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Middlesex University Dubai

In research, Middlesex University Dubai stands highest in Social Sciences (#6,171 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#13,768
of 22,385 · #19,966 all time
Rank in United Arab Emirates
#43
of 60
Research works
310
◆ 2% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.6k
18.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.04×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
39%
world 40%
International
36%
world 18%
Middlesex University Dubai

What is Middlesex University Dubai known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #6,171 of 9,585 21.3%62 #6270

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Middlesex University Dubai 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 fields of science does Middlesex University Dubai work in?

In 2022-now, 59% of research at Middlesex University Dubai is in Social Sciences, 33% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (24%), Computer Science (16%), Psychology (14%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 70 fractional works · 59.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 28 fractional works · 23.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 10 fractional works · 8.4% of its workEducation: 5 fractional works · 4.2% of its workCommunication: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 16 fractional works · 13.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 6 fractional works · 4.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 6 fractional works · 4.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 14 fractional works · 12.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 5 fractional works · 3.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 4 fractional works · 3.1% of its workMarketing: 4 fractional works · 3.0% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 7 fractional works · 5.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 3.6% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical Sciences: 39 fractional works · 32.9% of its workComputer Science: 19 fractional works · 16.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 7 fractional works · 5.8% of its workInformation Systems: 6 fractional works · 5.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSoftware: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 14 fractional works · 12.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNumerical Analysis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 7 fractional works · 5.9% of its workMedicine: 5 fractional works · 4.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKMiddlesexUniversity Dubai118fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences33%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences59%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences2823.6%
    2. Psychology1613.9%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting1412.2%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance75.8%
    5. Decision Sciences32.8%
    6. Arts and Humanities10.8%
    1. Computer Science1916.1%
    2. Engineering1412.0%
    3. Environmental Science32.4%
    4. Physics and Astronomy10.8%
    5. Energy10.6%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.5%
    7. Mathematics00.4%
    8. Chemistry00.1%
    9. Materials Science00.1%
    1. Medicine54.5%
    2. Health Professions21.4%
    3. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.8%
    2. Neuroscience10.8%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.2%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
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: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.52× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.07× its world share, 19 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.62× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.80× its world share, 14 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.49× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.54× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.23× its world share, 5 worksMedicineVeterinary: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.78× its world share, 14 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.88× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.73× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 4.57× its world share, 16 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.86× its world share, 28 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 4.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology4.57×16 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting3.78×14 works
  3. Decision Sciences2.88×3 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.73×7 works
  5. Computer Science2.07×19 works
  6. Social Sciences1.86×28 works
  7. Engineering0.80×14 works
  8. Energy0.62×1 works
  9. Health Professions0.54×2 works
  10. Neuroscience0.52×1 works
  11. Environmental Science0.49×3 works
  12. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.40×0 works
  13. Physics and Astronomy0.38×1 works
  14. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.33×1 works
  15. Mathematics0.32×0 works
  16. Arts and Humanities0.27×1 works
  17. Medicine0.23×5 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.18×1 works
  19. Veterinary0.13×0 works
  20. Chemistry0.06×0 works
  21. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.04×0 works
  22. Materials Science0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Middlesex University Dubai?

Ranked on the quality score, Sreejith Balasubramanian, Nishtha Lamba and Krishnadas Nanath lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Middlesex University Dubai.

  1. 1 Sreejith Balasubramanian United Arab Emirates · #278,278 worldwide 2.4k citations · 104 works
  2. 2 Nishtha Lamba United Arab Emirates · #426,938 worldwide 710 citations · 46 works
  3. 3 Krishnadas Nanath United Arab Emirates · #691,212 worldwide 531 citations · 33 works
  4. 4 Cody Morris Paris United Arab Emirates · #843,491 worldwide 2.3k citations · 100 works
  5. 5 Anita Shrivastava United Arab Emirates · #1,023,415 worldwide 440 citations · 26 works
  6. 6 Jeongsoo Han United Arab Emirates · #1,370,208 worldwide 343 citations · 35 works
  7. 7 Sudipa Majumdar United Arab Emirates · #1,752,717 worldwide 415 citations · 52 works
  8. 8 Hameedah Sayani United Arab Emirates · #1,903,462 worldwide 297 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 Kay Sanderson United Arab Emirates · #1,924,447 worldwide 798 citations · 25 works
  10. 10 Pallavi Kishore United Arab Emirates · #1,978,062 worldwide 496 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at Middlesex University Dubai

What are the most cited papers from Middlesex University Dubai?

