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University of Basrah

In research, University of Basrah stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,074 of 11,982 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#2,394 of 12,888 worldwide) and Medicine (#2,216 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Aquatic Science, Numerical Analysis and Animal Science and Zoology — Aquatic Science is 17.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,446
of 28,054 · #4,927 all time
Rank in Iraq
#11
of 67
Research works
10k
▲ 253% vs 2013–17
Citations
61k
5.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
74%
world 28%

What is University of Basrah 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 #2,074 of 11,982 4.5%910 #5139
Physical SciencesDomain #2,394 of 12,888 7.1%2,282 #4318
MedicineField #2,216 of 10,443 4.2%734 #5362
EngineeringField #1,777 of 6,636 8.0%760 #2765
Computer ScienceField #1,425 of 4,667 12.9%388 #3015
Social SciencesDomain #3,367 of 10,521 13.6%429 #5626
Life SciencesDomain #3,193 of 7,800 3.3%1,070 #5651
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #1,398 of 3,409 3.5%644 #2751
MathematicsField #479 of 1,053 11.6%114 #1426
Health ProfessionsField #1,036 of 1,928 6.4%91 #2351

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Basrah 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#5,139 #2,074
  2. Physical Sciences#4,318 #2,394
  3. Medicine#5,362 #2,216
  4. Engineering#2,765 #1,777
  5. Computer Science#3,015 #1,425
  6. Social Sciences#5,626 #3,367
  7. Life Sciences#5,651 #3,193
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#2,751 #1,398
  9. Mathematics#1,426 #479
  10. Health Professions#2,351 #1,036
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 Basrah specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Aquatic Science takes 17.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Aquatic ScienceSubfield · 152.1 works18×
  2. Numerical AnalysisSubfield · 22.8 works5.7×
  3. Animal Science and ZoologySubfield · 58.3 works5.7×
  4. OceanographySubfield · 58.6 works4.5×
  5. Water Science and TechnologySubfield · 91.7 works3.8×
  6. Modeling and SimulationSubfield · 24.7 works3.8×
  7. Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 35.9 works3.2×
← 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: 2.89× its world share, 644 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.11× its world share, 277 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.63× its world share, 77 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.46× its world share, 35 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.28× its world share, 38 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.95× its world share, 16 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.29× its world share, 169 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.06× its world share, 388 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.59× its world share, 117 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.84× its world share, 36 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.08× its world share, 760 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.69× its world share, 395 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.35× its world share, 220 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.07× its world share, 114 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.64× its world share, 67 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.44× its world share, 33 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.74× its world share, 91 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.81× its world share, 734 worksMedicineNursing: 1.65× its world share, 38 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.31× its world share, 15 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.50× its world share, 67 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.41× its world share, 62 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.84× its world share, 38 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.35× its world share, 35 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.38× its world share, 55 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 172 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 2.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Basrah?

Ranked on the composite score, Raad Z. Homod, Shuker Mahmood Khalil and Basil H. Jasim lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Basrah.

  1. 1 Raad Z. Homod Iraq · #610,354 worldwide 173 citations · 32 works
  2. 2 Shuker Mahmood Khalil Iraq · #649,648 worldwide 68 citations · 26 works
  3. 3 Basil H. Jasim Iraq · #665,568 worldwide 57 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Abbas Ali Mansour Iraq · #720,211 worldwide 19 citations · 28 works
  5. 5 Ramzy S. Ali Iraq · #763,372 worldwide 33 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Muneer A. Ismael Iraq · #824,815 worldwide 151 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 Thamer A Hamdan Iraq · #871,764 worldwide 5 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Basil A. Abbas Iraq · #945,747 worldwide 22 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 Samir K. Abdullah Iraq · #972,815 worldwide 36 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Vincent Omollo Nyangaresi Iraq · #996,419 worldwide 73 citations · 31 works
All ranked researchers at University of Basrah

Which keywords describe research at University of Basrah?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Genetic Diversity, Phylogenetic Analysis, Biogeography, Morphology, Conservation, Biodiversity, Freshwater and Environmental Factors.

