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University of Sharjah

In research, University of Sharjah stands highest in Health Sciences (#319 of 11,982 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#453 of 12,888 worldwide) and Engineering (#250 of 6,636 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Energy Engineering and Power Technology, Oral Surgery and Dentistry — Energy Engineering and Power Technology is 5.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#440
of 28,054 · #1,415 all time
Rank in United Arab Emirates
#3
of 66
Research works
11k
▲ 232% vs 2013–17
Citations
172k
15.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
25.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
47%
world 28%

What is University of Sharjah 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 #319 of 11,982 20.8%1,068 #1107
Physical SciencesDomain #453 of 12,888 24.4%2,675 #1400
EngineeringField #250 of 6,636 23.1%1,122 #981
Computer ScienceField #177 of 4,667 28.8%671 #698
Social SciencesDomain #403 of 10,521 33.3%1,255 #948
Artificial IntelligenceSubfield #89 of 1,884 31.0%272 #313
Business, Management and AccountingField #154 of 2,578 42.4%274 #594
MedicineField #731 of 10,443 19.5%784 #2143
Health ProfessionsField #152 of 1,928 24.0%159 #554
Social SciencesField #531 of 6,365 28.9%516 #995

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Sharjah 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#1,107 #319
  2. Physical Sciences#1,400 #453
  3. Engineering#981 #250
  4. Computer Science#698 #177
  5. Social Sciences#948 #403
  6. Artificial Intelligence#313 #89
  7. Business, Management and Accounting#594 #154
  8. Medicine#2,143 #731
  9. Health Professions#554 #152
  10. Social Sciences#995 #531
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 Sharjah specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Energy Engineering and Power Technology takes 5.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Energy Engineering and Power TechnologySubfield · 31.1 works5.3×
  2. Oral SurgerySubfield · 40.7 works3.9×
  3. DentistryField · 99.1 works3.8×
  4. OrthodonticsSubfield · 23.0 works3.8×
  5. CommunicationSubfield · 48.7 works3.3×
← 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: 0.44× its world share, 114 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.75× its world share, 217 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.56× its world share, 31 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.64× its world share, 56 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.06× its world share, 20 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.12× its world share, 21 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.95× its world share, 81 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.59× its world share, 671 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.47× its world share, 40 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.94× its world share, 147 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.38× its world share, 1,122 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.95× its world share, 255 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.89× its world share, 168 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.13× its world share, 72 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.80× its world share, 97 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 3.76× its world share, 99 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.11× its world share, 159 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.75× its world share, 784 worksMedicineNursing: 0.83× its world share, 22 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.57× its world share, 4 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.69× its world share, 109 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.57× its world share, 274 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.91× its world share, 100 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.98× its world share, 114 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.86× its world share, 142 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.75× its world share, 516 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Sharjah?

Ranked on the composite score, Rabih Halwani, Ali Bou Nassif and Eman Abu‐Gharbieh lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Sharjah.

  1. 1 Rabih Halwani United Arab Emirates · #20,563 worldwide 1.3k citations · 38 works
  2. 2 Ali Bou Nassif United Arab Emirates · #27,146 worldwide 492 citations · 50 works
  3. 3 Eman Abu‐Gharbieh United Arab Emirates · #29,590 worldwide 703 citations · 35 works
  4. 4 Nihar Ranjan Dash United Arab Emirates · #44,946 worldwide 476 citations · 33 works
  5. 5 Rifat Hamoudi United Arab Emirates · #65,350 worldwide 355 citations · 46 works
  6. 6 Ismail Shahin United Arab Emirates · #67,581 worldwide 333 citations · 32 works
  7. 7 Ashokan Arumugam United Arab Emirates · #72,180 worldwide 675 citations · 25 works
  8. 8 Zafar Said United Arab Emirates · #77,913 worldwide 1.1k citations · 80 works
  9. 9 A.G. Olabi United Arab Emirates · #81,831 worldwide 1.8k citations · 169 works
  10. 10 MoezAlIslam E. Faris United Arab Emirates · #84,340 worldwide 630 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at University of Sharjah

Which keywords describe research at University of Sharjah?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Renewable Energy, Supply Chain Management, Healthcare, Sustainability, Smart Cities and IoT.

