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Global University

In research, Global University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#3,026 of 12,888 worldwide), Social Sciences (#3,844 of 10,521 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#2,988 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Law — Law is 4.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,847
of 28,054 · #12,455 all time
Rank in Lebanon
#5
of 25
Research works
2k
▲ 312% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.9k
2.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
69%
world 28%

What is Global 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
Physical SciencesDomain #3,026 of 12,888 12.3%376 #8437
Social SciencesDomain #3,844 of 10,521 9.9%567 #7400
Social SciencesField #2,988 of 6,365 10.5%270 #5218
Health SciencesDomain #8,252 of 11,982 7.2%123 #11909
EngineeringField #5,029 of 6,636 8.7%117 #10304
MedicineField #7,930 of 10,443 6.6%79 #16266
Business, Management and AccountingField #2,039 of 2,578 9.2%125 #3431
Computer ScienceField #3,829 of 4,667 9.0%145 #5404
Political Science and International RelationsSubfield #1,004 of 1,201 11.8%67 #1825
Life SciencesDomain #6,595 of 7,800 9.7%105 #12714

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Global 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. Physical Sciences#8,437 #3,026
  2. Social Sciences#7,400 #3,844
  3. Social Sciences#5,218 #2,988
  4. Health Sciences#11,909 #8,252
  5. Engineering#10,304 #5,029
  6. Medicine#16,266 #7,930
  7. Business, Management and Accounting#3,431 #2,039
  8. Computer Science#5,404 #3,829
  9. Political Science and International Relations#1,825 #1,004
  10. Life Sciences#12,714 #6,595
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 Global University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Law takes 4.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. LawSubfield · 31.2 works4.6×
← 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: 1.01× its world share, 56 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.32× its world share, 20 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.36× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.97× its world share, 18 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.43× its world share, 6 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.66× its world share, 12 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.59× its world share, 145 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.86× its world share, 9 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.67× its world share, 117 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.76× its world share, 44 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.54× its world share, 22 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.39× its world share, 5 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.57× its world share, 15 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.21× its world share, 37 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.35× its world share, 80 worksMedicineNursing: 0.63× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.44× its world share, 48 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.32× its world share, 125 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.90× its world share, 22 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.74× its world share, 69 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.92× its world share, 33 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.82× its world share, 270 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 3.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Global University?

Ranked on the composite score, Susan Thomas, Rakesh Nayak and Naresh Sen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Global University.

  1. 1 Susan Thomas Lebanon · #1,279,776 worldwide 11 citations · 28 works
  2. 2 Rakesh Nayak Lebanon · #1,344,690 worldwide 9 citations · 24 works
  3. 3 Naresh Sen Lebanon · #1,345,483 worldwide 3 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Ajay Pandey Lebanon · #1,618,819 worldwide 10 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Adhes Gamayel Lebanon · #1,633,439 worldwide 0 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Global University

Which keywords describe research at Global University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Human Rights, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Globalization, International Law, Supply Chain Management, Global Governance and Artificial Intelligence.

▲ 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. Machine Learning94▲ 2.5×67 topics
  2. Deep Learning82▲ 2.0×62 topics
  3. Human Rights72▲ 6.0×48 topics
  4. Globalization57▲ 2.5×68 topics
  5. Sustainability43▲ 1.51×52 topics
  6. Artificial Intelligence40▲ 2.5×37 topics
  7. Supply Chain Management38▲ 3.5×20 topics
  8. Social Media37▲ 2.2×24 topics
  9. COVID-1936▲ 2.2×15 topics
  10. Healthcare35▲ 2.6×20 topics
  11. Internet of Things32▲ 3.2×18 topics
  12. Pandemic29▲ 2.3×11 topics
  13. International Law29▲ 8.0×19 topics
  14. Security26▲ 3.5×20 topics
  15. E-commerce24▲ 3.4×10 topics
  16. Global Governance24▲ 8.9×14 topics
  17. Big Data24▲ 2.2×19 topics
  18. Data Mining24▲ 2.7×14 topics
  19. Development22▲ 5.4×10 topics
  20. Social Capital22▲ 3.5×12 topics
  21. Corporate Governance22▲ 2.5×18 topics
  22. Consumer Behavior21▲ 2.9×17 topics
  23. Financial Performance21▲ 3.0×9 topics
  24. Entrepreneurship20▲ 4.5×13 topics
  25. Colonialism20▲ 3.7×16 topics
  26. Convolutional Neural Networks20▲ 2.4×13 topics
  27. Regulation20▲ 3.1×18 topics
  28. Information Technology18▲ 3.2×11 topics
  29. Customer Satisfaction18▲ 4.7×10 topics
  30. Democracy18▲ 4.2×14 topics
  31. IoT18▲ 4.0×15 topics
  32. Conflict17▲ 8.9×7 topics
  33. Ethnicity17▲ 3.8×8 topics
  34. India17▲ 20×4 topics
  35. Federalism14▲ 19×3 topics
  36. Policy14▲ 5.5×8 topics
  37. Arbitration13▲ 39×2 topics
  38. State Sovereignty12▲ 20×2 topics
  39. Economic Reforms11▲ 35×2 topics
  40. Regulatory Challenges11▲ 11×5 topics

Which research topics does Global University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: SMEs Development and Digital Marketing, South Asian Studies and Conflicts, Brain Tumor Detection and Classification and Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare.

SMEs Development and Dig…10SMEs Development and Digital Marketing: 10 fractional worksSouth Asian Studies and …10South Asian Studies and Conflicts: 10 fractional worksBrain Tumor Detection and Classification: 9 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare: 9 fractional worksDigital Marketing and Social Media: 8 fractional worksInternational Arbitration and Investment Law: 8 fractional worksSouth Asian Cinema and Culture: 8 fractional worksBlockchain Technology Ap…8Blockchain Technology Applications and Security: 8 fractional worksAI in cancer detection: 8 fractional worksIndian Economic and Social Development: 7 fractional works
DemographyPolitical Science and International RelationsNeurologyHealth Information Management6 others

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

  1. 1 SMEs Development and Digital Marketing Demography 10 works
  2. 2 South Asian Studies and Conflicts Political Science and International Relations 10 works
  3. 3 Brain Tumor Detection and Classification Neurology 9 works
  4. 4 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Health Information Management 9 works
  5. 5 Digital Marketing and Social Media Sociology and Political Science 8 works
  6. 6 International Arbitration and Investment Law Strategy and Management 8 works
  7. 7 South Asian Cinema and Culture Visual Arts and Performing Arts 8 works
  8. 8 Blockchain Technology Applications and Security Information Systems 8 works
  9. 9 AI in cancer detection Artificial Intelligence 8 works
  10. 10 Indian Economic and Social Development Economics and Econometrics 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 available69.1%not open30.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors58.8%domestic only41.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Global University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 312% 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.

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