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Shaikh Khalifa Medical City

In research, Shaikh Khalifa Medical City stands highest in Medicine (#4,690 of 8,541 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#5,896 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#12,938
of 22,385 · #22,525 all time
Rank in United Arab Emirates
#39
of 60
Research works
1k
▲ 47% vs 2018-21
Citations
8k
7.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.76×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
68%
world 40%
International
37%
world 18%
Shaikh Khalifa Medical City

What is Shaikh Khalifa Medical City 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 #4,690 of 8,541 5.2%290 #7447
Health SciencesDomain #5,896 of 9,902 5.3%313 #9319

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

Which fields of science does Shaikh Khalifa Medical City work in?

In 2022-now, 76% of research at Shaikh Khalifa Medical City is in Health Sciences, 12% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (71%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (7%), Health Professions (4%). It does 3.2× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 354 fractional works · 76.0% of its workMedicine: 330 fractional works · 70.8% of its workSurgery: 52 fractional works · 11.2% of its workEpidemiology: 27 fractional works · 5.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 24 fractional works · 5.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 19 fractional works · 4.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 17 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 17 fractional works · 3.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 16 fractional works · 3.4% of its workNeurology: 14 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPhysiology: 11 fractional works · 2.3% of its workOncology: 10 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 9 fractional works · 2.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 9 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 9 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEmergency Medicine: 8 fractional works · 1.8% of its workRheumatology: 8 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNephrology: 7 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOphthalmology: 7 fractional works · 1.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGenetics: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHematology: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDermatology: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRehabilitation: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workReproductive Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGastroenterology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHepatology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Informatics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransplantation: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFamily Practice: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 17 fractional works · 3.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 7 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 55 fractional works · 11.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 34 fractional works · 7.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 13 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGenetics: 10 fractional works · 2.1% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCell Biology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMolecular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 11 fractional works · 2.3% of its workImmunology: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMicrobiology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 29 fractional works · 6.2% of its workEngineering: 13 fractional works · 2.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 8 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 28 fractional works · 6.0% of its workPsychology: 11 fractional works · 2.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 7 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% 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: 9 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKShaikh KhalifaMedical City466fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences6%Health Sciences76%Social Sciences6%

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. Medicine33070.8%
    2. Health Professions173.6%
    3. Nursing51.1%
    4. Dentistry10.3%
    5. Veterinary10.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology347.3%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology112.3%
    3. Neuroscience61.2%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences30.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.4%
    1. Engineering132.7%
    2. Computer Science51.1%
    3. Environmental Science41.0%
    4. Materials Science30.6%
    5. Chemistry20.4%
    6. Chemical Engineering10.2%
    7. Physics and Astronomy10.1%
    8. Energy00.0%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.0%
    10. Mathematics00.0%
    1. Psychology112.3%
    2. Social Sciences92.0%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance30.7%
    4. Arts and Humanities30.5%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting10.3%
    6. Decision Sciences10.2%
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: 0.12× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.38× its world share, 34 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.24× its world share, 10 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.76× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.07× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.52× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.14× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.18× its world share, 13 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.19× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.17× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.58× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.35× its world share, 17 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.68× its world share, 330 worksMedicineNursing: 2.23× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.03× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.19× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.35× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.75× its world share, 11 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 9 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.68×330 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology2.24×10 works
  3. Nursing2.23×5 works
  4. Veterinary2.03×1 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.38×34 works
  6. Health Professions1.35×17 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.07×2 works
  8. Neuroscience0.76×6 works
  9. Psychology0.75×11 works
  10. Dentistry0.58×1 works
  11. Chemical Engineering0.52×1 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.35×3 works
  13. Chemistry0.23×2 works
  14. Environmental Science0.19×4 works
  15. Arts and Humanities0.19×3 works
  16. Engineering0.18×13 works
  17. Materials Science0.17×3 works
  18. Decision Sciences0.16×1 works
  19. Social Sciences0.16×9 works
  20. Computer Science0.14×5 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.12×3 works
  22. Business, Management and Accounting0.09×1 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.06×1 works
  24. Energy0.05×0 works
  25. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.03×0 works
  26. Mathematics0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Shaikh Khalifa Medical City?

Ranked on the quality score, Hazem Al Momani, Amer Azaz and Gehad E. ElGhazali lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Shaikh Khalifa Medical City.

  1. 1 Hazem Al Momani United Arab Emirates · #880,999 worldwide 751 citations · 15 works
  2. 2 Amer Azaz United Arab Emirates · #977,251 worldwide 2k citations · 41 works
  3. 3 Gehad E. ElGhazali United Arab Emirates · #1,414,721 worldwide 3.4k citations · 138 works
  4. 4 Halah Ibrahim United Arab Emirates · #1,678,939 worldwide 1.6k citations · 163 works
  5. 5 Jürgen Sasse United Arab Emirates · #1,701,737 worldwide 1.4k citations · 24 works
  6. 6 Gulnaz Tariq United Arab Emirates · #1,962,840 worldwide 531 citations · 23 works
  7. 7 Mohamed H. Hassan United Arab Emirates · #2,435,483 worldwide 520 citations · 44 works
  8. 8 Abdulkarim Saleh United Arab Emirates · #2,589,842 worldwide 674 citations · 25 works
  9. 9 Mohamad Saleh Miqdady United Arab Emirates · #2,599,683 worldwide 1.1k citations · 58 works
  10. 10 Mohammed Al Hadad United Arab Emirates · #2,700,170 worldwide 409 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at Shaikh Khalifa Medical City

What are the most cited papers from Shaikh Khalifa Medical City?

