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Damascus University

In research, Damascus University stands highest in Health Sciences (#915 of 11,982 worldwide), Health Professions (#157 of 1,928 worldwide) and Medicine (#1,778 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Orthodontics, Oral Surgery and Dentistry — Orthodontics is 39.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,399
of 28,054 · #8,240 all time
Rank in Syria
#1
of 16
Research works
4k
▲ 121% vs 2013–17
Citations
34k
8.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
73%
world 28%

What is Damascus 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 #915 of 11,982 11.2%978 #2898
Health ProfessionsField #157 of 1,928 24.8%65 #920
MedicineField #1,778 of 10,443 8.1%691 #4661
DentistryField #101 of 367 17.8%210 #278
Physical SciencesDomain #4,141 of 12,888 11.2%315 #7601
OrthodonticsSubfield #15 of 37 20.2%74 #135
Social SciencesDomain #4,432 of 10,521 20.5%155 #7917
Oral SurgerySubfield #35 of 79 15.0%91 #270
Life SciencesDomain #4,591 of 7,800 8.8%214 #8289
SurgerySubfield #1,208 of 1,816 7.4%116 #2914

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 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#2,898 #915
  2. Health Professions#920 #157
  3. Medicine#4,661 #1,778
  4. Dentistry#278 #101
  5. Physical Sciences#7,601 #4,141
  6. Orthodontics#135 #15
  7. Social Sciences#7,917 #4,432
  8. Oral Surgery#270 #35
  9. Life Sciences#8,289 #4,591
  10. Surgery#2,914 #1,208
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 Damascus University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Orthodontics takes 39.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OrthodonticsSubfield · 73.9 works40×
  2. Oral SurgerySubfield · 90.9 works28×
  3. DentistryField · 210.5 works26×
  4. PeriodonticsSubfield · 34.4 works15×
  5. UrologySubfield · 21.8 works11×
← 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: 0.77× its world share, 61 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.20× its world share, 107 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.91× its world share, 15 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.70× its world share, 19 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.11× its world share, 12 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.15× its world share, 30 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.32× its world share, 41 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 7 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.30× its world share, 5 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.50× its world share, 123 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.45× its world share, 37 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.70× its world share, 40 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.63× its world share, 12 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.44× its world share, 16 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 26.12× its world share, 210 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.48× its world share, 65 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.16× its world share, 691 worksMedicineNursing: 1.22× its world share, 10 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.72× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.24× its world share, 12 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.37× its world share, 20 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.65× its world share, 10 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.47× its world share, 17 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.51× its world share, 26 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 70 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 26.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Damascus University?

Ranked on the composite score, Mohammad Bashar Izzat, Loai Aljerf and Mohammad Y Hajeer lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Damascus University.

  1. 1 Mohammad Bashar Izzat Syria · #354,047 worldwide 68 citations · 21 works
  2. 2 Loai Aljerf Syria · #401,455 worldwide 112 citations · 20 works
  3. 3 Mohammad Y Hajeer Syria · #780,280 worldwide 41 citations · 26 works
  4. 4 Nayef Sha'aban Syria · #785,431 worldwide 0 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Ahmad Al‐Bitar Syria · #1,082,518 worldwide 2 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Marwan Al‐Raeei Syria · #1,085,362 worldwide 40 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Ahmad S Burhan Syria · #1,242,624 worldwide 25 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Mayssoon Dashash Syria · #1,267,496 worldwide 9 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 Omar Hamadah Syria · #1,346,221 worldwide 19 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 Bassam Saeed Syria · #1,381,600 worldwide 9 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Damascus University

Which keywords describe research at Damascus University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Quality of Life, Treatment, Surgical Management, Inflammation, Orthognathic Surgery, Psychological Factors and Dental Esthetics.

