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Sultan Qaboos Hospital

In research, Sultan Qaboos Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#18,620 of 20,462 worldwide) and Medicine (#16,975 of 17,978 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#25,194
of 28,054 · #39,780 all time
Rank in Oman
#25
of 26
Research works
217
▲ 84% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.8k
8.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
74%
world 28%

What is Sultan Qaboos Hospital known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Health SciencesDomain #18,620 of 20,462 4.4%170
MedicineField #16,975 of 17,978 4.1%161

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Sultan Qaboos 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: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.17× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.66× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.58× its world share, 2 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.70× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.15× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.56× its world share, 44 worksMedicineNursing: 1.43× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.91× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.70× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Sultan Qaboos Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Diagnosis, Treatment, Epidemiology, Surgical Management, Imaging, Complications, Management and Autoantibodies.

▲ 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. Epidemiology8▲ 3.0×42 topics
  2. Diagnosis6▲ 10×17 topics
  3. Treatment6▲ 7.2×16 topics
  4. Inflammation3▲ 2.2×16 topics
  5. Surgical Management3▲ 9.8×8 topics
  6. Management2▲ 4.9×11 topics
  7. Complications2▲ 7.2×6 topics
  8. Imaging2▲ 14×4 topics
  9. Metabolic Syndrome2▲ 4.0×6 topics
  10. Cardiovascular Disease2▲ 2.8×12 topics
  11. Clinical Practice Guidelines2▲ 5.5×5 topics
  12. Genetics2▲ 4.3×7 topics
  13. Risk Factors2▲ 2.7×11 topics
  14. Autoantibodies2▲ 12×7 topics
  15. Neurological Complications2▲ 43×4 topics
  16. Antibiotic Resistance2▲ 6.8×6 topics
  17. Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance2▲ 48×2 topics
  18. Diabetes2▲ 5.3×6 topics
  19. Pathophysiology2▲ 9.0×6 topics
  20. Prognosis2▲ 7.7×3 topics
  21. Meta-Analysis2▲ 3.9×3 topics
  22. Diagnostic Imaging1▲ 19×3 topics
  23. Guidelines1▲ 4.7×4 topics
  24. Cardiac Amyloidosis1▲ 98×1 topic
  25. Infection Risk1▲ 58×2 topics
  26. Surgery1▲ 5.7×2 topics
  27. Transthyretin1▲ 98×1 topic
  28. Bacteremia1▲ 25×3 topics
  29. Encephalopathy1▲ 30×2 topics
  30. Immunosuppressive Therapy1▲ 10×5 topics
  31. Neuroimaging1▲ 7.2×4 topics
  32. Antiepileptic Drugs1▲ 23×2 topics
  33. Children1▲ 7.4×2 topics
  34. Chronic Disease1▲ 9.8×2 topics
  35. Epilepsy1▲ 16×2 topics
  36. Newborn Screening1▲ 32×2 topics
  37. Spinal Epidural Abscess1▲ 61×1 topic
  38. Stroke1▲ 9.9×4 topics
  39. Tuberculous Meningitis1▲ 61×1 topic
  40. Early-Life Conditions1▲ 31×1 topic

Which research topics does Sultan Qaboos Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Amyloidosis: Diagnosis, Treatment, Outcomes, Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis, Birth, Development, and Health and Abdominal Trauma and Injuries.

Amyloidosis: Diagnosis, …1Amyloidosis: Diagnosis, Treatment, Outcomes: 1 fractional worksInfectious Diseases and …1Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis: 1 fractional worksBirth, Development, and …1Birth, Development, and Health: 1 fractional worksAbdominal Trauma and Inj…1Abdominal Trauma and Injuries: 1 fractional worksNeurological Complications and Syndromes: 1 fractional worksEpilepsy research and treatment: 1 fractional worksCerebral Venous Sinus Th…1Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis: 1 fractional worksSarcoidosis and Beryllium Toxicity Research: 1 fractional worksGastrointestinal disorders and treatments: 1 fractional worksNeonatal Health and Bioc…1Neonatal Health and Biochemistry: 1 fractional works
Molecular BiologySurgeryPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthPsychiatry and Mental health2 others

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

  1. 1 Amyloidosis: Diagnosis, Treatment, Outcomes Molecular Biology 1 works
  2. 2 Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis Surgery 1 works
  3. 3 Birth, Development, and Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 works
  4. 4 Abdominal Trauma and Injuries Surgery 1 works
  5. 5 Neurological Complications and Syndromes Psychiatry and Mental health 1 works
  6. 6 Epilepsy research and treatment Psychiatry and Mental health 1 works
  7. 7 Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis Neurology 1 works
  8. 8 Sarcoidosis and Beryllium Toxicity Research Physiology 1 works
  9. 9 Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments Surgery 1 works
  10. 10 Neonatal Health and Biochemistry Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 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 available74.0%not open26.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.7%domestic only77.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Sultan Qaboos Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 84% 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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