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Research in Al Ain

Science Explorer records 4 research institutions in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain University and Al Ain Hospital.

Research institutions
4
4 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
21k
▲ 66% vs 2018-21
Citations
427k
20.5 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
28.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1954-2026
73 years on the record
Al Ain

A city carries no overall standing here. The quality score is built for institutions and countries, the units its floors and field normalisation were designed around. An empty rank on this page is a statement about the measure, not about the place.

Which research institutions are in Al Ain?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1United Arab Emirates UniversityUniversity 16,310 #1,445
2Al Ain UniversityUniversity 2,610 #1,671
3Al Ain HospitalHospital / health system 584 #15,832
4Oasis HospitalHospital / health system 193 #21,235

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022-now. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.

How concentrated the city is

The same institutions as shares of everything the list accounts for. A city that is one university and a city that is twelve read alike as a table and not at all alike here.

United Arab Emirates University: 82.8%Al Ain University: 13.3%Al Ain Hospital: 3.0%Oasis Hospital: 1.0%83%largest
United Arab Emirates University16k · 82.8%Al Ain University2,610 · 13.3%Al Ain Hospital584 · 3.0%Oasis Hospital193 · 1.0%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which fields of science does Al Ain work in?

In 2022-now, 46% of research in Al Ain is in Physical Sciences, 23% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (18%), Medicine (16%), Computer Science (10%).

Physical Sciences: 3,594 fractional works · 45.9% of its workEngineering: 1,394 fractional works · 17.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 313 fractional works · 4.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 185 fractional works · 2.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 178 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 133 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 126 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 116 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 64 fractional works · 0.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 63 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOcean Engineering: 52 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 43 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 36 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 34 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 29 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 813 fractional works · 10.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 311 fractional works · 4.0% of its workInformation Systems: 159 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 109 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 85 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Science Applications: 44 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 40 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 28 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 28 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 396 fractional works · 5.1% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 80 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 66 fractional works · 0.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 62 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPollution: 46 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 36 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 31 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 318 fractional works · 4.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 170 fractional works · 2.2% of its workBiomaterials: 54 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 48 fractional works · 0.6% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 38 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 181 fractional works · 2.3% of its workApplied Mathematics: 37 fractional works · 0.5% of its workModeling and Simulation: 37 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeometry and Topology: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematical Physics: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 142 fractional works · 1.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 126 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 117 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 55 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 97 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 31 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 91 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeophysics: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 39 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemical Engineering: 45 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCatalysis: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,789 fractional works · 22.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 795 fractional works · 10.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 254 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEducation: 243 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 62 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety Research: 51 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCommunication: 38 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransportation: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 62 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychology: 294 fractional works · 3.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 105 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 75 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 55 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 43 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Psychology: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 286 fractional works · 3.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 75 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAccounting: 70 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Information Systems: 46 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 38 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 214 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 156 fractional works · 2.0% of its workFinance: 35 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 104 fractional works · 1.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 28 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 37 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 96 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 45 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 41 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 1,465 fractional works · 18.7% of its workMedicine: 1,251 fractional works · 16.0% of its workSurgery: 129 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 120 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEpidemiology: 81 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 70 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysiology: 68 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 62 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 62 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 58 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 54 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOncology: 51 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 48 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 39 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Informatics: 37 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 33 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 31 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 31 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGenetics: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDermatology: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 137 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Professions: 143 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 66 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Information Management: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 58 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNursing: 49 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 44 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 9 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 975 fractional works · 12.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 378 fractional works · 4.8% of its workPlant Science: 166 fractional works · 2.1% of its workFood Science: 118 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 75 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 363 fractional works · 4.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 197 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGenetics: 65 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCancer Research: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMolecular Medicine: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCell Biology: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiotechnology: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 34 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 127 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 66 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 64 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology: 39 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 42 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKAl Ain7,823fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences46%Health Sciences19%Social Sciences23%

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 city does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering1,39417.8%
    2. Computer Science81310.4%
    3. Environmental Science3965.1%
    4. Materials Science3184.1%
    5. Mathematics1812.3%
    6. Energy1421.8%
    7. Chemistry1171.5%
    8. Physics and Astronomy971.2%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences911.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering450.6%
  2. Social Sciences1,78922.9%
    1. Social Sciences79510.2%
    2. Psychology2943.8%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting2863.7%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2142.7%
    5. Arts and Humanities1041.3%
    6. Decision Sciences961.2%
  3. Health Sciences1,46518.7%
    1. Medicine1,25116.0%
    2. Health Professions1431.8%
    3. Nursing490.6%
    4. Dentistry130.2%
    5. Veterinary90.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences3784.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3634.6%
    3. Neuroscience1271.6%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology640.8%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics420.5%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Al Ain strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Al Ain is most concentrated in Modeling and Simulation, Health Informatics and Building and Construction (3.7× the world share in Modeling and Simulation).

  1. Modeling and SimulationSubfield · 35.6 works3.7×
  2. Health InformaticsSubfield · 29.8 works3.6×
  3. Building and ConstructionSubfield · 115.3 works2.7×
  4. Computer Science ApplicationsSubfield · 39.3 works2.3×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient against the world baseline. Inside a single field a city is a meaningful unit, which is why this is where a city is measured at all.

