Lebanese University
In research, Lebanese University stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,314 of 9,585 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#6,088 of 10,670 worldwide) and Medicine (#5,357 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oral Surgery, Dentistry and Dermatology (Oral Surgery is 7.3× its share of world research).
- World rank, 2022-now
- #4,635 of 22,385 · #4,004 all time
- Rank in Lebanon
- #5 of 23
- Research works
- 6.8k ▼ 4% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 78k 11.6 per fractional work
- Top-10% rate
- 7.9% all institutions 10.0%
- vs its own fields
- 0.82× 1.00× is exactly expected
- Open access
- 53% world 40%
- International
- 44% world 18%
What is Lebanese University known for in research?
The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.
| Field | World rank | Where that sits | Top-10% rate | Works | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social SciencesDomain | #5,314 of 9,585 | 10.9% | 377 | #4791 | |
| Physical SciencesDomain | #6,088 of 10,670 | 7.3% | 515 | #4098 | |
| MedicineField | #5,357 of 8,541 | 6.1% | 596 | #6050 | |
| Life SciencesDomain | #4,147 of 6,403 | 7.2% | 266 | #3628 | |
| Health SciencesDomain | #6,626 of 9,902 | 6.3% | 708 | #7052 | |
| Agricultural and Biological SciencesField | #2,409 of 3,157 | 7.1% | 116 | #2232 | |
| Social SciencesField | #4,578 of 5,988 | 10.5% | 188 | #4458 | |
| SurgerySubfield | #1,223 of 1,532 | 5.5% | 95 | #2329 | |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField | #2,386 of 2,964 | 6.7% | 92 | #3122 | |
| EngineeringField | #4,897 of 5,901 | 7.5% | 154 | #4587 |
Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Lebanese 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).
Which of those standings moved
The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.
- Social Sciences#4,791 #5,314
- Physical Sciences#4,098 #6,088
- Medicine#6,050 #5,357
- Life Sciences#3,628 #4,147
- Health Sciences#7,052 #6,626
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences#2,232 #2,409
- Social Sciences#4,458 #4,578
- Surgery#2,329 #1,223
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#3,122 #2,386
- Engineering#4,587 #4,897
A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.
Which fields of science does Lebanese University work in?
In 2022-now, 38% of research at Lebanese University is in Health Sciences, 27% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (32%), Social Sciences (11%), Engineering (8%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Health Sciences.
Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.
Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
- Health Sciences79238.0%
- Medicine66932.1%
- Dentistry582.8%
- Health Professions492.3%
- Nursing130.6%
- Veterinary40.2%
- Physical Sciences57327.5%
- Engineering1708.2%
- Computer Science1396.6%
- Environmental Science934.4%
- Materials Science401.9%
- Mathematics311.5%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences271.3%
- Chemistry271.3%
- Physics and Astronomy231.1%
- Energy180.8%
- Chemical Engineering50.3%
- Social Sciences42920.6%
- Social Sciences22410.7%
- Psychology612.9%
- Arts and Humanities462.2%
- Business, Management and Accounting432.1%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance401.9%
- Decision Sciences140.7%
- Life Sciences29013.9%
What does Lebanese University specialise in?
Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oral Surgery takes 7.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.
- Oral SurgerySubfield · 29.3 works7.3×
- DentistryField · 58.1 works5.8×
- DermatologySubfield · 21.8 works4.0×
- Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 38.6 works4.0×
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 5.8×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Dentistry5.75×58 works
- Medicine1.67×669 works
- Veterinary1.51×4 works
- Mathematics1.26×31 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.25×124 works
- Nursing1.25×13 works
- Immunology and Microbiology1.15×24 works
- Neuroscience1.00×34 works
- Psychology0.97×62 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.92×103 works
- Energy0.91×18 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.91×40 works
- Environmental Science0.89×93 works
- Health Professions0.88×49 works
- Computer Science0.85×138 works
- Social Sciences0.85×224 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences0.83×27 works
- Chemistry0.82×27 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.81×6 works
- Arts and Humanities0.76×46 works
- Chemical Engineering0.73×5 works
- Decision Sciences0.72×14 works
- Business, Management and Accounting0.64×43 works
- Materials Science0.55×40 works
- Engineering0.54×170 works
- Physics and Astronomy0.50×23 works
- Dentistry 5.8×
- Medicine 1.7×
- Veterinary 1.5×
- Mathematics 1.3×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 1.2×
- Nursing 1.2×
- Immunology and Microbiology 1.1×
- Neuroscience 1.0×
- Psychology 1.0×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 0.9×
- Energy 0.9×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 0.9×
- Environmental Science 0.9×
- Health Professions 0.9×
- Computer Science 0.8×
- Social Sciences 0.8×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 0.8×
- Chemistry 0.8×
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 0.8×
- Arts and Humanities 0.8×
- Chemical Engineering 0.7×
- Decision Sciences 0.7×
- Business, Management and Accounting 0.6×
- Materials Science 0.6×
- Engineering 0.5×
- Physics and Astronomy 0.5×
Who are the top researchers at Lebanese University?
Ranked on the quality score, Farouk Fardoun, Najah A. R. Ghamrawi and Rafic Younès lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Lebanese University.
