Research in Beirut
Science Explorer records 51 research institutions in Beirut, Lebanon. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Lebanese American University, American University of Beirut and Holy Spirit University of Kaslik.
- Research institutions
- 51 15 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 48k ▲ 17% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 736k 15.2 per fractional work, all time
- Top-10% rate, 2022-now
- 20.3% all institutions 10.0%
- Active span
- 1950-2026 77 years on the record
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 Beirut?
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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which fields of science does Beirut work in?
In 2022-now, 33% of research in Beirut is in Health Sciences, 30% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (28%), Social Sciences (12%), Engineering (11%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Health Sciences.
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
- Health Sciences4,96433.0%
- Medicine4,19227.9%
- Health Professions4653.1%
- Dentistry2161.4%
- Nursing790.5%
- Veterinary130.1%
- Physical Sciences4,55930.3%
- Engineering1,59710.6%
- Computer Science1,2288.2%
- Environmental Science5653.8%
- Mathematics2791.9%
- Materials Science2561.7%
- Physics and Astronomy1931.3%
- Energy1731.1%
- Chemistry1300.9%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences1110.7%
- Chemical Engineering280.2%
- Social Sciences4,01026.7%
- Social Sciences1,74011.6%
- Psychology6284.2%
- Business, Management and Accounting6214.1%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance5373.6%
- Arts and Humanities3062.0%
- Decision Sciences1771.2%
- Life Sciences1,51110.0%
What is Beirut strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Beirut is most concentrated in Modeling and Simulation, Orthodontics and Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (4.7× the world share in Modeling and Simulation).
- Modeling and SimulationSubfield · 85.5 works4.7×
- OrthodonticsSubfield · 61.5 works4.2×
- Applied Microbiology and BiotechnologySubfield · 25.7 works3.9×
- Oral SurgerySubfield · 85.2 works3.4×
- DentistryField · 186.1 works2.9×
- Numerical AnalysisSubfield · 31.9 works2.9×
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 2.9×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Dentistry2.92×186 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.78×499 works
- Mathematics1.58×245 works
- Medicine1.44×3,646 works
- Psychology1.35×541 works
- Energy1.32×160 works
- Business, Management and Accounting1.28×543 works
- Decision Sciences1.21×153 works
- Health Professions1.19×413 works
- Nursing1.08×70 works
- Computer Science1.03×1,056 works
- Immunology and Microbiology0.94×125 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.94×44 works
- Social Sciences0.89×1,485 works
- Neuroscience0.86×184 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.79×551 works
- Environmental Science0.77×500 works
- Engineering0.72×1,426 works
- Arts and Humanities0.67×255 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.66×411 works
- Veterinary0.60×11 works
- Physics and Astronomy0.59×173 works
- Chemical Engineering0.57×26 works
- Chemistry0.55×112 works
- Materials Science0.50×228 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences0.47×98 works
Which keywords describe research in Beirut?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Politics, Refugees, Mental Health, Sovereignty and Governance.
- Middle East
- Sectarianism
- Civil War
- Sovereignty
- Refugees
- Chemotherapy
- Identity
- Governance
- Politics
- Internet of Things
- Human Rights
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Pandemic
- Environmental Impact
- Treatment
- Healthcare
- Quality of Life
- Sustainability
- Mental Health
- Machine Learning
- Epidemiology
- Deep Learning
- Inflammation
- COVID-19
- Renewable Energy
- Globalization
- Public Health
- Artificial Intelligence
- Supply Chain Management
- Risk Factors
- Diagnosis
- Economic Growth
- Depression
- Energy Efficiency
- Security
- Mortality
- Complications
- Infectious Diseases
- Lebanon
- Nonlinear Equations
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
- Epidemiology910▲ 1.52×136 topics
- Machine Learning631▲ 1.26×96 topics
- Deep Learning605▲ 1.17×82 topics
- Mental Health355▲ 1.65×44 topics
- Inflammation347◆ 1.09×83 topics
- Sustainability326◆ 0.89×96 topics
- COVID-19316▲ 1.62×29 topics
- Quality of Life314▲ 1.45×56 topics
- Renewable Energy305▲ 1.40×49 topics
- Healthcare303▲ 1.76×34 topics
- Globalization285◆ 0.96×116 topics
- Treatment276▲ 1.51×52 topics
- Public Health259▲ 1.18×66 topics
- Environmental Impact257◆ 1.00×62 topics
- Artificial Intelligence252▲ 1.17×57 topics
- Pandemic238▲ 1.59×12 topics
- Supply Chain Management233▲ 1.73×24 topics
- Cardiovascular Disease226▲ 1.32×39 topics
- Risk Factors217▲ 1.31×37 topics
- Human Rights217▲ 1.41×66 topics
- Diagnosis208▲ 1.49×41 topics
- Internet of Things207▲ 1.61×29 topics
- Economic Growth203▲ 1.66×29 topics
- Politics201▲ 5.1×19 topics
- Depression200▲ 1.51×24 topics
- Governance194▲ 4.0×16 topics
- Energy Efficiency190▲ 1.36×37 topics
- Identity181▲ 1.66×52 topics
- Security179▲ 1.78×30 topics
- Chemotherapy174▲ 1.63×24 topics
- Mortality166▲ 1.94×13 topics
- Refugees158▲ 8.5×9 topics
- Complications155▲ 2.1×17 topics
- Sovereignty142▲ 10×10 topics
- Infectious Diseases133▲ 2.7×9 topics
- Civil War130▲ 28×2 topics
- Lebanon120▲ 75×1 topic
- Sectarianism120▲ 75×1 topic
- Nonlinear Equations99▲ 5.2×6 topics
- Middle East75▲ 8.1×2 topics
What research is done in Beirut?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Middle East Politics and Society Sociology and Political Science 107 works
- 2 Energy, Environment, Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 74 works
- 3 Blockchain Technology Applications and Security Information Systems 61 works
- 4 Market Dynamics and Volatility Economics and Econometrics 55 works
- 5 Fractional Differential Equations Solutions Modeling and Simulation 52 works
- 6 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 52 works
- 7 Migration, Health and Trauma Clinical Psychology 50 works
- 8 Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies Sociology and Political Science 48 works
- 9 COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Economics and Econometrics 46 works
- 10 Network Security and Intrusion Detection Computer Networks and Communications 44 works
Research output over time
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.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 23.1% in 2023.
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