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Saint George Hospital

In research, Saint George Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#6,450 of 8,541 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#7,753 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery (Surgery is 6.2× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#18,494
of 22,385 · #24,913 all time
Rank in Lebanon
#18
of 23
Research works
615
◆ 1% vs 2018-21
Citations
6.9k
11.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.84×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
52%
world 40%
International
26%
world 18%
Saint George Hospital

What is Saint George 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 #6,450 of 8,541 3.7%124 #11086
Health SciencesDomain #7,753 of 9,902 3.9%133 #13347

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Saint George 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 fields of science does Saint George Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 78% of research at Saint George Hospital is in Health Sciences, 12% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (72%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (9%), Psychology (4%). It does 3.2× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 148 fractional works · 77.8% of its workMedicine: 138 fractional works · 72.4% of its workSurgery: 28 fractional works · 14.5% of its workHematology: 10 fractional works · 5.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 10 fractional works · 5.2% of its workEpidemiology: 8 fractional works · 4.0% of its workOncology: 7 fractional works · 3.5% of its workRheumatology: 6 fractional works · 3.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 5 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 fractional works · 2.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 5 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workNeurology: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPhysiology: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workDermatology: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNephrology: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workReproductive Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workUrology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOphthalmology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 8 fractional works · 4.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 22 fractional works · 11.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 16 fractional works · 8.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 3.8% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 16 fractional works · 8.5% of its workPsychology: 8 fractional works · 4.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 6 fractional works · 3.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKSaint GeorgeHospital190fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences2%Health Sciences78%Social Sciences9%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine13872.4%
    2. Health Professions84.3%
    3. Dentistry10.5%
    4. Nursing10.5%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology168.5%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology21.3%
    3. Neuroscience21.2%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.3%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.3%
    1. Psychology84.4%
    2. Social Sciences52.6%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.7%
    4. Arts and Humanities10.6%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.2%
    6. Decision Sciences00.0%
    1. Computer Science21.0%
    2. Engineering10.7%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    4. Environmental Science00.1%
    5. Materials Science00.1%
    6. Chemistry00.0%
    7. Mathematics00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Saint George Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 6.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 27.5 works6.2×
← 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: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.60× its world share, 16 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.29× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.71× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.85× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 1.11× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.64× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.76× its world share, 138 worksMedicineNursing: 1.03× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.45× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.76×138 works
  2. Health Professions1.64×8 works
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.60×16 works
  4. Psychology1.45×8 works
  5. Immunology and Microbiology1.29×2 works
  6. Dentistry1.11×1 works
  7. Nursing1.03×1 works
  8. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.85×1 works
  9. Neuroscience0.71×2 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.35×1 works
  11. Veterinary0.32×0 works
  12. Arts and Humanities0.20×1 works
  13. Social Sciences0.20×5 works
  14. Computer Science0.13×2 works
  15. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.08×0 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.06×1 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.06×0 works
  18. Engineering0.05×1 works
  19. Decision Sciences0.04×0 works
  20. Materials Science0.03×0 works
  21. Chemistry0.02×0 works
  22. Environmental Science0.02×0 works
  23. Mathematics0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Saint George Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Salah Chouairi, Zeina Baz and Michel Daher lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Saint George Hospital.

  1. 1 Salah Chouairi Lebanon · #1,202,300 worldwide 2.4k citations · 18 works
  2. 2 Zeina Baz Lebanon · #1,226,430 worldwide 1.6k citations · 20 works
  3. 3 Michel Daher Lebanon · #2,083,309 worldwide 2.2k citations · 72 works
  4. 4 Samer Bassilios Habre Lebanon · #3,496,423 worldwide 299 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Joseph Makdessi Lebanon · #3,669,290 worldwide 204 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Eid Azar Lebanon · #3,769,623 worldwide 867 citations · 47 works
  7. 7 J Bahous Lebanon · #3,879,674 worldwide 291 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Toufic Saber Lebanon · #3,959,144 worldwide 121 citations · 22 works
  9. 9 Rawad Halimeh Lebanon · #4,013,056 worldwide 156 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Fatima Ghandour Lebanon · #4,013,396 worldwide 211 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Saint George Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Saint George Hospital?