The whole field profile

All 26 fields at once: above the ring is more than a place this size would be expected to do. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1.00× its world share, 325 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.84× its world share, 307 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.81× its world share, 55 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.02× its world share, 113 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.53× its world share, 37 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.55× its world share, 37 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.95× its world share, 101 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.34× its world share, 712 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.74× its world share, 79 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.94× its world share, 121 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.20× its world share, 1,229 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.00× its world share, 339 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.15× its world share, 274 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.00× its world share, 160 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.55× its world share, 83 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.28× its world share, 9 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.72× its world share, 129 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.83× its world share, 1,086 worksMedicineNursing: 1.25× its world share, 42 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.79× its world share, 7 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.44× its world share, 87 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.15× its world share, 252 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.25× its world share, 82 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.35× its world share, 197 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.23× its world share, 255 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.81× its world share, 696 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 2.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Mathematics2.00×160 works
  2. Energy1.94×121 works
  3. Chemical Engineering1.55×37 works
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.53×37 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.35×197 works
  6. Computer Science1.34×712 works
  7. Nursing1.25×42 works
  8. Decision Sciences1.25×82 works
  9. Psychology1.23×255 works
  10. Engineering1.20×1,229 works
  11. Materials Science1.15×274 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting1.15×252 works
  13. Neuroscience1.02×113 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.00×325 works
  15. Environmental Science1.00×339 works
  16. Chemistry0.95×101 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.84×307 works
  18. Medicine0.83×1,086 works
  19. Immunology and Microbiology0.81×55 works
  20. Social Sciences0.81×696 works
  21. Veterinary0.79×7 works
  22. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.74×79 works
  23. Health Professions0.72×129 works
  24. Physics and Astronomy0.55×83 works
  25. Arts and Humanities0.44×87 works
  26. Dentistry0.28×9 works

Which keywords describe research in Al Ain?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Healthcare, Smart Cities, Supply Chain Management, Epidemiology, Artificial Intelligence and Heat Transfer.

▲ 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 city'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. Machine Learning470▲ 1.81×91 topics
  2. Deep Learning348▲ 1.29×81 topics
  3. Epidemiology281◆ 0.90×129 topics
  4. Healthcare207▲ 2.3×22 topics
  5. Sustainability197◆ 1.03×75 topics
  6. Artificial Intelligence184▲ 1.65×55 topics
  7. Climate Change182▼ 0.86×92 topics
  8. Renewable Energy176▲ 1.55×44 topics
  9. Environmental Impact175▲ 1.31×57 topics
  10. Supply Chain Management160▲ 2.3×21 topics
  11. Inflammation143▼ 0.86×83 topics
  12. Education138◆ 1.03×70 topics
  13. Oxidative Stress138◆ 1.07×61 topics
  14. Big Data134▲ 1.79×29 topics
  15. Nanoparticles130▲ 1.32×42 topics
  16. Nanomaterials130▲ 1.58×19 topics
  17. Social Media126▲ 1.17×29 topics
  18. Heat Transfer124▲ 3.2×19 topics
  19. Internet of Things121▲ 1.81×26 topics
  20. Energy Efficiency119▲ 1.65×37 topics
  21. COVID-19119▲ 1.17×29 topics
  22. Smart Cities105▲ 5.1×8 topics
  23. IoT104▲ 3.5×15 topics
  24. Antioxidant104▲ 1.94×48 topics
  25. Digital Transformation96▲ 2.3×20 topics
  26. Security92▲ 1.76×25 topics
  27. Risk Management90▲ 2.4×17 topics
  28. Antioxidant Activity87▲ 1.78×31 topics
  29. Student Engagement81▲ 2.6×16 topics
  30. Customer Satisfaction78▲ 3.1×10 topics
  31. Artificial Neural Networks77▲ 2.2×10 topics
  32. Organizational Performance74▲ 3.6×11 topics
  33. IoT Security69▲ 2.9×3 topics
  34. Social Networks62▲ 2.9×11 topics
  35. Social Media Marketing59▲ 16×1 topic
  36. Human Resource Management55▲ 4.6×4 topics
  37. Experimental Investigation52▲ 6.4×5 topics
  38. Localization50▲ 5.4×4 topics
  39. Guanxi44▲ 26×1 topic
  40. Wasta44▲ 26×1 topic

What research is done in Al Ain?

Organizational and Emplo…53Organizational and Employee Performance: 53 fractional worksSocioeconomic Developmen…39Socioeconomic Development in MENA: 39 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Banking Studies: 32 fractional worksAdvanced Photocatalysis Techniques: 32 fractional worksBlockchain Technology Applications and Security: 31 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 30 fractional worksOnline Learning and Analytics: 29 fractional worksEnergy, Environment, Eco…27Energy, Environment, Economic Growth: 27 fractional worksMarket Dynamics and Volatility: 27 fractional worksTechnology Adoption and User Behaviour: 26 fractional works
Artificial IntelligenceSociology and Political ScienceAccountingRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment5 others

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

  1. 1 Organizational and Employee Performance Artificial Intelligence 53 works
  2. 2 Socioeconomic Development in MENA Sociology and Political Science 39 works
  3. 3 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 32 works
  4. 4 Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 32 works
  5. 5 Blockchain Technology Applications and Security Information Systems 31 works
  6. 6 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 30 works
  7. 7 Online Learning and Analytics Computer Science Applications 29 works
  8. 8 Energy, Environment, Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 27 works
  9. 9 Market Dynamics and Volatility Economics and Econometrics 27 works
  10. 10 Technology Adoption and User Behaviour Information Systems and Management 26 works

Research output over time

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting20%40%Al Ain26.8% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 30.2% in 2024.

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