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Heriot-Watt University Dubai

In research, Heriot-Watt University Dubai stands highest in Physical Sciences (#3,298 of 10,670 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#8,411 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#8,245
of 22,385 · #11,761 all time
Rank in United Arab Emirates
#30
of 60
Research works
509
▲ 75% vs 2018-21
Citations
7k
13.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.04×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
37%
world 40%
International
36%
world 18%
Heriot-Watt University Dubai

What is Heriot-Watt University Dubai 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
Physical SciencesDomain #3,298 of 10,670 9.4%133 #5207
Social SciencesDomain #8,411 of 9,585 13.1%60 #10780

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Heriot-Watt University Dubai 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 Heriot-Watt University Dubai work in?

In 2022-now, 61% of research at Heriot-Watt University Dubai is in Physical Sciences, 28% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (25%), Computer Science (23%), Business, Management and Accounting (9%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 153 fractional works · 60.6% of its workEngineering: 62 fractional works · 24.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 11 fractional works · 4.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 9 fractional works · 3.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 8 fractional works · 3.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 7 fractional works · 2.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 2.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOcean Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArchitecture: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 57 fractional works · 22.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 19 fractional works · 7.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 11 fractional works · 4.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 8 fractional works · 3.2% of its workInformation Systems: 8 fractional works · 3.1% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSignal Processing: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoftware: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 18 fractional works · 7.1% of its workWater Science and Technology: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 9 fractional works · 3.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 7 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 71 fractional works · 28.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 24 fractional works · 9.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 6 fractional works · 2.2% of its workManagement Information Systems: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMarketing: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAccounting: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness and International Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 18 fractional works · 7.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 9 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 14 fractional works · 5.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Sciences: 16 fractional works · 6.3% of its workMedicine: 8 fractional works · 3.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 8 fractional works · 3.0% of its workHealth Information Management: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 13 fractional works · 5.2% of its workNeuroscience: 7 fractional works · 2.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 6 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKHeriot-WattUniversity Dubai252fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences61%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences28%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering6224.8%
    2. Computer Science5722.7%
    3. Environmental Science187.1%
    4. Energy93.4%
    5. Materials Science20.9%
    6. Physics and Astronomy10.6%
    7. Chemistry10.5%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.4%
    9. Mathematics10.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting249.4%
    2. Social Sciences187.2%
    3. Psychology145.4%
    4. Arts and Humanities52.1%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance52.1%
    6. Decision Sciences51.8%
    1. Medicine83.0%
    2. Health Professions83.0%
    3. Nursing00.1%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Neuroscience72.6%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences52.1%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
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: 0.45× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.61× its world share, 7 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.92× its world share, 57 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 3.73× its world share, 9 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.65× its world share, 62 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.44× its world share, 18 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.13× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.16× its world share, 8 worksMedicineNursing: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.73× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.92× its world share, 24 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.85× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.96× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.76× its world share, 14 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.57× its world share, 18 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.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Energy3.73×9 works
  2. Computer Science2.92×57 works
  3. Business, Management and Accounting2.92×24 works
  4. Decision Sciences1.85×4 works
  5. Psychology1.76×14 works
  6. Engineering1.65×62 works
  7. Neuroscience1.61×7 works
  8. Environmental Science1.44×18 works
  9. Health Professions1.13×8 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.96×5 works
  11. Arts and Humanities0.73×5 works
  12. Social Sciences0.57×18 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.45×5 works
  14. Veterinary0.32×0 works
  15. Chemistry0.31×1 works
  16. Nursing0.27×0 works
  17. Materials Science0.25×2 works
  18. Physics and Astronomy0.25×1 works
  19. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.23×1 works
  20. Dentistry0.23×0 works
  21. Mathematics0.20×1 works
  22. Medicine0.16×8 works
  23. Chemical Engineering0.12×0 works
  24. Immunology and Microbiology0.09×0 works
  25. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.06×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Heriot-Watt University Dubai?

Ranked on the quality score, Noor Zainab Habib, Carrie Amani Annabi and Abrar Ullah lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Heriot-Watt University Dubai.

  1. 1 Noor Zainab Habib United Arab Emirates · #978,641 worldwide 945 citations · 57 works
  2. 2 Carrie Amani Annabi United Arab Emirates · #1,443,805 worldwide 326 citations · 28 works
  3. 3 Abrar Ullah United Arab Emirates · #1,653,849 worldwide 688 citations · 57 works
  4. 4 Esraa Khatab United Arab Emirates · #1,753,062 worldwide 147 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 Hassam Nasarullah Chaudhry United Arab Emirates · #2,023,857 worldwide 1.3k citations · 58 works
  6. 6 Hani Ragab Hassen United Arab Emirates · #2,465,860 worldwide 297 citations · 33 works
  7. 7 Yasser Barghathi United Arab Emirates · #2,492,123 worldwide 227 citations · 22 works
  8. 8 Hind Zantout United Arab Emirates · #2,519,265 worldwide 180 citations · 32 works
  9. 9 Rabee Rustum United Arab Emirates · #2,575,861 worldwide 1k citations · 75 works
  10. 10 Talal Shaikh United Arab Emirates · #3,130,115 worldwide 154 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Heriot-Watt University Dubai

What are the most cited papers from Heriot-Watt University Dubai?

