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Saba University

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World rank, 2022-now
#12,335
of 22,385 · #19,126 all time
Rank in Yemen
#12
of 15
Research works
238
▲ 108% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.7k
7.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.99×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
78%
world 40%
International
46%
world 18%
Saba University

Which fields of science does Saba University work in?

In 2022-now, 35% of research at Saba University is in Social Sciences, 34% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (17%), Social Sciences (15%), Computer Science (13%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 48 fractional works · 34.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 21 fractional works · 15.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 7 fractional works · 5.1% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLinguistics and Language: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 12 fractional works · 8.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 6 fractional works · 4.7% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMusic: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 3.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 3.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysical Sciences: 47 fractional works · 33.8% of its workComputer Science: 18 fractional works · 13.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 10 fractional works · 7.2% of its workInformation Systems: 4 fractional works · 3.1% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 10 fractional works · 7.3% of its workApplied Mathematics: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workNumerical Analysis: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workModeling and Simulation: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeometry and Topology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematical Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 7 fractional works · 5.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 31 fractional works · 22.1% of its workMedicine: 24 fractional works · 17.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDentistry: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPeriodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrthodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 13 fractional works · 9.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 9 fractional works · 6.4% of its workPlant Science: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKSaba University140fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences34%Health Sciences22%Social Sciences35%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences2115.1%
    2. Arts and Humanities128.7%
    3. Psychology53.3%
    4. Decision Sciences43.1%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting32.5%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance31.8%
    1. Computer Science1813.0%
    2. Mathematics107.3%
    3. Engineering75.3%
    4. Environmental Science42.6%
    5. Materials Science31.9%
    6. Chemistry21.7%
    7. Physics and Astronomy21.1%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.5%
    9. Energy00.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Medicine2417.3%
    2. Dentistry32.1%
    3. Health Professions32.0%
    4. Veterinary10.4%
    5. Nursing00.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences96.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology31.9%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.5%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.4%
    5. Neuroscience00.3%
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: 1.36× its world share, 9 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.37× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.44× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.08× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.67× its world share, 18 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.35× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.52× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.56× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 6.24× its world share, 10 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.51× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 4.40× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.77× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.90× its world share, 24 worksMedicineNursing: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.28× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.02× its world share, 12 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.77× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.19× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.85× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.09× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.19× its world share, 21 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 6.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Mathematics6.24×10 works
  2. Dentistry4.40×3 works
  3. Veterinary3.28×1 works
  4. Decision Sciences3.19×4 works
  5. Arts and Humanities3.02×12 works
  6. Computer Science1.67×18 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.44×1 works
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.36×9 works
  9. Social Sciences1.19×21 works
  10. Psychology1.09×5 works
  11. Chemistry1.08×2 works
  12. Medicine0.90×24 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.85×2 works
  14. Health Professions0.77×3 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.77×4 works
  16. Materials Science0.56×3 works
  17. Environmental Science0.52×4 works
  18. Physics and Astronomy0.51×2 works
  19. Immunology and Microbiology0.38×0 works
  20. Nursing0.38×0 works
  21. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.37×3 works
  22. Engineering0.35×7 works
  23. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.32×1 works
  24. Energy0.25×0 works
  25. Neuroscience0.18×0 works
  26. Chemical Engineering0.17×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Saba University?

Ranked on the quality score, Sarah Al-Rai, Arwa Alshargabi and Mahiuob M. Q. Shubatah lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Saba University.

  1. 1 Sarah Al-Rai Yemen · #3,391,540 worldwide 40 citations · 15 works
  2. 2 Arwa Alshargabi Yemen · #4,327,406 worldwide 159 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 Mahiuob M. Q. Shubatah Yemen · #4,646,170 worldwide 77 citations · 20 works
  4. 4 Yahya Qaid Hasan Yemen · #4,973,946 worldwide 197 citations · 40 works
All ranked researchers at Saba University

What are the most cited papers from Saba University?

