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Qatar vs United Arab Emirates

On research quality in 2022-now, The United Arab Emirates ranks #37 in the world and Qatar #46, of 189 countries. Qatar stands higher in 3 of the 22 fields both publish in, the United Arab Emirates in 19.

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Qatar

World rank, 2022-now
#46
#48 all time
Works, 2022-now
18k
fractional
Top-10% rate
15.0%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
55%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Microbiology, General Energy, Issues, ethics and legal aspects.

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?

Qatar leads on 4 of 9 measures: top-10% rate, citations per work, open access and international co-authorship. The United Arab Emirates leads on 3 of 9 measures: research quality, output and growth. The two are level on excellence for its fields and institutions in the world top 100.

Qatar 42 level3 United Arab Emirates
  1. #46Research qualityworld rank of 189 countries, 2022-now#37
  2. 1.17×Excellence for its fieldsits top-10% rate against what its topics predict; 1.00× is as expected1.16×
  3. 18kOutputfractional works, 2022-now46k
  4. 15.0%Top-10% rateshare of its works among the world's most cited13.7%
  5. 18.1Citations per workall time, per fractional work14.4
  6. 0World top 100institutions it holds among the world's best 1000
  7. 55%Open accessof its works free to read, all time46%
  8. 44%Internationalof its works written with co-authors abroad, all time42%
  9. +25%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?

Qatar stands higher in 3 of 22 fields, United Arab Emirates in 19. The United Arab Emirates leads most in Materials Science (#34 against #50); Qatar leads most in Medicine (#36 against #47). Each bar is that side's standing among all countries ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

Qatar 319 United Arab Emirates
  1. #69Agricultural and Biological Sciences#49
  2. #70Arts and Humanities#66
  3. #49Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#42
  4. #49Business, Management and Accounting#34
  5. -Chemistry#31
  6. #44Computer Science#25
  7. -Decision Sciences#33
  8. -Dentistry#34
  9. -Earth and Planetary Sciences#36
  10. #53Economics, Econometrics and Finance#40
  11. #37Energy#29
  12. #41Engineering#32
  13. #47Environmental Science#48
  14. #44Health Professions#46
  15. -Immunology and Microbiology#50
  16. #50Materials Science#34
  17. -Mathematics#39
  18. #36Medicine#47
  19. #39Neuroscience#34
  20. -Physics and Astronomy#43
  21. #48Psychology#38
  22. #48Social 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 Qatar rankUnited Arab Emirates rank Qatar top 10%United Arab Emirates top 10% Qatar worksUnited Arab Emirates works
Agricultural and Biological Sciences #69 #49 17.5% 18.7% 370 1.1k
Arts and Humanities #70 #66 16.9% 12.9% 245 891
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology #49 #42 12.8% 12.5% 854 1.6k
Business, Management and Accounting #49 #34 22.6% 17.9% 600 2.5k
Chemistry - #31 - 15.2% - 490
Computer Science #44 #25 18.5% 15.8% 1.4k 6k
Decision Sciences - #33 - 14.1% - 762
Dentistry - #34 - 14.2% - 439
Earth and Planetary Sciences - #36 - 12.0% - 436
Economics, Econometrics and Finance #53 #40 18.9% 17.2% 414 1.2k
Energy #37 #29 16.0% 13.1% 335 776
Engineering #41 #32 15.6% 13.0% 2.7k 9.5k
Environmental Science #47 #48 17.9% 13.3% 839 1.9k
Health Professions #44 #46 15.1% 13.4% 589 1.1k
Immunology and Microbiology - #50 - 10.1% - 286
Materials Science #50 #34 13.7% 14.8% 469 1.4k
Mathematics - #39 - 13.6% - 548
Medicine #36 #47 10.8% 10.0% 5.3k 7.4k
Neuroscience #39 #34 13.8% 11.7% 235 611
Physics and Astronomy - #43 - 10.4% - 682
Psychology #48 #38 15.4% 12.6% 538 1.3k
Social Sciences #48 #45 19.4% 15.8% 2k 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.

