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Cihan University-Erbil

In research, Cihan University-Erbil stands highest in Physical Sciences (#3,007 of 12,888 worldwide), Engineering (#2,712 of 6,636 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#5,636 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,460
of 28,054 · #12,514 all time
Rank in Iraq
#25
of 67
Research works
1.2k
▲ 260% vs 2013–17
Citations
10k
8.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
75%
world 28%

What is Cihan University-Erbil 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
Physical SciencesDomain #3,007 of 12,888 23.1%325 #8621
EngineeringField #2,712 of 6,636 18.3%150 #6704
Social SciencesDomain #5,636 of 10,521 18.3%201 #7417
Life SciencesDomain #5,432 of 7,800 19.3%65 —
Health SciencesDomain #8,973 of 11,982 13.8%84 #17334
Computer ScienceField #3,567 of 4,667 25.8%70 #5900
MedicineField #7,993 of 10,443 15.6%66 —
Social SciencesField #4,875 of 6,365 11.6%82 #7496

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Cihan University-Erbil 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. Physical Sciences#8,621 #3,007
  2. Engineering#6,704 #2,712
  3. Social Sciences#7,417 #5,636
  4. Health Sciences#17,334 #8,973
  5. Computer Science#5,900 #3,567
  6. Social Sciences#7,496 #4,875
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: 0.67× its world share, 21 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.78× its world share, 28 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.04× its world share, 7 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.37× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.81× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.13× its world share, 3 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.41× its world share, 15 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.33× its world share, 70 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.44× its world share, 15 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.48× its world share, 150 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.62× its world share, 21 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.38× its world share, 32 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.52× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.90× its world share, 14 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.65× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.51× its world share, 66 worksMedicineNursing: 1.46× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.45× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.71× its world share, 33 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.30× its world share, 28 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.62× its world share, 17 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.04× its world share, 15 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.21× its world share, 25 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.96× its world share, 82 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 2.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Cihan University-Erbil?

Ranked on the composite score, Lway Faisal Abdulrazak, Adil Hussein Mohammed and Asˈad Alizadeh lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Cihan University-Erbil.

  1. 1 Lway Faisal Abdulrazak Iraq · #556,844 worldwide 96 citations · 23 works
  2. 2 Adil Hussein Mohammed Iraq · #1,159,957 worldwide 63 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Asˈad Alizadeh Iraq · #1,353,473 worldwide 73 citations · 26 works
  4. 4 Ahmed Mahal Iraq · #1,363,896 worldwide 50 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 D. Yuvaraj Iraq · #1,529,773 worldwide 18 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 As’ad Alizadeh Iraq · #1,534,758 worldwide 49 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Cihan University-Erbil

Which keywords describe research at Cihan University-Erbil?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Heat Transfer, Machine Learning, Smart Cities, Supply Chain Management, IoT, Corpus Linguistics, Healthcare and Legal Regulation.

▲ 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 Learning39▲ 1.74×59 topics
  2. Heat Transfer25▲ 7.4×15 topics
  3. Healthcare21▲ 2.8×12 topics
  4. Supply Chain Management21▲ 3.4×13 topics
  5. Nanoparticles17▲ 2.0×31 topics
  6. Energy Efficiency17▲ 2.6×20 topics
  7. Nanomaterials16▲ 2.2×16 topics
  8. IoT16▲ 6.2×12 topics
  9. Literature15▲ 4.0×7 topics
  10. Smart Cities14▲ 8.3×6 topics
  11. Customer Satisfaction14▲ 6.4×7 topics
  12. Corpus Linguistics14▲ 9.3×5 topics
  13. History13▲ 2.8×5 topics
  14. Digital Transformation13▲ 3.6×4 topics
  15. Experimental Investigation13▲ 18×4 topics
  16. Legal Regulation13▲ 8.6×6 topics
  17. Social Influence13▲ 8.7×3 topics
  18. Ethnicity13▲ 4.9×4 topics
  19. Islam13▲ 8.8×2 topics
  20. Philosophy13▲ 4.2×3 topics
  21. Culture12▲ 3.5×3 topics
  22. Language Teaching12▲ 7.1×4 topics
  23. Economic Security12▲ 8.4×3 topics
  24. Malay Language12▲ 12×1 topic
  25. Sharia Law12▲ 12×1 topic
  26. Design12▲ 10×2 topics
  27. Air Force12▲ 14×1 topic
  28. Applications12▲ 6.2×7 topics
  29. Modernization12▲ 9.2×1 topic
  30. Public Oversight12▲ 13×1 topic
  31. Transport Policy12▲ 13×1 topic
  32. Organizational Performance11▲ 6.5×5 topics
  33. Social Media Marketing10▲ 31×1 topic
  34. Thermal Conductivity9▲ 8.9×5 topics
  35. Review9▲ 11×3 topics
  36. Nanofluids9▲ 16×2 topics
  37. Viscosity8▲ 18×2 topics
  38. Phase Change Materials8▲ 13×2 topics
  39. Convective Transport8▲ 26×1 topic
  40. Enhancement8▲ 26×1 topic

Which research topics does Cihan University-Erbil publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies, Legal and Regulatory Analysis, Military Technology and Strategies and Organizational and Employee Performance.

Linguistic, Cultural, an…12Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 12 fractional worksLegal and Regulatory Ana…12Legal and Regulatory Analysis: 12 fractional worksMilitary Technology and …12Military Technology and Strategies: 12 fractional worksOrganizational and Emplo…10Organizational and Employee Performance: 10 fractional worksNanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer: 8 fractional worksTranslation Studies and Practices: 6 fractional worksEFL/ESL Teaching and Lea…5EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning: 5 fractional worksFuzzy and Soft Set Theory: 5 fractional worksSolar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems: 5 fractional worksBig Data and Business Intelligence: 5 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceTransportationAerospace EngineeringArtificial Intelligence5 others

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

  1. 1 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 12 works
  2. 2 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 12 works
  3. 3 Military Technology and Strategies Aerospace Engineering 12 works
  4. 4 Organizational and Employee Performance Artificial Intelligence 10 works
  5. 5 Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer Biomedical Engineering 8 works
  6. 6 Translation Studies and Practices Language and Linguistics 6 works
  7. 7 EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning Language and Linguistics 5 works
  8. 8 Fuzzy and Soft Set Theory Management Science and Operations Research 5 works
  9. 9 Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 5 works
  10. 10 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 5 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 available75.4%not open24.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors37.3%domestic only62.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Cihan University-Erbil's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 260% 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.

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