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Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University

In research, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University stands highest in Dentistry (#3 of 367 worldwide), Health Sciences (#169 of 11,982 worldwide) and Health Professions (#113 of 1,928 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Orthodontics, General Dentistry and Dentistry — Orthodontics is 16.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#726
of 28,054 · #1,731 all time
Rank in Saudi Arabia
#15
of 98
Research works
9.1k
▲ 253% vs 2013–17
Citations
135k
14.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
67%
world 28%

What is Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal 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
DentistryField #3 of 367 31.1%185 #23
Health SciencesDomain #169 of 11,982 19.2%1,386 #704
Health ProfessionsField #113 of 1,928 28.9%165 #472
Physical SciencesDomain #825 of 12,888 26.5%1,353 #1956
MedicineField #734 of 10,443 15.2%1,008 #1695
OrthodonticsSubfield #3 of 37 33.5%68 #56
Social SciencesDomain #1,089 of 10,521 30.0%671 #1264
Social SciencesField #665 of 6,365 32.3%314 #710
EngineeringField #727 of 6,636 25.7%376 #1975
Materials ScienceField #395 of 2,468 22.7%268 #1255

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal 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. Dentistry#23 #3
  2. Health Sciences#704 #169
  3. Health Professions#472 #113
  4. Physical Sciences#1,956 #825
  5. Medicine#1,695 #734
  6. Orthodontics#56 #3
  7. Social Sciences#1,264 #1,089
  8. Social Sciences#710 #665
  9. Engineering#1,975 #727
  10. Materials Science#1,255 #395
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 Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Orthodontics takes 16.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OrthodonticsSubfield · 68.5 works16×
  2. General DentistrySubfield · 21.2 works13×
  3. DentistryField · 185.0 works10×
  4. Oral SurgerySubfield · 59.6 works8.2×
  5. PeriodonticsSubfield · 35.6 works6.9×
← 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: 0.45× its world share, 80 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.82× its world share, 164 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.81× its world share, 31 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.87× its world share, 53 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.98× its world share, 26 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.60× its world share, 8 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.18× its world share, 70 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.17× its world share, 343 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 14 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.23× its world share, 43 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.67× its world share, 376 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.68× its world share, 127 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.04× its world share, 268 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.40× its world share, 62 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.52× its world share, 44 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 10.12× its world share, 185 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.66× its world share, 165 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.39× its world share, 1,008 worksMedicineNursing: 1.37× its world share, 25 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.56× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.40× its world share, 44 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.70× its world share, 85 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.12× its world share, 41 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.62× its world share, 50 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.20× its world share, 138 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.66× its world share, 314 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 10.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University?

Ranked on the composite score, Ritesh G. Menezes, Turki M Alanzi and Khalid Almas lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University.

  1. 1 Ritesh G. Menezes Saudi Arabia · #3,543 worldwide 1.2k citations · 70 works
  2. 2 Turki M Alanzi Saudi Arabia · #59,161 worldwide 627 citations · 27 works
  3. 3 Khalid Almas Saudi Arabia · #96,201 worldwide 171 citations · 27 works
  4. 4 Atta Abbas Naqvi Saudi Arabia · #125,870 worldwide 387 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 Mutasem K. Alsmadi Saudi Arabia · #153,862 worldwide 176 citations · 27 works
  6. 6 A. Baykal Saudi Arabia · #207,084 worldwide 974 citations · 120 works
  7. 7 Ismaila Rimi Abubakar Saudi Arabia · #254,546 worldwide 163 citations · 22 works
  8. 8 Sultan Akhtar Saudi Arabia · #317,730 worldwide 158 citations · 29 works
  9. 9 Mohammad Daud Ali Saudi Arabia · #321,904 worldwide 82 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Saqib Saeed Saudi Arabia · #334,513 worldwide 126 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University

Which keywords describe research at Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, COVID-19, Clinical Trials, Quality of Life, Healthcare and Dental Materials.

