Science Explorer Interactive view Map
Nonprofit · Riyadh · Saudi Arabia

King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies

kfcris.com/enROR OpenAlex
Research works
53
▲ 317% vs 2013–17
Citations
242
4.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
25.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
16%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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.

Computer Science: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEnvironmental Science: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMedicine: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 4.44× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.09× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.18× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 6.06× its world share, 15 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 6.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Middle East, Nationalism, Politics, Cultural Identity, Social Networks, Education, Genocide and Secularism.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Middle East11▲ 434×2 topics
  2. Nationalism9▲ 30×10 topics
  3. Politics8▲ 55×5 topics
  4. Cultural Identity8▲ 32×6 topics
  5. Social Networks7▲ 64×3 topics
  6. Education7▲ 9.9×4 topics
  7. Globalization7▲ 6.9×11 topics
  8. Genocide6▲ 222×2 topics
  9. Secularism6▲ 113×3 topics
  10. Guanxi6▲ 913×1 topic
  11. Wasta6▲ 913×1 topic
  12. Media6▲ 86×1 topic
  13. Qatar6▲ 758×1 topic
  14. Empire6▲ 125×2 topics
  15. Gender Equality6▲ 56×2 topics
  16. Islamic reform5▲ 296×1 topic
  17. Ottoman Empire5▲ 213×1 topic
  18. Identity4▲ 9.2×8 topics
  19. Islam3▲ 48×3 topics
  20. Democratization3▲ 118×3 topics
  21. Civil Society3▲ 57×2 topics
  22. Ethnicity3▲ 20×6 topics
  23. History3▲ 6.9×5 topics
  24. Palestine3▲ 95×2 topics
  25. Authoritarianism3▲ 62×2 topics
  26. Conflict3▲ 35×5 topics
  27. Neoliberalism3▲ 14×2 topics
  28. AKP3▲ 393×1 topic
  29. Kurdish question3▲ 393×1 topic
  30. Migration3▲ 16×7 topics
  31. Religion3▲ 8.7×6 topics
  32. Human Rights3▲ 5.8×2 topics
  33. Culture2▲ 8.5×5 topics
  34. Islamic Education2▲ 29×1 topic
  35. Pedagogy2▲ 12×1 topic
  36. Ethnic Identity2▲ 45×1 topic
  37. Israel2▲ 111×1 topic
  38. Philosophy2▲ 8.0×3 topics
  39. Democracy2▲ 9.1×5 topics
  40. Archaeological Evidence2▲ 61×2 topics

Which research topics does King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts, Socioeconomic Development in MENA, Islamic Studies and History and Translation Studies and Practices.

Middle East and Rwanda C…3Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts: 3 fractional worksSocioeconomic Developmen…2Socioeconomic Development in MENA: 2 fractional worksIslamic Studies and History: 1 fractional worksTranslation Studies and …1Translation Studies and Practices: 1 fractional worksAfrican history and cult…1African history and culture analysis: 1 fractional worksGlobal Maritime and Colo…1Global Maritime and Colonial Histories: 1 fractional worksLinguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 1 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Banking Studies: 1 fractional worksHistorical and Contemporary Political Dynamics: 0 fractional worksJewish and Middle Eastern Studies: 0 fractional works
Sociology and Political SciencePolitical Science and International RelationsLanguage and LinguisticsAnthropology2 others

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

  1. 1 Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  2. 2 Socioeconomic Development in MENA Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  3. 3 Islamic Studies and History Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  4. 4 Translation Studies and Practices Language and Linguistics 1 works
  5. 5 African history and culture analysis Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  6. 6 Global Maritime and Colonial Histories Anthropology 1 works
  7. 7 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  8. 8 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 1 works
  9. 9 Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics History 0 works
  10. 10 Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies Sociology and Political Science 0 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 available15.5%not open84.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.0%domestic only81.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 317% higher than in 2013–2017.

20002005201020152020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Other research institutions in Riyadh

All research institutions in Riyadh

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.