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Arab Open University

In research, Arab Open University stands highest in Social Sciences (#8,374 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#12,931
of 22,385 · #19,484 all time
Rank in Kuwait
#12
of 23
Research works
276
▲ 45% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.7k
9.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.09×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
55%
world 40%
International
34%
world 18%
Arab Open University

What is Arab Open University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Social SciencesDomain #8,374 of 14,833 16.7%140

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Arab Open 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 Arab Open University work in?

In 2022-now, 53% of research at Arab Open University is in Social Sciences, 38% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Computer Science (22%), Social Sciences (22%), Business, Management and Accounting (14%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 64 fractional works · 53.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 26 fractional works · 22.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 10 fractional works · 8.7% of its workEducation: 5 fractional works · 4.0% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 17 fractional works · 13.9% of its workAccounting: 7 fractional works · 5.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 4 fractional works · 3.0% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBusiness and International Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 8 fractional works · 6.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 6 fractional works · 5.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 6 fractional works · 5.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysical Sciences: 46 fractional works · 38.2% of its workComputer Science: 27 fractional works · 22.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 10 fractional works · 8.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 7 fractional works · 5.8% of its workInformation Systems: 5 fractional works · 4.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 14 fractional works · 11.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 5 fractional works · 4.5% of its workMedia Technology: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeometry and Topology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTheoretical Computer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 9 fractional works · 7.5% of its workMedicine: 5 fractional works · 4.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKArab OpenUniversity120fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences38%Health Sciences7%Social Sciences53%

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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences2622.0%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting1713.9%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance86.8%
    4. Arts and Humanities65.3%
    5. Psychology32.7%
    6. Decision Sciences32.3%
    1. Computer Science2722.5%
    2. Engineering1411.4%
    3. Environmental Science32.2%
    4. Mathematics11.0%
    5. Energy10.9%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    7. Materials Science00.1%
    8. Chemistry00.1%
    1. Medicine54.5%
    2. Health Professions32.5%
    3. Dentistry00.4%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    1. Neuroscience10.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.5%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.1%
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: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.89× its world share, 27 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.02× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.76× its world share, 14 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.44× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.85× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.77× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.94× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.23× its world share, 5 worksMedicineNursing: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.84× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4.32× its world share, 17 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.34× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.20× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.87× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.74× its world share, 26 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Business, Management and Accounting4.32×17 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3.20×8 works
  3. Computer Science2.89×27 works
  4. Decision Sciences2.34×3 works
  5. Arts and Humanities1.84×6 works
  6. Social Sciences1.74×26 works
  7. Energy1.02×1 works
  8. Health Professions0.94×3 works
  9. Psychology0.87×3 works
  10. Mathematics0.85×1 works
  11. Dentistry0.77×0 works
  12. Engineering0.76×14 works
  13. Neuroscience0.49×1 works
  14. Environmental Science0.44×3 works
  15. Nursing0.30×0 works
  16. Medicine0.23×5 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.09×1 works
  18. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.06×0 works
  19. Chemistry0.04×0 works
  20. Materials Science0.03×0 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Arab Open University?

Ranked on the quality score, Ahmad Alqatan, Ahmad Abuashour and Rashed Salem Alhaimer lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Arab Open University.

  1. 1 Ahmad Alqatan Kuwait · #345,517 worldwide 505 citations · 51 works
  2. 2 Ahmad Abuashour Kuwait · #629,218 worldwide 462 citations · 22 works
  3. 3 Rashed Salem Alhaimer Kuwait · #653,444 worldwide 348 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Sawsan Malik Kuwait · #1,002,155 worldwide 199 citations · 28 works
  5. 5 Afnan N. Alkhaldi Kuwait · #1,542,684 worldwide 140 citations · 24 works
  6. 6 Radwan S. Abujassar Kuwait · #1,892,967 worldwide 173 citations · 32 works
  7. 7 Basil Alzougool Kuwait · #2,450,686 worldwide 834 citations · 53 works
  8. 8 Jarrah Al-Mansour Kuwait · #2,592,757 worldwide 199 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 Luai Al-Shalabi Kuwait · #2,661,205 worldwide 954 citations · 21 works
  10. 10 Mohamed Sayed Kuwait · #3,081,313 worldwide 203 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at Arab Open University

What are the most cited papers from Arab Open University?

