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Southern Technical University

In research, Southern Technical University stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,602 of 10,521 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#6,751 of 12,888 worldwide) and Engineering (#3,751 of 6,636 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Civil and Structural Engineering — Civil and Structural Engineering is 3.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,392
of 28,054 · #16,257 all time
Rank in Iraq
#43
of 67
Research works
1.3k
▲ 660% vs 2013–17
Citations
7.9k
6.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
78%
world 28%

What is Southern Technical 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
Social SciencesDomain #4,602 of 10,521 16.9%117 #9149
Physical SciencesDomain #6,751 of 12,888 10.4%399 #11686
EngineeringField #3,751 of 6,636 9.4%212 #6625
Computer ScienceField #3,393 of 4,667 15.4%82 #5605
Health SciencesDomain #9,564 of 11,982 2.5%138 #18121
Life SciencesDomain #7,085 of 7,800 3.2%72 —
MedicineField #9,732 of 10,443 2.6%115 #17771

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Southern Technical 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. Social Sciences#9,149 #4,602
  2. Physical Sciences#11,686 #6,751
  3. Engineering#6,625 #3,751
  4. Computer Science#5,605 #3,393
  5. Health Sciences#18,121 #9,564
  6. Medicine#17,771 #9,732
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 Southern Technical University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Civil and Structural Engineering takes 3.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Civil and Structural EngineeringSubfield · 31.7 works3.7×
← 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: 0.77× its world share, 27 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.62× its world share, 24 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.31× its world share, 17 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.26× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.71× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.75× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.56× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.44× its world share, 82 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.79× its world share, 19 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.95× its world share, 212 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.25× its world share, 45 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.59× its world share, 15 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.23× its world share, 11 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.23× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.69× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.68× its world share, 13 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.82× its world share, 115 worksMedicineNursing: 1.92× its world share, 7 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.25× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.05× its world share, 48 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.30× its world share, 16 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.90× its world share, 14 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.33× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 27 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Energy, 2.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Southern Technical University?

Ranked on the composite score, Issa Ahmed Abed lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Southern Technical University.

  1. 1 Issa Ahmed Abed Iraq · #1,223,041 worldwide 46 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Southern Technical University

Which keywords describe research at Southern Technical University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Heat Transfer, Machine Learning, Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy, Epidemiology, Supply Chain Management, Solar Energy and Model Predictive Control.

▲ 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. Machine Learning45▲ 1.88×60 topics
  2. Epidemiology39▲ 1.36×51 topics
  3. Renewable Energy31▲ 3.0×31 topics
  4. Deep Learning28◆ 1.13×48 topics
  5. Energy Efficiency27▲ 4.0×23 topics
  6. Heat Transfer24▲ 6.5×15 topics
  7. Supply Chain Management22▲ 3.2×15 topics
  8. Inflammation20▲ 1.33×34 topics
  9. Environmental Impact19▲ 1.57×26 topics
  10. Internet of Things19▲ 3.0×14 topics
  11. COVID-1919▲ 1.88×14 topics
  12. Corporate Governance18▲ 3.3×13 topics
  13. Pandemic18▲ 2.3×8 topics
  14. Artificial Neural Networks16▲ 4.7×8 topics
  15. Healthcare16▲ 1.92×11 topics
  16. IoT15▲ 5.6×13 topics
  17. Risk Management15▲ 4.3×10 topics
  18. Solar Energy15▲ 6.4×5 topics
  19. Model Predictive Control14▲ 7.3×6 topics
  20. Metabolic Syndrome13▲ 2.2×14 topics
  21. Optimization13▲ 3.9×14 topics
  22. Numerical Simulation13▲ 5.9×10 topics
  23. Digital Transformation12▲ 3.2×12 topics
  24. Parameter Estimation12▲ 13×3 topics
  25. Immune Response12▲ 2.9×12 topics
  26. Customer Satisfaction12▲ 5.0×6 topics
  27. Smart Cities10▲ 5.2×5 topics
  28. Organizational Performance9▲ 5.2×6 topics
  29. Phase Change Materials9▲ 14×2 topics
  30. Two-Phase Flow9▲ 17×4 topics
  31. Finance9▲ 6.3×3 topics
  32. Experimental Investigation9▲ 11×5 topics
  33. Financial Stability9▲ 5.9×4 topics
  34. Free-Surface Flows8▲ 26×2 topics
  35. Turbulence8▲ 13×3 topics
  36. Ethical Identity7▲ 8.1×1 topic
  37. Shariah Supervision7▲ 8.1×1 topic
  38. Social Media Marketing7▲ 21×1 topic
  39. Grid-Connected Inverters7▲ 13×2 topics
  40. Hydraulic Engineering7▲ 66×1 topic

Which research topics does Southern Technical University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Islamic Finance and Banking Studies, Organizational and Employee Performance, Hydraulic flow and structures and Photovoltaic System Optimization Techniques.

Islamic Finance and Bank…7Islamic Finance and Banking Studies: 7 fractional worksOrganizational and Emplo…7Organizational and Employee Performance: 7 fractional worksHydraulic flow and structures: 7 fractional worksPhotovoltaic System Opti…7Photovoltaic System Optimization Techniques: 7 fractional worksSolar Thermal and Photov…6Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems: 6 fractional worksIron Metabolism and Disorders: 5 fractional worksSensorless Control of Electric Motors: 5 fractional worksNetwork Security and Int…5Network Security and Intrusion Detection: 5 fractional worksHealthcare and Environmental Waste Management: 4 fractional worksBusiness and Economic Development: 4 fractional works
AccountingArtificial IntelligenceCivil and Structural EngineeringRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment5 others

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

  1. 1 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 7 works
  2. 2 Organizational and Employee Performance Artificial Intelligence 7 works
  3. 3 Hydraulic flow and structures Civil and Structural Engineering 7 works
  4. 4 Photovoltaic System Optimization Techniques Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 7 works
  5. 5 Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 6 works
  6. 6 Iron Metabolism and Disorders Hematology 5 works
  7. 7 Sensorless Control of Electric Motors Electrical and Electronic Engineering 5 works
  8. 8 Network Security and Intrusion Detection Computer Networks and Communications 5 works
  9. 9 Healthcare and Environmental Waste Management Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  10. 10 Business and Economic Development Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 4 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 available77.9%not open22.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.9%domestic only76.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Southern Technical University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 660% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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