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University of Sulaimani

In research, University of Sulaimani stands highest in Physical Sciences (#873 of 12,888 worldwide), Engineering (#973 of 6,636 worldwide) and Civil and Structural Engineering (#132 of 896 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Numerical Analysis, Orthodontics and Oral Surgery — Numerical Analysis is 8.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,420
of 28,054 · #4,305 all time
Rank in Iraq
#3
of 67
Research works
5.5k
▲ 233% vs 2013–17
Citations
37k
6.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
82%
world 28%

What is University of Sulaimani 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 #873 of 12,888 19.8%954 #2787
EngineeringField #973 of 6,636 20.0%342 #2600
Civil and Structural EngineeringSubfield #132 of 896 26.4%119 #430
Health SciencesDomain #2,187 of 11,982 6.1%757 #5018
Environmental ScienceField #980 of 3,551 15.7%132 #2401
Materials ScienceField #683 of 2,468 32.1%101 #2244
Materials ChemistrySubfield #497 of 1,556 32.0%63 —
MedicineField #3,562 of 10,443 5.9%568 #6236
Life SciencesDomain #3,613 of 7,800 8.5%432 #7521
Social SciencesDomain #5,027 of 10,521 5.6%694 #8935

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Sulaimani 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#2,787 #873
  2. Engineering#2,600 #973
  3. Civil and Structural Engineering#430 #132
  4. Health Sciences#5,018 #2,187
  5. Environmental Science#2,401 #980
  6. Materials Science#2,244 #683
  7. Medicine#6,236 #3,562
  8. Life Sciences#7,521 #3,613
  9. Social Sciences#8,935 #5,027
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 Sulaimani specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Numerical Analysis takes 8.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Numerical AnalysisSubfield · 21.6 works8.9×
  2. OrthodonticsSubfield · 26.6 works8.3×
  3. Oral SurgerySubfield · 38.9 works7.1×
  4. DentistryField · 91.0 works6.6×
  5. Modeling and SimulationSubfield · 25.0 works6.3×
  6. Animal Science and ZoologySubfield · 30.5 works4.9×
← 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: 1.92× its world share, 259 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.72× its world share, 110 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.16× its world share, 33 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.34× its world share, 16 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.47× its world share, 15 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.28× its world share, 3 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.14× its world share, 51 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.63× its world share, 139 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.23× its world share, 55 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.53× its world share, 14 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.80× its world share, 342 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.94× its world share, 132 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.02× its world share, 101 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.59× its world share, 87 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.49× its world share, 31 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 6.61× its world share, 91 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.79× its world share, 59 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.04× its world share, 568 worksMedicineNursing: 2.08× its world share, 29 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.31× its world share, 9 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.78× its world share, 146 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.66× its world share, 61 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.88× its world share, 24 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.97× its world share, 59 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.89× its world share, 77 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.91× its world share, 328 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 6.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Sulaimani?

Ranked on the composite score, Ahmed Salih Mohammed, Hemn Unis Ahmed and Azad A. Mohammed lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Sulaimani.

  1. 1 Ahmed Salih Mohammed Iraq · #222,684 worldwide 399 citations · 70 works
  2. 2 Hemn Unis Ahmed Iraq · #370,545 worldwide 205 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Azad A. Mohammed Iraq · #621,605 worldwide 194 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Heshu Sulaiman Rahman Iraq · #691,932 worldwide 87 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 Khalid M. Omer Iraq · #1,011,288 worldwide 180 citations · 26 works
  6. 6 Nawroz Abdul-razzak Tahir Iraq · #1,076,545 worldwide 32 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 Nzar Rauf Abdullah Iraq · #1,145,466 worldwide 94 citations · 37 works
  8. 8 Fahmi H. Kakamad Iraq · #1,146,369 worldwide 35 citations · 44 works
  9. 9 Hiwa O. Abdullah Iraq · #1,147,994 worldwide 20 citations · 27 works
  10. 10 Pshtiwan Othman Mohammed Iraq · #1,261,192 worldwide 25 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at University of Sulaimani

Which keywords describe research at University of Sulaimani?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Recycled Materials, Fiber Reinforced Concrete, Ultra-High Performance Concrete, Geopolymer, Islam, Nonlinear Equations and Durability Performance.

