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Lebanese American University

In research, Lebanese American University stands highest in Economics, Econometrics and Finance (#2 of 1,775 worldwide), Economics and Econometrics (#2 of 1,272 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#272 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Modeling and Simulation, Numerical Analysis and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics — Modeling and Simulation is 18.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#459
of 28,054 · #2,093 all time
Rank in Lebanon
#1
of 25
Research works
4.9k
▲ 70% vs 2013–17
Citations
93k
18.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
41.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
42%
world 28%

What is Lebanese American 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
Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField #2 of 1,775 77.2%208 #165
Economics and EconometricsSubfield #2 of 1,272 79.8%166 #134
Social SciencesDomain #272 of 10,521 53.6%701 #915
Physical SciencesDomain #421 of 12,888 40.6%1,025 #2001
MathematicsField #37 of 1,053 37.2%118 #666
EnergyField #38 of 694 58.7%63 —
Business, Management and AccountingField #217 of 2,578 59.2%101 #622
Environmental ScienceField #306 of 3,551 48.7%101 #1240
EngineeringField #627 of 6,636 34.5%341 #1905
Computer ScienceField #590 of 4,667 46.6%266 #1306

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Lebanese American 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. Economics, Econometrics and Finance#165 #2
  2. Economics and Econometrics#134 #2
  3. Social Sciences#915 #272
  4. Physical Sciences#2,001 #421
  5. Mathematics#666 #37
  6. Business, Management and Accounting#622 #217
  7. Environmental Science#1,240 #306
  8. Engineering#1,905 #627
  9. Computer Science#1,306 #590
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 Lebanese American University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Modeling and Simulation takes 18.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Modeling and SimulationSubfield · 58.5 works18×
  2. Numerical AnalysisSubfield · 22.7 works12×
  3. Statistical and Nonlinear PhysicsSubfield · 51.4 works7.1×
  4. Economics and EconometricsSubfield · 166.4 works4.6×
  5. MathematicsField · 117.6 works4.4×
  6. Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField · 208.0 works4.2×
  7. FinanceSubfield · 26.9 works3.9×
← 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: 0.39× its world share, 43 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.71× its world share, 86 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.71× its world share, 16 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.55× its world share, 20 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.71× its world share, 6 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.96× its world share, 8 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.52× its world share, 19 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.49× its world share, 266 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 11 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.99× its world share, 63 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.99× its world share, 341 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.89× its world share, 101 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.44× its world share, 35 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 4.36× its world share, 118 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.25× its world share, 64 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.25× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.86× its world share, 52 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.75× its world share, 331 worksMedicineNursing: 0.83× its world share, 9 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.29× its world share, 20 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.37× its world share, 101 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.70× its world share, 38 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4.24× its world share, 208 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.35× its world share, 94 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.83× its world share, 241 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 4.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Lebanese American University?

Ranked on the composite score, Azzam Mourad, Elie Bouri and Abdul-Nasser El-Kassar lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Lebanese American University.

  1. 1 Azzam Mourad Lebanon · #58,022 worldwide 585 citations · 61 works
  2. 2 Elie Bouri Lebanon · #80,986 worldwide 966 citations · 98 works
  3. 3 Abdul-Nasser El-Kassar Lebanon · #247,351 worldwide 308 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Wissam Fawaz Lebanon · #253,120 worldwide 151 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Pierre Zalloua Lebanon · #260,907 worldwide 109 citations · 23 works
  6. 6 Hani Dimassi Lebanon · #267,823 worldwide 101 citations · 26 works
  7. 7 Samer S. Saab Lebanon · #271,639 worldwide 152 citations · 31 works
  8. 8 Joe Tekli Lebanon · #503,132 worldwide 62 citations · 30 works
  9. 9 Guy Assaker Lebanon · #506,639 worldwide 148 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Chadi Abou‐Rjeily Lebanon · #531,912 worldwide 123 citations · 37 works
All ranked researchers at Lebanese American University

Which keywords describe research at Lebanese American University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Renewable Energy, Heat Transfer, Nonlinear Equations, Financial Development, Economic Growth, Panel Data Analysis, Energy Consumption and CO2 Emissions.

