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Dhofar University

In research, Dhofar University stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,848 of 9,585 worldwide), Business, Management and Accounting (#778 of 2,581 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#3,541 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Accounting and Business, Management and Accounting (Accounting is 6.9× its share of world research).

World rank, 2022-now
#3,518
of 22,385 · #5,567 all time
Rank in Oman
#3
of 24
Research works
1.6k
▲ 46% vs 2018-21
Citations
19k
11.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.07×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
56%
world 40%
International
46%
world 18%

What is Dhofar 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
Social SciencesDomain #1,848 of 9,585 19.7%321 #2517
Business, Management and AccountingField #778 of 2,581 22.8%97 #1359
Physical SciencesDomain #3,541 of 10,670 16.2%273 #5097
EngineeringField #2,481 of 5,901 17.8%96 #3701
Computer ScienceField #2,055 of 4,417 11.7%80 #3249
Social SciencesField #2,877 of 5,988 18.5%99 #3202

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Dhofar 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. Social Sciences#2,517 #1,848
  2. Business, Management and Accounting#1,359 #778
  3. Physical Sciences#5,097 #3,541
  4. Engineering#3,701 #2,481
  5. Computer Science#3,249 #2,055
  6. Social Sciences#3,202 #2,877
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 Dhofar University work in?

In 2022-now, 48% of research at Dhofar University is in Social Sciences, 42% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (15%), Business, Management and Accounting (15%), Engineering (14%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 378 fractional works · 48.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 119 fractional works · 15.2% of its workEducation: 40 fractional works · 5.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 37 fractional works · 4.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLaw: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workTransportation: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCommunication: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLinguistics and Language: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 115 fractional works · 14.7% of its workAccounting: 33 fractional works · 4.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 29 fractional works · 3.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 14 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMarketing: 12 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 11 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 10 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBusiness and International Management: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 53 fractional works · 6.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 41 fractional works · 5.2% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFinance: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 37 fractional works · 4.7% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 16 fractional works · 2.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 13 fractional works · 1.6% of its workArcheology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 36 fractional works · 4.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 14 fractional works · 1.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 18 fractional works · 2.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 10 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 327 fractional works · 41.6% of its workEngineering: 114 fractional works · 14.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 34 fractional works · 4.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 19 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 11 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMedia Technology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 92 fractional works · 11.6% of its workInformation Systems: 30 fractional works · 3.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 29 fractional works · 3.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 14 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Science Applications: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSignal Processing: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 44 fractional works · 5.6% of its workPollution: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 29 fractional works · 3.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 16 fractional works · 2.0% of its workBiomaterials: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 24 fractional works · 3.1% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 15 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Energy: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 9 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workApplied Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectrochemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 45 fractional works · 5.7% of its workMedicine: 32 fractional works · 4.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Informatics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 10 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 36 fractional works · 4.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 18 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPlant Science: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFood Science: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 10 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKDhofar University786fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences42%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences48%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences11915.2%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting11514.7%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance536.7%
    4. Arts and Humanities374.7%
    5. Psychology364.5%
    6. Decision Sciences182.3%
    1. Engineering11414.4%
    2. Computer Science9211.6%
    3. Environmental Science445.6%
    4. Materials Science293.7%
    5. Energy243.1%
    6. Physics and Astronomy91.2%
    7. Mathematics70.9%
    8. Chemistry50.6%
    9. Chemical Engineering20.3%
    10. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.2%
    1. Medicine324.0%
    2. Health Professions101.3%
    3. Dentistry20.3%
    4. Nursing10.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences182.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology101.3%
    3. Neuroscience60.8%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.2%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology10.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Dhofar University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Accounting takes 6.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. AccountingSubfield · 33.1 works6.9×
  2. Business, Management and AccountingField · 115.3 works4.5×
← 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: 0.48× its world share, 18 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.25× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.47× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.52× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.75× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.40× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.50× its world share, 92 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 3.34× its world share, 24 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.96× its world share, 114 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.13× its world share, 44 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.06× its world share, 29 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.74× its world share, 7 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.54× its world share, 9 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.52× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.49× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.21× its world share, 32 worksMedicineNursing: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.63× its world share, 37 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4.55× its world share, 115 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.40× its world share, 18 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.14× its world share, 53 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.48× its world share, 36 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.20× its world share, 119 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Business, Management and Accounting4.55×115 works
  2. Energy3.34×24 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3.14×53 works
  4. Decision Sciences2.40×18 works
  5. Arts and Humanities1.63×37 works
  6. Computer Science1.50×92 works
  7. Psychology1.48×36 works
  8. Social Sciences1.20×119 works
  9. Environmental Science1.13×44 works
  10. Materials Science1.06×29 works
  11. Engineering0.96×114 works
  12. Chemical Engineering0.75×2 works
  13. Mathematics0.74×7 works
  14. Physics and Astronomy0.54×9 works
  15. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.52×1 works
  16. Dentistry0.52×2 works
  17. Health Professions0.49×10 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.48×18 works
  19. Neuroscience0.47×6 works
  20. Chemistry0.40×5 works
  21. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.25×10 works
  22. Nursing0.25×1 works
  23. Medicine0.21×32 works
  24. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.10×1 works
  25. Immunology and Microbiology0.08×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Dhofar University?

