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Research in Ras al-Khaimah

Science Explorer records 3 research institutions in Ras al-Khaimah, United Arab Emirates. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Ras al-Khaimah Medical and Health Sciences University, American University of Ras Al Khaimah and Ittihad University.

Research institutions
3
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
1.9k
▲ 116% vs 2018-21
Citations
19k
9.9 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
19.8%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1970-2026
57 years on the record
Ras al-Khaimah

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 Ras al-Khaimah?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Ras al-Khaimah Medical and Health Sciences UniversityUniversity 886 #6,396
2American University of Ras Al KhaimahUniversity 879 #8,780
3Ittihad UniversityUniversity 106 #20,558

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 Ras al-Khaimah work in?

In 2022-now, 35% of research in Ras al-Khaimah is in Health Sciences, 30% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (27%), Engineering (12%), Social Sciences (11%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 377 fractional works · 34.5% of its workMedicine: 293 fractional works · 26.8% of its workSurgery: 30 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 20 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEpidemiology: 19 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 18 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 16 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 16 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPhysiology: 15 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 15 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOncology: 14 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 11 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 11 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 10 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacology: 10 fractional works · 0.9% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Informatics: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHematology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReproductive Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNephrology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHepatology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workUrology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGastroenterology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDentistry: 39 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPeriodontics: 13 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOral Surgery: 12 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrthodontics: 10 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Dentistry: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 36 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 17 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Information Management: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNursing: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 326 fractional works · 29.8% of its workEngineering: 134 fractional works · 12.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 30 fractional works · 2.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 21 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 14 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 13 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 12 fractional works · 1.1% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOcean Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 88 fractional works · 8.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 34 fractional works · 3.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 17 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInformation Systems: 15 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 11 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Science Applications: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSignal Processing: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 31 fractional works · 2.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 22 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomaterials: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 16 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 14 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemistry: 14 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpectroscopy: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 10 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 255 fractional works · 23.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 117 fractional works · 10.7% of its workEducation: 51 fractional works · 4.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 32 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGender Studies: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 47 fractional works · 4.3% of its workAccounting: 13 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 12 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMarketing: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 44 fractional works · 4.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 21 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 11 fractional works · 1.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 19 fractional works · 1.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArcheology: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 18 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 15 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 10 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 135 fractional works · 12.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 66 fractional works · 6.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 39 fractional works · 3.5% of its workGenetics: 12 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCancer Research: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMolecular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 22 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPlant Science: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFood Science: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 21 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 14 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workToxicology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 13 fractional works · 1.2% of its workImmunology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKRas al-Khaimah1,094fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences30%Health Sciences35%Social Sciences23%

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. Medicine29326.8%
    2. Dentistry393.6%
    3. Health Professions363.3%
    4. Nursing90.8%
    5. Veterinary10.1%
    1. Engineering13412.3%
    2. Computer Science888.0%
    3. Environmental Science312.9%
    4. Materials Science222.0%
    5. Energy161.5%
    6. Chemistry141.2%
    7. Physics and Astronomy100.9%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences50.5%
    9. Mathematics50.4%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.1%
    1. Social Sciences11710.7%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting474.3%
    3. Psychology444.1%
    4. Arts and Humanities191.7%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance181.7%
    6. Decision Sciences100.9%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology666.0%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences222.0%
    3. Neuroscience211.9%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics141.2%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology131.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Ras al-Khaimah strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Ras al-Khaimah is most concentrated in Dentistry (7.4× the world share in Dentistry).

  1. DentistryField · 32.8 works7.4×
← 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: 0.47× its world share, 20 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.07× its world share, 52 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.08× its world share, 10 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.20× its world share, 18 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.72× its world share, 12 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.84× its world share, 12 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.95× its world share, 67 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.56× its world share, 13 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.81× its world share, 111 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.55× its world share, 25 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.56× its world share, 18 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.37× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.44× its world share, 9 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 7.41× its world share, 33 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.29× its world share, 31 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.41× its world share, 247 worksMedicineNursing: 1.69× its world share, 8 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.64× its world share, 17 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.32× its world share, 39 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.84× its world share, 7 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.79× its world share, 15 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.40× its world share, 39 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.86× its world share, 100 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 7.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Dentistry7.41×33 works
  2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics3.72×12 works
  3. Nursing1.69×8 works
  4. Energy1.56×13 works
  5. Medicine1.41×247 works
  6. Psychology1.40×39 works
  7. Business, Management and Accounting1.32×39 works
  8. Health Professions1.29×31 works
  9. Neuroscience1.20×18 works
  10. Immunology and Microbiology1.08×10 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.07×52 works
  12. Computer Science0.95×67 works
  13. Social Sciences0.86×100 works
  14. Chemistry0.84×12 works
  15. Decision Sciences0.84×7 works
  16. Engineering0.81×111 works
  17. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.79×15 works
  18. Arts and Humanities0.64×17 works
  19. Materials Science0.56×18 works
  20. Environmental Science0.55×25 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.47×20 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.44×9 works
  23. Veterinary0.43×0 works
  24. Mathematics0.37×4 works
  25. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.28×4 works
  26. Chemical Engineering0.23×1 works

