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Taibah University

In research, Taibah University stands highest in Health Sciences (#495 of 11,982 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#748 of 12,888 worldwide) and Dentistry (#36 of 367 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Orthodontics and Oral Surgery — Statistical and Nonlinear Physics is 9.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#845
of 28,054 · #1,833 all time
Rank in Saudi Arabia
#18
of 98
Research works
8.2k
▲ 100% vs 2013–17
Citations
117k
14.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
62%
world 28%

What is Taibah 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 #495 of 11,982 18.4%918 #1314
Physical SciencesDomain #748 of 12,888 24.4%1,549 #1594
DentistryField #36 of 367 20.6%109 #88
MedicineField #1,088 of 10,443 17.1%699 #2667
MathematicsField #141 of 1,053 25.6%143 #507
Life SciencesDomain #1,223 of 7,800 22.5%310 #3038
EngineeringField #1,125 of 6,636 20.1%389 #2065
Social SciencesDomain #1,938 of 10,521 27.3%416 #2404
Computer ScienceField #882 of 4,667 29.9%378 #1540
Health ProfessionsField #409 of 1,928 25.9%86 #1104

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Taibah 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#1,314 #495
  2. Physical Sciences#1,594 #748
  3. Dentistry#88 #36
  4. Medicine#2,667 #1,088
  5. Mathematics#507 #141
  6. Life Sciences#3,038 #1,223
  7. Engineering#2,065 #1,125
  8. Social Sciences#2,404 #1,938
  9. Computer Science#1,540 #882
  10. Health Professions#1,104 #409
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 Taibah University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Statistical and Nonlinear Physics takes 9.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Statistical and Nonlinear PhysicsSubfield · 98.3 works9.8×
  2. OrthodonticsSubfield · 31.2 works8.7×
  3. Oral SurgerySubfield · 43.8 works7.1×
  4. DentistryField · 108.6 works7.0×
  5. Modeling and SimulationSubfield · 29.9 works6.7×
  6. PeriodonticsSubfield · 21.7 works5.0×
← 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: 0.45× its world share, 68 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.80× its world share, 136 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.97× its world share, 31 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.91× its world share, 47 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.36× its world share, 26 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.22× its world share, 14 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.51× its world share, 126 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.52× its world share, 378 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 18 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.52× its world share, 44 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.81× its world share, 389 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.43× its world share, 68 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.91× its world share, 213 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 3.79× its world share, 142 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.22× its world share, 157 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 7.01× its world share, 109 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.02× its world share, 86 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.14× its world share, 699 worksMedicineNursing: 1.49× its world share, 23 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.47× its world share, 43 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.58× its world share, 60 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.19× its world share, 37 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.57× its world share, 39 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.81× its world share, 79 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.39× its world share, 158 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 7.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Taibah University?

Ranked on the composite score, Aly R. Seadawy, Mohammed Al-Sarem and Muhammad Amin lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Taibah University.

  1. 1 Aly R. Seadawy Saudi Arabia · #88,724 worldwide 961 citations · 122 works
  2. 2 Mohammed Al-Sarem Saudi Arabia · #215,922 worldwide 138 citations · 32 works
  3. 3 Muhammad Amin Saudi Arabia · #245,768 worldwide 141 citations · 22 works
  4. 4 Mohammad Zubair Khan Saudi Arabia · #260,328 worldwide 106 citations · 35 works
  5. 5 Muhammad Sohail Zafar Saudi Arabia · #411,477 worldwide 144 citations · 56 works
  6. 6 Abdul Khaliq Saudi Arabia · #513,510 worldwide 152 citations · 50 works
  7. 7 Abdelkader Derbali Saudi Arabia · #523,368 worldwide 69 citations · 34 works
  8. 8 Evan Ackerman Saudi Arabia · #638,317 worldwide 21 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 S.N. Alamri Saudi Arabia · #688,439 worldwide 111 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 Said Ghani Khan Saudi Arabia · #694,908 worldwide 37 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Taibah University

Which keywords describe research at Taibah University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Nonlinear Equations, Epidemiology, Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation, Solitons, Rogue Waves and Integrable Equations.