The most cited paper from Shaikh Khalifa Medical City is "A Field Guide to Pandemic, Epidemic and Sporadic Clones of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus" (Stefan Monecke et al., 2011), with 962 citations. Next come "2017 Thyroid Radiofrequency Ablation Guideline: Korean Society of Thyroid Radiology" (659) and "The Influence of Food Texture and Liquid Consistency Modification on Swallowing Physiology and Function: A Systematic Review" (623).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A Field Guide to Pandemic, Epidemic and Sporadic Clones of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Stefan Monecke et al. · PLoS ONE Open access 6 Apr 2011 962
2 2017 Thyroid Radiofrequency Ablation Guideline: Korean Society of Thyroid Radiology Ji‐hoon Kim et al. · Korean Journal of Radiology Open access 2018 659
3 The Influence of Food Texture and Liquid Consistency Modification on Swallowing Physiology and Function: A Systematic Review Catriona Margaret Steele, Woroud Abdulrahman Alsanei, Sona Ayanikalath et al. · Dysphagia ReviewOpen access 24 Oct 2014 623
4 Epilepsy, Ataxia, Sensorineural Deafness, Tubulopathy, and KCNJ10 Mutations Detlef Böckenhauer et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 6 May 2009 592
5 36th International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine R. M. Bateman et al. · Critical Care Open access2,440 authors Apr 2016 531
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Shaikh Khalifa Medical City?

By fractional works in 2022-now, 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-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. Epidemiology64▲ 3.5×106 topics
  2. Inflammation28▲ 2.9×58 topics
  3. Diagnosis26▲ 6.0×35 topics
  4. Treatment20▲ 3.5×40 topics
  5. Management18▲ 4.8×26 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Disease16▲ 2.9×30 topics
  7. Oxidative Stress14▲ 1.81×31 topics
  8. Quality of Life14▲ 2.0×33 topics
  9. Metabolic Syndrome13▲ 3.4×22 topics
  10. Pandemic12▲ 2.6×9 topics
  11. Risk Factors11▲ 2.2×23 topics
  12. Immune Response11▲ 4.2×18 topics
  13. SARS-CoV-211▲ 7.7×6 topics
  14. Surgical Management11▲ 5.6×18 topics
  15. Thrombosis11▲ 8.2×7 topics
  16. Pathophysiology10▲ 7.7×10 topics
  17. Complications10▲ 4.5×16 topics
  18. Genetic Mutations10▲ 5.1×22 topics
  19. Diabetes10▲ 4.2×13 topics
  20. Mortality10▲ 3.7×13 topics
  21. Neurological Disorders10▲ 3.6×17 topics
  22. Heart Failure9▲ 4.5×11 topics
  23. Immunotherapy9▲ 2.8×17 topics
  24. Genetics9▲ 2.7×17 topics
  25. ACE2 Receptor8▲ 7.8×3 topics
  26. Pathogenesis8▲ 3.2×20 topics
  27. Clinical Guidelines8▲ 5.4×9 topics
  28. Guidelines7▲ 3.4×13 topics
  29. Antibiotic Resistance7▲ 3.9×11 topics
  30. Surgery7▲ 4.4×11 topics
  31. Critical Care6▲ 5.8×8 topics
  32. Immunosuppressive Therapy6▲ 7.2×8 topics
  33. Cognitive Impairment6▲ 5.2×9 topics
  34. Infection6▲ 5.2×8 topics
  35. Stroke6▲ 7.3×7 topics
  36. Weight Loss5▲ 7.2×3 topics
  37. Clinical Characteristics5▲ 9.1×2 topics
  38. Viral Transmission5▲ 7.9×4 topics
  39. Antiviral Treatment5▲ 11×1 topic
  40. Cytokine Storm5▲ 11×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022-now: 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 worksDietary Effects on Health: 3 fractional worksLong-Term Effects of COVID-19: 3 fractional worksCardiac Arrest and Resus…2Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation: 2 fractional worksHematological disorders and diagnostics: 2 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 2 fractional worksSepsis Diagnosis and Tre…2Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesEpidemiologyBiomedical EngineeringPhysiology3 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 Dietary Effects on Health Physiology 3 works
  6. 6 Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 Neurology 3 works
  7. 7 Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Emergency Medicine 2 works
  8. 8 Hematological disorders and diagnostics Emergency Medicine 2 works
  9. 9 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 2 works
  10. 10 Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 47% higher 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 Shaikh Khalifa Medical City as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0019% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Shaikh Khalifa Medical City0.0022% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Shaikh Khalifa Medical City 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 2025Shaikh Khalifa Medical City6.7% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 13.0% in 2010.

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