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Jouf University

In research, Jouf University stands highest in Health Sciences (#254 of 11,982 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#691 of 12,888 worldwide) and Medicine (#618 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Dentistry, Modeling and Simulation and Oral Surgery — Dentistry is 6.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#641
of 28,054 · #2,103 all time
Rank in Saudi Arabia
#13
of 98
Research works
5.2k
▲ 419% vs 2013–17
Citations
73k
14.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
28.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
64%
world 28%

What is Jouf 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 #254 of 11,982 27.0%602 #1267
Physical SciencesDomain #691 of 12,888 27.8%1,506 #2002
MedicineField #618 of 10,443 27.1%435 #2127
EngineeringField #461 of 6,636 27.6%531 #1526
Health ProfessionsField #177 of 1,928 33.9%65 #926
Social SciencesDomain #1,209 of 10,521 34.0%309 #2988
Computer ScienceField #671 of 4,667 35.3%303 #1728
Life SciencesDomain #1,251 of 7,800 29.8%329 #3385
Materials ScienceField #482 of 2,468 25.9%255 #1704
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #459 of 2,318 25.3%174 #1277

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Jouf 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#1,267 #254
  2. Physical Sciences#2,002 #691
  3. Medicine#2,127 #618
  4. Engineering#1,526 #461
  5. Health Professions#926 #177
  6. Social Sciences#2,988 #1,209
  7. Computer Science#1,728 #671
  8. Life Sciences#3,385 #1,251
  9. Materials Science#1,704 #482
  10. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#1,277 #459
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 Jouf University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Dentistry takes 6.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. DentistryField · 79.7 works6.0×
  2. Modeling and SimulationSubfield · 22.9 works6.0×
  3. Oral SurgerySubfield · 30.3 works5.7×
  4. PeriodonticsSubfield · 20.0 works5.3×
← 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: 0.67× its world share, 87 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.97× its world share, 142 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.99× its world share, 27 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.89× its world share, 40 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.39× its world share, 33 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.84× its world share, 8 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.42× its world share, 104 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.42× its world share, 303 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 10 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.61× its world share, 66 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.29× its world share, 531 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.58× its world share, 79 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.66× its world share, 255 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 3.46× its world share, 112 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.63× its world share, 38 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 5.98× its world share, 80 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.90× its world share, 65 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.82× its world share, 435 worksMedicineNursing: 1.48× its world share, 20 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.56× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.43× its world share, 34 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.70× its world share, 62 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.84× its world share, 22 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.56× its world share, 33 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.65× its world share, 55 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 102 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 6.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Jouf University?

Ranked on the composite score, Tauqeer Hussain Mallhi, Mamoona Humayun and Yusra Habib Khan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Jouf University.

  1. 1 Tauqeer Hussain Mallhi Saudi Arabia · #61,363 worldwide 292 citations · 38 works
  2. 2 Mamoona Humayun Saudi Arabia · #67,903 worldwide 311 citations · 44 works
  3. 3 Yusra Habib Khan Saudi Arabia · #96,991 worldwide 215 citations · 35 works
  4. 4 Ameeduzzafar Zafar Saudi Arabia · #272,982 worldwide 109 citations · 26 works
  5. 5 Santosh Patil Saudi Arabia · #293,191 worldwide 70 citations · 46 works
  6. 6 Ahmed Fathy Saudi Arabia · #332,447 worldwide 309 citations · 42 works
  7. 7 Syed Nasir Abbas Bukhari Saudi Arabia · #372,685 worldwide 62 citations · 23 works
  8. 8 Muhammad Afzal Saudi Arabia · #558,282 worldwide 150 citations · 68 works
  9. 9 Ebrahim Mohammed Al‐Matari Saudi Arabia · #578,614 worldwide 69 citations · 25 works
  10. 10 Mohammad Khursheed Alam Saudi Arabia · #603,535 worldwide 161 citations · 127 works
All ranked researchers at Jouf University

Which keywords describe research at Jouf University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Nanomaterials, Nanocomposites, Nanoparticles, IoT Security, Epidemiology and Healthcare.

