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Science in United Arab Emirates

The United Arab Emirates ranks #37 of 189 countries on research quality in 2022-now (#40 all time), with 46k research works and 13.7% of them in the world's top 10%.

World rank, 2022-now
#37
of 189 · #40 all time
Works, 2022-now
46k
▲ 75% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.6M
14.4 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate
13.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.16×
1.00× is exactly expected
In the world top 100
0
1 in the top 1,000
Open access
46%
world 40%
International
42%
world 18%
United Arab Emirates

What is United Arab Emirates strongest at in science?

On research quality in 2022-now, the United Arab Emirates ranks highest in Computer Science (#25 of 128), Engineering (#32 of 131) and Artificial Intelligence (#26 of 87). Relative to its size it is most specialised in Health Informatics, Ocean Engineering and General Dentistry.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Computer ScienceField #25 of 128 15.8%6,047 #32 Institutions
EngineeringField #32 of 131 13.0%9,508 #38 Institutions
Artificial IntelligenceSubfield #26 of 87 15.4%2,236 #32 Institutions
Social SciencesField #45 of 148 15.8%4,563 #43 Institutions
Business, Management and AccountingField #34 of 110 17.9%2,468 #37 Institutions
MedicineField #47 of 152 10.0%7,421 #55 Institutions
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #39 of 119 14.3%1,632 #40 Institutions
PsychologyField #38 of 106 12.6%1,349 #38 Institutions
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #31 of 86 15.3%2,084 #35 Institutions
Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField #40 of 107 17.2%1,180 #44 Institutions
Information SystemsSubfield #34 of 90 17.4%1,118 #34 Institutions
Materials ScienceField #34 of 87 14.8%1,385 #37 Institutions

Where its research is concentrated

Location quotient: how much more (or less) of each node it does than its size predicts. Drawn around 1×, where "twice the world share" and "half of it" are the same distance apart in opposite directions. A volume reading, which on a country axis is largely population and industrial structure.

  1. Health InformaticsSubfield · 254.8 works · #26 of 205 active here4.0×
  2. Ocean EngineeringSubfield · 954.1 works · #25 of 213 active here3.4×
  3. General DentistrySubfield · 61.8 works · #34 of 177 active here2.6×
  4. Energy Engineering and Power TechnologySubfield · 127.5 works · #33 of 187 active here2.2×
  5. Management Information SystemsSubfield · 473.2 works · #40 of 203 active here2.2×
  6. Building and ConstructionSubfield · 704.3 works · #43 of 205 active here2.1×
  7. Artificial IntelligenceSubfield · 2,691.0 works · #37 of 219 active here2.1×
  8. Applied Microbiology and BiotechnologySubfield · 54.4 works · #49 of 202 active here2.0×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

The whole field profile

All 26 fields at once. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.53× its world share, 1,344 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.66× its world share, 1,883 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.63× its world share, 342 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.83× its world share, 725 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.14× its world share, 215 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.07× its world share, 200 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.66× its world share, 552 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.70× its world share, 7,068 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.60× its world share, 500 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.79× its world share, 882 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.32× its world share, 11k worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.85× its world share, 2,262 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.86× its world share, 1,603 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.99× its world share, 622 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.67× its world share, 796 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.99× its world share, 517 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.88× its world share, 1,243 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.84× its world share, 8,686 worksMedicineNursing: 0.85× its world share, 222 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.67× its world share, 49 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.68× its world share, 1,055 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.67× its world share, 2,874 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.72× its world share, 888 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.15× its world share, 1,314 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.00× its world share, 1,624 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.81× its world share, 5,486 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 2.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Dentistry1.99×517 works
  2. Energy1.79×882 works
  3. Decision Sciences1.72×888 works
  4. Computer Science1.70×7,068 works
  5. Business, Management and Accounting1.67×2,874 works
  6. Engineering1.32×11k works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.15×1,314 works
  8. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.14×215 works
  9. Chemical Engineering1.07×200 works
  10. Psychology1.00×1,624 works
  11. Mathematics0.99×622 works
  12. Health Professions0.88×1,243 works
  13. Materials Science0.86×1,603 works
  14. Environmental Science0.85×2,262 works
  15. Nursing0.85×222 works
  16. Medicine0.84×8,686 works
  17. Neuroscience0.83×725 works
  18. Social Sciences0.81×5,486 works
  19. Arts and Humanities0.68×1,055 works
  20. Physics and Astronomy0.67×796 works
  21. Veterinary0.67×49 works
  22. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.66×1,883 works
  23. Chemistry0.66×552 works
  24. Immunology and Microbiology0.63×342 works
  25. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.60×500 works
  26. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.53×1,344 works

Which fields of science does United Arab Emirates work in?