The most cited paper from Saba University is "Role of NiO Nanoparticles in Enhancing Structure Properties of TiO 2 and Its Applications in Photodegradation and Hydrogen Evolution" (Mohammed A. Mannaa, Khaled Faisal Qasim, Fares T. Alshorifi et al., 2021), with 142 citations. Next come "Health professionals' knowledge, attitude and practices towards pharmacovigilance in Nepal" (120) and "Parkinson’s disease: a review of non-motor symptoms" (118).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Role of NiO Nanoparticles in Enhancing Structure Properties of TiO 2 and Its Applications in Photodegradation and Hydrogen Evolution Mohammed A. Mannaa, Khaled Faisal Qasim, Fares T. Alshorifi et al. · ACS Omega Open access 3 Nov 2021 142
2 Health professionals' knowledge, attitude and practices towards pharmacovigilance in Nepal Subish Palaian, Mohamed Izham Mohamed Ibrahim, P Mishra · Pharmacy Practice Open access Dec 2011 120
3 Parkinson’s disease: a review of non-motor symptoms Abdul Qayyum Rana, Uzma S Ahmed, Zishan M Chaudry et al. · Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics 4 May 2015 118
4 Wearable Flexible Electronics Based Cardiac Electrode for Researcher Mental Stress Detection System Using Machine Learning Models on Single Lead Electrocardiogram Signal Md Belal Bin Heyat, Faijan Akhtar, Syed Jafar Abbas et al. · Biosensors Open access 17 Jun 2022 116
5 Claudins in human cancer: a review. Abderrahman Ouban, Atif Ali Ahmed · PubMed Open access 2010 113
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Saba University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Literature, Identity, Machine Learning, Nonlinear Equations, Healthcare, Globalization, Fuzzy Sets and Corpus Linguistics.

▲ 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. Machine Learning10▲ 2.0×20 topics
  2. Globalization7▲ 2.5×14 topics
  3. Identity6▲ 6.1×9 topics
  4. Healthcare6▲ 3.8×8 topics
  5. Epidemiology6◆ 1.08×40 topics
  6. Literature6▲ 7.8×8 topics
  7. Nonlinear Equations5▲ 26×4 topics
  8. Education5▲ 1.91×11 topics
  9. Knowledge Management4▲ 5.0×4 topics
  10. Social Media4▲ 1.99×11 topics
  11. Supply Chain Management4▲ 3.0×5 topics
  12. Digital Transformation4▲ 4.7×3 topics
  13. Fuzzy Sets4▲ 48×2 topics
  14. Corpus Linguistics3▲ 11×4 topics
  15. Customer Satisfaction3▲ 7.1×3 topics
  16. Smart Cities3▲ 8.6×3 topics
  17. Culture3▲ 4.3×5 topics
  18. Online Learning3▲ 2.7×8 topics
  19. Gender3▲ 4.0×4 topics
  20. Politics3▲ 8.2×3 topics
  21. IoT3▲ 5.6×2 topics
  22. Organizational Performance3▲ 7.8×1 topic
  23. Social Media Marketing3▲ 42×1 topic
  24. Media3▲ 13×3 topics
  25. Postcolonialism3▲ 13×4 topics
  26. Precision Medicine3▲ 3.9×4 topics
  27. Meta-Analysis3▲ 3.2×8 topics
  28. Race2▲ 15×3 topics
  29. Analytic Hierarchy Process2▲ 31×1 topic
  30. TOPSIS2▲ 43×1 topic
  31. Anomalous Diffusion2▲ 28×1 topic
  32. Boundary Value Problems2▲ 30×3 topics
  33. Fractional Calculus2▲ 28×1 topic
  34. Cross-Cultural Communication2▲ 17×2 topics
  35. Language Teaching2▲ 5.6×4 topics
  36. Middle East2▲ 24×2 topics
  37. Language2▲ 5.8×2 topics
  38. Feature Selection2▲ 6.3×3 topics
  39. Ecology2▲ 7.7×2 topics
  40. Clinical Decision Support2▲ 7.9×1 topic

Which research topics does Saba University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Organizational and Employee Performance, Multi-Criteria Decision Making, Fractional Differential Equations Solutions and Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education.

Organizational and Emplo…3Organizational and Employee Performance: 3 fractional worksMulti-Criteria Decision …2Multi-Criteria Decision Making: 2 fractional worksFractional Differential …2Fractional Differential Equations Solutions: 2 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence …2Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 2 fractional worksAmerican and British Literature Analysis: 2 fractional worksNumerical methods for differential equations: 2 fractional worksNatural Language Process…2Natural Language Processing Techniques: 2 fractional worksAdsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal: 1 fractional worksMiddle East and Rwanda Conflicts: 1 fractional worksNonlinear Waves and Soli…1Nonlinear Waves and Solitons: 1 fractional works
Artificial IntelligenceManagement Science and Operations ResearchModeling and SimulationHealth Informatics5 others

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

  1. 1 Organizational and Employee Performance Artificial Intelligence 3 works
  2. 2 Multi-Criteria Decision Making Management Science and Operations Research 2 works
  3. 3 Fractional Differential Equations Solutions Modeling and Simulation 2 works
  4. 4 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 2 works
  5. 5 American and British Literature Analysis Literature and Literary Theory 2 works
  6. 6 Numerical methods for differential equations Numerical Analysis 2 works
  7. 7 Natural Language Processing Techniques Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  8. 8 Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal Water Science and Technology 1 works
  9. 9 Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  10. 10 Nonlinear Waves and Solitons Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 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 available78.5%not open21.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors45.5%domestic only54.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Saba University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 108% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Saba University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00035% in 2024.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%Saba University0.00067% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Saba University over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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