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Security Forces Hospital

In research, Security Forces Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#4,643 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#4,223 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#13,411
of 28,054 · #24,711 all time
Rank in Saudi Arabia
#74
of 98
Research works
893
▲ 244% vs 2013–17
Citations
7.3k
8.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
70%
world 28%

What is Security Forces 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 #4,643 of 11,982 6.5%301 #8703
MedicineField #4,223 of 10,443 6.5%265 #7853

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Security 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 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: 0.18× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.25× its world share, 25 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.52× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.70× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.83× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.11× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 6.39× its world share, 12 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.97× its world share, 19 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.68× its world share, 265 worksMedicineNursing: 1.19× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 4.82× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.57× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.57× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 6.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Security Forces Hospital?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology52▲ 3.5×112 topics
  2. Treatment20▲ 4.5×40 topics
  3. Inflammation18▲ 2.4×51 topics
  4. Diagnosis17▲ 4.8×34 topics
  5. Quality of Life17▲ 3.1×38 topics
  6. Complications14▲ 7.7×15 topics
  7. Surgical Management11▲ 7.2×17 topics
  8. Management10▲ 3.5×26 topics
  9. Risk Factors10▲ 2.4×27 topics
  10. Guidelines9▲ 5.4×11 topics
  11. Patient Satisfaction9▲ 7.5×9 topics
  12. Chemotherapy9▲ 3.3×22 topics
  13. COVID-199▲ 1.67×17 topics
  14. Mortality9▲ 4.0×12 topics
  15. Prognostic Factors8▲ 5.1×12 topics
  16. Clinical Outcomes7▲ 8.8×5 topics
  17. Immunotherapy7▲ 2.6×17 topics
  18. Obesity7▲ 2.4×16 topics
  19. Autoantibodies7▲ 7.6×8 topics
  20. Clinical Practice Guidelines7▲ 3.3×14 topics
  21. Medical Education6▲ 6.7×10 topics
  22. Surgery6▲ 4.9×10 topics
  23. Pathogenesis6▲ 3.3×19 topics
  24. Clinical Guidelines6▲ 5.4×9 topics
  25. Pharmacokinetics6▲ 5.9×11 topics
  26. Radiotherapy6▲ 4.0×12 topics
  27. Children6▲ 6.4×6 topics
  28. Diagnostic Criteria6▲ 6.8×8 topics
  29. Echocardiography6▲ 5.5×5 topics
  30. Pain Management5▲ 6.1×9 topics
  31. Postoperative Complications5▲ 10×4 topics
  32. Health Care Utilization5▲ 11×2 topics
  33. Healthcare Workers5▲ 5.3×5 topics
  34. Anesthesia5▲ 16×4 topics
  35. Psychological Factors5▲ 5.8×5 topics
  36. Quality Improvement5▲ 6.4×8 topics
  37. Health Policy4▲ 6.9×3 topics
  38. Laparoscopic Surgery4▲ 8.7×4 topics
  39. Perioperative Care4▲ 8.8×3 topics
  40. Emergency Department Crowding4▲ 32×1 topic

Which research topics does Security Forces Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Emergency and Acute Care Studies, Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes, Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments and Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology.

Emergency and Acute Care…4Emergency and Acute Care Studies: 4 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and …3Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 3 fractional worksGastrointestinal disorders and treatments: 2 fractional worksOral and Maxillofacial Pathology: 2 fractional worksDisaster Response and Management: 2 fractional worksFibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 2 fractional worksAnesthesia and Pain Mana…2Anesthesia and Pain Management: 2 fractional worksAnesthesia and Sedative Agents: 2 fractional worksNasal Surgery and Airway Studies: 2 fractional works
Emergency MedicineCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSurgeryOral Surgery4 others

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

  1. 1 Emergency and Acute Care StudiesEmergency Medicine 4 works
  2. 2 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical OutcomesCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  3. 3 Gastrointestinal disorders and treatmentsSurgery 2 works
  4. 4 Oral and Maxillofacial PathologyOral Surgery 2 works
  5. 5 Disaster Response and ManagementEmergency Medical Services 2 works
  6. 6 Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome ResearchPsychiatry and Mental health 2 works
  7. 7 COVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesInfectious Diseases 2 works
  8. 8 Anesthesia and Pain ManagementSurgery 2 works
  9. 9 Anesthesia and Sedative AgentsAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine 2 works
  10. 10 Nasal Surgery and Airway StudiesSurgery 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 available69.7%not open30.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Security Forces Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 244% 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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