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Research in Riffa

Science Explorer records 3 research institutions in Riffa, Bahrain. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Kingdom University.

Research institutions
3
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
945
▲ 235% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.6k
4.9 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
15.4%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
2005-2026
22 years on the record
Riffa

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 Riffa?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Kingdom UniversityUniversity 746 #3,472
2Royal University for WomenUniversity 167 #29,858 all time
3American University of BahrainUniversity 33 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.

Which fields of science does Riffa work in?

In 2022-now, 66% of research in Riffa is in Social Sciences, 23% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (33%), Business, Management and Accounting (13%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (11%). It does 2.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 452 fractional works · 66.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 227 fractional works · 33.2% of its workEducation: 97 fractional works · 14.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 44 fractional works · 6.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 35 fractional works · 5.1% of its workLaw: 19 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGender Studies: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCultural Studies: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workTransportation: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety Research: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrban Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 91 fractional works · 13.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 25 fractional works · 3.6% of its workAccounting: 23 fractional works · 3.3% of its workMarketing: 13 fractional works · 1.9% of its workManagement Information Systems: 11 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 9 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBusiness and International Management: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 76 fractional works · 11.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 66 fractional works · 9.7% of its workFinance: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 23 fractional works · 3.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArcheology: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMuseology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 18 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 17 fractional works · 2.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 8 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 8 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 156 fractional works · 22.9% of its workComputer Science: 75 fractional works · 11.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 28 fractional works · 4.1% of its workInformation Systems: 25 fractional works · 3.7% of its workComputer Science Applications: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 45 fractional works · 6.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 10 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 22 fractional works · 3.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 41 fractional works · 6.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 32 fractional works · 4.7% of its workAquatic Science: 24 fractional works · 3.5% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 35 fractional works · 5.1% of its workMedicine: 24 fractional works · 3.6% of its workSurgery: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Informatics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Professions: 8 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKRiffa684fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences23%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences66%

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 Sciences22733.2%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting9113.3%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance7611.1%
    4. Arts and Humanities233.4%
    5. Psychology182.7%
    6. Decision Sciences172.4%
    1. Computer Science7511.0%
    2. Engineering456.5%
    3. Environmental Science223.2%
    4. Energy50.7%
    5. Mathematics30.5%
    6. Chemistry20.3%
    7. Materials Science20.3%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.2%
    9. Physics and Astronomy10.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences324.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology60.8%
    3. Neuroscience30.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
    1. Medicine243.6%
    2. Health Professions81.2%
    3. Dentistry20.3%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Riffa strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Riffa is most concentrated in Aquatic Science, Economics and Econometrics and Economics, Econometrics and Finance (20.8× the world share in Aquatic Science).

  1. Aquatic ScienceSubfield · 20.4 works21×
  2. Economics and EconometricsSubfield · 54.9 works6.4×
  3. Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField · 62.5 works5.4×
  4. EducationSubfield · 78.8 works4.8×
← 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: 1.07× its world share, 28 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.18× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.31× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.40× its world share, 59 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.78× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.39× its world share, 31 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.65× its world share, 17 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.56× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.53× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.21× its world share, 22 worksMedicineNursing: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.14× its world share, 18 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4.26× its world share, 74 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.61× its world share, 14 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5.41× its world share, 62 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.85× its world share, 14 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.55× its world share, 175 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 5.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance5.41×62 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting4.26×74 works
  3. Decision Sciences2.61×14 works
  4. Social Sciences2.55×175 works
  5. Computer Science1.40×59 works
  6. Arts and Humanities1.14×18 works
  7. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.07×28 works
  8. Psychology0.85×14 works
  9. Energy0.78×4 works
  10. Environmental Science0.65×17 works
  11. Dentistry0.56×2 works
  12. Health Professions0.53×8 works
  13. Engineering0.39×31 works
  14. Neuroscience0.31×3 works
  15. Veterinary0.23×0 works
  16. Medicine0.21×22 works
  17. Nursing0.19×0 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.18×5 works
  19. Mathematics0.18×1 works
  20. Chemical Engineering0.12×0 works
  21. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.09×1 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.08×1 works
  23. Immunology and Microbiology0.06×0 works
  24. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.06×0 works
  25. Materials Science0.05×1 works
  26. Chemistry0.04×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Riffa?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Pedagogy, Language Teaching, Tourism Development, Digital Education, Teaching Methods, Critical Thinking, Formative Assessment and Educational Technologies.

