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Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

In research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev stands highest in Physical Sciences (#585 of 12,888 worldwide), Social Sciences (#594 of 10,521 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#869 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Mathematical Physics, Geometry and Topology and Computational Theory and Mathematics — Mathematical Physics is 4.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#662
of 28,054 · #445 all time
Rank in Israel
#5
of 106
Research works
52k
▲ 15% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.2M
23.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
29%
world 28%

What is Ben-Gurion University of the Negev 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
Physical SciencesDomain #585 of 12,888 15.4%3,476 #441
Social SciencesDomain #594 of 10,521 23.6%1,560 #288
Health SciencesDomain #869 of 11,982 16.9%1,199 #638
MedicineField #865 of 10,443 15.9%1,031 #682
Life SciencesDomain #857 of 7,800 18.9%903 #644
Computer ScienceField #526 of 4,667 17.4%877 #254
Social SciencesField #754 of 6,365 25.5%681 #394
PsychologyField #263 of 2,181 26.3%362 #296
EngineeringField #823 of 6,636 12.9%983 #459
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #558 of 3,579 17.5%425 #542

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ben-Gurion University of the Negev 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. Physical Sciences#441 #585
  2. Social Sciences#288 #594
  3. Health Sciences#638 #869
  4. Medicine#682 #865
  5. Life Sciences#644 #857
  6. Computer Science#254 #526
  7. Social Sciences#394 #754
  8. Psychology#296 #263
  9. Engineering#459 #823
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#542 #558
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 Ben-Gurion University of the Negev specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Mathematical Physics takes 4.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Mathematical PhysicsSubfield · 53.6 works4.7×
  2. Geometry and TopologySubfield · 49.9 works4.3×
  3. Computational Theory and MathematicsSubfield · 112.0 works3.7×
← 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: 0.61× its world share, 205 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.12× its world share, 424 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.90× its world share, 64 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.67× its world share, 193 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.60× its world share, 15 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.09× its world share, 27 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.04× its world share, 117 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.58× its world share, 877 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.13× its world share, 126 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.13× its world share, 74 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.92× its world share, 983 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.02× its world share, 362 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.10× its world share, 274 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.63× its world share, 221 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.61× its world share, 414 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.13× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.74× its world share, 140 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.75× its world share, 1,031 worksMedicineNursing: 0.54× its world share, 19 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.59× its world share, 6 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.23× its world share, 253 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.28× its world share, 65 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.14× its world share, 79 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.78× its world share, 119 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.67× its world share, 362 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.75× its world share, 681 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 2.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev?

Ranked on the composite score, Yigal Meir, Lior Rokach and Kobbi Nissim lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.

  1. 1 Yigal Meir Israel · #9,427 worldwide 1.4k citations · 62 works
  2. 2 Lior Rokach Israel · #10,037 worldwide 1.6k citations · 125 works
  3. 3 Kobbi Nissim Israel · #10,904 worldwide 1.3k citations · 49 works
  4. 4 Golan Shahar Israel · #11,084 worldwide 1.1k citations · 51 works
  5. 5 Dan Greenberg Israel · #24,412 worldwide 433 citations · 97 works
  6. 6 Andrea Berger Israel · #30,309 worldwide 654 citations · 35 works
  7. 7 Oren Yiftachel Israel · #32,551 worldwide 262 citations · 38 works
  8. 8 Amos Beimel Israel · #37,348 worldwide 623 citations · 46 works
  9. 9 Joseph Tabrikian Israel · #37,395 worldwide 460 citations · 48 works
  10. 10 Yuval Shaḥar Israel · #40,679 worldwide 319 citations · 59 works
All ranked researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

Which keywords describe research at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Palestine, Israel, Discrimination, Occupation, Ethnic Identity and Settler Colonialism.

▲ 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. Deep Learning326▲ 1.33×73 topics
  2. Machine Learning283▲ 1.21×78 topics
  3. Epidemiology238▼ 0.84×129 topics
  4. Climate Change184◆ 0.96×84 topics
  5. Neural Networks155▲ 1.41×34 topics
  6. Mental Health141▲ 1.35×36 topics
  7. Oxidative Stress112◆ 0.96×56 topics
  8. Inflammation111▼ 0.74×80 topics
  9. Public Health105◆ 1.01×52 topics
  10. Human Rights101▲ 1.37×36 topics
  11. Nationalism98▲ 3.0×22 topics
  12. Biomedical Applications97◆ 1.15×34 topics
  13. Palestine95▲ 23×2 topics
  14. Quality of Life92◆ 0.90×49 topics
  15. Discrimination88▲ 6.3×6 topics
  16. Nanomaterials83◆ 1.09×19 topics
  17. Israel82▲ 32×2 topics
  18. Biosensors76▲ 2.0×12 topics
  19. Occupation70▲ 15×3 topics
  20. Ethnic Identity69▲ 8.6×3 topics
  21. Depression69◆ 1.10×24 topics
  22. Settler Colonialism69▲ 23×2 topics
  23. Genetics68▲ 1.37×26 topics
  24. Segregation68▲ 12×2 topics
  25. Intifada68▲ 33×1 topic
  26. Security65▲ 1.40×20 topics
  27. Approximation Algorithms58▲ 12×5 topics
  28. Emotion Regulation54▲ 2.4×9 topics
  29. Politics43▲ 2.2×14 topics
  30. Trauma42▲ 3.0×9 topics
  31. Algorithmic Applications42▲ 17×2 topics
  32. Entanglement42▲ 4.0×4 topics
  33. Emotion41▲ 2.8×12 topics
  34. Security Analysis37▲ 3.0×4 topics
  35. Quantum Gravity33▲ 5.8×4 topics
  36. Archaeological Evidence33▲ 9.2×2 topics
  37. Graph Theory32▲ 4.1×3 topics
  38. Semitic Languages30▲ 9.6×2 topics
  39. Arabia27▲ 13×1 topic
  40. Byzantine27▲ 13×1 topic

Which research topics does Ben-Gurion University of the Negev publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies, Archaeology and Historical Studies, Complexity and Algorithms in Graphs and Anomaly Detection Techniques and Applications.

Jewish and Middle Easter…68Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies: 68 fractional worksArchaeology and Historical Studies: 27 fractional worksComplexity and Algorithms in Graphs: 22 fractional worksAnomaly Detection Techniques and Applications: 21 fractional worksCosmology and Gravitation Theories: 21 fractional worksAdvanced Malware Detection Techniques: 20 fractional worksAdvanced Graph Theory Re…20Advanced Graph Theory Research: 20 fractional worksAdversarial Robustness in Machine Learning: 20 fractional worksBiblical Studies and Interpretation: 19 fractional worksMigration, Health and Tr…18Migration, Health and Trauma: 18 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceArcheologyComputational Theory and MathematicsArtificial Intelligence4 others

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

  1. 1 Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies Sociology and Political Science 68 works
  2. 2 Archaeology and Historical Studies Archeology 27 works
  3. 3 Complexity and Algorithms in Graphs Computational Theory and Mathematics 22 works
  4. 4 Anomaly Detection Techniques and Applications Artificial Intelligence 21 works
  5. 5 Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Astronomy and Astrophysics 21 works
  6. 6 Advanced Malware Detection Techniques Signal Processing 20 works
  7. 7 Advanced Graph Theory Research Computational Theory and Mathematics 20 works
  8. 8 Adversarial Robustness in Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence 20 works
  9. 9 Biblical Studies and Interpretation Religious studies 19 works
  10. 10 Migration, Health and Trauma Clinical Psychology 18 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 available29.1%not open70.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.5%domestic only79.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Ben-Gurion University of the Negev'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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