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Sapir College

In research, Sapir College stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,842 of 9,585 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#3,227 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Clinical Psychology, Sociology and Political Science and Psychology (Clinical Psychology is 9.5× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#11,228
of 22,385 · #9,649 all time
Rank in Israel
#42
of 87
Research works
901
▲ 3% vs 2018-21
Citations
8.2k
9.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.92×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
31%
world 40%
International
12%
world 18%
Sapir College

What is Sapir College 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
Social SciencesDomain #3,842 of 9,585 8.8%190 #2626
Social SciencesField #3,227 of 5,988 12.0%112 #2708

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

In 2022-now, 78% of research at Sapir College is in Social Sciences, 13% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (46%), Psychology (16%), Arts and Humanities (8%). It does 3.0× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 213 fractional works · 77.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 126 fractional works · 46.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 53 fractional works · 19.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 12 fractional works · 4.3% of its workPublic Administration: 11 fractional works · 4.2% of its workEducation: 10 fractional works · 3.6% of its workGender Studies: 10 fractional works · 3.6% of its workLaw: 6 fractional works · 2.2% of its workDemography: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCommunication: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSafety Research: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 43 fractional works · 15.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 27 fractional works · 9.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 9 fractional works · 3.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 21 fractional works · 7.7% of its workPhilosophy: 6 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHistory: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workConservation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 11 fractional works · 3.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 8 fractional works · 2.9% of its workFinance: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 9 fractional works · 3.1% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 36 fractional works · 12.9% of its workHealth Professions: 20 fractional works · 7.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 18 fractional works · 6.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMedicine: 15 fractional works · 5.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 15 fractional works · 5.4% of its workComputer Science: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 11 fractional works · 4.1% of its workNeuroscience: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKSapir College275fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences5%Health Sciences13%Social Sciences78%

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 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences12646.0%
    2. Psychology4315.8%
    3. Arts and Humanities217.7%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance113.9%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting93.1%
    6. Decision Sciences31.1%
    1. Health Professions207.3%
    2. Medicine155.6%
    3. Nursing00.1%
    1. Computer Science51.8%
    2. Engineering41.3%
    3. Environmental Science30.9%
    4. Physics and Astronomy20.7%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.4%
    6. Mathematics10.3%
    7. Chemistry00.1%
    1. Neuroscience41.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology41.5%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences20.9%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Sapir College specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Clinical Psychology takes 9.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Clinical PsychologySubfield · 27.3 works9.5×
  2. Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield · 53.5 works5.4×
  3. PsychologyField · 43.4 works5.2×
← 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: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.28× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.95× its world share, 4 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.23× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.09× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.19× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 2.77× its world share, 20 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.29× its world share, 15 worksMedicineNursing: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 2.67× its world share, 21 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.96× its world share, 8 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.11× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.83× its world share, 11 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 5.18× its world share, 43 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.63× its world share, 126 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 5.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology5.18×43 works
  2. Social Sciences3.63×126 works
  3. Health Professions2.77×20 works
  4. Arts and Humanities2.67×21 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.83×11 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.11×3 works
  7. Business, Management and Accounting0.96×8 works
  8. Neuroscience0.95×4 works
  9. Physics and Astronomy0.32×2 works
  10. Medicine0.29×15 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.28×4 works
  12. Computer Science0.23×5 works
  13. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.23×1 works
  14. Mathematics0.22×1 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.19×2 works
  16. Environmental Science0.19×3 works
  17. Nursing0.18×0 works
  18. Immunology and Microbiology0.13×0 works
  19. Engineering0.09×4 works
  20. Chemistry0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Sapir College?

Ranked on the quality score, Avi Besser, Villy Abraham and Gabriela Spector‐Mersel lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Sapir College.

  1. 1 Avi Besser Israel · #527,822 worldwide 8.5k citations · 189 works
  2. 2 Villy Abraham Israel · #1,121,558 worldwide 531 citations · 27 works
  3. 3 Gabriela Spector‐Mersel Israel · #1,144,681 worldwide 909 citations · 25 works
  4. 4 Nuzha Allassad Alhuzail Israel · #1,175,447 worldwide 554 citations · 91 works
  5. 5 Rivka Neriya-Ben Shahar Israel · #1,226,867 worldwide 226 citations · 25 works
  6. 6 Yael Hochman Israel · #1,512,034 worldwide 242 citations · 30 works
  7. 7 Gil Bozer Israel · #1,517,619 worldwide 955 citations · 39 works
  8. 8 Lihi Lahat Israel · #1,642,182 worldwide 306 citations · 37 works
  9. 9 Erez Tzfadia Israel · #1,836,174 worldwide 485 citations · 41 works
  10. 10 Amit Avigur‐Eshel Israel · #2,070,159 worldwide 143 citations · 37 works
All ranked researchers at Sapir College

What are the most cited papers from Sapir College?