Ranked on the quality score, Mohammed Ali Bait Ali Sulaiman, Ahmed Samour and Omar Ikbal Tawfik lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Dhofar University.

  1. 1 Mohammed Ali Bait Ali Sulaiman Oman · #129,767 worldwide 1.3k citations · 41 works
  2. 2 Ahmed Samour Oman · #219,629 worldwide 3.6k citations · 77 works
  3. 3 Omar Ikbal Tawfik Oman · #221,499 worldwide 471 citations · 59 works
  4. 4 Abdullah M. Al‐Ansi Oman · #250,244 worldwide 2.6k citations · 78 works
  5. 5 Mouad Sadallah Oman · #358,463 worldwide 769 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 Omar Durrah Oman · #380,006 worldwide 1.4k citations · 79 works
  7. 7 Sohaib Tahir Chauhdary Oman · #479,196 worldwide 1.1k citations · 78 works
  8. 8 Mansour Naser Alraja Oman · #488,692 worldwide 1.1k citations · 40 works
  9. 9 Shaukat Khan Oman · #597,656 worldwide 5.8k citations · 143 works
  10. 10 Suhail M. Ghouse Oman · #696,792 worldwide 762 citations · 42 works
All ranked researchers at Dhofar University

What are the most cited papers from Dhofar University?

The most cited paper from Dhofar University is "A comprehensive review of natural fibers and their composites: An eco-friendly alternative to conventional materials" (Issam Elfaleh, Fethi Abbassi, Mohamed Habibi et al., 2023), with 1,028 citations. Next come "Green supply chain initiatives among certified companies in Malaysia and environmental sustainability: Investigating the outcomes" (758) and "Analyzing augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) recent development in education" (694).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A comprehensive review of natural fibers and their composites: An eco-friendly alternative to conventional materials Issam Elfaleh, Fethi Abbassi, Mohamed Habibi et al. · Results in Engineering Open access Jul 2023 1,028
2 Green supply chain initiatives among certified companies in Malaysia and environmental sustainability: Investigating the outcomes Tarig Khidir Eltayeb, Suhaiza Hanim Mohamad Zailani, Thurasamy Ramayah · Resources Conservation and Recycling 18 Oct 2010 758
3 Analyzing augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) recent development in education Abdullah M. Al‐Ansi, Abdullah M. Al‐Ansi, Mohammed Said Jaboob et al. · Social Sciences & Humanities Open Open access 2023 694
4 Application of Artificial Intelligence powered digital writing assistant in higher education: randomized controlled trial Nabi Nazari, Muhammad Salman Shabbir, Roy Setiawan · Heliyon Open access May 2021 404
5 Bacterial cellulose-zinc oxide nanocomposites as a novel dressing system for burn wounds Ayesha Khalid, Romana Khan, Mazhar Ul‐Islam et al. · Carbohydrate Polymers 20 Jan 2017 366
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Dhofar University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Renewable Energy, Corporate Governance, Sustainability, Supply Chain Management, Machine Learning, Social Capital, Smart Cities and Healthcare.

