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Abrar University

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World rank, all time
#25,519
of 34,923
Rank in Somalia
#9
of 11
Research works
169
▲ 81% vs 2018-21
Citations
1k
6.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.94×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
65%
world 40%
International
44%
world 18%
Abrar University

Which fields of science does Abrar University work in?

In 2022-now, 36% of research at Abrar University is in Health Sciences, 32% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (29%), Social Sciences (17%), Engineering (7%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 25 fractional works · 36.3% of its workMedicine: 20 fractional works · 29.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 4 fractional works · 5.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 4.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 3.7% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 5.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workResearch and Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 22 fractional works · 32.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 12 fractional works · 17.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 5.2% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 4.9% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 4.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 4.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 13 fractional works · 19.2% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 7.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 6.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 8 fractional works · 12.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 5.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workForestry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSensory Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKAbrar University68fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences19%Health Sciences36%Social Sciences32%

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 institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine2029.1%
    2. Health Professions45.3%
    3. Nursing11.6%
    4. Dentistry00.3%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Social Sciences1217.5%
    2. Psychology34.8%
    3. Arts and Humanities34.8%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance23.1%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting11.4%
    6. Decision Sciences00.6%
    1. Engineering57.4%
    2. Environmental Science46.5%
    3. Computer Science22.9%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences11.4%
    5. Mathematics00.3%
    6. Chemistry00.2%
    7. Energy00.2%
    8. Materials Science00.1%
    9. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences45.5%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology23.6%
    3. Neuroscience12.1%
    4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1.15× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.57× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.29× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.90× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.49× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.32× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.03× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.51× its world share, 20 worksMedicineNursing: 3.19× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.90× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.65× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.43× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.57× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.38× its world share, 12 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology3.57×2 works
  2. Nursing3.19×1 works
  3. Health Professions2.03×4 works
  4. Arts and Humanities1.65×3 works
  5. Psychology1.57×3 works
  6. Medicine1.51×20 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.43×2 works
  8. Social Sciences1.38×12 works
  9. Environmental Science1.32×4 works
  10. Neuroscience1.29×1 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.15×4 works
  12. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.90×1 works
  13. Veterinary0.90×0 works
  14. Decision Sciences0.57×0 works
  15. Dentistry0.51×0 works
  16. Engineering0.49×5 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.42×1 works
  18. Computer Science0.37×2 works
  19. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.28×0 works
  20. Mathematics0.24×0 works
  21. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.23×1 works
  22. Energy0.18×0 works
  23. Chemistry0.13×0 works
  24. Physics and Astronomy0.07×0 works
  25. Materials Science0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Abrar University?

Ranked on the quality score, Aamir Muse Osman, Ahmed A. Hassan‐Kadle and Abdalla M. Ibrahim lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Abrar University.

  1. 1 Aamir Muse Osman Somalia · #3,510,223 worldwide 130 citations · 29 works
  2. 2 Ahmed A. Hassan‐Kadle Somalia · #3,853,395 worldwide 235 citations · 30 works
  3. 3 Abdalla M. Ibrahim Somalia · #4,393,032 worldwide 368 citations · 36 works
  4. 4 Abdalla Mi Somalia · #4,885,447 worldwide 30 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Abrar University

What are the most cited papers from Abrar University?

The most cited paper from Abrar University is "Climate change and crop production nexus in Somalia: an empirical evidence from ARDL technique" (Abdimalik Ali Warsame, Ibrahim Abdukadir Sheik-Ali, Abdullahi Osman Ali et al., 2021), with 230 citations. Next come "Gouvernementalité et participation" (86) and "Epidemiology of viral hepatitis in Somalia: Systematic review and meta-analysis study" (77).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Climate change and crop production nexus in Somalia: an empirical evidence from ARDL technique Abdimalik Ali Warsame, Ibrahim Abdukadir Sheik-Ali, Abdullahi Osman Ali et al. · Environmental Science and Pollution Research 6 Jan 2021 230
2 Gouvernementalité et participation Guillaume Gourgues, Sandrine Rui, Sezin Topçu · HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe) Open access 2013 86
3 Epidemiology of viral hepatitis in Somalia: Systematic review and meta-analysis study Mohamed Abdulkadir Hassan-Kadle, Mugtaba Sulaiman Osman, Pavel P Ogurtsov · World Journal of Gastroenterology ReviewOpen access 13 Sep 2018 77
4 Asymmetric impact of energy utilization and economic development on environmental degradation in Somalia Abdimalik Ali Warsame, Samuel Asumadu Sarkodie · Environmental Science and Pollution Research 21 Nov 2021 44
5 Extreme climatic effects hamper livestock production in Somalia Abdimalik Ali Warsame, Ibrahim Abdukadir Sheik-Ali, Abdullahi Abdirahman Hassan et al. · Environmental Science and Pollution Research 27 Jan 2022 40
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Abrar University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Pathogenesis, Public Health, Vaccine, Immune Response, Globalization, Transmission and Maternal Mortality.

