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Al Akhawayn University

In research, Al Akhawayn University stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,850 of 9,585 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#4,419 of 10,670 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#3,470 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#6,435
of 22,385 · #7,562 all time
Rank in Morocco
#16
of 57
Research works
1.2k
▲ 69% vs 2018-21
Citations
13k
11.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.90×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
32%
world 40%
International
25%
world 18%
Al Akhawayn University

What is Al Akhawayn University known for in research?

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

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #2,850 of 9,585 14.4%172 #3280
Physical SciencesDomain #4,419 of 10,670 8.0%170 #7226
Social SciencesField #3,470 of 5,988 12.2%82 #2682
EngineeringField #3,667 of 5,901 8.3%69 #5269
Computer ScienceField #2,813 of 4,417 4.9%62 #2820

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Al Akhawayn 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

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

  1. Social Sciences#3,280 #2,850
  2. Physical Sciences#7,226 #4,419
  3. Social Sciences#2,682 #3,470
  4. Engineering#5,269 #3,667
  5. Computer Science#2,820 #2,813
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

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

Which fields of science does Al Akhawayn University work in?

In 2022-now, 48% of research at Al Akhawayn University is in Physical Sciences, 43% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (20%), Engineering (19%), Computer Science (18%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 211 fractional works · 48.3% of its workEngineering: 83 fractional works · 19.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 22 fractional works · 5.0% of its workBuilding and Construction: 13 fractional works · 2.9% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 9 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 8 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 7 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 78 fractional works · 18.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 36 fractional works · 8.2% of its workInformation Systems: 13 fractional works · 3.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 8 fractional works · 1.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 7 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Science Applications: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHardware and Architecture: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 21 fractional works · 4.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPollution: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 12 fractional works · 2.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 9 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workApplied Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 187 fractional works · 43.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 86 fractional works · 19.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 30 fractional works · 6.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 17 fractional works · 3.9% of its workEducation: 11 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAnthropology: 7 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGender Studies: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCommunication: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workTransportation: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLinguistics and Language: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 39 fractional works · 8.9% of its workAccounting: 11 fractional works · 2.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 10 fractional works · 2.2% of its workManagement Information Systems: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMarketing: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 27 fractional works · 6.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 20 fractional works · 4.7% of its workFinance: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 17 fractional works · 3.9% of its workPhilosophy: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 14 fractional works · 3.1% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 21 fractional works · 4.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 13 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPlant Science: 7 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAquatic Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 18 fractional works · 4.0% of its workMedicine: 13 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Information Management: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKAl AkhawaynUniversity436fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences48%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences43%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering8319.1%
    2. Computer Science7818.0%
    3. Environmental Science214.9%
    4. Energy122.7%
    5. Mathematics51.1%
    6. Materials Science51.1%
    7. Physics and Astronomy30.7%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.5%
    9. Chemistry10.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Social Sciences8619.6%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting398.9%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance276.1%
    4. Arts and Humanities173.9%
    5. Psychology143.1%
    6. Decision Sciences51.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences133.0%
    2. Neuroscience51.1%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology20.4%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.1%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    1. Medicine133.0%
    2. Health Professions40.9%
    3. Nursing10.1%
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: 0.63× its world share, 13 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.68× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.31× its world share, 78 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.90× its world share, 12 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.27× its world share, 83 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.98× its world share, 21 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.30× its world share, 5 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.91× its world share, 5 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.31× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.34× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.16× its world share, 13 worksMedicineNursing: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.33× its world share, 17 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.78× its world share, 39 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.27× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.87× its world share, 27 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.03× its world share, 14 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.55× its world share, 86 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Energy2.90×12 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.87×27 works
  3. Business, Management and Accounting2.78×39 works
  4. Computer Science2.31×78 works
  5. Social Sciences1.55×86 works
  6. Arts and Humanities1.33×17 works
  7. Engineering1.27×83 works
  8. Decision Sciences1.27×5 works
  9. Psychology1.03×14 works
  10. Environmental Science0.98×21 works
  11. Mathematics0.91×5 works
  12. Neuroscience0.68×5 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.63×13 works
  14. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.34×0 works
  15. Health Professions0.34×4 works
  16. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.33×2 works
  17. Physics and Astronomy0.31×3 works
  18. Materials Science0.30×5 works
  19. Chemical Engineering0.27×0 works
  20. Nursing0.26×1 works
  21. Chemistry0.17×1 works
  22. Medicine0.16×13 works
  23. Immunology and Microbiology0.09×0 works
  24. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.08×2 works

Who are the top researchers at Al Akhawayn University?

Ranked on the quality score, Muhammad Nabeel Ikram, Youssef Chetioui and Hind Lebdaoui lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Al Akhawayn University.

  1. 1 Muhammad Nabeel Ikram Morocco · #15,633 worldwide 5.5k citations · 106 works
  2. 2 Youssef Chetioui Morocco · #499,844 worldwide 1.2k citations · 51 works
  3. 3 Hind Lebdaoui Morocco · #507,816 worldwide 1.2k citations · 48 works
  4. 4 Michael J. Willis Morocco · #565,578 worldwide 1k citations · 62 works
  5. 5 Arechkik Ameur Morocco · #583,942 worldwide 841 citations · 24 works
  6. 6 Maryem Naili Morocco · #654,371 worldwide 492 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Imad Jabbouri Morocco · #781,369 worldwide 905 citations · 42 works
  8. 8 Nicolas Hamelin Morocco · #1,057,369 worldwide 1.2k citations · 56 works
  9. 9 Kenneth Ray Szulczyk Morocco · #1,127,459 worldwide 971 citations · 78 works
  10. 10 Khalid Loudiyi Morocco · #1,330,016 worldwide 1.5k citations · 59 works
All ranked researchers at Al Akhawayn University

What are the most cited papers from Al Akhawayn University?

