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Ajman University

In research, Ajman University stands highest in Dentistry (#10 of 367 worldwide), Health Sciences (#574 of 11,982 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#1,466 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Orthodontics, Oral Surgery and Dentistry — Orthodontics is 18.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,190
of 28,054 · #3,401 all time
Rank in United Arab Emirates
#4
of 66
Research works
3.1k
▲ 398% vs 2013–17
Citations
41k
13.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
27.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
62%
world 28%

What is Ajman 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
DentistryField #10 of 367 21.5%123 #93
Health SciencesDomain #574 of 11,982 21.8%455 #1299
Physical SciencesDomain #1,466 of 12,888 28.1%674 #4471
Computer ScienceField #542 of 4,667 37.1%201 #1676
MedicineField #1,375 of 10,443 22.6%267 #2072
Social SciencesDomain #1,458 of 10,521 34.5%319 #2661
EngineeringField #1,342 of 6,636 22.8%242 #3845
Social SciencesField #1,544 of 6,365 32.6%132 #2202
Life SciencesDomain #1,999 of 7,800 25.2%153 #4561
Artificial IntelligenceSubfield #512 of 1,884 39.1%74 #1371

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ajman 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. Dentistry#93 #10
  2. Health Sciences#1,299 #574
  3. Physical Sciences#4,471 #1,466
  4. Computer Science#1,676 #542
  5. Medicine#2,072 #1,375
  6. Social Sciences#2,661 #1,458
  7. Engineering#3,845 #1,342
  8. Social Sciences#2,202 #1,544
  9. Life Sciences#4,561 #1,999
  10. Artificial Intelligence#1,371 #512
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 Ajman University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Orthodontics takes 18.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OrthodonticsSubfield · 32.5 works18×
  2. Oral SurgerySubfield · 49.1 works16×
  3. DentistryField · 122.7 works16×
  4. PeriodonticsSubfield · 27.5 works13×
  5. Modeling and SimulationSubfield · 20.7 works9.2×
← 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: 0.35× its world share, 27 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.78× its world share, 67 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.84× its world share, 14 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.16× its world share, 30 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.91× its world share, 16 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.54× its world share, 3 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.72× its world share, 18 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.61× its world share, 201 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.32× its world share, 20 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.01× its world share, 242 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.74× its world share, 59 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.90× its world share, 50 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.68× its world share, 50 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.73× its world share, 26 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 15.79× its world share, 123 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.39× its world share, 58 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.87× its world share, 267 worksMedicineNursing: 0.78× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.60× its world share, 28 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.32× its world share, 68 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.20× its world share, 18 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.85× its world share, 29 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.90× its world share, 44 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.65× its world share, 132 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 15.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Ajman University?

Ranked on the composite score, Moyad Shahwan, Samer H. Zyoud and Ammar Abdulrahman Jairoun lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ajman University.

  1. 1 Moyad Shahwan United Arab Emirates · #19,211 worldwide 713 citations · 52 works
  2. 2 Samer H. Zyoud United Arab Emirates · #65,931 worldwide 592 citations · 28 works
  3. 3 Ammar Abdulrahman Jairoun United Arab Emirates · #72,630 worldwide 696 citations · 25 works
  4. 4 Sai H. S. Boddu United Arab Emirates · #138,778 worldwide 205 citations · 30 works
  5. 5 David E. Lilienthal United Arab Emirates · #312,323 worldwide 32 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 Atta ur Rehman Khan United Arab Emirates · #447,436 worldwide 97 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Sharif Naser Makhadmeh United Arab Emirates · #498,274 worldwide 130 citations · 24 works
  8. 8 Sudhir Varma United Arab Emirates · #739,268 worldwide 25 citations · 24 works
  9. 9 Abdul Rahman Saleh United Arab Emirates · #815,242 worldwide 25 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Kamran Arshad United Arab Emirates · #871,224 worldwide 120 citations · 56 works
All ranked researchers at Ajman University

Which keywords describe research at Ajman University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Nonlinear Equations, Epidemiology, Healthcare, IoT and Dental Caries.

