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Emirates College for Advanced Education

In research, Emirates College for Advanced Education stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,535 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Education (Education is 9.2× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#13,688
of 22,385 · #14,478 all time
Rank in United Arab Emirates
#41
of 60
Research works
414
▲ 47% vs 2018-21
Citations
6k
14.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.01×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
41%
world 40%
International
29%
world 18%
Emirates College for Advanced Education

What is Emirates College for Advanced Education 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 #5,535 of 9,585 29.1%79 #5740

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Emirates College for Advanced Education 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 fields of science does Emirates College for Advanced Education work in?

In 2022-now, 68% of research at Emirates College for Advanced Education is in Social Sciences, 20% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (44%), Psychology (15%), Computer Science (7%). It does 2.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 96 fractional works · 67.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 63 fractional works · 44.1% of its workEducation: 40 fractional works · 28.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 8 fractional works · 6.0% of its workSafety Research: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workLinguistics and Language: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 21 fractional works · 14.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 11 fractional works · 8.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 8 fractional works · 5.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 28 fractional works · 19.8% of its workComputer Science: 9 fractional works · 6.6% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workComputer Science Applications: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 8 fractional works · 5.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workApplied Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCatalysis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 11 fractional works · 7.5% of its workMedicine: 9 fractional works · 6.1% of its workHealth Informatics: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 7 fractional works · 5.1% of its workNeuroscience: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKEmirates Collegefor Advanced…143fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences20%Health Sciences7%Social Sciences68%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences6344.1%
    2. Psychology2114.5%
    3. Arts and Humanities85.4%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting32.0%
    5. Decision Sciences21.3%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.3%
    1. Computer Science96.6%
    2. Engineering85.7%
    3. Mathematics32.4%
    4. Environmental Science31.9%
    5. Materials Science31.8%
    6. Physics and Astronomy10.7%
    7. Chemistry00.3%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.3%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    1. Medicine96.1%
    2. Health Professions10.8%
    3. Veterinary10.4%
    4. Nursing00.2%
    1. Neuroscience42.9%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences21.5%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.5%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Emirates College for Advanced Education specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Education takes 9.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. EducationSubfield · 40.1 works9.2×
← 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: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.79× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.80× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.85× its world share, 9 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.38× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.39× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.51× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.06× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.31× its world share, 9 worksMedicineNursing: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.87× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.85× its world share, 8 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.62× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.34× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 4.77× its world share, 21 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.49× its world share, 63 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 4.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology4.77×21 works
  2. Social Sciences3.49×63 works
  3. Veterinary2.87×1 works
  4. Mathematics2.06×4 works
  5. Arts and Humanities1.85×8 works
  6. Neuroscience1.79×4 works
  7. Decision Sciences1.34×2 works
  8. Computer Science0.85×9 works
  9. Chemical Engineering0.80×0 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting0.62×3 works
  11. Materials Science0.51×2 works
  12. Nursing0.48×0 works
  13. Environmental Science0.39×3 works
  14. Engineering0.38×8 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.32×2 works
  16. Medicine0.31×9 works
  17. Physics and Astronomy0.30×1 works
  18. Health Professions0.29×1 works
  19. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.22×0 works
  20. Chemistry0.21×0 works
  21. Immunology and Microbiology0.17×0 works
  22. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.14×0 works
  23. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.09×1 works
  24. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.07×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Emirates College for Advanced Education?

Ranked on the quality score, Othman Abu Khurma, Adeeb M. Jarrah and Shaljan Areepattamannil lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Emirates College for Advanced Education.

  1. 1 Othman Abu Khurma United Arab Emirates · #140,811 worldwide 514 citations · 45 works
  2. 2 Adeeb M. Jarrah United Arab Emirates · #144,859 worldwide 1.4k citations · 45 works
  3. 3 Shaljan Areepattamannil United Arab Emirates · #225,061 worldwide 1.9k citations · 85 works
  4. 4 Dean Cairns United Arab Emirates · #543,825 worldwide 995 citations · 33 works
  5. 5 Nagla Ali United Arab Emirates · #546,725 worldwide 589 citations · 49 works
  6. 6 Tasneem Amatullah United Arab Emirates · #657,936 worldwide 183 citations · 30 works
  7. 7 Patrícia Fidalgo United Arab Emirates · #918,729 worldwide 966 citations · 44 works
  8. 8 Noori S. Dawood Al-Waili United Arab Emirates · #951,668 worldwide 2.8k citations · 57 works
  9. 9 David Litz United Arab Emirates · #1,112,330 worldwide 482 citations · 40 works
  10. 10 Anna Marie Dillon United Arab Emirates · #1,147,528 worldwide 265 citations · 50 works
All ranked researchers at Emirates College for Advanced Education

What are the most cited papers from Emirates College for Advanced Education?

