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Doha Institute for Graduate Studies

In research, Doha Institute for Graduate Studies stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,144 of 9,585 worldwide), Sociology and Political Science (#320 of 2,526 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#872 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Sociology and Political Science and Political Science and International Relations (Sociology and Political Science is 10.4× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#5,400
of 22,385 · #10,883 all time
Rank in Qatar
#6
of 21
Research works
563
▲ 114% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.5k
6.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.28×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
55%
world 40%
International
30%
world 18%
Doha Institute for Graduate Studies

What is Doha Institute for Graduate Studies 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 #1,144 of 9,585 27.1%272 #2247
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #320 of 2,526 26.7%122 #719
Social SciencesField #872 of 5,988 26.5%212 #1558

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Doha Institute for Graduate Studies 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#2,247 #1,144
  2. Sociology and Political Science#719 #320
  3. Social Sciences#1,558 #872
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 Doha Institute for Graduate Studies work in?

In 2022-now, 84% of research at Doha Institute for Graduate Studies is in Social Sciences, 11% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (66%), Psychology (5%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (4%). It does 3.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 306 fractional works · 84.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 239 fractional works · 65.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 135 fractional works · 37.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 39 fractional works · 10.8% of its workCommunication: 14 fractional works · 3.7% of its workGender Studies: 9 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEducation: 7 fractional works · 2.0% of its workDevelopment: 7 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAnthropology: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSafety Research: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDemography: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLinguistics and Language: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPublic Administration: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrban Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 18 fractional works · 5.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 9 fractional works · 2.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 16 fractional works · 4.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 11 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 16 fractional works · 4.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMarketing: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAccounting: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness and International Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 14 fractional works · 3.9% of its workPhilosophy: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHistory: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Decision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 39 fractional works · 10.7% of its workComputer Science: 14 fractional works · 3.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInformation Systems: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 11 fractional works · 3.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Energy: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpace and Planetary Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 14 fractional works · 3.8% of its workHealth Professions: 8 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 7 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedicine: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKDoha Institutefor Graduate…362fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences11%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences84%

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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences23965.8%
    2. Psychology185.0%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance164.5%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting164.3%
    5. Arts and Humanities143.9%
    6. Decision Sciences41.0%
    1. Computer Science143.7%
    2. Engineering113.0%
    3. Environmental Science61.8%
    4. Energy30.8%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.5%
    6. Materials Science20.5%
    7. Physics and Astronomy10.3%
    8. Chemistry00.1%
    9. Mathematics00.0%
    1. Health Professions82.1%
    2. Medicine61.6%
    3. Nursing00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences20.4%
    2. Neuroscience10.4%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Doha Institute for Graduate Studies specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Sociology and Political Science takes 10.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield · 135.0 works10×
  2. Political Science and International RelationsSubfield · 39.3 works7.3×
← 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: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.48× its world share, 14 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.82× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.20× its world share, 11 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.36× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.82× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.08× its world share, 6 worksMedicineNursing: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.34× its world share, 14 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.33× its world share, 16 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.07× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.09× its world share, 16 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.63× its world share, 18 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 5.20× its world share, 239 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 5.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences5.20×239 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.09×16 works
  3. Psychology1.63×18 works
  4. Arts and Humanities1.34×14 works
  5. Business, Management and Accounting1.33×16 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.07×4 works
  7. Energy0.82×3 works
  8. Health Professions0.82×8 works
  9. Computer Science0.48×14 works
  10. Environmental Science0.36×6 works
  11. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.35×2 works
  12. Neuroscience0.23×1 works
  13. Engineering0.20×11 works
  14. Nursing0.16×0 works
  15. Materials Science0.15×2 works
  16. Physics and Astronomy0.13×1 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.09×2 works
  18. Medicine0.08×6 works
  19. Chemistry0.05×0 works
  20. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.03×0 works
  21. Mathematics0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Doha Institute for Graduate Studies?

Ranked on the quality score, Sansom Milton, Moosa Abdo Ali Elayah and Ghassan Elkahlout lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Doha Institute for Graduate Studies.

  1. 1 Sansom Milton Qatar · #107,751 worldwide 777 citations · 53 works
  2. 2 Moosa Abdo Ali Elayah Qatar · #247,640 worldwide 304 citations · 65 works
  3. 3 Ghassan Elkahlout Qatar · #344,272 worldwide 312 citations · 48 works
  4. 4 Tariq Dana Qatar · #517,124 worldwide 430 citations · 27 works
  5. 5 Rabia Naguib Qatar · #659,500 worldwide 422 citations · 31 works
  6. 6 Julia Barbar Qatar · #840,765 worldwide 97 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 Khalil al‐Anani Qatar · #996,469 worldwide 504 citations · 45 works
  8. 8 Diala R. Hawi Qatar · #1,279,264 worldwide 534 citations · 27 works
  9. 9 Natalie Tayim Qatar · #1,279,621 worldwide 145 citations · 21 works
  10. 10 Laurent A. Lambert Qatar · #1,385,585 worldwide 585 citations · 44 works
All ranked researchers at Doha Institute for Graduate Studies

What are the most cited papers from Doha Institute for Graduate Studies?

