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Kuwait vs United Arab Emirates

On research quality in 2022-now, The United Arab Emirates ranks #37 in the world and Kuwait #104, of 189 countries. Kuwait stands higher in 0 of the 22 fields both publish in, the United Arab Emirates in 22.

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Kuwait

World rank, 2022-now
#104
#137 all time
Works, 2022-now
9.9k
fractional
Top-10% rate
10.3%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
40%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Ocean Engineering, Microbiology, Numerical Analysis.

United Arab Emirates

World rank, 2022-now
#37
#40 all time
Works, 2022-now
46k
fractional
Top-10% rate
13.7%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
46%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Health Informatics, Ocean Engineering, General Dentistry.

Who leads, measure by measure?

The United Arab Emirates leads on 7 of 9 measures: research quality, excellence for its fields, output, top-10% rate, open access, international co-authorship and growth. Kuwait leads on none. The two are level on citations per work and institutions in the world top 100.

Kuwait 02 level7 United Arab Emirates
  1. #104Research qualityworld rank of 189 countries, 2022-now#37
  2. 0.82×Excellence for its fieldsits top-10% rate against what its topics predict; 1.00× is as expected1.16×
  3. 9.9kOutputfractional works, 2022-now46k
  4. 10.3%Top-10% rateshare of its works among the world's most cited13.7%
  5. 14.4Citations per workall time, per fractional work14.4
  6. 0World top 100institutions it holds among the world's best 1000
  7. 40%Open accessof its works free to read, all time46%
  8. 32%Internationalof its works written with co-authors abroad, all time42%
  9. +33%Growthworks in 2022-25 against 2018-21; half a bar is no change+75%

A rank is drawn as its standing: the longer the bar, the nearer the top. Anything else is drawn against the larger of the two, and two values a hair apart are called level. Quality, excellence and the top-10% rate are explained in the methodology.

Who leads in each field?

Kuwait stands higher in 0 of 22 fields, United Arab Emirates in 22. The United Arab Emirates leads most in Social Sciences (#45 against #125). Each bar is that side's standing among all countries ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

Kuwait 022 United Arab Emirates
  1. -Agricultural and Biological Sciences#49
  2. -Arts and Humanities#66
  3. #86Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#42
  4. #82Business, Management and Accounting#34
  5. -Chemistry#31
  6. #86Computer Science#25
  7. -Decision Sciences#33
  8. -Dentistry#34
  9. -Earth and Planetary Sciences#36
  10. #92Economics, Econometrics and Finance#40
  11. -Energy#29
  12. #74Engineering#32
  13. #96Environmental Science#48
  14. #87Health Professions#46
  15. -Immunology and Microbiology#50
  16. #68Materials Science#34
  17. -Mathematics#39
  18. #106Medicine#47
  19. -Neuroscience#34
  20. -Physics and Astronomy#43
  21. #89Psychology#38
  22. #125Social Sciences#45

Standing is the percentile of world rank within each field, 2022-now; the printed number is the rank itself. A dash means the field is too small there to rank. How sides are compared.

The numbers behind each field

Click a heading to sort. The side that does better in a pair of columns is shaded: a lower rank, a higher rate, more works.

Field Kuwait rankUnited Arab Emirates rank Kuwait top 10%United Arab Emirates top 10% Kuwait worksUnited Arab Emirates works
Agricultural and Biological Sciences - #49 - 18.7% - 1.1k
Arts and Humanities - #66 - 12.9% - 891
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology #86 #42 7.9% 12.5% 375 1.6k
Business, Management and Accounting #82 #34 17.1% 17.9% 408 2.5k
Chemistry - #31 - 15.2% - 490
Computer Science #86 #25 14.0% 15.8% 812 6k
Decision Sciences - #33 - 14.1% - 762
Dentistry - #34 - 14.2% - 439
Earth and Planetary Sciences - #36 - 12.0% - 436
Economics, Econometrics and Finance #92 #40 13.9% 17.2% 243 1.2k
Energy - #29 - 13.1% - 776
Engineering #74 #32 9.7% 13.0% 2k 9.5k
Environmental Science #96 #48 9.2% 13.3% 492 1.9k
Health Professions #87 #46 11.5% 13.4% 214 1.1k
Immunology and Microbiology - #50 - 10.1% - 286
Materials Science #68 #34 9.9% 14.8% 277 1.4k
Mathematics - #39 - 13.6% - 548
Medicine #106 #47 7.2% 10.0% 2.2k 7.4k
Neuroscience - #34 - 11.7% - 611
Physics and Astronomy - #43 - 10.4% - 682
Psychology #89 #38 11.3% 12.6% 268 1.3k
Social Sciences #125 #45 11.3% 15.8% 1.1k 4.6k

What is each known for?

