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Ain Shams University

In research, Ain Shams University stands highest in Health Sciences (#307 of 11,982 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#438 of 12,888 worldwide) and Plant Science (#58 of 1,395 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Leadership and Management, Orthodontics and Oral Surgery — Leadership and Management is 17.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#432
of 28,054 · #1,225 all time
Rank in Egypt
#3
of 123
Research works
48k
▲ 93% vs 2013–17
Citations
475k
9.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
56%
world 28%

What is Ain Shams University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #307 of 11,982 5.2%6,778 #987
Physical SciencesDomain #438 of 12,888 16.4%3,963 #1084
Plant ScienceSubfield #58 of 1,395 30.6%341 #335
Life SciencesDomain #392 of 7,800 14.1%2,184 #1368
MedicineField #550 of 10,443 4.6%5,936 #1181
NursingField #13 of 213 8.1%185 #240
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #229 of 3,409 20.4%809 #752
EngineeringField #481 of 6,636 14.8%1,577 #819
MathematicsField #79 of 1,053 27.6%128 #641
Health ProfessionsField #209 of 1,928 8.7%327 #808

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ain Shams University sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Health Sciences#987 #307
  2. Physical Sciences#1,084 #438
  3. Plant Science#335 #58
  4. Life Sciences#1,368 #392
  5. Medicine#1,181 #550
  6. Nursing#240 #13
  7. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#752 #229
  8. Engineering#819 #481
  9. Mathematics#641 #79
  10. Health Professions#808 #209
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Ain Shams University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Leadership and Management takes 17.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Leadership and ManagementSubfield · 39.6 works18×
  2. OrthodonticsSubfield · 100.2 works6.1×
  3. Oral SurgerySubfield · 152.4 works5.5×
  4. Anesthesiology and Pain MedicineSubfield · 85.0 works5.3×
  5. HepatologySubfield · 129.3 works4.6×
  6. DentistryField · 319.2 works4.5×
  7. General DentistrySubfield · 25.2 works4.0×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 1.18× its world share, 809 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.06× its world share, 818 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.38× its world share, 201 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.02× its world share, 241 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.23× its world share, 114 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.71× its world share, 36 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.35× its world share, 308 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.54× its world share, 612 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.40× its world share, 90 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.89× its world share, 119 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.73× its world share, 1,577 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.60× its world share, 431 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.00× its world share, 505 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.75× its world share, 128 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.49× its world share, 157 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 4.54× its world share, 319 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.86× its world share, 327 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.13× its world share, 5,936 worksMedicineNursing: 2.60× its world share, 184 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.58× its world share, 11 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.51× its world share, 215 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.35× its world share, 164 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.60× its world share, 84 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.38× its world share, 117 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.90× its world share, 398 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 590 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Ain Shams University?

Ranked on the composite score, Ashraf Nabhan, Ahmed H. Yousef and Sanaa Eissa lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ain Shams University.

  1. 1 Ashraf Nabhan Egypt · #12,694 worldwide 1.8k citations · 44 works
  2. 2 Ahmed H. Yousef Egypt · #14,247 worldwide 852 citations · 49 works
  3. 3 Sanaa Eissa Egypt · #66,412 worldwide 321 citations · 34 works
  4. 4 Mostafa M.H. Khalil Egypt · #76,072 worldwide 220 citations · 39 works
  5. 5 Anas M. Saad Egypt · #86,463 worldwide 178 citations · 30 works
  6. 6 Abdelrahman Ibrahim Abushouk Egypt · #89,211 worldwide 406 citations · 24 works
  7. 7 K.F. Khaled Egypt · #122,362 worldwide 519 citations · 25 works
  8. 8 Almoataz Y. Abdelaziz Egypt · #167,074 worldwide 588 citations · 107 works
  9. 9 Abdel-Badeeh M. Salem Egypt · #187,477 worldwide 172 citations · 40 works
  10. 10 M.M. El-Nahass Egypt · #188,857 worldwide 508 citations · 77 works
All ranked researchers at Ain Shams University

