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Saint Joseph University

In research, Saint Joseph University stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,330 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#3,024 of 10,443 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#3,393 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Orthodontics, Oral Surgery and Dentistry — Orthodontics is 29.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,916
of 28,054 · #8,568 all time
Rank in Lebanon
#9
of 25
Research works
3.5k
▲ 112% vs 2013–17
Citations
39k
11.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
44%
world 28%

What is Saint Joseph 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
Health SciencesDomain #2,330 of 11,982 12.0%532 #3373
MedicineField #3,024 of 10,443 11.5%408 #4213
Social SciencesDomain #3,393 of 10,521 21.6%218 #5355
Social SciencesField #3,198 of 6,365 17.3%99 #5567
SurgerySubfield #957 of 1,816 15.0%88 #1875
Life SciencesDomain #4,904 of 7,800 16.5%86 #7207
DentistryField #235 of 367 11.1%81 #418
Physical SciencesDomain #8,740 of 12,888 10.9%180 #10919
EngineeringField #5,654 of 6,636 8.6%84 #7151

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Saint Joseph 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. Health Sciences#3,373 #2,330
  2. Medicine#4,213 #3,024
  3. Social Sciences#5,355 #3,393
  4. Social Sciences#5,567 #3,198
  5. Surgery#1,875 #957
  6. Life Sciences#7,207 #4,904
  7. Dentistry#418 #235
  8. Physical Sciences#10,919 #8,740
  9. Engineering#7,151 #5,654
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.

What does Saint Joseph University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Orthodontics takes 29.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OrthodonticsSubfield · 33.6 works29×
  2. Oral SurgerySubfield · 35.0 works18×
  3. DentistryField · 80.8 works16×
← 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: 0.40× its world share, 19 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.85× its world share, 46 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.98× its world share, 10 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.51× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.60× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.23× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.52× its world share, 41 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.86× its world share, 8 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.55× its world share, 84 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.53× its world share, 27 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.12× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.34× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.20× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 16.38× its world share, 81 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.49× its world share, 40 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.09× its world share, 408 worksMedicineNursing: 0.68× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.89× its world share, 26 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.80× its world share, 26 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.99× its world share, 10 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.03× its world share, 22 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.11× its world share, 34 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.77× its world share, 99 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 16.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Saint Joseph University?

Ranked on the composite score, André Mégarbané, Hadi Y. Kanaan and Magda Bou Dagher Kharrat lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Saint Joseph University.

  1. 1 André Mégarbané Lebanon · #138,794 worldwide 256 citations · 57 works
  2. 2 Hadi Y. Kanaan Lebanon · #312,260 worldwide 430 citations · 98 works
  3. 3 Magda Bou Dagher Kharrat Lebanon · #499,554 worldwide 51 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Nicolas Louka Lebanon · #514,428 worldwide 153 citations · 24 works
  5. 5 Joseph Kattan Lebanon · #558,935 worldwide 60 citations · 53 works
  6. 6 Georges Corm Lebanon · #567,325 worldwide 6 citations · 29 works
  7. 7 Jad Hatem Lebanon · #574,847 worldwide 0 citations · 19 works
  8. 8 Georges Chahine Lebanon · #575,623 worldwide 17 citations · 40 works
  9. 9 Malak Moubarak Lebanon · #597,283 worldwide 10 citations · 45 works
  10. 10 Nadine El Kassis Lebanon · #632,320 worldwide 12 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at Saint Joseph University

Which keywords describe research at Saint Joseph University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Clinical Trials, Quality of Life, Spinal Fusion, Dental Materials, Restorative Dentistry, Treatment and Mortality.

▲ 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. Epidemiology76▲ 1.89×109 topics
  2. Quality of Life43▲ 2.9×44 topics
  3. Clinical Trials33▲ 4.9×17 topics
  4. Inflammation31▲ 1.48×60 topics
  5. Treatment30▲ 2.4×45 topics
  6. COVID-1926▲ 1.88×18 topics
  7. Mortality23▲ 3.9×13 topics
  8. Chemotherapy22▲ 3.0×21 topics
  9. Cardiovascular Disease20▲ 1.78×30 topics
  10. Complications20▲ 3.8×17 topics
  11. Spinal Fusion19▲ 20×2 topics
  12. Dental Materials18▲ 33×1 topic
  13. Restorative Dentistry18▲ 33×1 topic
  14. Politics17▲ 6.0×6 topics
  15. Governance16▲ 4.8×6 topics
  16. Bone Regeneration16▲ 13×2 topics
  17. Dental Implants14▲ 27×1 topic
  18. Peri-implant Diseases14▲ 27×1 topic
  19. Diagnostic Criteria14▲ 6.1×10 topics
  20. Prognostic Factors13▲ 3.0×14 topics
  21. Biomechanics13▲ 4.2×8 topics
  22. Orthognathic Surgery12▲ 25×2 topics
  23. Psychological Factors12▲ 5.7×6 topics
  24. Scoliosis12▲ 41×1 topic
  25. Spinal Deformity12▲ 41×1 topic
  26. Refugees12▲ 9.3×4 topics
  27. Autoantibodies12▲ 5.1×8 topics
  28. Surgical Treatment12▲ 6.0×6 topics
  29. Civil War12▲ 36×2 topics
  30. Dental Esthetics11▲ 30×1 topic
  31. Lebanon11▲ 100×1 topic
  32. Orthodontic Tooth Movement11▲ 30×1 topic
  33. Sectarianism11▲ 100×1 topic
  34. Revascularization10▲ 6.7×4 topics
  35. Low Back Pain10▲ 5.7×3 topics
  36. Degenerative Disc Disease9▲ 9.6×2 topics
  37. Mineral Trioxide Aggregate9▲ 24×1 topic
  38. Root Canal Irrigants9▲ 24×1 topic
  39. Osteoporosis9▲ 10×4 topics
  40. Spinal Surgery9▲ 11×2 topics

Which research topics does Saint Joseph University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Dental materials and restorations, Dental Implant Techniques and Outcomes, Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment and Middle East Politics and Society.

Dental materials and res…18Dental materials and restorations: 18 fractional worksDental Implant Technique…14Dental Implant Techniques and Outcomes: 14 fractional worksScoliosis diagnosis and …12Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment: 12 fractional worksMiddle East Politics and…11Middle East Politics and Society: 11 fractional worksOrthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics: 11 fractional worksEndodontics and Root Canal Treatments: 9 fractional worksSpinal Fractures and Fix…8Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques: 8 fractional worksDental Radiography and Imaging: 8 fractional worksSpine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 7 fractional worksTemporomandibular Joint Disorders: 6 fractional works
OrthodonticsOral SurgerySurgerySociology and Political Science2 others

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

  1. 1 Dental materials and restorations Orthodontics 18 works
  2. 2 Dental Implant Techniques and Outcomes Oral Surgery 14 works
  3. 3 Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment Surgery 12 works
  4. 4 Middle East Politics and Society Sociology and Political Science 11 works
  5. 5 Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics Orthodontics 11 works
  6. 6 Endodontics and Root Canal Treatments Oral Surgery 9 works
  7. 7 Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques Surgery 8 works
  8. 8 Dental Radiography and Imaging Oral Surgery 8 works
  9. 9 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 7 works
  10. 10 Temporomandibular Joint Disorders Complementary and Manual Therapy 6 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 available44.1%not open55.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors33.2%domestic only66.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Saint Joseph University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 112% 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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