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Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences

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Research works
48
▼ 37% vs 2013–17
Citations
697
14.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
0.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
28%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences 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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1.98× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Computer Science: 1.29× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 3.12× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.84× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMedicine: 1.15× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 1.51× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 2.22× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesSocial Sciences: 2.28× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainability, Renewable Energy, Climate Change, Environmental Impact, Resource Management, Nexus, Water and Middle East.

▲ 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. Sustainability7▲ 7.8×12 topics
  2. Climate Change6▲ 4.3×9 topics
  3. Renewable Energy4▲ 9.5×9 topics
  4. Environmental Impact4▲ 5.8×10 topics
  5. Resource Management3▲ 33×2 topics
  6. Nexus2▲ 236×1 topic
  7. Water2▲ 116×1 topic
  8. Energy Storage2▲ 12×2 topics
  9. Middle East2▲ 97×2 topics
  10. Empire2▲ 49×2 topics
  11. Democracy2▲ 11×3 topics
  12. Globalization2▲ 2.3×6 topics
  13. Heat Exchangers2▲ 57×2 topics
  14. Heat Transfer2▲ 8.3×2 topics
  15. Politics2▲ 15×4 topics
  16. Economic Development2▲ 5.1×3 topics
  17. Education2▲ 2.8×4 topics
  18. Islamic reform2▲ 104×1 topic
  19. Ottoman Empire2▲ 75×1 topic
  20. Culture2▲ 6.5×3 topics
  21. Gender2▲ 5.5×3 topics
  22. Identity2▲ 4.2×3 topics
  23. Archaeological Evidence1▲ 62×2 topics
  24. Palestine1▲ 49×2 topics
  25. Electrolysis1▲ 84×1 topic
  26. Hydrogen1▲ 54×1 topic
  27. Keratocystic Odontogenic Tumor1▲ 72×1 topic
  28. Odontogenic Tumors1▲ 72×1 topic
  29. STEM Education1▲ 9.6×3 topics
  30. Migration1▲ 8.0×3 topics
  31. Numerical Simulation1▲ 7.3×2 topics
  32. Cultural Interaction1▲ 110×2 topics
  33. Multivariate Statistical Techniques1▲ 64×1 topic
  34. Water Quality Index1▲ 64×1 topic
  35. Arabia1▲ 72×1 topic
  36. Boiling Heat Transfer1▲ 78×1 topic
  37. Byzantine1▲ 72×1 topic
  38. Convective Heat Transfer1▲ 35×1 topic
  39. Microchannel1▲ 45×1 topic
  40. Microchannels1▲ 78×1 topic

Which research topics does Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Heart Failure Treatment and Management, Gender and Technology in Education, Diverse Educational Innovations Studies and Science Education and Pedagogy.

Heart Failure Treatment …0Heart Failure Treatment and Management: 0 fractional worksGender and Technology in…0Gender and Technology in Education: 0 fractional worksDiverse Educational Inno…0Diverse Educational Innovations Studies: 0 fractional worksScience Education and Pe…0Science Education and Pedagogy: 0 fractional worksEnergy and Environment Impacts: 0 fractional worksMunicipal Solid Waste Management: 0 fractional worksPotassium and Related Di…0Potassium and Related Disorders: 0 fractional worksDialysis and Renal Disease Management: 0 fractional worksEducation and Technology Integration: 0 fractional worksICT in Developing Commun…0ICT in Developing Communities: 0 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineGender StudiesGeneral Agricultural and Biological SciencesEducation5 others

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

  1. 1 Heart Failure Treatment and Management Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 0 works
  2. 2 Gender and Technology in Education Gender Studies 0 works
  3. 3 Diverse Educational Innovations Studies General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0 works
  4. 4 Science Education and Pedagogy Education 0 works
  5. 5 Energy and Environment Impacts Pollution 0 works
  6. 6 Municipal Solid Waste Management Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 0 works
  7. 7 Potassium and Related Disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 0 works
  8. 8 Dialysis and Renal Disease Management Nephrology 0 works
  9. 9 Education and Technology Integration Education 0 works
  10. 10 ICT in Developing Communities Information Systems 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 available28.1%not open71.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors33.3%domestic only66.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 37% lower than in 2013–2017.

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