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Research in Safed

Science Explorer records 2 research institutions in Safed, Israel. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Zefat Academic College and Rebecca Sieff Hospital.

Research institutions
2
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
1.4k
▲ 13% vs 2018-21
Citations
17k
12.4 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
15.9%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1960-2026
67 years on the record
Safed

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 Safed?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Rebecca Sieff HospitalHospital / health system 689 #18,196
2Zefat Academic CollegeUniversity 673 #9,639

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 Safed work in?

In 2022-now, 49% of research in Safed is in Social Sciences, 35% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (29%), Social Sciences (26%), Psychology (12%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 180 fractional works · 49.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 95 fractional works · 25.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 38 fractional works · 10.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 9 fractional works · 2.5% of its workLaw: 8 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEducation: 7 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSafety Research: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPublic Administration: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGender Studies: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDemography: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 43 fractional works · 11.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 27 fractional works · 7.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 10 fractional works · 2.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 30 fractional works · 8.3% of its workPhilosophy: 10 fractional works · 2.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 7 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMusic: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workReligious studies: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 126 fractional works · 34.5% of its workMedicine: 104 fractional works · 28.5% of its workSurgery: 14 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEpidemiology: 7 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 7 fractional works · 1.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOncology: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPharmacology: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNeurology: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRheumatology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReproductive Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 19 fractional works · 5.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 12 fractional works · 3.2% of its workOccupational Therapy: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 31 fractional works · 8.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 19 fractional works · 5.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 14 fractional works · 3.9% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 8 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSensory Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 29 fractional works · 8.0% of its workComputer Science: 10 fractional works · 2.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 9 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKSafed366fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences8%Health Sciences35%Social Sciences49%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences9525.9%
    2. Psychology4311.8%
    3. Arts and Humanities308.3%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting61.8%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance41.0%
    6. Decision Sciences10.3%
    1. Medicine10428.5%
    2. Health Professions195.2%
    3. Nursing20.6%
    4. Dentistry10.2%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology195.2%
    2. Neuroscience82.1%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology30.7%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences20.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
    1. Computer Science102.8%
    2. Physics and Astronomy92.4%
    3. Engineering41.1%
    4. Environmental Science20.7%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.6%
    6. Mathematics10.4%
    7. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    8. Chemistry00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Safed strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Safed is most concentrated in Clinical Psychology (6.7× the world share in Clinical Psychology).

  1. Clinical PsychologySubfield · 23.0 works6.7×
← 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: 0.97× its world share, 17 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.70× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.28× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.40× its world share, 10 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.08× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.21× its world share, 9 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.11× its world share, 18 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.42× its world share, 90 worksMedicineNursing: 1.26× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.75× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.85× its world share, 27 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.61× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.54× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.80× its world share, 38 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.04× its world share, 85 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology3.80×38 works
  2. Arts and Humanities2.85×27 works
  3. Health Professions2.11×18 works
  4. Social Sciences2.04×85 works
  5. Medicine1.42×90 works
  6. Neuroscience1.28×7 works
  7. Nursing1.26×2 works
  8. Physics and Astronomy1.21×9 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.97×17 works
  10. Veterinary0.75×0 works
  11. Immunology and Microbiology0.70×2 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting0.61×6 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.54×4 works
  14. Computer Science0.40×10 works
  15. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.40×2 works
  16. Dentistry0.40×1 works
  17. Decision Sciences0.35×1 works
  18. Mathematics0.32×1 works
  19. Environmental Science0.12×2 works
  20. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.10×2 works
  21. Chemical Engineering0.10×0 works
  22. Engineering0.08×4 works
  23. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.03×0 works
  24. Chemistry0.02×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Safed?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Human Rights, Israel, Nationalism, Epidemiology, Discrimination, Ethnic Identity and Palestine.

▲ 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. Mental Health29▲ 5.5×28 topics
  2. Epidemiology25▲ 1.70×69 topics
  3. Human Rights21▲ 5.5×18 topics
  4. Israel13▲ 107×2 topics
  5. Nationalism13▲ 7.9×6 topics
  6. Quality of Life13▲ 2.4×32 topics
  7. Discrimination11▲ 15×3 topics
  8. Ethnic Identity11▲ 27×2 topics
  9. Philosophy11▲ 6.6×8 topics
  10. Palestine11▲ 53×2 topics
  11. Social Support11▲ 5.4×11 topics
  12. Treatment10▲ 2.4×29 topics
  13. Depression10▲ 3.2×16 topics
  14. Stress10▲ 7.6×7 topics
  15. Occupation10▲ 45×1 topic
  16. Settler Colonialism10▲ 67×1 topic
  17. Social Justice9▲ 4.2×14 topics
  18. Risk Factors9▲ 2.3×22 topics
  19. Coping Strategies8▲ 9.1×5 topics
  20. Resilience8▲ 4.5×7 topics
  21. Religion8▲ 4.6×10 topics
  22. Culture8▲ 4.0×7 topics
  23. Job Satisfaction8▲ 4.7×7 topics
  24. Health Disparities8▲ 7.9×6 topics
  25. Psychological Impact7▲ 6.1×7 topics
  26. Anxiety7▲ 3.8×10 topics
  27. Trauma7▲ 8.8×6 topics
  28. Psychological Adjustment6▲ 12×3 topics
  29. Reflective Practice6▲ 8.5×5 topics
  30. Cultural Competence6▲ 12×4 topics
  31. Evidence-Based Practice6▲ 12×4 topics
  32. Politics6▲ 6.0×7 topics
  33. Burnout6▲ 17×3 topics
  34. Psychological Distress5▲ 5.9×4 topics
  35. Psychological Resilience5▲ 16×2 topics
  36. Acculturation5▲ 18×2 topics
  37. Peacebuilding5▲ 20×4 topics
  38. Positive Emotions5▲ 12×2 topics
  39. Sovereignty5▲ 15×3 topics
  40. Retention5▲ 77×1 topic

What research is done in Safed?

Jewish and Middle Easter…9Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies: 9 fractional worksSocial Work Education and Practice: 4 fractional worksMigration, Health and Trauma: 4 fractional worksIndian History and Philosophy: 4 fractional worksResilience and Mental Health: 4 fractional worksSpace Science and Extraterrestrial Life: 3 fractional worksIndian and Buddhist Stud…3Indian and Buddhist Studies: 3 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 3 fractional worksCosmology and Gravitation Theories: 3 fractional worksAcademic integrity and p…3Academic integrity and plagiarism: 3 fractional works
Sociology and Political SciencePublic AdministrationClinical PsychologyPhilosophy3 others

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

  1. 1 Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies Sociology and Political Science 9 works
  2. 2 Social Work Education and Practice Public Administration 4 works
  3. 3 Migration, Health and Trauma Clinical Psychology 4 works
  4. 4 Indian History and Philosophy Philosophy 4 works
  5. 5 Resilience and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 4 works
  6. 6 Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life Astronomy and Astrophysics 3 works
  7. 7 Indian and Buddhist Studies Religious studies 3 works
  8. 8 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 3 works
  9. 9 Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Astronomy and Astrophysics 3 works
  10. 10 Academic integrity and plagiarism Safety Research 3 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 counting10%20%30%Safed14.0% 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 23.5% in 2014.

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