WCM-Q Clinician Scientist Ranked Number One Medical Researcher In Qatar For Third Year Running

Doha: Dr. Rayaz Malik, professor of medicine and assistant dean for clinical research partnerships at Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q) and senior consultant physician in endocrinology and diabetes at Hamad Medical Corporation, has been ranked the number one researcher in medicine in Qatar for the third year in a row by Research, an independent research portal that compiles a global list of high-achieving scientists each year.

The Research list also ranked Dr. Malik among the top 10,000 researchers in medicine in the world, placing him at number 8,350.

The ranking is based on an analysis of the number of influential pieces of research authored by the scientist, combined with awards, fellowships and academic recognition they have received from leading research institutions and government agencies.

To date, Dr. Malik has published 729 scientific papers, and his work has been cited 40,188 times.

The majority of his research (over 350 papers) has been published since he joined WCM-Q from the University of Manchester, UK in June 2014.

Dr. Malik said,“Our clinical research programme is now recognised internationally, with Qatar ranking second in the world for publications in diabetic neuropathy, with a Relative Publication Output per capita (RPOP) of 18.01 publications per inhabitant.”

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