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University of Balamand

In research, University of Balamand stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,957 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#3,679 of 10,443 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#3,773 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Building and Construction, Civil and Structural Engineering and Surgery — Building and Construction is 5.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,019
of 28,054 · #9,315 all time
Rank in Lebanon
#7
of 25
Research works
2k
▲ 73% vs 2013–17
Citations
25k
12.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
53%
world 28%

What is University of Balamand 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 #3,957 of 11,982 9.5%304 #5731
MedicineField #3,679 of 10,443 8.8%287 #4925
Social SciencesDomain #3,773 of 10,521 27.7%107 #5730
Physical SciencesDomain #5,917 of 12,888 19.2%178 #9784
Life SciencesDomain #4,394 of 7,800 17.3%68 #7913
EngineeringField #3,797 of 6,636 19.9%100 #6765
SurgerySubfield #1,508 of 1,816 4.4%66 #3522

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Balamand 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#5,731 #3,957
  2. Medicine#4,925 #3,679
  3. Social Sciences#5,730 #3,773
  4. Physical Sciences#9,784 #5,917
  5. Life Sciences#7,913 #4,394
  6. Engineering#6,765 #3,797
  7. Surgery#3,522 #1,508
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 Balamand specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Building and Construction takes 5.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Building and ConstructionSubfield · 23.2 works5.7×
  2. Civil and Structural EngineeringSubfield · 35.6 works4.6×
  3. SurgerySubfield · 66.1 works4.3×
← 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: 0.46× its world share, 14 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.00× its world share, 35 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.41× its world share, 9 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.70× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.88× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.36× its world share, 3 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.27× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.37× its world share, 19 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.50× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.00× its world share, 6 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.01× its world share, 100 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.94× its world share, 31 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.37× its world share, 8 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.68× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.64× its world share, 11 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.27× its world share, 287 worksMedicineNursing: 1.17× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.54× its world share, 10 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.18× its world share, 25 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.85× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.81× its world share, 11 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.84× its world share, 17 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.46× its world share, 38 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 2.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Balamand?

Ranked on the composite score, Joseph J. Assaad, Chafic Mokbel and Abdulwahed Abbas lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Balamand.

  1. 1 Joseph J. Assaad Lebanon · #500,088 worldwide 196 citations · 37 works
  2. 2 Chafic Mokbel Lebanon · #734,007 worldwide 58 citations · 21 works
  3. 3 Abdulwahed Abbas Lebanon · #1,103,428 worldwide 21 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Samer Aouad Lebanon · #1,114,180 worldwide 112 citations · 27 works
  5. 5 Elie Inaty Lebanon · #1,192,680 worldwide 23 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Karam Karam Lebanon · #1,210,222 worldwide 8 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 Antoine Abche Lebanon · #1,319,667 worldwide 16 citations · 23 works
  8. 8 Elie Moussa Lebanon · #1,370,640 worldwide 1 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Jihad Daba Lebanon · #1,576,054 worldwide 9 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at University of Balamand

Which keywords describe research at University of Balamand?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Complications, Recycled Materials, Surgical Management, Geopolymer and Artificial Neural Networks.

▲ 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. Epidemiology69▲ 2.6×101 topics
  2. Treatment33▲ 4.2×42 topics
  3. Diagnosis33▲ 5.4×34 topics
  4. Inflammation24▲ 1.76×60 topics
  5. Environmental Impact23▲ 2.1×27 topics
  6. Complications19▲ 5.7×15 topics
  7. Management18▲ 3.6×23 topics
  8. Mechanical Properties18▲ 2.8×12 topics
  9. Artificial Neural Networks17▲ 5.6×4 topics
  10. Surgical Management17▲ 6.3×19 topics
  11. Recycled Materials16▲ 21×2 topics
  12. Geopolymer15▲ 16×2 topics
  13. Oxidative Stress15▲ 1.38×36 topics
  14. Quality of Life14▲ 1.53×37 topics
  15. Fiber Reinforced Concrete14▲ 27×1 topic
  16. Ultra-High Performance Concrete14▲ 27×1 topic
  17. Children14▲ 8.8×6 topics
  18. Prognostic Factors13▲ 4.7×14 topics
  19. Cardiovascular Disease13▲ 1.76×28 topics
  20. Carbon Emissions12▲ 16×2 topics
  21. Metabolic Syndrome11▲ 2.1×20 topics
  22. Obesity11▲ 2.2×20 topics
  23. CO2 Sequestration10▲ 8.1×2 topics
  24. Clinical Practice Guidelines10▲ 2.9×13 topics
  25. Cementitious Materials10▲ 17×1 topic
  26. Fly Ash10▲ 14×1 topic
  27. Adults10▲ 25×2 topics
  28. Durability Performance10▲ 16×2 topics
  29. Review8▲ 10×4 topics
  30. Imaging8▲ 4.8×4 topics
  31. Survival Analysis8▲ 4.3×7 topics
  32. Rheology7▲ 5.5×3 topics
  33. Environmental Impact Assessment7▲ 14×3 topics
  34. Intussusception7▲ 29×1 topic
  35. Meckel's Diverticulum7▲ 29×1 topic
  36. Concrete Properties6▲ 23×2 topics
  37. Waste Reduction6▲ 14×2 topics
  38. Mechanical Behavior6▲ 7.7×3 topics
  39. Construction Waste Management6▲ 26×1 topic
  40. Recycled Aggregate6▲ 26×1 topic

Which research topics does University of Balamand publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Innovative concrete reinforcement materials, Concrete and Cement Materials Research, Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments and Recycled Aggregate Concrete Performance.

Innovative concrete rein…14Innovative concrete reinforcement materials: 14 fractional worksConcrete and Cement Materials Research: 10 fractional worksGastrointestinal disorders and treatments: 7 fractional worksRecycled Aggregate Concrete Performance: 6 fractional worksInnovations in Concrete and Construction Materials: 5 fractional worksStructural Behavior of R…4Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete: 4 fractional worksGastrointestinal Tumor Research and Treatment: 4 fractional worksEosinophilic Esophagitis: 3 fractional worksEsophageal and GI Pathology: 3 fractional worksBuilding Energy and Comfort Optimization: 3 fractional works
Civil and Structural EngineeringSurgeryBuilding and ConstructionGastroenterology

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

  1. 1 Innovative concrete reinforcement materials Civil and Structural Engineering 14 works
  2. 2 Concrete and Cement Materials Research Civil and Structural Engineering 10 works
  3. 3 Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments Surgery 7 works
  4. 4 Recycled Aggregate Concrete Performance Building and Construction 6 works
  5. 5 Innovations in Concrete and Construction Materials Building and Construction 5 works
  6. 6 Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete Building and Construction 4 works
  7. 7 Gastrointestinal Tumor Research and Treatment Gastroenterology 4 works
  8. 8 Eosinophilic Esophagitis Surgery 3 works
  9. 9 Esophageal and GI Pathology Surgery 3 works
  10. 10 Building Energy and Comfort Optimization Building and Construction 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 available53.1%not open46.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors31.7%domestic only68.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Balamand's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 73% 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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