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Birzeit University

In research, Birzeit University stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,445 of 11,982 worldwide), Social Sciences (#4,550 of 10,521 worldwide) and Medicine (#5,349 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,081
of 28,054 · #11,288 all time
Rank in Palestine
#8
of 17
Research works
1.9k
▲ 57% vs 2013–17
Citations
27k
14.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
49%
world 28%

What is Birzeit 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 #3,445 of 11,982 20.0%96 #7206
Social SciencesDomain #4,550 of 10,521 25.9%200 #7457
MedicineField #5,349 of 10,443 19.4%68 #11403
Social SciencesField #3,395 of 6,365 26.2%114 #4847
Physical SciencesDomain #8,612 of 12,888 16.0%178 #8302
Computer ScienceField #3,338 of 4,667 19.6%76 #3138

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 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#7,206 #3,445
  2. Social Sciences#7,457 #4,550
  3. Medicine#11,403 #5,349
  4. Social Sciences#4,847 #3,395
  5. Physical Sciences#8,302 #8,612
  6. Computer Science#3,138 #3,338
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.

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: 0.43× its world share, 10 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.35× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.52× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.48× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.96× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.40× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.93× its world share, 76 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.57× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.47× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.68× its world share, 51 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.01× its world share, 25 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.27× its world share, 5 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.22× its world share, 7 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.36× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.79× its world share, 24 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.70× its world share, 68 worksMedicineNursing: 1.36× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.02× its world share, 15 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.60× its world share, 26 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.62× its world share, 8 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.36× its world share, 15 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.50× its world share, 23 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.79× its world share, 114 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 2.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Birzeit University?

Ranked on the composite score, Abdullatif Husseini, Majdi Mafarja and Penny Johnson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Birzeit University.

  1. 1 Abdullatif Husseini Palestine · #106,127 worldwide 1.7k citations · 21 works
  2. 2 Majdi Mafarja Palestine · #151,856 worldwide 486 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 Penny Johnson Palestine · #252,479 worldwide 46 citations · 31 works
  4. 4 Intima Alrimawi Palestine · #393,954 worldwide 64 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Asem Khalil Palestine · #519,592 worldwide 7 citations · 23 works
  6. 6 Rita Giacaman Palestine · #529,982 worldwide 35 citations · 32 works
  7. 7 Mustafa Jarrar Palestine · #691,755 worldwide 118 citations · 49 works
  8. 8 Issam A. Al‐Khatib Palestine · #700,346 worldwide 58 citations · 36 works
  9. 9 Jamīl Hilāl Palestine · #796,911 worldwide 9 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Adel Taweel Palestine · #815,489 worldwide 42 citations · 36 works
All ranked researchers at Birzeit University

Which keywords describe research at Birzeit University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, 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 2022–2025 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. Machine Learning28▲ 1.68×45 topics
  2. Deep Learning25▲ 1.47×48 topics
  3. Human Rights25▲ 4.9×21 topics
  4. Nationalism19▲ 8.2×6 topics
  5. Discrimination18▲ 19×3 topics
  6. Palestine18▲ 62×2 topics
  7. Israel18▲ 102×2 topics
  8. Ethnic Identity18▲ 31×2 topics
  9. Settler Colonialism18▲ 83×2 topics
  10. Occupation18▲ 53×1 topic
  11. Segregation18▲ 43×1 topic
  12. Mental Health17▲ 2.3×22 topics
  13. Politics15▲ 11×6 topics
  14. Globalization14▲ 1.41×22 topics
  15. Neural Networks14▲ 1.78×20 topics
  16. Governance14▲ 8.2×7 topics
  17. Sustainability13◆ 1.08×30 topics
  18. Public Health13▲ 1.79×26 topics
  19. Pandemic13▲ 2.4×11 topics
  20. COVID-1912▲ 1.80×16 topics
  21. Corporate Governance12▲ 3.3×12 topics
  22. Educational Technology11▲ 1.88×17 topics
  23. Sustainable Development11▲ 1.41×17 topics
  24. Social Capital11▲ 4.0×8 topics
  25. Identity10▲ 2.6×7 topics
  26. Depression10▲ 2.2×14 topics
  27. Refugees9▲ 15×4 topics
  28. Sovereignty9▲ 20×3 topics
  29. Civil War9▲ 57×2 topics
  30. Lebanon8▲ 141×1 topic
  31. Sectarianism8▲ 141×1 topic
  32. Technology Integration8▲ 5.1×7 topics
  33. Healthcare Workers7▲ 5.7×4 topics
  34. Middle East7▲ 21×2 topics
  35. Life Cycle Assessment6▲ 4.2×6 topics
  36. Corpus Linguistics6▲ 5.2×4 topics
  37. Media6▲ 7.2×3 topics
  38. Genocide5▲ 19×3 topics
  39. Qatar5▲ 49×1 topic
  40. Rwanda5▲ 49×1 topic

Which research topics does Birzeit University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies, Middle East Politics and Society, Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts and Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences.

Jewish and Middle Easter…18Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies: 18 fractional worksMiddle East Politics and…8Middle East Politics and Society: 8 fractional worksMiddle East and Rwanda C…5Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts: 5 fractional worksEntrepreneurship Studies and Influences: 4 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 4 fractional worksSoftware Engineering Research: 3 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Banking Studies: 3 fractional worksNatural Language Processing Techniques: 3 fractional worksBelt and Road Initiative: 3 fractional worksFamily Business Performance and Succession: 3 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceManagement of Technology and InnovationClinical PsychologyInformation Systems4 others

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

  1. 1 Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies Sociology and Political Science 18 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 4 works
  5. 5 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 4 works
  6. 6 Software Engineering Research Information Systems 3 works
  7. 7 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 3 works
  8. 8 Natural Language Processing Techniques Artificial Intelligence 3 works
  9. 9 Belt and Road Initiative Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  10. 10 Family Business Performance and Succession Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Birzeit University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 57% 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.

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.