▲ 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. Deep Learning184▲ 1.95×77 topics
  2. Machine Learning170▲ 1.89×77 topics
  3. Epidemiology110◆ 1.01×115 topics
  4. Nanomaterials87▲ 3.0×17 topics
  5. Nanoparticles73▲ 2.1×38 topics
  6. Inflammation68▲ 1.18×80 topics
  7. Healthcare64▲ 2.1×16 topics
  8. Nanocomposites64▲ 2.9×21 topics
  9. Biomedical Applications61▲ 1.87×35 topics
  10. Oxidative Stress60▲ 1.34×59 topics
  11. Renewable Energy60▲ 1.53×31 topics
  12. Quality of Life57▲ 1.44×44 topics
  13. Internet of Things45▲ 1.87×21 topics
  14. Antioxidant44▲ 2.3×49 topics
  15. Graphene44▲ 2.3×11 topics
  16. Convolutional Neural Networks44▲ 2.2×13 topics
  17. IoT Security44▲ 5.0×3 topics
  18. Synthesis43▲ 4.2×33 topics
  19. Security41▲ 2.3×19 topics
  20. Medical Imaging40▲ 2.9×9 topics
  21. Nanostructures40▲ 3.6×13 topics
  22. Medicinal Chemistry36▲ 4.8×13 topics
  23. Smart Cities31▲ 4.4×6 topics
  24. Nanocrystals31▲ 4.2×5 topics
  25. Semiconductor31▲ 3.3×6 topics
  26. Renewable Energy Integration31▲ 3.3×5 topics
  27. Antimicrobial30▲ 3.8×14 topics
  28. Anomaly Detection29▲ 3.6×4 topics
  29. Anticancer Agents29▲ 7.0×12 topics
  30. Nonlinear Equations28▲ 7.9×5 topics
  31. Porous Media28▲ 7.7×5 topics
  32. Metal Nanoparticles26▲ 5.7×5 topics
  33. Heat Conduction26▲ 27×2 topics
  34. Fractional Order24▲ 94×1 topic
  35. Thermoelasticity24▲ 94×1 topic
  36. Heterocyclic Compounds23▲ 9.5×5 topics
  37. Fractional Calculus21▲ 14×2 topics
  38. Anomalous Diffusion21▲ 14×2 topics
  39. Homotopy Analysis Method21▲ 16×1 topic
  40. Random Walk21▲ 16×1 topic

Which research topics does Jouf University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Thermoelastic and Magnetoelastic Phenomena, Fractional Differential Equations Solutions, Network Security and Intrusion Detection and Synthesis and biological activity.

Thermoelastic and Magnet…24Thermoelastic and Magnetoelastic Phenomena: 24 fractional worksFractional Differential …21Fractional Differential Equations Solutions: 21 fractional worksNetwork Security and Intrusion Detection: 20 fractional worksSynthesis and biological activity: 17 fractional worksAdvanced Photocatalysis Techniques: 17 fractional worksRadiation Shielding Materials Analysis: 15 fractional worksPolymer Nanocomposite Synthesis and Irradiation: 15 fractional worksConducting polymers and …15Conducting polymers and applications: 15 fractional worksNonlocal and gradient elasticity in micro/nano structures: 14 fractional worksIoT and Edge/Fog Computing: 14 fractional works
Mechanics of MaterialsModeling and SimulationComputer Networks and CommunicationsOrganic Chemistry3 others

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

  1. 1 Thermoelastic and Magnetoelastic Phenomena Mechanics of Materials 24 works
  2. 2 Fractional Differential Equations Solutions Modeling and Simulation 21 works
  3. 3 Network Security and Intrusion Detection Computer Networks and Communications 20 works
  4. 4 Synthesis and biological activity Organic Chemistry 17 works
  5. 5 Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 17 works
  6. 6 Radiation Shielding Materials Analysis Materials Chemistry 15 works
  7. 7 Polymer Nanocomposite Synthesis and Irradiation Polymers and Plastics 15 works
  8. 8 Conducting polymers and applications Polymers and Plastics 15 works
  9. 9 Nonlocal and gradient elasticity in micro/nano structures Materials Chemistry 14 works
  10. 10 IoT and Edge/Fog Computing Computer Networks and Communications 14 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 available63.7%not open36.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors58.4%domestic only41.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Jouf University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 419% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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.

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.