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Security Forces Hospital

In research, Security Forces Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#4,665 of 8,541 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#5,626 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#13,765
of 22,385 · #22,995 all time
Rank in Saudi Arabia
#73
of 91
Research works
893
▲ 84% vs 2018-21
Citations
7.3k
8.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.80×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
70%
world 40%
International
26%
world 18%
Security Forces Hospital

What is Security Forces 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 #4,665 of 8,541 4.8%265 #9067
Health SciencesDomain #5,626 of 9,902 5.1%301 #10790

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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Security Forces Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 81% of research at Security Forces Hospital is in Health Sciences, 11% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (72%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (7%), Health Professions (5%). It does 3.4× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 346 fractional works · 80.9% of its workMedicine: 308 fractional works · 71.9% of its workSurgery: 65 fractional works · 15.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 21 fractional works · 5.0% of its workEpidemiology: 20 fractional works · 4.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 14 fractional works · 3.2% of its workOncology: 13 fractional works · 3.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 12 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 12 fractional works · 2.7% of its workRheumatology: 11 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPhysiology: 10 fractional works · 2.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 10 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 10 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 10 fractional works · 2.3% of its workNeurology: 9 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 9 fractional works · 2.1% of its workDermatology: 8 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOphthalmology: 7 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHematology: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workUrology: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGastroenterology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNephrology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReproductive Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHepatology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFamily Practice: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 20 fractional works · 4.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 9 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 12 fractional works · 2.9% of its workOral Surgery: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOrthodontics: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPeriodontics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Dentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmall Animals: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLife Sciences: 47 fractional works · 11.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 28 fractional works · 6.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 15 fractional works · 3.6% of its workGenetics: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workImmunology: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workToxicology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 21 fractional works · 4.9% of its workPsychology: 7 fractional works · 1.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 14 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKSecurity ForcesHospital428fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences3%Health Sciences81%Social Sciences5%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine30871.9%
    2. Health Professions204.7%
    3. Dentistry122.9%
    4. Nursing30.7%
    5. Veterinary30.6%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology286.6%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology61.5%
    3. Neuroscience51.2%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics40.9%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences30.8%
    1. Psychology71.7%
    2. Social Sciences51.2%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance51.1%
    4. Decision Sciences20.4%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting10.3%
    6. Arts and Humanities10.3%
    1. Engineering51.2%
    2. Computer Science30.8%
    3. Environmental Science20.4%
    4. Chemistry10.3%
    5. Materials Science10.2%
    6. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    8. Mathematics00.1%
    9. Energy00.0%
    10. Physics and Astronomy00.0%
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: 0.16× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.24× its world share, 28 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.51× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.75× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.53× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.09× 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: 5.97× its world share, 12 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.80× its world share, 20 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.74× its world share, 308 worksMedicineNursing: 1.40× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 4.41× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.52× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.56× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 6.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Dentistry5.97×12 works
  2. Veterinary4.41×3 works
  3. Medicine3.74×308 works
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.53×4 works
  5. Health Professions1.80×20 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology1.51×6 works
  7. Nursing1.40×3 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.24×28 works
  9. Neuroscience0.75×5 works
  10. Psychology0.56×7 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.52×5 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.37×2 works
  13. Chemical Engineering0.27×0 works
  14. Chemistry0.17×1 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.16×3 works
  16. Computer Science0.10×3 works
  17. Social Sciences0.10×5 works
  18. Environmental Science0.09×2 works
  19. Arts and Humanities0.09×1 works
  20. Business, Management and Accounting0.09×1 works
  21. Engineering0.08×5 works
  22. Materials Science0.06×1 works
  23. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.05×0 works
  24. Energy0.05×0 works
  25. Mathematics0.05×0 works
  26. Physics and Astronomy0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Security Forces Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Mohammed Zain Seidahmed, Hani M. Al-Afghani and Abdulrahman Theyab lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Security Forces Hospital.

  1. 1 Mohammed Zain Seidahmed Saudi Arabia · #646,079 worldwide 2.8k citations · 50 works
  2. 2 Hani M. Al-Afghani Saudi Arabia · #1,044,325 worldwide 978 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Abdulrahman Theyab Saudi Arabia · #1,108,299 worldwide 1.1k citations · 45 works
  4. 4 Nidaa A. Bajow Saudi Arabia · #2,154,008 worldwide 243 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 Ruaa S. Alharithy Saudi Arabia · #4,521,005 worldwide 172 citations · 34 works
  6. 6 Ali Alharbi Saudi Arabia · #4,681,495 worldwide 707 citations · 52 works
  7. 7 Fahad Alsabaan Saudi Arabia · #5,042,070 worldwide 179 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Ali Swaid Al-Harbi Saudi Arabia · #5,256,652 worldwide 149 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 Yousef Aljathlany Saudi Arabia · #5,264,462 worldwide 62 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 A. Mitwalli Saudi Arabia · #5,319,854 worldwide 274 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Security Forces Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Security Forces Hospital?