The most cited paper from Heriot-Watt University Dubai is "The effects of board characteristics and sustainable compensation policy on carbon performance of UK firms" (Faizul Haque, 2017), with 752 citations. Next come "Environmental Policy, Sustainable Development, Governance Mechanisms and Environmental Performance" (547) and "Executive Compensation, Sustainable Compensation Policy, Carbon Performance and Market Value" (343).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The effects of board characteristics and sustainable compensation policy on carbon performance of UK firms Faizul Haque · The British Accounting Review 7 Jan 2017 752
2 Environmental Policy, Sustainable Development, Governance Mechanisms and Environmental Performance Faizul Haque, Collins Gyakari Ntim · Business Strategy and the Environment 12 Dec 2017 547
3 Executive Compensation, Sustainable Compensation Policy, Carbon Performance and Market Value Faizul Haque, Collins Gyakari Ntim · British Journal of Management 28 Feb 2020 343
4 A review of heat pipe systems for heat recovery and renewable energy applications Hassam Nasarullah Chaudhry, Ben Richard Hughes, Saud Abdul Ghani · Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 18 Feb 2012 287
5 European firms’ corporate biodiversity disclosures and board gender diversity from 2002 to 2016 Faizul Haque, Michael John Jones · The British Accounting Review Open access 24 Jan 2020 254
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Heriot-Watt University Dubai?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Sustainability, Renewable Energy, Neural Networks, Convolutional Neural Networks, IoT Security and IoT.

▲ 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. Deep Learning38▲ 4.4×46 topics
  2. Machine Learning29▲ 3.4×44 topics
  3. Sustainability17▲ 2.8×32 topics
  4. Renewable Energy12▲ 3.2×23 topics
  5. Neural Networks12▲ 3.0×23 topics
  6. Healthcare9▲ 3.1×10 topics
  7. Convolutional Neural Networks9▲ 4.7×10 topics
  8. Supply Chain Management9▲ 3.8×12 topics
  9. Environmental Impact8▲ 1.93×21 topics
  10. Internet of Things8▲ 3.5×9 topics
  11. Social Media7▲ 2.1×13 topics
  12. Big Data7▲ 2.9×11 topics
  13. Energy Efficiency7▲ 3.1×15 topics
  14. Artificial Intelligence7▲ 1.91×12 topics
  15. Risk Management7▲ 5.6×9 topics
  16. IoT7▲ 6.9×8 topics
  17. IoT Security6▲ 8.1×3 topics
  18. Data Mining6▲ 3.3×6 topics
  19. Security6▲ 3.4×9 topics
  20. Human-Computer Interaction6▲ 12×5 topics
  21. Life Cycle Assessment6▲ 7.9×7 topics
  22. Wireless Sensor Networks5▲ 4.2×7 topics
  23. RFID Technology4▲ 9.8×4 topics
  24. Anomaly Detection4▲ 5.6×4 topics
  25. Emotion Recognition4▲ 8.2×4 topics
  26. Computer Vision4▲ 5.8×2 topics
  27. Cybersecurity4▲ 6.2×4 topics
  28. Environmental Monitoring4▲ 4.0×4 topics
  29. Gesture Recognition4▲ 20×3 topics
  30. Autonomous Vehicles4▲ 7.2×4 topics
  31. Collision Avoidance4▲ 8.2×3 topics
  32. Phase Change Materials4▲ 16×2 topics
  33. Feature Selection3▲ 6.1×4 topics
  34. Firm Performance3▲ 7.1×2 topics
  35. Behavioral Analysis3▲ 10×2 topics
  36. Intrusion Detection3▲ 8.2×3 topics
  37. Photovoltaic/Thermal Hybrid Technology3▲ 22×1 topic
  38. Sign Language3▲ 19×2 topics
  39. Solar Thermal Collectors3▲ 22×1 topic
  40. Recycled Materials3▲ 10×2 topics

Which research topics does Heriot-Watt University Dubai publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems, Big Data and Business Intelligence, Autonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety and Network Security and Intrusion Detection.

Solar Thermal and Photov…3Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems: 3 fractional worksBig Data and Business In…3Big Data and Business Intelligence: 3 fractional worksAutonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety: 3 fractional worksNetwork Security and Int…3Network Security and Intrusion Detection: 3 fractional worksBIM and Construction Int…2BIM and Construction Integration: 2 fractional worksMachine Learning in Healthcare: 2 fractional worksAdvanced Malware Detection Techniques: 2 fractional worksWater Quality Monitoring…2Water Quality Monitoring Technologies: 2 fractional worksTopic Modeling2Topic Modeling: 2 fractional worksInnovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development: 2 fractional works
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentManagement Information SystemsAutomotive EngineeringComputer Networks and Communications5 others

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

  1. 1 Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 3 works
  2. 2 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 3 works
  3. 3 Autonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety Automotive Engineering 3 works
  4. 4 Network Security and Intrusion Detection Computer Networks and Communications 3 works
  5. 5 BIM and Construction Integration Building and Construction 2 works
  6. 6 Machine Learning in Healthcare Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  7. 7 Advanced Malware Detection Techniques Signal Processing 2 works
  8. 8 Water Quality Monitoring Technologies Water Science and Technology 2 works
  9. 9 Topic Modeling Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  10. 10 Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development Management of Technology and Innovation 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 available37.2%not open62.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors36.5%domestic only63.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Heriot-Watt University Dubai's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 75% 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 Heriot-Watt University Dubai as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0011% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Heriot-Watt University Dubai0.0013% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of Heriot-Watt University Dubai 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 counting5%10%15%Heriot-Watt University Dubai11.2% 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 14.8% in 2017.

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