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Al-Azhar University

In research, Al-Azhar University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#443 of 12,888 worldwide), Materials Science (#117 of 2,468 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#756 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Orthodontics, Ceramics and Composites and Urology — Orthodontics is 8.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#543
of 28,054 · #1,368 all time
Rank in Egypt
#5
of 123
Research works
22k
▲ 186% vs 2013–17
Citations
227k
10.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
64%
world 28%

What is Al-Azhar 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
Physical SciencesDomain #443 of 12,888 20.5%2,335 #1113
Materials ScienceField #117 of 2,468 26.2%423 #386
Health SciencesDomain #756 of 11,982 7.7%3,329 #1933
Materials ChemistrySubfield #113 of 1,556 28.1%257 #415
Life SciencesDomain #589 of 7,800 17.3%1,647 #1547
Pharmacology, Toxicology and PharmaceuticsField #9 of 114 26.1%92 #123
MedicineField #882 of 10,443 7.3%2,914 #2151
Plant ScienceSubfield #132 of 1,395 20.9%365 #447
ChemistryField #150 of 1,330 26.4%332 #818
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #388 of 3,409 17.3%801 #862

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Al-Azhar 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. Physical Sciences#1,113 #443
  2. Materials Science#386 #117
  3. Health Sciences#1,933 #756
  4. Materials Chemistry#415 #113
  5. Life Sciences#1,547 #589
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics#123 #9
  7. Medicine#2,151 #882
  8. Plant Science#447 #132
  9. Chemistry#818 #150
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#862 #388
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-Azhar University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Orthodontics takes 8.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OrthodonticsSubfield · 72.3 works8.1×
  2. Ceramics and CompositesSubfield · 34.9 works6.3×
  3. UrologySubfield · 58.3 works6.1×
  4. Oral SurgerySubfield · 87.4 works5.7×
  5. DentistryField · 210.1 works5.5×
  6. Obstetrics and GynecologySubfield · 121.0 works5.3×
← 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: 2.13× its world share, 801 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.29× its world share, 545 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.43× its world share, 114 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.74× its world share, 95 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.29× its world share, 92 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.70× its world share, 20 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.67× its world share, 332 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.37× its world share, 226 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.75× its world share, 93 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.81× its world share, 59 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.56× its world share, 665 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.69× its world share, 271 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.53× its world share, 423 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.42× its world share, 132 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.65× its world share, 114 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 5.47× its world share, 210 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.54× its world share, 113 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.91× its world share, 2,914 worksMedicineNursing: 2.13× its world share, 83 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.87× its world share, 9 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.39× its world share, 89 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.19× its world share, 48 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.43× its world share, 33 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.16× its world share, 28 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.32× its world share, 78 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 330 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 5.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Al-Azhar University?

Ranked on the composite score, Gomaa A. M. Ali, Ali Ismail Awad and Atef El‐Taher lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Al-Azhar University.

  1. 1 Gomaa A. M. Ali · #67,433 worldwide 349 citations · 35 works
  2. 2 Ali Ismail Awad · #127,807 worldwide 220 citations · 40 works
  3. 3 Atef El‐Taher · #178,288 worldwide 121 citations · 42 works
  4. 4 Kh. S. Mekheimer · #247,491 worldwide 208 citations · 26 works
  5. 5 K.A. Aly · #271,370 worldwide 293 citations · 45 works
  6. 6 Mohammed Alsabri · #289,346 worldwide 157 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Amr Fouda · #354,408 worldwide 222 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Tarek M. Abdelghany · #406,327 worldwide 90 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 Kh. S. Shaaban · #440,806 worldwide 182 citations · 27 works
  10. 10 Salem S. Salem · #443,905 worldwide 145 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Al-Azhar University

Which keywords describe research at Al-Azhar University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Oxidative Stress, Antioxidant, Anticancer Agents, Antimicrobial, Toxicity and Medicinal Chemistry.

