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Sultan Qaboos Hospital

In research, Sultan Qaboos Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#12,089 of 14,558 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#14,168 of 16,688 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#21,932
of 22,385 · #31,785 all time
Rank in Oman
#24
of 24
Research works
217
▲ 65% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.8k
8.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.91×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
74%
world 40%
International
23%
world 18%
Sultan Qaboos Hospital

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
MedicineField #12,089 of 14,558 2.8%161
Health SciencesDomain #14,168 of 16,688 3.1%170

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

Which fields of science does Sultan Qaboos Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 75% of research at Sultan Qaboos Hospital is in Health Sciences, 14% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (71%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (10%), Health Professions (3%). It does 2.9× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 61 fractional works · 75.0% of its workMedicine: 58 fractional works · 70.5% of its workSurgery: 11 fractional works · 14.0% of its workNeurology: 4 fractional works · 5.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 4 fractional works · 4.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 4 fractional works · 4.6% of its workRheumatology: 3 fractional works · 3.9% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInternal Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 12 fractional works · 14.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 9.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 5 fractional works · 5.9% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Health and Safety: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 4.9% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKSultan QaboosHospital82fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences14%Physical Sciences6%Health Sciences75%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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine5870.5%
    2. Health Professions33.4%
    3. Nursing10.7%
    4. Dentistry00.3%
    5. Veterinary00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology89.8%
    2. Neuroscience22.4%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology11.8%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.2%
    1. Engineering22.4%
    2. Computer Science11.5%
    3. Environmental Science10.8%
    4. Mathematics00.4%
    5. Chemical Engineering00.2%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.2%
    7. Materials Science00.2%
    8. Chemistry00.1%
    1. Psychology11.8%
    2. Social Sciences11.4%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting11.2%
    4. Arts and Humanities00.2%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.2%
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: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.84× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.74× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.49× its world share, 2 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.58× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.27× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.67× its world share, 58 worksMedicineNursing: 1.40× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.50× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.60× its world share, 2 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, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.67×58 works
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.84×8 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology1.74×1 works
  4. Veterinary1.50×0 works
  5. Neuroscience1.49×2 works
  6. Nursing1.40×1 works
  7. Health Professions1.27×3 works
  8. Psychology0.60×2 works
  9. Chemical Engineering0.58×0 works
  10. Dentistry0.55×0 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting0.38×1 works
  12. Mathematics0.35×0 works
  13. Computer Science0.20×1 works
  14. Engineering0.16×2 works
  15. Environmental Science0.16×1 works
  16. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.13×0 works
  17. Social Sciences0.11×1 works
  18. Chemistry0.10×0 works
  19. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.10×0 works
  20. Arts and Humanities0.08×0 works
  21. Materials Science0.06×0 works
  22. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Sultan Qaboos Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Arkiath Veettil Raveendran, Debashish Bhattacharya and Rajinder Singh Rawat lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Sultan Qaboos Hospital.

  1. 1 Arkiath Veettil Raveendran Oman · #1,360,293 worldwide 2k citations · 43 works
  2. 2 Debashish Bhattacharya Oman · #3,384,596 worldwide 191 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 Rajinder Singh Rawat Oman · #4,070,975 worldwide 119 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Vishwanath Golash Oman · #4,709,535 worldwide 385 citations · 37 works
All ranked researchers at Sultan Qaboos Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Sultan Qaboos Hospital?

