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Research in Alexandria

Science Explorer records 1 research institutions in Alexandria, Egypt. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Arab Academy for Science, Technology, and Maritime Transport.

Research institutions
1
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
4.4k
▲ 30% vs 2018-21
Citations
49k
11.0 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
20.3%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1970-2026
57 years on the record
Alexandria

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 Alexandria?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Arab Academy for Science, Technology, and Maritime TransportUniversity 4,445 #1,690

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.

Which fields of science does Alexandria work in?

In 2022-now, 62% of research in Alexandria is in Physical Sciences, 27% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (34%), Computer Science (15%), Business, Management and Accounting (9%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 994 fractional works · 62.3% of its workEngineering: 536 fractional works · 33.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 139 fractional works · 8.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 49 fractional works · 3.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 42 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 41 fractional works · 2.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 40 fractional works · 2.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 38 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 37 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 37 fractional works · 2.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 33 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOcean Engineering: 25 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 21 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 15 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMedia Technology: 12 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArchitecture: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 233 fractional works · 14.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 86 fractional works · 5.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 43 fractional works · 2.7% of its workInformation Systems: 39 fractional works · 2.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 34 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSignal Processing: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 93 fractional works · 5.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 27 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 18 fractional works · 1.1% of its workWater Science and Technology: 14 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 41 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 25 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCeramics and Composites: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 33 fractional works · 2.0% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 22 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 16 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 16 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtmospheric Science: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOceanography: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 15 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStatistics and Probability: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workModeling and Simulation: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 430 fractional works · 26.9% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 143 fractional works · 9.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 41 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAccounting: 30 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMarketing: 25 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 21 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness and International Management: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 124 fractional works · 7.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 50 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEducation: 21 fractional works · 1.3% of its workTransportation: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCommunication: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrban Studies: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDecision Sciences: 51 fractional works · 3.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 27 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 20 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 42 fractional works · 2.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 17 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArcheology: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 37 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 16 fractional works · 1.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 14 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 33 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 22 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFinance: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 92 fractional works · 5.7% of its workMedicine: 66 fractional works · 4.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 21 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEpidemiology: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Professions: 21 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 80 fractional works · 5.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 33 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPlant Science: 14 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFood Science: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 22 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 14 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 20 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKAlexandria1,595fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences62%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences27%

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. Engineering53633.6%
    2. Computer Science23314.6%
    3. Environmental Science935.8%
    4. Materials Science412.6%
    5. Energy332.0%
    6. Physics and Astronomy161.0%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences161.0%
    8. Mathematics151.0%
    9. Chemistry70.5%
    10. Chemical Engineering30.2%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting1439.0%
    2. Social Sciences1247.7%
    3. Decision Sciences513.2%
    4. Arts and Humanities422.6%
    5. Psychology372.3%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance332.1%
    1. Medicine664.1%
    2. Health Professions211.3%
    3. Dentistry40.2%
    4. Nursing10.1%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences332.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology221.4%
    3. Neuroscience201.3%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics30.2%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology20.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Alexandria strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Alexandria is most concentrated in Building and Construction, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and Marketing (5.1× the world share in Building and Construction).

  1. Building and ConstructionSubfield · 47.8 works5.1×
  2. Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringSubfield · 32.2 works4.1×
  3. MarketingSubfield · 23.7 works3.7×
← 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: 0.44× its world share, 32 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.25× its world share, 21 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.79× its world share, 20 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.59× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.46× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.30× its world share, 7 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.81× its world share, 214 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.66× its world share, 16 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.19× its world share, 30 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.27× its world share, 518 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.20× its world share, 90 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.70× its world share, 37 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.79× its world share, 14 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.45× its world share, 15 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.48× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.51× its world share, 20 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.20× its world share, 58 worksMedicineNursing: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.94× its world share, 41 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.83× its world share, 139 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.15× its world share, 46 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.95× its world share, 31 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.79× its world share, 37 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.63× its world share, 120 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 3.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Decision Sciences3.15×46 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting2.83×139 works
  3. Engineering2.27×518 works
  4. Energy2.19×30 works
  5. Computer Science1.81×214 works
  6. Environmental Science1.20×90 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.95×31 works
  8. Arts and Humanities0.94×41 works
  9. Neuroscience0.79×20 works
  10. Mathematics0.79×14 works
  11. Psychology0.79×37 works
  12. Materials Science0.70×37 works
  13. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.66×16 works
  14. Social Sciences0.63×120 works
  15. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.59×3 works
  16. Health Professions0.51×20 works
  17. Dentistry0.48×4 works
  18. Chemical Engineering0.46×2 works
  19. Physics and Astronomy0.45×15 works
  20. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.44×32 works
  21. Chemistry0.30×7 works
  22. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.25×21 works
  23. Veterinary0.24×0 works
  24. Medicine0.20×58 works
  25. Immunology and Microbiology0.14×2 works
  26. Nursing0.13×1 works

Which keywords describe research in Alexandria?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Supply Chain Management, Risk Management, Sustainability, Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency and Smart Cities.

