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University of Samarra

In research, University of Samarra stands highest in Physical Sciences (#8,337 of 12,888 worldwide), Social Sciences (#8,066 of 10,521 worldwide) and Engineering (#5,550 of 6,636 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Organic Chemistry and Chemistry — Organic Chemistry is 6.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,532
of 28,054 · #23,290 all time
Rank in Iraq
#57
of 67
Research works
980
▲ 1165% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.3k
2.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
77%
world 28%

What is University of Samarra 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 #8,337 of 12,888 7.2%212 #15824
Social SciencesDomain #8,066 of 10,521 5.5%158 #15119
EngineeringField #5,550 of 6,636 9.8%75 #10027
Social SciencesField #5,404 of 6,365 3.4%102 #9573
Life SciencesDomain #7,168 of 7,800 3.2%111 #13538
Health SciencesDomain #11,345 of 11,982 1.4%148 #18722
MedicineField #10,010 of 10,443 1.5%118 #17610

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Samarra 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#15,824 #8,337
  2. Social Sciences#15,119 #8,066
  3. Engineering#10,027 #5,550
  4. Social Sciences#9,573 #5,404
  5. Life Sciences#13,538 #7,168
  6. Health Sciences#18,722 #11,345
  7. Medicine#17,610 #10,010
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 Samarra specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Organic Chemistry takes 6.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Organic ChemistrySubfield · 32.8 works6.9×
  2. ChemistryField · 52.9 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: 1.89× its world share, 56 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.75× its world share, 25 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.48× its world share, 16 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.34× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4.49× its world share, 10 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.72× its world share, 4 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 5.35× its world share, 53 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.44× its world share, 21 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.53× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.79× its world share, 75 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.97× its world share, 30 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.91× its world share, 20 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.22× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.02× its world share, 17 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.98× its world share, 118 worksMedicineNursing: 2.63× its world share, 8 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.51× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.14× its world share, 21 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.80× its world share, 16 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.77× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.64× its world share, 9 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.30× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.28× its world share, 102 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

Who are the top researchers at University of Samarra?

Ranked on the composite score, Riyadh A. Al-Samarai lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Samarra.

  1. 1 Riyadh A. Al-Samarai Iraq · #1,575,378 worldwide 2 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at University of Samarra

Which keywords describe research at University of Samarra?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology34▲ 1.36×49 topics
  2. Philosophy27▲ 9.6×4 topics
  3. History26▲ 6.0×4 topics
  4. Culture26▲ 7.8×4 topics
  5. Islam24▲ 18×5 topics
  6. Literature24▲ 7.0×7 topics
  7. Ethnicity24▲ 10.0×3 topics
  8. Inflammation23▲ 1.78×47 topics
  9. Sharia Law23▲ 25×1 topic
  10. Social Influence23▲ 17×1 topic
  11. Oxidative Stress22▲ 2.2×34 topics
  12. Legal Regulation20▲ 15×4 topics
  13. Modernization20▲ 17×3 topics
  14. Synthesis20▲ 8.5×19 topics
  15. Economic Security20▲ 14×2 topics
  16. Air Force19▲ 25×1 topic
  17. Environmental Impact19▲ 1.78×28 topics
  18. Public Oversight19▲ 24×1 topic
  19. Transport Policy19▲ 24×1 topic
  20. Warfare19▲ 25×1 topic
  21. Anticancer Agents19▲ 20×8 topics
  22. Antioxidant18▲ 4.2×32 topics
  23. Nanoparticles17▲ 2.1×23 topics
  24. Medicinal Chemistry16▲ 9.5×9 topics
  25. Metabolic Syndrome15▲ 3.0×14 topics
  26. Obesity14▲ 3.0×14 topics
  27. Antimicrobial14▲ 7.8×10 topics
  28. Heterocyclic Compounds12▲ 22×4 topics
  29. Heterocycles12▲ 20×6 topics
  30. Insulin Resistance12▲ 4.1×9 topics
  31. Green Analytical Chemistry10▲ 28×2 topics
  32. Drug Discovery10▲ 7.0×7 topics
  33. High-Performance Liquid Chromatography10▲ 44×2 topics
  34. Method Validation10▲ 28×3 topics
  35. Anticancer9▲ 8.7×7 topics
  36. Coumarins9▲ 26×2 topics
  37. Molecular Docking9▲ 11×4 topics
  38. Hermeneutics8▲ 16×2 topics
  39. Tubulin Inhibitors8▲ 28×1 topic
  40. Vascular Targeting Agents8▲ 28×1 topic

Which research topics does University of Samarra publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies, Military Technology and Strategies, Legal and Regulatory Analysis and Synthesis and biological activity.

Linguistic, Cultural, an…23Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 23 fractional worksMilitary Technology and Strategies: 19 fractional worksLegal and Regulatory Analysis: 19 fractional worksSynthesis and biological activity: 8 fractional worksAnalytical Methods in Pharmaceuticals: 8 fractional worksEducation and Islamic St…7Education and Islamic Studies: 7 fractional worksSynthesis and Characterization of Heterocyclic Compounds: 6 fractional worksIslamic Studies and History: 5 fractional worksAnalytical Chemistry and Chromatography: 4 fractional worksSynthesis of Tetrazole Derivatives: 4 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceAerospace EngineeringTransportationOrganic Chemistry4 others

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

  1. 1 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 23 works
  2. 2 Military Technology and Strategies Aerospace Engineering 19 works
  3. 3 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 19 works
  4. 4 Synthesis and biological activity Organic Chemistry 8 works
  5. 5 Analytical Methods in Pharmaceuticals Analytical Chemistry 8 works
  6. 6 Education and Islamic Studies Education 7 works
  7. 7 Synthesis and Characterization of Heterocyclic Compounds Organic Chemistry 6 works
  8. 8 Islamic Studies and History Political Science and International Relations 5 works
  9. 9 Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography Spectroscopy 4 works
  10. 10 Synthesis of Tetrazole Derivatives Organic Chemistry 4 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 available77.4%not open22.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.0%domestic only88.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Samarra's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 1165% 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.

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.