The most cited paper from Sapir College is "Nirmatrelvir Use and Severe Covid-19 Outcomes during the Omicron Surge" (Ronen Arbel, Yael Wolff Sagy, Moshe B Hoshen et al., 2022), with 370 citations. Next come "Grandiose Narcissism Versus Vulnerable Narcissism in Threatening Situations: Emotional Reactions to Achievement Failure and Interpersonal Rejection" (283) and "Understanding the factors that determine workplace coaching effectiveness: a systematic literature review" (259).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Nirmatrelvir Use and Severe Covid-19 Outcomes during the Omicron Surge Ronen Arbel, Yael Wolff Sagy, Moshe B Hoshen et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 24 Aug 2022 370
2 Grandiose Narcissism Versus Vulnerable Narcissism in Threatening Situations: Emotional Reactions to Achievement Failure and Interpersonal Rejection Avi Besser, Beatriz Priel · Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology Oct 2010 283
3 Understanding the factors that determine workplace coaching effectiveness: a systematic literature review Gil Bozer, Rebecca J. Jones · European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology Review 8 Mar 2018 259
4 Shared Trauma: When the Professional is Personal Carol Tosone, Orit Nuttman‐Shwartz, Tricia N. Stephens · Clinical Social Work Journal 5 May 2012 241
5 Female directors and earnings management in high‐technology firms Ilanit Gavious, Einav Segev, Rami Yosef · Pacific Accounting Review 14 Apr 2012 217
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Sapir College?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Human Rights, Nationalism, Israel, Trauma, Discrimination, Job Satisfaction and Palestine.

▲ 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. Mental Health34▲ 8.6×26 topics
  2. Human Rights21▲ 7.4×15 topics
  3. Nationalism18▲ 15×10 topics
  4. Israel16▲ 175×2 topics
  5. Trauma15▲ 27×6 topics
  6. Discrimination14▲ 25×5 topics
  7. Globalization14▲ 2.6×24 topics
  8. Job Satisfaction14▲ 11×6 topics
  9. Palestine13▲ 89×2 topics
  10. Occupation13▲ 78×2 topics
  11. Settler Colonialism13▲ 114×2 topics
  12. Ethnic Identity13▲ 42×1 topic
  13. Segregation13▲ 61×1 topic
  14. Stress12▲ 12×6 topics
  15. Burnout12▲ 48×4 topics
  16. Resilience11▲ 8.4×9 topics
  17. Social Media11▲ 3.0×21 topics
  18. Politics11▲ 16×5 topics
  19. Psychological Adjustment11▲ 28×4 topics
  20. Identity11▲ 5.6×18 topics
  21. Professional Development11▲ 19×7 topics
  22. Health Disparities11▲ 15×5 topics
  23. Reflective Practice10▲ 20×3 topics
  24. Evidence-Based Practice10▲ 28×4 topics
  25. Cultural Competence10▲ 28×5 topics
  26. Immigrant10▲ 51×2 topics
  27. Child Welfare10▲ 95×2 topics
  28. Social Support9▲ 6.2×8 topics
  29. Supervision9▲ 107×2 topics
  30. Integration9▲ 23×1 topic
  31. Refugee9▲ 60×1 topic
  32. Retention9▲ 197×1 topic
  33. Gender8▲ 5.8×14 topics
  34. Health8▲ 7.7×6 topics
  35. Labor Market8▲ 10×5 topics
  36. Neoliberalism8▲ 7.7×11 topics
  37. Media7▲ 16×6 topics
  38. Governance7▲ 7.5×6 topics
  39. Genocide6▲ 44×2 topics
  40. Unemployment6▲ 29×2 topics

Which research topics does Sapir College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies, Migration, Health and Trauma, Social Work Education and Practice and Homelessness and Social Issues.

Jewish and Middle Easter…13Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies: 13 fractional worksMigration, Health and Trauma: 9 fractional worksSocial Work Education and Practice: 9 fractional worksHomelessness and Social Issues: 5 fractional worksMiddle East and Rwanda Conflicts: 4 fractional worksPosttraumatic Stress Disorder Research: 4 fractional worksEmployment and Welfare Studies: 4 fractional worksMiddle East Politics and Society: 4 fractional worksJewish Identity and Society: 3 fractional worksMedia Studies and Communication: 2 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceClinical PsychologyPublic AdministrationGeneral Health Professions2 others

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

  1. 1 Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies Sociology and Political Science 13 works
  2. 2 Migration, Health and Trauma Clinical Psychology 9 works
  3. 3 Social Work Education and Practice Public Administration 9 works
  4. 4 Homelessness and Social Issues General Health Professions 5 works
  5. 5 Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  6. 6 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research Clinical Psychology 4 works
  7. 7 Employment and Welfare Studies General Health Professions 4 works
  8. 8 Middle East Politics and Society Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  9. 9 Jewish Identity and Society Demography 3 works
  10. 10 Media Studies and Communication Communication 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 available31.2%not open68.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.6%domestic only88.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Sapir College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 3% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Sapir College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00088% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Sapir College0.0014% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Sapir College 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 2025Sapir College6.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 12.2% in 2013.

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