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Bibliotheca Alexandrina

In research, Bibliotheca Alexandrina stands highest in Social Sciences (#11,001 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#16,743
of 22,385 · #16,609 all time
Rank in Egypt
#94
of 117
Research works
319
▲ 27% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.9k
5.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.00×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
50%
world 40%
International
24%
world 18%
Bibliotheca Alexandrina

What is Bibliotheca Alexandrina known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Social SciencesDomain #11,001 of 14,833 6.8%156

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Bibliotheca Alexandrina 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Bibliotheca Alexandrina work in?

In 2022-now, 42% of research at Bibliotheca Alexandrina is in Social Sciences, 29% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (25%), Arts and Humanities (22%), Social Sciences (14%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 34 fractional works · 42.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 17 fractional works · 21.5% of its workArcheology: 11 fractional works · 13.8% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workClassics: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 11 fractional works · 13.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLinguistics and Language: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 23 fractional works · 28.6% of its workMedicine: 20 fractional works · 24.9% of its workSurgery: 5 fractional works · 6.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 4 fractional works · 4.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInternal Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrthodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 13 fractional works · 16.2% of its workEngineering: 7 fractional works · 9.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 3.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpace and Planetary Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 10 fractional works · 12.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 6.1% of its workPlant Science: 4 fractional works · 5.0% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 4.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKBibliothecaAlexandrina81fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences16%Health Sciences29%Social Sciences42%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. 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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Arts and Humanities1721.5%
    2. Social Sciences1113.9%
    3. Psychology22.5%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting11.6%
    5. Decision Sciences11.4%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.3%
    1. Medicine2024.9%
    2. Dentistry22.0%
    3. Health Professions11.5%
    4. Nursing00.2%
    1. Engineering79.1%
    2. Computer Science33.3%
    3. Environmental Science11.0%
    4. Chemistry10.7%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.6%
    6. Energy00.5%
    7. Materials Science00.5%
    8. Physics and Astronomy00.4%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences56.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology44.7%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology11.2%
    4. Neuroscience10.8%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
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: 1.28× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.87× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.21× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.63× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.42× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.56× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.61× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 4.15× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.29× its world share, 20 worksMedicineNursing: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 7.45× its world share, 17 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.44× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.62× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.82× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.10× its world share, 11 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 7.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities7.45×17 works
  2. Dentistry4.15×2 works
  3. Decision Sciences1.44×1 works
  4. Medicine1.29×20 works
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.28×5 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology1.21×1 works
  7. Social Sciences1.10×11 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.87×4 works
  9. Psychology0.82×2 works
  10. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.63×0 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.62×1 works
  12. Engineering0.61×7 works
  13. Energy0.56×0 works
  14. Health Professions0.56×1 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.49×1 works
  16. Neuroscience0.48×1 works
  17. Chemistry0.47×1 works
  18. Nursing0.46×0 works
  19. Computer Science0.42×3 works
  20. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.39×0 works
  21. Environmental Science0.20×1 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.19×0 works
  23. Materials Science0.14×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Bibliotheca Alexandrina?

Ranked on the quality score, Tarek A. Ahmad, Ismail Serageldin and Jean-Yves Empereur lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Bibliotheca Alexandrina.

  1. 1 Tarek A. Ahmad Egypt · #1,322,842 worldwide 709 citations · 22 works
  2. 2 Ismail Serageldin Egypt · #1,864,307 worldwide 4k citations · 164 works
  3. 3 Jean-Yves Empereur Egypt · #3,003,861 worldwide 761 citations · 107 works
  4. 4 Fathi Saleh Egypt · #4,180,795 worldwide 39 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Philippe Andrieux Egypt · #4,428,390 worldwide 40 citations · 26 works
  6. 6 Michel Valloggia Egypt · #4,594,331 worldwide 14 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 Bérénice Geoffroy-Schneiter Egypt · #5,425,755 worldwide 4 citations · 43 works
All ranked researchers at Bibliotheca Alexandrina

What are the most cited papers from Bibliotheca Alexandrina?

