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Research in Salalah

Science Explorer records 2 research institutions in Salalah, Oman. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Dhofar University and Sultan Qaboos Hospital.

Research institutions
2
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
1.8k
▲ 48% vs 2018-21
Citations
20k
11.3 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
29.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1961-2026
66 years on the record
Salalah

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 Salalah?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Dhofar UniversityUniversity 1,598 #3,518
2Sultan Qaboos HospitalHospital / health system 217 #21,932

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 Salalah work in?

In 2022-now, 44% of research in Salalah is in Social Sciences, 38% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (14%), Business, Management and Accounting (13%), Engineering (13%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 382 fractional works · 44.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 120 fractional works · 13.9% of its workEducation: 41 fractional works · 4.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 38 fractional works · 4.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLaw: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workTransportation: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCommunication: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLinguistics and Language: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 116 fractional works · 13.4% of its workAccounting: 33 fractional works · 3.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 29 fractional works · 3.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 14 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMarketing: 12 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 11 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 11 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBusiness and International Management: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 53 fractional works · 6.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 41 fractional works · 4.7% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFinance: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 37 fractional works · 4.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 16 fractional works · 1.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 13 fractional works · 1.5% of its workArcheology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 37 fractional works · 4.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 14 fractional works · 1.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 18 fractional works · 2.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 10 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 332 fractional works · 38.2% of its workEngineering: 115 fractional works · 13.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 34 fractional works · 3.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 20 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 11 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMedia Technology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 93 fractional works · 10.7% of its workInformation Systems: 31 fractional works · 3.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 30 fractional works · 3.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 14 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Science Applications: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSignal Processing: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 45 fractional works · 5.2% of its workPollution: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 29 fractional works · 3.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 16 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBiomaterials: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 24 fractional works · 2.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 15 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workApplied Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 106 fractional works · 12.2% of its workMedicine: 89 fractional works · 10.3% of its workSurgery: 13 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEpidemiology: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Informatics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 13 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 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: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 48 fractional works · 5.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 18 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 18 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPlant Science: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFood Science: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKSalalah868fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences38%Health Sciences12%Social Sciences44%

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 Sciences12013.9%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting11613.4%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance536.1%
    4. Arts and Humanities374.3%
    5. Psychology374.3%
    6. Decision Sciences182.1%
    1. Engineering11513.3%
    2. Computer Science9310.7%
    3. Environmental Science455.2%
    4. Materials Science293.4%
    5. Energy242.8%
    6. Physics and Astronomy91.1%
    7. Mathematics70.8%
    8. Chemistry50.6%
    9. Chemical Engineering20.3%
    10. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.2%
    1. Medicine8910.3%
    2. Health Professions131.5%
    3. Dentistry20.3%
    4. Nursing20.2%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology182.1%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences182.1%
    3. Neuroscience80.9%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology20.2%
    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 Salalah strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Salalah is most concentrated in Accounting and Business, Management and Accounting (7.0× the world share in Accounting).

  1. AccountingSubfield · 30.8 works7.0×
  2. Business, Management and AccountingField · 97.8 works4.2×
← 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: 0.44× its world share, 15 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.37× its world share, 14 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.54× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.42× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.43× its world share, 81 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.67× its world share, 18 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.89× its world share, 97 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.97× its world share, 35 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.01× its world share, 26 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.60× its world share, 5 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.53× its world share, 8 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.62× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.60× its world share, 11 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.50× its world share, 69 worksMedicineNursing: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.61× its world share, 34 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4.20× its world share, 98 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.03× its world share, 14 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.13× its world share, 48 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.38× its world share, 30 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.09× its world share, 100 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Business, Management and Accounting4.20×98 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3.13×48 works
  3. Energy2.67×18 works
  4. Decision Sciences2.03×14 works
  5. Arts and Humanities1.61×34 works
  6. Computer Science1.43×81 works
  7. Psychology1.38×30 works
  8. Social Sciences1.09×100 works
  9. Materials Science1.01×26 works
  10. Environmental Science0.97×35 works
  11. Engineering0.89×97 works
  12. Dentistry0.62×2 works
  13. Mathematics0.60×5 works
  14. Health Professions0.60×11 works
  15. Neuroscience0.54×6 works
  16. Chemical Engineering0.54×1 works
  17. Physics and Astronomy0.53×8 works
  18. Medicine0.50×69 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.44×15 works
  20. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.42×1 works
  21. Chemistry0.42×5 works
  22. Nursing0.38×1 works
  23. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.37×14 works
  24. Immunology and Microbiology0.18×1 works
  25. Veterinary0.17×0 works
  26. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.11×1 works

Which keywords describe research in Salalah?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Renewable Energy, Corporate Governance, Sustainability, Supply Chain Management, Machine Learning, Social Capital, Smart Cities and Healthcare.

