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Saud Al-babtain Cardiac Centre

In research, Saud Al-babtain Cardiac Centre stands highest in Health Sciences (#13,865 of 16,688 worldwide) and Medicine (#12,627 of 14,558 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Medicine and Health Sciences (Medicine is 3.5× its share of world research).

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World rank, all time
#33,770
of 34,923
Rank in Saudi Arabia
#95
of 96
Research works
187
▼ 20% vs 2018-21
Citations
1k
5.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.80×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
78%
world 40%
International
33%
world 18%
Saud Al-babtain Cardiac Centre

What is Saud Al-babtain Cardiac Centre known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Health SciencesDomain #13,865 of 16,688 3.0%160
MedicineField #12,627 of 14,558 3.0%151

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Saud Al-babtain Cardiac Centre 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 Saud Al-babtain Cardiac Centre work in?

In 2022-now, 75% of research at Saud Al-babtain Cardiac Centre is in Health Sciences, 10% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (68%), Health Professions (5%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (5%). It does 2.8× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 40 fractional works · 75.3% of its workMedicine: 36 fractional works · 68.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 10 fractional works · 19.5% of its workSurgery: 6 fractional works · 10.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 5 fractional works · 8.6% of its workEpidemiology: 5 fractional works · 8.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 5.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workResearch and Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 5 fractional works · 10.1% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 4.0% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 7.6% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 7.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 4.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKSaud Al-babtainCardiac Centre53fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences10%Health Sciences75%Social Sciences8%

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 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine3668.3%
    2. Health Professions35.3%
    3. Dentistry11.1%
    4. Nursing00.6%
    1. Engineering24.0%
    2. Materials Science23.0%
    3. Environmental Science11.4%
    4. Computer Science11.4%
    5. Mathematics00.2%
    6. Energy00.1%
    1. Psychology23.0%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting11.5%
    3. Social Sciences11.4%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.2%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.3%
    6. Decision Sciences00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology24.7%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology11.4%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.6%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Saud Al-babtain Cardiac Centre specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Medicine takes 3.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. MedicineField · 36.2 works3.5×
  2. Health SciencesDomain · 40.0 works3.3×
← 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, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.88× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.42× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.54× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.85× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 2.27× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.03× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.55× its world share, 36 worksMedicineNursing: 1.18× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.98× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.55×36 works
  2. Dentistry2.27×1 works
  3. Health Professions2.03×3 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology1.42×1 works
  5. Nursing1.18×0 works
  6. Psychology0.98×2 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.88×2 works
  8. Materials Science0.85×2 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.56×1 works
  10. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.54×0 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting0.45×1 works
  12. Environmental Science0.29×1 works
  13. Engineering0.27×2 works
  14. Decision Sciences0.24×0 works
  15. Computer Science0.17×1 works
  16. Mathematics0.16×0 works
  17. Energy0.14×0 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.13×0 works
  19. Arts and Humanities0.11×0 works
  20. Social Sciences0.11×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Saud Al-babtain Cardiac Centre?

Ranked on the quality score, Shukri AlSaif, Shukri Al Saif and Hassan Khalaf lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Saud Al-babtain Cardiac Centre.

  1. 1 Shukri AlSaif Saudi Arabia · #2,134,997 worldwide 824 citations · 34 works
  2. 2 Shukri Al Saif Saudi Arabia · #3,107,641 worldwide 416 citations · 27 works
  3. 3 Hassan Khalaf Saudi Arabia · #3,118,539 worldwide 557 citations · 25 works
  4. 4 Farouk M. Oueida Saudi Arabia · #3,943,055 worldwide 69 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Rahim Gul Saudi Arabia · #4,435,279 worldwide 80 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Abdulrahman A Almesned Saudi Arabia · #4,439,201 worldwide 415 citations · 46 works
  7. 7 Osama A. Smettei Saudi Arabia · #4,517,882 worldwide 459 citations · 44 works
  8. 8 Abdulrahman Al Mesned Saudi Arabia · #4,834,409 worldwide 99 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 Bana Agha Nasser Saudi Arabia · #4,862,559 worldwide 129 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Ali A. Alakhfash Saudi Arabia · #5,965,674 worldwide 288 citations · 44 works
All ranked researchers at Saud Al-babtain Cardiac Centre

What are the most cited papers from Saud Al-babtain Cardiac Centre?

