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Al-Muthanna University

In research, Al-Muthanna University stands highest in Engineering (#2,534 of 6,636 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#5,280 of 12,888 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#7,396 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Agronomy and Crop Science and Accounting — Agronomy and Crop Science is 15.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#7,419
of 28,054 · #12,576 all time
Rank in Iraq
#39
of 67
Research works
1.8k
▲ 410% vs 2013–17
Citations
8.4k
4.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
79%
world 28%

What is Al-Muthanna 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
EngineeringField #2,534 of 6,636 11.6%144 #4858
Physical SciencesDomain #5,280 of 12,888 11.3%353 #8419
Social SciencesDomain #7,396 of 10,521 4.8%164 #13236
Health SciencesDomain #8,658 of 11,982 6.1%166 #16032
Life SciencesDomain #5,988 of 7,800 4.9%279 #11935
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #2,734 of 3,409 4.7%188 #5199
MedicineField #8,536 of 10,443 6.6%131 #15398
Plant ScienceSubfield #1,309 of 1,395 5.8%73 #2727
Business, Management and AccountingField #2,533 of 2,578 2.7%64 —

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Al-Muthanna 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. Engineering#4,858 #2,534
  2. Physical Sciences#8,419 #5,280
  3. Social Sciences#13,236 #7,396
  4. Health Sciences#16,032 #8,658
  5. Life Sciences#11,935 #5,988
  6. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#5,199 #2,734
  7. Medicine#15,398 #8,536
  8. Plant Science#2,727 #1,309
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-Muthanna University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Agronomy and Crop Science takes 15.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 36.3 works16×
  2. AccountingSubfield · 36.8 works6.3×
← 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: 4.10× its world share, 188 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.12× its world share, 58 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.46× its world share, 14 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.55× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.30× its world share, 11 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.23× its world share, 34 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.53× its world share, 40 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.39× its world share, 12 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.00× its world share, 144 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.14× its world share, 54 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.17× its world share, 39 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.72× its world share, 8 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.70× its world share, 15 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.53× its world share, 7 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.78× its world share, 20 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.71× its world share, 131 worksMedicineNursing: 1.17× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.73× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.42× its world share, 12 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.06× its world share, 64 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.51× its world share, 14 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.20× its world share, 25 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.24× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 43 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Al-Muthanna University?

Ranked on the composite score, Karrar Hameed Abdulkareem, Kasim Mohammed Hello and Jassim Kassim Al-Gharawi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Al-Muthanna University.

  1. 1 Karrar Hameed Abdulkareem Iraq · #169,632 worldwide 169 citations · 21 works
  2. 2 Kasim Mohammed Hello Iraq · #1,548,895 worldwide 35 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Jassim Kassim Al-Gharawi Iraq · #1,587,015 worldwide 3 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Al-Muthanna University

Which keywords describe research at Al-Muthanna University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Crop Management, Genetic Improvement, Plant Growth, Corporate Governance, Risk Management, Finance, Sustainable Agriculture and Financial Stability.

▲ 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. Epidemiology42◆ 1.12×68 topics
  2. Crop Management38▲ 61×2 topics
  3. Corporate Governance34▲ 4.8×9 topics
  4. Machine Learning32◆ 1.03×48 topics
  5. Genetic Improvement31▲ 35×4 topics
  6. Risk Management30▲ 6.3×9 topics
  7. Antioxidant29▲ 4.4×32 topics
  8. Plant Growth29▲ 27×6 topics
  9. Finance26▲ 14×2 topics
  10. Environmental Impact26▲ 1.57×30 topics
  11. Sustainable Agriculture26▲ 8.3×13 topics
  12. Financial Stability25▲ 13×3 topics
  13. Performance Analysis24▲ 11×2 topics
  14. Regulation24▲ 4.5×13 topics
  15. Ethical Identity23▲ 19×1 topic
  16. Islamic Banking23▲ 6.0×1 topic
  17. Nanoparticles23▲ 1.93×32 topics
  18. Maize Yield21▲ 53×1 topic
  19. Nitrogen Uptake21▲ 53×1 topic
  20. Soil Fertility20▲ 9.2×8 topics
  21. Antioxidant Activity18▲ 2.9×26 topics
  22. Horticultural Crops17▲ 24×2 topics
  23. Protein Hydrolysates17▲ 27×2 topics
  24. Humic Substances17▲ 64×2 topics
  25. Abiotic Stress17▲ 25×2 topics
  26. Biostimulants16▲ 76×1 topic
  27. Genetic Diversity16▲ 3.8×17 topics
  28. Seaweed Extracts16▲ 76×1 topic
  29. Diabetes16▲ 3.4×14 topics
  30. Synthesis16▲ 4.5×28 topics
  31. Bioactive Compounds16▲ 6.4×11 topics
  32. Antioxidants14▲ 3.4×13 topics
  33. Antibiotic Resistance14▲ 3.8×9 topics
  34. Aquaculture13▲ 5.2×5 topics
  35. Drought Tolerance13▲ 9.4×6 topics
  36. Plant Breeding13▲ 14×4 topics
  37. Anti-inflammatory12▲ 4.7×19 topics
  38. Anticancer Agents12▲ 8.3×10 topics
  39. Antioxidant Properties11▲ 7.6×5 topics
  40. Nutritional Quality10▲ 14×4 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Islamic Finance and Banking Studies, Crop Yield and Soil Fertility, Plant Growth Enhancement Techniques and Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies.

Islamic Finance and Bank…23Islamic Finance and Banking Studies: 23 fractional worksCrop Yield and Soil Fertility: 21 fractional worksPlant Growth Enhancement Techniques: 16 fractional worksLinguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 7 fractional worksAgricultural Science and Fertilization: 7 fractional worksAgricultural Productivity and Crop Improvement: 7 fractional worksMoringa oleifera research and applications: 6 fractional worksStructural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete: 6 fractional worksInnovative concrete reinforcement materials: 6 fractional worksSynthesis and biological activity: 6 fractional works
AccountingAgronomy and Crop SciencePlant ScienceSociology and Political Science4 others

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

  1. 1 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 23 works
  2. 2 Crop Yield and Soil Fertility Agronomy and Crop Science 21 works
  3. 3 Plant Growth Enhancement Techniques Plant Science 16 works
  4. 4 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 7 works
  5. 5 Agricultural Science and Fertilization Soil Science 7 works
  6. 6 Agricultural Productivity and Crop Improvement Agronomy and Crop Science 7 works
  7. 7 Moringa oleifera research and applications Plant Science 6 works
  8. 8 Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete Building and Construction 6 works
  9. 9 Innovative concrete reinforcement materials Civil and Structural Engineering 6 works
  10. 10 Synthesis and biological activity Organic Chemistry 6 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 available79.3%not open20.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.7%domestic only82.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 410% higher than in 2013–2017.

200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

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.