▲ 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. Machine Learning367▲ 2.1×86 topics
  2. Deep Learning335▲ 1.80×77 topics
  3. Renewable Energy221▲ 2.8×47 topics
  4. Sustainability201▲ 1.52×78 topics
  5. Healthcare178▲ 2.9×19 topics
  6. Supply Chain Management175▲ 3.5×22 topics
  7. Epidemiology173▼ 0.81×124 topics
  8. Environmental Impact126▲ 1.36×49 topics
  9. Neural Networks125▲ 1.50×38 topics
  10. Nanomaterials111▲ 1.93×18 topics
  11. Inflammation111◆ 0.98×79 topics
  12. Artificial Intelligence107▲ 1.43×44 topics
  13. COVID-19104▲ 1.40×26 topics
  14. IoT100▲ 4.9×18 topics
  15. Energy Efficiency99▲ 1.93×35 topics
  16. Social Media98▲ 1.26×29 topics
  17. Internet of Things94▲ 1.98×21 topics
  18. Convolutional Neural Networks93▲ 2.3×14 topics
  19. Smart Cities89▲ 6.3×7 topics
  20. Risk Management88▲ 3.4×13 topics
  21. Energy Storage87▲ 2.4×12 topics
  22. Big Data83▲ 1.69×21 topics
  23. Nanoparticles81▲ 1.19×41 topics
  24. Customer Satisfaction81▲ 4.6×8 topics
  25. Digital Transformation80▲ 2.8×16 topics
  26. Security70▲ 1.98×25 topics
  27. Organizational Performance70▲ 5.2×11 topics
  28. Knowledge Management68▲ 2.2×18 topics
  29. Data Mining67▲ 1.66×16 topics
  30. Corporate Governance66▲ 1.63×22 topics
  31. Medical Imaging62▲ 2.2×8 topics
  32. Artificial Neural Networks60▲ 2.3×8 topics
  33. Solar Energy59▲ 3.4×5 topics
  34. Social Media Marketing57▲ 22×1 topic
  35. Human Resource Management46▲ 5.5×4 topics
  36. Feature Selection43▲ 3.6×6 topics
  37. Finance41▲ 3.8×3 topics
  38. Ethical Identity35▲ 5.1×1 topic
  39. Phase Change Materials34▲ 6.8×3 topics
  40. Middle East31▲ 9.2×2 topics

Which research topics does University of Sharjah publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Organizational and Employee Performance, Islamic Finance and Banking Studies, Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Socioeconomic Development in MENA.

Organizational and Employee Performance: 57 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Banking Studies: 35 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare: 30 fractional worksSocioeconomic Development in MENA: 28 fractional worksHybrid Renewable Energy Systems: 26 fractional worksSolar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems: 25 fractional worksBlockchain Technology Ap…24Blockchain Technology Applications and Security: 24 fractional worksTechnology Adoption and …21Technology Adoption and User Behaviour: 21 fractional worksLinguistic, Cultural, an…20Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 20 fractional worksBuilding Energy and Comf…19Building Energy and Comfort Optimization: 19 fractional works
Artificial IntelligenceAccountingHealth Information ManagementSociology and Political Science5 others

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

  1. 1 Organizational and Employee Performance Artificial Intelligence 57 works
  2. 2 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 35 works
  3. 3 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Health Information Management 30 works
  4. 4 Socioeconomic Development in MENA Sociology and Political Science 28 works
  5. 5 Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems Energy Engineering and Power Technology 26 works
  6. 6 Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 25 works
  7. 7 Blockchain Technology Applications and Security Information Systems 24 works
  8. 8 Technology Adoption and User Behaviour Information Systems and Management 21 works
  9. 9 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 20 works
  10. 10 Building Energy and Comfort Optimization Building and Construction 19 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 available46.7%not open53.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors48.0%domestic only52.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Sharjah's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 232% 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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