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Research in Erbil

Science Explorer records 10 research institutions in Erbil, Iraq. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Koya University, Tishk International University and Kurdistan Regional Government.

Research institutions
10
8 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
17k
▲ 100% vs 2018-21
Citations
99k
5.9 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
10.6%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1952-2026
75 years on the record
Erbil

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 Erbil?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Salahaddin University-ErbilUniversity 6,189 #7,702
2Hawler Medical UniversityUniversity 2,422 #18,001
3Kurdistan Regional GovernmentGovernment institution 1,749 #4,563
4Tishk International UniversityUniversity 1,735 #4,127
5Koya UniversityUniversity 1,702 #3,778
6Cihan University-ErbilUniversity 1,197 #5,120
7University of Kurdistan HewlerUniversity 895 #5,586
8Lebanese French UniversityUniversity 807 #6,652
9British Royal UniversityUniversity 8 not ranked
10Middle East Research InstituteNonprofit 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.

Salahaddin University-Erbil: 37.0%Hawler Medical University: 14.5%Kurdistan Regional Government: 10.5%Tishk International University: 10.4%6 others listed: 27.6%37%largest
Salahaddin University-Erbil6,189 · 37.0%Hawler Medical University2,422 · 14.5%Kurdistan Regional Government1,749 · 10.5%Tishk International University1,735 · 10.4%6 others listed4,614 · 27.6%

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

Which fields of science does Erbil work in?

In 2022-now, 35% of research in Erbil is in Social Sciences, 33% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (17%), Medicine (15%), Engineering (12%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 3,420 fractional works · 34.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,667 fractional works · 16.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 476 fractional works · 4.8% of its workEducation: 449 fractional works · 4.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 312 fractional works · 3.2% of its workTransportation: 145 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCommunication: 40 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 37 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLaw: 36 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnthropology: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 24 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLinguistics and Language: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 68 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 657 fractional works · 6.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 202 fractional works · 2.0% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 185 fractional works · 1.9% of its workArcheology: 88 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhilosophy: 52 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMuseology: 39 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReligious studies: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 63 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 407 fractional works · 4.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 140 fractional works · 1.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 121 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 73 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 62 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 331 fractional works · 3.3% of its workAccounting: 137 fractional works · 1.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 66 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 42 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 39 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 249 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 195 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFinance: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 109 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 68 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 24 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 3,296 fractional works · 33.3% of its workEngineering: 1,194 fractional works · 12.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 203 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 185 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 181 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 141 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 116 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 115 fractional works · 1.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 47 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 45 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 36 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 24 fractional works · 0.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 630 fractional works · 6.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 225 fractional works · 2.3% of its workInformation Systems: 152 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 84 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 71 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 41 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 58 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 476 fractional works · 4.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 84 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 84 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 66 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 61 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 52 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 45 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 36 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 305 fractional works · 3.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 188 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 49 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomaterials: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 236 fractional works · 2.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 129 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 61 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 46 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 144 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 40 fractional works · 0.4% of its workModeling and Simulation: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNumerical Analysis: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 53 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 103 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeophysics: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 82 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 97 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 42 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 85 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 69 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 24 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 1,935 fractional works · 19.6% of its workMedicine: 1,486 fractional works · 15.0% of its workSurgery: 178 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEpidemiology: 111 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 97 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 89 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOncology: 83 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 79 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 77 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 68 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 58 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 55 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 53 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 53 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 44 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 36 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 34 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 33 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 24 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDermatology: 24 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGenetics: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 210 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHealth Professions: 226 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 88 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 33 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Information Management: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 41 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 152 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOral Surgery: 54 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthodontics: 40 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPeriodontics: 39 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 64 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 60 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 1,245 fractional works · 12.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 577 fractional works · 5.8% of its workPlant Science: 234 fractional works · 2.4% of its workFood Science: 84 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 56 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 46 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSoil Science: 40 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 35 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInsect Science: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 24 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAquatic Science: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 435 fractional works · 4.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 209 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGenetics: 66 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCancer Research: 60 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMolecular Medicine: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 74 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 100 fractional works · 1.0% of its workImmunology: 52 fractional works · 0.5% of its workParasitology: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 74 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 59 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 38 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKErbil9,895fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences33%Health Sciences20%Social Sciences35%

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. Social Sciences3,42034.6%
    1. Social Sciences1,66716.8%
    2. Arts and Humanities6576.6%
    3. Psychology4074.1%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting3313.3%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2492.5%
    6. Decision Sciences1091.1%
    1. Engineering1,19412.1%
    2. Computer Science6306.4%
    3. Environmental Science4764.8%
    4. Materials Science3053.1%
    5. Chemistry2362.4%
    6. Mathematics1441.5%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences1031.0%
    8. Physics and Astronomy971.0%
    9. Energy850.9%
    10. Chemical Engineering240.2%
  3. Health Sciences1,93519.6%
    1. Medicine1,48615.0%
    2. Health Professions2262.3%
    3. Dentistry1521.5%
    4. Nursing640.6%
    5. Veterinary70.1%
  4. Life Sciences1,24512.6%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences5775.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4354.4%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology1001.0%
    4. Neuroscience740.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics590.6%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Erbil strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Erbil is most concentrated in Transportation, Language and Linguistics and Literature and Literary Theory (4.6× the world share in Transportation).

