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Ariel University

In research, Ariel University stands highest in Social Sciences (#734 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#539 of 6,365 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#1,731 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Communication, Clinical Psychology and Health — Communication is 5.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,056
of 28,054 · #3,182 all time
Rank in Israel
#8
of 106
Research works
7.7k
▲ 90% vs 2013–17
Citations
96k
12.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
48%
world 28%

What is Ariel 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
Social SciencesDomain #734 of 10,521 26.7%987 #1204
Social SciencesField #539 of 6,365 29.1%475 #1112
Health SciencesDomain #1,731 of 11,982 17.5%472 #3626
Physical SciencesDomain #2,064 of 12,888 14.4%928 #2962
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #569 of 2,578 28.8%207 #962
EngineeringField #1,675 of 6,636 13.4%327 #2591
Business, Management and AccountingField #708 of 2,578 23.8%76 #1420
PsychologyField #628 of 2,181 24.9%288 #948
MedicineField #3,218 of 10,443 15.7%374 #5145
Clinical PsychologySubfield #230 of 738 26.4%133 #579

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ariel 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. Social Sciences#1,204 #734
  2. Social Sciences#1,112 #539
  3. Health Sciences#3,626 #1,731
  4. Physical Sciences#2,962 #2,064
  5. Sociology and Political Science#962 #569
  6. Engineering#2,591 #1,675
  7. Business, Management and Accounting#1,420 #708
  8. Psychology#948 #628
  9. Medicine#5,145 #3,218
  10. Clinical Psychology#579 #230
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 Ariel University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Communication takes 5.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. CommunicationSubfield · 41.3 works5.8×
  2. Clinical PsychologySubfield · 132.9 works4.9×
  3. HealthSubfield · 30.8 works4.0×
← 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: 0.20× its world share, 25 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.65× its world share, 90 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.42× its world share, 11 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.04× its world share, 86 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.62× its world share, 6 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.10× its world share, 10 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.70× its world share, 28 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.95× its world share, 193 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.47× its world share, 19 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.93× its world share, 22 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.84× its world share, 327 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.29× its world share, 37 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.92× its world share, 84 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.96× its world share, 60 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.55× its world share, 148 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.29× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.23× its world share, 84 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.75× its world share, 374 worksMedicineNursing: 0.73× its world share, 9 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.83× its world share, 63 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.90× its world share, 76 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.47× its world share, 37 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.88× its world share, 49 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.62× its world share, 288 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.44× its world share, 475 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Ariel University?

Ranked on the composite score, Zvi Shiller, Roman Pogreb and Menachem Ben‐Ezra lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ariel University.

  1. 1 Zvi Shiller · #87,868 worldwide 493 citations · 24 works
  2. 2 Roman Pogreb · #205,853 worldwide 141 citations · 25 works
  3. 3 Menachem Ben‐Ezra · #272,949 worldwide 77 citations · 25 works
  4. 4 Itzhaq Shai · #323,168 worldwide 31 citations · 24 works
  5. 5 Edward Bormashenko · #363,343 worldwide 254 citations · 80 works
  6. 6 Shraga Shoval · #428,339 worldwide 115 citations · 33 works
  7. 7 Ido Ben-Dayan · #446,735 worldwide 159 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Mali Salmon‐Divon · #451,127 worldwide 97 citations · 19 works
  9. 9 Arindam Modak · #454,681 worldwide 218 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Hernán Casakin · #482,591 worldwide 130 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at Ariel University

Which keywords describe research at Ariel University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Social Media, Israel, Discrimination, Palestine, Ethnic Identity, Resilience and Occupation.

▲ 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. Mental Health152▲ 4.0×35 topics
  2. Epidemiology114◆ 1.11×100 topics
  3. Social Media98▲ 2.6×25 topics
  4. Human Rights63▲ 2.3×23 topics
  5. Quality of Life59▲ 1.58×47 topics
  6. Resilience57▲ 4.5×12 topics
  7. Israel55▲ 60×2 topics
  8. Discrimination54▲ 11×5 topics
  9. Nationalism54▲ 4.5×15 topics
  10. Palestine52▲ 34×2 topics
  11. Depression51▲ 2.2×22 topics
  12. Well-being47▲ 4.7×13 topics
  13. Social Support46▲ 3.2×16 topics
  14. Psychological Impact46▲ 5.4×9 topics
  15. Ethnic Identity45▲ 15×2 topics
  16. Occupation43▲ 25×2 topics
  17. Segregation42▲ 20×2 topics
  18. Settler Colonialism42▲ 38×2 topics
  19. Intifada42▲ 57×1 topic
  20. Emotion Regulation40▲ 4.9×9 topics
  21. Anxiety39▲ 3.1×12 topics
  22. Trauma39▲ 7.4×8 topics
  23. Prevalence35▲ 3.3×14 topics
  24. Online Communication34▲ 8.3×3 topics
  25. Psychological Adjustment34▲ 8.9×4 topics
  26. Health Disparities32▲ 4.8×5 topics
  27. Politics29▲ 4.1×9 topics
  28. Stress29▲ 3.0×11 topics
  29. Digital Divide29▲ 4.3×7 topics
  30. Social Isolation26▲ 4.8×3 topics
  31. Neurobiology25▲ 3.8×10 topics
  32. Cognitive Therapy22▲ 8.0×3 topics
  33. Civic Engagement22▲ 5.3×3 topics
  34. Psychometric Evaluation22▲ 9.0×2 topics
  35. Political Participation21▲ 9.4×2 topics
  36. Deliberative Democracy21▲ 11×1 topic
  37. Media Use21▲ 13×1 topic
  38. Acculturation20▲ 9.9×2 topics
  39. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder18▲ 26×1 topic
  40. Psychological Treatment18▲ 26×1 topic

Which research topics does Ariel University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies, Social Media and Politics, COVID-19 and Mental Health and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research.

Jewish and Middle Easter…42Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies: 42 fractional worksSocial Media and Politics: 21 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 18 fractional worksPosttraumatic Stress Dis…18Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research: 18 fractional worksMigration, Health and Trauma: 17 fractional worksJewish Identity and Society: 12 fractional worksImpact of Technology on …12Impact of Technology on Adolescents: 12 fractional worksMedia Studies and Communication: 11 fractional worksGrief, Bereavement, and Mental Health: 11 fractional worksAttachment and Relationship Dynamics: 11 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceCommunicationClinical PsychologyDemography1 others

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

  1. 1 Jewish and Middle Eastern StudiesSociology and Political Science 42 works
  2. 2 Social Media and PoliticsCommunication 21 works
  3. 3 COVID-19 and Mental HealthClinical Psychology 18 works
  4. 4 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder ResearchClinical Psychology 18 works
  5. 5 Migration, Health and TraumaClinical Psychology 17 works
  6. 6 Jewish Identity and SocietyDemography 12 works
  7. 7 Impact of Technology on AdolescentsSociology and Political Science 12 works
  8. 8 Media Studies and CommunicationCommunication 11 works
  9. 9 Grief, Bereavement, and Mental HealthClinical Psychology 11 works
  10. 10 Attachment and Relationship DynamicsSocial Psychology 11 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 available47.6%not open52.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.4%domestic only82.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Ariel University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 90% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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.

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.