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Research in Beersheba

Science Explorer records 7 research institutions in Beersheba, Israel. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Ministry of Defense and The Technological College of Beer Sheva.

Research institutions
7
5 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
58k
◆ 1% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.3M
22.7 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
17.2%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1951-2026
76 years on the record
Beersheba

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 Beersheba?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Ben-Gurion University of the NegevUniversity 56,018 #414
2Ministry of DefenseGovernment institution 645 #12,228
3The Technological College of Beer ShevaUniversity 580 #18,811
4Kaye Academic College of EducationUniversity 497 #19,368
5Adama (Israel)Company 192 #20,343
6Magnesium Research InstituteResearch facility 4 not ranked
7Medigus (Israel)Company 3 not ranked

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.

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev: 96.7%Ministry of Defense: 1.1%The Technological College of Beer Sheva: 1.0%Kaye Academic College of Education: 0.9%3 others listed: 0.3%97%largest
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev56k · 96.7%Ministry of Defense645 · 1.1%The Technological College of Beer Sheva580 · 1.0%Kaye Academic College of Education497 · 0.9%3 others listed199 · 0.3%

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

Which fields of science does Beersheba work in?

In 2022-now, 44% of research in Beersheba is in Physical Sciences, 22% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (19%), Engineering (12%), Computer Science (11%).

Physical Sciences: 3,968 fractional works · 44.4% of its workEngineering: 1,116 fractional works · 12.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 327 fractional works · 3.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 186 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 128 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 86 fractional works · 1.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 71 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Mechanics: 66 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 51 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 39 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 36 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 33 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 1,011 fractional works · 11.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 379 fractional works · 4.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 136 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 135 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 126 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInformation Systems: 91 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSignal Processing: 75 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 49 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 465 fractional works · 5.2% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 176 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 105 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 65 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 61 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiation: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 419 fractional works · 4.7% of its workEcology: 106 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 49 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 47 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 46 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 43 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 306 fractional works · 3.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 186 fractional works · 2.1% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 43 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomaterials: 33 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 258 fractional works · 2.9% of its workMathematical Physics: 59 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeometry and Topology: 58 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Mathematics: 52 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics and Probability: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 42 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 149 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGeophysics: 40 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOceanography: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 36 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 129 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 50 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 36 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 85 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 79 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,950 fractional works · 21.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 877 fractional works · 9.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 344 fractional works · 3.9% of its workEducation: 115 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 113 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDemography: 52 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 43 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 39 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 85 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPsychology: 465 fractional works · 5.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 165 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 148 fractional works · 1.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 76 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 46 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 307 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPhilosophy: 69 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArcheology: 66 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory: 37 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReligious studies: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 135 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 97 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFinance: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 92 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 51 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 40 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 74 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Sciences: 1,886 fractional works · 21.1% of its workMedicine: 1,661 fractional works · 18.6% of its workSurgery: 165 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEpidemiology: 149 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 126 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 119 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 97 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOncology: 88 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 78 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 71 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 66 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 64 fractional works · 0.7% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 63 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 59 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 46 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 45 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 36 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGenetics: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 132 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 185 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 100 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 58 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 8 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 8 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 1,128 fractional works · 12.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 527 fractional works · 5.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 304 fractional works · 3.4% of its workGenetics: 88 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCell Biology: 36 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCancer Research: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiophysics: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 49 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 247 fractional works · 2.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 153 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 33 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 39 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 246 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPlant Science: 99 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 44 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 32 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoil Science: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 47 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 90 fractional works · 1.0% of its workImmunology: 59 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKBeersheba8,932fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences44%Health Sciences21%Social Sciences22%

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. Engineering1,11612.5%
    2. Computer Science1,01111.3%
    3. Physics and Astronomy4655.2%
    4. Environmental Science4194.7%
    5. Materials Science3063.4%
    6. Mathematics2582.9%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences1491.7%
    8. Chemistry1291.4%
    9. Energy850.9%
    10. Chemical Engineering300.3%
  2. Social Sciences1,95021.8%
    1. Social Sciences8779.8%
    2. Psychology4655.2%
    3. Arts and Humanities3073.4%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1351.5%
    5. Decision Sciences921.0%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting740.8%
  3. Health Sciences1,88621.1%
    1. Medicine1,66118.6%
    2. Health Professions1852.1%
    3. Nursing250.3%
    4. Veterinary80.1%
    5. Dentistry80.1%
  4. Life Sciences1,12812.6%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5275.9%
    2. Neuroscience2472.8%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2462.7%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology901.0%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics190.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Beersheba strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Beersheba is most concentrated in Mathematical Physics, Geometry and Topology and Computational Theory and Mathematics (4.3× the world share in Mathematical Physics).

