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Arabian Gulf University

In research, Arabian Gulf University stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,554 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#3,459 of 10,443 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#3,481 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,396
of 28,054 · #11,572 all time
Rank in Bahrain
#4
of 14
Research works
1.8k
▲ 79% vs 2013–17
Citations
23k
12.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
56%
world 28%

What is Arabian Gulf 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
Health SciencesDomain #2,554 of 11,982 13.2%278 #5943
MedicineField #3,459 of 10,443 13.4%247 #5954
Life SciencesDomain #3,481 of 7,800 16.9%96 #6396
Social SciencesDomain #4,864 of 10,521 33.4%104 #7339
Physical SciencesDomain #10,588 of 12,888 19.7%79 #17386

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Arabian Gulf 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. Health Sciences#5,943 #2,554
  2. Medicine#5,954 #3,459
  3. Life Sciences#6,396 #3,481
  4. Social Sciences#7,339 #4,864
  5. Physical Sciences#17,386 #10,588
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.

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: 0.26× its world share, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.77× its world share, 53 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.44× its world share, 14 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.76× its world share, 16 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.53× its world share, 7 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.62× its world share, 27 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.21× its world share, 18 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.71× its world share, 20 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.26× its world share, 5 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.36× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.05× its world share, 6 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.30× its world share, 19 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.30× its world share, 247 worksMedicineNursing: 1.97× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.55× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.96× its world share, 17 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.06× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.52× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.27× its world share, 39 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.49× its world share, 35 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Arabian Gulf University?

Ranked on the composite score, Randah R Hamadeh, Haitham Jahrami and A. Bannari lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Arabian Gulf University.

  1. 1 Randah R Hamadeh Bahrain · #21,078 worldwide 5.3k citations · 37 works
  2. 2 Haitham Jahrami Bahrain · #39,510 worldwide 573 citations · 59 works
  3. 3 A. Bannari Bahrain · #224,961 worldwide 316 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Jamil Ahmed Bahrain · #372,501 worldwide 95 citations · 38 works
  5. 5 Moiz Bakhiet Bahrain · #384,123 worldwide 73 citations · 23 works
  6. 6 Khaled Greish Bahrain · #387,482 worldwide 97 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 Wassim Y. Almawi Bahrain · #413,669 worldwide 77 citations · 28 works
  8. 8 Diaa E. E. Rizk Bahrain · #860,764 worldwide 21 citations · 21 works
  9. 9 Kannan Sridharan Bahrain · #944,777 worldwide 37 citations · 28 works
  10. 10 Sébastien Taurin Bahrain · #1,137,271 worldwide 30 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Arabian Gulf University

Which keywords describe research at Arabian Gulf University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Cardiovascular Disease, Treatment, Oxidative Stress, Healthcare, Metabolic Syndrome and Diagnosis.

▲ 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. Epidemiology56▲ 2.6×102 topics
  2. Inflammation35▲ 3.0×71 topics
  3. Cardiovascular Disease24▲ 3.9×32 topics
  4. Machine Learning23▲ 1.26×29 topics
  5. Oxidative Stress21▲ 2.3×47 topics
  6. Treatment20▲ 3.0×39 topics
  7. Quality of Life18▲ 2.3×41 topics
  8. Healthcare18▲ 2.8×12 topics
  9. COVID-1917▲ 2.2×19 topics
  10. Diagnosis16▲ 3.0×32 topics
  11. Metabolic Syndrome16▲ 3.4×22 topics
  12. Cancer15▲ 2.0×38 topics
  13. Depression14▲ 2.9×17 topics
  14. Pandemic14▲ 2.3×9 topics
  15. Mental Health13▲ 1.64×23 topics
  16. Supply Chain Management13▲ 2.5×10 topics
  17. Obesity12▲ 3.0×18 topics
  18. Risk Factors12▲ 1.92×31 topics
  19. Genetics11▲ 2.9×16 topics
  20. Anxiety10▲ 3.9×9 topics
  21. Antibiotic Resistance9▲ 4.4×9 topics
  22. Management9▲ 2.1×22 topics
  23. Meta-Analysis9▲ 2.8×16 topics
  24. Chronic Kidney Disease9▲ 6.7×8 topics
  25. Smart Cities9▲ 6.2×4 topics
  26. Insulin Resistance8▲ 3.4×10 topics
  27. Prevalence8▲ 3.7×14 topics
  28. Psychological Impact8▲ 4.6×8 topics
  29. Diabetes8▲ 2.8×17 topics
  30. Well-being8▲ 3.7×11 topics
  31. Psychological Distress8▲ 5.5×4 topics
  32. Vaccine7▲ 3.3×10 topics
  33. Type 2 Diabetes7▲ 5.9×6 topics
  34. Drug Resistance6▲ 4.1×8 topics
  35. Healthcare Workers6▲ 4.6×4 topics
  36. Reflective Practice6▲ 5.8×3 topics
  37. Neurodevelopmental Disorders6▲ 8.0×6 topics
  38. Quarantine6▲ 6.4×1 topic
  39. Assessment Methods5▲ 8.8×3 topics
  40. Social Media Marketing5▲ 19×1 topic

Which research topics does Arabian Gulf University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: COVID-19 and Mental Health, Organizational and Employee Performance, Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education and Innovations in Medical Education.

COVID-19 and Mental Health6COVID-19 and Mental Health: 6 fractional worksOrganizational and Emplo…5Organizational and Employee Performance: 5 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence …5Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 5 fractional worksInnovations in Medical E…4Innovations in Medical Education: 4 fractional worksDialysis and Renal Disease Management: 4 fractional worksAntibiotic Resistance in Bacteria: 3 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 …3SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 3 fractional worksAutism Spectrum Disorder Research: 3 fractional worksPharmacovigilance and Adverse Drug Reactions: 3 fractional worksDiabetes Treatment and M…3Diabetes Treatment and Management: 3 fractional works
Clinical PsychologyArtificial IntelligenceHealth InformaticsPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health6 others

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

  1. 1 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 6 works
  2. 2 Organizational and Employee Performance Artificial Intelligence 5 works
  3. 3 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 5 works
  4. 4 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  5. 5 Dialysis and Renal Disease Management Nephrology 4 works
  6. 6 Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria Molecular Medicine 3 works
  7. 7 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 3 works
  8. 8 Autism Spectrum Disorder Research Cognitive Neuroscience 3 works
  9. 9 Pharmacovigilance and Adverse Drug Reactions Toxicology 3 works
  10. 10 Diabetes Treatment and Management Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 3 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 available56.4%not open43.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors38.9%domestic only61.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Arabian Gulf University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 79% 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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