▲ 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. Deep Learning146▲ 2.6×67 topics
  2. Machine Learning132▲ 2.5×76 topics
  3. Sustainability85▲ 2.2×47 topics
  4. Supply Chain Management85▲ 5.9×20 topics
  5. Renewable Energy70▲ 3.0×38 topics
  6. Energy Efficiency55▲ 3.7×31 topics
  7. Risk Management53▲ 7.0×13 topics
  8. Climate Change49◆ 1.13×50 topics
  9. Convolutional Neural Networks45▲ 3.9×14 topics
  10. Neural Networks45▲ 1.82×31 topics
  11. Healthcare44▲ 2.4×11 topics
  12. Environmental Impact42▲ 1.53×38 topics
  13. Internet of Things40▲ 2.9×17 topics
  14. Social Media37▲ 1.69×22 topics
  15. IoT35▲ 5.9×12 topics
  16. Smart Cities33▲ 7.8×7 topics
  17. Customer Satisfaction31▲ 6.1×7 topics
  18. Artificial Neural Networks29▲ 4.0×9 topics
  19. Corporate Governance28▲ 2.4×12 topics
  20. Renewable Energy Integration28▲ 5.3×5 topics
  21. Digital Transformation27▲ 3.1×10 topics
  22. Heat Transfer26▲ 3.3×17 topics
  23. Medical Imaging26▲ 3.0×9 topics
  24. Knowledge Management25▲ 2.9×15 topics
  25. Power Electronics25▲ 4.9×8 topics
  26. Model Predictive Control25▲ 6.1×5 topics
  27. Organizational Performance25▲ 5.9×7 topics
  28. Wireless Sensor Networks24▲ 3.4×16 topics
  29. Thermal Comfort24▲ 11×2 topics
  30. Channel Modeling22▲ 12×6 topics
  31. User Satisfaction22▲ 7.4×4 topics
  32. Online Shopping20▲ 7.0×2 topics
  33. Social Media Marketing20▲ 25×1 topic
  34. Structural Equation Modeling20▲ 6.3×3 topics
  35. Information Systems19▲ 6.8×1 topic
  36. Technology Acceptance Model19▲ 7.6×1 topic
  37. Porous Media16▲ 7.7×5 topics
  38. Energy Simulation16▲ 11×2 topics
  39. Heat Conduction16▲ 26×2 topics
  40. Building Energy Consumption15▲ 13×1 topic

What research is done in Alexandria?

Organizational and Emplo…18Organizational and Employee Performance: 18 fractional worksTechnology Adoption and …17Technology Adoption and User Behaviour: 17 fractional worksBuilding Energy and Comfort Optimization: 15 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Banking Studies: 14 fractional worksMaritime Ports and Logistics: 13 fractional worksDigital Marketing and Social Media: 13 fractional worksThermoelastic and Magnetoelastic Phenomena: 13 fractional worksAntenna Design and Analy…12Antenna Design and Analysis: 12 fractional worksSupply Chain Resilience and Risk Management: 11 fractional worksOptical Wireless Communication Technologies: 10 fractional works
Artificial IntelligenceInformation Systems and ManagementBuilding and ConstructionAccounting6 others

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

  1. 1 Organizational and Employee Performance Artificial Intelligence 18 works
  2. 2 Technology Adoption and User Behaviour Information Systems and Management 17 works
  3. 3 Building Energy and Comfort Optimization Building and Construction 15 works
  4. 4 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 14 works
  5. 5 Maritime Ports and Logistics Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 13 works
  6. 6 Digital Marketing and Social Media Sociology and Political Science 13 works
  7. 7 Thermoelastic and Magnetoelastic Phenomena Mechanics of Materials 13 works
  8. 8 Antenna Design and Analysis Aerospace Engineering 12 works
  9. 9 Supply Chain Resilience and Risk Management Strategy and Management 11 works
  10. 10 Optical Wireless Communication Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 10 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 counting10%20%30%Alexandria26.3% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 26.3% in 2025.

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