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Damascus University

In research, Damascus University stands highest in Orthodontics (#15 of 44 worldwide), Dentistry (#154 of 405 worldwide) and Oral Surgery (#37 of 94 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Orthodontics, Oral Surgery and Dentistry (Orthodontics is 41.3× its share of world research).

damascusuniversity.edu.syROR OpenAlex
World rank, 2022-now
#6,861
of 22,385 · #8,693 all time
Rank in Syria
#2
of 15
Research works
4k
▲ 80% vs 2018-21
Citations
34k
8.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.83×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
73%
world 40%
International
22%
world 18%
Damascus University

What is Damascus 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
OrthodonticsSubfield #15 of 44 14.1%74 #137
DentistryField #154 of 405 12.8%210 #397
Oral SurgerySubfield #37 of 94 11.4%91 #256
Health SciencesDomain #5,745 of 9,902 8.5%978 #10106
MedicineField #5,537 of 8,541 6.4%691 #9061
SurgerySubfield #1,056 of 1,532 8.1%116 #2339
Health ProfessionsField #1,415 of 1,895 19.0%65 #2412
Physical SciencesDomain #8,739 of 10,670 7.5%315 #8965
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,438 of 2,964 6.9%107 #4861
Social SciencesDomain #8,275 of 9,585 13.4%155 #10682

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Damascus 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. Orthodontics#137 #15
  2. Dentistry#397 #154
  3. Oral Surgery#256 #37
  4. Health Sciences#10,106 #5,745
  5. Medicine#9,061 #5,537
  6. Surgery#2,339 #1,056
  7. Health Professions#2,412 #1,415
  8. Physical Sciences#8,965 #8,739
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#4,861 #2,438
  10. Social Sciences#10,682 #8,275
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 Damascus University work in?

In 2022-now, 59% of research at Damascus University is in Health Sciences, 19% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (42%), Dentistry (12%), Engineering (7%). It does 2.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 1,156 fractional works · 58.6% of its workMedicine: 821 fractional works · 41.6% of its workSurgery: 142 fractional works · 7.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 74 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 45 fractional works · 2.3% of its workOncology: 44 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEpidemiology: 44 fractional works · 2.2% of its workRheumatology: 42 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 35 fractional works · 1.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 32 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNeurology: 30 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDermatology: 27 fractional works · 1.4% of its workUrology: 24 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 23 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 23 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhysiology: 23 fractional works · 1.2% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 21 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 17 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 17 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOphthalmology: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHematology: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGastroenterology: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReproductive Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHepatology: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNephrology: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDentistry: 246 fractional works · 12.4% of its workOral Surgery: 101 fractional works · 5.1% of its workOrthodontics: 92 fractional works · 4.6% of its workPeriodontics: 39 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeneral Dentistry: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 77 fractional works · 3.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 22 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 20 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 16 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacy: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 367 fractional works · 18.6% of its workEngineering: 136 fractional works · 6.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 25 fractional works · 1.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 22 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 19 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 16 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 50 fractional works · 2.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 19 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 49 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 24 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomaterials: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 47 fractional works · 2.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 35 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 17 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 19 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematics: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics and Probability: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 252 fractional works · 12.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 122 fractional works · 6.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 61 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGenetics: 34 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCancer Research: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCell Biology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 70 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPlant Science: 33 fractional works · 1.7% of its workFood Science: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInsect Science: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoil Science: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 23 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNeurology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSensory Systems: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 19 fractional works · 0.9% of its workImmunology: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 18 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 198 fractional works · 10.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 94 fractional works · 4.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 35 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 16 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEducation: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workTransportation: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPsychology: 31 fractional works · 1.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 19 fractional works · 0.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 23 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 18 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFinance: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 23 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAccounting: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArcheology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKDamascusUniversity1,973fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences19%Health Sciences59%Social Sciences10%