In 2022-now, 47% of research in United Arab Emirates is in Physical Sciences, 25% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (20%), Medicine (16%), Computer Science (13%).

Physical Sciences: 25k fractional works · 46.8% of its workEngineering: 11k fractional works · 19.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2,318 fractional works · 4.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1,300 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1,214 fractional works · 2.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 954 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 787 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 733 fractional works · 1.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 727 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 704 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 417 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 379 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 348 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 290 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 226 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 147 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 7,068 fractional works · 13.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2,691 fractional works · 5.0% of its workInformation Systems: 1,286 fractional works · 2.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1,055 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 923 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSignal Processing: 307 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 229 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 227 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 196 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 155 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2,262 fractional works · 4.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 433 fractional works · 0.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 392 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 304 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 240 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 224 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 195 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 193 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 167 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 116 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1,603 fractional works · 3.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 901 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiomaterials: 231 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 207 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 185 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 78 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 882 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 726 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 127 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 29 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 796 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 234 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 192 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 181 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 189 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 622 fractional works · 1.2% of its workModeling and Simulation: 136 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Mathematics: 130 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 357 fractional works · 0.7% of its workChemistry: 552 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 245 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 307 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 500 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeophysics: 161 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 339 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemical Engineering: 200 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 13k fractional works · 24.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 5,486 fractional works · 10.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1,929 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEducation: 1,201 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 569 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSafety Research: 267 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 228 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 196 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 187 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 174 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 172 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 126 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 436 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2,874 fractional works · 5.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 746 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAccounting: 548 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Information Systems: 473 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 412 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMarketing: 385 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 224 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 87 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 1,624 fractional works · 3.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 518 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 505 fractional works · 0.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 253 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 242 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 106 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1,314 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 940 fractional works · 1.8% of its workFinance: 241 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 133 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1,055 fractional works · 2.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 218 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 181 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhilosophy: 167 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 144 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 346 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 888 fractional works · 1.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 494 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 289 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 105 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 11k fractional works · 20.0% of its workMedicine: 8,686 fractional works · 16.2% of its workSurgery: 1,005 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 761 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 563 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEpidemiology: 534 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 497 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysiology: 445 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 423 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 354 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 351 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOncology: 345 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 306 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Informatics: 255 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 216 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 215 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 207 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 206 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 177 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 165 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 157 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 129 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHematology: 126 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOphthalmology: 114 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDermatology: 112 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGenetics: 107 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 914 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Professions: 1,243 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 537 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Information Management: 209 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 136 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 361 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDentistry: 517 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOral Surgery: 205 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPeriodontics: 131 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrthodontics: 119 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 62 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 223 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 179 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 43 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 49 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 4,508 fractional works · 8.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1,883 fractional works · 3.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 1,031 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGenetics: 330 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCancer Research: 129 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 393 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1,344 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPlant Science: 594 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFood Science: 359 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 392 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeuroscience: 725 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 367 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 145 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 108 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 105 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 342 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology: 191 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 150 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 215 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKUnited ArabEmirates54kfractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences47%Health Sciences20%Social Sciences25%

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 country does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering11k19.8%
    2. Computer Science7,06813.2%
    3. Environmental Science2,2624.2%
    4. Materials Science1,6033.0%
    5. Energy8821.6%
    6. Physics and Astronomy7961.5%
    7. Mathematics6221.2%
    8. Chemistry5521.0%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences5000.9%
    10. Chemical Engineering2000.4%
    1. Social Sciences5,48610.2%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting2,8745.4%
    3. Psychology1,6243.0%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1,3142.5%
    5. Arts and Humanities1,0552.0%
    6. Decision Sciences8881.7%
    1. Medicine8,68616.2%
    2. Health Professions1,2432.3%
    3. Dentistry5171.0%
    4. Nursing2230.4%
    5. Veterinary490.1%
  4. Life Sciences4,5088.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1,8833.5%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1,3442.5%
    3. Neuroscience7251.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology3420.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2150.4%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Which keywords describe research in United Arab Emirates?

