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Jazan University

In research, Jazan University stands highest in Health Sciences (#529 of 11,982 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#618 of 12,888 worldwide) and Medicine (#920 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Orthodontics, Oral Surgery and Dentistry — Orthodontics is 10.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#677
of 28,054 · #2,171 all time
Rank in Saudi Arabia
#14
of 98
Research works
7.8k
▲ 168% vs 2013–17
Citations
88k
11.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
68%
world 28%

What is Jazan 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
Health SciencesDomain #529 of 11,982 17.9%1,281 #1434
Physical SciencesDomain #618 of 12,888 21.8%1,864 #2125
MedicineField #920 of 10,443 17.6%907 #2161
DentistryField #33 of 367 13.3%199 #118
Social SciencesDomain #1,013 of 10,521 26.8%606 #2462
EngineeringField #656 of 6,636 19.4%636 #1992
Health ProfessionsField #230 of 1,928 24.5%144 #857
Life SciencesDomain #933 of 7,800 22.7%499 #2613
Materials ScienceField #326 of 2,468 22.2%241 #1439
Computer ScienceField #638 of 4,667 28.2%399 #1748

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Jazan 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. Health Sciences#1,434 #529
  2. Physical Sciences#2,125 #618
  3. Medicine#2,161 #920
  4. Dentistry#118 #33
  5. Social Sciences#2,462 #1,013
  6. Engineering#1,992 #656
  7. Health Professions#857 #230
  8. Life Sciences#2,613 #933
  9. Materials Science#1,439 #326
  10. Computer Science#1,748 #638
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 Jazan University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Orthodontics takes 10.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OrthodonticsSubfield · 50.1 works10×
  2. Oral SurgerySubfield · 84.7 works10×
  3. DentistryField · 198.8 works9.6×
  4. PeriodonticsSubfield · 45.2 works7.8×
  5. Geometry and TopologySubfield · 36.4 works5.3×
  6. Pharmaceutical ScienceSubfield · 20.6 works4.5×
← 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: 0.68× its world share, 138 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.96× its world share, 217 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.94× its world share, 40 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.73× its world share, 50 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.58× its world share, 54 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.03× its world share, 15 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.05× its world share, 137 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.21× its world share, 399 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 11 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.85× its world share, 72 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.00× its world share, 636 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.54× its world share, 114 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.62× its world share, 241 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 3.15× its world share, 158 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.87× its world share, 82 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 9.64× its world share, 199 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.29× its world share, 144 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.11× its world share, 907 worksMedicineNursing: 1.30× its world share, 27 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.68× its world share, 4 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.71× its world share, 87 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.62× its world share, 85 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.18× its world share, 48 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.46× its world share, 42 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.99× its world share, 128 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.40× its world share, 216 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 9.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Jazan University?

Ranked on the composite score, Shankargouda Patil, Wazir Zada Khan and Shafiul Haque lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Jazan University.

  1. 1 Shankargouda Patil · #18,918 worldwide 506 citations · 64 works
  2. 2 Wazir Zada Khan · #87,608 worldwide 502 citations · 25 works
  3. 3 Shafiul Haque · #146,150 worldwide 452 citations · 63 works
  4. 4 Esam Halboub · #147,338 worldwide 218 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 Asim Mehmood · #228,497 worldwide 214 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Abdullah M. Zeyad · #236,332 worldwide 320 citations · 24 works
  7. 7 Mohammed Y. Aalsalem · #317,681 worldwide 191 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Asaad Khalid · #357,317 worldwide 172 citations · 26 works
  9. 9 Waquar Ahsan · #456,325 worldwide 77 citations · 26 works
  10. 10 Muhammad Arshad · #549,420 worldwide 60 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Jazan University

Which keywords describe research at Jazan University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Machine Learning, Heat Transfer, Deep Learning, Nanomaterials, Healthcare, Internet of Things and Quality of Life.

