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Khalifa University of Science and Technology

In research, Khalifa University of Science and Technology stands highest in Physical Sciences (#184 of 12,888 worldwide), Engineering (#95 of 6,636 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#555 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Energy Engineering and Power Technology, Catalysis and Ocean Engineering — Energy Engineering and Power Technology is 6.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#289
of 28,054 · #1,173 all time
Rank in United Arab Emirates
#1
of 66
Research works
11k
▲ 175% vs 2013–17
Citations
198k
18.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
28.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
44%
world 28%

What is Khalifa University of Science and Technology 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 #184 of 12,888 27.9%3,887 #916
EngineeringField #95 of 6,636 26.9%2,033 #507
Health SciencesDomain #555 of 11,982 27.6%429 #2086
Mechanical EngineeringSubfield #71 of 1,351 28.9%283 #350
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #123 of 2,318 24.3%566 #485
Computer ScienceField #251 of 4,667 33.9%505 #617
Biomedical EngineeringSubfield #105 of 1,568 25.2%293 #448
Materials ScienceField #181 of 2,468 27.1%400 #770
Environmental ScienceField #261 of 3,551 32.9%293 #813
MedicineField #940 of 10,443 26.5%364 #3124

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Khalifa University of Science and Technology 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#916 #184
  2. Engineering#507 #95
  3. Health Sciences#2,086 #555
  4. Mechanical Engineering#350 #71
  5. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#485 #123
  6. Computer Science#617 #251
  7. Biomedical Engineering#448 #105
  8. Materials Science#770 #181
  9. Environmental Science#813 #261
  10. Medicine#3,124 #940
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 Khalifa University of Science and Technology specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Energy Engineering and Power Technology takes 6.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Energy Engineering and Power TechnologySubfield · 32.2 works6.0×
  2. CatalysisSubfield · 34.3 works4.7×
  3. Ocean EngineeringSubfield · 118.8 works4.6×
  4. EnergyField · 186.7 works4.1×
  5. Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentSubfield · 151.0 works3.9×
  6. Chemical EngineeringField · 62.5 works3.6×
  7. Water Science and TechnologySubfield · 88.8 works3.5×
← 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: 0.34× its world share, 80 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.50× its world share, 133 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.19× its world share, 10 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.91× its world share, 74 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.33× its world share, 6 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 3.59× its world share, 62 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.27× its world share, 99 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.30× its world share, 504 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.22× its world share, 96 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 4.08× its world share, 187 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.72× its world share, 2,033 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.18× its world share, 293 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.30× its world share, 400 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.94× its world share, 55 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.42× its world share, 157 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.16× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.39× its world share, 52 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.38× its world share, 364 worksMedicineNursing: 0.35× its world share, 9 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.18× its world share, 26 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.46× its world share, 73 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.81× its world share, 39 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.44× its world share, 47 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.34× its world share, 51 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 131 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Energy, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Khalifa University of Science and Technology?

Ranked on the composite score, Rashid K. Abu Al‐Rub, Ibrar Yaqoob and Hatem Zeineldin lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Khalifa University of Science and Technology.

  1. 1 Rashid K. Abu Al‐Rub United Arab Emirates · #24,826 worldwide 997 citations · 71 works
  2. 2 Ibrar Yaqoob United Arab Emirates · #37,683 worldwide 953 citations · 32 works
  3. 3 Hatem Zeineldin United Arab Emirates · #38,872 worldwide 729 citations · 78 works
  4. 4 Vinod Khadkikar United Arab Emirates · #46,290 worldwide 589 citations · 61 works
  5. 5 Davor Svetinović United Arab Emirates · #48,719 worldwide 431 citations · 44 works
  6. 6 Haider Butt United Arab Emirates · #66,170 worldwide 408 citations · 49 works
  7. 7 Raed Hashaikeh United Arab Emirates · #73,552 worldwide 511 citations · 35 works
  8. 8 Tarek H. M. EL-Fouly United Arab Emirates · #79,314 worldwide 492 citations · 32 works
  9. 9 Mohamed Shawky El Moursi United Arab Emirates · #84,530 worldwide 402 citations · 68 works
  10. 10 Dimitrios C. Kyritsis United Arab Emirates · #86,753 worldwide 365 citations · 34 works
All ranked researchers at Khalifa University of Science and Technology

Which keywords describe research at Khalifa University of Science and Technology?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Renewable Energy, Nanomaterials, Energy Storage, Power Electronics, Renewable Energy Integration, Machine Learning and Graphene.

