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In research, Obour Institutes stands highest in Physical Sciences (#3,347 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and Physics and Astronomy (Statistical and Nonlinear Physics is 54.8× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#9,392
of 22,385 · #12,223 all time
Rank in Egypt
#64
of 117
Research works
266
▲ 68% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.2k
12.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.24×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
64%
world 40%
International
42%
world 18%
Obour Institutes

What is Obour Institutes 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 #3,347 of 10,670 22.6%113 #4392

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Obour Institutes 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 Obour Institutes work in?

In 2022-now, 75% of research at Obour Institutes is in Physical Sciences, 13% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (23%), Physics and Astronomy (21%), Mathematics (10%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 118 fractional works · 75.0% of its workEngineering: 35 fractional works · 22.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 9 fractional works · 5.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 6 fractional works · 3.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 5 fractional works · 3.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 32 fractional works · 20.6% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 27 fractional works · 17.2% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 15 fractional works · 9.8% of its workModeling and Simulation: 6 fractional works · 3.8% of its workStatistics and Probability: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMathematical Physics: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNumerical Analysis: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeometry and Topology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workApplied Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 14 fractional works · 8.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 6 fractional works · 3.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 7 fractional works · 4.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 7 fractional works · 4.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 3.0% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5 fractional works · 3.4% of its workOceanography: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFuel Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 20 fractional works · 13.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 3.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 13 fractional works · 8.3% of its workMedicine: 11 fractional works · 7.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 3.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKObour Institutes157fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences75%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences13%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering3522.5%
    2. Physics and Astronomy3220.6%
    3. Mathematics159.8%
    4. Computer Science148.8%
    5. Environmental Science74.2%
    6. Materials Science74.2%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences53.4%
    8. Energy10.9%
    9. Chemistry10.5%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance63.8%
    2. Social Sciences63.5%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting31.7%
    4. Arts and Humanities21.6%
    5. Psychology21.3%
    6. Decision Sciences21.1%
    1. Medicine117.2%
    2. Health Professions10.9%
    3. Dentistry00.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences21.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology21.3%
    3. Neuroscience10.7%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Obour Institutes specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Statistical and Nonlinear Physics takes 54.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Statistical and Nonlinear PhysicsSubfield · 27.0 works55×
  2. Physics and AstronomyField · 32.3 works9.2×
← 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: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.58× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.13× its world share, 14 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.17× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.94× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.50× its world share, 35 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.84× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.20× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 8.32× its world share, 15 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 9.25× its world share, 32 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.37× its world share, 11 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.54× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.53× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.19× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.76× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.42× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 9.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy9.25×32 works
  2. Mathematics8.32×15 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.17×5 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.76×6 works
  5. Engineering1.50×35 works
  6. Materials Science1.20×6 works
  7. Decision Sciences1.19×2 works
  8. Computer Science1.13×14 works
  9. Energy0.94×1 works
  10. Environmental Science0.84×7 works
  11. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.58×0 works
  12. Arts and Humanities0.54×2 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.53×3 works
  14. Neuroscience0.42×1 works
  15. Psychology0.42×2 works
  16. Medicine0.37×11 works
  17. Chemical Engineering0.35×0 works
  18. Chemistry0.34×1 works
  19. Health Professions0.34×1 works
  20. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.33×2 works
  21. Dentistry0.33×0 works
  22. Social Sciences0.28×6 works
  23. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.25×2 works

Who are the top researchers at Obour Institutes?

Ranked on the quality score, Mostafa M. A. Khater, R. Abo-Zeid and Magdy Abd-Elghany Zeid lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Obour Institutes.

  1. 1 Mostafa M. A. Khater Egypt · #897,707 worldwide 11k citations · 439 works
  2. 2 R. Abo-Zeid Egypt · #4,233,172 worldwide 421 citations · 52 works
  3. 3 Magdy Abd-Elghany Zeid Egypt · #4,296,591 worldwide 132 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Somaya I. Kayed Egypt · #4,489,899 worldwide 80 citations · 30 works
  5. 5 Amr Ibrahim Egypt · #4,961,401 worldwide 158 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Obour Institutes

What are the most cited papers from Obour Institutes?

