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Lebanese University

In research, Lebanese University stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,756 of 10,521 worldwide), Health Sciences (#2,163 of 11,982 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#1,302 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oral Surgery, Dentistry and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics — Oral Surgery is 8.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,685
of 28,054 · #4,843 all time
Rank in Lebanon
#3
of 25
Research works
6.3k
▲ 64% vs 2013–17
Citations
74k
11.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
53%
world 28%

What is Lebanese 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
Social SciencesDomain #1,756 of 10,521 23.5%370 #3191
Health SciencesDomain #2,163 of 11,982 10.7%565 #2984
Social SciencesField #1,302 of 6,365 25.0%186 #2450
MedicineField #2,480 of 10,443 10.4%460 #3786
Physical SciencesDomain #3,843 of 12,888 13.4%511 #5086
Life SciencesDomain #2,352 of 7,800 14.6%254 #4257
EngineeringField #3,346 of 6,636 12.6%152 #3208
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,687 of 2,578 18.5%68 #2675
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,386 of 3,579 13.6%85 #4270
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #2,365 of 3,409 15.0%116 #2933

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 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. Social Sciences#3,191 #1,756
  2. Health Sciences#2,984 #2,163
  3. Social Sciences#2,450 #1,302
  4. Medicine#3,786 #2,480
  5. Physical Sciences#5,086 #3,843
  6. Life Sciences#4,257 #2,352
  7. Engineering#3,208 #3,346
  8. Sociology and Political Science#2,675 #1,687
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#4,270 #2,386
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#2,933 #2,365
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 University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oral Surgery takes 8.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Oral SurgerySubfield · 26.9 works8.2×
  2. DentistryField · 52.0 works6.3×
  3. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 37.8 works4.7×
← 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: 1.43× its world share, 116 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.93× its world share, 85 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.07× its world share, 18 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.10× its world share, 30 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.86× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.87× its world share, 5 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.92× its world share, 25 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.89× its world share, 118 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.93× its world share, 25 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.99× its world share, 16 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.60× its world share, 152 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.02× its world share, 86 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.61× its world share, 36 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.35× its world share, 27 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.56× its world share, 21 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 6.30× its world share, 52 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.91× its world share, 41 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.41× its world share, 460 worksMedicineNursing: 1.17× its world share, 10 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.38× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.85× its world share, 42 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.76× its world share, 42 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.62× its world share, 10 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.01× its world share, 37 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.05× its world share, 54 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.86× its world share, 186 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 6.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Lebanese University?

Ranked on the composite score, Nazih Moubayed, Hélène Greige‐Gerges and Fahed Abdallah lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Lebanese University.

  1. 1 Nazih Moubayed Lebanon · #143,722 worldwide 271 citations · 54 works
  2. 2 Hélène Greige‐Gerges Lebanon · #368,637 worldwide 100 citations · 24 works
  3. 3 Fahed Abdallah Lebanon · #409,089 worldwide 113 citations · 32 works
  4. 4 Dany Azar Lebanon · #460,615 worldwide 125 citations · 44 works
  5. 5 Akram Hijazi Lebanon · #477,857 worldwide 80 citations · 27 works
  6. 6 Hassan Harb Lebanon · #502,373 worldwide 78 citations · 29 works
  7. 7 Youssef Bassil Lebanon · #556,989 worldwide 79 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 F. El Haj Hassan Lebanon · #590,818 worldwide 134 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 Bachar El Hassan Lebanon · #602,777 worldwide 34 citations · 20 works
  10. 10 Clovis Francis Lebanon · #606,773 worldwide 90 citations · 32 works
All ranked researchers at Lebanese University

Which keywords describe research at Lebanese University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Phylogeny, Politics, Taxonomy, Refugees, Deep Learning, Governance and Civil War.

▲ 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. Epidemiology115▲ 1.71×119 topics
  2. Deep Learning60◆ 1.03×64 topics
  3. Machine Learning56◆ 1.00×66 topics
  4. Climate Change46◆ 1.02×69 topics
  5. Inflammation38◆ 1.06×79 topics
  6. Globalization36◆ 1.07×45 topics
  7. COVID-1935▲ 1.52×22 topics
  8. Quality of Life34▲ 1.39×44 topics
  9. Treatment33▲ 1.61×46 topics
  10. Diagnosis30▲ 1.92×40 topics
  11. Mental Health30▲ 1.19×31 topics
  12. Environmental Impact29◆ 1.01×38 topics
  13. Pandemic29▲ 1.58×10 topics
  14. Oxidative Stress27◆ 0.99×54 topics
  15. Risk Factors26▲ 1.41×35 topics
  16. Politics26▲ 5.6×7 topics
  17. Invasive Species26▲ 3.5×17 topics
  18. Phylogeny25▲ 9.9×14 topics
  19. Governance25▲ 4.5×7 topics
  20. Identity23▲ 1.89×14 topics
  21. Biodiversity23▲ 1.79×22 topics
  22. Depression22▲ 1.48×20 topics
  23. Clinical Trials22▲ 1.92×19 topics
  24. Taxonomy22▲ 9.8×12 topics
  25. Pathogenesis21▲ 2.4×22 topics
  26. Refugees21▲ 9.4×5 topics
  27. Surgical Management20▲ 2.9×20 topics
  28. Evolution20▲ 4.7×12 topics
  29. Chemotherapy20▲ 1.65×24 topics
  30. Biogeography19▲ 4.2×17 topics
  31. Civil War18▲ 34×2 topics
  32. Sovereignty18▲ 11×3 topics
  33. DNA Barcoding18▲ 6.3×9 topics
  34. Lebanon17▲ 89×1 topic
  35. Sectarianism17▲ 89×1 topic
  36. SARS-CoV-215▲ 2.6×6 topics
  37. Morphology13▲ 4.5×7 topics
  38. Speciation10▲ 16×3 topics
  39. Middle East10▲ 9.0×2 topics
  40. Coleoptera9▲ 28×2 topics

Which research topics does Lebanese University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Middle East Politics and Society, Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution and Technology-Enhanced Education Studies.

Middle East Politics and…17Middle East Politics and Society: 17 fractional worksOral and Maxillofacial Pathology: 8 fractional worksColeoptera Taxonomy and Distribution: 8 fractional worksTechnology-Enhanced Education Studies: 7 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 7 fractional worksDental Implant Techniques and Outcomes: 7 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Bank…6Islamic Finance and Banking Studies: 6 fractional worksSocioeconomic Development in MENA: 6 fractional worksDental Radiography and Imaging: 6 fractional worksNetwork Security and Int…6Network Security and Intrusion Detection: 6 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceOral SurgeryEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsEducation3 others

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

  1. 1 Middle East Politics and Society Sociology and Political Science 17 works
  2. 2 Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology Oral Surgery 8 works
  3. 3 Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 8 works
  4. 4 Technology-Enhanced Education Studies Education 7 works
  5. 5 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 7 works
  6. 6 Dental Implant Techniques and Outcomes Oral Surgery 7 works
  7. 7 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 6 works
  8. 8 Socioeconomic Development in MENA Sociology and Political Science 6 works
  9. 9 Dental Radiography and Imaging Oral Surgery 6 works
  10. 10 Network Security and Intrusion Detection Computer Networks and Communications 6 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 available52.8%not open47.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors45.2%domestic only54.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Lebanese University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 64% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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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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.