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Bahrain Polytechnic

In research, Bahrain Polytechnic stands highest in Physical Sciences (#4,401 of 10,670 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#7,244 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#7,053
of 22,385 · #14,270 all time
Rank in Bahrain
#6
of 13
Research works
426
▲ 409% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.6k
3.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.11×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
34%
world 40%
International
37%
world 18%
Bahrain Polytechnic

What is Bahrain Polytechnic 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
Physical SciencesDomain #4,401 of 10,670 7.3%110 #10059
Social SciencesDomain #7,244 of 9,585 9.7%71 #9224

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Bahrain Polytechnic 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 Bahrain Polytechnic work in?

In 2022-now, 55% of research at Bahrain Polytechnic is in Physical Sciences, 36% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (23%), Computer Science (20%), Social Sciences (15%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 146 fractional works · 54.5% of its workEngineering: 61 fractional works · 22.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 16 fractional works · 5.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 8 fractional works · 3.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMedia Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 54 fractional works · 20.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 18 fractional works · 6.6% of its workInformation Systems: 13 fractional works · 4.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 9 fractional works · 3.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Science Applications: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 11 fractional works · 4.0% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 6 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMathematical Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 97 fractional works · 36.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 39 fractional works · 14.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 15 fractional works · 5.8% of its workEducation: 10 fractional works · 3.8% of its workCommunication: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSafety Research: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 26 fractional works · 9.8% of its workAccounting: 6 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMarketing: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBusiness and International Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 12 fractional works · 4.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 8 fractional works · 2.9% of its workFinance: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 9 fractional works · 3.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 7 fractional works · 2.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 16 fractional works · 6.0% of its workMedicine: 12 fractional works · 4.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 8 fractional works · 3.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKBahrainPolytechnic267fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences55%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences36%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering6122.8%
    2. Computer Science5420.1%
    3. Environmental Science114.0%
    4. Materials Science62.4%
    5. Energy51.8%
    6. Physics and Astronomy41.5%
    7. Mathematics20.7%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.6%
    9. Chemical Engineering10.3%
    10. Chemistry10.2%
    1. Social Sciences3914.7%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting269.8%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance124.7%
    4. Decision Sciences93.2%
    5. Psychology72.6%
    6. Arts and Humanities41.4%
    1. Medicine124.5%
    2. Health Professions41.3%
    3. Dentistry00.1%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences51.7%
    2. Neuroscience20.7%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.5%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
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: 0.36× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.45× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.98× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.58× its world share, 54 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.41× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.00× its world share, 5 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.52× its world share, 61 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.81× its world share, 11 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.69× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.56× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.67× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.50× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.23× its world share, 12 worksMedicineNursing: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.48× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.03× its world share, 26 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.35× its world share, 9 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.18× its world share, 12 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.85× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.16× its world share, 39 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Decision Sciences3.35×9 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting3.03×26 works
  3. Computer Science2.58×54 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.18×12 works
  5. Energy2.00×5 works
  6. Engineering1.52×61 works
  7. Social Sciences1.16×39 works
  8. Chemical Engineering0.98×1 works
  9. Psychology0.85×7 works
  10. Environmental Science0.81×11 works
  11. Materials Science0.69×6 works
  12. Physics and Astronomy0.67×4 works
  13. Mathematics0.56×2 works
  14. Health Professions0.50×4 works
  15. Arts and Humanities0.48×4 works
  16. Neuroscience0.45×2 works
  17. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.41×2 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.36×4 works
  19. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.29×0 works
  20. Dentistry0.25×0 works
  21. Medicine0.23×12 works
  22. Nursing0.17×0 works
  23. Chemistry0.15×1 works
  24. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.10×1 works
  25. Immunology and Microbiology0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Bahrain Polytechnic?

Ranked on the quality score, Shahnawaz Khan, Irfan Abdul Karim Shaikh and Raghu Dhumpati lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Bahrain Polytechnic.

  1. 1 Shahnawaz Khan Bahrain · #1,233,955 worldwide 2.5k citations · 157 works
  2. 2 Irfan Abdul Karim Shaikh Bahrain · #1,398,294 worldwide 152 citations · 28 works
  3. 3 Raghu Dhumpati Bahrain · #1,489,328 worldwide 91 citations · 20 works
  4. 4 Rizwan Khan Bahrain · #2,050,534 worldwide 225 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 Zainab Abdul-Nabi Bahrain · #2,218,215 worldwide 119 citations · 33 works
  6. 6 Layla Alhalwachi Bahrain · #2,465,405 worldwide 141 citations · 62 works
  7. 7 George K. Toworfe Bahrain · #2,585,176 worldwide 803 citations · 32 works
  8. 8 Christos Gatzoulis Bahrain · #2,638,519 worldwide 167 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 Manju Rajan Babu Bahrain · #3,149,232 worldwide 25 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Muaeyd Aldhamin Bahrain · #3,396,895 worldwide 9 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Bahrain Polytechnic

What are the most cited papers from Bahrain Polytechnic?

