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Beirut Islamic University

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Research works
16
▲ 266% vs 2018-21
Citations
123
7.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
64%
world 40%
International
46%
world 18%
Beirut Islamic University

Not ranked overall: Beirut Islamic University is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Beirut Islamic University work in?

In all years, 54% of research at Beirut Islamic University is in Social Sciences, 29% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (28%), Engineering (9%), Computer Science (9%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 8 fractional works · 53.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 27.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 15.4% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 5.9% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 4.3% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 7.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 7.1% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 6.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 4.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 6.1% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 4.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 4.0% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 5 fractional works · 29.3% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 8.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 4.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 8.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 3.9% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 2.8% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 5.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 2.7% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeometry and Topology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workTheoretical Computer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Sciences: 2 fractional works · 13.3% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 7.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 3.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workLeadership and Management: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workResearch and Theory: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workALL ITS WORKBeirut IslamicUniversity16fractional works, all years
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences29%Health Sciences13%Social Sciences54%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences427.9%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance17.6%
    3. Psychology16.2%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting16.1%
    5. Arts and Humanities14.0%
    6. Decision Sciences02.1%
    1. Engineering18.8%
    2. Computer Science18.5%
    3. Chemistry15.4%
    4. Environmental Science13.7%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences01.4%
    6. Mathematics01.4%
    1. Medicine17.0%
    2. Health Professions13.6%
    3. Nursing02.1%
    4. Dentistry00.6%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences02.1%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology00.7%
    3. Neuroscience00.7%
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: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.31× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Chemistry: 2.60× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.70× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.69× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.97× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceDentistry: 2.34× its world share, 0 worksDentistryMedicine: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 1.85× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.36× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 4.10× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.99× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.98× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.99× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 15 fields, with their numbers
  1. Decision Sciences4.10×0 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting3.36×1 works
  3. Social Sciences2.99×3 works
  4. Chemistry2.60×0 works
  5. Dentistry2.34×0 works
  6. Arts and Humanities1.85×0 works
  7. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.69×0 works
  8. Immunology and Microbiology1.31×0 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.99×0 works
  10. Psychology0.98×0 works
  11. Engineering0.97×1 works
  12. Computer Science0.70×0 works
  13. Environmental Science0.59×0 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.42×0 works
  15. Medicine0.14×0 works

What are the most cited papers from Beirut Islamic University?

The most cited paper from Beirut Islamic University is "Factors impacting job satisfaction among nurses from a tertiary care centre" (Bayan Kaddourah, Aziza Khalidi, Amani Abu‐Shaheen et al., 2013), with 48 citations. Next come "The capacitated single-allocation p-hub location routing problem: a Lagrangian relaxation and a hyper-heuristic approach" (37) and "Prevalence and determinants of water pipe or narghile use among students in Beirut's southern suburbs." (34).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Factors impacting job satisfaction among nurses from a tertiary care centre Bayan Kaddourah, Aziza Khalidi, Amani Abu‐Shaheen et al. · Journal of Clinical Nursing 20 Jun 2013 48
2 The capacitated single-allocation p-hub location routing problem: a Lagrangian relaxation and a hyper-heuristic approach Kassem Danach, Shahin Gelareh, Rahimeh Neamatian Monemi · EURO Journal on Transportation and Logistics Open access 2 May 2019 37
3 Prevalence and determinants of water pipe or narghile use among students in Beirut's southern suburbs. Sawsan S Zoughaib, Salim M. Adib, John Jabbour · PubMed 23 Feb 2006 34
4 Intellectual Capital: An Exploratory Study from Lebanon Hussin Hejase, Ale Jose Hejase, Hassana Tabsh et al. · Open Journal of Business and Management Open access 2016 21
5 Speech Command Recognition Using Deep Learning Mohammad Ayache, Hussien Kanaan, Kawthar Kassir et al. Conference paper 7 Oct 2021 16
All 36 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does Beirut Islamic University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies, Military Technology and Strategies, Legal and Regulatory Analysis and Education and Islamic Studies.

Linguistic, Cultural, an…1Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 1 fractional worksMilitary Technology and …1Military Technology and Strategies: 1 fractional worksLegal and Regulatory Ana…1Legal and Regulatory Analysis: 1 fractional worksEducation and Islamic St…0Education and Islamic Studies: 0 fractional worksJewish and Middle Eastern Studies: 0 fractional worksReligion, Theology, and Education: 0 fractional worksFinTech, Crowdfunding, D…0FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance: 0 fractional worksTechnology Adoption and User Behaviour: 0 fractional worksArabic Language Education Studies: 0 fractional worksOrganizational and Employee Performance: 0 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceAerospace EngineeringTransportationEducation4 others

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

  1. 1 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  2. 2 Military Technology and Strategies Aerospace Engineering 1 works
  3. 3 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 1 works
  4. 4 Education and Islamic Studies Education 0 works
  5. 5 Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  6. 6 Religion, Theology, and Education Religious studies 0 works
  7. 7 FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance Management Information Systems 0 works
  8. 8 Technology Adoption and User Behaviour Information Systems and Management 0 works
  9. 9 Arabic Language Education Studies Education 0 works
  10. 10 Organizational and Employee Performance Artificial Intelligence 0 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 available64.5%not open35.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors46.1%domestic only53.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Beirut Islamic University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 266% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Beirut Islamic University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000014% in 2024.

still counting0.000025%0.000050%0.000075%Beirut Islamic University0.000041% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of Beirut Islamic University over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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