The most cited paper from Bibliotheca Alexandrina is "The Lancet Commission on lessons for the future from the COVID-19 pandemic" (Jeffrey David Sachs et al., 2022), with 901 citations. Next come "Descriptors of Posidonia oceanica meadows: Use and application" (194) and "Atherosclerosis in Ancient Egyptian Mummies" (159).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Lancet Commission on lessons for the future from the COVID-19 pandemic Jeffrey David Sachs et al. · The Lancet Open access 14 Sep 2022 901
2 Descriptors of Posidonia oceanica meadows: Use and application Christine Pergent-Martinì et al. · Ecological Indicators Open access 10 May 2005 194
3 Atherosclerosis in Ancient Egyptian Mummies Adel H. Allam, Randall C. Thompson, L. Samüel Wann et al. · JACC. Cardiovascular imaging Open access Apr 2011 159
4 Mutations in Outer Dynein Arm Heavy Chain DNAH9 Cause Motile Cilia Defects and Situs Inversus Mahmoud R. Fassad et al. · The American Journal of Human Genetics Open access 21 Nov 2018 142
5 B-cell epitope mapping for the design of vaccines and effective diagnostics Tarek A. Ahmad, Amrou E. Eweida, Salah Ahmed Sheweita · Trials in Vaccinology Open access 2016 140
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Bibliotheca Alexandrina?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Urban Development, Archaeology, Cultural Exchange, Religion, Mediterranean, Atherosclerosis, Corpus Linguistics and Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.

▲ 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-now 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. Urban Development4▲ 15×5 topics
  2. Archaeology4▲ 37×5 topics
  3. Cultural Exchange4▲ 36×4 topics
  4. Risk Factors3▲ 3.4×10 topics
  5. Religion3▲ 7.3×4 topics
  6. Cultural Heritage2▲ 5.6×8 topics
  7. Atherosclerosis2▲ 10.0×2 topics
  8. Mediterranean2▲ 32×2 topics
  9. Arabia2▲ 97×1 topic
  10. Byzantine2▲ 97×1 topic
  11. Corpus Linguistics2▲ 13×3 topics
  12. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention2▲ 20×2 topics
  13. Coronary Stents2▲ 57×1 topic
  14. Endovascular Repair2▲ 29×3 topics
  15. Identity2▲ 3.4×8 topics
  16. Myocardial Revascularization2▲ 57×1 topic
  17. Social Organization2▲ 124×2 topics
  18. Bronze Age2▲ 58×2 topics
  19. Roman Economy2▲ 60×2 topics
  20. Transcription Factors2▲ 17×2 topics
  21. Ancient Egypt2▲ 238×1 topic
  22. Biosynthesis2▲ 13×1 topic
  23. Cuticular Wax2▲ 141×1 topic
  24. Cyprus2▲ 114×1 topic
  25. Linguistics2▲ 13×1 topic
  26. Pottery Production2▲ 114×1 topic
  27. Psychology2▲ 16×2 topics
  28. Biomechanics2▲ 6.1×3 topics
  29. Cultural Sustainability2▲ 33×2 topics
  30. Thrombus Formation2▲ 25×2 topics
  31. Adaptive Reuse1▲ 45×1 topic
  32. Community Engagement1▲ 5.2×5 topics
  33. Intangible Heritage1▲ 45×1 topic
  34. Aneurysm Rupture1▲ 53×1 topic
  35. Aneurysm Screening1▲ 53×1 topic
  36. Byzantium1▲ 81×1 topic
  37. Eastern Mediterranean1▲ 81×1 topic
  38. Islamic Architecture1▲ 65×2 topics
  39. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes1▲ 7.9×4 topics
  40. Urban Planning1▲ 17×3 topics

Which research topics does Bibliotheca Alexandrina publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Archaeology and Historical Studies, Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics, Plant Surface Properties and Treatments and Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History.

Archaeology and Historic…2Archaeology and Historical Studies: 2 fractional worksCoronary Interventions a…2Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics: 2 fractional worksPlant Surface Properties…2Plant Surface Properties and Treatments: 2 fractional worksAncient Mediterranean Ar…2Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History: 2 fractional worksAncient Egypt and Archaeology: 2 fractional worksCultural Heritage Management and Preservation: 1 fractional worksAortic aneurysm repair t…1Aortic aneurysm repair treatments: 1 fractional worksByzantine Studies and Hi…1Byzantine Studies and History: 1 fractional worksHistorical and Linguisti…1Historical and Linguistic Studies: 1 fractional worksCreativity in Education …1Creativity in Education and Neuroscience: 1 fractional works
ArcheologySurgeryPlant SciencePulmonary and Respiratory Medicine3 others

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

  1. 1 Archaeology and Historical Studies Archeology 2 works
  2. 2 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Surgery 2 works
  3. 3 Plant Surface Properties and Treatments Plant Science 2 works
  4. 4 Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History Archeology 2 works
  5. 5 Ancient Egypt and Archaeology Archeology 2 works
  6. 6 Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation Archeology 1 works
  7. 7 Aortic aneurysm repair treatments Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  8. 8 Byzantine Studies and History Classics 1 works
  9. 9 Historical and Linguistic Studies Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  10. 10 Creativity in Education and Neuroscience Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 1 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 available49.5%not open50.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.9%domestic only76.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Bibliotheca Alexandrina's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 27% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Bibliotheca Alexandrina as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00034% in 2024.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%Bibliotheca Alexandrina0.00040% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Bibliotheca Alexandrina over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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