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National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences

In research, National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences stands highest in Physical Sciences (#3,784 of 10,670 worldwide) and Environmental Science (#1,223 of 3,334 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Environmental Engineering (Environmental Engineering is 23.3× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#8,756
of 22,385 · #7,500 all time
Rank in Egypt
#57
of 117
Research works
777
▲ 22% vs 2018-21
Citations
12k
15.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.12×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
55%
world 40%
International
23%
world 18%
National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences

What is National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences 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
Physical SciencesDomain #3,784 of 10,670 14.1%193 #2909
Environmental ScienceField #1,223 of 3,334 14.8%93 #1873

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences work in?

In 2022-now, 82% of research at National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences is in Physical Sciences, 12% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (40%), Engineering (18%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (12%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 213 fractional works · 82.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 104 fractional works · 40.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 32 fractional works · 12.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 19 fractional works · 7.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 17 fractional works · 6.7% of its workEcology: 15 fractional works · 6.0% of its workWater Science and Technology: 8 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPollution: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 45 fractional works · 17.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 15 fractional works · 5.9% of its workMedia Technology: 9 fractional works · 3.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMechanics of Materials: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArchitecture: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 30 fractional works · 11.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 7 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGeophysics: 6 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOceanography: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSpace and Planetary Science: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 22 fractional works · 8.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 16 fractional works · 6.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 30 fractional works · 11.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 27 fractional works · 10.6% of its workPlant Science: 11 fractional works · 4.2% of its workSoil Science: 8 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 11 fractional works · 4.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMedicine: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKNationalAuthority for…258fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences82%Health Sciences2%Social Sciences4%

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. Environmental Science10440.3%
    2. Engineering4517.6%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences3011.5%
    4. Computer Science228.6%
    5. Physics and Astronomy51.9%
    6. Materials Science31.1%
    7. Chemistry31.0%
    8. Energy10.3%
    9. Mathematics00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2710.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology20.8%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
    1. Social Sciences62.2%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting20.8%
    3. Decision Sciences10.5%
    4. Arts and Humanities10.4%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.1%
    1. Medicine41.4%
    2. Health Professions10.4%
    3. Nursing00.1%
    4. Veterinary00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Environmental Engineering takes 23.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Environmental EngineeringSubfield · 32.5 works23×
← 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: 2.22× its world share, 27 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.62× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.10× its world share, 22 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 7.36× its world share, 30 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.17× its world share, 45 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 8.12× its world share, 104 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.30× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.86× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.07× its world share, 4 worksMedicineNursing: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 8.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science8.12×104 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences7.36×30 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.22×27 works
  4. Engineering1.17×45 works
  5. Computer Science1.10×22 works
  6. Physics and Astronomy0.86×5 works
  7. Chemistry0.62×2 works
  8. Decision Sciences0.53×1 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.37×0 works
  10. Energy0.36×1 works
  11. Veterinary0.32×0 works
  12. Materials Science0.30×3 works
  13. Nursing0.26×0 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.26×2 works
  15. Health Professions0.17×1 works
  16. Social Sciences0.17×6 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.15×2 works
  18. Arts and Humanities0.15×1 works
  19. Medicine0.07×4 works
  20. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.06×0 works
  21. Mathematics0.05×0 works
  22. Immunology and Microbiology0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences?

Ranked on the quality score, Mohamed A. E. AbdelRahman, Elsayed Said Mohamed and Abotalib Z. Abotalib lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences.

  1. 1 Mohamed A. E. AbdelRahman Egypt · #236,352 worldwide 2.7k citations · 111 works
  2. 2 Elsayed Said Mohamed Egypt · #397,888 worldwide 2.2k citations · 77 works
  3. 3 Abotalib Z. Abotalib Egypt · #399,912 worldwide 1.8k citations · 70 works
  4. 4 Abdelaziz Elfadaly Egypt · #483,902 worldwide 688 citations · 28 works
  5. 5 Rania Elsayed Ibrahim Egypt · #674,984 worldwide 1.5k citations · 40 works
  6. 6 Mohamed Eladham Fadl Egypt · #782,058 worldwide 726 citations · 43 works
  7. 7 Safaa M. Hassan Egypt · #827,715 worldwide 743 citations · 37 works
  8. 8 Mahmoud Abd El-Rahman Hegab Egypt · #921,872 worldwide 321 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 Mona S. Ramadan Egypt · #1,075,070 worldwide 233 citations · 27 works
  10. 10 Mohamed M. Metwaly Egypt · #1,075,962 worldwide 428 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences

What are the most cited papers from National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences?

