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Shaikh Khalifa Medical City

In research, Shaikh Khalifa Medical City stands highest in Medicine (#3,982 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#4,995 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#11,632
of 28,054 · #20,622 all time
Rank in United Arab Emirates
#33
of 66
Research works
1k
▲ 111% vs 2013–17
Citations
8k
7.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
68%
world 28%

What is Shaikh Khalifa Medical City 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
MedicineField #3,982 of 10,443 5.9%290 #7509
Health SciencesDomain #4,995 of 11,982 6.0%313 #8645

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Shaikh Khalifa Medical City 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: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.40× its world share, 31 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.97× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.63× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.99× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.15× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.19× its world share, 12 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.19× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.46× its world share, 16 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.68× its world share, 290 worksMedicineNursing: 2.44× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.51× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.33× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.75× its world share, 9 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Shaikh Khalifa Medical City?

Ranked on the composite score, Halah Ibrahim, Wael Al Mahmeed and D Dimitrov lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Shaikh Khalifa Medical City.

  1. 1 Halah Ibrahim United Arab Emirates · #862,499 worldwide 22 citations · 15 works
  2. 2 Wael Al Mahmeed United Arab Emirates · #878,622 worldwide 30 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 D Dimitrov United Arab Emirates · #1,381,159 worldwide 0 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Shaikh Khalifa Medical City

Which keywords describe research at Shaikh Khalifa Medical City?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Inflammation, Management, Treatment, SARS-CoV-2, Thrombosis and Pathophysiology.

▲ 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. Epidemiology56▲ 3.4×104 topics
  2. Diagnosis24▲ 6.2×34 topics
  3. Inflammation24▲ 2.8×53 topics
  4. Treatment18▲ 3.5×36 topics
  5. Management16▲ 4.9×23 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Disease14▲ 3.0×30 topics
  7. Oxidative Stress13▲ 1.87×26 topics
  8. Quality of Life12▲ 2.1×31 topics
  9. Pandemic12▲ 2.8×9 topics
  10. Metabolic Syndrome12▲ 3.6×22 topics
  11. SARS-CoV-211▲ 8.1×6 topics
  12. Immune Response11▲ 4.6×17 topics
  13. Thrombosis10▲ 8.8×7 topics
  14. Pathophysiology10▲ 8.1×10 topics
  15. Risk Factors10▲ 2.1×23 topics
  16. Complications10▲ 4.6×16 topics
  17. Mortality9▲ 3.8×13 topics
  18. Heart Failure9▲ 5.0×11 topics
  19. Neurological Disorders9▲ 3.8×16 topics
  20. Genetic Mutations9▲ 4.9×19 topics
  21. Surgical Management9▲ 5.1×18 topics
  22. ACE2 Receptor8▲ 8.0×2 topics
  23. Diabetes8▲ 3.9×13 topics
  24. Obesity8▲ 2.5×16 topics
  25. Immunotherapy8▲ 2.6×16 topics
  26. Clinical Guidelines7▲ 5.5×9 topics
  27. Surgery6▲ 4.4×10 topics
  28. Vaccine6▲ 3.8×11 topics
  29. Immunosuppressive Therapy6▲ 8.0×8 topics
  30. Prognosis6▲ 4.5×8 topics
  31. Cognitive Impairment6▲ 5.5×8 topics
  32. Chronic Kidney Disease5▲ 5.4×8 topics
  33. Critical Care5▲ 5.7×8 topics
  34. Autoantibodies5▲ 5.6×7 topics
  35. Infection5▲ 5.3×7 topics
  36. Clinical Characteristics5▲ 9.6×2 topics
  37. Weight Loss5▲ 7.6×3 topics
  38. Antiviral Treatment5▲ 11×1 topic
  39. Cytokine Storm5▲ 11×1 topic
  40. Viral Transmission5▲ 7.7×3 topics

Which research topics does Shaikh Khalifa Medical City publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies, Congenital Heart Disease Studies, Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research.

COVID-19 Clinical Resear…5COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 5 fractional worksCongenital Heart Disease…4Congenital Heart Disease Studies: 4 fractional worksMechanical Circulatory S…3Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices: 3 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 …3SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 3 fractional worksLong-Term Effects of COVID-19: 3 fractional worksDietary Effects on Health: 3 fractional worksHematological disorders …2Hematological disorders and diagnostics: 2 fractional worksCardiac Arrest and Resuscitation: 2 fractional worksCytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research: 2 fractional worksGrowth Hormone and Insul…2Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors: 2 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesEpidemiologyBiomedical EngineeringNeurology3 others

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

  1. 1 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 5 works
  2. 2 Congenital Heart Disease Studies Epidemiology 4 works
  3. 3 Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Biomedical Engineering 3 works
  4. 4 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 3 works
  5. 5 Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 Neurology 3 works
  6. 6 Dietary Effects on Health Physiology 3 works
  7. 7 Hematological disorders and diagnostics Emergency Medicine 2 works
  8. 8 Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Emergency Medicine 2 works
  9. 9 Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research Epidemiology 2 works
  10. 10 Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 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 available68.0%not open32.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors36.6%domestic only63.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Shaikh Khalifa Medical City's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 111% 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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