The most cited paper from Al Akhawayn University is "Ancient human genomes suggest three ancestral populations for present-day Europeans" (Iosif Lazaridis et al., 2014), with 1,497 citations. Next come "Phytotherapy of hypertension and diabetes in oriental Morocco" (588) and "Validity-guided (re)clustering with applications to image segmentation" (426).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Ancient human genomes suggest three ancestral populations for present-day Europeans Iosif Lazaridis et al. · Nature Open access120 authors Sep 2014 1,497
2 Phytotherapy of hypertension and diabetes in oriental Morocco Abderrahim Ziyyat, Abdelkhaleq Legssyer, Hassane Mekhfi et al. · Journal of Ethnopharmacology Sep 1997 588
3 Validity-guided (re)clustering with applications to image segmentation Amine M. Bensaid, Lawrence Hall, James C. Bezdek et al. · IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems May 1996 426
4 Intelligent building control systems for thermal comfort and energy-efficiency: A systematic review of artificial intelligence-assisted techniques Ghezlane Halhoul Merabet, Mohamed Essaaidi, Mohamed Ben Haddou et al. · Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews Review 2 Apr 2021 423
5 How fashion influencers contribute to consumers' purchase intention Youssef Chetioui, Hikma Benlafqih, Hind Lebdaoui · Journal of Fashion Marketing and Management 20 Apr 2020 409
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Al Akhawayn University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Renewable Energy, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Neural Networks, Security, Sustainability, Risk Management and Globalization.

▲ 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. Machine Learning36▲ 2.5×48 topics
  2. Deep Learning35▲ 2.3×48 topics
  3. Renewable Energy29▲ 4.5×29 topics
  4. Sustainability21▲ 1.94×32 topics
  5. Neural Networks20▲ 2.9×26 topics
  6. Globalization17▲ 1.98×28 topics
  7. Security14▲ 4.7×16 topics
  8. Environmental Impact14▲ 1.81×17 topics
  9. Supply Chain Management13▲ 3.2×13 topics
  10. Healthcare12▲ 2.5×8 topics
  11. Internet of Things11▲ 3.0×10 topics
  12. Risk Management11▲ 5.3×9 topics
  13. Energy Efficiency11▲ 2.7×16 topics
  14. Consumer Behavior10▲ 3.7×9 topics
  15. Corporate Governance10▲ 3.1×12 topics
  16. Economic Growth10▲ 2.7×14 topics
  17. IoT10▲ 5.8×12 topics
  18. Wireless Sensor Networks9▲ 4.7×9 topics
  19. Gender Equality8▲ 6.9×3 topics
  20. Environmental Management8▲ 4.8×7 topics
  21. Environmental Monitoring8▲ 5.0×6 topics
  22. Social Capital8▲ 3.6×9 topics
  23. Religion8▲ 3.7×10 topics
  24. Smart Grid8▲ 4.9×6 topics
  25. Image Processing7▲ 3.9×7 topics
  26. Finance7▲ 8.9×3 topics
  27. Circular Economy7▲ 5.9×6 topics
  28. Electric Vehicles7▲ 5.4×4 topics
  29. Computer Vision7▲ 5.5×3 topics
  30. Stock Market7▲ 6.7×3 topics
  31. Secularism6▲ 15×2 topics
  32. Middle East6▲ 24×2 topics
  33. Empire6▲ 16×3 topics
  34. Financial Stability6▲ 7.2×3 topics
  35. Ottoman Empire6▲ 19×2 topics
  36. Iran6▲ 31×1 topic
  37. Islamic reform6▲ 31×1 topic
  38. Ethical Identity6▲ 11×1 topic
  39. Global Financial Crisis6▲ 9.8×2 topics
  40. Shariah Supervision6▲ 11×1 topic

Which research topics does Al Akhawayn University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Islamic Studies and History, Islamic Finance and Banking Studies, Topic Modeling and AI in Service Interactions.

Islamic Studies and Hist…6Islamic Studies and History: 6 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Bank…6Islamic Finance and Banking Studies: 6 fractional worksTopic Modeling4Topic Modeling: 4 fractional worksAI in Service Interactions: 4 fractional worksSustainable Supply Chain…4Sustainable Supply Chain Management: 4 fractional worksSmart Agriculture and AI: 4 fractional worksBuilding Energy and Comfort Optimization: 4 fractional worksBlockchain Technology Ap…3Blockchain Technology Applications and Security: 3 fractional worksCOVID-19 Pandemic Impacts: 3 fractional worksNatural Language Processing Techniques: 3 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsAccountingArtificial IntelligenceStrategy and Management4 others

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

  1. 1 Islamic Studies and History Political Science and International Relations 6 works
  2. 2 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 6 works
  3. 3 Topic Modeling Artificial Intelligence 4 works
  4. 4 AI in Service Interactions Artificial Intelligence 4 works
  5. 5 Sustainable Supply Chain Management Strategy and Management 4 works
  6. 6 Smart Agriculture and AI Plant Science 4 works
  7. 7 Building Energy and Comfort Optimization Building and Construction 4 works
  8. 8 Blockchain Technology Applications and Security Information Systems 3 works
  9. 9 COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  10. 10 Natural Language Processing Techniques Artificial Intelligence 3 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 available32.2%not open67.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.2%domestic only74.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Al Akhawayn University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 69% 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 Al Akhawayn University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0018% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Al Akhawayn University0.0020% in 2025200020102020

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

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%Al Akhawayn University10.2% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 19.6% in 2020.

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