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University · Manama · Bahrain

Arab Open University

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World rank, 2022–2025
#24,935
of 28,054 · #39,210 all time
Rank in Bahrain
#14
of 14
Research works
171
▲ 367% vs 2013–17
Citations
968
5.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
67%
world 28%

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: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 3.55× its world share, 24 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.86× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.37× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.49× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.87× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.21× its world share, 4 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 2.46× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4.08× its world share, 11 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.39× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.52× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.94× its world share, 21 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Arab Open University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Learning, Security, Deep Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Social Media, Big Data, Feminism and Cybersecurity.

▲ 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. Machine Learning13▲ 4.5×33 topics
  2. Deep Learning9▲ 3.0×30 topics
  3. Security7▲ 13×11 topics
  4. Artificial Intelligence5▲ 4.4×16 topics
  5. Social Media5▲ 4.2×11 topics
  6. Neural Networks4▲ 3.3×20 topics
  7. Big Data4▲ 5.3×11 topics
  8. E-Learning3▲ 3.8×11 topics
  9. Online Learning3▲ 4.4×7 topics
  10. Corporate Governance3▲ 5.0×7 topics
  11. Healthcare3▲ 3.2×6 topics
  12. Feminism3▲ 12×3 topics
  13. Cybersecurity3▲ 14×5 topics
  14. Human Rights3▲ 3.3×5 topics
  15. Islamic Banking3▲ 8.2×2 topics
  16. Technology Integration3▲ 11×6 topics
  17. Authentication3▲ 21×3 topics
  18. Educational Technology3▲ 2.7×7 topics
  19. Higher Education3▲ 6.0×10 topics
  20. Internet of Things3▲ 3.6×11 topics
  21. IoT3▲ 8.4×6 topics
  22. Risk Management3▲ 6.3×4 topics
  23. Leadership2▲ 6.1×7 topics
  24. Finance2▲ 14×2 topics
  25. Identity2▲ 3.7×4 topics
  26. Cloud Computing2▲ 9.2×4 topics
  27. Conflict2▲ 16×4 topics
  28. Ethical Identity2▲ 20×1 topic
  29. Medical Imaging2▲ 5.0×4 topics
  30. Privacy2▲ 8.5×3 topics
  31. Shariah Supervision2▲ 20×1 topic
  32. Social Movements2▲ 8.5×3 topics
  33. Mobile Devices2▲ 41×2 topics
  34. Ethnicity2▲ 6.2×2 topics
  35. IoT Security2▲ 7.2×3 topics
  36. Refugees2▲ 18×2 topics
  37. Smart Cities2▲ 8.6×5 topics
  38. Student Satisfaction2▲ 12×2 topics
  39. User-Generated Content2▲ 15×2 topics
  40. Human Resource Management2▲ 13×4 topics

Which research topics does Arab Open University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Islamic Finance and Banking Studies, Literary Theory and Cultural Hermeneutics, Digital Marketing and Social Media and User Authentication and Security Systems.

Islamic Finance and Bank…2Islamic Finance and Banking Studies: 2 fractional worksLiterary Theory and Cult…2Literary Theory and Cultural Hermeneutics: 2 fractional worksDigital Marketing and Social Media: 1 fractional worksUser Authentication and Security Systems: 1 fractional worksInteractive and Immersive Displays: 1 fractional worksBiometric Identification and Security: 1 fractional worksTechnology-Enhanced Education Studies: 1 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence …1Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 1 fractional worksBig Data and Digital Economy: 1 fractional worksEFL/ESL Teaching and Learning: 1 fractional works
AccountingLiterature and Literary TheorySociology and Political ScienceInformation Systems5 others

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

  1. 1 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 2 works
  2. 2 Literary Theory and Cultural Hermeneutics Literature and Literary Theory 2 works
  3. 3 Digital Marketing and Social Media Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  4. 4 User Authentication and Security Systems Information Systems 1 works
  5. 5 Interactive and Immersive Displays Human-Computer Interaction 1 works
  6. 6 Biometric Identification and Security Signal Processing 1 works
  7. 7 Technology-Enhanced Education Studies Education 1 works
  8. 8 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 1 works
  9. 9 Big Data and Digital Economy Information Systems 1 works
  10. 10 EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning Language and Linguistics 1 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 available67.0%not open33.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors38.7%domestic only61.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Arab Open University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 367% 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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