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Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar

In research, Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,220 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#1,161 of 10,443 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#2,077 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Infectious Diseases and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism — Infectious Diseases is 7.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,121
of 28,054 · #4,593 all time
Rank in Qatar
#5
of 26
Research works
2.5k
▲ 49% vs 2013–17
Citations
56k
22.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
25.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
61%
world 28%

What is Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar 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 #1,220 of 11,982 22.3%481 #1596
MedicineField #1,161 of 10,443 21.8%448 #1760
Life SciencesDomain #2,077 of 7,800 31.1%114 #2845
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,784 of 3,579 31.8%72 #2485

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Health Sciences#1,596 #1,220
  2. Medicine#1,760 #1,161
  3. Life Sciences#2,845 #2,077
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#2,485 #1,784
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Infectious Diseases takes 7.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 33.4 works7.0×
  2. Endocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismSubfield · 20.1 works5.3×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 0.29× its world share, 10 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.92× its world share, 72 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.11× its world share, 15 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.38× its world share, 16 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.05× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.32× its world share, 17 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.14× its world share, 15 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.22× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.51× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.30× its world share, 24 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.33× its world share, 448 worksMedicineNursing: 1.96× its world share, 7 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.74× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.35× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.31× its world share, 28 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 18 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar?

Ranked on the composite score, Laith J. Abu‐Raddad, Dietrich Büsselberg and Hiam Chemaitelly lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar.

  1. 1 Laith J. Abu‐Raddad Qatar · #2,807 worldwide 3.7k citations · 67 works
  2. 2 Dietrich Büsselberg Qatar · #208,787 worldwide 138 citations · 24 works
  3. 3 Hiam Chemaitelly Qatar · #248,909 worldwide 96 citations · 25 works
  4. 4 Arash Rafii Qatar · #313,239 worldwide 90 citations · 25 works
  5. 5 Houssein H. Ayoub Qatar · #315,180 worldwide 88 citations · 22 works
  6. 6 Hassan Al‐Thani Qatar · #498,380 worldwide 52 citations · 50 works
  7. 7 Ioannis N. Petropoulos Qatar · #567,199 worldwide 59 citations · 31 works
  8. 8 Maryam Ferdousi Qatar · #584,636 worldwide 59 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 Ziyad Mahfoud Qatar · #631,164 worldwide 71 citations · 31 works
  10. 10 Frank Schmidt Qatar · #632,316 worldwide 64 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar

Which keywords describe research at Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, SARS-CoV-2, Pandemic, Inflammation, ACE2 Receptor, Metabolic Syndrome, Treatment and Vaccine.

▲ 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. Epidemiology101▲ 3.7×115 topics
  2. Inflammation36▲ 2.5×64 topics
  3. Pandemic29▲ 3.9×10 topics
  4. Treatment27▲ 3.2×40 topics
  5. SARS-CoV-226▲ 12×6 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Disease25▲ 3.3×32 topics
  7. Risk Factors24▲ 3.2×33 topics
  8. Metabolic Syndrome24▲ 4.2×20 topics
  9. Oxidative Stress24▲ 2.1×42 topics
  10. Diagnosis24▲ 3.6×36 topics
  11. COVID-1921▲ 2.2×22 topics
  12. ACE2 Receptor20▲ 12×3 topics
  13. Immune Response20▲ 5.0×18 topics
  14. Obesity19▲ 3.6×23 topics
  15. Vaccine19▲ 6.6×11 topics
  16. Mortality18▲ 4.6×13 topics
  17. Complications18▲ 5.2×17 topics
  18. Depression17▲ 2.7×19 topics
  19. Management16▲ 3.0×23 topics
  20. Thrombosis16▲ 8.4×7 topics
  21. Genetics15▲ 3.1×19 topics
  22. Diabetes15▲ 4.2×18 topics
  23. Guidelines14▲ 4.5×11 topics
  24. Global Burden14▲ 3.8×12 topics
  25. Pathophysiology14▲ 6.8×10 topics
  26. Immunity14▲ 4.9×8 topics
  27. Heart Failure13▲ 4.3×12 topics
  28. Mutation13▲ 9.7×4 topics
  29. Surgery13▲ 5.2×11 topics
  30. Medical Education12▲ 6.7×9 topics
  31. Coronavirus12▲ 7.9×3 topics
  32. Viral Transmission11▲ 11×4 topics
  33. Weight Loss10▲ 9.0×4 topics
  34. Type 2 Diabetes10▲ 6.6×6 topics
  35. antibody10▲ 14×1 topic
  36. spike protein10▲ 14×1 topic
  37. Clinical Characteristics10▲ 11×2 topics
  38. Antiviral Treatment10▲ 13×1 topic
  39. Cytokine Storm10▲ 13×1 topic
  40. Metabolic Health10▲ 7.1×3 topics

Which research topics does Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies, Urological Disorders and Treatments and Gut microbiota and health.

SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 10 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 10 fractional worksUrological Disorders and…7Urological Disorders and Treatments: 7 fractional worksGut microbiota and health7Gut microbiota and health: 7 fractional worksTrauma and Emergency Care Studies: 6 fractional worksOcular Surface and Contact Lens: 5 fractional worksAcute Ischemic Stroke Ma…5Acute Ischemic Stroke Management: 5 fractional worksInnovations in Medical E…4Innovations in Medical Education: 4 fractional worksLong-Term Effects of COV…4Long-Term Effects of COVID-19: 4 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 4 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesUrologyMolecular BiologyEmergency Medicine4 others

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

  1. 1 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 10 works
  2. 2 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 10 works
  3. 3 Urological Disorders and Treatments Urology 7 works
  4. 4 Gut microbiota and health Molecular Biology 7 works
  5. 5 Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Emergency Medicine 6 works
  6. 6 Ocular Surface and Contact Lens Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 5 works
  7. 7 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Epidemiology 5 works
  8. 8 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  9. 9 Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 Neurology 4 works
  10. 10 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 4 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 available61.4%not open38.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors51.5%domestic only48.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 49% 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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