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Al Ain University

In research, Al Ain University stands highest in Social Sciences (#960 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#1,091 of 6,365 worldwide) and Computer Science (#944 of 4,667 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Information Systems and Management and Management Information Systems — Information Systems and Management is 5.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,223
of 28,054 · #5,217 all time
Rank in United Arab Emirates
#10
of 66
Research works
2.6k
▲ 285% vs 2013–17
Citations
29k
11.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
29.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
51%
world 28%

What is Al Ain 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
Social SciencesDomain #960 of 10,521 34.1%576 #1504
Social SciencesField #1,091 of 6,365 32.4%245 #1118
Computer ScienceField #944 of 4,667 27.8%278 #2072
MedicineField #2,314 of 10,443 20.6%133 #4901
Physical SciencesDomain #2,867 of 12,888 27.2%524 #6342
Health SciencesDomain #2,758 of 11,982 19.8%172 #5951
Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField #415 of 1,775 49.7%85 #1430
Information SystemsSubfield #334 of 1,291 31.5%73 —
EducationSubfield #546 of 1,892 35.5%82 #938
Business, Management and AccountingField #753 of 2,578 34.8%121 #1304

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Al Ain 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. Social Sciences#1,504 #960
  2. Social Sciences#1,118 #1,091
  3. Computer Science#2,072 #944
  4. Medicine#4,901 #2,314
  5. Physical Sciences#6,342 #2,867
  6. Health Sciences#5,951 #2,758
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance#1,430 #415
  8. Education#938 #546
  9. Business, Management and Accounting#1,304 #753
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 Al Ain University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Information Systems and Management takes 5.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Information Systems and ManagementSubfield · 21.8 works5.6×
  2. Management Information SystemsSubfield · 25.9 works4.6×
← 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: 0.36× its world share, 23 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.44× its world share, 32 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.61× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.70× its world share, 16 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.75× its world share, 13 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.45× its world share, 10 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.62× its world share, 278 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.83× its world share, 10 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.79× its world share, 161 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.37× its world share, 25 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.28× its world share, 13 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.85× its world share, 14 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.33× its world share, 10 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.87× its world share, 31 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.51× its world share, 133 worksMedicineNursing: 0.81× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.62× its world share, 24 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.74× its world share, 121 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.90× its world share, 38 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.90× its world share, 85 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.51× its world share, 63 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.42× its world share, 245 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 2.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Al Ain University?

Ranked on the composite score, Mohammed T. Nuseir, Yazeed Yasin Ghadi and Ubaid Ullah lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Al Ain University.

  1. 1 Mohammed T. Nuseir · #252,105 worldwide 86 citations · 25 works
  2. 2 Yazeed Yasin Ghadi · #415,859 worldwide 122 citations · 33 works
  3. 3 Ubaid Ullah · #467,956 worldwide 104 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Mosab I. Tabash · #507,173 worldwide 212 citations · 69 works
  5. 5 Ismail Ben Mabrouk · #536,391 worldwide 132 citations · 45 works
  6. 6 Ahmad Ghandour · #541,172 worldwide 39 citations · 26 works
  7. 7 Tahira Yasmin · #587,066 worldwide 12 citations · 23 works
  8. 8 Ahmad Ibrahim Aljumah · #759,584 worldwide 60 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 Muhammad Sarfraz · #772,125 worldwide 80 citations · 28 works
  10. 10 Ghaleb A. El Refae · #836,664 worldwide 67 citations · 53 works
All ranked researchers at Al Ain University

Which keywords describe research at Al Ain University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Learning, Supply Chain Management, Healthcare, Digital Transformation, Smart Cities, Customer Satisfaction, Artificial Intelligence and IoT.

▲ 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 Learning156▲ 3.5×75 topics
  2. Healthcare87▲ 5.7×15 topics
  3. Supply Chain Management82▲ 6.5×18 topics
  4. Deep Learning78▲ 1.68×68 topics
  5. Artificial Intelligence71▲ 3.8×44 topics
  6. Social Media61▲ 3.1×26 topics
  7. Digital Transformation59▲ 8.2×12 topics
  8. Smart Cities55▲ 16×6 topics
  9. Customer Satisfaction52▲ 12×7 topics
  10. Big Data52▲ 4.2×20 topics
  11. IoT49▲ 9.7×13 topics
  12. Education49▲ 2.1×45 topics
  13. Knowledge Management48▲ 6.3×16 topics
  14. Online Learning46▲ 4.0×17 topics
  15. Organizational Performance45▲ 13×10 topics
  16. Internet of Things44▲ 3.7×19 topics
  17. Social Media Marketing41▲ 64×1 topic
  18. Educational Technology38▲ 2.3×26 topics
  19. E-Learning36▲ 2.6×16 topics
  20. Risk Management35▲ 5.3×14 topics
  21. Economic Growth34▲ 3.0×22 topics
  22. Corporate Governance31▲ 3.1×18 topics
  23. Security31▲ 3.5×19 topics
  24. Student Engagement28▲ 5.2×14 topics
  25. Social Capital25▲ 3.5×14 topics
  26. Medical Imaging24▲ 3.5×7 topics
  27. Technology Integration24▲ 5.8×10 topics
  28. Student Satisfaction22▲ 8.5×2 topics
  29. Social Networks21▲ 5.7×7 topics
  30. Stock Market21▲ 6.3×3 topics
  31. User Satisfaction20▲ 7.5×4 topics
  32. Technology Acceptance Model20▲ 9.6×2 topics
  33. Information Systems19▲ 8.3×3 topics
  34. Structural Equation Modeling19▲ 7.1×4 topics
  35. Online Shopping19▲ 7.6×2 topics
  36. Performance Analysis19▲ 6.5×5 topics
  37. Consumer Trust19▲ 14×1 topic
  38. Partial Least Squares19▲ 14×1 topic
  39. Online Communication18▲ 8.3×3 topics
  40. Human Resource Management17▲ 7.9×4 topics

Which research topics does Al Ain University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Organizational and Employee Performance, Technology Adoption and User Behaviour, Islamic Finance and Banking Studies and Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education.

Organizational and Emplo…41Organizational and Employee Performance: 41 fractional worksTechnology Adoption and User Behaviour: 19 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Banking Studies: 16 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 14 fractional worksSocioeconomic Development in MENA: 14 fractional worksBlockchain Technology Applications and Security: 14 fractional worksOnline Learning and Anal…13Online Learning and Analytics: 13 fractional worksEnergy, Environment, Economic Growth: 12 fractional worksOnline and Blended Learning: 12 fractional worksCOVID-19 Pandemic Impacts11COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts: 11 fractional works
Artificial IntelligenceInformation Systems and ManagementAccountingHealth Informatics5 others

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

  1. 1 Organizational and Employee PerformanceArtificial Intelligence 41 works
  2. 2 Technology Adoption and User BehaviourInformation Systems and Management 19 works
  3. 3 Islamic Finance and Banking StudiesAccounting 16 works
  4. 4 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and EducationHealth Informatics 14 works
  5. 5 Socioeconomic Development in MENASociology and Political Science 14 works
  6. 6 Blockchain Technology Applications and SecurityInformation Systems 14 works
  7. 7 Online Learning and AnalyticsComputer Science Applications 13 works
  8. 8 Energy, Environment, Economic GrowthEconomics and Econometrics 12 works
  9. 9 Online and Blended LearningEducation 12 works
  10. 10 COVID-19 Pandemic ImpactsEconomics and Econometrics 11 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 available50.7%not open49.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors47.9%domestic only52.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Al Ain University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 285% 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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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.