The most cited paper from Arab Open University is "Self-adaptive Differential Evolution" (Mahamed G. H. Omran, Ayed A. Salman, Andries Petrus Engelbrecht, 2005), with 266 citations. Next come "Female directors and managerial opportunism: Monitoring versus advisory female directors" (262) and "An empirical investigation between CO2 emission, energy consumption, trade liberalization and economic growth: A case of Kuwait" (180).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Self-adaptive Differential Evolution Mahamed G. H. Omran, Ayed A. Salman, Andries Petrus Engelbrecht · Lecture notes in computer science Conference paper 2005 266
2 Female directors and managerial opportunism: Monitoring versus advisory female directors Alaa Mansour Zalata, Collins Gyakari Ntim, Taufiq Choudhry et al. · The Leadership Quarterly 21 Aug 2019 262
3 An empirical investigation between CO2 emission, energy consumption, trade liberalization and economic growth: A case of Kuwait Syed Khurram Arslan Wasti, Shumaila Waqar Zaidi · Journal of Building Engineering 2 Dec 2019 180
4 Differential Evolution Methods for Unsupervised Image Classification Mahamed G. H. Omran, Andries Petrus Engelbrecht, Ayed A. Salman Conference paper 13 Dec 2005 168
5 Cross-Cultural Validation of Fear of Happiness Scale Across 14 National Groups Mohsen Joshanloo, Zarina Kh. Lepshokova, Tatiana Panyusheva et al. · Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology 3 Oct 2013 159
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Arab Open University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Healthcare, Internet of Things, Smart Cities, Machine Learning, Corporate Governance, Big Data, Artificial Intelligence and Social Media.

▲ 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 Learning12▲ 3.0×30 topics
  2. Healthcare9▲ 6.8×6 topics
  3. Internet of Things9▲ 8.3×9 topics
  4. Smart Cities8▲ 27×4 topics
  5. Artificial Intelligence8▲ 4.5×14 topics
  6. Social Media8▲ 4.6×10 topics
  7. Deep Learning8▲ 1.81×20 topics
  8. Big Data7▲ 6.2×10 topics
  9. Corporate Governance7▲ 8.1×6 topics
  10. Sustainability6▲ 1.99×10 topics
  11. Digital Transformation6▲ 8.8×5 topics
  12. Education6▲ 2.7×8 topics
  13. Supply Chain Management5▲ 4.9×5 topics
  14. Energy Efficiency5▲ 4.4×11 topics
  15. Social Capital5▲ 7.5×8 topics
  16. IoT4▲ 10×8 topics
  17. 5G Networks4▲ 18×4 topics
  18. Online Learning4▲ 4.2×7 topics
  19. Urban Development4▲ 9.8×5 topics
  20. Customer Satisfaction4▲ 11×3 topics
  21. Consumer Behavior4▲ 5.1×4 topics
  22. Risk Management4▲ 6.5×3 topics
  23. Wireless Sensor Networks4▲ 6.8×3 topics
  24. Data Aggregation4▲ 63×2 topics
  25. Financial Stability4▲ 15×3 topics
  26. Knowledge Management4▲ 5.2×3 topics
  27. Organizational Performance4▲ 11×5 topics
  28. Finance3▲ 15×2 topics
  29. Environmental Monitoring3▲ 7.2×3 topics
  30. Governance3▲ 8.5×4 topics
  31. Performance Analysis3▲ 13×2 topics
  32. MAC Protocols3▲ 38×2 topics
  33. Security and Privacy3▲ 14×3 topics
  34. IoT Security3▲ 8.5×3 topics
  35. Stock Market3▲ 11×2 topics
  36. Ethical Identity3▲ 21×1 topic
  37. Human Resource Management3▲ 16×2 topics
  38. Social Networks3▲ 9.3×2 topics
  39. Guanxi3▲ 112×1 topic
  40. Mobile Edge Computing3▲ 15×2 topics

Which research topics does Arab Open University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Islamic Finance and Banking Studies, Socioeconomic Development in MENA, Energy Efficient Wireless Sensor Networks and IoT and Edge/Fog Computing.

Islamic Finance and Bank…3Islamic Finance and Banking Studies: 3 fractional worksSocioeconomic Developmen…3Socioeconomic Development in MENA: 3 fractional worksEnergy Efficient Wireless Sensor Networks: 3 fractional worksIoT and Edge/Fog Computing3IoT and Edge/Fog Computing: 3 fractional worksOrganizational and Emplo…3Organizational and Employee Performance: 3 fractional worksSmart Cities and Technologies: 2 fractional worksDigital Marketing and Social Media: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 Pandemic Impacts2COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts: 2 fractional worksTechnology Adoption and User Behaviour: 2 fractional worksCorporate Finance and Governance: 2 fractional works
AccountingSociology and Political ScienceComputer Networks and CommunicationsArtificial Intelligence3 others

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

  1. 1 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 3 works
  2. 2 Socioeconomic Development in MENA Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  3. 3 Energy Efficient Wireless Sensor Networks Computer Networks and Communications 3 works
  4. 4 IoT and Edge/Fog Computing Computer Networks and Communications 3 works
  5. 5 Organizational and Employee Performance Artificial Intelligence 3 works
  6. 6 Smart Cities and Technologies Media Technology 2 works
  7. 7 Digital Marketing and Social Media Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  8. 8 COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  9. 9 Technology Adoption and User Behaviour Information Systems and Management 2 works
  10. 10 Corporate Finance and Governance Accounting 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 available54.8%not open45.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors34.5%domestic only65.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Arab Open University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 45% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Arab Open University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00064% in 2024.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%Arab Open University0.00053% in 20251990200020102020

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