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Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation

In research, Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation stands highest in Physical Sciences (#9,600 of 12,888 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#7,140 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Plant Science — Plant Science is 8.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#15,570
of 28,054 · #23,751 all time
Rank in Egypt
#89
of 123
Research works
584
▲ 32% vs 2013–17
Citations
6.9k
11.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
59%
world 28%

What is Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation 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 #9,600 of 12,888 9.9%92 #15079
Life SciencesDomain #7,140 of 7,800 10.3%60 #12769

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation 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).

What does Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Plant Science takes 8.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Plant ScienceSubfield · 23.2 works8.1×
← 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: 7.57× its world share, 59 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.21× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.27× its world share, 8 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.69× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.05× its world share, 26 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 6.31× its world share, 52 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksMedicineNursing: 1.85× its world share, 2 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 7.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation?

Ranked on the composite score, M. M. Hussein and Hani Mansour lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation.

  1. 1 M. M. Hussein Egypt · #1,074,926 worldwide 7 citations · 19 works
  2. 2 Hani Mansour Egypt · #1,103,911 worldwide 6 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation

Which keywords describe research at Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Remote Sensing, Water Resources, Sustainability, Water Scarcity, Hydrological Modeling, Horticultural Crops and Soil Moisture.

▲ 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. Climate Change40▲ 9.0×45 topics
  2. Remote Sensing18▲ 8.9×20 topics
  3. Sustainability17▲ 4.2×23 topics
  4. Water Resources16▲ 39×8 topics
  5. Water Scarcity12▲ 94×3 topics
  6. Hydrological Modeling11▲ 29×5 topics
  7. Horticultural Crops11▲ 88×3 topics
  8. Soil Moisture11▲ 90×4 topics
  9. Crop Productivity10▲ 92×3 topics
  10. Environmental Impact10▲ 3.4×25 topics
  11. Land Use Change10▲ 19×6 topics
  12. Water Use Efficiency9▲ 175×2 topics
  13. Deficit Irrigation9▲ 228×1 topic
  14. Mulching9▲ 228×1 topic
  15. Sediment Transport8▲ 31×5 topics
  16. Global Warming7▲ 10×7 topics
  17. Food Security7▲ 7.6×10 topics
  18. Drought7▲ 44×3 topics
  19. Genetic Improvement7▲ 45×3 topics
  20. Water Quality7▲ 10×11 topics
  21. Crop Management6▲ 62×2 topics
  22. Urbanization6▲ 9.0×4 topics
  23. Global Hydrology6▲ 54×1 topic
  24. Model Evaluation6▲ 29×1 topic
  25. GIS6▲ 50×2 topics
  26. Water Management6▲ 28×3 topics
  27. Plant Growth5▲ 30×6 topics
  28. Sustainable Agriculture5▲ 9.8×7 topics
  29. Agriculture5▲ 7.4×4 topics
  30. Maize Yield5▲ 70×1 topic
  31. Nitrogen Uptake5▲ 70×1 topic
  32. Drought Tolerance5▲ 20×8 topics
  33. Groundwater Potential4▲ 111×1 topic
  34. Machine Learning Models4▲ 111×1 topic
  35. Reservoir Operation4▲ 77×1 topic
  36. Water Demand4▲ 77×1 topic
  37. Policy4▲ 11×3 topics
  38. Soil Fertility4▲ 11×6 topics
  39. Agricultural Sustainability4▲ 21×3 topics
  40. Evapotranspiration4▲ 31×2 topics

Which research topics does Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Irrigation Practices and Water Management, Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, Crop Yield and Soil Fertility and Groundwater and Watershed Analysis.

Irrigation Practices and…9Irrigation Practices and Water Management: 9 fractional worksHydrology and Watershed Management Studies: 6 fractional worksCrop Yield and Soil Fert…5Crop Yield and Soil Fertility: 5 fractional worksGroundwater and Watershe…4Groundwater and Watershed Analysis: 4 fractional worksWater resources management and optimization: 4 fractional worksFlood Risk Assessment and Management: 4 fractional worksTransboundary Water Reso…3Transboundary Water Resource Management: 3 fractional worksWastewater Treatment and Reuse: 3 fractional worksWater Quality and Pollution Assessment: 3 fractional worksClimate change impacts on agriculture: 3 fractional works
Soil ScienceWater Science and TechnologyAgronomy and Crop ScienceEnvironmental Engineering5 others

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

  1. 1 Irrigation Practices and Water Management Soil Science 9 works
  2. 2 Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies Water Science and Technology 6 works
  3. 3 Crop Yield and Soil Fertility Agronomy and Crop Science 5 works
  4. 4 Groundwater and Watershed Analysis Environmental Engineering 4 works
  5. 5 Water resources management and optimization Ocean Engineering 4 works
  6. 6 Flood Risk Assessment and Management Global and Planetary Change 4 works
  7. 7 Transboundary Water Resource Management Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  8. 8 Wastewater Treatment and Reuse Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 3 works
  9. 9 Water Quality and Pollution Assessment Water Science and Technology 3 works
  10. 10 Climate change impacts on agriculture Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 3 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 available58.9%not open41.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors38.4%domestic only61.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 32% 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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