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Research in Helwan

Science Explorer records 2 research institutions in Helwan, Egypt. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics and Behman Hospital.

Research institutions
2
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
1.6k
▲ 37% vs 2018-21
Citations
18k
10.9 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
17.8%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1959-2026
68 years on the record
Helwan

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 Helwan?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1National Research Institute of Astronomy and GeophysicsResearch facility 1,485 #9,668
2Behman HospitalHospital / health system 164 #22,162

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.

Which fields of science does Helwan work in?

In 2022-now, 84% of research in Helwan is in Physical Sciences, 11% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Earth and Planetary Sciences (26%), Physics and Astronomy (21%), Engineering (17%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 420 fractional works · 84.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 129 fractional works · 25.8% of its workGeophysics: 105 fractional works · 21.1% of its workOceanography: 10 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAtmospheric Science: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpace and Planetary Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 106 fractional works · 21.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 76 fractional works · 15.3% of its workInstrumentation: 12 fractional works · 2.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 8 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 84 fractional works · 16.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 18 fractional works · 3.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 15 fractional works · 3.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 14 fractional works · 2.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 9 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 8 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Mechanics: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 42 fractional works · 8.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 36 fractional works · 7.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 23 fractional works · 4.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 8 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 7 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 18 fractional works · 3.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 7 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 11 fractional works · 2.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 11 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workModeling and Simulation: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBioengineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 54 fractional works · 10.8% of its workMedicine: 40 fractional works · 8.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSurgery: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDentistry: 7 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPeriodontics: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOral Surgery: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 13 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArcheology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 12 fractional works · 2.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKHelwan499fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences84%Health Sciences11%Social Sciences3%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Earth and Planetary Sciences12925.8%
    2. Physics and Astronomy10621.2%
    3. Engineering8416.8%
    4. Computer Science428.5%
    5. Environmental Science234.6%
    6. Materials Science183.5%
    7. Energy112.2%
    8. Mathematics40.8%
    9. Chemistry20.5%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.3%
    1. Medicine408.1%
    2. Dentistry71.4%
    3. Health Professions51.0%
    4. Nursing20.4%
    1. Psychology40.8%
    2. Arts and Humanities30.6%
    3. Decision Sciences20.4%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance20.4%
    5. Social Sciences20.3%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology61.3%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences20.4%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology10.3%
    4. Neuroscience10.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Helwan strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Helwan is most concentrated in Geophysics, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Earth and Planetary Sciences (59.9× the world share in Geophysics).

  1. GeophysicsSubfield · 96.2 works60×
  2. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 70.2 works29×
  3. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 117.2 works16×
  4. Physics and AstronomyField · 97.0 works9.5×
← 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: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.22× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.87× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.31× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.14× its world share, 41 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 16.26× its world share, 117 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.29× its world share, 10 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.11× its world share, 76 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.90× its world share, 21 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.98× its world share, 16 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.69× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 9.49× its world share, 97 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 3.11× its world share, 7 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.33× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.43× its world share, 38 worksMedicineNursing: 0.78× its world share, 2 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.23× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.48× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.28× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 16.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences16.26×117 works
  2. Physics and Astronomy9.49×97 works
  3. Dentistry3.11×7 works
  4. Energy2.29×10 works
  5. Computer Science1.14×41 works
  6. Engineering1.11×76 works
  7. Materials Science0.98×16 works
  8. Environmental Science0.90×21 works
  9. Chemical Engineering0.87×1 works
  10. Nursing0.78×2 works
  11. Mathematics0.69×4 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.48×2 works
  13. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.46×1 works
  14. Medicine0.43×38 works
  15. Health Professions0.33×4 works
  16. Chemistry0.31×2 works
  17. Immunology and Microbiology0.29×1 works
  18. Psychology0.28×4 works
  19. Arts and Humanities0.23×3 works
  20. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.22×5 works
  21. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.19×2 works
  22. Neuroscience0.16×1 works
  23. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.10×2 works
  24. Social Sciences0.02×1 works
  25. Business, Management and Accounting0.01×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Helwan?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Geodetic Measurements, Subduction, Earthquakes, Plate Boundaries, Tomography, Machine Learning, Remote Sensing and Electrical Resistivity Tomography.