  1. TransportationSubfield · 135.1 works4.6×
  2. Language and LinguisticsSubfield · 172.0 works4.4×
  3. Literature and Literary TheorySubfield · 186.6 works3.9×
  4. OrthodonticsSubfield · 36.1 works3.6×
  5. MuseologySubfield · 37.1 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: 1.25× its world share, 528 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.80× its world share, 381 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.93× its world share, 84 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.45× its world share, 65 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.67× its world share, 52 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.63× its world share, 20 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.47× its world share, 205 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.82× its world share, 570 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.66× its world share, 92 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.95× its world share, 78 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.81× its world share, 1,077 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.93× its world share, 412 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.85× its world share, 262 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.27× its world share, 133 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.45× its world share, 89 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 3.21× its world share, 139 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.86× its world share, 200 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.77× its world share, 1,320 worksMedicineNursing: 1.24× its world share, 54 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.49× its world share, 6 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.37× its world share, 609 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.05× its world share, 301 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.15× its world share, 99 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.19× its world share, 226 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.38× its world share, 373 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.35× its world share, 1,514 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 3.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Dentistry3.21×139 works
  2. Arts and Humanities2.37×609 works
  3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.67×52 works
  4. Chemistry1.47×205 works
  5. Psychology1.38×373 works
  6. Social Sciences1.35×1,514 works
  7. Mathematics1.27×133 works
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.25×528 works
  9. Nursing1.24×54 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.19×226 works
  11. Decision Sciences1.15×99 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting1.05×301 works
  13. Energy0.95×78 works
  14. Immunology and Microbiology0.93×84 works
  15. Environmental Science0.93×412 works
  16. Health Professions0.86×200 works
  17. Materials Science0.85×262 works
  18. Computer Science0.82×570 works
  19. Engineering0.81×1,077 works
  20. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.80×381 works
  21. Medicine0.77×1,320 works
  22. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.66×92 works
  23. Chemical Engineering0.63×20 works
  24. Veterinary0.49×6 works
  25. Neuroscience0.45×65 works
  26. Physics and Astronomy0.45×89 works

Which keywords describe research in Erbil?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Islam, Culture, Social Influence, Malay Language, Sharia Law, Literature, Science and Ethnicity.

▲ 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. Epidemiology357◆ 0.90×127 topics
  2. Machine Learning348◆ 1.06×92 topics
  3. Globalization335▲ 1.72×103 topics
  4. Culture257▲ 5.0×26 topics
  5. Education238▲ 1.40×90 topics
  6. Islam229▲ 11×4 topics
  7. Literature223▲ 4.1×39 topics
  8. Mental Health218▲ 1.54×38 topics
  9. History199▲ 2.9×27 topics
  10. Ethnicity191▲ 5.2×16 topics
  11. Philosophy190▲ 4.3×22 topics
  12. Cultural Heritage185▲ 3.5×23 topics
  13. Teacher Training182▲ 3.0×18 topics
  14. Science172▲ 7.1×6 topics
  15. Social Influence172▲ 8.2×3 topics
  16. Malay Language170▲ 12×1 topic
  17. Sharia Law170▲ 12×1 topic
  18. Language Teaching155▲ 5.9×8 topics
  19. Antioxidant155▲ 2.3×51 topics
  20. Economic Security144▲ 6.9×6 topics
  21. Legal Regulation142▲ 6.4×8 topics
  22. Modernization134▲ 7.4×2 topics
  23. Feminism134▲ 4.6×16 topics
  24. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles134▲ 7.2×4 topics
  25. Design133▲ 8.2×5 topics
  26. Strategic Planning133▲ 9.2×4 topics
  27. International Trade Law132▲ 10×2 topics
  28. Foresight131▲ 10×2 topics
  29. Public Oversight131▲ 11×1 topic
  30. Transport Policy131▲ 11×1 topic
  31. Air Force131▲ 11×1 topic
  32. Warfare131▲ 11×1 topic
  33. Gender Equality111▲ 4.0×13 topics
  34. Middle East104▲ 17×2 topics
  35. Ottoman Empire97▲ 14×3 topics
  36. Secularism90▲ 8.9×4 topics
  37. Empire88▲ 10×2 topics
  38. Hermeneutics88▲ 11×2 topics
  39. Iran88▲ 21×1 topic
  40. Islamic reform88▲ 21×1 topic

What research is done in Erbil?

Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 160 fractional worksLegal and Regulatory Analysis: 122 fractional worksMilitary Technology and …122Military Technology and Strategies: 122 fractional worksIslamic Studies and Hist…80Islamic Studies and History: 80 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Banking Studies: 78 fractional worksEducation and Islamic Studies: 69 fractional worksFamilies in Therapy and …62Families in Therapy and Culture: 62 fractional worksTurkey's Politics and Society: 52 fractional worksTechnology-Enhanced Education Studies: 46 fractional worksEFL/ESL Teaching and Learning: 46 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceTransportationAerospace EngineeringPolitical Science and International Relations4 others

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

  1. 1 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 160 works
  2. 2 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 122 works
  3. 3 Military Technology and Strategies Aerospace Engineering 122 works
  4. 4 Islamic Studies and History Political Science and International Relations 80 works
  5. 5 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 78 works
  6. 6 Education and Islamic Studies Education 69 works
  7. 7 Families in Therapy and Culture Social Psychology 62 works
  8. 8 Turkey's Politics and Society Political Science and International Relations 52 works
  9. 9 Technology-Enhanced Education Studies Education 46 works
  10. 10 EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning Language and Linguistics 46 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 counting5%10%15%Erbil12.1% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 12.1% in 2025.

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