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Ministry of Education

In research, Ministry of Education stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,500 of 12,888 worldwide), Life Sciences (#1,551 of 7,800 worldwide) and Medicine (#2,096 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Organic Chemistry and Food Science — Organic Chemistry is 5.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,615
of 28,054 · #4,430 all time
Rank in Saudi Arabia
#25
of 98
Research works
1.5k
▲ 103% vs 2013–17
Citations
35k
23.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
33.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
41%
world 28%

What is Ministry of Education 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
Physical SciencesDomain #1,500 of 12,888 31.2%327 #4401
Life SciencesDomain #1,551 of 7,800 39.7%155 #2911
MedicineField #2,096 of 10,443 34.7%92 #5648
Health SciencesDomain #2,876 of 11,982 35.3%111 #7285
EngineeringField #1,987 of 6,636 29.9%101 #4482
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,307 of 3,579 38.0%86 #2601
Social SciencesDomain #8,119 of 10,521 23.8%62 #12783

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ministry of Education 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. Physical Sciences#4,401 #1,500
  2. Life Sciences#2,911 #1,551
  3. Medicine#5,648 #2,096
  4. Health Sciences#7,285 #2,876
  5. Engineering#4,482 #1,987
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#2,601 #1,307
  7. Social Sciences#12,783 #8,119
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 Ministry of Education specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Organic Chemistry takes 5.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Organic ChemistrySubfield · 26.4 works5.3×
  2. Food ScienceSubfield · 22.7 works4.6×
← 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: 1.45× its world share, 45 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.46× its world share, 86 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.63× its world share, 11 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.97× its world share, 10 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.43× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 3.49× its world share, 8 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 3.85× its world share, 40 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.83× its world share, 42 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.40× its world share, 14 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 3.00× its world share, 18 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.02× its world share, 101 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.75× its world share, 57 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.78× its world share, 41 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.33× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.21× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.73× its world share, 92 worksMedicineNursing: 4.23× its world share, 14 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.21× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.26× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.62× its world share, 12 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.44× its world share, 37 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Ministry of Education?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Catalysis, Nanomaterials, Nanoparticles, Microbial Communities, Cancer, Inflammation, Water Splitting and CO2 Reduction.

▲ 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. Nanoparticles27▲ 3.3×24 topics
  2. Inflammation26▲ 1.92×71 topics
  3. Catalysis26▲ 5.9×20 topics
  4. Nanomaterials26▲ 3.7×15 topics
  5. Cancer22▲ 2.6×47 topics
  6. Oxidative Stress21▲ 1.95×52 topics
  7. Biomedical Applications18▲ 2.3×27 topics
  8. Microbial Communities16▲ 5.8×8 topics
  9. Graphene15▲ 3.2×10 topics
  10. Water Splitting14▲ 5.9×4 topics
  11. Gut Microbiota12▲ 5.3×6 topics
  12. Metal-Organic Frameworks12▲ 4.5×6 topics
  13. CO2 Reduction12▲ 8.5×2 topics
  14. Metabolism12▲ 3.5×27 topics
  15. Cathode Materials11▲ 4.4×3 topics
  16. Health Benefits11▲ 5.2×12 topics
  17. Hydrogen Production11▲ 6.3×4 topics
  18. Probiotics11▲ 7.0×6 topics
  19. Toxicity11▲ 3.7×15 topics
  20. Wastewater Treatment11▲ 6.9×8 topics
  21. Semiconductor10▲ 4.5×7 topics
  22. Metabolic Health10▲ 7.5×3 topics
  23. Visible Light10▲ 6.3×2 topics
  24. Solar Energy9▲ 4.4×2 topics
  25. Electrocatalysis9▲ 4.9×5 topics
  26. Microbial Ecology9▲ 8.0×4 topics
  27. Photocatalyst9▲ 7.8×1 topic
  28. Plasmonic9▲ 7.8×1 topic
  29. Nutritional Significance9▲ 8.7×3 topics
  30. Lipid Oxidation9▲ 13×2 topics
  31. Transition Metal Catalysis9▲ 16×4 topics
  32. Hydrocolloids8▲ 17×2 topics
  33. Adsorption8▲ 6.0×6 topics
  34. Inflammatory Diseases8▲ 7.0×5 topics
  35. Immune Responses8▲ 8.7×3 topics
  36. Hydrogen Storage8▲ 9.8×3 topics
  37. Proteins8▲ 13×3 topics
  38. Metagenomic Analysis7▲ 9.7×1 topic
  39. Prebiotics7▲ 11×2 topics
  40. Short-Chain Fatty Acids7▲ 9.7×1 topic

Which research topics does Ministry of Education publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques, Gut microbiota and health, Proteins in Food Systems and Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques.

Advanced Photocatalysis …9Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques: 9 fractional worksGut microbiota and health7Gut microbiota and health: 7 fractional worksProteins in Food Systems6Proteins in Food Systems: 6 fractional worksAdvanced biosensing and …6Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques: 6 fractional worksProbiotics and Fermented Foods: 5 fractional worksTechnology-Enhanced Education Studies: 5 fractional worksCatalytic Processes in M…5Catalytic Processes in Materials Science: 5 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Materials and Technologies: 4 fractional worksElectrocatalysts for Energy Conversion: 4 fractional worksHydrocarbon exploration …4Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis: 4 fractional works
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentMolecular BiologyFood ScienceEducation3 others

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

  1. 1 Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 9 works
  2. 2 Gut microbiota and health Molecular Biology 7 works
  3. 3 Proteins in Food Systems Food Science 6 works
  4. 4 Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques Molecular Biology 6 works
  5. 5 Probiotics and Fermented Foods Food Science 5 works
  6. 6 Technology-Enhanced Education Studies Education 5 works
  7. 7 Catalytic Processes in Materials Science Materials Chemistry 5 works
  8. 8 Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4 works
  9. 9 Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 4 works
  10. 10 Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis Mechanics of Materials 4 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 available41.2%not open58.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors83.4%domestic only16.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Ministry of Education's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 103% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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