The most cited paper from Obour Institutes is "Soliton solutions to the Boussinesq equation through sine-Gordon method and Kudryashov method" (M. Ali Akbar, Lanre Akinyemi, Shao-Wen Yao et al., 2021), with 262 citations. Next come "Improving the Accuracy for Analyzing Heart Diseases Prediction Based on the Ensemble Method" (159) and "Nonlinear dispersion in parabolic law medium and its optical solitons" (144).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Soliton solutions to the Boussinesq equation through sine-Gordon method and Kudryashov method M. Ali Akbar, Lanre Akinyemi, Shao-Wen Yao et al. · Results in Physics Open access 28 Apr 2021 262
2 Improving the Accuracy for Analyzing Heart Diseases Prediction Based on the Ensemble Method Xiaoyan Gao, Abdelmegeid Amin Ali, Hassan Shaban Hassan et al. · Complexity Open access 2021 159
3 Nonlinear dispersion in parabolic law medium and its optical solitons Lanre Akinyemi, Hadi Rezazadeh, Shao-Wen Yao et al. · Results in Physics Open access 10 Jun 2021 144
4 Multi-vector with nonlocal and non-singular kernel ultrashort optical solitons pulses waves in birefringent fibers Mostafa M. A. Khater · Chaos Solitons & Fractals 9 Jan 2023 131
5 Physics of crystal lattices and plasma; analytical and numerical simulations of the Gilson–Pickering equation Mostafa M. A. Khater · Results in Physics Open access 2023 121
All 58 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Obour Institutes?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Nonlinear Equations, Rogue Waves, Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation, Integrable Equations, Soliton Solutions, Solitons, Optical Lattices and Discrete.

▲ 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. Nonlinear Equations21▲ 105×3 topics
  2. Rogue Waves18▲ 201×2 topics
  3. Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation18▲ 207×2 topics
  4. Integrable Equations15▲ 274×1 topic
  5. Soliton Solutions15▲ 274×1 topic
  6. Solitons14▲ 199×2 topics
  7. Optical Lattices12▲ 114×2 topics
  8. Discrete11▲ 290×1 topic
  9. Nonlinear Photonic Systems11▲ 290×1 topic
  10. Machine Learning7▲ 1.42×33 topics
  11. Deep Learning7▲ 1.28×32 topics
  12. Anomalous Diffusion6▲ 67×1 topic
  13. Fractional Calculus6▲ 67×1 topic
  14. Sustainability5▲ 1.34×12 topics
  15. Tropical Cyclones4▲ 40×2 topics
  16. Wave Modeling4▲ 44×2 topics
  17. Economic Development4▲ 2.8×3 topics
  18. Governance3▲ 6.7×3 topics
  19. Ocean Waves3▲ 92×1 topic
  20. Wind Stress3▲ 92×1 topic
  21. Finite Element Analysis3▲ 8.2×2 topics
  22. Global Warming3▲ 4.3×6 topics
  23. Stochastic Differential Equations3▲ 27×2 topics
  24. Artificial Neural Networks3▲ 3.8×6 topics
  25. Construction3▲ 13×1 topic
  26. Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Composites3▲ 27×1 topic
  27. Global Well-Posedness3▲ 85×1 topic
  28. Nonlinear Optics3▲ 16×3 topics
  29. Scattering3▲ 85×1 topic
  30. Fiber Lasers2▲ 17×2 topics
  31. Optical Frequency Combs2▲ 30×1 topic
  32. Ultrafast Lasers2▲ 30×1 topic
  33. Generalized Exponential2▲ 93×1 topic
  34. Skew Distributions2▲ 93×1 topic
  35. Density Functional Theory2▲ 14×2 topics
  36. International Trade2▲ 9.9×1 topic
  37. Predator-Prey Interactions2▲ 18×2 topics
  38. Productivity2▲ 25×1 topic
  39. Disease Transmission2▲ 44×1 topic
  40. Epidemic Models2▲ 44×1 topic

Which research topics does Obour Institutes publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Nonlinear Waves and Solitons, Nonlinear Photonic Systems, Fractional Differential Equations Solutions and Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing.

Nonlinear Waves and Soli…15Nonlinear Waves and Solitons: 15 fractional worksNonlinear Photonic Systems11Nonlinear Photonic Systems: 11 fractional worksFractional Differential …6Fractional Differential Equations Solutions: 6 fractional worksOcean Waves and Remote S…3Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing: 3 fractional worksStructural Behavior of R…3Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete: 3 fractional worksAdvanced Mathematical Physics Problems: 3 fractional worksAdvanced Fiber Laser Technologies: 2 fractional worksStatistical Distribution Estimation and Applications: 2 fractional worksGlobal trade and economics: 2 fractional worksMathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology Models: 2 fractional works
Statistical and Nonlinear PhysicsModeling and SimulationOceanographyBuilding and Construction5 others

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

  1. 1 Nonlinear Waves and Solitons Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 15 works
  2. 2 Nonlinear Photonic Systems Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 11 works
  3. 3 Fractional Differential Equations Solutions Modeling and Simulation 6 works
  4. 4 Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing Oceanography 3 works
  5. 5 Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete Building and Construction 3 works
  6. 6 Advanced Mathematical Physics Problems Mathematical Physics 3 works
  7. 7 Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 2 works
  8. 8 Statistical Distribution Estimation and Applications Statistics and Probability 2 works
  9. 9 Global trade and economics General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 2 works
  10. 10 Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology Models Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 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 available64.4%not open35.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors42.5%domestic only57.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Obour Institutes's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 68% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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 Obour Institutes as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00072% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Obour Institutes0.00043% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Obour Institutes 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%30%all institutions10.0% in 2025Obour Institutes8.9% in 2025

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 25.6% in 2022.

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