The most cited paper from Bahrain Polytechnic is "Forecasting carbon emissions due to electricity power generation in Bahrain" (Mohammed Redha Qader, Shahnawaz Khan, Mustafa A. Kamal et al., 2021), with 120 citations. Next come "Review of carbon capture and storage technologies in selected industries: potentials and challenges" (118) and "Scopes, challenges and approaches of energy harvesting for wireless sensor nodes in machine condition monitoring systems: A review" (87).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Forecasting carbon emissions due to electricity power generation in Bahrain Mohammed Redha Qader, Shahnawaz Khan, Mustafa A. Kamal et al. · Environmental Science and Pollution Research Open access 18 Oct 2021 120
2 Review of carbon capture and storage technologies in selected industries: potentials and challenges Nahed Bahman, Mohamed Al-Khalifa, Safeya Al Baharna et al. · Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio/Technology Mar 2023 118
3 Scopes, challenges and approaches of energy harvesting for wireless sensor nodes in machine condition monitoring systems: A review Iftikhar Ahmad, Lim Meng Hee, Ahmed M. Abdelrhman et al. · Measurement 13 Jul 2021 87
4 Flow of micropolar fluid past a continuously moving plate V. M. Soundalgekar, Harmindar S. Takhar · International Journal of Engineering Science 1983 86
5 EEG-based optimization of eye state classification using modified-BER metaheuristic algorithm Ahmed M. Elshewey, Amel Ali Alhussan, Doaa Sami Khafaga et al. · Scientific Reports Open access 18 Oct 2024 84
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Bahrain Polytechnic?

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

▲ 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 Learning39▲ 4.3×59 topics
  2. Deep Learning23▲ 2.5×48 topics
  3. Supply Chain Management14▲ 5.8×15 topics
  4. Internet of Things14▲ 5.9×17 topics
  5. Sustainability14▲ 2.1×28 topics
  6. Artificial Intelligence13▲ 3.4×24 topics
  7. Healthcare13▲ 4.2×10 topics
  8. Big Data13▲ 5.0×18 topics
  9. Renewable Energy11▲ 2.9×25 topics
  10. Social Media10▲ 2.8×22 topics
  11. Data Mining10▲ 5.2×14 topics
  12. Neural Networks9▲ 2.3×22 topics
  13. Security9▲ 4.9×13 topics
  14. Education9▲ 1.87×14 topics
  15. Smart Cities8▲ 12×5 topics
  16. IoT8▲ 8.3×12 topics
  17. Risk Management7▲ 5.6×10 topics
  18. Online Learning7▲ 3.2×6 topics
  19. Customer Satisfaction7▲ 8.0×7 topics
  20. Organizational Performance6▲ 9.2×7 topics
  21. Corporate Governance6▲ 3.1×8 topics
  22. Digital Transformation6▲ 4.0×6 topics
  23. IoT Security6▲ 7.1×3 topics
  24. Social Capital5▲ 3.8×8 topics
  25. Cybersecurity5▲ 7.5×4 topics
  26. Anomaly Detection5▲ 6.3×4 topics
  27. Big Data Analytics5▲ 8.4×3 topics
  28. Human Resource Management5▲ 12×4 topics
  29. Student Engagement5▲ 4.4×4 topics
  30. Privacy5▲ 6.0×3 topics
  31. Finance4▲ 9.1×2 topics
  32. Financial Stability4▲ 8.7×2 topics
  33. Cyber-Physical Systems4▲ 5.9×4 topics
  34. Localization4▲ 13×2 topics
  35. Social Networks4▲ 5.7×4 topics
  36. Intrusion Detection4▲ 10×3 topics
  37. Ethical Identity4▲ 12×1 topic
  38. Shariah Supervision4▲ 12×1 topic
  39. DDoS Attacks4▲ 11×1 topic
  40. Network Security4▲ 11×1 topic

Which research topics does Bahrain Polytechnic publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Islamic Finance and Banking Studies, Network Security and Intrusion Detection, Organizational and Employee Performance and Online Learning and Analytics.

Islamic Finance and Bank…4Islamic Finance and Banking Studies: 4 fractional worksNetwork Security and Int…4Network Security and Intrusion Detection: 4 fractional worksOrganizational and Employee Performance: 4 fractional worksOnline Learning and Anal…3Online Learning and Analytics: 3 fractional worksSocioeconomic Developmen…3Socioeconomic Development in MENA: 3 fractional worksBlockchain Technology Applications and Security: 3 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainability in Business: 2 fractional worksTechnology Adoption and …2Technology Adoption and User Behaviour: 2 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare: 2 fractional worksEthics and Social Impacts of AI: 2 fractional works
AccountingComputer Networks and CommunicationsArtificial IntelligenceComputer Science Applications6 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 Network Security and Intrusion Detection Computer Networks and Communications 4 works
  3. 3 Organizational and Employee Performance Artificial Intelligence 4 works
  4. 4 Online Learning and Analytics Computer Science Applications 3 works
  5. 5 Socioeconomic Development in MENA Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  6. 6 Blockchain Technology Applications and Security Information Systems 3 works
  7. 7 Environmental Sustainability in Business Marketing 2 works
  8. 8 Technology Adoption and User Behaviour Information Systems and Management 2 works
  9. 9 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Health Information Management 2 works
  10. 10 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 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 available33.6%not open66.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors36.6%domestic only63.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Bahrain Polytechnic's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 409% 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 Bahrain Polytechnic as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0012% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Bahrain Polytechnic0.0016% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Bahrain Polytechnic over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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