Research in Jerusalem
Science Explorer records 67 research institutions in Jerusalem, Israel. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel Ministry of Health and Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies.
- Research institutions
- 67 15 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 120k ▲ 9% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 3.8M 31.5 per fractional work, all time
- Top-10% rate, 2022-now
- 18.8% 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 Jerusalem?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hebrew University of JerusalemUniversity | 100,144 | #160 | |
| 2 | Hadassah Academic CollegeUniversity | 6,962 | #8,256 | |
| 3 | Jerusalem College of TechnologyUniversity | 1,762 | #7,155 | |
| 4 | Israel Ministry of HealthGovernment institution | 1,760 | #6,024 | |
| 5 | Israel Antiquities AuthorityGovernment institution | 1,463 | #7,279 | |
| 6 | Office of the Chief ScientistGovernment institution | 1,346 | #9,994 | |
| 7 | Geological Survey of IsraelGovernment institution | 1,257 | #13,427 | |
| 8 | Jerusalem Institute for Israel StudiesNonprofit | 823 | #6,647 | |
| 9 | Ministry of Social Affairs and Social ServicesGovernment institution | 700 | #15,312 | |
| 10 | National Library of IsraelArchive | 602 | #18,323 | |
| 11 | Israel Water AuthorityGovernment institution | 538 | #17,051 all time | |
| 12 | Herzog HospitalHospital / health system | 474 | #17,179 all time | |
| 13 | Azrieli College of Engineering JerusalemUniversity | 448 | #12,987 | |
| 14 | Lander InstituteUniversity | 406 | #12,628 | |
| 15 | Dead Sea and Arava Science CenterNonprofit | 355 | #19,793 | |
| 16 | Tissue Dynamics (Israel)Company | 327 | #13,004 all time | |
| 17 | David Yellin College of EducationUniversity | 303 | #20,275 | |
| 18 | Van Leer Jerusalem InstituteUniversity | 296 | #21,996 | |
| 19 | Myers-JDC-Brookdale InstituteNonprofit | 269 | #23,262 all time | |
| 20 | Ministry of Environmental ProtectionGovernment institution | 264 | #23,723 all time | |
| 21 | Jerusalem University CollegeUniversity | 231 | #23,835 all time | |
| 22 | Bezalel Academy of Arts and DesignUniversity | 177 | #21,011 | |
| 23 | Herzog CollegeUniversity | 152 | #22,151 | |
| 24 | Misgav LadachHospital / health system | 141 | #33,394 all time | |
| 25 | Schechter Institute of Jewish StudiesUniversity | 127 | #33,324 all time | |
| 26 | École Biblique et Archéologique Française de JérusalemUniversity | 108 | not ranked | |
| 27 | Shalem CollegeUniversity | 103 | not ranked | |
| 28 | Alyn HospitalHospital / health system | 91 | not ranked | |
| 29 | Al-Makassed Islamic Charitable Society HospitalHospital / health system | 91 | not ranked | |
| 30 | Augusta Victoria HospitalHospital / health system | 80 | not ranked | |
| 31 | Shalom Hartman InstituteCompany | 74 | not ranked | |
| 32 | Council for Higher EducationGovernment institution | 73 | not ranked | |
| 33 | Center for Jewish–Christian Understanding and CooperationUniversity | 67 | not ranked | |
| 34 | National Institute for Testing and EvaluationNonprofit | 66 | not ranked | |
| 35 | Ministry of EconomyGovernment institution | 59 | not ranked | |
| 36 | Israel Institute for Advanced StudiesResearch facility | 58 | not ranked | |
| 37 | St John of Jerusalem Eye Hospital GroupHospital / health system | 57 | not ranked | |
| 38 | Israel Academy of Sciences and HumanitiesGovernment institution | 56 | not ranked | |
| 39 | The Jerusalem Academy of Music and DanceUniversity | 54 | not ranked | |
| 40 | W. F. Albright Institute of Archaeological ResearchResearch facility | 46 | not ranked | |
| 41 | Gamida Cell (Israel)Company | 36 | not ranked | |
| 42 | Yad Ben ZviArchive | 24 | not ranked | |
| 43 | Haruv InstituteResearch facility | 24 | not ranked | |
| 44 | Israeli Centers for Research ExcellenceGovernment institution | 23 | not ranked | |