▲ 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 Learning307▲ 1.80×75 topics
  2. Machine Learning227▲ 1.39×81 topics
  3. Renewable Energy204▲ 2.9×37 topics
  4. Nanomaterials178▲ 3.4×20 topics
  5. Sustainability158▲ 1.30×58 topics
  6. Energy Storage147▲ 4.5×12 topics
  7. Biomedical Applications138▲ 2.3×34 topics
  8. Neural Networks137▲ 1.78×36 topics
  9. Environmental Impact130▲ 1.54×46 topics
  10. Energy Efficiency130▲ 2.8×33 topics
  11. Nanoparticles130▲ 2.1×38 topics
  12. Graphene121▲ 3.5×11 topics
  13. Power Electronics109▲ 6.6×8 topics
  14. Renewable Energy Integration107▲ 6.3×5 topics
  15. Healthcare100▲ 1.77×19 topics
  16. Nanocomposites99▲ 2.5×21 topics
  17. Mechanical Properties97▲ 2.0×32 topics
  18. Catalysis89▲ 2.7×27 topics
  19. Heat Transfer88▲ 3.6×18 topics
  20. Security84▲ 2.6×21 topics
  21. Additive Manufacturing74▲ 4.8×6 topics
  22. Metal-Organic Frameworks69▲ 3.3×6 topics
  23. Solar Energy68▲ 4.3×5 topics
  24. Porous Media62▲ 9.5×6 topics
  25. Two-Dimensional Materials61▲ 5.3×4 topics
  26. Nanofluids60▲ 15×2 topics
  27. Membrane Distillation56▲ 16×2 topics
  28. Surfactants54▲ 11×5 topics
  29. Decentralized Control53▲ 8.9×2 topics
  30. Gas Permeability52▲ 10×2 topics
  31. Smart Grid Applications51▲ 7.8×2 topics
  32. Energy Storage Systems50▲ 7.2×2 topics
  33. Hydraulic Fracturing50▲ 9.1×2 topics
  34. Membrane Technology49▲ 12×2 topics
  35. Shale Gas48▲ 7.5×2 topics
  36. Pore-scale Modeling47▲ 26×1 topic
  37. X-ray Computed Tomography47▲ 26×1 topic
  38. Nanopores47▲ 9.8×2 topics
  39. Desalination46▲ 15×1 topic
  40. Nanofiltration46▲ 15×1 topic

Which research topics does Khalifa University of Science and Technology publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques, Membrane Separation Technologies, Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis and Microgrid Control and Optimization.

Enhanced Oil Recovery Te…47Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques: 47 fractional worksMembrane Separation Tech…46Membrane Separation Technologies: 46 fractional worksHydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis: 44 fractional worksMicrogrid Control and Op…44Microgrid Control and Optimization: 44 fractional worksHydrocarbon exploration …42Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis: 42 fractional worksBlockchain Technology Applications and Security: 37 fractional worksAdvanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials: 33 fractional worksAdvanced Wireless Commun…31Advanced Wireless Communication Technologies: 31 fractional worksAdvanced Photocatalysis Techniques: 31 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Technologies Research: 29 fractional works
Ocean EngineeringWater Science and TechnologyMechanical EngineeringControl and Systems Engineering6 others

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

  1. 1 Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques Ocean Engineering 47 works
  2. 2 Membrane Separation Technologies Water Science and Technology 46 works
  3. 3 Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis Mechanical Engineering 44 works
  4. 4 Microgrid Control and Optimization Control and Systems Engineering 44 works
  5. 5 Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis Mechanics of Materials 42 works
  6. 6 Blockchain Technology Applications and Security Information Systems 37 works
  7. 7 Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials Biomedical Engineering 33 works
  8. 8 Advanced Wireless Communication Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 31 works
  9. 9 Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 31 works
  10. 10 Advanced Battery Technologies Research Automotive Engineering 29 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 available43.6%not open56.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors47.0%domestic only53.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Khalifa University of Science and Technology's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 175% 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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