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Middle East University

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Research works
103
▲ 134% vs 2013–17
Citations
804
7.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
41%
world 28%

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

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: 0.76× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.85× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.33× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.23× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.89× its world share, 11 worksMedicineNursing: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.56× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.33× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.50× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.32× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.39× its world share, 9 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Middle East University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Democracy, Human Rights, Civil War, Protest, Quality of Life, Ethnic Conflict, Political Institutions and Epidemiology.

▲ 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 22 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 22 words, with their numbers
  1. Democracy3▲ 30×3 topics
  2. Human Rights3▲ 10×4 topics
  3. Epidemiology3▲ 2.6×27 topics
  4. Civil War2▲ 270×2 topics
  5. Quality of Life2▲ 5.7×9 topics
  6. Protest2▲ 186×2 topics
  7. Ethnic Conflict2▲ 138×1 topic
  8. Political Institutions2▲ 308×1 topic
  9. Decolonization2▲ 70×3 topics
  10. Stress1▲ 13×3 topics
  11. Politics1▲ 17×3 topics
  12. Religion1▲ 9.5×2 topics
  13. Globalization1▲ 2.1×4 topics
  14. Nasal Surgery1▲ 186×1 topic
  15. Rhinoplasty1▲ 186×1 topic
  16. Colonialism1▲ 7.1×2 topics
  17. Family Law1▲ 73×1 topic
  18. Governance1▲ 10×2 topics
  19. NGOs1▲ 34×2 topics
  20. Reform1▲ 52×1 topic
  21. Refugees1▲ 26×2 topics
  22. Treatment1▲ 2.9×9 topics

Which research topics does Middle East University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Political Conflict and Governance, Nasal Surgery and Airway Studies, Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender and Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics.

Political Conflict and G…2Political Conflict and Governance: 2 fractional worksNasal Surgery and Airway Studies: 1 fractional worksMulticulturalism, Politi…1Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender: 1 fractional worksHistorical and Contempor…1Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics: 1 fractional worksReproductive Health and Technologies: 1 fractional worksMiddle East Politics and Society: 1 fractional worksNorth African History an…1North African History and Literature: 1 fractional worksEducation and Islamic Studies: 0 fractional worksEmotional Intelligence and Performance: 0 fractional worksPeacebuilding and International Security: 0 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceSurgeryPolitical Science and International RelationsHistory3 others

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

  1. 1 Political Conflict and Governance Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  2. 2 Nasal Surgery and Airway Studies Surgery 1 works
  3. 3 Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  4. 4 Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics History 1 works
  5. 5 Reproductive Health and Technologies Reproductive Medicine 1 works
  6. 6 Middle East Politics and Society Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  7. 7 North African History and Literature History 1 works
  8. 8 Education and Islamic Studies Education 0 works
  9. 9 Emotional Intelligence and Performance Social Psychology 0 works
  10. 10 Peacebuilding and International Security Sociology and Political Science 0 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 available40.8%not open59.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors35.2%domestic only64.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Middle East University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 134% 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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