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Research in Benghazi

Science Explorer records 4 research institutions in Benghazi, Libya. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Benghazi and Libyan International Medical University.

Research institutions
4
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
4.4k
▲ 69% vs 2018-21
Citations
28k
6.4 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
4.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1963-2026
64 years on the record
Benghazi

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 Benghazi?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of BenghaziUniversity 3,767 #10,897
2Al-Arab Medical UniversityUniversity 365 #31,181 all time
3Libyan International Medical UniversityUniversity 235 #14,421
4Benghazi Military University AcademyUniversity 5 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.

University of Benghazi: 86.2%Al-Arab Medical University: 8.3%Libyan International Medical University: 5.4%Benghazi Military University Academy: 0.1%86%largest
University of Benghazi3,767 · 86.2%Al-Arab Medical University365 · 8.3%Libyan International Medical University235 · 5.4%Benghazi Military University Academy5 · 0.1%

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

Which fields of science does Benghazi work in?

In 2022-now, 35% of research in Benghazi is in Physical Sciences, 34% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (26%), Engineering (13%), Computer Science (8%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 682 fractional works · 35.1% of its workEngineering: 245 fractional works · 12.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 61 fractional works · 3.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 39 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 28 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 21 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 18 fractional works · 0.9% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 17 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMechanics of Materials: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 163 fractional works · 8.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 46 fractional works · 2.4% of its workInformation Systems: 44 fractional works · 2.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 25 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 19 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSignal Processing: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 75 fractional works · 3.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 16 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 47 fractional works · 2.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 25 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectrochemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 36 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeophysics: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOceanography: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPaleontology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 33 fractional works · 1.7% of its workApplied Mathematics: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workModeling and Simulation: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNumerical Analysis: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 31 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 16 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 28 fractional works · 1.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnergy: 16 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 659 fractional works · 34.0% of its workMedicine: 495 fractional works · 25.5% of its workSurgery: 60 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 45 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEpidemiology: 36 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 30 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 25 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 25 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOncology: 24 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 23 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhysiology: 21 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOphthalmology: 20 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 19 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 16 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRheumatology: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNephrology: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHepatology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 74 fractional works · 3.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 32 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Information Management: 16 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDentistry: 73 fractional works · 3.8% of its workOral Surgery: 24 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPeriodontics: 23 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Dentistry: 15 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrthodontics: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 372 fractional works · 19.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 145 fractional works · 7.5% of its workEducation: 40 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 40 fractional works · 2.0% of its workTransportation: 20 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 15 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLinguistics and Language: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 60 fractional works · 3.1% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 30 fractional works · 1.6% of its workArcheology: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 54 fractional works · 2.8% of its workAccounting: 16 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 52 fractional works · 2.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 18 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 15 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 33 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 24 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFinance: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 27 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 228 fractional works · 11.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 104 fractional works · 5.4% of its workPlant Science: 44 fractional works · 2.3% of its workFood Science: 19 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAquatic Science: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInsect Science: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 72 fractional works · 3.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 28 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGenetics: 17 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCancer Research: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiotechnology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.9% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 24 fractional works · 1.2% of its workImmunology: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workParasitology: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 18 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKBenghazi1,941fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences35%Health Sciences34%Social Sciences19%

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. Engineering24512.6%
    2. Computer Science1638.4%
    3. Environmental Science753.8%
    4. Chemistry472.4%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences361.9%
    6. Mathematics331.7%
    7. Materials Science311.6%
    8. Physics and Astronomy281.4%
    9. Energy160.8%
    10. Chemical Engineering70.4%
    1. Medicine49525.5%
    2. Health Professions743.8%
    3. Dentistry733.8%
    4. Nursing130.7%
    5. Veterinary40.2%
    1. Social Sciences1457.5%
    2. Arts and Humanities603.1%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting542.8%
    4. Psychology522.7%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance331.7%
    6. Decision Sciences271.4%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1045.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology723.7%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology241.2%
    4. Neuroscience180.9%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics110.5%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Benghazi strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Benghazi is most concentrated in Periodontics, Dentistry and Oral Surgery (9.1× the world share in Periodontics).

