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Kuwait University

In research, Kuwait University stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,162 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#1,243 of 10,443 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#1,896 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Dentistry — Dentistry is 4.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,233
of 28,054 · #2,421 all time
Rank in Kuwait
#2
of 23
Research works
17k
▲ 18% vs 2013–17
Citations
313k
17.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
32%
world 28%

What is Kuwait 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 #1,162 of 11,982 15.4%538 #1652
MedicineField #1,243 of 10,443 14.2%420 #2038
Social SciencesDomain #1,896 of 10,521 20.0%614 #1191
Physical SciencesDomain #2,768 of 12,888 14.9%964 #2561
Social SciencesField #1,620 of 6,365 20.0%301 #683
Life SciencesDomain #2,261 of 7,800 16.6%229 #2372
EngineeringField #2,144 of 6,636 12.6%373 #1710
EducationSubfield #673 of 1,892 29.6%75 #1126
Environmental ScienceField #1,738 of 3,551 21.9%126 #2112
Health ProfessionsField #945 of 1,928 22.5%60 #850

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kuwait 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#1,652 #1,162
  2. Medicine#2,038 #1,243
  3. Social Sciences#1,191 #1,896
  4. Physical Sciences#2,561 #2,768
  5. Social Sciences#683 #1,620
  6. Life Sciences#2,372 #2,261
  7. Engineering#1,710 #2,144
  8. Education#1,126 #673
  9. Environmental Science#2,112 #1,738
  10. Health Professions#850 #945
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 Kuwait University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Dentistry takes 4.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. DentistryField · 45.9 works4.0×
← 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, 38 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.97× its world share, 121 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.10× its world share, 26 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.00× its world share, 38 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.78× its world share, 6 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.85× its world share, 7 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.54× its world share, 57 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.14× its world share, 209 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.92× its world share, 34 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.21× its world share, 26 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.06× its world share, 373 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.08× its world share, 126 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.62× its world share, 50 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.05× its world share, 57 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.49× its world share, 26 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 4.03× its world share, 46 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.98× its world share, 60 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.93× its world share, 420 worksMedicineNursing: 0.89× its world share, 10 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.52× its world share, 36 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.22× its world share, 92 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.83× its world share, 42 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.28× its world share, 64 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.11× its world share, 79 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.01× its world share, 301 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Kuwait University?

Ranked on the composite score, Olav Thulesius, Mona Al‐Ahmad and Ahmed M. Abdel‐Khalek lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kuwait University.

  1. 1 Olav Thulesius Kuwait · #155,051 worldwide 169 citations · 58 works
  2. 2 Mona Al‐Ahmad Kuwait · #185,374 worldwide 128 citations · 25 works
  3. 3 Ahmed M. Abdel‐Khalek Kuwait · #185,945 worldwide 280 citations · 48 works
  4. 4 C. P. Rao Kuwait · #188,435 worldwide 216 citations · 30 works
  5. 5 Hisham Ettouney Kuwait · #197,101 worldwide 251 citations · 30 works
  6. 6 Andreas Christoforou Kuwait · #222,114 worldwide 169 citations · 22 works
  7. 7 Ali Kanso Kuwait · #225,490 worldwide 160 citations · 22 works
  8. 8 Hisham El-Dessouky Kuwait · #239,701 worldwide 222 citations · 19 works
  9. 9 Suhail Ahmad Kuwait · #240,919 worldwide 119 citations · 40 works
  10. 10 Robert Brenner Kuwait · #287,083 worldwide 318 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Kuwait University

Which keywords describe research at Kuwait University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Risk Management, Epidemiology, Machine Learning, Inflammation, Deep Learning, Oxidative Stress, Middle East and Renewable Energy.

▲ 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. Epidemiology108▲ 1.16×117 topics
  2. Machine Learning92▲ 1.20×73 topics
  3. Deep Learning70◆ 0.88×63 topics
  4. Inflammation59▲ 1.20×75 topics
  5. Sustainability56◆ 0.98×48 topics
  6. Risk Management52▲ 4.6×13 topics
  7. Climate Change52▼ 0.81×61 topics
  8. Oxidative Stress50▲ 1.32×53 topics
  9. Renewable Energy48▲ 1.41×34 topics
  10. Education46◆ 1.14×33 topics
  11. COVID-1946▲ 1.43×25 topics
  12. Social Media46▲ 1.37×26 topics
  13. Quality of Life40▲ 1.17×42 topics
  14. Cardiovascular Disease36▲ 1.39×29 topics
  15. Mental Health36◆ 1.04×27 topics
  16. Supply Chain Management36▲ 1.63×16 topics
  17. Nanoparticles35▲ 1.18×36 topics
  18. Healthcare33▲ 1.25×19 topics
  19. Corporate Governance33▲ 1.90×15 topics
  20. Metabolic Syndrome32▲ 1.68×22 topics
  21. Pandemic31▲ 1.25×12 topics
  22. Depression29▲ 1.42×18 topics
  23. Social Networks23▲ 3.6×7 topics
  24. Finance22▲ 4.8×4 topics
  25. Technology Integration22▲ 3.1×10 topics
  26. Financial Stability22▲ 4.6×6 topics
  27. Human Resource Management22▲ 5.9×3 topics
  28. Islamic Banking21▲ 2.2×3 topics
  29. Performance Analysis19▲ 3.8×3 topics
  30. Middle East19▲ 13×2 topics
  31. Localization19▲ 6.6×3 topics
  32. Global Financial Crisis18▲ 5.6×2 topics
  33. Ethical Identity18▲ 6.1×1 topic
  34. Shariah Supervision18▲ 6.1×1 topic
  35. Guanxi17▲ 33×1 topic
  36. Wasta17▲ 33×1 topic
  37. Supramolecular Chemistry13▲ 6.6×4 topics
  38. Genocide12▲ 9.5×3 topics
  39. Madrasa12▲ 7.2×1 topic
  40. Muslim Students12▲ 7.2×1 topic

Which research topics does Kuwait University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Islamic Finance and Banking Studies, Socioeconomic Development in MENA, Education and Islamic Studies and Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies.

Islamic Finance and Bank…18Islamic Finance and Banking Studies: 18 fractional worksSocioeconomic Developmen…17Socioeconomic Development in MENA: 17 fractional worksEducation and Islamic St…12Education and Islamic Studies: 12 fractional worksLinguistic, Cultural, an…12Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 12 fractional worksMiddle East and Rwanda Conflicts: 11 fractional worksHydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis: 10 fractional worksLegal and Regulatory Ana…9Legal and Regulatory Analysis: 9 fractional worksConstruction Project Management and Performance: 9 fractional worksMilitary Technology and Strategies: 9 fractional worksTechnology Adoption and …8Technology Adoption and User Behaviour: 8 fractional works
AccountingSociology and Political ScienceEducationMechanical Engineering4 others

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

  1. 1 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 18 works
  2. 2 Socioeconomic Development in MENA Sociology and Political Science 17 works
  3. 3 Education and Islamic Studies Education 12 works
  4. 4 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 12 works
  5. 5 Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts Sociology and Political Science 11 works
  6. 6 Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis Mechanical Engineering 10 works
  7. 7 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 9 works
  8. 8 Construction Project Management and Performance Management Science and Operations Research 9 works
  9. 9 Military Technology and Strategies Aerospace Engineering 9 works
  10. 10 Technology Adoption and User Behaviour Information Systems and Management 8 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 available32.4%not open67.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.3%domestic only75.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Kuwait University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 18% 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.

Other research institutions in Kuwait City

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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.