▲ 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. Machine Learning118▲ 2.3×73 topics
  2. Deep Learning104▲ 1.89×72 topics
  3. Epidemiology68◆ 1.07×106 topics
  4. Artificial Intelligence52▲ 2.4×35 topics
  5. Healthcare41▲ 2.3×15 topics
  6. Quality of Life40▲ 1.75×42 topics
  7. COVID-1939▲ 1.79×25 topics
  8. Oxidative Stress38▲ 1.47×54 topics
  9. Neural Networks38▲ 1.52×33 topics
  10. Social Media35▲ 1.52×24 topics
  11. Supply Chain Management31▲ 2.0×16 topics
  12. Clinical Trials29▲ 2.7×19 topics
  13. Nanomaterials28▲ 1.66×15 topics
  14. Nonlinear Equations27▲ 13×5 topics
  15. IoT27▲ 4.5×15 topics
  16. Virtual Reality25▲ 3.1×11 topics
  17. Medical Imaging22▲ 2.7×9 topics
  18. IoT Security20▲ 3.9×3 topics
  19. Dental Caries20▲ 13×2 topics
  20. Dental Materials20▲ 23×1 topic
  21. Restorative Dentistry20▲ 23×1 topic
  22. Revascularization19▲ 7.6×4 topics
  23. Smart Cities19▲ 4.5×7 topics
  24. Fractional Calculus18▲ 20×2 topics
  25. Anomalous Diffusion18▲ 21×2 topics
  26. Mineral Trioxide Aggregate18▲ 29×1 topic
  27. Root Canal Irrigants18▲ 29×1 topic
  28. Thermal Comfort18▲ 8.4×2 topics
  29. Homotopy Analysis Method17▲ 23×1 topic
  30. Random Walk17▲ 23×1 topic
  31. Infection Control15▲ 11×2 topics
  32. Osteoporosis15▲ 11×4 topics
  33. Bone Regeneration14▲ 7.6×2 topics
  34. Particle Swarm Optimization14▲ 7.4×4 topics
  35. Periodontal Disease14▲ 15×2 topics
  36. Dental Practice14▲ 19×1 topic
  37. Transmission Routes14▲ 19×1 topic
  38. Evolutionary Algorithms14▲ 8.0×5 topics
  39. Cone-Beam CT13▲ 16×1 topic
  40. Dental Imaging13▲ 16×1 topic

Which research topics does Ajman University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Dental materials and restorations, Endodontics and Root Canal Treatments, Fractional Differential Equations Solutions and Dental Research and COVID-19.

Dental materials and res…20Dental materials and restorations: 20 fractional worksEndodontics and Root Can…18Endodontics and Root Canal Treatments: 18 fractional worksFractional Differential …17Fractional Differential Equations Solutions: 17 fractional worksDental Research and COVI…14Dental Research and COVID-19: 14 fractional worksDental Radiography and Imaging: 13 fractional worksOral microbiology and periodontitis research: 12 fractional worksBuilding Energy and Comf…11Building Energy and Comfort Optimization: 11 fractional worksDental Implant Techniques and Outcomes: 11 fractional worksOrganizational and Employee Performance: 10 fractional worksNetwork Security and Int…9Network Security and Intrusion Detection: 9 fractional works
OrthodonticsOral SurgeryModeling and SimulationGeneral Dentistry4 others

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

  1. 1 Dental materials and restorations Orthodontics 20 works
  2. 2 Endodontics and Root Canal Treatments Oral Surgery 18 works
  3. 3 Fractional Differential Equations Solutions Modeling and Simulation 17 works
  4. 4 Dental Research and COVID-19 General Dentistry 14 works
  5. 5 Dental Radiography and Imaging Oral Surgery 13 works
  6. 6 Oral microbiology and periodontitis research Periodontics 12 works
  7. 7 Building Energy and Comfort Optimization Building and Construction 11 works
  8. 8 Dental Implant Techniques and Outcomes Oral Surgery 11 works
  9. 9 Organizational and Employee Performance Artificial Intelligence 10 works
  10. 10 Network Security and Intrusion Detection Computer Networks and Communications 9 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 available61.5%not open38.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors56.2%domestic only43.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Ajman University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 398% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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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