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Effat University

In research, Effat University stands highest in Engineering (#1,841 of 5,901 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#3,713 of 10,670 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#3,484 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#4,378
of 22,385 · #5,206 all time
Rank in Saudi Arabia
#35
of 91
Research works
1.1k
▲ 44% vs 2018-21
Citations
15k
13.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.97×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
44%
world 40%
International
39%
world 18%
Effat University

What is Effat 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
EngineeringField #1,841 of 5,901 8.0%107 #3108
Physical SciencesDomain #3,713 of 10,670 7.9%221 #5228
Social SciencesDomain #3,484 of 9,585 11.2%191 #5939
Computer ScienceField #2,607 of 4,417 8.6%76 #2823
Social SciencesField #4,756 of 5,988 8.6%68 #6674

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Effat 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. Engineering#3,108 #1,841
  2. Physical Sciences#5,228 #3,713
  3. Social Sciences#5,939 #3,484
  4. Computer Science#2,823 #2,607
  5. Social Sciences#6,674 #4,756
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 Effat University work in?

In 2022-now, 46% of research at Effat University is in Physical Sciences, 41% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (22%), Computer Science (16%), Social Sciences (14%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 260 fractional works · 46.2% of its workEngineering: 125 fractional works · 22.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 40 fractional works · 7.0% of its workBuilding and Construction: 16 fractional works · 2.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 11 fractional works · 1.9% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 10 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 9 fractional works · 1.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 8 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMedia Technology: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArchitecture: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 88 fractional works · 15.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 34 fractional works · 6.0% of its workInformation Systems: 17 fractional works · 3.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 10 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 8 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Science Applications: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSignal Processing: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 20 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 14 fractional works · 2.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 10 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 233 fractional works · 41.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 77 fractional works · 13.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 32 fractional works · 5.6% of its workEducation: 12 fractional works · 2.1% of its workTransportation: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workUrban Studies: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDemography: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopment: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 51 fractional works · 9.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 14 fractional works · 2.5% of its workAccounting: 10 fractional works · 1.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 10 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMarketing: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness and International Management: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 33 fractional works · 5.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 23 fractional works · 4.0% of its workFinance: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 32 fractional works · 5.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 15 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 9 fractional works · 1.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 29 fractional works · 5.2% of its workArcheology: 13 fractional works · 2.4% of its workConservation: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMuseology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 11 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 48 fractional works · 8.6% of its workMedicine: 35 fractional works · 6.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Informatics: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 12 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Information Management: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 21 fractional works · 3.8% of its workNeuroscience: 14 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 10 fractional works · 1.8% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKEffat University563fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences46%Health Sciences9%Social Sciences41%

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. Engineering12522.2%
    2. Computer Science8815.7%
    3. Environmental Science203.6%
    4. Energy142.5%
    5. Physics and Astronomy30.6%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences30.6%
    7. Mathematics30.5%
    8. Materials Science20.4%
    9. Chemistry10.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Social Sciences7713.8%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting519.0%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance335.9%
    4. Psychology325.6%
    5. Arts and Humanities295.2%
    6. Decision Sciences112.0%
    1. Medicine356.3%
    2. Health Professions122.1%
    3. Dentistry10.1%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Neuroscience142.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology50.9%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences20.4%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.17× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.50× its world share, 14 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.02× its world share, 88 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.36× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.75× its world share, 14 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.48× its world share, 125 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.72× its world share, 20 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.40× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.28× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.79× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.33× its world share, 36 worksMedicineNursing: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.79× its world share, 29 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.79× its world share, 51 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.10× its world share, 11 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.75× its world share, 33 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.85× its world share, 32 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.09× its world share, 78 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 2.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Business, Management and Accounting2.79×51 works
  2. Energy2.75×14 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.75×33 works
  4. Decision Sciences2.10×11 works
  5. Computer Science2.02×88 works
  6. Psychology1.85×32 works
  7. Arts and Humanities1.79×29 works
  8. Neuroscience1.50×14 works
  9. Engineering1.48×125 works
  10. Social Sciences1.09×78 works
  11. Health Professions0.79×12 works
  12. Environmental Science0.72×20 works
  13. Mathematics0.40×3 works
  14. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.36×3 works
  15. Medicine0.33×36 works
  16. Physics and Astronomy0.28×3 works
  17. Dentistry0.24×1 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.17×5 works
  19. Nursing0.14×0 works
  20. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.11×0 works
  21. Chemical Engineering0.11×0 works
  22. Chemistry0.11×1 works
  23. Materials Science0.11×2 works
  24. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.08×2 works
  25. Veterinary0.07×0 works
  26. Immunology and Microbiology0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Effat University?

Ranked on the quality score, Anna Visvizi, Abdülhamit Subaşı and Akila Sarirete lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Effat University.

  1. 1 Anna Visvizi Saudi Arabia · #65,146 worldwide 4.9k citations · 213 works
  2. 2 Abdülhamit Subaşı Saudi Arabia · #216,848 worldwide 16k citations · 317 works
  3. 3 Akila Sarirete Saudi Arabia · #649,019 worldwide 1.3k citations · 82 works
  4. 4 Edib Smolo Saudi Arabia · #816,868 worldwide 590 citations · 69 works
  5. 5 Tahar Tayachi Saudi Arabia · #915,487 worldwide 732 citations · 31 works
  6. 6 Islam El-Nakib Saudi Arabia · #1,342,032 worldwide 12 citations · 28 works
  7. 7 Mohamad Kashef Saudi Arabia · #1,432,843 worldwide 640 citations · 27 works
  8. 8 Sara Elzarka Saudi Arabia · #1,705,296 worldwide 11 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 Charles Rajesh Kumar. J Saudi Arabia · #1,874,618 worldwide 1.1k citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Tayeb Brahimi Saudi Arabia · #1,968,954 worldwide 1.3k citations · 96 works
All ranked researchers at Effat University

What are the most cited papers from Effat University?