The keywords that describe each side's research, by fractional works in 2022-now and weighted toward what it does more of than the world.

Kuwait

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's
All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology571▲ 1.25×135 topics
  2. Machine Learning541▲ 1.42×94 topics
  3. Deep Learning396◆ 1.00×82 topics
  4. Sustainability275◆ 0.98×91 topics
  5. Renewable Energy266▲ 1.60×49 topics
  6. Inflammation250◆ 1.03×83 topics
  7. Education215◆ 1.09×74 topics
  8. Environmental Impact214◆ 1.09×58 topics
  9. Treatment212▲ 1.52×51 topics
  10. Heat Transfer211▲ 3.8×19 topics
  11. Healthcare208▲ 1.59×26 topics
  12. Nanoparticles202▲ 1.39×43 topics
  13. Diagnosis194▲ 1.82×41 topics
  14. COVID-19184▲ 1.23×32 topics
  15. Cardiovascular Disease180▲ 1.38×38 topics
  16. Optimization174▲ 3.4×26 topics
  17. Supply Chain Management171▲ 1.66×23 topics
  18. Energy Efficiency168▲ 1.58×42 topics
  19. Risk Management165▲ 3.0×17 topics
  20. Online Learning160▲ 1.68×24 topics
  21. Corporate Governance149▲ 1.77×24 topics
  22. Data Assimilation133▲ 7.1×4 topics
  23. Islamic Education128▲ 3.4×4 topics
  24. Ensemble Kalman Filter125▲ 11×2 topics
  25. Uncertainty Quantification121▲ 13×2 topics
  26. Hydraulic Fracturing118▲ 9.6×2 topics
  27. Vibration Analysis118▲ 3.8×9 topics
  28. Closed-Loop Control116▲ 23×1 topic
  29. Well Placement116▲ 23×1 topic
  30. Experimental Investigation113▲ 9.5×5 topics
  31. Fracture Propagation111▲ 16×1 topic
  32. Shale Gas Reservoirs111▲ 16×1 topic
  33. Nanofluids108▲ 11×2 topics
  34. Rheological Properties102▲ 5.0×6 topics
  35. CO2 Sequestration101▲ 4.5×4 topics
  36. Thermal Conductivity90▲ 4.9×8 topics
  37. Review90▲ 6.5×4 topics
  38. Drilling Fluids83▲ 14×1 topic
  39. Well Integrity83▲ 14×1 topic
  40. Viscosity70▲ 8.7×3 topics

United Arab Emirates

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's
All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Machine Learning3,882▲ 2.2×97 topics
  2. Deep Learning3,442▲ 1.86×85 topics
  3. Epidemiology1,799▼ 0.84×138 topics
  4. Sustainability1,737▲ 1.33×123 topics
  5. Healthcare1,692▲ 2.8×38 topics
  6. Supply Chain Management1,467▲ 3.0×25 topics
  7. Renewable Energy1,342▲ 1.73×58 topics
  8. Artificial Intelligence1,338▲ 1.75×65 topics
  9. Neural Networks1,315▲ 1.59×42 topics
  10. Internet of Things1,099▲ 2.4×31 topics
  11. Big Data1,071▲ 2.1×36 topics
  12. Environmental Impact1,006◆ 1.10×70 topics
  13. Security904▲ 2.5×30 topics
  14. Social Media882▲ 1.19×38 topics
  15. Nanoparticles848▲ 1.26×44 topics
  16. COVID-19840▲ 1.21×33 topics
  17. Energy Efficiency825▲ 1.67×45 topics
  18. Smart Cities789▲ 5.6×8 topics
  19. IoT786▲ 3.9×19 topics
  20. Convolutional Neural Networks766▲ 1.97×14 topics
  21. Risk Management725▲ 2.9×20 topics
  22. Nanomaterials700▲ 1.25×21 topics
  23. Digital Transformation686▲ 2.4×30 topics
  24. Data Mining658▲ 1.68×25 topics
  25. Customer Satisfaction621▲ 3.6×10 topics
  26. Medical Imaging609▲ 2.2×9 topics
  27. Organizational Performance607▲ 4.3×12 topics
  28. Corporate Governance604▲ 1.53×32 topics
  29. Knowledge Management585▲ 1.97×39 topics
  30. IoT Security576▲ 3.5×3 topics
  31. Optimization495▲ 2.1×26 topics
  32. Privacy481▲ 3.1×11 topics
  33. Social Networks430▲ 3.0×13 topics
  34. Social Media Marketing414▲ 16×1 topic
  35. Human Resource Management401▲ 4.9×8 topics
  36. Localization331▲ 5.2×4 topics
  37. Guanxi267▲ 23×1 topic
  38. Wasta267▲ 23×1 topic
  39. Closed-Loop Control256▲ 11×1 topic
  40. Well Placement256▲ 11×1 topic

Size is fractional works in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of the side's work against its share of the world's. Each word links to the topic it comes from most.