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

▲ 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 country'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. 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

Which research topics does United Arab Emirates publish the most in?

Its largest topics in 2022-now are Organizational and Employee Performance, Blockchain Technology Applications and Security, Socioeconomic Development in MENA.

Organizational and Emplo…414Organizational and Employee Performance: 414 fractional worksBlockchain Technology Ap…318Blockchain Technology Applications and Security: 318 fractional worksSocioeconomic Development in MENA: 267 fractional worksReservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods: 256 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 255 fractional worksIoT and Edge/Fog Computing: 218 fractional worksHydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis: 215 fractional worksNetwork Security and Intrusion Detection: 211 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Banking Studies: 203 fractional worksTechnology Adoption and User Behaviour: 184 fractional worksDrilling and Well Engineering: 175 fractional worksDigital Marketing and Social Media: 162 fractional works
Artificial IntelligenceInformation SystemsSociology and Political ScienceOcean Engineering5 others

Area is fractional works in 2022-now; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to. Every tile is a topic page.

  1. 1 Organizational and Employee Performance Artificial Intelligence 414 works
  2. 2 Blockchain Technology Applications and Security Information Systems 318 works
  3. 3 Socioeconomic Development in MENA Sociology and Political Science 267 works
  4. 4 Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods Ocean Engineering 256 works
  5. 5 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 255 works
  6. 6 IoT and Edge/Fog Computing Computer Networks and Communications 218 works
  7. 7 Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis Mechanical Engineering 215 works
  8. 8 Network Security and Intrusion Detection Computer Networks and Communications 211 works
  9. 9 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 203 works
  10. 10 Technology Adoption and User Behaviour Information Systems and Management 184 works
  11. 11 Drilling and Well Engineering Ocean Engineering 175 works
  12. 12 Digital Marketing and Social Media Sociology and Political Science 162 works

How many world-class institutions does United Arab Emirates hold?

Average quality and elite capacity disagree by construction, and both are worth knowing: the first is decided by a country's whole institution population, the second counts the institutions it holds at the top. One square per institution.

Standing among countries2022-nowWhere that sitsAll time
Average qualityits whole institution population #37 of 189 #40 of 203
Elite capacitythe institutions it holds at the top #43 of 204 #46 of 216

Elite capacity counts a country's institutions by their worldwide rank, weighted so a place at #1 counts for more than one at #480. Countries under 100 fractional works are left out.

501st to 1,000th1

Bands are exclusive, so the squares add up to 1 (the institutions it holds in the world top 1,000), not to four times it.

Which universities in United Arab Emirates lead research?

Khalifa University of Science and Technology, Zayed University and Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence rank highest in United Arab Emirates on research quality in 2022-now.

0%10%20%30%mean 16.8133%fractional works (log) →share in the world top 10% →Mohamed bin Zayed Un…Khalifa University o…United Arab Emirates…Zayed University
above the meannear itbelow it

One dot per institution in the list below. The upper left is the interesting corner.

  1. 1Khalifa University of Science and TechnologyUniversity · Abu Dhabi · #798 worldwide18.1% top 10% · 5k works
  2. 2Zayed UniversityUniversity · Abu Dhabi · #1,276 worldwide16.8% top 10% · 1.6k works
  3. 3Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial IntelligenceUniversity · Abu Dhabi · #1,377 worldwide21.9% top 10% · 826 works
  4. 4United Arab Emirates UniversityUniversity · Al Ain · #1,445 worldwide18.1% top 10% · 4.9k works
  5. 5University of SharjahUniversity · Sharjah · #1,593 worldwide15.0% top 10% · 5.4k works
  6. 6Al Ain UniversityUniversity · Al Ain · #1,671 worldwide16.2% top 10% · 1.4k works
  7. 7Technology Innovation InstituteResearch facility · Abu Dhabi · #1,956 worldwide16.1% top 10% · 789 works
  8. 8American University of SharjahUniversity · Sharjah · #2,078 worldwide15.9% top 10% · 2k works
  9. 9Ajman UniversityUniversity · Ajman · #2,110 worldwide17.7% top 10% · 1.6k works
  10. 10Higher Colleges of TechnologyUniversity · Abu Dhabi · #2,237 worldwide10.3% top 10% · 1.1k works
  11. 11Abu Dhabi UniversityUniversity · Abu Dhabi · #2,247 worldwide18.9% top 10% · 1.5k works
  12. 12University of DubaiUniversity · Dubai · #2,260 worldwide15.8% top 10% · 695 works
  13. 13British University in DubaiUniversity · Dubai · #3,074 worldwide17.8% top 10% · 470 works
  14. 14Sorbonne University Abu DhabiUniversity · Abu Dhabi · #3,154 worldwide9.7% top 10% · 268 works
  15. 15Skyline University CollegeUniversity · Sharjah city · #3,506 worldwide23.9% top 10% · 332 works