The most cited paper from Saint George Hospital is "Cross-national prevalence and risk factors for suicidal ideation, plans and attempts" (Matthew K. Nock et al., 2008), with 2,701 citations. Next come "Cross-national epidemiology of DSM-IV major depressive episode" (2,275) and "Trauma and PTSD in the WHO World Mental Health Surveys" (1,659).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Cross-national prevalence and risk factors for suicidal ideation, plans and attempts Matthew K. Nock et al. · The British Journal of Psychiatry Open access 31 Jan 2008 2,701
2 Cross-national epidemiology of DSM-IV major depressive episode Evelyn J. Bromet et al. · BMC Medicine Open access 26 Jul 2011 2,275
3 Trauma and PTSD in the WHO World Mental Health Surveys Ronald C. Kessler et al. · European Journal of Psychotraumatology Open access 31 Jul 2017 1,659
4 Mental disorders among college students in the World Health Organization World Mental Health Surveys Randy Patrick Auerbach et al. · Psychological Medicine Open access 3 Aug 2016 1,639
5 The epidemiology of traumatic event exposure worldwide: results from the World Mental Health Survey Consortium Corina L. Benjet et al. · Psychological Medicine Open access 29 Oct 2015 1,465
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Saint George Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Complications, Prognostic Factors, Genetic Mutations, Chemotherapy, Treatment and Quality of Life.

▲ 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. Epidemiology26▲ 3.4×83 topics
  2. Diagnosis10▲ 5.5×27 topics
  3. Inflammation10▲ 2.3×32 topics
  4. Quality of Life9▲ 3.2×24 topics
  5. Treatment9▲ 3.9×29 topics
  6. Complications8▲ 8.3×15 topics
  7. Chemotherapy8▲ 5.6×21 topics
  8. Prognostic Factors7▲ 8.2×12 topics
  9. Genetic Mutations7▲ 8.0×16 topics
  10. Mental Health7▲ 2.4×14 topics
  11. Management6▲ 3.9×18 topics
  12. Surgical Management5▲ 6.6×17 topics
  13. Cardiovascular Disease5▲ 2.2×14 topics
  14. Pathophysiology5▲ 8.8×8 topics
  15. Trauma4▲ 11×5 topics
  16. Children4▲ 9.8×7 topics
  17. Mutation4▲ 12×2 topics
  18. Clinical Trials4▲ 2.7×11 topics
  19. Guidelines4▲ 3.9×10 topics
  20. BCR-ABL3▲ 69×1 topic
  21. Chronic Kidney Disease3▲ 7.0×6 topics
  22. Imatinib3▲ 69×1 topic
  23. Clinical Practice Guidelines3▲ 3.1×10 topics
  24. Radiotherapy3▲ 4.2×12 topics
  25. Surgery3▲ 4.8×9 topics
  26. Imaging3▲ 6.7×3 topics
  27. Therapeutic Targets3▲ 10×4 topics
  28. Cardiovascular Risk3▲ 4.8×6 topics
  29. Survival Analysis3▲ 5.6×4 topics
  30. Patient Satisfaction3▲ 4.7×6 topics
  31. Surgical Treatment3▲ 7.6×6 topics
  32. Rituximab3▲ 9.9×3 topics
  33. Stem Cells3▲ 5.1×8 topics
  34. Antifungal Therapy2▲ 15×3 topics
  35. PET Imaging2▲ 7.2×4 topics
  36. Prophylaxis2▲ 9.5×3 topics
  37. Therapy2▲ 6.3×5 topics
  38. Prenatal Diagnosis2▲ 8.1×7 topics
  39. Staging System2▲ 19×2 topics
  40. Prognostic Scoring System2▲ 29×2 topics

Which research topics does Saint George Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Treatments, Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research, Dialysis and Renal Disease Management and Multiple Myeloma Research and Treatments.

Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Treatments: 3 fractional worksChronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research: 2 fractional worksDialysis and Renal Disease Management: 2 fractional worksMultiple Myeloma Research and Treatments: 2 fractional worksPosttraumatic Stress Disorder Research: 2 fractional worksMyeloproliferative Neoplasms: Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksEsophageal and GI Pathol…2Esophageal and GI Pathology: 2 fractional worksBariatric Surgery and Outcomes: 1 fractional worksMigration, Health and Trauma: 1 fractional worksHemophilia Treatment and…1Hemophilia Treatment and Research: 1 fractional works
HematologyGeneticsNephrologyClinical Psychology1 others

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

  1. 1 Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Treatments Hematology 3 works
  2. 2 Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research Genetics 2 works
  3. 3 Dialysis and Renal Disease Management Nephrology 2 works
  4. 4 Multiple Myeloma Research and Treatments Hematology 2 works
  5. 5 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research Clinical Psychology 2 works
  6. 6 Myeloproliferative Neoplasms: Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 2 works
  7. 7 Esophageal and GI Pathology Surgery 2 works
  8. 8 Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes Surgery 1 works
  9. 9 Migration, Health and Trauma Clinical Psychology 1 works
  10. 10 Hemophilia Treatment and Research Hematology 1 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 available51.8%not open48.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.2%domestic only73.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Saint George Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 1% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Saint George Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00077% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Saint George Hospital0.00078% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Saint George 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 2025Saint George Hospital8.5% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 9.6% in 2019.

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