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Hamad bin Khalifa University

In research, Hamad bin Khalifa University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#716 of 12,888 worldwide), Social Sciences (#726 of 10,521 worldwide) and Engineering (#587 of 6,636 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Energy, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering — Energy is 3.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#815
of 28,054 · #2,010 all time
Rank in Qatar
#2
of 26
Research works
4.8k
▲ 333% vs 2013–17
Citations
97k
20.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
32.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
59%
world 28%

What is Hamad bin Khalifa 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 #716 of 12,888 29.4%1,283 #1853
Social SciencesDomain #726 of 10,521 39.2%680 #1385
EngineeringField #587 of 6,636 26.4%525 #1432
Computer ScienceField #443 of 4,667 32.8%357 #1018
Health SciencesDomain #1,194 of 11,982 36.3%239 #3346
Social SciencesField #649 of 6,365 39.2%342 #1063
MedicineField #1,083 of 10,443 35.5%195 #3536
Artificial IntelligenceSubfield #258 of 1,884 34.0%144 #586
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #400 of 2,578 42.9%132 #809
Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField #281 of 1,775 48.6%83 #1132

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hamad bin Khalifa 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#1,853 #716
  2. Social Sciences#1,385 #726
  3. Engineering#1,432 #587
  4. Computer Science#1,018 #443
  5. Health Sciences#3,346 #1,194
  6. Social Sciences#1,063 #649
  7. Medicine#3,536 #1,083
  8. Artificial Intelligence#586 #258
  9. Sociology and Political Science#809 #400
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance#1,132 #281
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 Hamad bin Khalifa University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Energy takes 3.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. EnergyField · 82.7 works3.7×
  2. Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentSubfield · 59.5 works3.2×
  3. Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringSubfield · 38.4 works3.1×
← 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: 0.36× its world share, 42 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.04× its world share, 134 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.48× its world share, 12 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.97× its world share, 38 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.60× its world share, 14 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.45× its world share, 17 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.89× its world share, 358 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 15 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 3.70× its world share, 83 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.44× its world share, 525 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.34× its world share, 162 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.85× its world share, 72 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.32× its world share, 9 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.54× its world share, 29 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.57× its world share, 37 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.42× its world share, 195 worksMedicineNursing: 0.34× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.71× its world share, 50 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.60× its world share, 125 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.07× its world share, 25 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.60× its world share, 83 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.74× its world share, 55 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.11× its world share, 342 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Energy, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Hamad bin Khalifa University?

Ranked on the composite score, Mowafa Househ, Yin Yang and Muhammad Imran lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hamad bin Khalifa University.

  1. 1 Mowafa Househ · #7,670 worldwide 987 citations · 60 works
  2. 2 Yin Yang · #14,282 worldwide 685 citations · 59 works
  3. 3 Muhammad Imran · #58,883 worldwide 432 citations · 36 works
  4. 4 Gordon McKay · #77,440 worldwide 2.4k citations · 266 works
  5. 5 Ferda Ofli · #78,902 worldwide 286 citations · 28 works
  6. 6 Hassan Sajjad · #79,486 worldwide 219 citations · 36 works
  7. 7 Muammer Koç‬ · #108,615 worldwide 737 citations · 77 works
  8. 8 Roberto Di Pietro · #130,700 worldwide 702 citations · 100 works
  9. 9 Bernard J. Jansen · #166,188 worldwide 597 citations · 126 works
  10. 10 Ahmed Abdelalí · #178,428 worldwide 168 citations · 40 works
All ranked researchers at Hamad bin Khalifa University

Which keywords describe research at Hamad bin Khalifa University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Renewable Energy, Sustainability, Risk Management, Security, Financial Stability and Performance Analysis.

▲ 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 Learning184▲ 2.3×73 topics
  2. Deep Learning182▲ 2.2×75 topics
  3. Sustainability129▲ 2.2×58 topics
  4. Renewable Energy128▲ 3.7×37 topics
  5. Climate Change77▲ 1.18×63 topics
  6. Environmental Impact71▲ 1.71×38 topics
  7. Neural Networks69▲ 1.83×35 topics
  8. Social Media67▲ 1.94×24 topics
  9. Healthcare67▲ 2.4×17 topics
  10. Security62▲ 3.9×24 topics
  11. Supply Chain Management61▲ 2.7×19 topics
  12. Globalization60▲ 1.26×54 topics
  13. Energy Efficiency58▲ 2.5×31 topics
  14. Internet of Things57▲ 2.7×17 topics
  15. Risk Management57▲ 4.8×13 topics
  16. Big Data52▲ 2.4×21 topics
  17. Artificial Intelligence51▲ 1.52×30 topics
  18. Smart Grid44▲ 4.7×9 topics
  19. Performance Analysis41▲ 7.8×5 topics
  20. Corporate Governance41▲ 2.3×12 topics
  21. Financial Stability40▲ 8.3×4 topics
  22. Islamic Banking40▲ 4.0×3 topics
  23. Finance39▲ 8.3×4 topics
  24. Renewable Energy Integration38▲ 4.7×5 topics
  25. Privacy37▲ 5.2×6 topics
  26. Global Financial Crisis34▲ 10×2 topics
  27. Ethical Identity34▲ 11×1 topic
  28. Shariah Supervision34▲ 11×1 topic
  29. Life Cycle Assessment33▲ 5.0×7 topics
  30. Solar Energy29▲ 3.8×5 topics
  31. Electric Vehicles29▲ 4.0×4 topics
  32. Power Electronics29▲ 3.6×7 topics
  33. IoT Security28▲ 3.6×3 topics
  34. Social Networks27▲ 4.2×6 topics
  35. Gender Equality27▲ 4.0×7 topics
  36. Global Governance27▲ 4.8×11 topics
  37. Smart Contracts24▲ 6.0×2 topics
  38. Cryptocurrencies23▲ 6.7×1 topic
  39. Energy Sector23▲ 6.7×1 topic
  40. Poverty Reduction22▲ 6.8×5 topics

Which research topics does Hamad bin Khalifa University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Islamic Finance and Banking Studies, Blockchain Technology Applications and Security, Energy and Environment Impacts and Socioeconomic Development in MENA.

Islamic Finance and Banking Studies: 34 fractional worksBlockchain Technology Applications and Security: 23 fractional worksEnergy and Environment Impacts: 18 fractional worksSocioeconomic Development in MENA: 16 fractional worksPrivacy-Preserving Technologies in Data: 14 fractional worksFinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance: 13 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence …13Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 13 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Technologies Research: 13 fractional worksMicrofinance and Financial Inclusion: 12 fractional worksAdditive Manufacturing a…12Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies: 12 fractional works
AccountingInformation SystemsPollutionSociology and Political Science5 others

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

  1. 1 Islamic Finance and Banking StudiesAccounting 34 works
  2. 2 Blockchain Technology Applications and SecurityInformation Systems 23 works
  3. 3 Energy and Environment ImpactsPollution 18 works
  4. 4 Socioeconomic Development in MENASociology and Political Science 16 works
  5. 5 Privacy-Preserving Technologies in DataArtificial Intelligence 14 works
  6. 6 FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital FinanceManagement Information Systems 13 works
  7. 7 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and EducationHealth Informatics 13 works
  8. 8 Advanced Battery Technologies ResearchAutomotive Engineering 13 works
  9. 9 Microfinance and Financial InclusionEconomics and Econometrics 12 works
  10. 10 Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing TechnologiesAutomotive Engineering 12 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 available59.0%not open41.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors43.2%domestic only56.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Hamad bin Khalifa University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 333% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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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