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Bar-Ilan University

In research, Bar-Ilan University stands highest in Psychology (#27 of 2,181 worldwide), Social Sciences (#208 of 10,521 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#269 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology, Religious studies and Archeology — Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology is 13.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#792
of 28,054 · #569 all time
Rank in Israel
#6
of 106
Research works
33k
▲ 15% vs 2013–17
Citations
813k
24.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
32%
world 28%

What is Bar-Ilan 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
PsychologyField #27 of 2,181 28.1%567 #115
Social SciencesDomain #208 of 10,521 22.6%2,325 #257
Social SciencesField #269 of 6,365 22.4%1,054 #303
Physical SciencesDomain #895 of 12,888 15.1%1,678 #514
Clinical PsychologySubfield #56 of 738 28.7%201 #152
Health SciencesDomain #1,146 of 11,982 19.1%749 #1186
Arts and HumanitiesField #220 of 1,998 16.1%409 #142
MedicineField #1,185 of 10,443 18.1%627 #1426
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #319 of 2,578 18.4%468 #362
Life SciencesDomain #1,067 of 7,800 19.0%569 #892

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Bar-Ilan 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. Psychology#115 #27
  2. Social Sciences#257 #208
  3. Social Sciences#303 #269
  4. Physical Sciences#514 #895
  5. Clinical Psychology#152 #56
  6. Health Sciences#1,186 #1,146
  7. Arts and Humanities#142 #220
  8. Medicine#1,426 #1,185
  9. Sociology and Political Science#362 #319
  10. Life Sciences#892 #1,067
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 Bar-Ilan University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology takes 13.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Neuropsychology and Physiological PsychologySubfield · 24.0 works14×
  2. Religious studiesSubfield · 62.0 works7.0×
  3. ArcheologySubfield · 83.8 works5.2×
  4. Geometry and TopologySubfield · 44.8 works5.2×
← 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: 0.24× its world share, 61 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.93× its world share, 265 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.77× its world share, 41 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.27× its world share, 196 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.26× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.44× its world share, 8 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.52× its world share, 43 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.26× its world share, 523 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.39× its world share, 33 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.74× its world share, 36 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.50× its world share, 399 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.31× its world share, 82 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.76× its world share, 141 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.94× its world share, 184 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.93× its world share, 228 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.40× its world share, 10 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.71× its world share, 100 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.61× its world share, 627 worksMedicineNursing: 0.37× its world share, 10 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.66× its world share, 409 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.72× its world share, 124 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.30× its world share, 67 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.91× its world share, 104 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.50× its world share, 567 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.57× its world share, 1,054 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

Who are the top researchers at Bar-Ilan University?

Ranked on the composite score, Shlomo Havlin, Y. Yeshurun and Doron Aurbach lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Bar-Ilan University.

  1. 1 Shlomo Havlin Israel · #10,118 worldwide 2.7k citations · 206 works
  2. 2 Y. Yeshurun Israel · #11,456 worldwide 1k citations · 53 works
  3. 3 Doron Aurbach Israel · #12,044 worldwide 1.7k citations · 61 works
  4. 4 Benny Pinkas Israel · #15,778 worldwide 1.3k citations · 44 works
  5. 5 Hugo E. Gottlieb Israel · #16,420 worldwide 698 citations · 52 works
  6. 6 Mario Mikulincer Israel · #16,944 worldwide 1.4k citations · 108 works
  7. 7 Reuven Cohen Israel · #21,158 worldwide 721 citations · 57 works
  8. 8 Bernard Spolsky Israel · #22,322 worldwide 388 citations · 91 works
  9. 9 Hillel Rapoport Israel · #22,691 worldwide 704 citations · 80 works
  10. 10 Ruth Feldman Israel · #23,418 worldwide 495 citations · 43 works
All ranked researchers at Bar-Ilan University

Which keywords describe research at Bar-Ilan University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Palestine, Nationalism, Israel, Discrimination, Mental Health, Human Rights, Ethnic Identity 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 Health219▲ 2.8×36 topics
  2. Human Rights185▲ 3.4×52 topics
  3. Epidemiology173▼ 0.82×117 topics
  4. Palestine168▲ 54×2 topics
  5. Nationalism162▲ 6.6×24 topics
  6. Deep Learning144▼ 0.79×68 topics
  7. Israel141▲ 75×2 topics
  8. Discrimination140▲ 13×8 topics
  9. Machine Learning139▼ 0.80×69 topics
  10. Globalization124▲ 1.18×74 topics
  11. Ethnic Identity122▲ 20×4 topics
  12. Occupation121▲ 34×3 topics
  13. Intifada118▲ 78×1 topic
  14. Segregation118▲ 27×1 topic
  15. Settler Colonialism118▲ 52×2 topics
  16. Neural Networks101▲ 1.23×37 topics
  17. Social Support83▲ 2.8×17 topics
  18. Resilience81▲ 3.2×12 topics
  19. Religion76▲ 3.0×29 topics
  20. Politics71▲ 4.9×13 topics
  21. Ethics69▲ 2.7×35 topics
  22. Emotion Regulation67▲ 4.1×9 topics
  23. Psychological Impact65▲ 3.7×9 topics
  24. Theology64▲ 12×5 topics
  25. Urban Development61▲ 3.1×10 topics
  26. Semitic Languages58▲ 25×2 topics
  27. Biblical Monotheism54▲ 39×1 topic
  28. Jewish Society54▲ 39×1 topic
  29. Emotion52▲ 4.8×12 topics
  30. Language Development52▲ 8.1×5 topics
  31. Archaeological Evidence52▲ 20×2 topics
  32. Arabia49▲ 31×1 topic
  33. Byzantine49▲ 31×1 topic
  34. Trauma48▲ 4.5×8 topics
  35. Cultural Transmission48▲ 11×5 topics
  36. Middle East46▲ 14×2 topics
  37. Bilingualism44▲ 6.1×6 topics
  38. Secularism44▲ 7.9×5 topics
  39. Social Relationships37▲ 7.6×2 topics
  40. Christian-Muslim Relations37▲ 25×2 topics

Which research topics does Bar-Ilan University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies, Biblical Studies and Interpretation, Archaeology and Historical Studies and Historical and Linguistic Studies.

Jewish and Middle Easter…118Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies: 118 fractional worksBiblical Studies and Int…54Biblical Studies and Interpretation: 54 fractional worksArchaeology and Historic…49Archaeology and Historical Studies: 49 fractional worksHistorical and Linguistic Studies: 32 fractional worksMedieval and Classical Philosophy: 30 fractional worksIslamic Studies and History: 25 fractional worksAging and Gerontology Research: 24 fractional worksAdvancements in Battery Materials: 24 fractional worksJewish Identity and Society: 23 fractional worksGrief, Bereavement, and Mental Health: 22 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceReligious studiesArcheologyPhilosophy5 others

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

  1. 1 Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies Sociology and Political Science 118 works
  2. 2 Biblical Studies and Interpretation Religious studies 54 works
  3. 3 Archaeology and Historical Studies Archeology 49 works
  4. 4 Historical and Linguistic Studies Sociology and Political Science 32 works
  5. 5 Medieval and Classical Philosophy Philosophy 30 works
  6. 6 Islamic Studies and History Political Science and International Relations 25 works
  7. 7 Aging and Gerontology Research Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology 24 works
  8. 8 Advancements in Battery Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 24 works
  9. 9 Jewish Identity and Society Demography 23 works
  10. 10 Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 22 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 available32.2%not open67.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.9%domestic only80.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Bar-Ilan University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 15% 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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