▲ 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. Epidemiology162▲ 2.5×114 topics
  2. Quality of Life108▲ 4.5×40 topics
  3. Inflammation71▲ 2.0×67 topics
  4. Treatment64▲ 3.2×43 topics
  5. Diagnosis51▲ 3.3×40 topics
  6. Surgical Management44▲ 6.4×20 topics
  7. Clinical Trials42▲ 3.7×15 topics
  8. Management40▲ 3.0×29 topics
  9. Risk Factors40▲ 2.2×30 topics
  10. Chemotherapy35▲ 3.0×20 topics
  11. Orthognathic Surgery35▲ 43×2 topics
  12. Psychological Factors34▲ 9.7×5 topics
  13. Dental Esthetics34▲ 54×1 topic
  14. Orthodontic Tooth Movement34▲ 54×1 topic
  15. Dental Materials31▲ 34×1 topic
  16. Restorative Dentistry31▲ 34×1 topic
  17. Diagnostic Criteria31▲ 8.3×10 topics
  18. Prognostic Factors30▲ 4.1×14 topics
  19. Wound Healing30▲ 6.8×10 topics
  20. Pathogenesis28▲ 3.3×21 topics
  21. Prevention28▲ 4.0×14 topics
  22. Clinical Practice Guidelines28▲ 3.0×14 topics
  23. Revascularization28▲ 11×4 topics
  24. Complications27▲ 3.2×17 topics
  25. Genetic Mutations27▲ 3.8×23 topics
  26. Dental Caries25▲ 16×2 topics
  27. Mineral Trioxide Aggregate25▲ 40×1 topic
  28. Root Canal Irrigants25▲ 40×1 topic
  29. Bone Regeneration22▲ 11×2 topics
  30. Biomaterials21▲ 5.5×5 topics
  31. Osteoporosis20▲ 14×3 topics
  32. Prenatal Diagnosis20▲ 8.2×7 topics
  33. Periodontal Disease20▲ 20×2 topics
  34. Cone-Beam CT19▲ 22×1 topic
  35. Dental Imaging19▲ 22×1 topic
  36. Growth Factors19▲ 9.2×3 topics
  37. Dental Implants18▲ 21×1 topic
  38. Peri-implant Diseases18▲ 21×1 topic
  39. Platelet-Rich Plasma17▲ 15×2 topics
  40. Orthopedic Surgery16▲ 17×2 topics

Which research topics does Damascus University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, Dental materials and restorations, Endodontics and Root Canal Treatments and Dental Radiography and Imaging.

Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics: 34 fractional worksDental materials and restorations: 31 fractional worksEndodontics and Root Can…25Endodontics and Root Canal Treatments: 25 fractional worksDental Radiography and I…19Dental Radiography and Imaging: 19 fractional worksDental Implant Techniques and Outcomes: 18 fractional worksDental Anxiety and Anesthesia Techniques: 16 fractional worksPeriodontal Regeneration…16Periodontal Regeneration and Treatments: 16 fractional worksTemporomandibular Joint Disorders: 16 fractional worksOral microbiology and periodontitis research: 15 fractional worksLaser Applications in De…14Laser Applications in Dentistry and Medicine: 14 fractional works
OrthodonticsOral SurgeryUrologyComplementary and Manual Therapy2 others

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

  1. 1 Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics Orthodontics 34 works
  2. 2 Dental materials and restorations Orthodontics 31 works
  3. 3 Endodontics and Root Canal Treatments Oral Surgery 25 works
  4. 4 Dental Radiography and Imaging Oral Surgery 19 works
  5. 5 Dental Implant Techniques and Outcomes Oral Surgery 18 works
  6. 6 Dental Anxiety and Anesthesia Techniques Oral Surgery 16 works
  7. 7 Periodontal Regeneration and Treatments Urology 16 works
  8. 8 Temporomandibular Joint Disorders Complementary and Manual Therapy 16 works
  9. 9 Oral microbiology and periodontitis research Periodontics 15 works
  10. 10 Laser Applications in Dentistry and Medicine Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 14 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Damascus University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 121% 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.

Other research institutions in Damascus

All research institutions in Damascus

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.