▲ 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. Epidemiology209◆ 1.13×116 topics
  2. Machine Learning201▲ 1.31×77 topics
  3. Environmental Impact176▲ 2.2×52 topics
  4. Deep Learning168◆ 1.05×68 topics
  5. Genetic Diversity158▲ 7.6×20 topics
  6. Climate Change153▲ 1.21×71 topics
  7. Biodiversity151▲ 4.3×25 topics
  8. Inflammation133▲ 1.36×77 topics
  9. Phylogenetic Analysis130▲ 9.1×13 topics
  10. Conservation128▲ 6.3×14 topics
  11. Oxidative Stress126▲ 1.64×57 topics
  12. Biogeography120▲ 9.8×13 topics
  13. Morphology116▲ 14×8 topics
  14. Freshwater111▲ 48×2 topics
  15. Nanoparticles109▲ 1.85×41 topics
  16. Antioxidant Activity108▲ 3.6×31 topics
  17. Environmental Factors108▲ 35×2 topics
  18. Antioxidant107▲ 3.3×48 topics
  19. Fish106▲ 59×1 topic
  20. Length-Weight Relationships106▲ 59×1 topic
  21. Remote Sensing100▲ 1.73×28 topics
  22. Toxicity91▲ 4.5×17 topics
  23. Heat Transfer77▲ 3.3×17 topics
  24. Nutrition72▲ 3.4×15 topics
  25. Aquaculture63▲ 5.2×8 topics
  26. Antioxidants61▲ 2.9×15 topics
  27. Antimicrobial60▲ 4.6×13 topics
  28. Synthesis59▲ 3.4×31 topics
  29. Anticancer Agents53▲ 7.5×11 topics
  30. Principal Component Analysis52▲ 7.8×4 topics
  31. Sedimentation50▲ 19×2 topics
  32. Holocene49▲ 9.1×3 topics
  33. Sea Level48▲ 11×2 topics
  34. Mediterranean48▲ 11×3 topics
  35. Black Sea46▲ 25×1 topic
  36. paleoceanography46▲ 33×1 topic
  37. Multivariate Statistical Techniques45▲ 23×1 topic
  38. Water Quality Index45▲ 23×1 topic
  39. Fatty Acids43▲ 8.7×5 topics
  40. Pest Management38▲ 9.6×5 topics

Which research topics does University of Basrah publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Fish Biology and Ecology Studies, Marine and environmental studies, Water Quality and Pollution Assessment and Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth.

Fish Biology and Ecology…106Fish Biology and Ecology Studies: 106 fractional worksMarine and environmental…46Marine and environmental studies: 46 fractional worksWater Quality and Pollut…45Water Quality and Pollution Assessment: 45 fractional worksAquaculture Nutrition and Growth: 34 fractional worksHydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis: 31 fractional worksGeochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 29 fractional worksSynthesis and biological activity: 28 fractional worksDate Palm Research Studies: 26 fractional worksHydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis: 23 fractional worksNanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer: 23 fractional works
Aquatic ScienceOceanographyWater Science and TechnologyMechanics of Materials5 others

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

  1. 1 Fish Biology and Ecology Studies Aquatic Science 106 works
  2. 2 Marine and environmental studies Oceanography 46 works
  3. 3 Water Quality and Pollution Assessment Water Science and Technology 45 works
  4. 4 Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth Aquatic Science 34 works
  5. 5 Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis Mechanics of Materials 31 works
  6. 6 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 29 works
  7. 7 Synthesis and biological activity Organic Chemistry 28 works
  8. 8 Date Palm Research Studies Plant Science 26 works
  9. 9 Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis Mechanical Engineering 23 works
  10. 10 Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer Biomedical Engineering 23 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 available74.2%not open25.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.9%domestic only86.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Basrah's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 253% 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.