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Saad Specialist Hospital

In research, Saad Specialist Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,092 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#5,091 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,707
of 28,054 · #15,666 all time
Rank in Saudi Arabia
#54
of 98
Research works
776
▲ 110% vs 2013–17
Citations
8.7k
11.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
62%
world 28%

What is Saad Specialist 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
Health SciencesDomain #3,092 of 11,982 9.8%179 #5991
MedicineField #5,091 of 10,443 9.0%144 #6535

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Saad Specialist 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).

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: 0.19× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.91× its world share, 14 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.56× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.65× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.79× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.40× its world share, 9 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.65× its world share, 28 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.23× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 7.43× its world share, 10 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.58× its world share, 20 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.60× its world share, 144 worksMedicineNursing: 3.26× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.24× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.46× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.87× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.06× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.47× its world share, 13 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 12 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 7.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Saad Specialist Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Saad lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Saad Specialist Hospital.

  1. 1 Saad Saudi Arabia · #1,284,139 worldwide 17 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Saad Specialist Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Saad Specialist Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Quality of Life, Risk Factors, Complications, Treatment, Surgical Management, Pathophysiology and Management.

▲ 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. Epidemiology34▲ 3.0×100 topics
  2. Quality of Life15▲ 3.6×40 topics
  3. Inflammation11▲ 1.85×44 topics
  4. Machine Learning11▲ 1.17×22 topics
  5. Risk Factors11▲ 3.4×30 topics
  6. Treatment10▲ 2.8×41 topics
  7. Mental Health8▲ 2.0×20 topics
  8. Diagnosis8▲ 3.0×31 topics
  9. Management8▲ 3.5×24 topics
  10. Public Health8▲ 1.88×24 topics
  11. COVID-197▲ 1.88×19 topics
  12. Complications7▲ 5.1×17 topics
  13. Surgical Management7▲ 5.7×18 topics
  14. Depression7▲ 2.7×11 topics
  15. Pandemic6▲ 2.1×8 topics
  16. Pathophysiology6▲ 7.1×11 topics
  17. Clinical Practice Guidelines6▲ 3.6×13 topics
  18. Antibiotic Resistance6▲ 5.0×10 topics
  19. Patient Satisfaction5▲ 5.9×9 topics
  20. Prevention5▲ 4.3×13 topics
  21. SARS-CoV-25▲ 5.5×6 topics
  22. Vibration Analysis5▲ 6.6×3 topics
  23. Global Burden5▲ 3.3×12 topics
  24. Primary Care5▲ 4.5×9 topics
  25. Drilling Fluids5▲ 31×1 topic
  26. Immune Response5▲ 2.9×12 topics
  27. Well Integrity5▲ 31×1 topic
  28. Rehabilitation4▲ 3.7×11 topics
  29. ACE2 Receptor4▲ 5.8×3 topics
  30. Elderly4▲ 5.6×5 topics
  31. Health System Reform4▲ 19×2 topics
  32. Quality Improvement4▲ 7.0×8 topics
  33. Clinical Outcomes4▲ 6.1×5 topics
  34. Infectious Diseases4▲ 4.1×6 topics
  35. Low- and Middle-Income Countries4▲ 22×2 topics
  36. Health Financing4▲ 34×1 topic
  37. Universal Coverage4▲ 34×1 topic
  38. Health Care Utilization3▲ 9.3×2 topics
  39. Predictive Maintenance3▲ 14×2 topics
  40. Fault Diagnosis3▲ 7.2×2 topics

Which research topics does Saad Specialist Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Drilling and Well Engineering, Healthcare Systems and Reforms, Oil and Gas Production Techniques and COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies.

Drilling and Well Engineering: 5 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and Reforms: 4 fractional worksOil and Gas Production T…3Oil and Gas Production Techniques: 3 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Resear…3COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 3 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 2 fractional worksReservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods: 2 fractional worksHealth and Well-being St…2Health and Well-being Studies: 2 fractional worksHydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis: 2 fractional worksAntibiotic Use and Resistance: 2 fractional worksHealthcare Policy and Ma…2Healthcare Policy and Management: 2 fractional works
Ocean EngineeringFinanceInfectious DiseasesHealth Informatics4 others

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

  1. 1 Drilling and Well Engineering Ocean Engineering 5 works
  2. 2 Healthcare Systems and Reforms Finance 4 works
  3. 3 Oil and Gas Production Techniques Ocean Engineering 3 works
  4. 4 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 3 works
  5. 5 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 2 works
  6. 6 Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods Ocean Engineering 2 works
  7. 7 Health and Well-being Studies Clinical Psychology 2 works
  8. 8 Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis Mechanical Engineering 2 works
  9. 9 Antibiotic Use and Resistance Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 2 works
  10. 10 Healthcare Policy and Management Economics and Econometrics 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 available62.0%not open38.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors37.7%domestic only62.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Saad Specialist Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 110% 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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