The most cited paper from Saud Al-babtain Cardiac Centre is "Timing of Staged Nonculprit Artery Revascularization in Patients With ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction" (David Alexander Wood et al., 2019), with 121 citations. Next come "Baseline characteristics, management practices, and in-hospital outcomes of patients with acute coronary syndromes: Results of the Saudi project for assessment of coronary events (SPACE) registry" (86) and "Baseline characteristics, management practices, and long-term outcomes of Middle Eastern patients in the Second Gulf Registry of Acute Coronary Events (Gulf RACE-2)" (86).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Timing of Staged Nonculprit Artery Revascularization in Patients With ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction David Alexander Wood et al. · Journal of the American College of Cardiology Open access 25 Nov 2019 121
2 Baseline characteristics, management practices, and in-hospital outcomes of patients with acute coronary syndromes: Results of the Saudi project for assessment of coronary events (SPACE) registry Khalid F. AlHabib, Ahmad Salah Hersi, Hussam AlFaleh et al. · Journal of the Saudi Heart Association Open access 5 Jun 2011 86
3 Baseline characteristics, management practices, and long-term outcomes of Middle Eastern patients in the Second Gulf Registry of Acute Coronary Events (Gulf RACE-2) Khalid F. AlHabib, Kadhim Sulaiman, Ahmed Al‐Motarreb et al. · Annals of Saudi Medicine Open access 2012 86
4 The first survey of the Saudi Acute Myocardial Infarction Registry Program: Main results and long-term outcomes (STARS-1 Program) Khalid F. AlHabib et al. · PLoS ONE Open access 21 May 2019 83
5 Acute Coronary Syndrome and Khat Herbal Amphetamine Use Waleed M Ali, Khatera Habib, Ahmed Al‐Motarreb et al. · Circulation Open access 12 Dec 2011 83
All 62 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Saud Al-babtain Cardiac Centre?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Echocardiography, Heart Failure, Congenital Heart Disease, Cardiac Surgery, Neurodevelopmental Outcomes, Mortality Risk, Adult Congenital Heart Disease and Pulmonary Valve Replacement.

▲ 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. Epidemiology4▲ 2.1×28 topics
  2. Echocardiography4▲ 30×7 topics
  3. Heart Failure4▲ 15×10 topics
  4. Congenital Heart Disease3▲ 72×3 topics
  5. Cardiac Surgery3▲ 74×2 topics
  6. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes3▲ 28×2 topics
  7. Mortality Risk3▲ 22×3 topics
  8. Adult Congenital Heart Disease3▲ 95×1 topic
  9. Pulmonary Valve Replacement3▲ 95×1 topic
  10. Myocardial Infarction3▲ 21×7 topics
  11. Cardiovascular Disease2▲ 4.0×14 topics
  12. Guidelines2▲ 9.1×7 topics
  13. Quality of Life2▲ 2.6×15 topics
  14. Arrhythmias2▲ 37×2 topics
  15. Diagnosis2▲ 3.6×7 topics
  16. Surgical Management2▲ 8.5×5 topics
  17. Depression2▲ 3.6×6 topics
  18. Obesity2▲ 4.3×7 topics
  19. Risk Factors2▲ 2.9×11 topics
  20. Sudden Death2▲ 74×2 topics
  21. Cardiac Imaging2▲ 23×3 topics
  22. Cardiomyopathy2▲ 31×2 topics
  23. Cardiovascular Risk1▲ 8.3×2 topics
  24. Catheter Ablation1▲ 21×2 topics
  25. Chamber Quantification1▲ 32×1 topic
  26. Diastolic Function1▲ 32×1 topic
  27. Genetic Mutations1▲ 5.6×5 topics
  28. Inflammatory Response1▲ 33×3 topics
  29. Bacteremia1▲ 31×2 topics
  30. Clinical Guidelines1▲ 7.4×5 topics
  31. Congenital1▲ 139×1 topic
  32. Coronary Artery Anomalies1▲ 139×1 topic
  33. Dilated Cardiomyopathy1▲ 32×2 topics
  34. Radiofrequency Ablation1▲ 21×1 topic
  35. Ventricular Tachycardia1▲ 45×1 topic
  36. Patient Satisfaction1▲ 6.8×4 topics
  37. Sudden Cardiac Death1▲ 25×2 topics
  38. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement1▲ 28×1 topic
  39. Thrombosis1▲ 7.8×3 topics
  40. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement1▲ 28×1 topic

Which research topics does Saud Al-babtain Cardiac Centre publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Congenital Heart Disease Studies, Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors, Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments and Coronary Artery Anomalies.

Congenital Heart Disease…3Congenital Heart Disease Studies: 3 fractional worksCardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 1 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and …1Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 1 fractional worksCoronary Artery Anomalies1Coronary Artery Anomalies: 1 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 1 fractional worksInfective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management: 1 fractional worksCardiac and Coronary Sur…1Cardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques: 1 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 1 fractional worksCardiac tumors and thrombi: 1 fractional worksAortic Disease and Treatment Approaches: 1 fractional works
EpidemiologyCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinePulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSurgery

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

  1. 1 Congenital Heart Disease Studies Epidemiology 3 works
  2. 2 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  3. 3 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  4. 4 Coronary Artery Anomalies Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  5. 5 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  6. 6 Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management Epidemiology 1 works
  7. 7 Cardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques Surgery 1 works
  8. 8 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  9. 9 Cardiac tumors and thrombi Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  10. 10 Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 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 available77.6%not open22.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors33.4%domestic only66.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Saud Al-babtain Cardiac Centre's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 20% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Saud Al-babtain Cardiac Centre as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00020% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Saud Al-babtain Cardiac Centre0.00022% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of Saud Al-babtain Cardiac Centre over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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