Gulf University for Science & Technology
In research, Gulf University for Science & Technology stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,049 of 9,585 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#3,163 of 10,670 worldwide) and Engineering (#2,206 of 5,901 worldwide), 2022-now.
- World rank, 2022-now
- #2,989 of 22,385 · #4,501 all time
- Rank in Kuwait
- #2 of 23
- Research works
- 1.6k ▲ 146% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 22k 14.1 per fractional work
- Top-10% rate
- 21.5% all institutions 10.0%
- vs its own fields
- 1.25× 1.00× is exactly expected
- Open access
- 45% world 40%
- International
- 50% world 18%
What is Gulf University for Science & Technology known for in research?
The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.
| Field | World rank | Where that sits | Top-10% rate | Works | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social SciencesDomain | #2,049 of 9,585 | 27.0% | 286 | #2165 | |
| Physical SciencesDomain | #3,163 of 10,670 | 19.1% | 333 | #4879 | |
| EngineeringField | #2,206 of 5,901 | 20.0% | 118 | #3795 | |
| Business, Management and AccountingField | #1,150 of 2,581 | 42.5% | 60 | #1505 | |
| Computer ScienceField | #2,511 of 4,417 | 18.1% | 80 | #2631 | |
| Social SciencesField | #3,492 of 5,988 | 20.1% | 111 | #3107 |
Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Gulf University for Science & Technology 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.
- Social Sciences#2,165 #2,049
- Physical Sciences#4,879 #3,163
- Engineering#3,795 #2,206
- Business, Management and Accounting#1,505 #1,150
- Computer Science#2,631 #2,511
- Social Sciences#3,107 #3,492
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 Gulf University for Science & Technology work in?
In 2022-now, 49% of research at Gulf University for Science & Technology is in Physical Sciences, 40% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (18%), Social Sciences (16%), Computer Science (12%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.
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
- Physical Sciences38148.6%
- Engineering13717.5%
- Computer Science9712.3%
- Environmental Science334.2%
- Materials Science313.9%
- Energy263.3%
- Mathematics253.1%
- Physics and Astronomy151.9%
- Chemistry131.7%
- Chemical Engineering30.4%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences20.2%
- Social Sciences31640.2%
- Social Sciences12315.7%
- Business, Management and Accounting668.5%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance546.9%
- Arts and Humanities344.4%
- Psychology233.0%
- Decision Sciences141.8%
- Health Sciences506.3%
- Medicine354.4%
- Health Professions131.6%
- Nursing20.2%
- Dentistry10.1%
- Veterinary00.0%
- Life Sciences384.9%
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Energy, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Energy3.59×26 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance3.24×54 works
- Mathematics2.66×25 works
- Business, Management and Accounting2.63×66 works
- Decision Sciences1.88×14 works
- Computer Science1.58×97 works
- Arts and Humanities1.52×34 works
- Social Sciences1.24×123 works
- Engineering1.17×138 works
- Materials Science1.12×31 works
- Chemical Engineering1.11×3 works
- Chemistry1.05×13 works
- Psychology0.97×23 works
- Physics and Astronomy0.86×15 works
- Environmental Science0.85×33 works
- Neuroscience0.62×8 works
- Health Professions0.62×13 works
- Nursing0.41×2 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.36×15 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.34×13 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.33×1 works
- Veterinary0.28×0 works
- Immunology and Microbiology0.25×2 works
- Medicine0.23×34 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences0.16×2 works
- Dentistry0.14×0 works
- Energy 3.6×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 3.2×
- Mathematics 2.7×
- Business, Management and Accounting 2.6×
- Decision Sciences 1.9×
- Computer Science 1.6×
- Arts and Humanities 1.5×
- Social Sciences 1.2×
- Engineering 1.2×
- Materials Science 1.1×
- Chemical Engineering 1.1×
- Chemistry 1.1×
- Psychology 1.0×
- Physics and Astronomy 0.9×
- Environmental Science 0.8×
- Neuroscience 0.6×
- Health Professions 0.6×
- Nursing 0.4×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 0.4×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.3×
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 0.3×
- Veterinary 0.3×
- Immunology and Microbiology 0.2×
- Medicine 0.2×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 0.2×
- Dentistry 0.1×
Who are the top researchers at Gulf University for Science & Technology?
Ranked on the quality score, Yvette Reisinger, Mohamed M. Mostafa and Danish Ali Ahmed lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Gulf University for Science & Technology.