| 45 | Nanonics Imaging (Israel)Company | 16 | not ranked | |
| 46 | Jerusalem Film and Television SchoolUniversity | 15 | not ranked | |
| 47 | Ministry of FinanceGovernment institution | 11 | not ranked | |
| 48 | Bloomfield Science Museum JerusalemArchive | 9 | not ranked | |
| 49 | German Protestant Institute of ArchaeologyResearch facility | 7 | not ranked | |
| 50 | National Council for Civilian Research and DevelopmentGovernment institution | 7 | not ranked | |
| 51 | Jewish Agency for IsraelNonprofit | 6 | not ranked | |
| 52 | IP Israel Patents (Israel)Company | 6 | not ranked | |
| 53 | Immunovative Therapies (Israel)Company | 5 | not ranked | |
| 54 | The Historical Society of IsraelInstitution | 5 | not ranked | |
| 55 | Alomone Labs (Israel)Company | 4 | not ranked | |
| 56 | Ministry of Innovation, Science and TechnologyGovernment institution | 4 | not ranked | |
| 57 | Bethlehem Arab Society for RehabilitationNonprofit | 4 | not ranked | |
| 58 | Intec Pharma (Israel)Company | 3 | not ranked | |
| 59 | The School of Visual TheatreUniversity | 3 | not ranked | |
| 60 | Israel Science FoundationNonprofit | 2 | 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 Jerusalem work in?
In 2022-now, 32% of research in Jerusalem is in Social Sciences, 28% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (25%), Social Sciences (14%), Arts and Humanities (9%). It does 1.3× 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
- Social Sciences5,28231.7%
- Social Sciences2,32313.9%
- Arts and Humanities1,5769.5%
- Psychology8495.1%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance2411.4%
- Business, Management and Accounting1871.1%
- Decision Sciences1070.6%
- Health Sciences4,68128.1%
- Medicine4,09624.6%
- Health Professions3912.3%
- Dentistry940.6%
- Nursing690.4%
- Veterinary310.2%
- Physical Sciences3,94923.7%
- Environmental Science7484.5%
- Engineering6784.1%
- Computer Science6503.9%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences5543.3%
- Physics and Astronomy5533.3%
- Mathematics2871.7%
- Materials Science2461.5%
- Chemistry1761.1%
- Energy380.2%
- Chemical Engineering220.1%
- Life Sciences2,74816.5%
What is Jerusalem strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Jerusalem is most concentrated in Archeology, Space and Planetary Science and Paleontology (19.5× the world share in Archeology).
- ArcheologySubfield · 832.6 works20×
- Space and Planetary ScienceSubfield · 45.6 works16×
- PaleontologySubfield · 90.9 works5.3×
- Religious studiesSubfield · 104.8 works4.4×
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: Arts and Humanities, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Arts and Humanities3.46×1,417 works
- Neuroscience1.99×458 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences1.84×409 works
- Psychology1.69×729 works
- Physics and Astronomy1.59×500 works
- Mathematics1.53×255 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.52×1,146 works
- Veterinary1.49×29 works
- Medicine1.30×3,534 works
- Immunology and Microbiology1.28×183 works
- Dentistry1.22×84 works
- Social Sciences1.16×2,079 works
- Health Professions0.88×329 works
- Nursing0.86×60 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.78×39 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.73×221 works
- Chemistry0.72×159 works
- Decision Sciences0.65×89 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.63×427 works
- Environmental Science0.58×409 works
- Computer Science0.52×570 works
- Materials Science0.44×217 works
- Chemical Engineering0.42×21 works
- Business, Management and Accounting0.37×167 works
- Engineering0.29×606 works
- Energy0.24×31 works
Which keywords describe research in Jerusalem?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Palestine, Archaeological Evidence, Semitic Languages, Archaeology, Urban Development, Arabia, Byzantine and Epidemiology.