The most cited paper from Doha Institute for Graduate Studies is "Green inclusive leadership and employee green behaviors in the hotel industry: Does perceived green organizational support matter?" (Mohammed Aboramadan, Joseph Crawford, Mehmet Ali Türkmenoğlu et al., 2022), with 159 citations. Next come "Localisation Across the Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus" (157) and "How Common Is Cyberbullying Among Adults? Exploring Gender, Ethnic, and Age Differences in the Prevalence of Cyberbullying" (153).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Green inclusive leadership and employee green behaviors in the hotel industry: Does perceived green organizational support matter? Mohammed Aboramadan, Joseph Crawford, Mehmet Ali Türkmenoğlu et al. · International Journal of Hospitality Management Open access 9 Sep 2022 159
2 Localisation Across the Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus Sultan Barakat, Sansom Milton · Journal of Peacebuilding & Development Open access 19 May 2020 157
3 How Common Is Cyberbullying Among Adults? Exploring Gender, Ethnic, and Age Differences in the Prevalence of Cyberbullying Meng-Jie Wang, Kumar Yogeeswaran, Nadia P. Andrews et al. · Cyberpsychology Behavior and Social Networking Nov 2019 153
4 Artificial Intelligence in Africa: Challenges and Opportunities Emmanuel Ogiemwonyi Arakpogun, Ziad Elsahn, Femi Olan et al. · Studies in computational intelligence Book chapter 2021 145
5 AlKhalil Morpho Sys 2: A robust Arabic morpho-syntactic analyzer Mohamed Boudchiche, Azzeddine Mazroui, Mohamed Ould Abdallahi Ould Bebah et al. · Journal of King Saud University - Computer and Information Sciences Open access 6 Jun 2016 143
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Doha Institute for Graduate Studies?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Politics, Human Rights, Governance, Civil War, Middle East, Genocide, Globalization and Identity.

▲ 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. Politics44▲ 46×8 topics
  2. Human Rights37▲ 10×21 topics
  3. Globalization32▲ 4.5×41 topics
  4. Governance29▲ 25×10 topics
  5. Civil War28▲ 248×2 topics
  6. Middle East27▲ 122×2 topics
  7. Genocide26▲ 137×3 topics
  8. Identity24▲ 9.3×19 topics
  9. Refugees24▲ 54×4 topics
  10. Nationalism24▲ 15×12 topics
  11. Democracy21▲ 17×12 topics
  12. Social Networks20▲ 20×4 topics
  13. Media20▲ 36×2 topics
  14. Sovereignty20▲ 60×3 topics
  15. Discrimination20▲ 26×4 topics
  16. Education19▲ 3.1×15 topics
  17. Qatar19▲ 294×1 topic
  18. Rwanda19▲ 294×1 topic
  19. Ethnic Identity19▲ 46×2 topics
  20. Settler Colonialism19▲ 123×2 topics
  21. Palestine18▲ 94×2 topics
  22. Israel18▲ 151×1 topic
  23. Occupation18▲ 83×1 topic
  24. Lebanon18▲ 472×1 topic
  25. Sectarianism18▲ 472×1 topic
  26. Human Resource Management17▲ 31×4 topics
  27. Global Governance15▲ 18×8 topics
  28. Cultural Identity14▲ 8.0×2 topics
  29. Guanxi14▲ 186×1 topic
  30. Wasta14▲ 186×1 topic
  31. Neoliberalism14▲ 10×14 topics
  32. NGOs13▲ 39×4 topics
  33. Economic Growth13▲ 4.4×14 topics
  34. Authoritarianism11▲ 34×2 topics
  35. Political Economy10▲ 11×11 topics
  36. Ethnic Conflict10▲ 60×2 topics
  37. Transitional Justice10▲ 34×2 topics
  38. Feminism10▲ 9.4×8 topics
  39. Political Institutions10▲ 132×1 topic
  40. Protest10▲ 70×1 topic

Which research topics does Doha Institute for Graduate Studies publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts, Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies, Middle East Politics and Society and Socioeconomic Development in MENA.

Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts: 19 fractional worksJewish and Middle Eastern Studies: 18 fractional worksMiddle East Politics and…18Middle East Politics and Society: 18 fractional worksSocioeconomic Developmen…14Socioeconomic Development in MENA: 14 fractional worksPolitical Conflict and G…10Political Conflict and Governance: 10 fractional worksIslamic Studies and Hist…8Islamic Studies and History: 8 fractional worksMedia Studies and Commun…7Media Studies and Communication: 7 fractional worksInternational Development and Aid: 7 fractional worksGlobal Peace and Security Dynamics: 6 fractional worksTerrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence: 6 fractional works
Sociology and Political SciencePolitical Science and International RelationsCommunicationDevelopment

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

  1. 1 Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts Sociology and Political Science 19 works
  2. 2 Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies Sociology and Political Science 18 works
  3. 3 Middle East Politics and Society Sociology and Political Science 18 works
  4. 4 Socioeconomic Development in MENA Sociology and Political Science 14 works
  5. 5 Political Conflict and Governance Sociology and Political Science 10 works
  6. 6 Islamic Studies and History Political Science and International Relations 8 works
  7. 7 Media Studies and Communication Communication 7 works
  8. 8 International Development and Aid Development 7 works
  9. 9 Global Peace and Security Dynamics Political Science and International Relations 6 works
  10. 10 Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence Sociology and Political Science 6 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 available54.8%not open45.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors29.6%domestic only70.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Doha Institute for Graduate Studies's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 114% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting200020102020
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 Doha Institute for Graduate Studies as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0015% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Doha Institute for Graduate Studies0.0017% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of Doha Institute for Graduate Studies 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 counting20%40%Doha Institute for Graduate Studies27.4% 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 30.6% in 2024.

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