  1. Mathematical PhysicsSubfield · 53.6 works4.3×
  2. Geometry and TopologySubfield · 50.2 works3.9×
  3. Computational Theory and MathematicsSubfield · 113.9 works3.4×
← 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: 0.58× its world share, 219 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.10× its world share, 467 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.01× its world share, 81 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.66× its world share, 214 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.59× its world share, 17 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.00× its world share, 28 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.96× its world share, 120 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.46× its world share, 900 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.03× its world share, 128 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.05× its world share, 77 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.86× its world share, 1,022 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.94× its world share, 372 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.02× its world share, 282 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.43× its world share, 227 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.40× its world share, 425 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.16× its world share, 6 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.79× its world share, 165 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.94× its world share, 1,440 worksMedicineNursing: 0.56× its world share, 22 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.69× its world share, 7 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.20× its world share, 275 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.27× its world share, 68 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.05× its world share, 81 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.74× its world share, 126 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.67× its world share, 404 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.77× its world share, 778 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 2.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Mathematics2.43×227 works
  2. Physics and Astronomy2.40×425 works
  3. Psychology1.67×404 works
  4. Neuroscience1.66×214 works
  5. Computer Science1.46×900 works
  6. Arts and Humanities1.20×275 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.10×467 works
  8. Energy1.05×77 works
  9. Decision Sciences1.05×81 works
  10. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.03×128 works
  11. Materials Science1.02×282 works
  12. Immunology and Microbiology1.01×81 works
  13. Chemical Engineering1.00×28 works
  14. Chemistry0.96×120 works
  15. Environmental Science0.94×372 works
  16. Medicine0.94×1,440 works
  17. Engineering0.86×1,022 works
  18. Health Professions0.79×165 works
  19. Social Sciences0.77×778 works
  20. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.74×126 works
  21. Veterinary0.69×7 works
  22. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.59×17 works
  23. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.58×219 works
  24. Nursing0.56×22 works
  25. Business, Management and Accounting0.27×68 works
  26. Dentistry0.16×6 works

Which keywords describe research in Beersheba?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Epidemiology, Machine Learning, Palestine, Israel, Discrimination, Nationalism and Ethnic Identity.

▲ 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. Epidemiology378◆ 1.06×133 topics
  2. Deep Learning372▲ 1.21×73 topics
  3. Machine Learning331◆ 1.11×81 topics
  4. Climate Change218◆ 0.90×91 topics
  5. Mental Health182▲ 1.42×39 topics
  6. Neural Networks178▲ 1.29×36 topics
  7. Inflammation164▼ 0.86×81 topics
  8. Oxidative Stress151◆ 1.03×59 topics
  9. Public Health142◆ 1.09×60 topics
  10. Quality of Life130◆ 1.01×54 topics
  11. Nationalism129▲ 3.2×25 topics
  12. Human Rights118▲ 1.29×44 topics
  13. Palestine109▲ 22×2 topics
  14. Biomedical Applications108◆ 1.02×34 topics
  15. Treatment107◆ 0.98×50 topics
  16. Discrimination105▲ 5.6×8 topics
  17. Israel99▲ 33×2 topics
  18. Genetics94▲ 1.48×27 topics
  19. Nanomaterials92◆ 0.98×19 topics
  20. Depression90◆ 1.14×24 topics
  21. Ethnic Identity82▲ 8.2×4 topics
  22. Occupation82▲ 15×3 topics
  23. Settler Colonialism81▲ 22×2 topics
  24. Security80▲ 1.35×22 topics
  25. Biosensors80▲ 1.83×12 topics
  26. Segregation80▲ 12×2 topics
  27. Intifada80▲ 33×1 topic
  28. Mortality77▲ 1.51×13 topics
  29. Emotion Regulation70▲ 2.5×9 topics
  30. Resilience67▲ 1.52×15 topics
  31. Trauma66▲ 3.5×9 topics
  32. Approximation Algorithms65▲ 9.8×5 topics
  33. Maternal Mortality48▲ 2.4×5 topics
  34. Entanglement47▲ 3.5×4 topics
  35. Algorithmic Applications46▲ 14×2 topics
  36. Quantum Gravity37▲ 4.9×4 topics
  37. Archaeological Evidence34▲ 8.2×2 topics
  38. Semitic Languages32▲ 9.0×2 topics
  39. Arabia29▲ 12×1 topic
  40. Byzantine29▲ 12×1 topic

What research is done in Beersheba?

Jewish and Middle Easter…74Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies: 74 fractional worksArchaeology and Historical Studies: 28 fractional worksComplexity and Algorithms in Graphs: 22 fractional worksAnomaly Detection Techni…21Anomaly Detection Techniques and Applications: 21 fractional worksCosmology and Gravitation Theories: 21 fractional worksAdvanced Malware Detection Techniques: 21 fractional worksAdvanced Graph Theory Re…20Advanced Graph Theory Research: 20 fractional worksAdversarial Robustness in Machine Learning: 20 fractional worksBiblical Studies and Interpretation: 20 fractional worksMigration, Health and Tr…20Migration, Health and Trauma: 20 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceArcheologyComputational Theory and MathematicsArtificial Intelligence4 others

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

  1. 1 Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies Sociology and Political Science 74 works
  2. 2 Archaeology and Historical Studies Archeology 28 works
  3. 3 Complexity and Algorithms in Graphs Computational Theory and Mathematics 22 works
  4. 4 Anomaly Detection Techniques and Applications Artificial Intelligence 21 works
  5. 5 Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Astronomy and Astrophysics 21 works
  6. 6 Advanced Malware Detection Techniques Signal Processing 21 works
  7. 7 Advanced Graph Theory Research Computational Theory and Mathematics 20 works
  8. 8 Adversarial Robustness in Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence 20 works
  9. 9 Biblical Studies and Interpretation Religious studies 20 works
  10. 10 Migration, Health and Trauma Clinical Psychology 20 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 counting10%20%30%Beersheba16.8% 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 26.6% in 2016.

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