The most cited paper from Security Forces Hospital is "Stress and Its Effects on Medical Students: A Cross-sectional Study at a College of Medicine in Saudi Arabia" (Hamza Mohammad Abdulghani, Abdulaziz Alkanhal, Ebrahim Sabri Mahmoud et al., 2011), with 597 citations. Next come "Accelerating Novel Candidate Gene Discovery in Neurogenetic Disorders via Whole-Exome Sequencing of Prescreened Multiplex Consanguineous Families" (484) and "Mutations in SECISBP2 result in abnormal thyroid hormone metabolism" (415).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Stress and Its Effects on Medical Students: A Cross-sectional Study at a College of Medicine in Saudi Arabia Hamza Mohammad Abdulghani, Abdulaziz Alkanhal, Ebrahim Sabri Mahmoud et al. · Journal of Health Population and Nutrition Open access 13 Nov 2011 597
2 Accelerating Novel Candidate Gene Discovery in Neurogenetic Disorders via Whole-Exome Sequencing of Prescreened Multiplex Consanguineous Families Anas M. Alazami et al. · Cell Reports Open access 31 Dec 2014 484
3 Mutations in SECISBP2 result in abnormal thyroid hormone metabolism Alexandra M. Dumitrescu, Xiao-Hui Liao, Mohamed S Y Abdullah et al. · Nature Genetics 16 Oct 2005 415
4 Whole-genome sequencing reveals host factors underlying critical COVID-19 Athanasios Kousathanas et al. · Nature Open access2,399 authors 7 Mar 2022 356
5 The landscape of genetic diseases in Saudi Arabia based on the first 1000 diagnostic panels and exomes Dorota Monies et al. · Human Genetics Open access107 authors 9 Jun 2017 324
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Security Forces Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Treatment, Complications, Diagnosis, Inflammation, Quality of Life, Surgical Management 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-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▲ 3.6×114 topics
  2. Treatment23▲ 4.5×41 topics
  3. Inflammation23▲ 2.5×55 topics
  4. Quality of Life20▲ 3.2×38 topics
  5. Diagnosis19▲ 4.7×35 topics
  6. Complications17▲ 7.9×16 topics
  7. Surgical Management13▲ 7.5×18 topics
  8. Management12▲ 3.5×26 topics
  9. Risk Factors11▲ 2.4×28 topics
  10. Chemotherapy11▲ 3.5×22 topics
  11. Guidelines10▲ 5.1×12 topics
  12. Patient Satisfaction10▲ 7.1×9 topics
  13. COVID-199▲ 1.66×17 topics
  14. Cardiovascular Disease9▲ 1.87×26 topics
  15. Mortality9▲ 3.7×12 topics
  16. Prognostic Factors9▲ 4.9×13 topics
  17. Clinical Practice Guidelines8▲ 3.4×14 topics
  18. Immunotherapy8▲ 2.6×17 topics
  19. Obesity8▲ 2.4×18 topics
  20. Autoantibodies8▲ 7.7×8 topics
  21. Clinical Outcomes7▲ 7.9×5 topics
  22. Pathogenesis7▲ 3.3×19 topics
  23. Surgery7▲ 4.7×10 topics
  24. Medical Education7▲ 5.9×10 topics
  25. Cardiovascular Risk6▲ 4.5×7 topics
  26. Clinical Guidelines6▲ 4.8×9 topics
  27. Diagnostic Criteria6▲ 6.1×8 topics
  28. Pathophysiology6▲ 4.8×8 topics
  29. Radiotherapy6▲ 3.5×13 topics
  30. Children6▲ 6.0×6 topics
  31. Echocardiography6▲ 5.0×6 topics
  32. Pharmacokinetics6▲ 5.2×11 topics
  33. Pain Management6▲ 5.7×9 topics
  34. Postoperative Complications6▲ 10×4 topics
  35. Quality Improvement5▲ 6.4×8 topics
  36. Laparoscopic Surgery5▲ 9.9×4 topics
  37. Health Care Utilization5▲ 10×2 topics
  38. Surgical Treatment5▲ 5.9×6 topics
  39. Anesthesia5▲ 14×4 topics
  40. Perioperative Care4▲ 8.2×3 topics

Which research topics does Security Forces Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Emergency and Acute Care Studies, Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes, Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments and Anesthesia and Pain Management.

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 worksAnesthesia and Pain Management: 2 fractional worksFibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research: 2 fractional worksOral and Maxillofacial Pathology: 2 fractional worksDisaster Response and Management: 2 fractional worksAnesthesia and Sedative …2Anesthesia and Sedative Agents: 2 fractional worksNasal Surgery and Airway Studies: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 2 fractional works
Emergency MedicineCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSurgeryPsychiatry and Mental health4 others

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

  1. 1 Emergency and Acute Care Studies Emergency Medicine 4 works
  2. 2 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  3. 3 Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments Surgery 2 works
  4. 4 Anesthesia and Pain Management Surgery 2 works
  5. 5 Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research Psychiatry and Mental health 2 works
  6. 6 Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology Oral Surgery 2 works
  7. 7 Disaster Response and Management Emergency Medical Services 2 works
  8. 8 Anesthesia and Sedative Agents Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine 2 works
  9. 9 Nasal Surgery and Airway Studies Surgery 2 works
  10. 10 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Security Forces Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 84% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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 Security Forces Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0014% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Security Forces Hospital0.0019% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Security Forces 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 2025Security Forces Hospital6.6% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 8.3% in 2017.

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