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Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences

In research, Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,300 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#1,890 of 10,443 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#5,230 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Dentistry — Dentistry is 17.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,535
of 28,054 · #12,303 all time
Rank in United Arab Emirates
#18
of 66
Research works
863
▲ 706% vs 2013–17
Citations
9.5k
11.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
77%
world 28%

What is Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences 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
Health SciencesDomain #1,300 of 11,982 19.7%320 #3218
MedicineField #1,890 of 10,443 18.3%244 #4847
Life SciencesDomain #5,230 of 7,800 20.2%73 #9938

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences 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. Health Sciences#3,218 #1,300
  2. Medicine#4,847 #1,890
  3. Life Sciences#9,938 #5,230
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 Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Dentistry takes 17.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. DentistryField · 40.4 works18×
← 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: 0.21× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.88× its world share, 48 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.21× its world share, 11 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.19× its world share, 9 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.31× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.28× its world share, 10 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.15× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.21× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.16× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 17.50× its world share, 40 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.35× its world share, 30 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.67× its world share, 244 worksMedicineNursing: 2.40× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.29× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.55× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.32× its world share, 19 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 19 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 17.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences?

Ranked on the composite score, Mohammed Uddin, Abiola Senok and Alawi Alsheikh‐Ali lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences.

  1. 1 Mohammed Uddin · #217,279 worldwide 131 citations · 24 works
  2. 2 Abiola Senok · #270,984 worldwide 125 citations · 31 works
  3. 3 Alawi Alsheikh‐Ali · #765,552 worldwide 82 citations · 44 works
  4. 4 Tom Loney · #1,066,423 worldwide 39 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 Amar Hassan Khamis · #1,077,508 worldwide 14 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 Kate McCombe · #1,116,267 worldwide 1 citations · 28 works
  7. 7 Faisal A. Nawaz · #1,324,911 worldwide 27 citations · 20 works
  8. 8 Zainab Malik · #1,585,468 worldwide 11 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences

Which keywords describe research at Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Quality of Life, Cardiovascular Disease, Treatment, Diagnosis, Reflective Practice and Cancer.

▲ 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. Epidemiology55▲ 3.0×111 topics
  2. Inflammation24▲ 2.5×64 topics
  3. Quality of Life20▲ 2.9×36 topics
  4. Cardiovascular Disease16▲ 3.1×32 topics
  5. Treatment16▲ 2.8×43 topics
  6. Cancer16▲ 2.4×42 topics
  7. COVID-1915▲ 2.3×20 topics
  8. Diagnosis14▲ 3.2×37 topics
  9. Risk Factors13▲ 2.5×30 topics
  10. Management13▲ 3.4×27 topics
  11. Artificial Intelligence13▲ 1.94×7 topics
  12. Healthcare13▲ 2.4×16 topics
  13. Depression12▲ 2.9×16 topics
  14. Metabolic Syndrome12▲ 3.1×20 topics
  15. Clinical Trials11▲ 3.4×14 topics
  16. Obesity11▲ 3.0×20 topics
  17. Complications11▲ 4.5×17 topics
  18. Genetics11▲ 3.2×19 topics
  19. Pathogenesis9▲ 3.8×22 topics
  20. Anxiety9▲ 4.0×10 topics
  21. Reflective Practice9▲ 9.9×4 topics
  22. Dental Caries9▲ 19×2 topics
  23. Assessment Methods8▲ 16×2 topics
  24. Surgical Management8▲ 4.2×18 topics
  25. Guidelines8▲ 3.7×13 topics
  26. Medical Education8▲ 6.6×11 topics
  27. Insulin Resistance8▲ 3.7×10 topics
  28. Prevention8▲ 3.9×15 topics
  29. Faculty Development8▲ 21×2 topics
  30. Competency-Based Education8▲ 17×2 topics
  31. Diabetes Mellitus7▲ 7.6×6 topics
  32. Pathophysiology7▲ 5.1×10 topics
  33. Continuing Medical Education7▲ 24×1 topic
  34. Professional Identity Formation7▲ 24×1 topic
  35. Osteoporosis6▲ 15×4 topics
  36. Revascularization6▲ 8.4×4 topics
  37. Orthognathic Surgery6▲ 24×2 topics
  38. Periodontal Disease6▲ 19×2 topics
  39. Inflammatory Pathways5▲ 17×2 topics
  40. Cone-Beam CT5▲ 22×1 topic

Which research topics does Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Innovations in Medical Education, Dental Radiography and Imaging, Oral microbiology and periodontitis research and Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics.

Innovations in Medical E…7Innovations in Medical Education: 7 fractional worksDental Radiography and I…5Dental Radiography and Imaging: 5 fractional worksOral microbiology and periodontitis research: 5 fractional worksOrthodontics and Dentofa…5Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics: 5 fractional worksDental materials and res…5Dental materials and restorations: 5 fractional worksEndodontics and Root Canal Treatments: 4 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 4 fractional worksDental Implant Technique…4Dental Implant Techniques and Outcomes: 4 fractional worksDental Health and Care Utilization: 3 fractional worksDental Research and COVID-19: 3 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthOral SurgeryPeriodonticsOrthodontics2 others

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

  1. 1 Innovations in Medical EducationPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 7 works
  2. 2 Dental Radiography and ImagingOral Surgery 5 works
  3. 3 Oral microbiology and periodontitis researchPeriodontics 5 works
  4. 4 Orthodontics and Dentofacial OrthopedicsOrthodontics 5 works
  5. 5 Dental materials and restorationsOrthodontics 5 works
  6. 6 Endodontics and Root Canal TreatmentsOral Surgery 4 works
  7. 7 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and EducationHealth Informatics 4 works
  8. 8 Dental Implant Techniques and OutcomesOral Surgery 4 works
  9. 9 Dental Health and Care UtilizationPeriodontics 3 works
  10. 10 Dental Research and COVID-19General Dentistry 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 available77.4%not open22.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors52.1%domestic only47.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 706% 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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