Qatar

▲ 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. Epidemiology1,225▲ 1.49×137 topics
  2. Machine Learning896▲ 1.31×94 topics
  3. Deep Learning792◆ 1.12×84 topics
  4. Sustainability571◆ 1.14×101 topics
  5. Renewable Energy557▲ 1.87×50 topics
  6. Inflammation538▲ 1.23×83 topics
  7. Healthcare412▲ 1.75×38 topics
  8. Cardiovascular Disease411▲ 1.75×39 topics
  9. Quality of Life389▲ 1.31×58 topics
  10. Environmental Impact386◆ 1.10×65 topics
  11. Treatment380▲ 1.52×52 topics
  12. COVID-19377▲ 1.41×34 topics
  13. Public Health361▲ 1.20×66 topics
  14. Oxidative Stress348◆ 1.03×63 topics
  15. Diagnosis344▲ 1.79×41 topics
  16. Mental Health319◆ 1.08×47 topics
  17. Metabolic Syndrome316▲ 1.90×24 topics
  18. Risk Factors316▲ 1.40×37 topics
  19. Neural Networks315◆ 0.99×41 topics
  20. Pandemic306▲ 1.50×14 topics
  21. Supply Chain Management286▲ 1.55×25 topics
  22. Depression283▲ 1.57×26 topics
  23. Management257▲ 1.57×38 topics
  24. Energy Efficiency250▲ 1.32×39 topics
  25. Security233▲ 1.69×27 topics
  26. Mortality230▲ 1.97×13 topics
  27. Risk Management221▲ 2.3×18 topics
  28. Complications208▲ 2.0×17 topics
  29. Diabetes195▲ 1.89×22 topics
  30. SARS-CoV-2186▲ 3.0×6 topics
  31. Smart Grid185▲ 2.5×10 topics
  32. Social Networks181▲ 3.2×12 topics
  33. Renewable Energy Integration174▲ 2.6×5 topics
  34. Middle East154▲ 12×2 topics
  35. ACE2 Receptor147▲ 3.2×3 topics
  36. Human Resource Management145▲ 4.6×6 topics
  37. Localization140▲ 5.7×4 topics
  38. Guanxi127▲ 29×1 topic
  39. Wasta127▲ 29×1 topic
  40. Genocide103▲ 9.5×3 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 Qatar every year since 1988, when it overtook it.

still counting5k10k15kUnited Arab Emirates14k in 2025Qatar5,266 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 2025Qatar0.090% 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 counting10%20%Qatar13.9% in 2025United Arab Emirates12.9% 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.

Qatar 23 level0 United Arab Emirates
  1. 0In the world top 500
  2. 0In the top 1000
  3. 0In the top 5000
  4. 2In the top 1,0001
  5. #36Elite 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, Qatar or United Arab Emirates?

The United Arab Emirates publishes 2.6× as much research as Qatar in 2022-now (46k against 18k fractional works).

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

15.0% of Qatar's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 13.7% for the United Arab Emirates.

Is Qatar or United Arab Emirates growing faster?

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

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

55% of Qatar's research is free to read, against 46% of the United Arab Emirates's.

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

Qatar holds 0 of the world's top 100 research institutions and the United Arab Emirates 0; in the top 1,000 it is 2 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%.

Qatar

  1. 1Qatar University19.2% top 10% · 6k works
  2. 2Hamad bin Khalifa University18.5% top 10% · 2.4k works
  3. 3Qatar Foundation22.2% top 10% · 667 works
  4. 4Primary Health Care6.4% top 10% · 961 works
  5. 5Qatar Science and Technology Park20.0% top 10% · 359 works
  6. 6Doha Institute for Graduate Studies24.6% top 10% · 321 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.

Qatar

  1. 1 Mowafa Said Househ #3,730 worldwide 72k citations · 395 works
  2. 2 Alaa Ali Abd-Alrazaq #3,958 worldwide 8.1k citations · 190 works
  3. 3 Hamzeh Adel Al Amosh #7,255 worldwide 2.4k citations · 81 works
  4. 4 Laith Jamal Abu-Raddad #12,545 worldwide 139k citations · 614 works
  5. 5 Riyazuddin Mohammad Shaik #14,987 worldwide 5.8k citations · 105 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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