▲ 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 institution'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. Epidemiology8▲ 2.9×45 topics
  2. Pathogenesis4▲ 13×12 topics
  3. Public Health4▲ 4.4×20 topics
  4. Globalization4▲ 3.1×10 topics
  5. Climate Change3▲ 1.80×16 topics
  6. Vaccine3▲ 11×8 topics
  7. Immune Response3▲ 7.2×9 topics
  8. Environmental Impact3▲ 2.3×10 topics
  9. Identity2▲ 4.1×7 topics
  10. Transmission2▲ 50×2 topics
  11. Maternal Mortality2▲ 12×3 topics
  12. Quality of Life2▲ 1.80×11 topics
  13. Community Health Workers2▲ 26×2 topics
  14. Diagnosis2▲ 2.5×14 topics
  15. Ebola Virus2▲ 84×1 topic
  16. Outbreak2▲ 62×1 topic
  17. Child Mortality2▲ 31×1 topic
  18. Health Systems2▲ 31×1 topic
  19. Islamic Education2▲ 6.7×3 topics
  20. Genetic Diversity1▲ 4.7×7 topics
  21. Health Effects1▲ 3.5×7 topics
  22. Preterm Infants1▲ 17×3 topics
  23. Biodiversity1▲ 2.5×3 topics
  24. Cultural Studies1▲ 5.2×5 topics
  25. Memory1▲ 7.7×4 topics
  26. Pathogen Transmission1▲ 27×2 topics
  27. Host-Pathogen Interactions1▲ 21×4 topics
  28. Teacher Training1▲ 2.9×5 topics
  29. Antimicrobial Resistance1▲ 8.2×5 topics
  30. Colonialism1▲ 3.4×5 topics
  31. Drug Resistance1▲ 5.7×5 topics
  32. Pedagogy1▲ 3.2×2 topics
  33. Philosophy1▲ 3.7×4 topics
  34. Building Materials1▲ 95×1 topic
  35. Child Development1▲ 3.7×2 topics
  36. Earth Construction1▲ 95×1 topic
  37. Fiscal Policy1▲ 7.2×2 topics
  38. Infectious Diseases1▲ 4.7×6 topics
  39. Prevalence1▲ 3.7×8 topics
  40. Vector Control1▲ 13×4 topics

Which research topics does Abrar University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research, Global Maternal and Child Health, Hygrothermal properties of building materials and Zoonotic diseases and public health.

Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research: 2 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 2 fractional worksHygrothermal properties of building materials: 1 fractional worksZoonotic diseases and public health: 1 fractional worksEducation and Islamic Studies: 1 fractional worksViral Infections and Vectors: 1 fractional worksNon-Invasive Vital Sign …1Non-Invasive Vital Sign Monitoring: 1 fractional worksGlobal Health and Epidemiology: 1 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 1 fractional worksNeonatal Respiratory Hea…1Neonatal Respiratory Health Research: 1 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthBuilding and ConstructionPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health5 others

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

  1. 1 Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research Infectious Diseases 2 works
  2. 2 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 2 works
  3. 3 Hygrothermal properties of building materials Building and Construction 1 works
  4. 4 Zoonotic diseases and public health Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  5. 5 Education and Islamic Studies Education 1 works
  6. 6 Viral Infections and Vectors Infectious Diseases 1 works
  7. 7 Non-Invasive Vital Sign Monitoring Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  8. 8 Global Health and Epidemiology Health Information Management 1 works
  9. 9 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 1 works
  10. 10 Neonatal Respiratory Health Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world's own shares: the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available64.7%not open35.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors44.4%domestic only55.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Abrar University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 81% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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 Abrar University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00023% in 2024.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%Abrar University0.00029% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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