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 7 works
- 6 Dietary Effects on Health Physiology 6 works
- 7 Dental Research and COVID-19 General Dentistry 6 works
- 8 Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation Pharmacology 6 works
- 9 Metabolism and Genetic Disorders Clinical Biochemistry 5 works
- 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.
World: 40% of research is openly available.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Other research institutions in Riyadh
- King Saud University
- King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre
- Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University
- Imam Mohammad ibn Saud Islamic University
- King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences
- Prince Sultan University
- Majmaah University
- National Guard Health Affairs
Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners have tabs of their own, above.
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