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Tel Aviv University

In research, Tel Aviv University stands highest in Health Sciences (#168 of 11,982 worldwide), Computer Science (#66 of 4,667 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#197 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics, Geometry and Topology and Archeology — Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics is 6.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#176
of 28,054 · #128 all time
Rank in Israel
#2
of 106
Research works
96k
▲ 10% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.9M
30.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
30%
world 28%

What is Tel Aviv 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 #168 of 11,982 17.5%3,321 #176
Computer ScienceField #66 of 4,667 20.8%865 #44
Physical SciencesDomain #197 of 12,888 18.3%3,410 #118
MedicineField #176 of 10,443 17.1%2,943 #200
Life SciencesDomain #143 of 7,800 22.2%1,624 #169
Social SciencesDomain #207 of 10,521 22.7%2,668 #110
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #105 of 3,579 22.5%858 #144
Arts and HumanitiesField #64 of 1,998 23.4%487 #52
Social SciencesField #205 of 6,365 24.2%1,219 #145
Health ProfessionsField #70 of 1,928 25.4%231 #97

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Tel Aviv 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#176 #168
  2. Computer Science#44 #66
  3. Physical Sciences#118 #197
  4. Medicine#200 #176
  5. Life Sciences#169 #143
  6. Social Sciences#110 #207
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#144 #105
  8. Arts and Humanities#52 #64
  9. Social Sciences#145 #205
  10. Health Professions#97 #70
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 Tel Aviv University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics takes 6.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Discrete Mathematics and CombinatoricsSubfield · 28.0 works6.4×
  2. Geometry and TopologySubfield · 74.6 works4.2×
  3. ArcheologySubfield · 129.7 works3.9×
  4. Mathematical PhysicsSubfield · 66.7 works3.8×
← 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: 0.46× its world share, 243 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.46× its world share, 858 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.23× its world share, 136 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.08× its world share, 372 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.39× its world share, 15 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.30× its world share, 12 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.52× its world share, 90 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.01× its world share, 865 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.89× its world share, 153 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.28× its world share, 29 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.53× its world share, 883 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.50× its world share, 274 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.55× its world share, 214 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.55× its world share, 331 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.29× its world share, 560 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.95× its world share, 104 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.79× its world share, 231 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.39× its world share, 2,942 worksMedicineNursing: 0.65× its world share, 35 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.55× its world share, 8 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.53× its world share, 487 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.44× its world share, 155 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.92× its world share, 98 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.66× its world share, 156 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.65× its world share, 554 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.87× its world share, 1,219 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 2.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Tel Aviv University?

Ranked on the composite score, B. A. Dolgoshein, M. Hauschild and P. S. Wells lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Tel Aviv University.

  1. 1 B. A. Dolgoshein · #290 worldwide 4.7k citations · 137 works
  2. 2 M. Hauschild · #321 worldwide 5.3k citations · 191 works
  3. 3 P. S. Wells · #343 worldwide 4.7k citations · 168 works
  4. 4 G. Jones · #369 worldwide 5.2k citations · 168 works
  5. 5 M. Fincke-Keeler · #376 worldwide 5.6k citations · 188 works
  6. 6 E. Duchovni · #394 worldwide 4.9k citations · 157 works
  7. 7 S. Campana · #396 worldwide 4.8k citations · 136 works
  8. 8 G. Bruni · #398 worldwide 5k citations · 159 works
  9. 9 A. Bruni · #399 worldwide 5.2k citations · 143 works
  10. 10 D. Boscherini · #405 worldwide 4.9k citations · 133 works
All ranked researchers at Tel Aviv University

Which keywords describe research at Tel Aviv University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Palestine, Israel, Discrimination, Inflammation, Occupation, Ethnic Identity and Nationalism.

▲ 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. Epidemiology643▲ 1.47×130 topics
  2. Deep Learning300▼ 0.79×72 topics
  3. Inflammation280▲ 1.22×82 topics
  4. Machine Learning280▼ 0.78×80 topics
  5. Mental Health223▲ 1.38×40 topics
  6. Quality of Life220▲ 1.39×51 topics
  7. Climate Change207▼ 0.70×91 topics
  8. Treatment194▲ 1.45×48 topics
  9. Human Rights190▲ 1.68×59 topics
  10. Globalization185▼ 0.86×91 topics
  11. Oxidative Stress171◆ 0.95×60 topics
  12. Cancer152◆ 1.03×52 topics
  13. Nationalism151▲ 3.0×30 topics
  14. Diagnosis144▲ 1.40×39 topics
  15. Risk Factors143▲ 1.18×36 topics
  16. Palestine141▲ 22×2 topics
  17. Genetics134▲ 1.73×25 topics
  18. Management131▲ 1.51×33 topics
  19. Discrimination120▲ 5.6×7 topics
  20. Neurological Disorders115▲ 1.83×20 topics
  21. Israel108▲ 28×2 topics
  22. Biosensors103▲ 1.82×12 topics
  23. Pathogenesis102▲ 1.81×24 topics
  24. Complications100▲ 1.81×17 topics
  25. Occupation98▲ 13×3 topics
  26. Ethnic Identity97▲ 7.8×3 topics
  27. Segregation92▲ 10×2 topics
  28. Settler Colonialism92▲ 20×2 topics
  29. Intifada92▲ 29×1 topic
  30. Emotion Regulation87▲ 2.5×9 topics
  31. SARS-CoV-281▲ 2.2×6 topics
  32. Politics79▲ 2.6×19 topics
  33. Approximation Algorithms62▲ 8.0×5 topics
  34. Neural Mechanisms60▲ 5.9×4 topics
  35. Inflammatory Bowel Disease58▲ 4.6×5 topics
  36. Semitic Languages58▲ 12×2 topics
  37. Archaeological Evidence57▲ 10×2 topics
  38. Arabia50▲ 15×1 topic
  39. Byzantine50▲ 15×1 topic
  40. Algorithmic Applications43▲ 11×2 topics

Which research topics does Tel Aviv University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies, Archaeology and Historical Studies, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research and Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

Jewish and Middle Easter…92Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies: 92 fractional worksArchaeology and Historical Studies: 50 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 37 fractional worksInflammatory Bowel Disease: 32 fractional worksNeural and Behavioral Psychology Studies: 29 fractional worksBiblical Studies and Interpretation: 26 fractional worksAdvanced Fiber Laser Tec…26Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies: 26 fractional worksNeural dynamics and brai…26Neural dynamics and brain function: 26 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Resear…25COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 25 fractional worksComplexity and Algorithm…25Complexity and Algorithms in Graphs: 25 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceArcheologyInfectious DiseasesGenetics4 others

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

  1. 1 Jewish and Middle Eastern StudiesSociology and Political Science 92 works
  2. 2 Archaeology and Historical StudiesArcheology 50 works
  3. 3 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 ResearchInfectious Diseases 37 works
  4. 4 Inflammatory Bowel DiseaseGenetics 32 works
  5. 5 Neural and Behavioral Psychology StudiesCognitive Neuroscience 29 works
  6. 6 Biblical Studies and InterpretationReligious studies 26 works
  7. 7 Advanced Fiber Laser TechnologiesAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 26 works
  8. 8 Neural dynamics and brain functionCognitive Neuroscience 26 works
  9. 9 COVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesInfectious Diseases 25 works
  10. 10 Complexity and Algorithms in GraphsComputational Theory and Mathematics 25 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 available29.7%not open70.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.5%domestic only77.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Tel Aviv University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 10% 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.

Other research institutions in Tel Aviv

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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.