The most cited paper from Middlesex University Dubai is "Do green supply chains lead to competitiveness and economic performance?" (Purba Rao, Diane Holt, 2005), with 2,428 citations. Next come "Meta-analysis of associations between human brain volume and intelligence differences: How strong are they and what do they mean?" (340) and "One Century of Global IQ Gains" (324).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Do green supply chains lead to competitiveness and economic performance? Purba Rao, Diane Holt · International Journal of Operations & Production Management 23 Aug 2005 2,428
2 Meta-analysis of associations between human brain volume and intelligence differences: How strong are they and what do they mean? Jakob Pietschnig, Lars Penke, Jelte M. Wicherts et al. · Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews Review Oct 2015 340
3 One Century of Global IQ Gains Jakob Pietschnig, Martin Voracek · Perspectives on Psychological Science May 2015 324
4 Patterns of Use and Key Predictors for the Use of Wearable Health Care Devices by US Adults: Insights from a National Survey Ranganathan Chandrasekaran, Vipanchi Katthula, Evangelos Moustakas · Journal of Medical Internet Research Open access 26 Jul 2020 292
5 Developments and key issues in tourism mobilities Kevin Hannam, Gareth Butler, Cody Morris Paris · Annals of Tourism Research Open access 30 Oct 2013 289
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Which keywords describe research at Middlesex University Dubai?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Learning, Leadership, Mental Health, Big Data, Supply Chain Management, Artificial Intelligence, Social Media and Well-being.

▲ 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-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
  1. Machine Learning12▲ 2.9×24 topics
  2. Deep Learning7▲ 1.82×23 topics
  3. Mental Health7▲ 3.9×16 topics
  4. Sustainability6▲ 2.2×14 topics
  5. Artificial Intelligence6▲ 3.6×9 topics
  6. Social Media6▲ 3.6×11 topics
  7. Big Data6▲ 5.0×8 topics
  8. Supply Chain Management5▲ 5.0×10 topics
  9. Leadership5▲ 8.8×10 topics
  10. Consumer Behavior4▲ 5.4×5 topics
  11. Healthcare4▲ 2.9×6 topics
  12. Well-being4▲ 8.6×10 topics
  13. Internet of Things4▲ 3.7×6 topics
  14. Organizational Performance4▲ 12×7 topics
  15. Job Satisfaction3▲ 6.6×6 topics
  16. Human Resource Management3▲ 18×3 topics
  17. Digital Transformation3▲ 5.1×7 topics
  18. Psychological Impact3▲ 7.5×5 topics
  19. Stress3▲ 6.4×4 topics
  20. Student Engagement3▲ 6.0×3 topics
  21. IoT3▲ 6.0×6 topics
  22. Smart Cities3▲ 8.4×2 topics
  23. Motivation2▲ 5.0×6 topics
  24. Resilience2▲ 4.3×6 topics
  25. Environmental Management2▲ 5.1×2 topics
  26. Social Interaction2▲ 5.3×4 topics
  27. Customer Satisfaction2▲ 6.2×3 topics
  28. Organizational Behavior2▲ 13×2 topics
  29. Positive Emotions2▲ 17×2 topics
  30. Work Engagement2▲ 21×2 topics
  31. Job Demands-Resources Model2▲ 30×1 topic
  32. Mediation Analysis2▲ 23×1 topic
  33. Social Networks2▲ 6.8×4 topics
  34. Cultural Intelligence2▲ 81×1 topic
  35. Intercultural Competence2▲ 50×1 topic
  36. MOOCs2▲ 19×2 topics
  37. Monetary Policy2▲ 7.1×4 topics
  38. Consumer Engagement2▲ 13×1 topic
  39. Educational Data Mining2▲ 18×1 topic
  40. Electronic Word-of-Mouth2▲ 13×1 topic

Which research topics does Middlesex University Dubai publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior, International Student and Expatriate Challenges, Online Learning and Analytics and Digital Marketing and Social Media.

Job Satisfaction and Org…2Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior: 2 fractional worksInternational Student an…2International Student and Expatriate Challenges: 2 fractional worksOnline Learning and Analytics: 2 fractional worksDigital Marketing and So…2Digital Marketing and Social Media: 2 fractional worksOrganizational and Emplo…2Organizational and Employee Performance: 2 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainability in Business: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 1 fractional worksRecommender Systems and …1Recommender Systems and Techniques: 1 fractional worksResilience and Mental Health: 1 fractional worksConsumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification: 1 fractional works
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementCommunicationComputer Science ApplicationsSociology and Political Science4 others

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

  1. 1 Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 2 works
  2. 2 International Student and Expatriate Challenges Communication 2 works
  3. 3 Online Learning and Analytics Computer Science Applications 2 works
  4. 4 Digital Marketing and Social Media Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  5. 5 Organizational and Employee Performance Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  6. 6 Environmental Sustainability in Business Marketing 2 works
  7. 7 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 1 works
  8. 8 Recommender Systems and Techniques Information Systems 1 works
  9. 9 Resilience and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 1 works
  10. 10 Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification Marketing 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 available39.2%not open60.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Middlesex University Dubai's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 2% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting2010201520202025
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Middlesex University Dubai as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00045% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Middlesex University Dubai0.00052% in 202520102020

Fractional works of Middlesex University Dubai 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.

still counting10%20%Middlesex University Dubai10.5% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 18.5% in 2023.

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