Which keywords describe research in Ras al-Khaimah?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Machine Learning, COVID-19, Deep Learning, Healthcare, Depression, Quality of Life and Organizational Performance.

▲ 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. Epidemiology71▲ 1.63×100 topics
  2. Machine Learning58▲ 1.59×65 topics
  3. Deep Learning43◆ 1.14×65 topics
  4. Inflammation33▲ 1.41×68 topics
  5. Oxidative Stress30▲ 1.66×50 topics
  6. COVID-1930▲ 2.1×22 topics
  7. Quality of Life29▲ 1.83×41 topics
  8. Renewable Energy27▲ 1.69×33 topics
  9. Healthcare27▲ 2.1×16 topics
  10. Sustainability25◆ 0.95×42 topics
  11. Depression24▲ 2.5×18 topics
  12. Artificial Intelligence23▲ 1.48×25 topics
  13. Cardiovascular Disease23▲ 1.82×35 topics
  14. Pandemic22▲ 2.0×9 topics
  15. Education21◆ 1.13×30 topics
  16. Mental Health21▲ 1.35×25 topics
  17. Public Health21▲ 1.33×36 topics
  18. Nanoparticles21▲ 1.49×27 topics
  19. Metabolic Syndrome20▲ 2.2×22 topics
  20. Cancer19▲ 1.29×45 topics
  21. Supply Chain Management19▲ 1.94×17 topics
  22. Corporate Governance18▲ 2.2×14 topics
  23. Curriculum Development18▲ 2.4×11 topics
  24. Organizational Performance16▲ 5.5×7 topics
  25. Clinical Trials16▲ 2.1×14 topics
  26. Antioxidant16▲ 2.1×37 topics
  27. IoT15▲ 3.7×10 topics
  28. Risk Management15▲ 2.9×9 topics
  29. Vaccine13▲ 3.0×11 topics
  30. Smart Cities13▲ 4.5×8 topics
  31. Customer Satisfaction12▲ 3.5×6 topics
  32. Islamic Education12▲ 3.3×4 topics
  33. Elderly12▲ 4.4×6 topics
  34. Dental Caries11▲ 9.9×2 topics
  35. Type 2 Diabetes11▲ 4.3×6 topics
  36. Human Resource Management10▲ 6.2×4 topics
  37. Localization9▲ 6.9×2 topics
  38. Guanxi8▲ 36×1 topic
  39. Wasta8▲ 36×1 topic
  40. Social Media Marketing8▲ 15×1 topic

What research is done in Ras al-Khaimah?

Socioeconomic Developmen…6Socioeconomic Development in MENA: 6 fractional worksOrganizational and Emplo…6Organizational and Employee Performance: 6 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Banking Studies: 6 fractional worksEducation and Character …6Education and Character Development: 6 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health6COVID-19 and Mental Health: 6 fractional worksDental materials and restorations: 5 fractional worksHealth and Well-being Studies: 5 fractional worksOral microbiology and pe…5Oral microbiology and periodontitis research: 5 fractional worksGender Diversity and Inequality: 4 fractional worksPharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes: 4 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceArtificial IntelligenceAccountingEducation5 others

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

  1. 1 Socioeconomic Development in MENA Sociology and Political Science 6 works
  2. 2 Organizational and Employee Performance Artificial Intelligence 6 works
  3. 3 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 6 works
  4. 4 Education and Character Development Education 6 works
  5. 5 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 6 works
  6. 6 Dental materials and restorations Orthodontics 5 works
  7. 7 Health and Well-being Studies Clinical Psychology 5 works
  8. 8 Oral microbiology and periodontitis research Periodontics 5 works
  9. 9 Gender Diversity and Inequality Gender Studies 4 works
  10. 10 Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes Geriatrics and Gerontology 4 works

Research output over time

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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 counting10%20%30%Ras al-Khaimah22.5% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 26.2% in 2019.

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