▲ 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. Renewable Energy56▲ 4.5×39 topics
  2. Machine Learning48▲ 1.65×64 topics
  3. Sustainability47▲ 2.2×50 topics
  4. Deep Learning35▲ 1.18×57 topics
  5. Corporate Governance34▲ 5.4×20 topics
  6. Supply Chain Management31▲ 4.0×18 topics
  7. Healthcare29▲ 3.0×14 topics
  8. Environmental Impact29▲ 1.98×25 topics
  9. Globalization26▲ 1.49×30 topics
  10. Social Capital24▲ 5.3×11 topics
  11. Economic Growth24▲ 3.3×20 topics
  12. Internet of Things22▲ 2.9×20 topics
  13. Educational Technology22▲ 2.1×24 topics
  14. Energy Efficiency20▲ 2.5×23 topics
  15. Smart Cities19▲ 8.2×6 topics
  16. Environmental Management19▲ 5.3×10 topics
  17. Online Learning19▲ 2.6×11 topics
  18. Risk Management18▲ 4.5×9 topics
  19. Digital Transformation18▲ 3.8×13 topics
  20. Financial Performance18▲ 3.6×9 topics
  21. Consumer Behavior17▲ 3.2×10 topics
  22. Language Teaching16▲ 7.1×4 topics
  23. Customer Satisfaction15▲ 5.3×5 topics
  24. IoT14▲ 4.3×11 topics
  25. Firm Performance13▲ 8.7×3 topics
  26. Organizational Performance13▲ 5.9×8 topics
  27. CO2 Emissions13▲ 8.2×3 topics
  28. Financial Development13▲ 9.7×3 topics
  29. Finance12▲ 7.8×2 topics
  30. Panel Data Analysis12▲ 9.3×3 topics
  31. Financial Constraints12▲ 14×2 topics
  32. Energy Consumption12▲ 6.1×4 topics
  33. Financial Stability12▲ 7.2×3 topics
  34. Performance Analysis12▲ 6.5×4 topics
  35. Environmental Regulation11▲ 8.7×2 topics
  36. Kuznets Curve11▲ 12×1 topic
  37. Trade Openness11▲ 12×1 topic
  38. Global Financial Crisis11▲ 9.8×2 topics
  39. Ethical Identity11▲ 11×1 topic
  40. Shariah Supervision11▲ 11×1 topic

What research is done in Salalah?

Islamic Finance and Bank…11Islamic Finance and Banking Studies: 11 fractional worksEnergy, Environment, Eco…9Energy, Environment, Economic Growth: 9 fractional worksOrganizational and Employee Performance: 8 fractional worksEFL/ESL Teaching and Learning: 8 fractional worksCorporate Finance and Governance: 7 fractional worksEnergy, Environment, and Transportation Policies: 7 fractional worksSecond Language Learning and Teaching: 6 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainabi…6Environmental Sustainability in Business: 6 fractional worksEnergy and Environment Impacts: 6 fractional worksEntrepreneurship Studies and Influences: 6 fractional works
AccountingEconomics and EconometricsArtificial IntelligenceLanguage and Linguistics5 others

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

  1. 1 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 11 works
  2. 2 Energy, Environment, Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 9 works
  3. 3 Organizational and Employee Performance Artificial Intelligence 8 works
  4. 4 EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning Language and Linguistics 8 works
  5. 5 Corporate Finance and Governance Accounting 7 works
  6. 6 Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 7 works
  7. 7 Second Language Learning and Teaching Literature and Literary Theory 6 works
  8. 8 Environmental Sustainability in Business Marketing 6 works
  9. 9 Energy and Environment Impacts Pollution 6 works
  10. 10 Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences Management of Technology and Innovation 6 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
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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 counting20%40%Salalah26.9% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 34.0% in 2020.

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