- 1
Yvette Reisinger
Kuwait · #149,583 worldwide 9.5k citations · 137 works
- 2
Mohamed M. Mostafa
Kuwait · #333,751 worldwide 6.4k citations · 178 works
- 3
Danish Ali Ahmed
Kuwait · #341,854 worldwide 2.4k citations · 87 works
- 4
Talat Ulussever
Kuwait · #452,047 worldwide 681 citations · 48 works
- 5
Mahamed G. H. Omran
Kuwait · #551,485 worldwide 4.2k citations · 66 works
- 6
Salah A. Nusair
Kuwait · #755,984 worldwide 1.2k citations · 42 works
- 7
Wasim Al-Shattarat
Kuwait · #811,061 worldwide 636 citations · 25 works
- 8
Khalil Nimer
Kuwait · #825,902 worldwide 482 citations · 38 works
- 9
Kamal Naser
Kuwait · #857,377 worldwide 5.3k citations · 69 works
- 10
Hussain Alhejji
Kuwait · #860,897 worldwide 245 citations · 21 works
Which keywords describe research at Gulf University for Science & Technology?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Learning, Heat Transfer, Renewable Energy, Economic Growth, Deep Learning, Financial Development, Experimental Investigation and Panel Data Analysis.
- Nonlinear Equations
- Stock Market
- Convective Transport
- Islamic reform
- Nanofluids
- Feature Selection
- Applications
- Feminism
- Gender Equality
- Monetary Policy
- Kuznets Curve
- CO2 Emissions
- Consumer Behavior
- Supply Chain Management
- Experimental Investigation
- Financial Development
- Corporate Governance
- Healthcare
- Heat Transfer
- Deep Learning
- Machine Learning
- Renewable Energy
- Economic Growth
- Globalization
- Environmental Impact
- Big Data
- Panel Data Analysis
- Urbanization
- Energy Consumption
- Environmental Regulation
- Trade Openness
- Middle East
- Thermal Conductivity
- Secularism
- Organizational Performance
- Human Resource Management
- Review
- Ottoman Empire
- Enhancement
- Evolutionary Algorithms
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
- Machine Learning57▲ 2.2×67 topics
- Deep Learning42▲ 1.54×63 topics
- Renewable Energy33▲ 2.9×34 topics
- Heat Transfer29▲ 7.5×11 topics
- Economic Growth26▲ 4.0×18 topics
- Healthcare24▲ 2.7×12 topics
- Globalization21▲ 1.38×35 topics
- Corporate Governance21▲ 3.6×17 topics
- Environmental Impact20▲ 1.49×36 topics
- Financial Development17▲ 15×3 topics
- Big Data17▲ 2.2×18 topics
- Experimental Investigation16▲ 20×3 topics
- Panel Data Analysis16▲ 14×2 topics
- Supply Chain Management16▲ 2.3×15 topics
- Urbanization15▲ 4.7×7 topics
- Consumer Behavior15▲ 3.1×10 topics
- Energy Consumption15▲ 8.2×3 topics
- CO2 Emissions14▲ 10×4 topics
- Environmental Regulation14▲ 12×2 topics
- Kuznets Curve14▲ 16×1 topic
- Trade Openness14▲ 16×1 topic
- Monetary Policy13▲ 7.0×6 topics
- Middle East12▲ 26×2 topics
- Gender Equality12▲ 5.3×4 topics
- Thermal Conductivity12▲ 9.4×5 topics
- Feminism12▲ 5.0×7 topics
- Secularism11▲ 14×2 topics
- Applications11▲ 5.2×6 topics
- Organizational Performance11▲ 5.2×9 topics
- Feature Selection11▲ 6.3×6 topics
- Human Resource Management10▲ 8.7×4 topics
- Nanofluids10▲ 16×2 topics
- Review10▲ 11×3 topics
- Islamic reform10▲ 30×1 topic
- Ottoman Empire10▲ 18×1 topic
- Convective Transport10▲ 28×1 topic
- Enhancement10▲ 28×1 topic
- Stock Market10▲ 5.7×3 topics
- Evolutionary Algorithms10▲ 12×5 topics
- Nonlinear Equations10▲ 9.7×4 topics
Which research topics does Gulf University for Science & Technology publish most on?
By volume in 2022-now: Energy, Environment, Economic Growth, Islamic Studies and History, Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer and Socioeconomic Development in MENA.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Energy, Environment, Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 14 works
- 2 Islamic Studies and History Political Science and International Relations 10 works
- 3 Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer Biomedical Engineering 10 works
- 4 Socioeconomic Development in MENA Sociology and Political Science 7 works
- 5 Market Dynamics and Volatility Economics and Econometrics 7 works
- 6 Medieval and Classical Philosophy Philosophy 7 works
- 7 Environmental Sustainability in Business Marketing 7 works
- 8 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Health Information Management 6 works
- 9 Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting Strategy and Management 6 works
- 10 Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 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.
World: 40% of research is openly available.
World: 18% is written across borders.
How has Gulf University for Science & Technology's research output changed?
Output in 2022-2025 was 146% higher than in 2018-2021.
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 Gulf University for Science & Technology as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0041% in 2024.
Fractional works of Gulf University for Science & Technology 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.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 24.7% in 2025.
Other research institutions in Kuwait City
- Kuwait University
- Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research
- Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (Kuwait)
- Public Authority for Applied Education and Training
- Ibn Sina Hospital
- Ministry of Health
- Dar al Athar al Islamiyyah
- Chest Diseases Hospital
Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners have tabs of their own, above.
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