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Cairo University

In research, Cairo University stands highest in Health Sciences (#195 of 11,982 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#276 of 12,888 worldwide) and Medicine (#252 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Orthodontics, Oral Surgery and Dentistry — Orthodontics is 8.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#273
of 28,054 · #723 all time
Rank in Egypt
#1
of 123
Research works
63k
▲ 52% vs 2013–17
Citations
802k
12.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
49%
world 28%

What is Cairo 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 #195 of 11,982 9.9%6,722 #515
Physical SciencesDomain #276 of 12,888 20.5%4,568 #710
MedicineField #252 of 10,443 9.8%5,654 #637
Life SciencesDomain #271 of 7,800 20.2%2,993 #779
MathematicsField #42 of 1,053 30.9%203 #233
Organic ChemistrySubfield #28 of 615 30.7%342 #282
Plant ScienceSubfield #69 of 1,395 28.9%465 #297
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #177 of 3,409 23.6%1,152 #412
ChemistryField #71 of 1,330 26.5%567 #412
Social SciencesDomain #680 of 10,521 16.3%1,601 #1411

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Cairo 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#515 #195
  2. Physical Sciences#710 #276
  3. Medicine#637 #252
  4. Life Sciences#779 #271
  5. Mathematics#233 #42
  6. Organic Chemistry#282 #28
  7. Plant Science#297 #69
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#412 #177
  9. Chemistry#412 #71
  10. Social Sciences#1,411 #680
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 Cairo University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Orthodontics takes 8.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OrthodonticsSubfield · 149.4 works8.4×
  2. Oral SurgerySubfield · 231.0 works7.5×
  3. DentistryField · 506.6 works6.6×
  4. General DentistrySubfield · 40.6 works5.9×
  5. Complementary and Manual TherapySubfield · 33.5 works5.0×
  6. UrologySubfield · 94.2 works4.9×
← 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: 1.53× its world share, 1,152 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.37× its world share, 1,164 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.64× its world share, 263 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.94× its world share, 241 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.09× its world share, 173 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.17× its world share, 65 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.27× its world share, 567 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.53× its world share, 660 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.76× its world share, 188 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.81× its world share, 118 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.69× its world share, 1,639 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.64× its world share, 506 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.79× its world share, 440 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.09× its world share, 203 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.51× its world share, 181 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 6.57× its world share, 507 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.81× its world share, 339 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.85× its world share, 5,654 worksMedicineNursing: 2.16× its world share, 168 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.52× its world share, 54 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.52× its world share, 239 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.48× its world share, 243 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.79× its world share, 122 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.47× its world share, 159 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.54× its world share, 262 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 576 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 6.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Cairo University?

Ranked on the composite score, Marwa Rashad Salem, Foad Abd-Allah and Ahmed M. Soliman lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Cairo University.

  1. 1 Marwa Rashad Salem · #18,431 worldwide 1.2k citations · 40 works
  2. 2 Foad Abd-Allah · #24,992 worldwide 5.6k citations · 35 works
  3. 3 Ahmed M. Soliman · #66,395 worldwide 456 citations · 93 works
  4. 4 Amr Hassan · #70,412 worldwide 765 citations · 25 works
  5. 5 Ammar Mohammed · #76,326 worldwide 352 citations · 32 works
  6. 6 Aboul Ella Hassanien · #78,576 worldwide 1.6k citations · 284 works
  7. 7 E. H. Doha · #91,203 worldwide 218 citations · 35 works
  8. 8 Tarek Tawfik Amin · #99,979 worldwide 612 citations · 22 works
  9. 9 Mohamed Hegazy · #106,703 worldwide 1.4k citations · 21 works
  10. 10 Hosni Salem · #107,255 worldwide 218 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at Cairo University

Which keywords describe research at Cairo University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Oxidative Stress, Antioxidant, Quality of Life, Cancer, Anticancer Agents and Clinical Trials.