- 1
Farouk Fardoun
Lebanon · #153,847 worldwide 4k citations · 78 works
- 2
Najah A. R. Ghamrawi
Lebanon · #312,159 worldwide 1.1k citations · 58 works
- 3
Rafic Younès
Lebanon · #705,771 worldwide 3.6k citations · 156 works
- 4
Hélène Greige‐Gerges
Lebanon · #956,293 worldwide 8k citations · 143 works
- 5
Rasha Hamdan
Lebanon · #982,303 worldwide 873 citations · 27 works
- 6
Zeinab Ezzeddine
Lebanon · #1,330,584 worldwide 1.1k citations · 39 works
- 7
Kazem Zibara
Lebanon · #1,353,097 worldwide 5.7k citations · 211 works
- 8
Katia Iskandar
Lebanon · #1,381,902 worldwide 3.3k citations · 92 works
- 9
Elias Kinab
Lebanon · #1,415,686 worldwide 592 citations · 23 works
- 10
Amira Haddarah
Lebanon · #1,433,940 worldwide 1.5k citations · 27 works
Which keywords describe research at Lebanese University?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Politics, Treatment, Phylogeny, Refugees, Diagnosis, Taxonomy and Sovereignty.
- Speciation
- Middle East
- DNA Barcoding
- Sectarianism
- SARS-CoV-2
- Civil War
- Antibiotic Resistance
- Refugees
- Phylogeny
- Chemotherapy
- Depression
- Clinical Trials
- Surgical Management
- Politics
- Pandemic
- COVID-19
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Climate Change
- Deep Learning
- Epidemiology
- Machine Learning
- Inflammation
- Quality of Life
- Globalization
- Risk Factors
- Mental Health
- Complications
- Governance
- Identity
- Invasive Species
- Management
- Pathogenesis
- Taxonomy
- Sovereignty
- Evolution
- Lebanon
- Biogeography
- Pathophysiology
- Anatomy
Size is fractional works in 2022-now 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
- Epidemiology160▲ 1.93×123 topics
- Deep Learning68◆ 0.95×65 topics
- Machine Learning66◆ 0.94×70 topics
- Climate Change50◆ 0.89×72 topics
- Inflammation50◆ 1.14×80 topics
- Treatment50▲ 1.98×49 topics
- Quality of Life47▲ 1.55×45 topics
- Diagnosis44▲ 2.2×41 topics
- Globalization43◆ 1.04×49 topics
- COVID-1942▲ 1.55×22 topics
- Risk Factors36▲ 1.58×35 topics
- Pandemic34▲ 1.65×10 topics
- Mental Health33◆ 1.09×31 topics
- Politics30▲ 5.5×7 topics
- Complications30▲ 2.9×16 topics
- Surgical Management30▲ 3.5×20 topics
- Governance28▲ 4.2×8 topics
- Clinical Trials27▲ 1.94×19 topics
- Identity27▲ 1.78×14 topics
- Depression27▲ 1.46×20 topics
- Invasive Species26▲ 2.9×17 topics
- Chemotherapy26▲ 1.74×24 topics
- Management26▲ 1.54×30 topics
- Phylogeny26▲ 7.4×14 topics
- Pathogenesis25▲ 2.4×22 topics
- Refugees24▲ 9.1×5 topics
- Taxonomy23▲ 7.5×14 topics
- Antibiotic Resistance22▲ 2.6×14 topics
- Sovereignty22▲ 11×4 topics
- Civil War21▲ 33×2 topics
- Evolution21▲ 3.8×13 topics
- SARS-CoV-220▲ 3.2×6 topics
- Lebanon20▲ 89×1 topic
- Sectarianism20▲ 89×1 topic
- Biogeography19▲ 3.3×18 topics
- DNA Barcoding18▲ 5.0×9 topics
- Pathophysiology17▲ 2.8×11 topics
- Middle East12▲ 9.3×2 topics
- Anatomy11▲ 7.4×3 topics
- Speciation11▲ 12×3 topics
Which research topics does Lebanese University publish most on?
By volume in 2022-now: Middle East Politics and Society, Facial Rejuvenation and Surgery Techniques, Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology and Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Middle East Politics and Society Sociology and Political Science 20 works
- 2 Facial Rejuvenation and Surgery Techniques Dermatology 9 works
- 3 Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology Oral Surgery 8 works
- 4 Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 8 works
- 5 Socioeconomic Development in MENA Sociology and Political Science 8 works
- 6 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 7 works
- 7 Dental Implant Techniques and Outcomes Oral Surgery 7 works
- 8 Technology-Enhanced Education Studies Education 7 works
- 9 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 7 works
- 10 Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts Sociology and Political Science 7 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.
World: 40% of research is openly available.
World: 18% is written across borders.
How has Lebanese University's research output changed?
Output in 2022-2025 was 4% lower than in 2018-2021.
The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.
Its share of all research
Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Lebanese University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0087% in 2024.
Fractional works of Lebanese University over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.
How much of it reaches the world top 10%
Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 9.4% in 2008.
Other research institutions in Beirut
- American University of Beirut
- Lebanese American University
- Saint Joseph University
- Beirut Arab University
- Global University
- Holy Spirit University of Kaslik
- Hôtel-Dieu de France
- Lebanese International University
Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners have tabs of their own, above.
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