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Salmaniya Medical Complex

In research, Salmaniya Medical Complex stands highest in Medicine (#6,433 of 8,541 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#8,053 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#17,189
of 22,385 · #30,642 all time
Rank in Bahrain
#11
of 13
Research works
913
▲ 73% vs 2018-21
Citations
6.5k
7.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.73×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
72%
world 40%
International
22%
world 18%
Salmaniya Medical Complex

What is Salmaniya Medical Complex 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 #6,433 of 8,541 3.2%274 #12352
Health SciencesDomain #8,053 of 9,902 3.2%287 #14881

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Salmaniya Medical Complex 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 Salmaniya Medical Complex work in?

In 2022-now, 82% of research at Salmaniya Medical Complex is in Health Sciences, 14% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (78%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (10%), Health Professions (2%). It does 3.4× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 318 fractional works · 81.5% of its workMedicine: 304 fractional works · 77.9% of its workSurgery: 56 fractional works · 14.4% of its workEpidemiology: 20 fractional works · 5.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 20 fractional works · 5.1% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 14 fractional works · 3.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 13 fractional works · 3.3% of its workRheumatology: 13 fractional works · 3.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 12 fractional works · 3.1% of its workNeurology: 12 fractional works · 3.0% of its workOncology: 11 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGenetics: 11 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 10 fractional works · 2.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 10 fractional works · 2.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 10 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPhysiology: 10 fractional works · 2.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 9 fractional works · 2.2% of its workOphthalmology: 8 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEmergency Medicine: 8 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 7 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHematology: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDermatology: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workUrology: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGastroenterology: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workReproductive Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNephrology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHepatology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransplantation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 8 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacy: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOral Surgery: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 54 fractional works · 13.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 37 fractional works · 9.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 13 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGenetics: 9 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCancer Research: 7 fractional works · 1.8% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMolecular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 8 fractional works · 2.0% of its workImmunology: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workVirology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 10 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 9 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKSalmaniya MedicalComplex390fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences14%Physical Sciences2%Health Sciences82%Social Sciences2%

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. Medicine30477.9%
    2. Health Professions82.1%
    3. Dentistry30.7%
    4. Nursing20.6%
    5. Veterinary10.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology379.6%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology82.0%
    3. Neuroscience61.4%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences20.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.4%
    1. Psychology41.0%
    2. Social Sciences20.6%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting10.3%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.3%
    5. Arts and Humanities10.2%
    1. Engineering20.6%
    2. Environmental Science20.5%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.4%
    4. Computer Science10.3%
    5. Materials Science10.2%
    6. Mathematics10.2%
    7. Chemistry00.0%
    8. Energy00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.80× its world share, 37 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.96× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.88× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.09× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.04× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsDentistry: 1.46× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.81× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.05× its world share, 304 worksMedicineNursing: 1.14× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.51× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.33× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.05× 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, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine4.05×304 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology1.96×8 works
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.80×37 works
  4. Veterinary1.51×1 works
  5. Dentistry1.46×3 works
  6. Nursing1.14×2 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.09×2 works
  8. Neuroscience0.88×6 works
  9. Health Professions0.81×8 works
  10. Psychology0.33×4 works
  11. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.25×2 works
  12. Mathematics0.14×1 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.13×1 works
  14. Environmental Science0.10×2 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.10×1 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.09×2 works
  17. Arts and Humanities0.07×1 works
  18. Materials Science0.06×1 works
  19. Social Sciences0.05×2 works
  20. Engineering0.04×2 works
  21. Chemistry0.03×0 works
  22. Computer Science0.03×1 works
  23. Energy0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Salmaniya Medical Complex?

Ranked on the quality score, Jameela Alsalman, Nermin Kamal Saeed and Safa A. Aziz AlKhawaja lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Salmaniya Medical Complex.

  1. 1 Jameela Alsalman Bahrain · #1,071,080 worldwide 2k citations · 42 works
  2. 2 Nermin Kamal Saeed Bahrain · #2,043,457 worldwide 1.7k citations · 100 works
  3. 3 Safa A. Aziz AlKhawaja Bahrain · #2,356,057 worldwide 770 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Maheeba Abdulla Bahrain · #2,609,873 worldwide 3.3k citations · 43 works
  5. 5 Safaa Abdulaziz Alkhawaja Bahrain · #2,615,752 worldwide 442 citations · 28 works
  6. 6 Khalid Bin Thani Bahrain · #2,663,933 worldwide 579 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Fayza Haider Bahrain · #2,740,390 worldwide 303 citations · 28 works
  8. 8 Mariam Alansari Bahrain · #3,150,005 worldwide 482 citations · 34 works
  9. 9 Fatema Abdulla Bahrain · #3,636,416 worldwide 1k citations · 26 works
  10. 10 Sayed Ali Almahari Bahrain · #3,878,410 worldwide 194 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Salmaniya Medical Complex

What are the most cited papers from Salmaniya Medical Complex?