▲ 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. Epidemiology249▲ 1.48×130 topics
  2. Machine Learning211▲ 1.51×84 topics
  3. Deep Learning188▲ 1.29×80 topics
  4. Healthcare113▲ 2.4×21 topics
  5. Inflammation113▲ 1.28×83 topics
  6. Nanomaterials111▲ 2.5×19 topics
  7. Quality of Life109▲ 1.78×50 topics
  8. Heat Transfer95▲ 4.5×19 topics
  9. COVID-1995▲ 1.63×24 topics
  10. Nanoparticles94▲ 1.75×40 topics
  11. Internet of Things93▲ 2.5×24 topics
  12. Oxidative Stress92▲ 1.32×61 topics
  13. Artificial Intelligence85▲ 1.46×34 topics
  14. Antioxidant78▲ 2.7×50 topics
  15. Cancer76▲ 1.34×56 topics
  16. Biomedical Applications74▲ 1.47×33 topics
  17. Depression74▲ 1.97×22 topics
  18. Risk Factors72▲ 1.55×35 topics
  19. Security66▲ 2.4×20 topics
  20. Clinical Trials62▲ 2.2×19 topics
  21. Graphene62▲ 2.1×12 topics
  22. Synthesis61▲ 3.9×31 topics
  23. Medicinal Chemistry60▲ 5.1×12 topics
  24. IoT Security58▲ 4.3×3 topics
  25. Global Burden56▲ 2.4×12 topics
  26. Smart Cities54▲ 4.9×7 topics
  27. Solar Energy50▲ 3.7×4 topics
  28. Anticancer Agents47▲ 7.3×10 topics
  29. Experimental Investigation47▲ 11×4 topics
  30. Applications45▲ 3.9×8 topics
  31. Antimicrobial44▲ 3.7×14 topics
  32. Nonlinear Equations39▲ 7.2×5 topics
  33. Review34▲ 6.6×5 topics
  34. Molecular Docking33▲ 6.2×4 topics
  35. Dental Caries33▲ 8.0×2 topics
  36. Heterocyclic Compounds32▲ 8.7×4 topics
  37. Viscosity31▲ 10×3 topics
  38. Nanofluids30▲ 8.7×2 topics
  39. Convective Transport30▲ 15×1 topic
  40. Enhancement30▲ 15×1 topic

Which research topics does Jazan University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer, Dental materials and restorations, IoT and Edge/Fog Computing and Blockchain Technology Applications and Security.

Nanofluid Flow and Heat …30Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer: 30 fractional worksDental materials and res…28Dental materials and restorations: 28 fractional worksIoT and Edge/Fog Computing: 28 fractional worksBlockchain Technology Ap…27Blockchain Technology Applications and Security: 27 fractional worksDental Radiography and I…26Dental Radiography and Imaging: 26 fractional worksEndodontics and Root Canal Treatments: 25 fractional worksSynthesis and biological activity: 22 fractional worksAdvanced Photocatalysis …22Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques: 22 fractional worksComputational Drug Discovery Methods: 20 fractional worksEFL/ESL Teaching and Learning: 20 fractional works
Biomedical EngineeringOrthodonticsComputer Networks and CommunicationsInformation Systems5 others

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

  1. 1 Nanofluid Flow and Heat TransferBiomedical Engineering 30 works
  2. 2 Dental materials and restorationsOrthodontics 28 works
  3. 3 IoT and Edge/Fog ComputingComputer Networks and Communications 28 works
  4. 4 Blockchain Technology Applications and SecurityInformation Systems 27 works
  5. 5 Dental Radiography and ImagingOral Surgery 26 works
  6. 6 Endodontics and Root Canal TreatmentsOral Surgery 25 works
  7. 7 Synthesis and biological activityOrganic Chemistry 22 works
  8. 8 Advanced Photocatalysis TechniquesRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 22 works
  9. 9 Computational Drug Discovery MethodsComputational Theory and Mathematics 20 works
  10. 10 EFL/ESL Teaching and LearningLanguage and Linguistics 20 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 available67.9%not open32.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors44.7%domestic only55.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Jazan University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 168% higher than in 2013–2017.

199520002005201020152020
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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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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.