▲ 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. Epidemiology519▲ 1.66×131 topics
  2. Inflammation367▲ 2.2×83 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress308▲ 2.4×63 topics
  4. Antioxidant221▲ 4.1×51 topics
  5. Quality of Life186▲ 1.63×51 topics
  6. Cancer184▲ 1.74×56 topics
  7. Treatment178▲ 1.86×50 topics
  8. Nanoparticles169▲ 1.69×42 topics
  9. Environmental Impact160▲ 1.19×51 topics
  10. Cardiovascular Disease158▲ 1.80×39 topics
  11. Nanomaterials154▲ 1.84×18 topics
  12. Antioxidant Activity150▲ 3.0×32 topics
  13. Biomedical Applications143▲ 1.53×35 topics
  14. Risk Factors142▲ 1.63×35 topics
  15. Toxicity140▲ 4.1×20 topics
  16. Diagnosis135▲ 1.84×41 topics
  17. Metabolic Syndrome133▲ 2.1×23 topics
  18. Antimicrobial129▲ 5.8×14 topics
  19. Synthesis121▲ 4.1×35 topics
  20. Medicinal Chemistry118▲ 5.4×13 topics
  21. Anticancer Agents118▲ 9.8×12 topics
  22. Complications117▲ 3.0×17 topics
  23. Obesity114▲ 1.91×26 topics
  24. Anti-inflammatory108▲ 4.9×29 topics
  25. Antioxidants105▲ 3.0×17 topics
  26. Insulin Resistance104▲ 2.9×10 topics
  27. Diabetes103▲ 2.6×22 topics
  28. Wound Healing101▲ 4.9×12 topics
  29. Medicinal Plants93▲ 2.9×18 topics
  30. Antimicrobial Activity87▲ 6.5×9 topics
  31. Heterocyclic Compounds87▲ 13×6 topics
  32. Maternal Mortality80▲ 4.6×5 topics
  33. Flavonoids78▲ 3.8×12 topics
  34. Green Synthesis78▲ 5.1×5 topics
  35. Cytotoxicity74▲ 6.8×10 topics
  36. Biosynthesis72▲ 5.8×9 topics
  37. Anticancer68▲ 5.4×17 topics
  38. Coumarins61▲ 15×2 topics
  39. Tubulin Inhibitors59▲ 16×1 topic
  40. Vascular Targeting Agents59▲ 16×1 topic

Which research topics does Al-Azhar University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Synthesis and biological activity, Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications, Dental materials and restorations and Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies.

Synthesis and biological…59Synthesis and biological activity: 59 fractional worksNanoparticles: synthesis…53Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications: 53 fractional worksDental materials and restorations: 43 fractional worksPregnancy and preeclampsia studies: 41 fractional worksDental Implant Techniques and Outcomes: 39 fractional worksAnalytical Methods in Pharmaceuticals: 35 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 33 fractional worksGlass properties and app…32Glass properties and applications: 32 fractional worksInsect Pest Control Strategies: 30 fractional worksEssential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity: 29 fractional works
Organic ChemistryMaterials ChemistryOrthodonticsObstetrics and Gynecology6 others

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

  1. 1 Synthesis and biological activityOrganic Chemistry 59 works
  2. 2 Nanoparticles: synthesis and applicationsMaterials Chemistry 53 works
  3. 3 Dental materials and restorationsOrthodontics 43 works
  4. 4 Pregnancy and preeclampsia studiesObstetrics and Gynecology 41 works
  5. 5 Dental Implant Techniques and OutcomesOral Surgery 39 works
  6. 6 Analytical Methods in PharmaceuticalsAnalytical Chemistry 35 works
  7. 7 Liver Disease Diagnosis and TreatmentEpidemiology 33 works
  8. 8 Glass properties and applicationsCeramics and Composites 32 works
  9. 9 Insect Pest Control StrategiesPlant Science 30 works
  10. 10 Essential Oils and Antimicrobial ActivityFood Science 29 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 available64.1%not open35.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors28.4%domestic only71.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Al-Azhar University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 186% 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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