The most cited paper from Emirates College for Advanced Education is "ChatGPT: A revolutionary tool for teaching and learning mathematics" (Yousef Wardat, Mohammad A. Tashtoush, Rommel Mahmoud AlAli et al., 2023), with 468 citations. Next come "Age Patterns in Risk Taking Across the World" (388) and "Students’ perceptions on distance education: A multinational study" (333).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 ChatGPT: A revolutionary tool for teaching and learning mathematics Yousef Wardat, Mohammad A. Tashtoush, Rommel Mahmoud AlAli et al. · Eurasia Journal of Mathematics Science and Technology Education Open access 15 May 2023 468
2 Age Patterns in Risk Taking Across the World Natasha Duell, Laurence D. Steinberg, Grace Icenogle et al. · Journal of Youth and Adolescence Open access 18 Oct 2017 388
3 Students’ perceptions on distance education: A multinational study Patrícia Fidalgo, Joan Thormann, Oleksandr Kulyk et al. · International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education Open access 19 May 2020 333
4 Acceptance of artificial intelligence in teaching science: Science teachers' perspective Abdulla Al Darayseh · Computers and Education Artificial Intelligence Open access 2023 321
5 Interpreting and Utilising Intersubject Variability in Brain Function Mohamed Lamine Seghier, Cathy J. Price · Trends in Cognitive Sciences ReviewOpen access 30 Mar 2018 320
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Emirates College for Advanced Education?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Educational Technology, Higher Education, Student Engagement, Technology Integration, Education, Teacher Training, Online Learning and Child Development.

▲ 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. Educational Technology15▲ 9.0×15 topics
  2. Education11▲ 4.4×22 topics
  3. Higher Education11▲ 14×11 topics
  4. Student Engagement10▲ 18×9 topics
  5. Globalization9▲ 3.3×12 topics
  6. Technology Integration9▲ 20×9 topics
  7. Machine Learning8▲ 1.61×14 topics
  8. Online Learning7▲ 6.1×6 topics
  9. Teacher Training7▲ 7.6×9 topics
  10. Child Development6▲ 11×5 topics
  11. Motivation6▲ 10×6 topics
  12. Artificial Intelligence6▲ 2.8×8 topics
  13. Professional Development6▲ 19×8 topics
  14. Self-Regulation6▲ 22×3 topics
  15. Teacher Professional Development6▲ 24×5 topics
  16. Student Perceptions5▲ 21×6 topics
  17. E-Learning5▲ 3.8×7 topics
  18. Academic Achievement5▲ 20×8 topics
  19. Language Policy5▲ 25×2 topics
  20. Multilingualism5▲ 22×2 topics
  21. Metacognition5▲ 22×3 topics
  22. Teaching Strategies5▲ 12×4 topics
  23. Pedagogy5▲ 6.4×6 topics
  24. Learning Outcomes4▲ 7.5×6 topics
  25. Special Education4▲ 52×3 topics
  26. STEM Education4▲ 6.8×8 topics
  27. Executive Functioning4▲ 21×3 topics
  28. Active Learning4▲ 14×3 topics
  29. Reflective Practice4▲ 14×3 topics
  30. Student Satisfaction4▲ 14×2 topics
  31. Early Childhood Education4▲ 29×2 topics
  32. Autism Spectrum Disorders3▲ 24×2 topics
  33. Professional Learning Communities3▲ 48×2 topics
  34. Social Networks3▲ 8.5×5 topics
  35. Early Intervention3▲ 25×2 topics
  36. Health Equity3▲ 7.7×3 topics
  37. Ethical Challenges3▲ 9.9×2 topics
  38. School Engagement3▲ 47×1 topic
  39. Student-Teacher Relationships3▲ 47×1 topic
  40. Teacher Preparation3▲ 28×3 topics

Which research topics does Emirates College for Advanced Education publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Early Childhood Education and Development, Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education, Teacher Education and Leadership Studies and Behavioral and Psychological Studies.

Early Childhood Educatio…3Early Childhood Education and Development: 3 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence …3Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 3 fractional worksTeacher Education and Leadership Studies: 3 fractional worksBehavioral and Psychological Studies: 3 fractional worksAutism Spectrum Disorder Research: 3 fractional worksSecond Language Learning and Teaching: 3 fractional worksSocioeconomic Development in MENA: 2 fractional worksInnovative Teaching and …2Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods: 2 fractional worksMultilingual Education and Policy: 2 fractional worksMathematics Education and Teaching Techniques: 2 fractional works
EducationHealth InformaticsDevelopmental and Educational PsychologyCognitive Neuroscience3 others

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

  1. 1 Early Childhood Education and Development Education 3 works
  2. 2 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 3 works
  3. 3 Teacher Education and Leadership Studies Education 3 works
  4. 4 Behavioral and Psychological Studies Developmental and Educational Psychology 3 works
  5. 5 Autism Spectrum Disorder Research Cognitive Neuroscience 3 works
  6. 6 Second Language Learning and Teaching Literature and Literary Theory 3 works
  7. 7 Socioeconomic Development in MENA Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  8. 8 Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods Developmental and Educational Psychology 2 works
  9. 9 Multilingual Education and Policy Linguistics and Language 2 works
  10. 10 Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques Education 2 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 available41.0%not open59.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors29.1%domestic only70.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Emirates College for Advanced Education's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 47% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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 Emirates College for Advanced Education as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00046% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Emirates College for Advanced Education0.00064% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of Emirates College for Advanced Education 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%Emirates College for Advanced Education26.4% 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 35.4% in 2024.

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