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Al Yamamah University

In research, Al Yamamah University stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,689 of 9,585 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#6,581 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Business, Management and Accounting (Business, Management and Accounting is 4.4× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#6,475
of 22,385 · #10,215 all time
Rank in Saudi Arabia
#41
of 91
Research works
437
▲ 133% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.6k
10.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.12×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
61%
world 40%
International
43%
world 18%
Al Yamamah University

What is Al Yamamah 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 #3,689 of 9,585 18.3%101 #5859
Physical SciencesDomain #6,581 of 10,670 11.6%72 #9647

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Al Yamamah 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 fields of science does Al Yamamah University work in?

In 2022-now, 49% of research at Al Yamamah University is in Social Sciences, 36% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (17%), Engineering (15%), Business, Management and Accounting (14%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 122 fractional works · 49.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 41 fractional works · 16.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 14 fractional works · 5.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 10 fractional works · 4.1% of its workEducation: 8 fractional works · 3.1% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 35 fractional works · 14.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 10 fractional works · 4.0% of its workManagement Information Systems: 6 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAccounting: 6 fractional works · 2.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMarketing: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBusiness and International Management: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 19 fractional works · 7.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 13 fractional works · 5.3% of its workFinance: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 10 fractional works · 4.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 9 fractional works · 3.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 8 fractional works · 3.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 90 fractional works · 36.1% of its workEngineering: 38 fractional works · 15.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 2.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 6 fractional works · 2.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 30 fractional works · 12.3% of its workInformation Systems: 11 fractional works · 4.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 9 fractional works · 3.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 6 fractional works · 2.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSignal Processing: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 11 fractional works · 4.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpace and Planetary Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 29 fractional works · 11.6% of its workMedicine: 19 fractional works · 7.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPeriodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 7 fractional works · 2.9% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKAl YamamahUniversity248fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences36%Health Sciences12%Social Sciences49%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences4116.6%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting3514.2%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance197.6%
    4. Arts and Humanities104.1%
    5. Psychology93.7%
    6. Decision Sciences83.2%
    1. Engineering3815.4%
    2. Computer Science3012.3%
    3. Environmental Science114.3%
    4. Energy41.5%
    5. Materials Science31.1%
    6. Mathematics10.5%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.5%
    8. Chemistry10.4%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.2%
    10. Physics and Astronomy00.0%
    1. Medicine197.7%
    2. Health Professions62.4%
    3. Dentistry31.1%
    4. Nursing10.4%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Neuroscience31.1%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences20.8%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.4%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.3%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology10.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Al Yamamah University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Business, Management and Accounting takes 4.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Business, Management and AccountingField · 35.1 works4.4×
← 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: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.71× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.85× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.58× its world share, 30 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.64× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.03× its world share, 38 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.86× its world share, 11 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.31× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.28× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.90× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.40× its world share, 19 worksMedicineNursing: 0.76× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.41× its world share, 10 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4.40× its world share, 35 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.30× its world share, 8 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.55× its world share, 19 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.21× its world share, 9 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.32× its world share, 41 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 4.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Business, Management and Accounting4.40×35 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3.55×19 works
  3. Decision Sciences3.30×8 works
  4. Dentistry2.28×3 works
  5. Energy1.64×4 works
  6. Computer Science1.58×30 works
  7. Arts and Humanities1.41×10 works
  8. Social Sciences1.32×41 works
  9. Psychology1.21×9 works
  10. Engineering1.03×38 works
  11. Health Professions0.90×6 works
  12. Environmental Science0.86×11 works
  13. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.85×1 works
  14. Nursing0.76×1 works
  15. Neuroscience0.71×3 works
  16. Chemical Engineering0.51×0 works
  17. Veterinary0.49×0 works
  18. Mathematics0.42×1 works
  19. Medicine0.40×19 works
  20. Materials Science0.31×3 works
  21. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.30×1 works
  22. Chemistry0.25×1 works
  23. Immunology and Microbiology0.22×0 works
  24. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.18×2 works
  25. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.08×1 works
  26. Physics and Astronomy0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Al Yamamah University?

Ranked on the quality score, Walaa Nagy Ismail, Raheel Gohar and Ishtiaq Ahmad Bajwa lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Al Yamamah University.

  1. 1 Walaa Nagy Ismail Saudi Arabia · #608,828 worldwide 828 citations · 38 works
  2. 2 Raheel Gohar Saudi Arabia · #767,383 worldwide 804 citations · 41 works
  3. 3 Ishtiaq Ahmad Bajwa Saudi Arabia · #895,492 worldwide 279 citations · 35 works
  4. 4 Awwad Alnesafi Saudi Arabia · #1,373,971 worldwide 91 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Mourad Benmalek Saudi Arabia · #1,833,351 worldwide 323 citations · 28 works
  6. 6 Tahreem Noor Khan Saudi Arabia · #2,715,411 worldwide 64 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 Razia Sultana Saudi Arabia · #3,097,346 worldwide 130 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Murtadha A. Aldoukhi Saudi Arabia · #4,118,674 worldwide 34 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 Sana Naseem Saudi Arabia · #4,936,618 worldwide 463 citations · 53 works
  10. 10 S. Mohan Saudi Arabia · #5,194,891 worldwide 318 citations · 57 works
All ranked researchers at Al Yamamah University

What are the most cited papers from Al Yamamah University?

