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Birzeit University

In research, Birzeit University stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,173 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#2,117 of 5,988 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#5,018 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now.

World rank, 2022-now
#4,433
of 22,385 · #5,377 all time
Rank in Palestine
#4
of 17
Research works
1.9k
▲ 20% vs 2018-21
Citations
27k
14.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.94×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
49%
world 40%
International
29%
world 18%

What is Birzeit University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #2,173 of 9,585 13.6%200 #4425
Social SciencesField #2,117 of 5,988 16.7%114 #4303
Physical SciencesDomain #5,018 of 10,670 8.8%178 #5351
Computer ScienceField #2,564 of 4,417 10.0%76 #2656
Health SciencesDomain #7,368 of 9,902 12.7%96 #11754
MedicineField #6,916 of 8,541 12.2%68 #11796

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

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#4,425 #2,173
  2. Social Sciences#4,303 #2,117
  3. Physical Sciences#5,351 #5,018
  4. Computer Science#2,656 #2,564
  5. Health Sciences#11,754 #7,368
  6. Medicine#11,796 #6,916
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Birzeit University work in?

In 2022-now, 39% of research at Birzeit University is in Social Sciences, 36% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (22%), Computer Science (15%), Medicine (13%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 219 fractional works · 39.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 125 fractional works · 22.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 60 fractional works · 10.6% of its workEducation: 27 fractional works · 4.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 12 fractional works · 2.1% of its workDemography: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workUrban Studies: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGender Studies: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopment: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 28 fractional works · 5.0% of its workAccounting: 10 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness and International Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 25 fractional works · 4.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 11 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 17 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 11 fractional works · 2.0% of its workFinance: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 16 fractional works · 2.8% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 8 fractional works · 1.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 8 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 202 fractional works · 35.9% of its workComputer Science: 86 fractional works · 15.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 29 fractional works · 5.2% of its workInformation Systems: 23 fractional works · 4.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 10 fractional works · 1.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSignal Processing: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSoftware: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHardware and Architecture: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 56 fractional works · 10.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 13 fractional works · 2.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 29 fractional works · 5.1% of its workWater Science and Technology: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPollution: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 8 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workModeling and Simulation: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Science: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 106 fractional works · 18.8% of its workMedicine: 75 fractional works · 13.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 13 fractional works · 2.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOncology: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSurgery: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth Professions: 26 fractional works · 4.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 14 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 35 fractional works · 6.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 13 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPlant Science: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFood Science: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 11 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKBirzeitUniversity562fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences36%Health Sciences19%Social Sciences39%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences12522.3%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting285.0%
    3. Psychology254.5%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance172.9%
    5. Arts and Humanities162.8%
    6. Decision Sciences81.5%
    1. Computer Science8615.3%
    2. Engineering5610.0%
    3. Environmental Science295.1%
    4. Mathematics81.4%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences61.1%
    6. Materials Science50.9%
    7. Physics and Astronomy50.8%
    8. Chemistry40.7%
    9. Energy30.4%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Medicine7513.4%
    2. Health Professions264.7%
    3. Nursing40.7%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences132.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology111.9%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics40.8%
    4. Neuroscience40.7%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology30.6%
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: 0.49× its world share, 13 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.35× its world share, 11 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.61× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.43× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.22× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.47× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.97× its world share, 86 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.69× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.49× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.66× its world share, 56 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.03× its world share, 29 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.26× its world share, 5 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.15× its world share, 8 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.38× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.76× its world share, 26 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.70× its world share, 75 worksMedicineNursing: 1.42× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.98× its world share, 16 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.56× its world share, 28 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.50× its world share, 8 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.37× its world share, 16 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.49× its world share, 26 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.76× its world share, 125 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 2.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.22×4 works
  2. Computer Science1.97×86 works
  3. Health Professions1.76×26 works
  4. Social Sciences1.76×125 works
  5. Business, Management and Accounting1.56×28 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.50×8 works
  7. Psychology1.49×26 works
  8. Nursing1.42×4 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.37×16 works
  10. Mathematics1.15×8 works
  11. Environmental Science1.03×29 works
  12. Arts and Humanities0.98×16 works
  13. Medicine0.70×75 works
  14. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.69×6 works
  15. Engineering0.66×56 works
  16. Immunology and Microbiology0.61×4 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.49×13 works
  18. Energy0.49×2 works
  19. Chemistry0.47×4 works
  20. Neuroscience0.43×4 works
  21. Physics and Astronomy0.38×5 works
  22. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.35×11 works
  23. Materials Science0.26×5 works
  24. Chemical Engineering0.23×0 works
  25. Dentistry0.14×0 works
  26. Veterinary0.09×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Birzeit University?

