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Lebanese French University

In research, Lebanese French University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#8,397 of 12,888 worldwide), Social Sciences (#7,801 of 10,521 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#5,588 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Accounting and Business, Management and Accounting — Accounting is 9.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,015
of 28,054 · #18,964 all time
Rank in Iraq
#56
of 67
Research works
807
▲ 349% vs 2013–17
Citations
6.7k
8.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
77%
world 28%

What is Lebanese French 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
Physical SciencesDomain #8,397 of 12,888 23.8%119 #13277
Social SciencesDomain #7,801 of 10,521 10.7%184 #10945
Social SciencesField #5,588 of 6,365 12.3%73 #7896

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Lebanese French 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. Physical Sciences#13,277 #8,397
  2. Social Sciences#10,945 #7,801
  3. Social Sciences#7,896 #5,588
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 French University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Accounting takes 9.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. AccountingSubfield · 21.4 works9.4×
  2. Business, Management and AccountingField · 47.5 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: 0.29× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.20× its world share, 24 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.71× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.99× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.65× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.21× its world share, 7 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.84× its world share, 54 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.22× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.64× its world share, 36 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.52× its world share, 10 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.27× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.49× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.37× its world share, 26 worksMedicineNursing: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 2.48× its world share, 27 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.95× its world share, 48 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.42× its world share, 9 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.28× its world share, 18 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.87× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.54× its world share, 73 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

Who are the top researchers at Lebanese French University?

Ranked on the composite score, Mokhtar Mohammadi, M. Sivaram and Philip J Tarnoff lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Lebanese French University.

  1. 1 Mokhtar Mohammadi Iraq · #46,594 worldwide 478 citations · 31 works
  2. 2 M. Sivaram Iraq · #502,758 worldwide 81 citations · 22 works
  3. 3 Philip J Tarnoff Iraq · #640,134 worldwide 37 citations · 26 works
  4. 4 V. Manikandan Iraq · #1,382,360 worldwide 9 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Lebanese French University

Which keywords describe research at Lebanese French University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Corporate Governance, Risk Management, Financial Stability, Finance, Global Financial Crisis, Islamic Banking, Performance Analysis and Ethical Identity.

▲ 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. Corporate Governance26▲ 9.5×13 topics
  2. Machine Learning24▲ 1.93×48 topics
  3. Deep Learning22▲ 1.73×48 topics
  4. Globalization18▲ 2.4×26 topics
  5. Risk Management16▲ 8.9×7 topics
  6. Financial Stability14▲ 19×2 topics
  7. Supply Chain Management14▲ 4.1×11 topics
  8. Education14▲ 2.2×20 topics
  9. Finance14▲ 19×2 topics
  10. Global Financial Crisis14▲ 27×2 topics
  11. Islamic Banking14▲ 9.1×2 topics
  12. Performance Analysis14▲ 17×3 topics
  13. Ethical Identity14▲ 29×1 topic
  14. Shariah Supervision14▲ 29×1 topic
  15. Cancer13▲ 2.6×29 topics
  16. Sustainable Development13▲ 2.1×15 topics
  17. Leadership12▲ 6.6×11 topics
  18. Healthcare12▲ 2.8×8 topics
  19. Customer Satisfaction11▲ 9.5×4 topics
  20. Internet of Things11▲ 3.5×13 topics
  21. Artificial Intelligence10▲ 2.0×19 topics
  22. Digital Transformation10▲ 5.3×8 topics
  23. Innovation10▲ 2.5×12 topics
  24. Human Rights10▲ 2.5×15 topics
  25. Organizational Performance10▲ 11×7 topics
  26. Energy Efficiency9▲ 2.7×20 topics
  27. Literature9▲ 4.6×11 topics
  28. Smart Cities9▲ 9.0×6 topics
  29. Regulation8▲ 4.2×9 topics
  30. Feminism8▲ 8.0×6 topics
  31. Employee Engagement8▲ 12×4 topics
  32. Convolutional Neural Networks8▲ 3.0×11 topics
  33. Teacher Training8▲ 3.5×8 topics
  34. Knowledge Management8▲ 3.6×7 topics
  35. Biogenesis8▲ 11×3 topics
  36. Performance Measurement8▲ 7.0×5 topics
  37. Environmental Management7▲ 4.8×6 topics
  38. IoT7▲ 5.1×10 topics
  39. Language Teaching6▲ 6.3×5 topics
  40. Financial Crisis6▲ 14×7 topics

Which research topics does Lebanese French University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Islamic Finance and Banking Studies, Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research, Organizational and Employee Performance and Business and Economic Development.

Islamic Finance and Bank…14Islamic Finance and Banking Studies: 14 fractional worksCancer-related molecular mechanisms research: 5 fractional worksOrganizational and Employee Performance: 5 fractional worksBusiness and Economic Development: 4 fractional worksOrganizational Leadership and Management Strategies: 4 fractional worksCOVID-19 Pandemic Impacts: 4 fractional worksCircular RNAs in diseases4Circular RNAs in diseases: 4 fractional worksAuditing, Earnings Management, Governance: 4 fractional worksMicroRNA in disease regulation: 3 fractional worksIslamic Studies and History: 3 fractional works
AccountingCancer ResearchArtificial IntelligenceManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law4 others

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

  1. 1 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 14 works
  2. 2 Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research Cancer Research 5 works
  3. 3 Organizational and Employee Performance Artificial Intelligence 5 works
  4. 4 Business and Economic Development Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 4 works
  5. 5 Organizational Leadership and Management Strategies Strategy and Management 4 works
  6. 6 COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Economics and Econometrics 4 works
  7. 7 Circular RNAs in diseases Molecular Biology 4 works
  8. 8 Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance Accounting 4 works
  9. 9 MicroRNA in disease regulation Cancer Research 3 works
  10. 10 Islamic Studies and History Political Science and International Relations 3 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 available76.9%not open23.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors30.7%domestic only69.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Lebanese French University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 349% 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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