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Syrian Virtual University

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World rank, 2022-now
#16,987
of 22,385 · #30,726 all time
Rank in Syria
#10
of 15
Research works
127
▲ 237% vs 2018-21
Citations
448
3.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.00×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
82%
world 40%
International
12%
world 18%
Syrian Virtual University

Which fields of science does Syrian Virtual University work in?

In 2022-now, 52% of research at Syrian Virtual University is in Physical Sciences, 24% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Computer Science (40%), Medicine (11%), Social Sciences (10%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 48 fractional works · 52.0% of its workComputer Science: 37 fractional works · 40.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 16 fractional works · 16.9% of its workInformation Systems: 12 fractional works · 12.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 7 fractional works · 7.5% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 7 fractional works · 7.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpace and Planetary Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 22 fractional works · 23.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 10.0% of its workEducation: 4 fractional works · 3.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDecision Sciences: 5 fractional works · 4.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 3 fractional works · 3.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 3.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 18 fractional works · 18.9% of its workMedicine: 10 fractional works · 11.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 3.7% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 5.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGeneral Dentistry: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 5.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKSyrian VirtualUniversity93fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences52%Health Sciences19%Social Sciences24%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Computer Science3740.0%
    2. Engineering77.3%
    3. Environmental Science11.4%
    4. Materials Science11.3%
    5. Physics and Astronomy11.1%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.6%
    7. Mathematics00.2%
    8. Chemistry00.1%
    1. Social Sciences910.0%
    2. Decision Sciences54.9%
    3. Psychology33.2%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting32.8%
    5. Arts and Humanities22.2%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.4%
    1. Medicine1011.1%
    2. Health Professions55.1%
    3. Dentistry22.6%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology22.1%
    2. Neuroscience11.4%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.1%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.8%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
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: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.88× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.28× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 5.14× its world share, 37 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.49× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 5.28× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.94× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.58× its world share, 10 worksMedicineNursing: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.77× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.86× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 5.12× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.06× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.79× its world share, 9 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 5.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Dentistry5.28×2 works
  2. Computer Science5.14×37 works
  3. Decision Sciences5.12×5 works
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.28×1 works
  5. Health Professions1.94×5 works
  6. Psychology1.06×3 works
  7. Neuroscience0.88×1 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting0.86×3 works
  9. Social Sciences0.79×9 works
  10. Arts and Humanities0.77×2 works
  11. Medicine0.58×10 works
  12. Engineering0.49×7 works
  13. Physics and Astronomy0.48×1 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.39×2 works
  15. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.38×1 works
  16. Materials Science0.36×1 works
  17. Environmental Science0.29×1 works
  18. Nursing0.24×0 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.23×1 works
  20. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.20×0 works
  21. Mathematics0.15×0 works
  22. Immunology and Microbiology0.12×0 works
  23. Chemistry0.08×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Syrian Virtual University?

Ranked on the quality score, Mohamad-Bassam Kurdy, Anas Shahin and Bassel Alkhatib lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Syrian Virtual University.

  1. 1 Mohamad-Bassam Kurdy Syria · #2,507,700 worldwide 179 citations · 19 works
  2. 2 Anas Shahin Syria · #2,950,053 worldwide 0 citations · 26 works
  3. 3 Bassel Alkhatib Syria · #3,287,894 worldwide 180 citations · 33 works
All ranked researchers at Syrian Virtual University

What are the most cited papers from Syrian Virtual University?

The most cited paper from Syrian Virtual University is "Crustal deformation in northwestern Arabia from GPS measurements in Syria: Slow slip rate along the northern Dead Sea Fault" (Abdulmutaleb Alchalbi, Mohamad Daoud, Francisco Gomez et al., 2009), with 93 citations. Next come "Arabic abstractive text summarization using RNN-based and transformer-based architectures" (80) and "Threats from the Dark: A Review over Dark Web Investigation Research for Cyber Threat Intelligence" (63).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Crustal deformation in northwestern Arabia from GPS measurements in Syria: Slow slip rate along the northern Dead Sea Fault Abdulmutaleb Alchalbi, Mohamad Daoud, Francisco Gomez et al. · Geophysical Journal International Open access 18 Nov 2009 93
2 Arabic abstractive text summarization using RNN-based and transformer-based architectures Mohammad Bani-Almarjeh, Mohamad-Bassam Kurdy · Information Processing & Management 25 Dec 2022 80
3 Threats from the Dark: A Review over Dark Web Investigation Research for Cyber Threat Intelligence Randa Basheer, Bassel Alkhatib · Journal of Computer Networks and Communications Open access 20 Dec 2021 63
4 Coenzyme Q10 for heart failure Tareq Al Saadi, Yazan Assaf, Medhat Farwati et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews Open access 3 Feb 2021 60
5 Web Application Firewall Using Machine Learning and Features Engineering Aref Shaheed, Mohamad-Bassam Kurdy · Security and Communication Networks Open access 6 Jun 2022 51
All 63 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Syrian Virtual University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Data Mining, Social Media, Text Classification, Neural Networks, Big Data and Information Retrieval.

