Research in Doha
Science Explorer records 102 research institutions in Doha, Qatar. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Qatar University, Hamad bin Khalifa University and Hamad Medical Corporation.
- Research institutions
- 102 15 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 57k ▲ 61% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 24.3% record average 16.5%
A city carries no overall standing here. The composite 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 Doha?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qatar UniversityUniversity | 17,559 | #265 | |
| 2 | Hamad Medical CorporationNonprofit | 6,808 | #1,636 | |
| 3 | Primary Health CareGovernment institution | 5,489 | #6,217 | |
| 4 | Hamad bin Khalifa UniversityUniversity | 4,757 | #815 | |
| 5 | Texas A&M University at QatarUniversity | 3,403 | #4,160 | |
| 6 | Weill Cornell Medical College in QatarUniversity | 2,527 | #3,121 | |
| 7 | Qatar FoundationFunder | 1,867 | #2,404 | |
| 8 | Hamad General HospitalHospital / health system | 1,566 | #7,094 | |
| 9 | Al Azhar UniversityUniversity | 1,482 | #16,053 | |
| 10 | Child Development CenterInstitution | 1,210 | #23,470 | |
| 11 | Qatar Airways (Qatar)Company | 1,196 | #5,773 | |
| 12 | Qatar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine HospitalHospital / health system | 767 | #18,053 | |
| 13 | Doha Institute for Graduate StudiesUniversity | 563 | #5,526 | |
| 14 | Qatar Science and Technology ParkArchive | 563 | #6,277 | |
| 15 | Sidra Medical and Research CenterHospital / health system | 550 | #15,102 | |
| 16 | Carnegie Mellon University QatarUniversity | 469 | #18,701 | |
| 17 | Georgetown University in QatarUniversity | 445 | #19,275 | |
| 18 | National Center for Cancer Care and ResearchHospital / health system | 402 | #15,137 | |
| 19 | Qatar Petroleum (Qatar)Company | 342 | #37,774 all time | |
| 20 | Construction Development (Qatar)Company | 321 | #20,818 | |
| 21 | Northwestern University in QatarUniversity | 305 | #22,590 | |
| 22 | Ministry of Environment and Climate ChangeGovernment institution | 222 | #13,083 | |
| 23 | Al-Ahli HospitalHospital / health system | 208 | #25,867 | |
| 24 | University of Calgary in QatarUniversity | 188 | #19,348 | |
| 25 | Ministry of Public HealthGovernment institution | 183 | #18,646 | |
| 26 | VCUQatarUniversity | 171 | #34,748 all time | |
| 27 | Community College of QatarUniversity | 170 | #17,735 | |
| 28 | Queen MedicalHospital / health system | 169 | #34,210 all time | |
| 29 | Aspire AcademyUniversity | 168 | #34,844 all time | |
| 30 | University of Doha for Science and TechnologyUniversity | 156 | #29,290 all time | |
| 31 | HEC Paris in QatarUniversity | 147 | #38,381 all time | |
| 32 | Qatar Mobility Innovations CenterResearch facility | 146 | #35,063 all time | |
| 33 | Anti-Doping LaboratoryResearch facility | 144 | #37,434 all time | |
| 34 | North Oil Company (Qatar)Company | 144 | #27,774 | |
| 35 | Supreme Council Of HealthGovernment institution | 133 | #39,819 all time | |
| 36 | ExxonMobil (Qatar)Company | 121 | #36,037 all time | |
| 37 | Stenden University QatarUniversity | 114 | not ranked | |
| 38 | Qatar Central BankGovernment institution | 109 | not ranked | |
| 39 | Total (Qatar)Company | 106 | not ranked | |
| 40 | Qatar Cardiovascular Research CenterHospital / health system | 102 | not ranked | |
| 41 | Tata Consulting Engineers (Qatar)Company | 101 | not ranked | |
| 42 | University College London QatarUniversity | 97 | not ranked | |
| 43 | Ministry of Education and Higher EducationGovernment institution | 83 | not ranked | |
| 44 | Qatargas (Qatar)Company | 72 | not ranked | |
| 45 | Schlumberger (Qatar)Company | 69 | not ranked | |
| 46 | Shell (Qatar)Company | 67 | not ranked | |
| 47 | Gulf English SchoolUniversity | 66 | not ranked | |
| 48 | Maersk (Qatar)Company | 60 | not ranked | |
| 49 | American School of DohaUniversity | 48 | not ranked | |
| 50 | Iberdrola (Qatar)Company | 46 | not ranked | |
| 51 | Mada Assistive Technology CentreNonprofit | 39 | not ranked | |
| 52 | Qatar MuseumsArchive | 36 | not ranked | |
| 53 | Equine Veterinary Medical CenterHospital / health system | 36 | not ranked | |
| 54 | Infrastructure Research & Development (Qatar)Company | 36 | not ranked | |
| 55 | Gulf Organisation for Research & DevelopmentNonprofit | 35 | not ranked | |
| 56 | Ooredoo (Qatar)Company | 34 | not ranked | |
| 57 | AshghalGovernment institution | 32 | not ranked | |
| 58 | Halliburton (Qatar)Company | 30 | not ranked | |
| 59 | ConocoPhillips (Qatar)Company | 30 | not ranked | |
| 60 | Al Emadi HospitalHospital / health system | 29 | not ranked |
By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022–2025. 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.
