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University of Haifa

In research, University of Haifa stands highest in Social Sciences (#222 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#235 of 6,365 worldwide) and Psychology (#81 of 2,181 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Archeology, Public Administration and Paleontology — Archeology is 10.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,037
of 28,054 · #1,042 all time
Rank in Israel
#7
of 106
Research works
26k
▲ 22% vs 2013–17
Citations
585k
22.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
33%
world 28%

What is University of Haifa 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
Social SciencesDomain #222 of 10,521 26.3%2,532 #213
Social SciencesField #235 of 6,365 27.3%1,157 #206
PsychologyField #81 of 2,181 26.0%745 #159
Arts and HumanitiesField #136 of 1,998 25.6%417 #163
Clinical PsychologySubfield #51 of 738 25.5%283 #140
Health SciencesDomain #1,087 of 11,982 22.3%527 #1148
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #236 of 2,578 24.5%466 #220
ArcheologySubfield #15 of 139 30.2%141 #39
Physical SciencesDomain #1,634 of 12,888 18.8%1,020 #1627
Life SciencesDomain #1,126 of 7,800 21.8%485 #1415

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Haifa 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. Social Sciences#213 #222
  2. Social Sciences#206 #235
  3. Psychology#159 #81
  4. Arts and Humanities#163 #136
  5. Clinical Psychology#140 #51
  6. Health Sciences#1,148 #1,087
  7. Sociology and Political Science#220 #236
  8. Archeology#39 #15
  9. Physical Sciences#1,627 #1,634
  10. Life Sciences#1,415 #1,126
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 Haifa specialise in?

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

  1. ArcheologySubfield · 140.7 works10×
  2. Public AdministrationSubfield · 22.0 works9.0×
  3. PaleontologySubfield · 36.7 works6.7×
← 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: 0.40× its world share, 87 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.51× its world share, 124 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.38× its world share, 18 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.42× its world share, 254 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.21× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.14× its world share, 10 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.80× its world share, 285 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.85× its world share, 132 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.19× its world share, 8 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.26× its world share, 179 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.89× its world share, 202 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 12 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.74× its world share, 147 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.45× its world share, 45 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.30× its world share, 157 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.40× its world share, 354 worksMedicineNursing: 0.40× its world share, 9 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.89× its world share, 6 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.17× its world share, 417 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.58× its world share, 86 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.90× its world share, 40 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.89× its world share, 87 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 5.35× its world share, 745 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.00× its world share, 1,157 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 5.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Haifa?

Ranked on the composite score, David Levi‐Faur, Eviatar Nevo and Benjamin Beit‐Hallahmi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Haifa.

  1. 1 David Levi‐Faur Israel · #24,167 worldwide 491 citations · 38 works
  2. 2 Eviatar Nevo Israel · #33,184 worldwide 642 citations · 66 works
  3. 3 Benjamin Beit‐Hallahmi Israel · #36,595 worldwide 278 citations · 68 works
  4. 4 Anna Sfard Israel · #42,367 worldwide 452 citations · 37 works
  5. 5 Aviv Shoham Israel · #45,023 worldwide 446 citations · 46 works
  6. 6 Pnina Soffer Israel · #50,154 worldwide 397 citations · 30 works
  7. 7 Asher Koriat Israel · #56,537 worldwide 547 citations · 37 works
  8. 8 Azy Barak Israel · #58,408 worldwide 423 citations · 32 works
  9. 9 Gabriel Weimann Israel · #59,721 worldwide 202 citations · 43 works
  10. 10 Sammy Smooha Israel · #66,762 worldwide 215 citations · 29 works
All ranked researchers at University of Haifa

Which keywords describe research at University of Haifa?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Palestine, Emotion Regulation, Nationalism, Discrimination, Human Rights, Israel and Resilience.

▲ 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. Mental Health274▲ 4.1×40 topics
  2. Human Rights153▲ 3.2×40 topics
  3. Globalization146▲ 1.63×78 topics
  4. Climate Change143▲ 1.16×81 topics
  5. Palestine132▲ 49×2 topics
  6. Nationalism129▲ 6.1×26 topics
  7. Emotion Regulation120▲ 8.4×8 topics
  8. Depression118▲ 2.9×25 topics
  9. Public Health109▲ 1.64×42 topics
  10. Resilience107▲ 4.9×16 topics
  11. Quality of Life107▲ 1.63×43 topics
  12. Discrimination102▲ 11×9 topics
  13. Social Support101▲ 4.0×16 topics
  14. Israel98▲ 61×2 topics
  15. Meta-Analysis89▲ 3.3×17 topics
  16. Ethnic Identity85▲ 16×4 topics
  17. Occupation85▲ 28×3 topics
  18. Segregation82▲ 22×2 topics
  19. Settler Colonialism82▲ 42×2 topics
  20. Intifada82▲ 63×1 topic
  21. Neuroscience81▲ 6.0×14 topics
  22. Anxiety81▲ 3.7×12 topics
  23. Religion80▲ 3.7×32 topics
  24. Politics71▲ 5.8×17 topics
  25. Well-being70▲ 4.0×14 topics
  26. Trauma68▲ 7.4×10 topics
  27. Language Development66▲ 12×5 topics
  28. Neurobiology59▲ 5.1×10 topics
  29. Archaeological Evidence56▲ 25×2 topics
  30. Bilingualism55▲ 8.8×5 topics
  31. Semitic Languages54▲ 27×2 topics
  32. Emotion54▲ 5.7×11 topics
  33. Psychological Adjustment51▲ 7.7×4 topics
  34. Middle East50▲ 17×2 topics
  35. Neural Mechanisms50▲ 12×4 topics
  36. Arabia50▲ 36×1 topic
  37. Byzantine50▲ 36×1 topic
  38. Anxiety Disorders50▲ 9.7×2 topics
  39. Executive Functioning49▲ 8.3×3 topics
  40. Mediterranean47▲ 11×6 topics

Which research topics does University of Haifa publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies, Archaeology and Historical Studies, Reading and Literacy Development and Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development.

Jewish and Middle Easter…82Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies: 82 fractional worksArchaeology and Historical Studies: 50 fractional worksReading and Literacy Development: 32 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 30 fractional worksIslamic Studies and History: 29 fractional worksArchaeology and ancient environmental studies: 27 fractional worksMigration, Health and Tr…25Migration, Health and Trauma: 25 fractional worksArt Therapy and Mental Health: 25 fractional worksAttachment and Relationship Dynamics: 22 fractional worksAutism Spectrum Disorder Research: 22 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceArcheologyDevelopmental and Educational PsychologyClinical Psychology5 others

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

  1. 1 Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies Sociology and Political Science 82 works
  2. 2 Archaeology and Historical Studies Archeology 50 works
  3. 3 Reading and Literacy Development Developmental and Educational Psychology 32 works
  4. 4 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 30 works
  5. 5 Islamic Studies and History Political Science and International Relations 29 works
  6. 6 Archaeology and ancient environmental studies Paleontology 27 works
  7. 7 Migration, Health and Trauma Clinical Psychology 25 works
  8. 8 Art Therapy and Mental Health Conservation 25 works
  9. 9 Attachment and Relationship Dynamics Social Psychology 22 works
  10. 10 Autism Spectrum Disorder Research Cognitive Neuroscience 22 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 available33.2%not open66.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.1%domestic only79.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Haifa's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 22% 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 Haifa

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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.