How has their output grown?

The United Arab Emirates has out-published Kuwait every year since 2003, when it overtook it.

still counting5k10k15kUnited Arab Emirates14k in 2025Kuwait2,814 in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works per year.

Their share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share, because all of science grows. Each line is a side as a percentage of every work published that year.

still counting0.10%0.20%0.30%United Arab Emirates0.24% in 2025Kuwait0.048% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

The share of each side's works, year by year, that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. The average of all institutions is 10.0% (why not 10%).

still counting5%10%15%United Arab Emirates12.9% in 2025Kuwait11.4% in 2025200020102020

A year with under 1% of the side's peak output is left out: a rate over a handful of papers says nothing. The latest years are still being cited.

Who holds more of the world's best institutions?

A country's average quality and the number of institutions it holds at the very top can disagree, and both are worth knowing. The counts are nested: an institution in the top 50 is also in the top 100.

Kuwait 03 level2 United Arab Emirates
  1. 0In the world top 500
  2. 0In the top 1000
  3. 0In the top 5000
  4. 0In the top 1,0001
  5. #51Elite capacityrank among 204 countries#43

Institutions ranked on research quality, 2022-now. Elite capacity counts a country's institutions by their worldwide rank, weighted so a place at #1 counts for more than one at #480.

Which publishes more research, Kuwait or United Arab Emirates?

The United Arab Emirates publishes 4.7× as much research as Kuwait in 2022-now (46k against 9.9k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Kuwait or United Arab Emirates?

13.7% of the United Arab Emirates's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 10.3% for Kuwait.

Is Kuwait or United Arab Emirates growing faster?

Output in 2022-25 was +75% against 2018-21 for the United Arab Emirates, and +33% for Kuwait.

Which has more open access research, Kuwait or United Arab Emirates?

46% of the United Arab Emirates's research is free to read, against 40% of Kuwait's.

Which has more world-class institutions, Kuwait or United Arab Emirates?

Kuwait holds 0 of the world's top 100 research institutions and the United Arab Emirates 0; in the top 1,000 it is 0 against 1.

Which institutions lead in each country?

The highest-ranked institutions on each side on research quality, 2022-now. The percentage is each institution's own top-10% rate: the share of its works that are among the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. Every figure stands alone, so they do not add up to 100%.

Kuwait

  1. 1American University of the Middle East18.6% top 10% · 1.3k works
  2. 2Gulf University for Science & Technology22.2% top 10% · 693 works
  3. 3Kuwait College of Science and Technology15.0% top 10% · 434 works
  4. 4Kuwait University8.7% top 10% · 2.3k works
  5. 5Public Authority for Applied Education and Training7.1% top 10% · 658 works
  6. 6Dar al Athar al Islamiyyah7.1% top 10% · 435 works

United Arab Emirates

  1. 1Khalifa University of Science and Technology18.1% top 10% · 5k works
  2. 2Zayed University16.8% top 10% · 1.6k works
  3. 3Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence21.9% top 10% · 826 works
  4. 4United Arab Emirates University18.1% top 10% · 4.9k works
  5. 5University of Sharjah15.0% top 10% · 5.4k works
  6. 6Al Ain University16.2% top 10% · 1.4k works

The number is the rank inside the country. The track on each row is the top-10% rate; the tick is the average of all institutions, 10.0% (how it is set): teal above it, red below. The ranking is the quality score, which compares the rate with what each institution's own topics predict and adds a small reward for size, so the rates do not fall in order.

Who are the top researchers on each side?

The most cited researchers on each side, among those ranked.

Kuwait

  1. 1 Orhan Dönmez #35,990 worldwide 1.6k citations · 161 works
  2. 2 Yehia Ibrahim Alzoubi #65,602 worldwide 1.8k citations · 78 works
  3. 3 Waleed Al–Herz #102,870 worldwide 16k citations · 185 works
  4. 4 Ali M. Al-Hemoud #132,210 worldwide 2.4k citations · 82 works
  5. 5 Ismaeel Al Ridhawi #148,327 worldwide 3.3k citations · 97 works

United Arab Emirates

  1. 1 Yaser Mohammed Al‐Worafi #120 worldwide 56k citations · 1,033 works
  2. 2 Mostafa Al‐Emran #508 worldwide 14k citations · 172 works
  3. 3 Ibrar Yaqoob #750 worldwide 19k citations · 162 works
  4. 4 Enas Taha Sayed #1,210 worldwide 22k citations · 234 works
  5. 5 Abdul Ghani Olabi #1,240 worldwide 57k citations · 850 works

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