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Kingdom University

In research, Kingdom University stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,370 of 10,521 worldwide), Business, Management and Accounting (#1,421 of 2,578 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#3,676 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Aquatic Science, Economics and Econometrics and Economics, Econometrics and Finance — Aquatic Science is 24.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,479
of 28,054 · #26,674 all time
Rank in Bahrain
#7
of 14
Research works
746
▲ 289% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.9k
5.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
77%
world 28%

What is Kingdom 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
Social SciencesDomain #3,370 of 10,521 15.1%318 #7251
Business, Management and AccountingField #1,421 of 2,578 33.2%61 #2502
Social SciencesField #3,676 of 6,365 5.9%161 #7306
Physical SciencesDomain #10,637 of 12,888 16.5%95 #19172
EducationSubfield #1,762 of 1,892 3.8%78 —

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kingdom 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. Social Sciences#7,251 #3,370
  2. Business, Management and Accounting#2,502 #1,421
  3. Social Sciences#7,306 #3,676
  4. Physical Sciences#19,172 #10,637
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 Kingdom University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Aquatic Science takes 24.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Aquatic ScienceSubfield · 20.4 works24×
  2. Economics and EconometricsSubfield · 49.9 works6.7×
  3. Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField · 56.9 works5.7×
  4. EducationSubfield · 78.4 works5.5×
← 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: 1.22× its world share, 27 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.15× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.30× its world share, 47 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.78× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.35× its world share, 24 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.71× its world share, 16 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.43× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.17× its world share, 15 worksMedicineNursing: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.15× its world share, 16 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4.04× its world share, 61 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.60× its world share, 12 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5.68× its world share, 57 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.80× its world share, 12 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.72× its world share, 161 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 5.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Kingdom University?

Ranked on the composite score, Iqbal Thonse Hawaldar and Nishad Nawaz lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kingdom University.

  1. 1 Iqbal Thonse Hawaldar Bahrain · #493,551 worldwide 20 citations · 28 works
  2. 2 Nishad Nawaz Bahrain · #938,749 worldwide 78 citations · 36 works
All ranked researchers at Kingdom University

Which keywords describe research at Kingdom University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Pedagogy, Language Teaching, Teaching Methods, Tourism Development, Digital Education, Critical Thinking, Student Competencies and Entrepreneurship.

▲ 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. Pedagogy72▲ 31×10 topics
  2. Language Teaching70▲ 59×5 topics
  3. Teaching Methods69▲ 103×3 topics
  4. Tourism Development69▲ 122×2 topics
  5. Digital Education68▲ 112×2 topics
  6. Critical Thinking68▲ 147×1 topic
  7. Student Competencies68▲ 288×1 topic
  8. Sustainability43▲ 3.8×32 topics
  9. Entrepreneurship38▲ 21×7 topics
  10. Globalization36▲ 4.0×23 topics
  11. Economic Development34▲ 9.0×13 topics
  12. Investment30▲ 66×3 topics
  13. Digital Economy30▲ 35×3 topics
  14. Industrial Enterprises29▲ 312×1 topic
  15. Innovation Economics29▲ 312×1 topic
  16. Renewable Energy28▲ 4.1×23 topics
  17. Human Rights24▲ 5.0×36 topics
  18. Machine Learning24▲ 1.55×43 topics
  19. Energy Consumption24▲ 22×5 topics
  20. Climate Change Impact22▲ 21×4 topics
  21. Corporate Governance20▲ 5.6×16 topics
  22. Irrigation19▲ 287×1 topic
  23. Water Efficiency19▲ 287×1 topic
  24. Healthcare18▲ 3.3×10 topics
  25. International Law18▲ 12×20 topics
  26. Artificial Intelligence16▲ 2.5×26 topics
  27. Risk Management15▲ 6.8×10 topics
  28. Sustainable Development14▲ 1.85×31 topics
  29. Supply Chain Management13▲ 3.0×13 topics
  30. Global Governance13▲ 12×14 topics
  31. Social Capital11▲ 4.6×8 topics
  32. Digital Transformation11▲ 4.5×12 topics
  33. Finance10▲ 11×2 topics
  34. Regulation10▲ 3.9×9 topics
  35. Financial Stability10▲ 10×3 topics
  36. Islamic Banking9▲ 4.7×3 topics
  37. Stock Market9▲ 7.7×3 topics
  38. Ethical Identity8▲ 14×1 topic
  39. Shariah Supervision8▲ 14×1 topic
  40. Monetary Policy7▲ 6.5×5 topics

Which research topics does Kingdom University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Education, Innovation and Language Studies, Economic and Industrial Development, Engineering and Agricultural Innovations and Islamic Finance and Banking Studies.

Education, Innovation an…68Education, Innovation and Language Studies: 68 fractional worksEconomic and Industrial Development: 29 fractional worksEngineering and Agricultural Innovations: 19 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Banking Studies: 8 fractional worksLinguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 6 fractional worksFinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance: 5 fractional worksInternational Law and Human Rights: 4 fractional worksOrganizational and Employee Performance: 4 fractional worksMarket Dynamics and Volatility: 4 fractional worksTechnology Adoption and User Behaviour: 4 fractional works
EducationEconomics and EconometricsAquatic ScienceAccounting5 others

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

  1. 1 Education, Innovation and Language Studies Education 68 works
  2. 2 Economic and Industrial Development Economics and Econometrics 29 works
  3. 3 Engineering and Agricultural Innovations Aquatic Science 19 works
  4. 4 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 8 works
  5. 5 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 6 works
  6. 6 FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance Management Information Systems 5 works
  7. 7 International Law and Human Rights Political Science and International Relations 4 works
  8. 8 Organizational and Employee Performance Artificial Intelligence 4 works
  9. 9 Market Dynamics and Volatility Economics and Econometrics 4 works
  10. 10 Technology Adoption and User Behaviour Information Systems and Management 4 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 available76.7%not open23.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors37.4%domestic only62.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Kingdom University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 289% higher than in 2013–2017.

201020152020
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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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