▲ 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 Learning20▲ 6.3×30 topics
  2. Deep Learning10▲ 3.1×13 topics
  3. Neural Networks6▲ 4.2×8 topics
  4. Social Media6▲ 4.8×11 topics
  5. Data Mining5▲ 7.6×7 topics
  6. Big Data5▲ 5.6×9 topics
  7. Text Classification5▲ 31×3 topics
  8. Healthcare4▲ 4.0×8 topics
  9. Anomaly Detection4▲ 14×2 topics
  10. Behavioral Analysis4▲ 36×2 topics
  11. Information Retrieval4▲ 19×3 topics
  12. IoT Security4▲ 13×3 topics
  13. Supply Chain Management4▲ 4.3×8 topics
  14. Distributed Systems3▲ 21×3 topics
  15. Cybersecurity3▲ 13×2 topics
  16. Knowledge Management3▲ 5.5×5 topics
  17. Gender Differences3▲ 8.0×3 topics
  18. Faculty Development3▲ 38×2 topics
  19. Topic Modeling3▲ 19×2 topics
  20. IoT3▲ 7.5×6 topics
  21. Classification2▲ 5.9×5 topics
  22. Machine Translation2▲ 16×1 topic
  23. Phishing2▲ 73×1 topic
  24. Spam Detection2▲ 73×1 topic
  25. Word Representation2▲ 22×1 topic
  26. Intrusion Detection2▲ 16×1 topic
  27. Network Security2▲ 18×1 topic
  28. Virtual Reality2▲ 4.9×4 topics
  29. Competency-Based Education2▲ 26×1 topic
  30. Professional Identity Formation2▲ 37×1 topic
  31. Sentiment Analysis2▲ 20×2 topics
  32. Detection2▲ 7.7×2 topics
  33. Smart Cities2▲ 8.1×3 topics
  34. Text Mining2▲ 16×3 topics
  35. Cloud Computing2▲ 7.3×2 topics
  36. Data Analysis2▲ 7.5×3 topics
  37. Drug Trafficking2▲ 31×2 topics
  38. Law Enforcement2▲ 31×2 topics
  39. Feature Selection2▲ 8.1×4 topics
  40. Log Analysis2▲ 40×1 topic

Which research topics does Syrian Virtual University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Spam and Phishing Detection, Topic Modeling, Network Security and Intrusion Detection and Innovations in Medical Education.

Spam and Phishing Detect…2Spam and Phishing Detection: 2 fractional worksTopic Modeling2Topic Modeling: 2 fractional worksNetwork Security and Int…2Network Security and Intrusion Detection: 2 fractional worksInnovations in Medical E…2Innovations in Medical Education: 2 fractional worksDental Research and COVID-19: 2 fractional worksSoftware System Performance and Reliability: 2 fractional worksAuthorship Attribution a…2Authorship Attribution and Profiling: 2 fractional worksSentiment Analysis and Opinion Mining: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Malware Detection Techniques: 1 fractional worksCybercrime and Law Enfor…1Cybercrime and Law Enforcement Studies: 1 fractional works
Information SystemsArtificial IntelligenceComputer Networks and CommunicationsPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health2 others

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

  1. 1 Spam and Phishing Detection Information Systems 2 works
  2. 2 Topic Modeling Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  3. 3 Network Security and Intrusion Detection Computer Networks and Communications 2 works
  4. 4 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  5. 5 Dental Research and COVID-19 General Dentistry 2 works
  6. 6 Software System Performance and Reliability Computer Networks and Communications 2 works
  7. 7 Authorship Attribution and Profiling Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  8. 8 Sentiment Analysis and Opinion Mining Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  9. 9 Advanced Malware Detection Techniques Signal Processing 1 works
  10. 10 Cybercrime and Law Enforcement Studies Information Systems 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 available82.4%not open17.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.3%domestic only87.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Syrian Virtual University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 237% 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 Syrian Virtual University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00029% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Syrian Virtual University0.00047% in 2025200020102020

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

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