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National Ribat University

In research, National Ribat University stands highest in Health Sciences (#5,710 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#5,219 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#14,698
of 22,385 · #24,277 all time
Rank in Sudan
#17
of 30
Research works
409
▲ 22% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.2k
5.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.92×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
78%
world 40%
International
34%
world 18%
National Ribat University

What is National Ribat University 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
Health SciencesDomain #5,710 of 9,902 5.5%88 #12900
MedicineField #5,219 of 8,541 6.2%71 #11200

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where National Ribat University 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 Ribat University work in?

In 2022-now, 67% of research at National Ribat University is in Health Sciences, 12% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (54%), Health Professions (8%), Social Sciences (6%). It does 2.7× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 104 fractional works · 66.6% of its workMedicine: 85 fractional works · 54.0% of its workSurgery: 13 fractional works · 8.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 8 fractional works · 5.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 5 fractional works · 3.5% of its workEpidemiology: 5 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 5 fractional works · 3.0% of its workOncology: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workRheumatology: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 13 fractional works · 8.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 5 fractional works · 3.2% of its workHealth Information Management: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedical Terminology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPeriodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Dentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrthodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLife Sciences: 19 fractional works · 11.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 4.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMolecular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 18 fractional works · 11.5% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 3.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 5 fractional works · 3.2% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 16 fractional works · 10.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 10 fractional works · 6.3% of its workEducation: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKNational RibatUniversity156fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences12%Health Sciences67%Social Sciences10%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine8554.0%
    2. Health Professions138.0%
    3. Nursing32.0%
    4. Dentistry31.7%
    5. Veterinary10.8%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology74.5%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology42.3%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences32.1%
    4. Neuroscience32.0%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.9%
    1. Engineering63.8%
    2. Computer Science53.2%
    3. Environmental Science32.0%
    4. Chemistry10.7%
    5. Physics and Astronomy10.6%
    6. Mathematics10.6%
    7. Materials Science00.2%
    8. Energy00.1%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    10. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    1. Social Sciences106.3%
    2. Psychology42.3%
    3. Decision Sciences10.7%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting10.5%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.2%
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: 0.45× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.85× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.27× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.26× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.52× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.41× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.25× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.41× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 3.42× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.05× its world share, 13 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.81× its world share, 84 worksMedicineNursing: 4.10× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 6.05× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.75× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.75× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.50× its world share, 10 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 6.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary6.05×1 works
  2. Nursing4.10×3 works
  3. Dentistry3.42×3 works
  4. Health Professions3.05×13 works
  5. Medicine2.81×84 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.52×1 works
  7. Immunology and Microbiology2.27×4 works
  8. Neuroscience1.26×3 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.85×7 works
  10. Decision Sciences0.75×1 works
  11. Psychology0.75×4 works
  12. Mathematics0.50×1 works
  13. Social Sciences0.50×10 works
  14. Chemistry0.46×1 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.45×3 works
  16. Computer Science0.41×5 works
  17. Environmental Science0.41×3 works
  18. Chemical Engineering0.30×0 works
  19. Physics and Astronomy0.29×1 works
  20. Engineering0.25×6 works
  21. Business, Management and Accounting0.17×1 works
  22. Energy0.14×0 works
  23. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.09×0 works
  24. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.07×0 works
  25. Materials Science0.07×0 works

Who are the top researchers at National Ribat University?

Ranked on the quality score, Tarig Fadalla, Mohamed Y Ibrahim and Hasan Abu-Aisha lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Ribat University.

  1. 1 Tarig Fadalla Sudan · #729,750 worldwide 406 citations · 26 works
  2. 2 Mohamed Y Ibrahim Sudan · #2,913,391 worldwide 155 citations · 20 works
  3. 3 Hasan Abu-Aisha Sudan · #3,080,227 worldwide 525 citations · 22 works
  4. 4 Eltayeb Tayrab Sudan · #3,328,222 worldwide 142 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Omer Abdel Aziz Musa Sudan · #3,465,455 worldwide 878 citations · 42 works
  6. 6 Mohammed Ibrahim Saeed Sudan · #3,767,626 worldwide 299 citations · 29 works
  7. 7 ElMuhtadi B. Y. Gasoma Sudan · #3,933,296 worldwide 15 citations · 18 works
  8. 8 Ibrahim A. I. Ali Sudan · #4,303,063 worldwide 379 citations · 84 works
  9. 9 Imad Elimairi Sudan · #4,721,255 worldwide 190 citations · 36 works
  10. 10 Mohammad Al Diab Al Azzawi Sudan · #4,754,198 worldwide 40 citations · 28 works
All ranked researchers at National Ribat University

What are the most cited papers from National Ribat University?

