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National University

In research, National University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#4,190 of 12,888 worldwide), Engineering (#2,492 of 6,636 worldwide) and Medicine (#5,824 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,058
of 28,054 · #8,224 all time
Rank in Sudan
#2
of 30
Research works
741
▲ 76% vs 2013–17
Citations
19k
25.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
24.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
53%
world 28%

What is National University 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 #4,190 of 12,888 26.7%129 #6465
EngineeringField #2,492 of 6,636 27.8%65 #4002
MedicineField #5,824 of 10,443 18.7%60 #11803
Health SciencesDomain #7,417 of 11,982 18.1%67 #14194

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where National 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 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#6,465 #4,190
  2. Engineering#4,002 #2,492
  3. Medicine#11,803 #5,824
  4. Health Sciences#14,194 #7,417
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.

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: 0.54× its world share, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.29× its world share, 32 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.26× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.16× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.44× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 3.64× its world share, 3 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.34× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.43× its world share, 9 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.42× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.41× its world share, 6 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.67× its world share, 65 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.82× its world share, 10 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.93× its world share, 27 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.21× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.47× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.21× its world share, 60 worksMedicineNursing: 0.73× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.90× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.36× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.39× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemical Engineering, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at National University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cathode Materials, Lithium-ion Batteries, Energy Storage, Rechargeable Batteries, Biomedical Applications, Battery Materials, Nanostructured Anodes and Nanomaterials.

▲ 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. Epidemiology14▲ 1.32×60 topics
  2. Cathode Materials12▲ 12×3 topics
  3. Machine Learning11▲ 1.24×18 topics
  4. Biomedical Applications10▲ 3.3×26 topics
  5. Inflammation10▲ 1.87×49 topics
  6. Energy Storage10▲ 5.8×7 topics
  7. Lithium-ion Batteries10▲ 8.7×4 topics
  8. Nanomaterials8▲ 3.0×13 topics
  9. Cancer8▲ 2.4×34 topics
  10. Rechargeable Batteries8▲ 11×2 topics
  11. Nanoparticles6▲ 1.96×23 topics
  12. Tissue Engineering6▲ 4.0×10 topics
  13. Nanocomposites6▲ 3.0×13 topics
  14. Battery Technology5▲ 7.2×2 topics
  15. Battery Materials5▲ 12×1 topic
  16. Nanostructured Anodes5▲ 12×1 topic
  17. Immunotherapy5▲ 2.7×12 topics
  18. Immunity5▲ 4.7×8 topics
  19. Ionic Conductivity5▲ 14×2 topics
  20. Lithium-Sulfur Batteries5▲ 13×2 topics
  21. Graphene5▲ 2.7×8 topics
  22. Nanostructured Cathodes5▲ 15×1 topic
  23. Solid-State Electrolytes5▲ 15×1 topic
  24. Gesture Recognition5▲ 24×2 topics
  25. Efficiency4▲ 5.6×3 topics
  26. Water Splitting4▲ 4.7×4 topics
  27. Flexible Electronics4▲ 9.5×3 topics
  28. Nanocrystals4▲ 5.9×5 topics
  29. Metal-Organic Frameworks4▲ 3.8×6 topics
  30. Energy Harvesting4▲ 8.4×2 topics
  31. Nanofibers4▲ 6.7×3 topics
  32. Nanogenerators4▲ 11×1 topic
  33. Wearable4▲ 11×1 topic
  34. Interactive Evolutionary Computation3▲ 61×1 topic
  35. Metabolic Engineering3▲ 14×5 topics
  36. Music Generation3▲ 61×1 topic
  37. Conducting Polymers3▲ 9.0×2 topics
  38. Photovoltaics3▲ 7.4×3 topics
  39. Rheology3▲ 6.4×6 topics
  40. Organic Electronics3▲ 8.0×2 topics

Which research topics does National University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Advancements in Battery Materials, Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies, Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials and Music Technology and Sound Studies.

Advancements in Battery …5Advancements in Battery Materials: 5 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Materia…5Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies: 5 fractional worksAdvanced Sensor and Ener…4Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials: 4 fractional worksMusic Technology and Sou…3Music Technology and Sound Studies: 3 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Technologies Research: 3 fractional worksPerovskite Materials and Applications: 3 fractional worksConducting polymers and …3Conducting polymers and applications: 3 fractional worksAdvanced battery technol…2Advanced battery technologies research: 2 fractional worksElectrocatalysts for Ene…2Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion: 2 fractional worksMicrobial Metabolic Engi…2Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction: 2 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringBiomedical EngineeringComputer Vision and Pattern RecognitionAutomotive Engineering3 others

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

  1. 1 Advancements in Battery Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 5 works
  2. 2 Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 5 works
  3. 3 Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials Biomedical Engineering 4 works
  4. 4 Music Technology and Sound Studies Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 3 works
  5. 5 Advanced Battery Technologies Research Automotive Engineering 3 works
  6. 6 Perovskite Materials and Applications Electrical and Electronic Engineering 3 works
  7. 7 Conducting polymers and applications Polymers and Plastics 3 works
  8. 8 Advanced battery technologies research Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2 works
  9. 9 Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 2 works
  10. 10 Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction Molecular Biology 2 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 available52.7%not open47.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors76.4%domestic only23.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has National University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 76% 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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