Ranked on the quality score, Majdi M. Mafarja, Niveen ME Abu-Rmeileh and Abdullatif S Husseini lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Birzeit University.

  1. 1 Majdi M. Mafarja Palestine · #38,171 worldwide 18k citations · 104 works
  2. 2 Niveen ME Abu-Rmeileh Palestine · #50,160 worldwide 43k citations · 40 works
  3. 3 Abdullatif S Husseini Palestine · #117,642 worldwide 83k citations · 120 works
  4. 4 Weeam Hammoudeh Palestine · #315,275 worldwide 1.1k citations · 63 works
  5. 5 Niveen M. E. Abu-Rmeileh Palestine · #315,787 worldwide 58k citations · 86 works
  6. 6 Rita Giacaman Palestine · #489,069 worldwide 7.3k citations · 216 works
  7. 7 Niveen Abu-Rmeileh Palestine · #822,261 worldwide 10k citations · 37 works
  8. 8 Afif Akel Hasan Palestine · #1,035,172 worldwide 1.7k citations · 46 works
  9. 9 Samir Baidoun Palestine · #1,140,541 worldwide 616 citations · 23 works
  10. 10 Mai Albzour Palestine · #1,221,616 worldwide 713 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Birzeit University

What are the most cited papers from Birzeit University?

The most cited paper from Birzeit University is "Global, regional, and national prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and adults during 1980–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013" (Marie Ng et al., 2014), with 12,158 citations. Next come "Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015" (7,829) and "Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 301 acute and chronic diseases and injuries in 188 countries, 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013" (6,558).

All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Birzeit University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Human Rights, Nationalism, Discrimination, Palestine, Israel, Ethnic Identity, Settler Colonialism and Occupation.

▲ 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. Machine Learning31▲ 1.68×47 topics
  2. Human Rights28▲ 4.9×22 topics
  3. Deep Learning28▲ 1.45×49 topics
  4. Nationalism22▲ 8.6×6 topics
  5. Discrimination21▲ 18×3 topics
  6. Palestine21▲ 69×2 topics
  7. Israel21▲ 111×2 topics
  8. Ethnic Identity21▲ 33×2 topics
  9. Settler Colonialism20▲ 88×2 topics
  10. Occupation20▲ 59×1 topic
  11. Segregation20▲ 48×1 topic
  12. Mental Health18▲ 2.2×23 topics
  13. Globalization15▲ 1.39×26 topics
  14. Neural Networks15▲ 1.76×21 topics
  15. Public Health15▲ 1.86×28 topics
  16. Politics15▲ 10×6 topics
  17. Environmental Impact14▲ 1.45×21 topics
  18. Governance14▲ 7.5×7 topics
  19. Pandemic13▲ 2.4×11 topics
  20. Corporate Governance13▲ 3.1×12 topics
  21. COVID-1913▲ 1.76×16 topics
  22. Educational Technology13▲ 1.92×17 topics
  23. Sustainable Development13▲ 1.45×19 topics
  24. Social Capital12▲ 4.1×8 topics
  25. Depression10▲ 2.1×15 topics
  26. Identity10▲ 2.5×9 topics
  27. Refugees9▲ 14×4 topics
  28. Sovereignty9▲ 18×3 topics
  29. Civil War9▲ 52×2 topics
  30. Technology Integration8▲ 4.7×7 topics
  31. Lebanon8▲ 133×1 topic
  32. Sectarianism8▲ 133×1 topic
  33. Middle East7▲ 21×2 topics
  34. Healthcare Workers7▲ 5.3×4 topics
  35. Infectious Diseases7▲ 3.8×7 topics
  36. Media6▲ 7.0×3 topics
  37. Genocide6▲ 19×3 topics
  38. Qatar5▲ 50×1 topic
  39. Rwanda5▲ 50×1 topic
  40. Entrepreneurial Orientation5▲ 10×1 topic

Which research topics does Birzeit University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies, Middle East Politics and Society, Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts and Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences.

  1. 1 Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies Sociology and Political Science 20 works
  2. 2 Middle East Politics and Society Sociology and Political Science 8 works
  3. 3 Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts Sociology and Political Science 5 works
  4. 4 Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences Management of Technology and Innovation 5 works
  5. 5 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 4 works
  6. 6 Belt and Road Initiative Economics and Econometrics 4 works
  7. 7 Software Engineering Research Information Systems 4 works
  8. 8 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 3 works
  9. 9 Organizational and Employee Performance Artificial Intelligence 3 works
  10. 10 Health and Conflict Studies General Health Professions 3 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 available48.8%not open51.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors28.6%domestic only71.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Birzeit University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 20% 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 Birzeit University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0019% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Birzeit University0.0022% in 202519801990200020102020

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

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%Birzeit University10.2% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 17.2% in 2023.

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