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. Health Sciences1,15658.6%
    1. Medicine82141.6%
    2. Dentistry24612.4%
    3. Health Professions773.9%
    4. Nursing100.5%
    5. Veterinary20.1%
    1. Engineering1366.9%
    2. Computer Science502.5%
    3. Materials Science492.5%
    4. Environmental Science472.4%
    5. Chemistry351.8%
    6. Physics and Astronomy191.0%
    7. Mathematics140.7%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences90.4%
    9. Energy60.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering30.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1226.2%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences703.6%
    3. Neuroscience231.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology190.9%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics180.9%
    1. Social Sciences944.8%
    2. Psychology311.6%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance231.2%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting231.2%
    5. Arts and Humanities140.7%
    6. Decision Sciences120.6%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Damascus University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Orthodontics takes 41.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OrthodonticsSubfield · 91.7 works41×
  2. Oral SurgerySubfield · 100.9 works27×
  3. DentistryField · 245.5 works26×
  4. PeriodonticsSubfield · 39.1 works15×
  5. UrologySubfield · 24.5 works10×
← 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: 0.75× its world share, 70 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.16× its world share, 122 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.94× its world share, 19 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.71× its world share, 23 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.65× its world share, 18 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.44× its world share, 3 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.12× its world share, 35 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.33× its world share, 50 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 8 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.31× its world share, 6 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.46× its world share, 136 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.48× its world share, 47 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.71× its world share, 49 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.59× its world share, 14 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.44× its world share, 19 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 25.64× its world share, 246 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.49× its world share, 77 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.16× its world share, 821 worksMedicineNursing: 1.08× its world share, 10 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.72× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.25× its world share, 14 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.36× its world share, 23 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.64× its world share, 12 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.56× its world share, 23 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.52× its world share, 31 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 94 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 25.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Dentistry25.64×246 works
  2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.65×18 works
  3. Medicine2.16×821 works
  4. Health Professions1.49×77 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.16×122 works
  6. Chemistry1.12×35 works
  7. Nursing1.08×10 works
  8. Immunology and Microbiology0.94×19 works
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.75×70 works
  10. Veterinary0.72×2 works
  11. Neuroscience0.71×23 works
  12. Materials Science0.71×49 works
  13. Decision Sciences0.64×12 works
  14. Mathematics0.59×14 works
  15. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.56×23 works
  16. Psychology0.52×31 works
  17. Environmental Science0.48×47 works
  18. Engineering0.46×136 works
  19. Chemical Engineering0.44×3 works
  20. Physics and Astronomy0.44×19 works
  21. Social Sciences0.38×94 works
  22. Business, Management and Accounting0.36×23 works
  23. Computer Science0.33×50 works
  24. Energy0.31×6 works
  25. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.28×8 works
  26. Arts and Humanities0.25×14 works

Who are the top researchers at Damascus University?

Ranked on the quality score, Ahmad Sahyouni, Loai Aljerf and Fatima H. Abbas lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Damascus University.

  1. 1 Ahmad Sahyouni Syria · #737,325 worldwide 886 citations · 29 works
  2. 2 Loai Aljerf Syria · #796,199 worldwide 2.4k citations · 105 works
  3. 3 Fatima H. Abbas Syria · #1,046,951 worldwide 2.6k citations · 60 works
  4. 4 Samer T. Jaber Syria · #1,083,020 worldwide 436 citations · 32 works
  5. 5 Ghaith Alfakhry Syria · #1,755,154 worldwide 207 citations · 41 works
  6. 6 Mohammad Younis Hajeer Syria · #1,762,498 worldwide 4.2k citations · 222 works
  7. 7 Jameel Soqia Syria · #2,008,020 worldwide 263 citations · 40 works
  8. 8 Ammar Eid Syria · #2,032,739 worldwide 394 citations · 19 works
  9. 9 Kinda Sultan Syria · #2,213,529 worldwide 449 citations · 26 works
  10. 10 MHD Bahaa Aldin Alhaffar Syria · #2,419,336 worldwide 563 citations · 45 works
All ranked researchers at Damascus University

What are the most cited papers from Damascus University?

The most cited paper from Damascus University is "Burden of 375 diseases and injuries, risk-attributable burden of 88 risk factors, and healthy life expectancy in 204 countries and territories, including 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023" (Simon I Hay et al., 2025), with 762 citations. Next come "Properties and medical applications of polylactic acid: A review" (726) and "The role of transformation in learning and education for sustainability" (682).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Burden of 375 diseases and injuries, risk-attributable burden of 88 risk factors, and healthy life expectancy in 204 countries and territories, including 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023 Simon I Hay et al. · The Lancet Open access2,780 authors Oct 2025 762
2 Properties and medical applications of polylactic acid: A review Kotiba Hamad, Mosab Kaseem, Haozhe Yang et al. · eXPRESS Polymer Letters Open access 2015 726
3 The role of transformation in learning and education for sustainability Walter Leal Filho, Schalk Petrus Raath, Boris Lazzarini et al. · Journal of Cleaner Production Open access 14 Jul 2018 682
4 Polylactic acid blends: The future of green, light and tough Kotiba Hamad, Mosab Kaseem, Muhammad Ayyoob et al. · Progress in Polymer Science 21 Jul 2018 640
5 Recycling of waste from polymer materials: An overview of the recent works Kotiba Hamad, Mosab Kaseem, Fawaz Deri · Polymer Degradation and Stability 4 Oct 2013 538
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Damascus University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Quality of Life, Treatment, Surgical Management, Orthognathic Surgery, Dental Esthetics, Orthodontic Tooth Movement and Diagnosis.