▲ 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 Learning196▲ 1.87×81 topics
  2. Deep Learning194▲ 1.78×75 topics
  3. Epidemiology162▲ 1.28×123 topics
  4. Inflammation82▲ 1.24×79 topics
  5. Nonlinear Equations78▲ 19×6 topics
  6. Nanoparticles75▲ 1.87×41 topics
  7. Healthcare74▲ 2.1×16 topics
  8. Nanomaterials68▲ 2.0×18 topics
  9. Quality of Life66▲ 1.44×48 topics
  10. Biomedical Applications63▲ 1.66×34 topics
  11. Nanocomposites63▲ 2.4×20 topics
  12. Artificial Intelligence61▲ 1.39×32 topics
  13. Neural Networks61▲ 1.24×34 topics
  14. COVID-1960▲ 1.37×23 topics
  15. Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation57▲ 32×2 topics
  16. Convolutional Neural Networks57▲ 2.4×14 topics
  17. Synthesis53▲ 4.4×32 topics
  18. Internet of Things52▲ 1.87×21 topics
  19. Solitons50▲ 35×2 topics
  20. Supply Chain Management49▲ 1.64×20 topics
  21. Rogue Waves49▲ 26×2 topics
  22. Integrable Equations47▲ 42×1 topic
  23. Soliton Solutions47▲ 42×1 topic
  24. Optical Lattices46▲ 22×3 topics
  25. Data Mining46▲ 1.91×18 topics
  26. Security43▲ 2.0×23 topics
  27. Medicinal Chemistry42▲ 4.8×13 topics
  28. Anticancer Agents41▲ 8.4×12 topics
  29. Discrete40▲ 52×1 topic
  30. Nonlinear Photonic Systems40▲ 52×1 topic
  31. IoT Security40▲ 3.9×3 topics
  32. Medical Imaging40▲ 2.4×8 topics
  33. Antimicrobial37▲ 4.1×14 topics
  34. Smart Cities34▲ 4.2×7 topics
  35. Heterocyclic Compounds28▲ 9.8×5 topics
  36. Metal Nanoparticles26▲ 4.9×6 topics
  37. Fractional Calculus26▲ 14×2 topics
  38. Anomalous Diffusion26▲ 15×2 topics
  39. Homotopy Analysis Method25▲ 17×1 topic
  40. Random Walk25▲ 17×1 topic

Which research topics does Taibah University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Nonlinear Waves and Solitons, Nonlinear Photonic Systems, Fractional Differential Equations Solutions and Synthesis and biological activity.

Nonlinear Waves and Soli…47Nonlinear Waves and Solitons: 47 fractional worksNonlinear Photonic Systems: 40 fractional worksFractional Differential Equations Solutions: 25 fractional worksSynthesis and biological activity: 19 fractional worksDental materials and restorations: 17 fractional worksNetwork Security and Intrusion Detection: 17 fractional worksPolymer Nanocomposite Synthesis and Irradiation: 16 fractional worksNanoparticles: synthesis and applications: 14 fractional worksBlockchain Technology Applications and Security: 14 fractional worksDental Radiography and Imaging: 14 fractional works
Statistical and Nonlinear PhysicsModeling and SimulationOrganic ChemistryOrthodontics5 others

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

  1. 1 Nonlinear Waves and Solitons Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 47 works
  2. 2 Nonlinear Photonic Systems Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 40 works
  3. 3 Fractional Differential Equations Solutions Modeling and Simulation 25 works
  4. 4 Synthesis and biological activity Organic Chemistry 19 works
  5. 5 Dental materials and restorations Orthodontics 17 works
  6. 6 Network Security and Intrusion Detection Computer Networks and Communications 17 works
  7. 7 Polymer Nanocomposite Synthesis and Irradiation Polymers and Plastics 16 works
  8. 8 Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications Materials Chemistry 14 works
  9. 9 Blockchain Technology Applications and Security Information Systems 14 works
  10. 10 Dental Radiography and Imaging Oral Surgery 14 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 available62.1%not open37.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors49.4%domestic only50.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Taibah University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 100% 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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