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Beirut Arab University

In research, Beirut Arab University stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,312 of 11,982 worldwide), Engineering (#2,405 of 6,636 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#5,074 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,941
of 28,054 · #8,122 all time
Rank in Lebanon
#6
of 25
Research works
2.5k
▲ 196% vs 2013–17
Citations
29k
11.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
61%
world 28%

What is Beirut Arab 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 #3,312 of 11,982 15.0%178 #5635
EngineeringField #2,405 of 6,636 18.8%153 #3800
Physical SciencesDomain #5,074 of 12,888 16.3%372 #6675
Social SciencesDomain #4,389 of 10,521 18.8%208 #7819
MedicineField #5,820 of 10,443 15.6%129 #7318
Life SciencesDomain #4,834 of 7,800 17.7%100 #8197
Computer ScienceField #3,481 of 4,667 16.1%89 #5013

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Beirut Arab 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#5,635 #3,312
  2. Engineering#3,800 #2,405
  3. Physical Sciences#6,675 #5,074
  4. Social Sciences#7,819 #4,389
  5. Medicine#7,318 #5,820
  6. Life Sciences#8,197 #4,834
  7. Computer Science#5,013 #3,481
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: 0.79× its world share, 32 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.83× its world share, 38 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.96× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.93× its world share, 13 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.86× its world share, 9 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.50× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.65× its world share, 9 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.33× its world share, 89 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.54× its world share, 7 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.78× its world share, 6 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.19× its world share, 153 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.92× its world share, 39 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.45× its world share, 43 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.06× its world share, 11 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.71× its world share, 14 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 5.29× its world share, 22 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.96× its world share, 22 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.78× its world share, 129 worksMedicineNursing: 1.08× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.61× its world share, 15 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.09× its world share, 58 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.41× its world share, 20 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.81× its world share, 33 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.92× its world share, 24 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.53× its world share, 58 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 5.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Beirut Arab University?

Ranked on the composite score, Ali Massoud Haidar, Seifedine Kadry and Hani El-Chaarani lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Beirut Arab University.

  1. 1 Ali Massoud Haidar Lebanon · #162,126 worldwide 76 citations · 26 works
  2. 2 Seifedine Kadry Lebanon · #378,110 worldwide 622 citations · 157 works
  3. 3 Hani El-Chaarani Lebanon · #527,080 worldwide 36 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Soha Rawas Lebanon · #785,499 worldwide 40 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 R. Awad Lebanon · #800,055 worldwide 150 citations · 57 works
  6. 6 Ali El‐Zaart Lebanon · #847,800 worldwide 70 citations · 29 works
  7. 7 Mahmoud Korek Lebanon · #992,139 worldwide 88 citations · 37 works
  8. 8 Mirna Fawaz Lebanon · #1,172,517 worldwide 25 citations · 21 works
  9. 9 Mahmoud Khalil Lebanon · #1,354,841 worldwide 8 citations · 24 works
  10. 10 Ghassan Younes Lebanon · #1,382,515 worldwide 47 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Beirut Arab University

Which keywords describe research at Beirut Arab University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Learning, Supply Chain Management, Healthcare, Governance, Deep Learning, Customer Satisfaction, Smart Cities and Digital Transformation.

▲ 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 Learning52▲ 1.83×53 topics
  2. Deep Learning43▲ 1.47×50 topics
  3. Epidemiology38◆ 1.10×89 topics
  4. Healthcare32▲ 3.3×12 topics
  5. Supply Chain Management30▲ 3.8×13 topics
  6. Environmental Impact26▲ 1.76×22 topics
  7. Education23▲ 1.55×20 topics
  8. Digital Transformation20▲ 4.5×5 topics
  9. Risk Management20▲ 4.7×9 topics
  10. Governance19▲ 6.8×6 topics
  11. Economic Growth19▲ 2.5×16 topics
  12. Consumer Behavior18▲ 3.3×10 topics
  13. Customer Satisfaction18▲ 6.5×4 topics
  14. Corporate Governance17▲ 2.7×10 topics
  15. Smart Cities17▲ 7.5×5 topics
  16. Artificial Neural Networks16▲ 3.9×8 topics
  17. Organizational Performance16▲ 7.5×6 topics
  18. IoT15▲ 4.7×9 topics
  19. Knowledge Management15▲ 3.2×11 topics
  20. Synthesis14▲ 4.4×15 topics
  21. Financial Stability13▲ 7.6×3 topics
  22. Geopolymer13▲ 10×2 topics
  23. Recycled Materials12▲ 13×2 topics
  24. Institutional Quality12▲ 13×2 topics
  25. Social Media Marketing12▲ 30×1 topic
  26. Finance12▲ 7.2×2 topics
  27. Inequality11▲ 5.8×3 topics
  28. ICT11▲ 10×2 topics
  29. Knowledge Economy11▲ 12×1 topic
  30. User Satisfaction11▲ 6.5×2 topics
  31. financial access11▲ 33×1 topic
  32. CO2 Sequestration11▲ 6.6×3 topics
  33. Technology Acceptance Model11▲ 8.4×2 topics
  34. Information Systems10▲ 7.2×1 topic
  35. Nanotechnology10▲ 6.9×3 topics
  36. Online Shopping10▲ 6.7×1 topic
  37. Sustainable Concrete10▲ 7.6×2 topics
  38. Carbon Emissions10▲ 10×2 topics
  39. Ethical Identity10▲ 9.0×1 topic
  40. Global Financial Crisis10▲ 8.3×2 topics

Which research topics does Beirut Arab University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Organizational and Employee Performance, Economic Growth and Development, Technology Adoption and User Behaviour and Islamic Finance and Banking Studies.

Organizational and Emplo…12Organizational and Employee Performance: 12 fractional worksEconomic Growth and Deve…11Economic Growth and Development: 11 fractional worksTechnology Adoption and …10Technology Adoption and User Behaviour: 10 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Bank…10Islamic Finance and Banking Studies: 10 fractional worksInnovative concrete reinforcement materials: 10 fractional worksConcrete and Cement Materials Research: 9 fractional worksCOVID-19 Pandemic Impacts7COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts: 7 fractional worksMagnetic Properties and Synthesis of Ferrites: 6 fractional worksBlockchain Technology Applications and Security: 5 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainability in Business: 5 fractional works
Artificial IntelligenceInformation SystemsInformation Systems and ManagementAccounting4 others

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

  1. 1 Organizational and Employee Performance Artificial Intelligence 12 works
  2. 2 Economic Growth and Development Information Systems 11 works
  3. 3 Technology Adoption and User Behaviour Information Systems and Management 10 works
  4. 4 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 10 works
  5. 5 Innovative concrete reinforcement materials Civil and Structural Engineering 10 works
  6. 6 Concrete and Cement Materials Research Civil and Structural Engineering 9 works
  7. 7 COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Economics and Econometrics 7 works
  8. 8 Magnetic Properties and Synthesis of Ferrites Materials Chemistry 6 works
  9. 9 Blockchain Technology Applications and Security Information Systems 5 works
  10. 10 Environmental Sustainability in Business Marketing 5 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 available60.6%not open39.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors35.9%domestic only64.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Beirut Arab University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 196% 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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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.