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University of Duhok

In research, University of Duhok stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,605 of 12,888 worldwide), Engineering (#2,347 of 6,636 worldwide) and Computer Science (#2,049 of 4,667 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Transportation, Modeling and Simulation and Animal Science and Zoology — Transportation is 10.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,900
of 28,054 · #7,563 all time
Rank in Iraq
#15
of 67
Research works
4.3k
▲ 292% vs 2013–17
Citations
18k
4.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
88%
world 28%

What is University of Duhok 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
Physical SciencesDomain #1,605 of 12,888 13.1%613 #4472
EngineeringField #2,347 of 6,636 8.3%222 #5238
Computer ScienceField #2,049 of 4,667 12.1%119 #4158
Health SciencesDomain #6,198 of 11,982 2.3%524 #12265
Social SciencesDomain #6,433 of 10,521 5.1%527 #9878
MedicineField #7,299 of 10,443 2.2%414 #11974
Life SciencesDomain #5,677 of 7,800 1.8%391 #11213
Social SciencesField #5,121 of 6,365 3.2%282 #7409
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #3,013 of 3,409 1.1%233 #5466
Environmental ScienceField #3,330 of 3,551 3.2%99 #5719

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Duhok 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. Physical Sciences#4,472 #1,605
  2. Engineering#5,238 #2,347
  3. Computer Science#4,158 #2,049
  4. Health Sciences#12,265 #6,198
  5. Social Sciences#9,878 #6,433
  6. Medicine#11,974 #7,299
  7. Life Sciences#11,213 #5,677
  8. Social Sciences#7,409 #5,121
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#5,466 #3,013
  10. Environmental Science#5,719 #3,330
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 Duhok specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Transportation takes 10.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. TransportationSubfield · 69.8 works10×
  2. Modeling and SimulationSubfield · 20.2 works7.0×
  3. Animal Science and ZoologySubfield · 31.4 works6.9×
  4. Oral SurgerySubfield · 21.9 works5.5×
  5. Statistical and Nonlinear PhysicsSubfield · 29.2 works4.5×
← 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: 2.39× its world share, 233 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.95× its world share, 105 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.46× its world share, 30 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.43× its world share, 14 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.22× its world share, 9 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.87× its world share, 28 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.74× its world share, 119 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.43× its world share, 14 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.14× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.72× its world share, 222 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.97× its world share, 99 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.47× its world share, 34 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.37× its world share, 57 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.81× its world share, 37 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 4.39× its world share, 44 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.75× its world share, 41 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.05× its world share, 414 worksMedicineNursing: 2.03× its world share, 20 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.79× its world share, 5 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.22× its world share, 72 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.66× its world share, 44 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.88× its world share, 37 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.86× its world share, 38 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.86× its world share, 54 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.08× its world share, 282 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 4.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Duhok?

Ranked on the composite score, Nawfal R Hussein, Deldar Morad Abdulah and Enzo Colonnellı lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Duhok.

  1. 1 Nawfal R Hussein Iraq · #33,685 worldwide 703 citations · 33 works
  2. 2 Deldar Morad Abdulah Iraq · #237,319 worldwide 363 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Enzo Colonnellı Iraq · #1,005,928 worldwide 26 citations · 25 works
  4. 4 James H. Haido Iraq · #1,014,970 worldwide 66 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Muhammad Amin S. Murad Iraq · #1,583,296 worldwide 36 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at University of Duhok

Which keywords describe research at University of Duhok?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Ethnicity, Islam, Culture, Social Influence, Malay Language, Sharia Law, Philosophy and Literature.

▲ 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. Epidemiology114▲ 1.40×99 topics
  2. Culture78▲ 7.2×7 topics
  3. Ethnicity76▲ 9.8×8 topics
  4. Islam75▲ 17×2 topics
  5. Literature75▲ 6.7×8 topics
  6. History74▲ 5.2×9 topics
  7. Social Influence72▲ 16×2 topics
  8. Philosophy71▲ 7.8×4 topics
  9. Malay Language71▲ 24×1 topic
  10. Sharia Law71▲ 24×1 topic
  11. Economic Security69▲ 16×5 topics
  12. Legal Regulation68▲ 15×3 topics
  13. Design68▲ 20×2 topics
  14. Strategic Planning68▲ 22×2 topics
  15. Air Force68▲ 27×1 topic
  16. Modernization68▲ 18×1 topic
  17. Public Oversight68▲ 26×1 topic
  18. Transport Policy68▲ 26×1 topic
  19. Climate Change63◆ 1.14×48 topics
  20. Machine Learning62◆ 0.91×57 topics
  21. Inflammation51▲ 1.18×62 topics
  22. Globalization44◆ 1.10×31 topics
  23. Public Health43▲ 1.43×37 topics
  24. Nonlinear Equations33▲ 13×4 topics
  25. Genetic Diversity33▲ 3.6×17 topics
  26. Antioxidant31▲ 2.2×32 topics
  27. Metabolic Syndrome31▲ 1.85×21 topics
  28. Immune Response27▲ 2.3×16 topics
  29. Plant Growth21▲ 9.2×5 topics
  30. Fuzzy Sets20▲ 17×2 topics
  31. Fractional Calculus17▲ 14×2 topics
  32. Anomalous Diffusion17▲ 15×2 topics
  33. Homotopy Analysis Method17▲ 18×1 topic
  34. Random Walk17▲ 18×1 topic
  35. Crop Management16▲ 12×2 topics
  36. Rough Sets16▲ 25×2 topics
  37. Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation15▲ 13×2 topics
  38. Soft Set Theory15▲ 57×1 topic
  39. Topological Spaces15▲ 57×1 topic
  40. Rogue Waves15▲ 12×2 topics

Which research topics does University of Duhok publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies, Legal and Regulatory Analysis, Military Technology and Strategies and Fractional Differential Equations Solutions.

Linguistic, Cultural, an…71Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 71 fractional worksLegal and Regulatory Ana…68Legal and Regulatory Analysis: 68 fractional worksMilitary Technology and …68Military Technology and Strategies: 68 fractional worksFractional Differential Equations Solutions: 17 fractional worksFuzzy and Soft Set Theory: 15 fractional worksNonlinear Waves and Solitons: 15 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Banking Studies: 13 fractional worksAnimal Nutrition and Physiology: 12 fractional worksNonlinear Photonic Systems: 12 fractional worksPlant Growth Enhancement Techniques: 12 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceTransportationAerospace EngineeringModeling and Simulation5 others

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

  1. 1 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 71 works
  2. 2 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 68 works
  3. 3 Military Technology and Strategies Aerospace Engineering 68 works
  4. 4 Fractional Differential Equations Solutions Modeling and Simulation 17 works
  5. 5 Fuzzy and Soft Set Theory Management Science and Operations Research 15 works
  6. 6 Nonlinear Waves and Solitons Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 15 works
  7. 7 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 13 works
  8. 8 Animal Nutrition and Physiology Animal Science and Zoology 12 works
  9. 9 Nonlinear Photonic Systems Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 12 works
  10. 10 Plant Growth Enhancement Techniques Plant Science 12 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 available88.3%not open11.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.0%domestic only89.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Duhok's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 292% 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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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.