▲ 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. Epidemiology146▲ 1.30×112 topics
  2. Machine Learning86◆ 0.92×65 topics
  3. Globalization73▲ 1.31×50 topics
  4. Climate Change71◆ 0.93×54 topics
  5. Environmental Impact70▲ 1.44×37 topics
  6. Inflammation66◆ 1.12×67 topics
  7. Quality of Life66▲ 1.61×38 topics
  8. Remote Sensing53▲ 1.51×20 topics
  9. Mechanical Properties46▲ 1.67×19 topics
  10. Artificial Neural Networks45▲ 3.3×6 topics
  11. Culture43▲ 2.9×16 topics
  12. Teacher Training42▲ 2.4×13 topics
  13. Antioxidant41▲ 2.1×39 topics
  14. Literature38▲ 2.5×21 topics
  15. Islam37▲ 6.2×2 topics
  16. Recycled Materials37▲ 11×2 topics
  17. Fiber Reinforced Concrete36▲ 16×1 topic
  18. Ultra-High Performance Concrete36▲ 16×1 topic
  19. Cultural Heritage35▲ 2.3×12 topics
  20. Genetic Diversity35▲ 2.8×17 topics
  21. Geopolymer34▲ 8.4×2 topics
  22. Nonlinear Equations33▲ 8.9×4 topics
  23. Durability Performance31▲ 11×2 topics
  24. CO2 Sequestration30▲ 5.6×4 topics
  25. Nanotechnology30▲ 5.9×4 topics
  26. Carbon Emissions29▲ 9.2×2 topics
  27. Fly Ash28▲ 9.3×2 topics
  28. Sustainable Concrete28▲ 6.5×2 topics
  29. Alkali-Activated Materials28▲ 11×1 topic
  30. Cementitious Materials28▲ 11×1 topic
  31. Fractional Calculus23▲ 14×2 topics
  32. Anomalous Diffusion22▲ 14×2 topics
  33. Homotopy Analysis Method22▲ 17×1 topic
  34. Random Walk22▲ 17×1 topic
  35. Geological Mapping20▲ 8.7×2 topics
  36. Compositional Data Analysis20▲ 11×1 topic
  37. Mineral Prospectivity20▲ 11×1 topic
  38. Authoritarianism19▲ 7.5×2 topics
  39. Crop Management18▲ 10×2 topics
  40. Concrete Strengthening18▲ 10×1 topic

Which research topics does University of Sulaimani publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Innovative concrete reinforcement materials, Concrete and Cement Materials Research, Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies and Fractional Differential Equations Solutions.

Innovative concrete rein…36Innovative concrete reinforcement materials: 36 fractional worksConcrete and Cement Mate…28Concrete and Cement Materials Research: 28 fractional worksLinguistic, Cultural, an…22Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 22 fractional worksFractional Differential …22Fractional Differential Equations Solutions: 22 fractional worksGeochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 20 fractional worksStructural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete: 18 fractional worksHealth and Well-being St…17Health and Well-being Studies: 17 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Banking Studies: 16 fractional worksTurkey's Politics and Society: 16 fractional worksLegal and Regulatory Ana…16Legal and Regulatory Analysis: 16 fractional works
Civil and Structural EngineeringSociology and Political ScienceModeling and SimulationArtificial Intelligence5 others

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

  1. 1 Innovative concrete reinforcement materials Civil and Structural Engineering 36 works
  2. 2 Concrete and Cement Materials Research Civil and Structural Engineering 28 works
  3. 3 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 22 works
  4. 4 Fractional Differential Equations Solutions Modeling and Simulation 22 works
  5. 5 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 20 works
  6. 6 Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete Building and Construction 18 works
  7. 7 Health and Well-being Studies Clinical Psychology 17 works
  8. 8 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 16 works
  9. 9 Turkey's Politics and Society Political Science and International Relations 16 works
  10. 10 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 16 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 available81.5%not open18.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.3%domestic only86.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Sulaimani's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 233% 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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