- Mediterranean Sea
- Pottery Production
- Roman Economy
- Bronze Age
- Ancient Egypt
- Ecosystem Functioning
- Bilingualism
- Segregation
- Cultural Exchange
- Invasive Species
- Mediterranean
- Discrimination
- Biodiversity
- Nationalism
- Byzantine
- Archaeology
- Semitic Languages
- Inflammation
- Urban Development
- Palestine
- Epidemiology
- Climate Change
- Archaeological Evidence
- Human Rights
- Mental Health
- Arabia
- Religion
- Quality of Life
- Israel
- Conservation
- Occupation
- Ethnic Identity
- Settler Colonialism
- Intifada
- Linguistics
- Social Organization
- Coptic Language
- Biological Invasions
- Cyprus
- Marine Invasions
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
- Epidemiology876▲ 1.32×135 topics
- Palestine548▲ 60×2 topics
- Climate Change538▲ 1.19×107 topics
- Urban Development393▲ 6.7×16 topics
- Archaeological Evidence378▲ 49×2 topics
- Inflammation377◆ 1.06×83 topics
- Human Rights375▲ 2.2×70 topics
- Semitic Languages375▲ 56×2 topics
- Mental Health373▲ 1.57×43 topics
- Archaeology370▲ 17×10 topics
- Arabia360▲ 78×1 topic
- Byzantine360▲ 78×1 topic
- Religion322▲ 4.2×37 topics
- Nationalism318▲ 4.3×31 topics
- Quality of Life316▲ 1.31×55 topics
- Biodiversity272▲ 2.1×32 topics
- Israel248▲ 44×2 topics
- Discrimination223▲ 6.4×7 topics
- Conservation215▲ 3.0×21 topics
- Mediterranean200▲ 13×6 topics
- Occupation197▲ 19×3 topics
- Invasive Species197▲ 2.8×21 topics
- Ethnic Identity196▲ 11×5 topics
- Cultural Exchange189▲ 9.0×10 topics
- Settler Colonialism188▲ 27×2 topics
- Segregation188▲ 15×2 topics
- Intifada188▲ 42×1 topic
- Bilingualism181▲ 7.9×6 topics
- Linguistics170▲ 6.5×6 topics
- Ecosystem Functioning159▲ 4.6×7 topics
- Social Organization156▲ 48×2 topics
- Ancient Egypt155▲ 104×1 topic
- Coptic Language155▲ 104×1 topic
- Bronze Age151▲ 23×3 topics
- Biological Invasions145▲ 9.6×3 topics
- Roman Economy145▲ 23×2 topics
- Cyprus140▲ 45×1 topic
- Pottery Production140▲ 45×1 topic
- Marine Invasions135▲ 50×1 topic
- Mediterranean Sea135▲ 50×1 topic
What research is done in Jerusalem?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Archaeology and Historical Studies Archeology 334 works
- 2 Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies Sociology and Political Science 172 works
- 3 Ancient Egypt and Archaeology Archeology 151 works
- 4 Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History Archeology 134 works
- 5 Ancient Near East History Archeology 90 works
- 6 Biblical Studies and Interpretation Religious studies 86 works
- 7 Archaeology and ancient environmental studies Paleontology 73 works
- 8 Jewish Identity and Society Demography 53 works
- 9 Eurasian Exchange Networks Anthropology 48 works
- 10 Archaeological Research and Protection Space and Planetary Science 46 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 29.3% in 2007.
Questions people ask
What are the best universities in Jerusalem for research?
Science Explorer records 67 research institutions in Jerusalem, Israel. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel Ministry of Health and Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies.
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