The most cited paper from Salmaniya Medical Complex is "ILAE definition of the Idiopathic Generalized Epilepsy Syndromes: Position statement by the ILAE Task Force on Nosology and Definitions" (Édouard Hirsch et al., 2022), with 481 citations. Next come "Updated classification of epileptic seizures: Position paper of the International League Against Epilepsy" (398) and "Genetic disorders in the Arab world" (372).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 ILAE definition of the Idiopathic Generalized Epilepsy Syndromes: Position statement by the ILAE Task Force on Nosology and Definitions Édouard Hirsch et al. · Epilepsia Open access 3 May 2022 481
2 Updated classification of epileptic seizures: Position paper of the International League Against Epilepsy Sándor Beniczky et al. · Epilepsia Open access 23 Apr 2025 398
3 Genetic disorders in the Arab world Lihadh Al‐Gazali, Hanan Hamamy, Shaikha Al-Arrayad · BMJ Open access 19 Oct 2006 372
4 Management of severe sepsis in patients admitted to Asian intensive care units: prospective cohort study Jason Phua, Younsuck Koh, Bin Du et al. · BMJ Open access 13 Jun 2011 249
5 A multinational Delphi consensus to end the COVID-19 public health threat Jeffrey Victor Lazarus et al. · Nature Open access352 authors 3 Nov 2022 242
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Salmaniya Medical Complex?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Complications, Treatment, Management, Surgical Management, Clinical Practice Guidelines and Genetic Mutations.

▲ 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. Epidemiology61▲ 4.0×96 topics
  2. Diagnosis24▲ 6.7×37 topics
  3. Inflammation22▲ 2.7×47 topics
  4. Treatment22▲ 4.5×38 topics
  5. Complications19▲ 9.7×16 topics
  6. Management18▲ 5.7×25 topics
  7. Quality of Life16▲ 2.9×28 topics
  8. Clinical Practice Guidelines15▲ 6.9×12 topics
  9. Surgical Management14▲ 8.9×18 topics
  10. Genetic Mutations14▲ 8.0×21 topics
  11. Radiotherapy13▲ 8.5×10 topics
  12. Risk Factors12▲ 2.9×24 topics
  13. Oxidative Stress12▲ 1.82×25 topics
  14. Chemotherapy11▲ 4.1×19 topics
  15. Guidelines11▲ 5.8×11 topics
  16. Survival Analysis11▲ 9.9×6 topics
  17. Pathophysiology10▲ 8.6×10 topics
  18. Prognostic Factors10▲ 5.8×13 topics
  19. Genetics10▲ 3.5×15 topics
  20. Pathogenesis9▲ 4.7×21 topics
  21. Surgery9▲ 6.9×7 topics
  22. Ultrasound9▲ 21×3 topics
  23. Children8▲ 9.4×6 topics
  24. Pulmonary Hypertension8▲ 14×3 topics
  25. Breast Cancer7▲ 7.5×8 topics
  26. Mortality7▲ 3.4×11 topics
  27. Autoantibodies7▲ 7.8×8 topics
  28. Neoadjuvant Therapy7▲ 7.7×4 topics
  29. Molecular Subtypes6▲ 19×3 topics
  30. Prenatal Diagnosis6▲ 11×6 topics
  31. Genetic Regulation6▲ 9.7×2 topics
  32. Surgical Treatment6▲ 8.2×6 topics
  33. Sickle-cell Disease6▲ 38×1 topic
  34. Thalassemia6▲ 38×1 topic
  35. Prognostic Markers6▲ 13×2 topics
  36. Breast Tumours6▲ 29×1 topic
  37. Treatment Response6▲ 29×1 topic
  38. Clinical Management5▲ 8.0×8 topics
  39. Biopsy5▲ 21×2 topics
  40. Mammography5▲ 55×1 topic

Which research topics does Salmaniya Medical Complex publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders, Breast Cancer Treatment Studies, Breast Lesions and Carcinomas and Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment.

Hemoglobinopathies and R…6Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders: 6 fractional worksBreast Cancer Treatment …6Breast Cancer Treatment Studies: 6 fractional worksBreast Lesions and Carci…5Breast Lesions and Carcinomas: 5 fractional worksThyroid Cancer Diagnosis…4Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 4 fractional worksAppendicitis Diagnosis and Management: 3 fractional worksBreast Implant and Reconstruction: 3 fractional worksIntraperitoneal and Appe…3Intraperitoneal and Appendiceal Malignancies: 3 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Resear…3COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 3 fractional worksSarcoma Diagnosis and Tr…3Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 3 fractional worksMetabolism and Genetic D…2Metabolism and Genetic Disorders: 2 fractional works
GeneticsCancer ResearchPathology and Forensic MedicineEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism5 others

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

  1. 1 Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders Genetics 6 works
  2. 2 Breast Cancer Treatment Studies Cancer Research 6 works
  3. 3 Breast Lesions and Carcinomas Pathology and Forensic Medicine 5 works
  4. 4 Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 4 works
  5. 5 Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management Emergency Medicine 3 works
  6. 6 Breast Implant and Reconstruction Surgery 3 works
  7. 7 Intraperitoneal and Appendiceal Malignancies Surgery 3 works
  8. 8 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 3 works
  9. 9 Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  10. 10 Metabolism and Genetic Disorders Clinical Biochemistry 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 available72.3%not open27.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.3%domestic only77.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Salmaniya Medical Complex's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 73% 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 Salmaniya Medical Complex as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0017% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Salmaniya Medical Complex0.0014% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Salmaniya Medical Complex 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 2025Salmaniya Medical Complex3.4% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 7.3% in 2018.

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