▲ 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. Renewable Energy56▲ 4.9×39 topics
  2. Machine Learning47▲ 1.80×64 topics
  3. Sustainability47▲ 2.5×50 topics
  4. Deep Learning35▲ 1.29×57 topics
  5. Corporate Governance34▲ 6.0×20 topics
  6. Supply Chain Management31▲ 4.4×17 topics
  7. Environmental Impact29▲ 2.2×25 topics
  8. Healthcare28▲ 3.2×13 topics
  9. Globalization25▲ 1.64×29 topics
  10. Social Capital24▲ 5.8×11 topics
  11. Economic Growth23▲ 3.7×20 topics
  12. Internet of Things22▲ 3.2×20 topics
  13. Educational Technology21▲ 2.3×24 topics
  14. Energy Efficiency20▲ 2.7×23 topics
  15. Smart Cities19▲ 9.1×6 topics
  16. Environmental Management19▲ 5.9×10 topics
  17. Online Learning18▲ 2.8×11 topics
  18. Risk Management18▲ 4.9×9 topics
  19. Digital Transformation18▲ 4.2×13 topics
  20. Financial Performance18▲ 4.0×9 topics
  21. Consumer Behavior17▲ 3.5×10 topics
  22. Language Teaching16▲ 7.8×4 topics
  23. Customer Satisfaction15▲ 5.8×5 topics
  24. Urbanization14▲ 4.5×5 topics
  25. IoT14▲ 4.7×11 topics
  26. Firm Performance13▲ 9.6×3 topics
  27. Organizational Performance13▲ 6.3×8 topics
  28. CO2 Emissions13▲ 9.0×3 topics
  29. Financial Development13▲ 11×3 topics
  30. Finance12▲ 8.6×2 topics
  31. Panel Data Analysis12▲ 10×3 topics
  32. Financial Constraints12▲ 15×2 topics
  33. Energy Consumption12▲ 6.8×4 topics
  34. Financial Stability12▲ 7.9×3 topics
  35. Environmental Regulation11▲ 9.6×2 topics
  36. Kuznets Curve11▲ 13×1 topic
  37. Trade Openness11▲ 13×1 topic
  38. Global Financial Crisis11▲ 11×2 topics
  39. Ethical Identity11▲ 12×1 topic
  40. Shariah Supervision11▲ 12×1 topic

Which research topics does Dhofar University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Energy, Environment, Economic Growth, Islamic Finance and Banking Studies, Organizational and Employee Performance and EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning.

  1. 1 Energy, Environment, Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 11 works
  2. 2 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 11 works
  3. 3 Organizational and Employee Performance Artificial Intelligence 9 works
  4. 4 EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning Language and Linguistics 9 works
  5. 5 Environmental Sustainability in Business Marketing 8 works
  6. 6 Corporate Finance and Governance Accounting 8 works
  7. 7 Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 8 works
  8. 8 Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences Management of Technology and Innovation 7 works
  9. 9 Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems Energy Engineering and Power Technology 7 works
  10. 10 Energy and Environment Impacts Pollution 7 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 available56.2%not open43.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors46.3%domestic only53.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Dhofar University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 46% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Dhofar University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0034% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Dhofar University0.0034% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Dhofar 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 counting10%20%Dhofar University18.1% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 19.5% in 2022.

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