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Table 5 Top 10 active institutions in obesity research from Arab countries

From: Quantity and quality of obesity-related research in Arab countries: assessment and comparative analysis

SCRa

Institution

Number (%)

Address

1 st

King Saud University

140 (12.49)

KSA

2 nd

Kuwait University

97 (8.65)

Kuwait

3 rd

United Arab Emirates University

53 (4.73)

UAE

4 th

American University of Beirut

42 (3.75)

Lebanon

4 th

Cairo University

42 (3.75)

Egypt

6 th

Ain Shams University

41 (3.66)

Egypt

7 th

Ministry of Health

38 (3.39)

KSA

8 th

King Faisal Specialist Hospital Research Center

35 (3.12)

KSA

9 th

Jordan University of Science Technology

33 (2.94)

Jordan

10 th

King Abdulaziz University

32 (2.86)

KSA

  1. SCR, Standard Competition Ranking; KSA, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; UAE, United Arab Emirates.
  2. aEqual institutions have the same ranking number, and then a gap is left in the ranking numbers.