▲ 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. Pedagogy87▲ 25×10 topics
  2. Language Teaching85▲ 46×5 topics
  3. Tourism Development84▲ 90×2 topics
  4. Digital Education84▲ 82×3 topics
  5. Teaching Methods84▲ 76×3 topics
  6. Critical Thinking83▲ 105×2 topics
  7. Formative Assessment83▲ 145×2 topics
  8. Educational Technologies83▲ 132×1 topic
  9. Student Competencies83▲ 185×1 topic
  10. Sustainability62▲ 3.7×40 topics
  11. Globalization53▲ 3.9×33 topics
  12. Entrepreneurship51▲ 19×9 topics
  13. Economic Development45▲ 8.2×16 topics
  14. Machine Learning40▲ 1.77×51 topics
  15. Digital Economy39▲ 28×6 topics
  16. Investment39▲ 49×4 topics
  17. Industrial Enterprises37▲ 161×1 topic
  18. Innovation Economics37▲ 161×1 topic
  19. Renewable Energy36▲ 3.7×27 topics
  20. Energy Consumption29▲ 19×5 topics
  21. Healthcare28▲ 3.6×10 topics
  22. Artificial Intelligence28▲ 2.8×32 topics
  23. Corporate Governance28▲ 5.5×18 topics
  24. Human Rights27▲ 3.9×40 topics
  25. Climate Change Impact26▲ 17×4 topics
  26. Global Governance23▲ 14×14 topics
  27. Irrigation23▲ 175×1 topic
  28. Water Efficiency23▲ 175×1 topic
  29. Supply Chain Management23▲ 3.7×14 topics
  30. Digital Transformation21▲ 5.6×16 topics
  31. International Law20▲ 9.5×20 topics
  32. Risk Management20▲ 6.3×12 topics
  33. Social Capital18▲ 4.9×12 topics
  34. Organizational Performance15▲ 8.6×7 topics
  35. Human Resource Management14▲ 14×3 topics
  36. IoT14▲ 5.6×11 topics
  37. Finance13▲ 10×3 topics
  38. Smart Cities13▲ 6.9×6 topics
  39. Social Networks13▲ 6.8×5 topics
  40. Financial Stability12▲ 9.5×3 topics

What research is done in Riffa?

Education, Innovation an…68Education, Innovation and Language Studies: 68 fractional worksEconomic and Industrial Development: 29 fractional worksEngineering and Agricult…19Engineering and Agricultural Innovations: 19 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Banking Studies: 10 fractional worksSocioeconomic Development in MENA: 7 fractional worksCOVID-19 Pandemic Impacts: 6 fractional worksLinguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 6 fractional worksFinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance: 5 fractional worksOrganizational and Employee Performance: 5 fractional worksTechnology Adoption and User Behaviour: 5 fractional works
EducationEconomics and EconometricsAquatic ScienceAccounting4 others

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

  1. 1 Education, Innovation and Language Studies Education 68 works
  2. 2 Economic and Industrial Development Economics and Econometrics 29 works
  3. 3 Engineering and Agricultural Innovations Aquatic Science 19 works
  4. 4 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 10 works
  5. 5 Socioeconomic Development in MENA Sociology and Political Science 7 works
  6. 6 COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Economics and Econometrics 6 works
  7. 7 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 6 works
  8. 8 FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance Management Information Systems 5 works
  9. 9 Organizational and Employee Performance Artificial Intelligence 5 works
  10. 10 Technology Adoption and User Behaviour Information Systems and Management 5 works

Research output over time

still counting2010201520202025
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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%Riffa15.8% 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 23.1% in 2021.

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