The most cited paper from Effat University is "Renewable energy for sustainable development in India: current status, future prospects, challenges, employment, and investment opportunities" (Charles Rajesh Kumar. J, Mohammed Abdul Majid, 2020), with 849 citations. Next come "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" (762) and "Technology use, self-directed learning, student engagement and academic performance: Examining the interrelations" (647).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Renewable energy for sustainable development in India: current status, future prospects, challenges, employment, and investment opportunities Charles Rajesh Kumar. J, Mohammed Abdul Majid · Energy Sustainability and Society Open access 7 Jan 2020 849
2 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
3 Technology use, self-directed learning, student engagement and academic performance: Examining the interrelations Tabassum Rashid, Hanan M. Asghar · Computers in Human Behavior 5 Jun 2016 647
4 Global burden of 292 causes of death in 204 countries and territories and 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023 Mohsen Naghavi et al. · The Lancet Open access2,463 authors Oct 2025 500
5 Comparison of signal decomposition methods in classification of EEG signals for motor-imagery BCI system Jasmin Kevrić, Abdülhamit Subaşı · Biomedical Signal Processing and Control 19 Sep 2016 432
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Effat University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Renewable Energy, Sustainability, Supply Chain Management, Artificial Intelligence, Big Data and Internet of Things.

▲ 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. Machine Learning51▲ 2.7×58 topics
  2. Deep Learning47▲ 2.4×58 topics
  3. Sustainability40▲ 2.9×36 topics
  4. Renewable Energy34▲ 4.2×24 topics
  5. Artificial Intelligence24▲ 3.0×19 topics
  6. Supply Chain Management24▲ 4.7×12 topics
  7. Education21▲ 2.2×18 topics
  8. Big Data21▲ 3.9×17 topics
  9. Healthcare20▲ 3.1×13 topics
  10. Internet of Things19▲ 3.9×12 topics
  11. Cultural Heritage16▲ 5.2×11 topics
  12. Economic Growth15▲ 3.3×16 topics
  13. Risk Management13▲ 4.8×7 topics
  14. Social Impact13▲ 5.8×6 topics
  15. Smart Cities13▲ 8.5×6 topics
  16. Smart Grid12▲ 6.0×6 topics
  17. Social Capital11▲ 3.8×11 topics
  18. Urban Development11▲ 5.6×8 topics
  19. IoT11▲ 5.2×9 topics
  20. Governance11▲ 6.0×5 topics
  21. Virtual Reality11▲ 3.9×7 topics
  22. Urbanization11▲ 4.7×4 topics
  23. Urban Planning10▲ 22×3 topics
  24. Community Development10▲ 9.9×2 topics
  25. Urban Morphology10▲ 43×2 topics
  26. Art and Design10▲ 55×2 topics
  27. Islamic Architecture10▲ 78×2 topics
  28. Electric Vehicles10▲ 5.9×4 topics
  29. Traditional Houses9▲ 108×1 topic
  30. Vernacular Architecture9▲ 95×1 topic
  31. Human Resource Management9▲ 11×3 topics
  32. Social Networks9▲ 6.0×5 topics
  33. Motor Imagery9▲ 12×2 topics
  34. Smart Home9▲ 9.4×2 topics
  35. Brain-Computer Interfaces8▲ 15×1 topic
  36. EEG Analysis8▲ 15×1 topic
  37. Guanxi8▲ 68×1 topic
  38. Wasta8▲ 68×1 topic
  39. Finance8▲ 7.7×3 topics
  40. Financial Stability8▲ 7.4×5 topics

Which research topics does Effat University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Architecture and Cultural Influences, EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces, Socioeconomic Development in MENA and Urban Design and Spatial Analysis.

Architecture and Cultura…9Architecture and Cultural Influences: 9 fractional worksEEG and Brain-Computer I…8EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces: 8 fractional worksSocioeconomic Development in MENA: 8 fractional worksUrban Design and Spatial Analysis: 7 fractional worksSmart Grid Energy Management: 6 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Technologies Research: 6 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Banking Studies: 6 fractional worksOrganizational and Emplo…5Organizational and Employee Performance: 5 fractional worksECG Monitoring and Analysis: 5 fractional worksSmart Cities and Technologies: 5 fractional works
ArcheologyCognitive NeuroscienceSociology and Political ScienceBuilding and Construction6 others

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

  1. 1 Architecture and Cultural Influences Archeology 9 works
  2. 2 EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces Cognitive Neuroscience 8 works
  3. 3 Socioeconomic Development in MENA Sociology and Political Science 8 works
  4. 4 Urban Design and Spatial Analysis Building and Construction 7 works
  5. 5 Smart Grid Energy Management Electrical and Electronic Engineering 6 works
  6. 6 Advanced Battery Technologies Research Automotive Engineering 6 works
  7. 7 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 6 works
  8. 8 Organizational and Employee Performance Artificial Intelligence 5 works
  9. 9 ECG Monitoring and Analysis Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 5 works
  10. 10 Smart Cities and Technologies Media Technology 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 available44.0%not open56.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors39.3%domestic only60.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Effat University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 44% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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 Effat University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0024% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Effat University0.0021% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Effat 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%30%all institutions10.0% in 2025Effat University9.2% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 22.0% in 2016.

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