▲ 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. Epidemiology238▲ 1.60×128 topics
  2. Machine Learning187▲ 1.52×78 topics
  3. Deep Learning164▲ 1.27×75 topics
  4. COVID-19106▲ 2.0×26 topics
  5. Quality of Life103▲ 1.90×50 topics
  6. Inflammation100▲ 1.27×80 topics
  7. Healthcare92▲ 2.2×20 topics
  8. Nanoparticles84▲ 1.76×38 topics
  9. Nanomaterials80▲ 2.0×18 topics
  10. Clinical Trials80▲ 3.2×18 topics
  11. Risk Factors79▲ 1.91×35 topics
  12. Public Health66▲ 1.21×49 topics
  13. Mental Health65▲ 1.18×34 topics
  14. Artificial Intelligence64▲ 1.23×33 topics
  15. Depression62▲ 1.88×22 topics
  16. Pandemic62▲ 1.53×12 topics
  17. Supply Chain Management57▲ 1.63×21 topics
  18. Online Learning54▲ 1.72×13 topics
  19. Global Burden54▲ 2.7×12 topics
  20. Prevention50▲ 3.2×16 topics
  21. Anxiety48▲ 2.7×12 topics
  22. Dental Materials46▲ 23×1 topic
  23. Restorative Dentistry46▲ 23×1 topic
  24. Synthesis44▲ 3.1×30 topics
  25. Smart Cities43▲ 4.4×6 topics
  26. Risk Management43▲ 2.3×14 topics
  27. Toxicity41▲ 2.5×17 topics
  28. IoT Security40▲ 3.4×3 topics
  29. Nanostructures40▲ 2.6×14 topics
  30. Polymer Composites38▲ 3.8×6 topics
  31. Dental Caries33▲ 9.0×2 topics
  32. Student Satisfaction32▲ 4.5×2 topics
  33. Bone Regeneration32▲ 7.2×2 topics
  34. Green Synthesis31▲ 4.3×4 topics
  35. Magnetic Nanoparticles31▲ 7.3×4 topics
  36. Dental Implants24▲ 13×1 topic
  37. Peri-implant Diseases24▲ 13×1 topic
  38. Guanxi24▲ 28×1 topic
  39. Wasta24▲ 28×1 topic
  40. Infection Control24▲ 7.5×3 topics

Which research topics does Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Dental materials and restorations, Dental Implant Techniques and Outcomes, Socioeconomic Development in MENA and Dental Research and COVID-19.

Dental materials and res…46Dental materials and restorations: 46 fractional worksDental Implant Technique…24Dental Implant Techniques and Outcomes: 24 fractional worksSocioeconomic Development in MENA: 24 fractional worksDental Research and COVID-19: 21 fractional worksNanoparticles: synthesis and applications: 20 fractional worksRadiation Shielding Materials Analysis: 20 fractional worksOrganizational and Emplo…20Organizational and Employee Performance: 20 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 19 fractional worksDental Health and Care Utilization: 18 fractional worksNetwork Security and Int…18Network Security and Intrusion Detection: 18 fractional works
OrthodonticsOral SurgerySociology and Political ScienceGeneral Dentistry5 others

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

  1. 1 Dental materials and restorations Orthodontics 46 works
  2. 2 Dental Implant Techniques and Outcomes Oral Surgery 24 works
  3. 3 Socioeconomic Development in MENA Sociology and Political Science 24 works
  4. 4 Dental Research and COVID-19 General Dentistry 21 works
  5. 5 Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications Materials Chemistry 20 works
  6. 6 Radiation Shielding Materials Analysis Materials Chemistry 20 works
  7. 7 Organizational and Employee Performance Artificial Intelligence 20 works
  8. 8 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 19 works
  9. 9 Dental Health and Care Utilization Periodontics 18 works
  10. 10 Network Security and Intrusion Detection Computer Networks and Communications 18 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 available66.8%not open33.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors33.4%domestic only66.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 253% 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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