  1. PeriodonticsSubfield · 20.3 works9.1×
  2. DentistryField · 65.5 works8.2×
  3. Oral SurgerySubfield · 22.5 works7.1×
← 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: 1.19× its world share, 92 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.65× its world share, 57 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.20× its world share, 20 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.51× its world share, 14 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.49× its world share, 9 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.11× its world share, 6 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.60× its world share, 41 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.09× its world share, 138 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.12× its world share, 29 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.02× its world share, 15 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.86× its world share, 210 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.79× its world share, 64 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.51× its world share, 29 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.49× its world share, 29 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.58× its world share, 21 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 8.25× its world share, 66 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.47× its world share, 63 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.31× its world share, 411 worksMedicineNursing: 1.44× its world share, 12 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.74× its world share, 4 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.97× its world share, 46 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.95× its world share, 50 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.32× its world share, 21 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.84× its world share, 29 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.82× its world share, 41 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.58× its world share, 120 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 8.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Dentistry8.25×66 works
  2. Veterinary1.74×4 works
  3. Chemistry1.60×41 works
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.49×9 works
  5. Mathematics1.49×29 works
  6. Health Professions1.47×63 works
  7. Nursing1.44×12 works
  8. Decision Sciences1.32×21 works
  9. Medicine1.31×411 works
  10. Immunology and Microbiology1.20×20 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.19×92 works
  12. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.12×29 works
  13. Chemical Engineering1.11×6 works
  14. Computer Science1.09×138 works
  15. Energy1.02×15 works
  16. Arts and Humanities0.97×46 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.95×50 works
  18. Engineering0.86×210 works
  19. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.84×29 works
  20. Psychology0.82×41 works
  21. Environmental Science0.79×64 works
  22. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.65×57 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.58×21 works
  24. Social Sciences0.58×120 works
  25. Neuroscience0.51×14 works
  26. Materials Science0.51×29 works

Which keywords describe research in Benghazi?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Risk Factors, Quality of Life, Inflammation, Malay Language and Sharia Law.

▲ 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. Epidemiology121▲ 1.56×104 topics
  2. Machine Learning88▲ 1.36×65 topics
  3. Deep Learning72◆ 1.07×57 topics
  4. Inflammation54▲ 1.32×62 topics
  5. Quality of Life47▲ 1.69×36 topics
  6. COVID-1944▲ 1.74×21 topics
  7. Risk Factors43▲ 2.0×25 topics
  8. Oxidative Stress38▲ 1.19×43 topics
  9. Healthcare36▲ 1.60×16 topics
  10. Cardiovascular Disease34▲ 1.54×33 topics
  11. Metabolic Syndrome30▲ 1.94×22 topics
  12. Global Burden29▲ 2.8×12 topics
  13. Prevention29▲ 3.6×14 topics
  14. Antioxidant Activity26▲ 2.2×25 topics
  15. Language Teaching25▲ 4.8×6 topics
  16. Diabetes25▲ 2.5×19 topics
  17. Science22▲ 4.5×2 topics
  18. Ethnicity22▲ 3.0×2 topics
  19. Islam22▲ 5.4×3 topics
  20. Social Influence22▲ 5.2×3 topics
  21. Design21▲ 6.7×3 topics
  22. Malay Language21▲ 7.7×1 topic
  23. Sharia Law21▲ 7.5×1 topic
  24. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles21▲ 5.7×3 topics
  25. Legal Regulation20▲ 4.6×3 topics
  26. Dental Caries20▲ 10×2 topics
  27. Strategic Planning20▲ 7.0×2 topics
  28. Air Force20▲ 8.5×1 topic
  29. Economic Security20▲ 4.7×1 topic
  30. Modernization20▲ 5.5×1 topic
  31. Transport Policy20▲ 8.2×1 topic
  32. Infection Control18▲ 11×2 topics
  33. Second Language Acquisition16▲ 9.2×2 topics
  34. Oral Health16▲ 14×3 topics
  35. Corrective Feedback16▲ 11×1 topic
  36. L2 Motivation16▲ 11×1 topic
  37. Fluoride16▲ 14×2 topics
  38. Dental Practice15▲ 18×1 topic
  39. Transmission Routes15▲ 18×1 topic
  40. Remineralization14▲ 17×1 topic

What research is done in Benghazi?

Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 20 fractional worksLegal and Regulatory Analysis: 19 fractional worksMilitary Technology and …19Military Technology and Strategies: 19 fractional worksDental Research and COVI…13Dental Research and COVID-19: 13 fractional worksDental Health and Care Utilization: 12 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare: 11 fractional worksEFL/ESL Teaching and Lea…10EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning: 10 fractional worksMediterranean and Iberian flora and fauna: 7 fractional worksDental Radiography and Imaging: 7 fractional worksWater Quality and Pollution Assessment: 7 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceTransportationAerospace EngineeringGeneral Dentistry6 others

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

  1. 1 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 20 works
  2. 2 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 19 works
  3. 3 Military Technology and Strategies Aerospace Engineering 19 works
  4. 4 Dental Research and COVID-19 General Dentistry 13 works
  5. 5 Dental Health and Care Utilization Periodontics 12 works
  6. 6 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Health Information Management 11 works
  7. 7 EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning Language and Linguistics 10 works
  8. 8 Mediterranean and Iberian flora and fauna Plant Science 7 works
  9. 9 Dental Radiography and Imaging Oral Surgery 7 works
  10. 10 Water Quality and Pollution Assessment Water Science and Technology 7 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%all institutions10.0% in 2025Benghazi4.6% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 16.4% in 2007.

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