▲ 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. Epidemiology195▲ 2.5×117 topics
  2. Quality of Life129▲ 4.5×42 topics
  3. Inflammation80▲ 1.89×68 topics
  4. Treatment74▲ 3.1×43 topics
  5. Diagnosis62▲ 3.4×40 topics
  6. Clinical Trials51▲ 3.9×17 topics
  7. Surgical Management50▲ 6.2×20 topics
  8. Risk Factors50▲ 2.3×30 topics
  9. Management48▲ 3.0×31 topics
  10. Orthognathic Surgery43▲ 43×2 topics
  11. Dental Esthetics42▲ 55×1 topic
  12. Orthodontic Tooth Movement42▲ 55×1 topic
  13. Chemotherapy41▲ 2.9×22 topics
  14. Psychological Factors39▲ 9.5×5 topics
  15. Dental Materials38▲ 35×1 topic
  16. Restorative Dentistry38▲ 35×1 topic
  17. Diagnostic Criteria36▲ 8.0×10 topics
  18. Prognostic Factors35▲ 4.1×14 topics
  19. Wound Healing33▲ 6.3×10 topics
  20. Clinical Practice Guidelines33▲ 3.0×14 topics
  21. Genetic Mutations33▲ 3.8×23 topics
  22. Revascularization32▲ 10×4 topics
  23. Prevention32▲ 3.9×15 topics
  24. Complications32▲ 3.2×17 topics
  25. Pathogenesis30▲ 3.0×22 topics
  26. Dental Caries30▲ 15×2 topics
  27. Mineral Trioxide Aggregate29▲ 38×1 topic
  28. Root Canal Irrigants29▲ 38×1 topic
  29. Bone Regeneration25▲ 11×2 topics
  30. Prenatal Diagnosis24▲ 8.4×7 topics
  31. Biomaterials24▲ 5.0×6 topics
  32. Osteoporosis22▲ 13×3 topics
  33. Periodontal Disease22▲ 18×2 topics
  34. Cone-Beam CT21▲ 21×1 topic
  35. Dental Imaging21▲ 21×1 topic
  36. Growth Factors21▲ 8.2×3 topics
  37. Dental Implants20▲ 21×1 topic
  38. Peri-implant Diseases20▲ 21×1 topic
  39. Orthopedic Surgery19▲ 16×2 topics
  40. Bruxism19▲ 33×1 topic

Which research topics does Damascus University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, Dental materials and restorations, Endodontics and Root Canal Treatments and Dental Radiography and Imaging.

Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics: 42 fractional worksDental materials and restorations: 38 fractional worksEndodontics and Root Can…29Endodontics and Root Canal Treatments: 29 fractional worksDental Radiography and I…21Dental Radiography and Imaging: 21 fractional worksDental Implant Techniques and Outcomes: 20 fractional worksTemporomandibular Joint Disorders: 19 fractional worksDental Anxiety and Anest…18Dental Anxiety and Anesthesia Techniques: 18 fractional worksPeriodontal Regeneration and Treatments: 18 fractional worksOral microbiology and periodontitis research: 17 fractional worksLaser Applications in De…16Laser Applications in Dentistry and Medicine: 16 fractional works
OrthodonticsOral SurgeryComplementary and Manual TherapyUrology2 others

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

  1. 1 Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics Orthodontics 42 works
  2. 2 Dental materials and restorations Orthodontics 38 works
  3. 3 Endodontics and Root Canal Treatments Oral Surgery 29 works
  4. 4 Dental Radiography and Imaging Oral Surgery 21 works
  5. 5 Dental Implant Techniques and Outcomes Oral Surgery 20 works
  6. 6 Temporomandibular Joint Disorders Complementary and Manual Therapy 19 works
  7. 7 Dental Anxiety and Anesthesia Techniques Oral Surgery 18 works
  8. 8 Periodontal Regeneration and Treatments Urology 18 works
  9. 9 Oral microbiology and periodontitis research Periodontics 17 works
  10. 10 Laser Applications in Dentistry and Medicine Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 16 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 available73.1%not open26.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.1%domestic only77.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Damascus University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 80% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Damascus University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0077% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%Damascus University0.0089% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Damascus 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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Damascus University8.3% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 10.4% in 2022.

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