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Libya Open University

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Research works
23
▲ 524% vs 2018-21
Citations
13
0.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.9%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
42%
world 40%
International
45%
world 18%
Libya Open University

Not ranked overall: Libya Open University is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Libya Open University work in?

In all years, 53% of research at Libya Open University is in Physical Sciences, 22% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (38%), Medicine (12%), Computer Science (9%).

Physical Sciences: 12 fractional works · 52.5% of its workEngineering: 9 fractional works · 37.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 7 fractional works · 33.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 9.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 5.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeneral Energy: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 22.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 5.9% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 5.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 5.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 5.7% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 2.2% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 12.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 7.7% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAging: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 3 fractional works · 12.2% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 11.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 4.8% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransplantation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workALL ITS WORKLibya OpenUniversity23fractional works, all years
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences53%Health Sciences12%Social Sciences22%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 16 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering937.7%
    2. Computer Science29.2%
    3. Environmental Science12.9%
    4. Energy01.3%
    5. Physics and Astronomy01.1%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.4%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting15.9%
    2. Arts and Humanities15.9%
    3. Social Sciences15.7%
    4. Psychology12.7%
    5. Decision Sciences02.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology27.7%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences13.0%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics02.2%
    1. Medicine311.7%
    2. Health Professions00.5%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.73× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.71× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 7.39× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 1.27× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.68× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.56× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.57× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.60× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.17× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.70× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.86× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 7.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 15 fields, with their numbers
  1. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics7.39×0 works
  2. Decision Sciences2.70×0 works
  3. Engineering2.56×7 works
  4. Business, Management and Accounting2.17×1 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.71×2 works
  6. Computer Science1.27×2 works
  7. Psychology0.86×0 works
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.73×1 works
  9. Energy0.68×0 works
  10. Arts and Humanities0.60×0 works
  11. Physics and Astronomy0.59×0 works
  12. Medicine0.57×2 works
  13. Social Sciences0.53×1 works
  14. Environmental Science0.51×0 works
  15. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.28×0 works

What are the most cited papers from Libya Open University?

The most cited paper from Libya Open University is "Intradialytic Hypotension Pathophysiology and Therapy Update: Review and Update" (Elmukhtar M. Habas, Elmukhtar M. Habas, Amnna Rayani et al., 2025), with 9 citations. Next come "Studying and Investigation of Energy Efficiency in massive MIMO Using MMSE, ZF and MRT Algorithms" (6) and "Analysis of the Scientific Publication of Libyan State: A Bibliometric Review" (5).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Intradialytic Hypotension Pathophysiology and Therapy Update: Review and Update Elmukhtar M. Habas, Elmukhtar M. Habas, Amnna Rayani et al. · Blood Pressure Open access 27 Feb 2025 9
2 Studying and Investigation of Energy Efficiency in massive MIMO Using MMSE, ZF and MRT Algorithms Abdussalam Masaud Ammar, Amira Youssef Ellafi, Amer Ragab Zerek · 2022 IEEE 21st international Ccnference on Sciences and Techniques of Automatic Control and Computer Engineering (STA) Conference paper 19 Dec 2022 6
3 Analysis of the Scientific Publication of Libyan State: A Bibliometric Review Yousef M. Jaradat, Amer Ragab Zerek, Mohammad Z. Masoud et al. Conference paper 21 May 2023 5
4 Eco-friendly and Cost-effective Water Treatment and Wastewater Treatment Technologies: A Review Suresh Aluvihara, Syed Fakhar Alam, M. M. Omar et al. · American Journal of Water Science and Engineering Open access 11 Sep 2025 4
5 A Survey on Device to Device Communications and the Impact on the 5G Networks Operators Abdussalam Masaud Ammar, Amira Youssef Ellafi, Amer Ragab Zerek et al. Conference paper 21 May 2023 4
All 70 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Libya Open University?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Channel Estimation, Energy Efficiency, Spectral Efficiency, Space-Time Coding, Wireless Communications, MIMO Systems, fading channels and MIMO-OFDM.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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 21 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Channel Estimation4▲ 229×4 topics
  2. Energy Efficiency3▲ 16×4 topics
  3. Spectral Efficiency2▲ 151×2 topics
  4. Space-Time Coding2▲ 101×2 topics
  5. Wireless Communications2▲ 59×2 topics
  6. MIMO Systems2▲ 144×2 topics
  7. MIMO-OFDM2▲ 178×1 topic
  8. fading channels2▲ 178×1 topic
  9. Wireless Networks2▲ 31×4 topics
  10. Massive MIMO2▲ 94×2 topics
  11. Wireless Communication2▲ 49×3 topics
  12. Cellular Networks1▲ 107×1 topic
  13. Interference Alignment1▲ 107×1 topic
  14. 5G Networks1▲ 44×3 topics
  15. Intellectual Property1▲ 53×3 topics
  16. Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces1▲ 297×1 topic
  17. Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access1▲ 297×1 topic
  18. Multicarrier Transmission1▲ 360×1 topic
  19. OFDM1▲ 360×1 topic
  20. Global Collaboration1▲ 108×1 topic
  21. Health Biotechnology1▲ 233×1 topic

Which research topics does Libya Open University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Advanced Wireless Communication Techniques, Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization, Advanced Wireless Communication Technologies and PAPR reduction in OFDM.

Advanced Wireless Communication Techniques: 2 fractional worksAdvanced MIMO Systems Optimization: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Wireless Commun…1Advanced Wireless Communication Technologies: 1 fractional worksPAPR reduction in OFDM1PAPR reduction in OFDM: 1 fractional worksBiotechnology and Related Fields: 1 fractional worksPlant Genetic and Mutation Studies: 1 fractional worksGenetic diversity and po…1Genetic diversity and population structure: 1 fractional worksCarcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment: 1 fractional worksMillimeter-Wave Propagation and Modeling: 1 fractional worksWireless Communication Networks Research: 1 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthPlant ScienceGenetics2 others

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

  1. 1 Advanced Wireless Communication Techniques Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2 works
  2. 2 Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  3. 3 Advanced Wireless Communication Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  4. 4 PAPR reduction in OFDM Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  5. 5 Biotechnology and Related Fields Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  6. 6 Plant Genetic and Mutation Studies Plant Science 1 works
  7. 7 Genetic diversity and population structure Genetics 1 works
  8. 8 Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment Cancer Research 1 works
  9. 9 Millimeter-Wave Propagation and Modeling Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  10. 10 Wireless Communication Networks Research Computer Networks and Communications 1 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 available42.1%not open57.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors44.7%domestic only55.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Libya Open University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 524% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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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