The track on each row is its top-10% rate; the tick is the average of all institutions, 10.0% (how it is set): teal above it, red below.

All ranked institutions in United Arab Emirates

Who are the top researchers in United Arab Emirates?

Yaser Mohammed Al‐Worafi, Mostafa Al‐Emran and Ibrar Yaqoob rank highest among researchers based in 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
  6. 6 Zafar Said #1,546 worldwide 30k citations · 465 works
  7. 7 Mohammad Ali Abdelkareem #1,808 worldwide 38k citations · 568 works
  8. 8 Raja Jayaraman #3,711 worldwide 11k citations · 295 works
  9. 9 Muhammad Abubakr Naeem #4,150 worldwide 13k citations · 260 works
  10. 10 Sitara Karim #5,759 worldwide 6.3k citations · 148 works
Top researchers in United Arab Emirates

Which cities in United Arab Emirates are research hubs?

  1. 1 Abu DhabiUnited Arab Emirates 38k works
  2. 2 DubaiUnited Arab Emirates 27k works
  3. 3 Al AinUnited Arab Emirates 21k works
  4. 4 SharjahUnited Arab Emirates 18k works

How much of it is in the largest

The same cities as shares of everything these twelve account for.

Abu Dhabi: 36.4%Dubai: 26.1%Al Ain: 19.9%Sharjah: 17.5%36%largest
Abu Dhabi38k · 36.4%Dubai27k · 26.1%Al Ain21k · 19.9%Sharjah18k · 17.5%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

How open and international is United Arab Emirates's research?

46% of its research is openly available (world: 40%), and 42% is written with international co-authors (world: 18%).

openly available46.3%not open53.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors42.3%domestic only57.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

In 2022-now, 53% of its research is openly available (world 63%) and 48% is written with co-authors abroad (world 22%). Against what its own mix of topics predicts, that is 0.92× the expected open access and 2.11× the expected international share, which puts it #130 of 173 countries on openness.

How has United Arab Emirates's research grown?

Output in 2022-2025 was 75% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is United Arab Emirates as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.22% in 2024.

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

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

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Over the whole record, 12.0% of its 111k works since 1950 reached the world top 10% for their field and year.

still counting5%10%15%United Arab Emirates12.9% 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 14.3% in 2022.

Which countries have research most like the United Arab Emirates'?

Kuwait is the United Arab Emirates' closest research twin: of all countries, its research is spread across the fields most like the United Arab Emirates', with both strong in Dentistry.

  1. 1 KuwaitBoth strong in Dentistry, Energy, Engineering 0.77 Compare
  2. 2 MalaysiaBoth strong in Decision Sciences, Business, Management and Accounting, Energy 0.71 Compare
  3. 3 JordanBoth strong in Decision Sciences, Computer Science, Business, Management and Accounting 0.70 Compare
  4. 4 BahrainBoth strong in Decision Sciences, Computer Science, Business, Management and Accounting 0.70 Compare
  5. 5 OmanBoth strong in Energy, Decision Sciences, Business, Management and Accounting 0.65 Compare

Similarity is the correlation of each side's location quotients across every field it publishes in, on a log scale: 1 is the same shape of research, 0 is unrelated. It ignores size. How it is measured.

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What is the United Arab Emirates strongest at in science?

On research quality in 2022-now, the United Arab Emirates ranks highest in Computer Science (#25 of 128), Engineering (#32 of 131) and Artificial Intelligence (#26 of 87). Relative to its size it is most specialised in Health Informatics, Ocean Engineering and General Dentistry.

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