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What is Doha strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Doha is most concentrated in General Energy, Geriatrics and Gerontology and Family Practice (4.7× the world share in General Energy).
- General EnergySubfield · 23.1 works4.7×
- Geriatrics and GerontologySubfield · 72.7 works3.8×
- Family PracticeSubfield · 29.8 works3.5×
- Applied Microbiology and BiotechnologySubfield · 28.5 works3.2×
- Energy Engineering and Power TechnologySubfield · 58.1 works3.0×
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.
Which keywords describe research in Doha?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Renewable Energy, Sustainability, Healthcare, Inflammation and Cardiovascular Disease.
- Genocide
- Guanxi
- Human Resource Management
- ACE2 Receptor
- Social Networks
- SARS-CoV-2
- Risk Management
- Security
- Management
- Depression
- Risk Factors
- Mental Health
- Pandemic
- Oxidative Stress
- Treatment
- Quality of Life
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Inflammation
- Sustainability
- Machine Learning
- Epidemiology
- Deep Learning
- Renewable Energy
- Healthcare
- COVID-19
- Environmental Impact
- Public Health
- Diagnosis
- Neural Networks
- Metabolic Syndrome
- Supply Chain Management
- Energy Efficiency
- Internet of Things
- Mortality
- Complications
- Smart Grid
- Renewable Energy Integration
- Middle East
- Localization
- Wasta
Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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
- Epidemiology1,075▲ 1.50×136 topics
- Machine Learning782▲ 1.32×92 topics
- Deep Learning712◆ 1.15×83 topics
- Sustainability509▲ 1.16×99 topics
- Renewable Energy498▲ 1.91×49 topics
- Inflammation457▲ 1.22×83 topics
- Healthcare359▲ 1.77×37 topics
- Cardiovascular Disease350▲ 1.74×39 topics
- COVID-19349▲ 1.42×32 topics
- Quality of Life343▲ 1.32×57 topics
- Environmental Impact338◆ 1.10×63 topics
- Treatment332▲ 1.52×52 topics
- Public Health317▲ 1.21×64 topics
- Oxidative Stress304◆ 1.03×63 topics
- Diagnosis302▲ 1.80×41 topics
- Pandemic290▲ 1.50×13 topics
- Neural Networks280◆ 1.01×41 topics
- Mental Health279◆ 1.06×46 topics
- Metabolic Syndrome277▲ 1.88×24 topics
- Risk Factors276▲ 1.39×37 topics
- Supply Chain Management256▲ 1.52×24 topics
- Depression250▲ 1.58×26 topics
- Energy Efficiency233▲ 1.37×39 topics
- Management214▲ 1.51×37 topics
- Internet of Things213▲ 1.36×28 topics
- Security210▲ 1.78×25 topics
- Mortality206▲ 1.98×13 topics
- Risk Management204▲ 2.3×18 topics
- Complications188▲ 2.1×17 topics
- SARS-CoV-2177▲ 3.0×6 topics
- Smart Grid171▲ 2.5×10 topics
- Social Networks162▲ 3.4×12 topics
- Renewable Energy Integration161▲ 2.6×5 topics
- ACE2 Receptor141▲ 3.2×3 topics
- Middle East138▲ 12×2 topics
- Human Resource Management126▲ 4.5×5 topics
- Localization125▲ 5.7×4 topics
- Guanxi113▲ 28×1 topic
- Wasta113▲ 28×1 topic
- Genocide93▲ 9.2×3 topics
What research is done in Doha?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Socioeconomic Development in MENASociology and Political Science 113 works
- 2 Islamic Finance and Banking StudiesAccounting 88 works
- 3 Blockchain Technology Applications and SecurityInformation Systems 73 works
- 4 Middle East and Rwanda ConflictsSociology and Political Science 73 works
- 5 COVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesInfectious Diseases 68 works
- 6 Islamic Studies and HistoryPolitical Science and International Relations 66 works
- 7 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and EducationHealth Informatics 64 works
- 8 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 ResearchInfectious Diseases 62 works
- 9 COVID-19 and Mental HealthClinical Psychology 62 works
- 10 Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient OutcomesGeriatrics and Gerontology 59 works
Research output over time
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