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Sultan Qaboos University

In research, Sultan Qaboos University stands highest in Health Sciences (#615 of 11,982 worldwide), Social Sciences (#780 of 10,521 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#1,299 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Health Informatics and Ocean Engineering — Health Informatics is 5.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,199
of 28,054 · #1,809 all time
Rank in Oman
#1
of 26
Research works
15k
▲ 11% vs 2013–17
Citations
242k
16.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
45%
world 28%

What is Sultan Qaboos 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 #615 of 11,982 18.0%619 #1097
Social SciencesDomain #780 of 10,521 31.6%902 #941
Physical SciencesDomain #1,299 of 12,888 19.6%1,464 #2029
Social SciencesField #646 of 6,365 27.6%409 #705
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #431 of 3,409 34.4%225 #664
MedicineField #1,593 of 10,443 14.6%497 #2362
EngineeringField #1,033 of 6,636 17.6%577 #1459
Environmental ScienceField #615 of 3,551 26.4%237 #952
EducationSubfield #363 of 1,892 28.7%137 #505
Plant ScienceSubfield #303 of 1,395 38.4%119 #519

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Sultan Qaboos 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#1,097 #615
  2. Social Sciences#941 #780
  3. Physical Sciences#2,029 #1,299
  4. Social Sciences#705 #646
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#664 #431
  6. Medicine#2,362 #1,593
  7. Engineering#1,459 #1,033
  8. Environmental Science#952 #615
  9. Education#505 #363
  10. Plant Science#519 #303
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 Sultan Qaboos University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Health Informatics takes 5.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Health InformaticsSubfield · 20.7 works5.1×
  2. Ocean EngineeringSubfield · 70.3 works4.0×
← 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: 1.41× its world share, 225 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.62× its world share, 110 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.44× its world share, 15 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.35× its world share, 19 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.35× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.15× its world share, 14 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.09× its world share, 57 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.82× its world share, 214 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.52× its world share, 80 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.12× its world share, 65 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.14× its world share, 577 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.42× its world share, 237 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.88× its world share, 104 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.68× its world share, 66 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.68× its world share, 51 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.01× its world share, 89 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.77× its world share, 497 worksMedicineNursing: 1.61× its world share, 26 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.90× its world share, 4 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.76× its world share, 73 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.25× its world share, 136 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.58× its world share, 51 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.42× its world share, 102 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.28× its world share, 131 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.96× its world share, 409 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Energy, 2.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Sultan Qaboos University?

Ranked on the composite score, Leodoro J. Labrague, Judie Arulappan and Ala’a H. Al‐Muhtaseb lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Sultan Qaboos University.

  1. 1 Leodoro J. Labrague · #24,870 worldwide 565 citations · 42 works
  2. 2 Judie Arulappan · #33,374 worldwide 810 citations · 33 works
  3. 3 Ala’a H. Al‐Muhtaseb · #42,280 worldwide 746 citations · 50 works
  4. 4 Saqib Ali · #43,666 worldwide 454 citations · 37 works
  5. 5 Walid Mensi · #44,426 worldwide 583 citations · 52 works
  6. 6 Rajeev Jain · #53,096 worldwide 323 citations · 31 works
  7. 7 R. Sbiaa · #85,224 worldwide 300 citations · 34 works
  8. 8 Amer Al‐Hinai · #104,302 worldwide 245 citations · 24 works
  9. 9 Ali Tarhini · #105,165 worldwide 330 citations · 36 works
  10. 10 Muhammad S. Khan · #142,947 worldwide 245 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at Sultan Qaboos University

Which keywords describe research at Sultan Qaboos University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Learning, Renewable Energy, Climate Change, Sustainability, Environmental Impact, Education, Human Resource Management and Localization.

▲ 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 Learning146▲ 1.33×77 topics
  2. Climate Change116▲ 1.28×86 topics
  3. Sustainability106▲ 1.29×66 topics
  4. Renewable Energy105▲ 2.2×37 topics
  5. Epidemiology94▼ 0.71×111 topics
  6. Environmental Impact90▲ 1.58×48 topics
  7. Education85▲ 1.47×47 topics
  8. Deep Learning82▼ 0.72×63 topics
  9. Mental Health65▲ 1.32×32 topics
  10. Globalization62◆ 0.95×54 topics
  11. Healthcare62▲ 1.64×19 topics
  12. COVID-1959▲ 1.28×25 topics
  13. Artificial Intelligence55▲ 1.19×36 topics
  14. Remote Sensing54▲ 1.30×30 topics
  15. Energy Efficiency53▲ 1.69×28 topics
  16. Depression53▲ 1.80×19 topics
  17. Online Learning52▲ 1.86×17 topics
  18. Nanoparticles52▲ 1.23×32 topics
  19. Supply Chain Management52▲ 1.65×23 topics
  20. Optimization44▲ 2.8×22 topics
  21. Social Capital41▲ 2.3×15 topics
  22. Digital Transformation38▲ 2.2×12 topics
  23. Student Engagement37▲ 2.7×15 topics
  24. Technology Integration36▲ 3.5×9 topics
  25. Social Networks35▲ 3.9×8 topics
  26. Human Resource Management34▲ 6.6×4 topics
  27. Stock Market32▲ 4.0×2 topics
  28. Localization31▲ 7.7×4 topics
  29. Student Satisfaction29▲ 4.5×2 topics
  30. Guanxi29▲ 38×1 topic
  31. Wasta29▲ 38×1 topic
  32. CO2 Sequestration27▲ 4.3×4 topics
  33. Hydraulic Fracturing26▲ 7.0×2 topics
  34. Data Assimilation25▲ 4.8×4 topics
  35. Fracture Propagation25▲ 12×1 topic
  36. Shale Gas Reservoirs25▲ 12×1 topic
  37. Ensemble Kalman Filter23▲ 6.8×2 topics
  38. Uncertainty Quantification23▲ 8.4×2 topics
  39. Closed-Loop Control22▲ 14×1 topic
  40. Well Placement22▲ 14×1 topic

Which research topics does Sultan Qaboos University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Socioeconomic Development in MENA, Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis, Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods and Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education.

Socioeconomic Developmen…29Socioeconomic Development in MENA: 29 fractional worksHydraulic Fracturing and…25Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis: 25 fractional worksReservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods: 22 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 21 fractional worksCOVID-19 Pandemic Impacts: 19 fractional worksHydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis: 19 fractional worksLinguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 16 fractional worksEducation and Critical T…16Education and Critical Thinking Development: 16 fractional worksOnline Learning and Analytics: 15 fractional worksOnline and Blended Learning: 15 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceMechanical EngineeringOcean EngineeringHealth Informatics4 others

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

  1. 1 Socioeconomic Development in MENASociology and Political Science 29 works
  2. 2 Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir AnalysisMechanical Engineering 25 works
  3. 3 Reservoir Engineering and Simulation MethodsOcean Engineering 22 works
  4. 4 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and EducationHealth Informatics 21 works
  5. 5 COVID-19 Pandemic ImpactsEconomics and Econometrics 19 works
  6. 6 Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysisMechanics of Materials 19 works
  7. 7 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary StudiesSociology and Political Science 16 works
  8. 8 Education and Critical Thinking DevelopmentEducation 16 works
  9. 9 Online Learning and AnalyticsComputer Science Applications 15 works
  10. 10 Online and Blended LearningEducation 15 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 available44.7%not open55.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors33.5%domestic only66.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Sultan Qaboos University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 11% 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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