The most cited paper from National Ribat University is "Advancing the global public health agenda for NAFLD: a consensus statement" (Jeffrey Victor Lazarus et al., 2021), with 768 citations. Next come "Patient safety in developing countries: retrospective estimation of scale and nature of harm to patients in hospital" (379) and "Prevalence of symptoms of asthma, rhinitis and eczema in 13‐ to 14‐year‐old children in Africa: the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood Phase III" (253).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Advancing the global public health agenda for NAFLD: a consensus statement Jeffrey Victor Lazarus et al. · Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology ReviewOpen access221 authors 27 Oct 2021 768
2 Patient safety in developing countries: retrospective estimation of scale and nature of harm to patients in hospital Ross McL Wilson, Philippe Michel, S. Olsen et al. · BMJ Open access 13 Mar 2012 379
3 Prevalence of symptoms of asthma, rhinitis and eczema in 13‐ to 14‐year‐old children in Africa: the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood Phase III Nadia Ait-Khaled et al. · Allergy 8 Feb 2007 253
4 Airway foreign bodies: A critical review for a common pediatric emergency Alaaddin M Salih, Musab M. Alfaki, Dafalla M Alam-Elhuda · World Journal of Emergency Medicine Open access 2016 223
5 Comparison of the effectiveness of lectures based on problems and traditional lectures in physiology teaching in Sudan Nouralsalhin Abdalhamid Alaagib, Omer Abdelaziz Musa, Amal Mahmoud Saeed · BMC Medical Education Open access 23 Sep 2019 156
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at National Ribat University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Public Health, Mortality, Guidelines, Cardiovascular Disease and Metabolic Syndrome.

▲ 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. Epidemiology20▲ 3.2×83 topics
  2. Diagnosis8▲ 5.7×27 topics
  3. Public Health7▲ 2.9×22 topics
  4. Treatment6▲ 3.4×28 topics
  5. Inflammation6▲ 1.90×35 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Disease5▲ 3.0×22 topics
  7. Mortality5▲ 5.4×10 topics
  8. Risk Factors5▲ 2.8×21 topics
  9. Metabolic Syndrome5▲ 3.7×18 topics
  10. Management5▲ 3.7×17 topics
  11. Oxidative Stress5▲ 1.80×19 topics
  12. Guidelines4▲ 5.5×10 topics
  13. Obesity4▲ 3.3×12 topics
  14. Neurological Disorders4▲ 4.2×14 topics
  15. Surgical Management4▲ 5.5×14 topics
  16. Heart Failure3▲ 4.8×9 topics
  17. Global Burden3▲ 3.8×9 topics
  18. Immune Response3▲ 3.3×11 topics
  19. Maternal Mortality3▲ 8.4×4 topics
  20. Medical Education3▲ 6.8×8 topics
  21. ICT3▲ 13×2 topics
  22. Surgery3▲ 5.0×9 topics
  23. Thrombosis3▲ 6.1×6 topics
  24. Antibiotic Resistance2▲ 4.0×8 topics
  25. Clinical Guidelines2▲ 5.4×9 topics
  26. Endothelial Dysfunction2▲ 6.8×5 topics
  27. Cardiovascular Health2▲ 7.4×2 topics
  28. Infectious Diseases2▲ 4.5×7 topics
  29. Cancer Risk2▲ 6.3×5 topics
  30. Vaccine Development2▲ 5.5×7 topics
  31. Violence2▲ 9.6×2 topics
  32. Conflict2▲ 8.1×2 topics
  33. Electronic Health Records2▲ 13×2 topics
  34. Preeclampsia2▲ 17×2 topics
  35. Type 2 Diabetes2▲ 5.9×5 topics
  36. Democratic Republic of Congo2▲ 78×1 topic
  37. Iraq2▲ 78×1 topic
  38. Physician Burnout2▲ 15×2 topics
  39. Hypertensive Disorders2▲ 18×1 topic
  40. Placental Development2▲ 18×1 topic

Which research topics does National Ribat University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Health and Conflict Studies, Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies, Vestibular and auditory disorders and Child Nutrition and Water Access.

Health and Conflict Stud…2Health and Conflict Studies: 2 fractional worksPregnancy and preeclamps…2Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies: 2 fractional worksVestibular and auditory disorders: 2 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 1 fractional worksDiabetes Treatment and Management: 1 fractional worksEconomic Growth and Development: 1 fractional worksICT Impact and Policies: 1 fractional worksElectronic Health Record…1Electronic Health Records Systems: 1 fractional worksInflammatory Biomarkers in Disease Prognosis: 1 fractional worksDiabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins: 1 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsObstetrics and GynecologyNeurologyNutrition and Dietetics5 others

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

  1. 1 Health and Conflict Studies General Health Professions 2 works
  2. 2 Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies Obstetrics and Gynecology 2 works
  3. 3 Vestibular and auditory disorders Neurology 2 works
  4. 4 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 1 works
  5. 5 Diabetes Treatment and Management Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 1 works
  6. 6 Economic Growth and Development Information Systems 1 works
  7. 7 ICT Impact and Policies Media Technology 1 works
  8. 8 Electronic Health Records Systems Health Information Management 1 works
  9. 9 Inflammatory Biomarkers in Disease Prognosis Oncology 1 works
  10. 10 Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 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 available77.6%not open22.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors34.4%domestic only65.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has National Ribat University's research output changed?

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

still counting200020052010201520202025
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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 Ribat University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00046% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%National Ribat University0.00079% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of National Ribat University 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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025National Ribat University6.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.7% in 2024.

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