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Benha University

In research, Benha University stands highest in Health Sciences (#764 of 11,982 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#981 of 12,888 worldwide) and Engineering (#667 of 6,636 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Leadership and Management, Animal Science and Zoology and Urology — Leadership and Management is 32.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,104
of 28,054 · #2,496 all time
Rank in Egypt
#13
of 123
Research works
17k
▲ 153% vs 2013–17
Citations
152k
9.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
68%
world 28%

What is Benha 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 #764 of 11,982 3.8%2,550 #2085
Physical SciencesDomain #981 of 12,888 16.0%2,111 #2106
EngineeringField #667 of 6,636 16.4%971 #1491
Computer ScienceField #514 of 4,667 18.3%278 #1411
Life SciencesDomain #1,217 of 7,800 9.9%1,261 #2853
MedicineField #1,775 of 10,443 3.4%2,244 #2843
Materials ScienceField #555 of 2,468 14.7%244 #1472
NursingField #51 of 213 7.7%104 #413
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #838 of 3,409 11.5%686 #1635
Mechanical EngineeringSubfield #415 of 1,351 17.3%142 #857

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Benha 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#2,085 #764
  2. Physical Sciences#2,106 #981
  3. Engineering#1,491 #667
  4. Computer Science#1,411 #514
  5. Life Sciences#2,853 #1,217
  6. Medicine#2,843 #1,775
  7. Materials Science#1,472 #555
  8. Nursing#413 #51
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#1,635 #838
  10. Mechanical Engineering#857 #415
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 Benha University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Leadership and Management takes 32.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Leadership and ManagementSubfield · 32.2 works32×
  2. Animal Science and ZoologySubfield · 97.5 works6.9×
  3. UrologySubfield · 35.5 works4.5×
  4. Obstetrics and GynecologySubfield · 74.6 works4.0×
  5. OphthalmologySubfield · 63.1 works3.7×
  6. PharmacologySubfield · 42.4 works3.5×
  7. Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 54.0 works3.5×
← 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: 2.24× its world share, 686 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.05× its world share, 361 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.66× its world share, 108 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.54× its world share, 57 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.18× its world share, 50 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.02× its world share, 23 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.93× its world share, 94 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.55× its world share, 278 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.58× its world share, 59 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.31× its world share, 78 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.00× its world share, 971 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.66× its world share, 212 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.09× its world share, 244 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.08× its world share, 82 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.49× its world share, 70 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.46× its world share, 14 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.95× its world share, 162 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.81× its world share, 2,244 worksMedicineNursing: 3.30× its world share, 104 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.89× its world share, 25 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.39× its world share, 72 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.36× its world share, 75 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.77× its world share, 48 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.19× its world share, 27 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.73× its world share, 142 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 158 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 3.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Benha University?

Ranked on the composite score, Shaker El–Sappagh, M. Abdallah and Mohamed Abbas lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Benha University.

  1. 1 Shaker El–Sappagh · #93,580 worldwide 335 citations · 39 works
  2. 2 M. Abdallah · #99,300 worldwide 387 citations · 41 works
  3. 3 Mohamed Abbas · #106,817 worldwide 206 citations · 45 works
  4. 4 Ahmed Saeed Hassanien · #207,695 worldwide 436 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Ahmad Taher Azar · #209,246 worldwide 822 citations · 169 works
  6. 6 Fahim Shaltout · #226,124 worldwide 49 citations · 34 works
  7. 7 Haitham M. Yousof · #258,635 worldwide 180 citations · 38 works
  8. 8 Ahmed Z. Afify · #310,728 worldwide 139 citations · 29 works
  9. 9 Ibrahim S. Ahmed · #329,936 worldwide 124 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 A. Y. El-Etre · #332,456 worldwide 188 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Benha University

Which keywords describe research at Benha University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Self-Efficacy, Quality of Life, Oxidative Stress, Antioxidant, Cardiovascular Disease and Metabolic Syndrome.

