Research in Dubai
Science Explorer records 39 research institutions in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Dubai, British University in Dubai and Canadian University of Dubai.
- Research institutions
- 39 15 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 27k ▲ 72% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 244k 8.9 per fractional work, all time
- Top-10% rate, 2022-now
- 16.9% 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 Dubai?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Central Veterinary Research LaboratoryResearch facility | 1,487 | #20,979 | |
| 2 | University of DubaiUniversity | 1,380 | #2,260 | |
| 3 | Dubai HospitalHospital / health system | 1,281 | #12,493 | |
| 4 | University of Modern SciencesUniversity | 1,224 | #9,857 | |
| 5 | British University in DubaiUniversity | 1,185 | #3,074 | |
| 6 | Dubai Health AuthorityGovernment institution | 1,167 | #7,121 | |
| 7 | Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health SciencesUniversity | 863 | #5,916 | |
| 8 | Canadian University of DubaiUniversity | 733 | #4,156 | |
| 9 | American University in DubaiUniversity | 715 | #7,934 | |
| 10 | American University in the EmiratesUniversity | 683 | #5,853 | |
| 11 | Synergy University DubaiUniversity | 675 | #6,056 | |
| 12 | Rashid HospitalHospital / health system | 664 | #16,771 | |
| 13 | College of Islamic and Arabic StudiesUniversity | 537 | #15,020 | |
| 14 | Dubai Medical CollegeUniversity | 520 | #12,664 | |
| 15 | Heriot-Watt University DubaiUniversity | 509 | #8,245 | |
| 16 | Hamdan Bin Mohammed Smart UniversityUniversity | 508 | #6,411 | |
| 17 | Rochester Institute of Technology - DubaiUniversity | 452 | #6,917 | |
| 18 | Mediclinic City HospitalHospital / health system | 382 | #13,534 | |
| 19 | Latifa HospitalHospital / health system | 380 | #14,246 | |
| 20 | Dubai Pharmacy CollegeUniversity | 310 | #12,821 | |
| 21 | Middlesex University DubaiUniversity | 310 | #13,768 | |
| 22 | Mohammed Bin Rashid School of GovernmentUniversity | 218 | #14,249 | |
| 23 | Al Ghurair UniversityUniversity | 204 | #23,198 all time | |
| 24 | Al Jalila FoundationNonprofit | 190 | #20,699 | |
| 25 | International Center for Biosaline AgricultureNonprofit | 179 | #28,286 all time | |
| 26 | Emirates Aviation UniversityUniversity | 170 | #15,874 | |
| 27 | European University CollegeUniversity | 122 | #30,283 all time | |
| 28 | Jumeira UniversityUniversity | 110 | not ranked | |
| 29 | Thumbay Group (United Arab Emirates)Company | 99 | not ranked | |
| 30 | Emirates Academy of Hospitality ManagementInstitution | 69 | not ranked | |
| 31 | American College of DubaiUniversity | 62 | not ranked | |
| 32 | University of JazeeraUniversity | 54 | not ranked | |
| 33 | Elasmo ProjectNonprofit | 27 | not ranked | |
| 34 | Centre for Arab Genomic StudiesNonprofit | 20 | not ranked | |
| 35 | Dr. Humeira Badsha Medical CenterHospital / health system | 14 | not ranked | |
| 36 | Kalam Research and MediaInstitution | 9 | not ranked | |
| 37 | Dubai International Financial CentreInstitution | 8 | not ranked | |
| 38 | Emirates NBDInstitution | 2 | not ranked | |
| 39 | Gulf Heart AssociationInstitution | 1 | 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which fields of science does Dubai work in?
In 2022-now, 34% of research in Dubai is in Physical Sciences, 34% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (19%), Social Sciences (14%), Computer Science (13%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Social 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
- Physical Sciences4,66634.5%
- Computer Science1,82613.5%
- Engineering1,65412.2%
- Environmental Science5163.8%
- Materials Science2141.6%
- Energy1371.0%
- Physics and Astronomy960.7%
- Chemistry870.6%
- Mathematics660.5%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences530.4%
- Chemical Engineering180.1%
- Social Sciences4,60334.0%
- Social Sciences1,83013.5%
- Business, Management and Accounting1,1118.2%
- Psychology4933.6%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance4423.3%
- Arts and Humanities4103.0%
- Decision Sciences3172.3%
- Health Sciences3,09122.8%
- Medicine2,56018.9%
- Health Professions3542.6%
- Dentistry960.7%
- Nursing620.5%
- Veterinary200.1%
- Life Sciences1,1808.7%
What is Dubai strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Dubai is most concentrated in Health Informatics, Classics and Management Information Systems (4.1× the world share in Health Informatics).