▲ 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. Epidemiology1,159▲ 1.84×134 topics
  2. Inflammation728▲ 2.2×83 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress575▲ 2.2×63 topics
  4. Quality of Life448▲ 1.96×53 topics
  5. Cancer430▲ 2.0×59 topics
  6. Machine Learning373▼ 0.72×88 topics
  7. Antioxidant371▲ 3.4×51 topics
  8. Treatment332▲ 1.73×51 topics
  9. Nanoparticles301▲ 1.51×43 topics
  10. Cardiovascular Disease271▲ 1.53×39 topics
  11. Clinical Trials269▲ 2.5×19 topics
  12. Risk Factors248▲ 1.42×36 topics
  13. Nanomaterials237▲ 1.41×20 topics
  14. Metabolic Syndrome235▲ 1.82×23 topics
  15. Diagnosis234▲ 1.58×41 topics
  16. Antioxidant Activity225▲ 2.2×32 topics
  17. Management210▲ 1.69×35 topics
  18. Diabetes207▲ 2.6×22 topics
  19. Biomarkers206▲ 1.90×18 topics
  20. Anticancer Agents202▲ 8.4×12 topics
  21. Complications199▲ 2.5×17 topics
  22. Antioxidants195▲ 2.8×17 topics
  23. Rehabilitation195▲ 3.1×11 topics
  24. Immune Response194▲ 2.2×23 topics
  25. Synthesis191▲ 3.2×35 topics
  26. Medicinal Chemistry190▲ 4.3×13 topics
  27. Wound Healing180▲ 4.3×12 topics
  28. Antimicrobial180▲ 4.0×14 topics
  29. Anti-inflammatory176▲ 4.0×29 topics
  30. Insulin Resistance176▲ 2.4×10 topics
  31. Toxicity167▲ 2.4×20 topics
  32. Pain Management148▲ 4.1×9 topics
  33. Apoptosis143▲ 3.0×22 topics
  34. Chronic Pain142▲ 4.1×5 topics
  35. Heterocyclic Compounds140▲ 10×5 topics
  36. Antimicrobial Activity126▲ 4.7×9 topics
  37. Bone Regeneration113▲ 6.0×2 topics
  38. Coumarins100▲ 12×2 topics
  39. Tubulin Inhibitors98▲ 13×1 topic
  40. Vascular Targeting Agents98▲ 13×1 topic

Which research topics does Cairo University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Synthesis and biological activity, Dental Implant Techniques and Outcomes, Dental materials and restorations and Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment.

Synthesis and biological…98Synthesis and biological activity: 98 fractional worksDental Implant Technique…85Dental Implant Techniques and Outcomes: 85 fractional worksDental materials and res…84Dental materials and restorations: 84 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis …64Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 64 fractional worksMusculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation: 58 fractional worksNanoparticles: synthesis and applications: 57 fractional worksEndodontics and Root Can…56Endodontics and Root Canal Treatments: 56 fractional worksElectrochemical sensors and biosensors: 53 fractional worksAnalytical Methods in Pharmaceuticals: 52 fractional worksLaser Applications in De…49Laser Applications in Dentistry and Medicine: 49 fractional works
Organic ChemistryOral SurgeryOrthodonticsEpidemiology5 others

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

  1. 1 Synthesis and biological activityOrganic Chemistry 98 works
  2. 2 Dental Implant Techniques and OutcomesOral Surgery 85 works
  3. 3 Dental materials and restorationsOrthodontics 84 works
  4. 4 Liver Disease Diagnosis and TreatmentEpidemiology 64 works
  5. 5 Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitationPharmacology 58 works
  6. 6 Nanoparticles: synthesis and applicationsMaterials Chemistry 57 works
  7. 7 Endodontics and Root Canal TreatmentsOral Surgery 56 works
  8. 8 Electrochemical sensors and biosensorsElectrical and Electronic Engineering 53 works
  9. 9 Analytical Methods in PharmaceuticalsAnalytical Chemistry 52 works
  10. 10 Laser Applications in Dentistry and MedicineRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 49 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 available49.4%not open50.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Cairo University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 52% 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.

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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.