▲ 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 Learning128▲ 1.63×76 topics
  2. Renewable Energy119▲ 3.6×34 topics
  3. Machine Learning108▲ 1.45×79 topics
  4. Economic Growth92▲ 4.7×23 topics
  5. Heat Transfer81▲ 7.2×15 topics
  6. Nonlinear Equations76▲ 26×5 topics
  7. Financial Development74▲ 21×3 topics
  8. Environmental Impact73▲ 1.86×47 topics
  9. Panel Data Analysis72▲ 20×3 topics
  10. Urbanization67▲ 7.1×8 topics
  11. Energy Consumption65▲ 13×4 topics
  12. CO2 Emissions64▲ 15×4 topics
  13. Environmental Regulation63▲ 18×2 topics
  14. Kuznets Curve63▲ 24×1 topic
  15. Trade Openness63▲ 24×1 topic
  16. Monetary Policy61▲ 11×6 topics
  17. Healthcare60▲ 2.3×16 topics
  18. Energy Efficiency59▲ 2.8×28 topics
  19. Internet of Things54▲ 2.7×23 topics
  20. Stock Market54▲ 9.8×2 topics
  21. Politics50▲ 8.0×8 topics
  22. Experimental Investigation49▲ 20×4 topics
  23. Fractional Calculus46▲ 35×2 topics
  24. Financialization46▲ 20×2 topics
  25. Global Economy46▲ 15×5 topics
  26. Anomalous Diffusion45▲ 36×2 topics
  27. Economic Policy Uncertainty44▲ 30×1 topic
  28. Oil Price Shocks44▲ 30×1 topic
  29. Homotopy Analysis Method44▲ 42×1 topic
  30. Random Walk44▲ 42×1 topic
  31. Refugees41▲ 14×4 topics
  32. Governance40▲ 5.3×7 topics
  33. Thermal Conductivity34▲ 9.6×7 topics
  34. Review32▲ 12×4 topics
  35. Nanofluids32▲ 17×2 topics
  36. Viscosity32▲ 20×3 topics
  37. Convective Transport31▲ 30×1 topic
  38. Enhancement31▲ 30×1 topic
  39. Civil War31▲ 43×2 topics
  40. Household Behavior30▲ 13×2 topics

Which research topics does Lebanese American University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Energy, Environment, Economic Growth, Market Dynamics and Volatility, Fractional Differential Equations Solutions and Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer.

Energy, Environment, Economic Growth: 63 fractional worksMarket Dynamics and Volatility: 44 fractional worksFractional Differential …44Fractional Differential Equations Solutions: 44 fractional worksNanofluid Flow and Heat …31Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer: 31 fractional worksMiddle East Politics and Society: 29 fractional worksEnergy, Environment, and Transportation Policies: 28 fractional worksBlockchain Technology Ap…25Blockchain Technology Applications and Security: 25 fractional worksNonlinear Waves and Solitons: 24 fractional worksHeat Transfer Mechanisms: 18 fractional worksJewish and Middle Eastern Studies: 16 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsModeling and SimulationBiomedical EngineeringSociology and Political Science4 others

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

  1. 1 Energy, Environment, Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 63 works
  2. 2 Market Dynamics and Volatility Economics and Econometrics 44 works
  3. 3 Fractional Differential Equations Solutions Modeling and Simulation 44 works
  4. 4 Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer Biomedical Engineering 31 works
  5. 5 Middle East Politics and Society Sociology and Political Science 29 works
  6. 6 Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 28 works
  7. 7 Blockchain Technology Applications and Security Information Systems 25 works
  8. 8 Nonlinear Waves and Solitons Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 24 works
  9. 9 Heat Transfer Mechanisms Mechanical Engineering 18 works
  10. 10 Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies Sociology and Political Science 16 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 available41.5%not open58.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors47.9%domestic only52.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Lebanese American University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 70% 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.

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