Which keywords describe research at Ain Shams University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Quality of Life, Treatment, Oxidative Stress, Complications, Metabolic Syndrome and Self-Efficacy.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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. Epidemiology1,062▲ 1.85×131 topics
  2. Inflammation678▲ 2.2×83 topics
  3. Quality of Life521▲ 2.5×51 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress426▲ 1.80×62 topics
  5. Treatment387▲ 2.2×50 topics
  6. Cancer363▲ 1.87×59 topics
  7. Cardiovascular Disease338▲ 2.1×39 topics
  8. Metabolic Syndrome317▲ 2.7×23 topics
  9. Complications273▲ 3.8×17 topics
  10. Diagnosis262▲ 1.94×41 topics
  11. Depression250▲ 1.96×23 topics
  12. Management249▲ 2.2×34 topics
  13. Antioxidant237▲ 2.4×51 topics
  14. Mortality220▲ 2.6×13 topics
  15. Insulin Resistance217▲ 3.3×10 topics
  16. Obesity216▲ 1.97×26 topics
  17. Genetics214▲ 2.1×25 topics
  18. Guidelines212▲ 3.1×13 topics
  19. Self-Efficacy211▲ 5.5×9 topics
  20. Immune Response195▲ 2.4×23 topics
  21. Diabetes190▲ 2.6×22 topics
  22. Rehabilitation179▲ 3.1×13 topics
  23. Hepatocellular Carcinoma166▲ 5.5×3 topics
  24. Stress165▲ 3.1×11 topics
  25. Chronic Pain159▲ 5.0×5 topics
  26. Pain Management156▲ 4.7×9 topics
  27. Cardiovascular Risk151▲ 3.4×9 topics
  28. Hepatic Steatosis147▲ 6.6×2 topics
  29. Elderly144▲ 4.0×6 topics
  30. Perioperative Care141▲ 8.4×3 topics
  31. Chronic Kidney Disease132▲ 3.8×8 topics
  32. Nursing127▲ 4.7×7 topics
  33. NAFLD126▲ 7.3×1 topic
  34. NASH126▲ 7.3×1 topic
  35. Postoperative Pain117▲ 8.9×3 topics
  36. Educational Achievement110▲ 12×1 topic
  37. Job Stress110▲ 12×1 topic
  38. Analgesia107▲ 11×2 topics
  39. Regional Anesthesia105▲ 14×1 topic
  40. Surgical Outcome105▲ 14×1 topic

Which research topics does Ain Shams University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment, Health and Well-being Studies, Anesthesia and Pain Management and COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies.

Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 126 fractional worksHealth and Well-being Studies: 110 fractional worksAnesthesia and Pain Mana…105Anesthesia and Pain Management: 105 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Resear…65COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 65 fractional worksDental materials and restorations: 64 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 63 fractional worksSynthesis and biological…54Synthesis and biological activity: 54 fractional worksDental Implant Techniques and Outcomes: 49 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 48 fractional worksLiver Disease and Transplantation: 46 fractional works
EpidemiologyClinical PsychologySurgeryInfectious Diseases5 others

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

  1. 1 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 126 works
  2. 2 Health and Well-being Studies Clinical Psychology 110 works
  3. 3 Anesthesia and Pain Management Surgery 105 works
  4. 4 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 65 works
  5. 5 Dental materials and restorations Orthodontics 64 works
  6. 6 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 63 works
  7. 7 Synthesis and biological activity Organic Chemistry 54 works
  8. 8 Dental Implant Techniques and Outcomes Oral Surgery 49 works
  9. 9 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 48 works
  10. 10 Liver Disease and Transplantation Hepatology 46 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 available55.9%not open44.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.9%domestic only84.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Ain Shams University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 93% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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.

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