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Hospital / health system · Abu Dhabi · United Arab Emirates

Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City

In research, Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,303 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#3,493 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#11,012
of 28,054 · #25,272 all time
Rank in United Arab Emirates
#31
of 66
Research works
336
▲ 18162% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.5k
4.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
71%
world 28%

What is Sheikh Shakhbout 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
Health SciencesDomain #3,303 of 11,982 9.8%199 #8597
MedicineField #3,493 of 10,443 9.0%178 #9368

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Sheikh Shakhbout 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: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.22× its world share, 16 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.71× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.85× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.42× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.63× its world share, 17 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.81× its world share, 178 worksMedicineNursing: 1.96× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.25× its world share, 0 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: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.78× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.37× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Prognostic Factors, Treatment, Guidelines, Chemotherapy, Management and Complications.

▲ 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. Epidemiology34▲ 3.5×90 topics
  2. Diagnosis13▲ 5.9×31 topics
  3. Treatment13▲ 4.5×35 topics
  4. Prognostic Factors11▲ 10×11 topics
  5. Inflammation11▲ 2.1×43 topics
  6. Management9▲ 4.9×19 topics
  7. Chemotherapy9▲ 5.3×17 topics
  8. Guidelines8▲ 7.5×11 topics
  9. Public Health8▲ 2.3×27 topics
  10. Complications8▲ 6.6×14 topics
  11. Quality of Life8▲ 2.2×24 topics
  12. Mortality7▲ 5.2×12 topics
  13. Cardiovascular Disease7▲ 2.7×26 topics
  14. Surgical Management7▲ 6.8×14 topics
  15. Clinical Practice Guidelines6▲ 4.8×11 topics
  16. Genetics6▲ 3.5×12 topics
  17. Immunotherapy5▲ 3.1×15 topics
  18. Obesity5▲ 2.9×12 topics
  19. Pathogenesis5▲ 4.2×14 topics
  20. Surgery5▲ 6.1×9 topics
  21. Prognosis5▲ 6.4×9 topics
  22. Diabetes5▲ 3.8×12 topics
  23. Breast Cancer4▲ 7.8×8 topics
  24. Echocardiography4▲ 6.8×8 topics
  25. Children4▲ 7.8×6 topics
  26. Molecular Profiling4▲ 18×3 topics
  27. Quality Improvement4▲ 9.0×8 topics
  28. Critical Care4▲ 7.3×7 topics
  29. Myocardial Infarction4▲ 6.8×6 topics
  30. Clinical Outcomes4▲ 7.0×6 topics
  31. Immunosuppressive Therapy4▲ 8.1×7 topics
  32. Gene Expression Profiling4▲ 18×2 topics
  33. Inflammatory Bowel Disease4▲ 13×5 topics
  34. Clinical Management4▲ 8.3×8 topics
  35. Minimal Residual Disease4▲ 21×2 topics
  36. Sepsis3▲ 8.2×5 topics
  37. Immunohistochemistry3▲ 19×2 topics
  38. Adults3▲ 21×2 topics
  39. Rituximab3▲ 8.8×4 topics
  40. Diagnostic Algorithm3▲ 27×2 topics

Which research topics does Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research, Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment, Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies.

Acute Lymphoblastic Leuk…3Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research: 3 fractional worksCancer Diagnosis and Tre…2Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksInflammatory Bowel Disease: 2 fractional worksMultiple Sclerosis Research Studies: 2 fractional worksCentral Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis: 2 fractional worksSarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksGastrointestinal disorders and treatments: 2 fractional worksSepsis Diagnosis and Tre…2Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksOcular Diseases and Behçet’s Syndrome: 2 fractional worksBariatric Surgery and Outcomes: 2 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthOncologyGeneticsPathology and Forensic Medicine5 others

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

  1. 1 Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  2. 2 Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Oncology 2 works
  3. 3 Inflammatory Bowel Disease Genetics 2 works
  4. 4 Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies Pathology and Forensic Medicine 2 works
  5. 5 Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis Emergency Medical Services 2 works
  6. 6 Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments Surgery 2 works
  8. 8 Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 2 works
  9. 9 Ocular Diseases and Behçet’s Syndrome Ophthalmology 2 works
  10. 10 Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes Surgery 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 available71.2%not open28.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors44.8%domestic only55.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 18162% higher than in 2013–2017.

2005201020152020
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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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