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University of Aleppo

In research, University of Aleppo stands highest in Health Sciences (#5,856 of 11,982 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#6,883 of 12,888 worldwide) and Medicine (#5,780 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 5.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#7,622
of 28,054 · #13,348 all time
Rank in Syria
#2
of 16
Research works
1.7k
▲ 130% vs 2013–17
Citations
15k
8.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
71%
world 28%

What is University of Aleppo 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 #5,856 of 11,982 8.1%353 #7120
Physical SciencesDomain #6,883 of 12,888 8.5%147 #12214
MedicineField #5,780 of 10,443 7.0%318 #6765
Life SciencesDomain #5,795 of 7,800 11.6%90 #9659
SurgerySubfield #1,607 of 1,816 4.9%80 #3878

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Aleppo 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#7,120 #5,856
  2. Physical Sciences#12,214 #6,883
  3. Medicine#6,765 #5,780
  4. Life Sciences#9,659 #5,795
  5. Surgery#3,878 #1,607
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 University of Aleppo specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 5.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 80.1 works5.3×
← 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: 1.11× its world share, 34 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.15× its world share, 40 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.92× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.53× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.37× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.45× its world share, 3 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.50× its world share, 25 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.51× its world share, 25 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.42× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.46× its world share, 44 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.64× its world share, 21 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.63× its world share, 14 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.73× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 3.40× its world share, 11 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.93× its world share, 16 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.57× its world share, 318 worksMedicineNursing: 2.19× its world share, 7 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.15× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.22× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.16× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.56× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.24× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.65× its world share, 13 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.34× its world share, 28 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Aleppo?

Ranked on the composite score, Abdo Hassoun, Sarya Swed and Mohamed Elsayed lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Aleppo.

  1. 1 Abdo Hassoun Syria · #1,427,135 worldwide 44 citations · 27 works
  2. 2 Sarya Swed Syria · #1,568,452 worldwide 11 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 Mohamed Elsayed Syria · #1,568,831 worldwide 10 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at University of Aleppo

Which keywords describe research at University of Aleppo?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Treatment, Diagnosis, Surgical Management, Complications, Management, Prognostic Factors and High-Performance Liquid Chromatography.

▲ 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. Epidemiology67▲ 2.6×104 topics
  2. Treatment35▲ 4.5×38 topics
  3. Diagnosis32▲ 5.3×33 topics
  4. Surgical Management24▲ 8.9×19 topics
  5. Inflammation23▲ 1.70×56 topics
  6. Complications21▲ 6.6×16 topics
  7. Management21▲ 4.1×24 topics
  8. Public Health18▲ 1.88×31 topics
  9. Prognostic Factors17▲ 6.0×14 topics
  10. Quality of Life15▲ 1.59×37 topics
  11. COVID-1915▲ 1.65×22 topics
  12. Oxidative Stress15▲ 1.38×39 topics
  13. Risk Factors14▲ 1.97×27 topics
  14. Chemotherapy14▲ 3.1×18 topics
  15. High-Performance Liquid Chromatography14▲ 59×2 topics
  16. Pathogenesis13▲ 4.0×20 topics
  17. Surgery13▲ 5.7×10 topics
  18. Method Validation12▲ 35×2 topics
  19. Genetics12▲ 2.7×17 topics
  20. Antioxidant12▲ 2.6×24 topics
  21. Genetic Mutations11▲ 4.0×21 topics
  22. Validation11▲ 20×3 topics
  23. Green Analytical Chemistry11▲ 30×2 topics
  24. Children11▲ 7.3×7 topics
  25. HPLC Method Development11▲ 92×1 topic
  26. Pharmaceutical Analysis11▲ 92×1 topic
  27. Immunotherapy11▲ 2.4×15 topics
  28. Guidelines10▲ 3.4×11 topics
  29. Clinical Practice Guidelines10▲ 2.8×13 topics
  30. Mortality10▲ 2.6×11 topics
  31. Prenatal Diagnosis9▲ 9.7×7 topics
  32. Vaccine9▲ 3.4×11 topics
  33. Global Impact8▲ 7.7×4 topics
  34. Congenital Anomalies8▲ 22×3 topics
  35. Pathophysiology8▲ 4.2×10 topics
  36. Fetal Surgery7▲ 19×3 topics
  37. CT Diagnosis6▲ 31×3 topics
  38. Peacebuilding6▲ 13×3 topics
  39. Soft Tissue Sarcoma6▲ 16×2 topics
  40. MRI Imaging5▲ 10×4 topics

Which research topics does University of Aleppo publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Analytical Methods in Pharmaceuticals, Health and Conflict Studies, Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment and Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery.

Analytical Methods in Ph…11Analytical Methods in Pharmaceuticals: 11 fractional worksHealth and Conflict Studies: 5 fractional worksSarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 5 fractional worksCongenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery: 5 fractional worksGastrointestinal disorders and treatments: 4 fractional worksLymphatic Disorders and Treatments: 4 fractional worksParasitic infections in …4Parasitic infections in humans and animals: 4 fractional worksAntibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy: 4 fractional worksTeratomas and Epidermoid Cysts: 4 fractional worksLinguistic, Cultural, an…3Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 3 fractional works
Analytical ChemistryGeneral Health ProfessionsPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSurgery3 others

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

  1. 1 Analytical Methods in Pharmaceuticals Analytical Chemistry 11 works
  2. 2 Health and Conflict Studies General Health Professions 5 works
  3. 3 Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 5 works
  4. 4 Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery Surgery 5 works
  5. 5 Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments Surgery 4 works
  6. 6 Lymphatic Disorders and Treatments Surgery 4 works
  7. 7 Parasitic infections in humans and animals Pathology and Forensic Medicine 4 works
  8. 8 Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy Pharmacology 4 works
  9. 9 Teratomas and Epidermoid Cysts Surgery 4 works
  10. 10 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 3 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 available70.6%not open29.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors32.1%domestic only67.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Aleppo's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 130% 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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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.