▲ 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. Machine Learning40▲ 2.4×33 topics
  2. Geodetic Measurements32▲ 61×2 topics
  3. Subduction28▲ 77×2 topics
  4. Remote Sensing28▲ 4.7×25 topics
  5. Earthquakes26▲ 91×1 topic
  6. Plate Boundaries26▲ 91×1 topic
  7. Tomography26▲ 29×2 topics
  8. Electrical Resistivity Tomography19▲ 139×1 topic
  9. Magnetotelluric Imaging19▲ 139×1 topic
  10. Seismic Noise18▲ 77×1 topic
  11. Surface Wave18▲ 77×1 topic
  12. Exoplanets18▲ 91×1 topic
  13. Ionospheric Anomalies18▲ 95×1 topic
  14. Seismic Electromagnetics18▲ 95×1 topic
  15. Stellar Astrophysics18▲ 91×1 topic
  16. Convolutional Neural Network16▲ 20×3 topics
  17. Citizen Science16▲ 31×2 topics
  18. Earthquake Detection15▲ 147×1 topic
  19. Seismic Signals15▲ 147×1 topic
  20. Star Formation14▲ 51×2 topics
  21. Magnetic Fields14▲ 43×3 topics
  22. Accretion Disks14▲ 57×2 topics
  23. Solar Wind14▲ 30×2 topics
  24. Plate Tectonics13▲ 17×3 topics
  25. Geophysical Surveys12▲ 50×2 topics
  26. Non-Destructive Testing11▲ 24×2 topics
  27. Astronomical Instrumentation11▲ 70×1 topic
  28. Ground-Penetrating Radar11▲ 56×1 topic
  29. Sedimentology11▲ 56×1 topic
  30. Spectrograph11▲ 70×1 topic
  31. Hyperspectral Imaging11▲ 8.3×4 topics
  32. Support Vector Machines11▲ 6.9×3 topics
  33. Molecular Clouds11▲ 82×1 topic
  34. Protoplanetary Disks11▲ 82×1 topic
  35. Geological Mapping11▲ 27×2 topics
  36. Compositional Data Analysis10▲ 33×1 topic
  37. Geophysical Imaging10▲ 39×2 topics
  38. Mineral Prospectivity10▲ 33×1 topic
  39. Hydrological Modeling10▲ 8.7×5 topics
  40. Inverse Problems10▲ 18×2 topics

What research is done in Helwan?

earthquake and tectonic …24earthquake and tectonic studies: 24 fractional worksGeophysical and Geoelect…18Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods: 18 fractional worksSeismic Waves and Analysis17Seismic Waves and Analysis: 17 fractional worksEarthquake Detection and…17Earthquake Detection and Analysis: 17 fractional worksStellar, planetary, and …17Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies: 17 fractional worksSeismology and Earthquak…15Seismology and Earthquake Studies: 15 fractional worksGeophysical Methods and Applications: 11 fractional worksAstrophysics and Star Formation Studies: 10 fractional worksGeochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 10 fractional worksAstronomy and Astrophysical Research: 10 fractional works
GeophysicsAstronomy and AstrophysicsArtificial IntelligenceOcean Engineering1 others

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

  1. 1 earthquake and tectonic studies Geophysics 24 works
  2. 2 Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods Geophysics 18 works
  3. 3 Seismic Waves and Analysis Geophysics 17 works
  4. 4 Earthquake Detection and Analysis Geophysics 17 works
  5. 5 Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 17 works
  6. 6 Seismology and Earthquake Studies Artificial Intelligence 15 works
  7. 7 Geophysical Methods and Applications Ocean Engineering 11 works
  8. 8 Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 10 works
  9. 9 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 10 works
  10. 10 Astronomy and Astrophysical Research Instrumentation 10 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%30%Helwan21.0% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 21.0% in 2025.

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