- Health InformaticsSubfield · 55.2 works4.1×
- ClassicsSubfield · 23.4 works3.5×
- Management Information SystemsSubfield · 154.1 works3.4×
- MarketingSubfield · 136.9 works2.9×
- Information Systems and ManagementSubfield · 90.7 works2.9×
- Management Science and Operations ResearchSubfield · 151.0 works2.8×
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: Business, Management and Accounting, 2.5×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Business, Management and Accounting2.52×905 works
- Decision Sciences2.39×257 works
- Computer Science1.74×1,506 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.60×382 works
- Dentistry1.47×80 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.30×51 works
- Veterinary1.18×18 works
- Energy1.16×119 works
- Psychology1.12×380 works
- Health Professions1.03×303 works
- Arts and Humanities1.03×333 works
- Social Sciences1.01×1,424 works
- Medicine1.00×2,142 works
- Nursing0.98×53 works
- Engineering0.86×1,431 works
- Environmental Science0.77×424 works
- Neuroscience0.71×129 works
- Immunology and Microbiology0.64×72 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.63×332 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.62×371 works
- Mathematics0.46×60 works
- Materials Science0.43×168 works
- Chemistry0.42×74 works
- Chemical Engineering0.35×14 works
- Physics and Astronomy0.30×74 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences0.26×46 works
Which keywords describe research in Dubai?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Supply Chain Management, Healthcare, Artificial Intelligence, Smart Cities, Sustainability and Big Data.
- Energy Sector
- Smart Contracts
- Human Resource Management
- Social Media Marketing
- Privacy
- Social Capital
- Medical Imaging
- Convolutional Neural Networks
- Data Mining
- Corporate Governance
- Risk Management
- Digital Transformation
- Education
- Security
- Social Media
- Neural Networks
- Big Data
- Supply Chain Management
- Healthcare
- Deep Learning
- Machine Learning
- Sustainability
- Epidemiology
- Artificial Intelligence
- Internet of Things
- Globalization
- Renewable Energy
- COVID-19
- Smart Cities
- IoT
- Customer Satisfaction
- Organizational Performance
- Consumer Behavior
- Knowledge Management
- IoT Security
- Leadership
- Cybersecurity
- Social Networks
- Big Data Analytics
- Cryptocurrencies
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
- Machine Learning1,120▲ 2.5×94 topics
- Deep Learning920▲ 1.97×85 topics
- Sustainability526▲ 1.59×111 topics
- Healthcare526▲ 3.4×33 topics
- Epidemiology524◆ 0.97×136 topics
- Supply Chain Management494▲ 4.1×25 topics
- Artificial Intelligence464▲ 2.4×58 topics
- Big Data367▲ 2.8×30 topics
- Internet of Things349▲ 3.0×30 topics
- Neural Networks325▲ 1.55×41 topics
- Globalization311▲ 1.17×133 topics
- Social Media306▲ 1.64×38 topics
- Renewable Energy292▲ 1.49×50 topics
- Security279▲ 3.1×29 topics
- COVID-19258▲ 1.47×33 topics
- Education252◆ 1.08×97 topics
- Smart Cities252▲ 7.0×8 topics
- Digital Transformation239▲ 3.3×26 topics
- IoT237▲ 4.7×18 topics
- Risk Management224▲ 3.5×17 topics
- Customer Satisfaction223▲ 5.2×10 topics
- Corporate Governance212▲ 2.1×30 topics
- Organizational Performance212▲ 6.0×12 topics
- Data Mining210▲ 2.1×23 topics
- Consumer Behavior201▲ 2.4×19 topics
- Convolutional Neural Networks194▲ 1.96×14 topics
- Knowledge Management190▲ 2.5×31 topics
- Medical Imaging172▲ 2.4×9 topics
- IoT Security162▲ 3.9×3 topics
- Social Capital160▲ 2.3×21 topics
- Leadership158▲ 2.4×33 topics
- Privacy144▲ 3.7×10 topics
- Cybersecurity142▲ 4.2×6 topics
- Social Media Marketing133▲ 20×1 topic
- Social Networks133▲ 3.6×13 topics
- Human Resource Management127▲ 6.1×8 topics
- Big Data Analytics125▲ 4.3×5 topics
- Smart Contracts104▲ 4.9×2 topics
- Cryptocurrencies100▲ 5.5×1 topic
- Energy Sector100▲ 5.5×1 topic
What research is done in Dubai?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Organizational and Employee Performance Artificial Intelligence 109 works
- 2 Blockchain Technology Applications and Security Information Systems 92 works
- 3 Socioeconomic Development in MENA Sociology and Political Science 68 works
- 4 Network Security and Intrusion Detection Computer Networks and Communications 65 works
- 5 Technology Adoption and User Behaviour Information Systems and Management 60 works
- 6 Digital Marketing and Social Media Sociology and Political Science 60 works
- 7 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 59 works
- 8 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 55 works
- 9 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Health Information Management 50 works
- 10 COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Economics and Econometrics 48 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 20.6% in 2009.
Questions people ask
What are the best universities in Dubai for research?
Science Explorer records 39 research institutions in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Dubai, British University in Dubai and Canadian University of Dubai.
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