The most cited paper from Al Yamamah University is "Community detection in networks: A multidisciplinary review" (Muhammad Aqib Javed, Muhammad Shahzad Younis, Siddique Latif et al., 2018), with 510 citations. Next come "Classification of acute lymphoblastic leukemia using deep learning" (332) and "Prevalence of overweight and obesity in Saudi children and adolescents" (253).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Community detection in networks: A multidisciplinary review Muhammad Aqib Javed, Muhammad Shahzad Younis, Siddique Latif et al. · Journal of Network and Computer Applications 23 Feb 2018 510
2 Classification of acute lymphoblastic leukemia using deep learning Amjad Ur Rehman, Naveed Naeem Abbas, Tanzila Saba et al. · Microscopy Research and Technique Open access 23 Oct 2018 332
3 Prevalence of overweight and obesity in Saudi children and adolescents Mohammad I. El Mouzan, Peter Foster, Abdullah Solaiman Al Herbish et al. · Annals of Saudi Medicine Open access May 2010 253
4 Brain tumor segmentation in multi‐spectral MRI using convolutional neural networks (CNN) Sajid Iqbal, Muhammad Usman Ghani, Tanzila Saba et al. · Microscopy Research and Technique 22 Jan 2018 246
5 Consanguinity and major genetic disorders in Saudi children: a community-based cross-sectional study Mohammad I. El Mouzan, Abdullah A. Al Salloum, Abdullah Solaiman Al Herbish et al. · Annals of Saudi Medicine Open access May 2008 215
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Al Yamamah University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Learning, Economic Growth, Supply Chain Management, Sustainability, Risk Management, Deep Learning, Human Rights and Social Capital.

▲ 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 Learning19▲ 2.3×43 topics
  2. Deep Learning15▲ 1.77×43 topics
  3. Sustainability14▲ 2.3×24 topics
  4. Supply Chain Management11▲ 4.7×12 topics
  5. Economic Growth10▲ 5.1×13 topics
  6. Globalization9▲ 1.85×21 topics
  7. Renewable Energy9▲ 2.5×15 topics
  8. Human Rights9▲ 3.5×13 topics
  9. Artificial Intelligence8▲ 2.3×17 topics
  10. Risk Management8▲ 6.5×8 topics
  11. Healthcare8▲ 2.7×11 topics
  12. Social Capital7▲ 5.3×10 topics
  13. Corporate Governance7▲ 3.6×10 topics
  14. Internet of Things6▲ 2.9×9 topics
  15. Consumer Behavior6▲ 3.9×6 topics
  16. Security6▲ 3.4×11 topics
  17. Financial Stability6▲ 11×4 topics
  18. Digital Transformation5▲ 3.8×6 topics
  19. Global Governance5▲ 8.4×7 topics
  20. Entrepreneurship5▲ 5.0×4 topics
  21. Environmental Management5▲ 4.8×3 topics
  22. Customer Satisfaction5▲ 6.1×4 topics
  23. Social Impact5▲ 4.8×7 topics
  24. Islamic Banking5▲ 5.0×3 topics
  25. Urbanization4▲ 4.5×3 topics
  26. Panel Data Analysis4▲ 11×3 topics
  27. Financial Development4▲ 12×3 topics
  28. IoT Security4▲ 5.6×3 topics
  29. Smart Cities4▲ 6.4×5 topics
  30. Finance4▲ 8.9×2 topics
  31. Organizational Performance4▲ 6.2×7 topics
  32. Performance Analysis4▲ 7.7×3 topics
  33. Stock Market4▲ 7.2×3 topics
  34. Student Perceptions4▲ 8.8×5 topics
  35. CO2 Emissions4▲ 8.7×2 topics
  36. Environmental Regulation4▲ 10×2 topics
  37. Energy Consumption4▲ 6.8×3 topics
  38. Ethical Identity4▲ 12×1 topic
  39. Kuznets Curve4▲ 13×1 topic
  40. Trade Openness4▲ 13×1 topic

Which research topics does Al Yamamah University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Islamic Finance and Banking Studies, Energy, Environment, Economic Growth, Environmental Sustainability in Business and Innovation and Socioeconomic Development.

Islamic Finance and Bank…4Islamic Finance and Banking Studies: 4 fractional worksEnergy, Environment, Eco…4Energy, Environment, Economic Growth: 4 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainability in Business: 2 fractional worksInnovation and Socioeconomic Development: 2 fractional worksInternational Law and Hu…2International Law and Human Rights: 2 fractional worksSustainable Supply Chain Management: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 Pandemic Impacts: 2 fractional worksBlockchain Technology Ap…2Blockchain Technology Applications and Security: 2 fractional worksSecond Language Learning and Teaching: 2 fractional worksOrganizational and Employee Performance: 2 fractional works
AccountingEconomics and EconometricsMarketingBusiness and International Management5 others

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

  1. 1 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 4 works
  2. 2 Energy, Environment, Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 4 works
  3. 3 Environmental Sustainability in Business Marketing 2 works
  4. 4 Innovation and Socioeconomic Development Business and International Management 2 works
  5. 5 International Law and Human Rights Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  6. 6 Sustainable Supply Chain Management Strategy and Management 2 works
  7. 7 COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  8. 8 Blockchain Technology Applications and Security Information Systems 2 works
  9. 9 Second Language Learning and Teaching Literature and Literary Theory 2 works
  10. 10 Organizational and Employee Performance Artificial Intelligence 2 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 available60.8%not open39.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors43.2%domestic only56.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Al Yamamah University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 133% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Yamamah University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00078% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Al Yamamah University0.0016% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of Al Yamamah 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%30%Al Yamamah University12.6% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 21.2% in 2023.

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