The most cited paper from National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences is "Smart farming for improving agricultural management" (Elsayed Said Mohamed, AA. Belal, Sameh Kotb Abd‐Elmabod et al., 2021), with 451 citations. Next come "An overview of land degradation, desertification and sustainable land management using GIS and remote sensing applications" (367) and "Detecting areas of high-potential gold mineralization using ASTER data" (356).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Smart farming for improving agricultural management Elsayed Said Mohamed, AA. Belal, Sameh Kotb Abd‐Elmabod et al. · The Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Science Open access 6 Sep 2021 451
2 An overview of land degradation, desertification and sustainable land management using GIS and remote sensing applications Mohamed A. E. AbdelRahman · RENDICONTI LINCEI Open access 4 Apr 2023 367
3 Detecting areas of high-potential gold mineralization using ASTER data Safwat S. Gabr, Abduwasit Ghulam, Timothy Kusky · Ore Geology Reviews 9 Jun 2010 356
4 Drought risk assessment using remote sensing and GIS techniques Abdel-Aziz A. Belal, Hassan Ragab El-Ramady, Elsayed Said Mohamed et al. · Arabian Journal of Geosciences 29 Oct 2012 238
5 Assessment of land suitability and capability by integrating remote sensing and GIS for agriculture in Chamarajanagar district, Karnataka, India Mohamed A. E. AbdelRahman, A. Natarajan, Rajendra Hegde · The Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Science Open access 24 Feb 2016 237
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Remote Sensing, Machine Learning, Climate Change, Support Vector Machines, GIS, Biomass Estimation, Hyperspectral Imaging and Land Suitability.

▲ 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. Remote Sensing88▲ 28×28 topics
  2. Machine Learning46▲ 5.4×19 topics
  3. Climate Change36▲ 5.2×49 topics
  4. Support Vector Machines24▲ 29×4 topics
  5. GIS24▲ 122×2 topics
  6. Deep Learning20▲ 2.2×16 topics
  7. Biomass Estimation19▲ 47×3 topics
  8. Hyperspectral Imaging19▲ 27×5 topics
  9. Sustainable Development19▲ 4.6×9 topics
  10. Land Suitability16▲ 185×1 topic
  11. Multi-Criteria Analysis16▲ 117×1 topic
  12. Land Use Change15▲ 19×6 topics
  13. Geological Mapping14▲ 71×2 topics
  14. Compositional Data Analysis14▲ 86×1 topic
  15. Mineral Prospectivity14▲ 86×1 topic
  16. Sustainability14▲ 2.1×25 topics
  17. Environmental Impact12▲ 2.8×24 topics
  18. Global Change11▲ 17×4 topics
  19. Climate11▲ 43×2 topics
  20. Phenology10▲ 58×1 topic
  21. Spectroscopy10▲ 24×2 topics
  22. Vegetation Monitoring10▲ 58×1 topic
  23. Soil Properties10▲ 23×2 topics
  24. Spatial Interpolation10▲ 92×2 topics
  25. Digital Soil Mapping10▲ 170×1 topic
  26. Geostatistics10▲ 170×1 topic
  27. Terrestrial Laser Scanning10▲ 32×2 topics
  28. Classification9▲ 7.9×2 topics
  29. Feature Extraction9▲ 7.9×2 topics
  30. Hyperspectral9▲ 42×2 topics
  31. Change Detection9▲ 51×1 topic
  32. Image Analysis9▲ 37×1 topic
  33. Aboveground Biomass8▲ 38×2 topics
  34. Forest Carbon Stocks8▲ 54×1 topic
  35. Lidar Remote Sensing8▲ 54×1 topic
  36. Groundwater Potential8▲ 116×1 topic
  37. Machine Learning Models8▲ 116×1 topic
  38. Hydrological Modeling8▲ 13×5 topics
  39. Ecosystem Services8▲ 7.8×6 topics
  40. Water Quality8▲ 7.4×9 topics

Which research topics does National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Soil and Land Suitability Analysis, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, Remote Sensing in Agriculture and Soil Geostatistics and Mapping.

Soil and Land Suitability Analysis: 16 fractional worksGeochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 14 fractional worksRemote Sensing in Agricu…10Remote Sensing in Agriculture: 10 fractional worksSoil Geostatistics and M…10Soil Geostatistics and Mapping: 10 fractional worksRemote-Sensing Image Classification: 9 fractional worksRemote Sensing and LiDAR Applications: 8 fractional worksGroundwater and Watershe…8Groundwater and Watershed Analysis: 8 fractional worksLand Use and Ecosystem Services: 6 fractional worksSmart Agriculture and AI: 3 fractional worksSoil erosion and sediment transport: 3 fractional works
Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawArtificial IntelligenceEcologyEnvironmental Engineering4 others

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

  1. 1 Soil and Land Suitability Analysis Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 16 works
  2. 2 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 14 works
  3. 3 Remote Sensing in Agriculture Ecology 10 works
  4. 4 Soil Geostatistics and Mapping Environmental Engineering 10 works
  5. 5 Remote-Sensing Image Classification Media Technology 9 works
  6. 6 Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications Environmental Engineering 8 works
  7. 7 Groundwater and Watershed Analysis Environmental Engineering 8 works
  8. 8 Land Use and Ecosystem Services Global and Planetary Change 6 works
  9. 9 Smart Agriculture and AI Plant Science 3 works
  10. 10 Soil erosion and sediment transport Soil Science 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 available54.8%not open45.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.0%domestic only77.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 22% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting200020102020
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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 National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00091% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences0.00078% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences 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%National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences18.7% 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 18.7% in 2025.

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