The most cited paper from Sultan Qaboos Hospital is "Patient Satisfaction Survey as a Tool Towards Quality Improvement" (Rashid K Al-Abri, Amina Al-Balushi, 2014), with 708 citations. Next come "Stock Market Response during COVID-19 Lockdown Period in India: An Event Study" (194) and "Arabia‐Somalia plate kinematics, evolution of the Aden‐Owen‐Carlsberg triple junction, and opening of the Gulf of Aden" (182).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Patient Satisfaction Survey as a Tool Towards Quality Improvement Rashid K Al-Abri, Amina Al-Balushi · Oman Medical Journal Open access 15 Jan 2014 708
2 Stock Market Response during COVID-19 Lockdown Period in India: An Event Study Mohammad Noor Alam, Md Shabbir Alam, Kavita Chavali · Journal of Asian Finance Economics and Business Open access 14 Jul 2020 194
3 Arabia‐Somalia plate kinematics, evolution of the Aden‐Owen‐Carlsberg triple junction, and opening of the Gulf of Aden Marc Fournier, Nicolas Chamot‐Rooke, Carole Petit et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres Apr 2010 182
4 Boswellia sacra essential oil induces tumor cell-specific apoptosis and suppresses tumor aggressiveness in cultured human breast cancer cells Mahmoud M Suhail, Weijuan Wu, Amy Cao et al. · BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine Open access Dec 2011 178
5 Early laparoscopy as a routine procedure in the management of acute abdominal pain: a review of 1,320 patients Vishwanath Golash, Peter D. Willson · Surgical Endoscopy 12 May 2005 151
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Sultan Qaboos Hospital?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology11▲ 3.5×54 topics
  2. Diagnosis8▲ 9.9×21 topics
  3. Treatment6▲ 6.5×20 topics
  4. Management4▲ 6.5×16 topics
  5. Inflammation4▲ 2.0×19 topics
  6. Surgical Management3▲ 9.3×9 topics
  7. Complications3▲ 7.1×8 topics
  8. Quality of Life3▲ 2.4×14 topics
  9. Genetics2▲ 3.9×8 topics
  10. Risk Factors2▲ 2.5×12 topics
  11. Cardiovascular Disease2▲ 2.4×12 topics
  12. Clinical Practice Guidelines2▲ 4.8×7 topics
  13. Imaging2▲ 11×4 topics
  14. Prognosis2▲ 8.0×5 topics
  15. Autoantibodies2▲ 11×7 topics
  16. Guidelines2▲ 5.4×6 topics
  17. Metabolic Syndrome2▲ 3.2×6 topics
  18. Pathophysiology2▲ 9.0×7 topics
  19. Meta-Analysis2▲ 4.2×5 topics
  20. Surgery2▲ 7.0×4 topics
  21. Neurological Complications2▲ 33×4 topics
  22. Antibiotic Resistance2▲ 5.1×6 topics
  23. Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance2▲ 39×2 topics
  24. Diabetes2▲ 4.1×6 topics
  25. Pathogenesis2▲ 4.2×9 topics
  26. Prevention2▲ 4.8×6 topics
  27. Children2▲ 8.1×4 topics
  28. Clinical Management2▲ 11×3 topics
  29. Anticoagulant Therapy1▲ 13×4 topics
  30. Diagnostic Imaging1▲ 15×3 topics
  31. CT Diagnosis1▲ 57×3 topics
  32. Cardiac Amyloidosis1▲ 76×1 topic
  33. Encephalopathy1▲ 24×3 topics
  34. Immunosuppressive Therapy1▲ 8.1×5 topics
  35. Infection Risk1▲ 43×2 topics
  36. Transthyretin1▲ 76×1 topic
  37. Bacteremia1▲ 20×3 topics
  38. Newborn Screening1▲ 28×2 topics
  39. Stroke1▲ 8.2×5 topics
  40. Virulence Factors1▲ 9.8×2 topics

Which research topics does Sultan Qaboos Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: 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 Health: 1 fractional worksAbdominal Trauma and Injuries: 1 fractional worksNeurological Complications and Syndromes: 1 fractional worksAntimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus: 1 fractional worksEpilepsy research and treatment: 1 fractional worksIntracerebral and Subara…1Intracerebral and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Research: 1 fractional worksSarcoidosis and Beryllium Toxicity Research: 1 fractional worksIntestinal Malrotation and Obstruction Disorders: 1 fractional works
Molecular BiologySurgeryPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthPsychiatry and Mental health3 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 Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus Infectious Diseases 1 works
  7. 7 Epilepsy research and treatment Psychiatry and Mental health 1 works
  8. 8 Intracerebral and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Research Neurology 1 works
  9. 9 Sarcoidosis and Beryllium Toxicity Research Physiology 1 works
  10. 10 Intestinal Malrotation and Obstruction Disorders Surgery 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Sultan Qaboos Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 65% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Sultan Qaboos Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00036% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%Sultan Qaboos Hospital0.00034% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of Sultan Qaboos Hospital over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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