▲ 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. Epidemiology453▲ 1.78×131 topics
  2. Inflammation297▲ 2.2×83 topics
  3. Quality of Life206▲ 2.2×47 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress186▲ 1.77×61 topics
  5. Cardiovascular Disease150▲ 2.1×38 topics
  6. Cancer148▲ 1.71×55 topics
  7. Sustainability146◆ 0.93×67 topics
  8. Treatment144▲ 1.84×49 topics
  9. Self-Efficacy140▲ 8.2×8 topics
  10. Antioxidant135▲ 3.1×48 topics
  11. Metabolic Syndrome128▲ 2.4×23 topics
  12. Diagnosis118▲ 1.96×39 topics
  13. Obesity113▲ 2.3×27 topics
  14. Biomedical Applications106▲ 1.39×34 topics
  15. Management106▲ 2.1×32 topics
  16. Antioxidant Activity100▲ 2.5×30 topics
  17. Heat Transfer100▲ 3.1×16 topics
  18. Social Support98▲ 2.8×15 topics
  19. Mechanical Properties97▲ 1.55×34 topics
  20. Complications96▲ 3.0×16 topics
  21. Depression96▲ 1.70×23 topics
  22. Insulin Resistance92▲ 3.1×9 topics
  23. Antioxidants92▲ 3.2×16 topics
  24. Mortality84▲ 2.2×13 topics
  25. Gut Microbiota81▲ 3.6×7 topics
  26. Diabetes80▲ 2.5×22 topics
  27. Guidelines79▲ 2.6×13 topics
  28. Probiotics78▲ 5.2×6 topics
  29. Stress76▲ 3.2×10 topics
  30. Antimicrobial70▲ 3.8×13 topics
  31. Rehabilitation69▲ 2.7×11 topics
  32. Cardiovascular Risk68▲ 3.4×9 topics
  33. Atherosclerosis63▲ 3.5×13 topics
  34. Elderly59▲ 3.7×6 topics
  35. Nursing57▲ 4.7×6 topics
  36. Educational Achievement50▲ 12×1 topic
  37. Job Stress50▲ 12×1 topic
  38. Construction48▲ 5.4×3 topics
  39. Coronary Artery Disease48▲ 6.4×3 topics
  40. Heat Stress42▲ 8.1×2 topics

Which research topics does Benha University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Health and Well-being Studies, Animal Nutrition and Physiology, Health and Wellbeing Research and Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment.

Health and Well-being St…50Health and Well-being Studies: 50 fractional worksAnimal Nutrition and Phy…37Animal Nutrition and Physiology: 37 fractional worksHealth and Wellbeing Research: 37 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis …37Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 37 fractional worksHealthcare Education and…32Healthcare Education and Workforce Issues: 32 fractional worksStructural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete: 32 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 31 fractional worksMeat and Animal Product …26Meat and Animal Product Quality: 26 fractional worksDyeing and Modifying Textile Fibers: 26 fractional worksTextile materials and evaluations: 25 fractional works
Clinical PsychologyAnimal Science and ZoologyGeneral Health ProfessionsEpidemiology4 others

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

  1. 1 Health and Well-being StudiesClinical Psychology 50 works
  2. 2 Animal Nutrition and PhysiologyAnimal Science and Zoology 37 works
  3. 3 Health and Wellbeing ResearchGeneral Health Professions 37 works
  4. 4 Liver Disease Diagnosis and TreatmentEpidemiology 37 works
  5. 5 Healthcare Education and Workforce IssuesLeadership and Management 32 works
  6. 6 Structural Behavior of Reinforced ConcreteBuilding and Construction 32 works
  7. 7 Orthopedic Surgery and RehabilitationSurgery 31 works
  8. 8 Meat and Animal Product QualityAnimal Science and Zoology 26 works
  9. 9 Dyeing and Modifying Textile FibersBuilding and Construction 26 works
  10. 10 Textile materials and evaluationsPolymers and Plastics 25 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 available67.9%not open32.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.6%domestic only78.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Benha University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 153% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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.

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.