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University of Wasit

In research, University of Wasit stands highest in Physical Sciences (#4,492 of 12,888 worldwide), Engineering (#3,040 of 6,636 worldwide) and Medicine (#4,992 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Transportation and Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation — Transportation is 10.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,342
of 28,054 · #8,325 all time
Rank in Iraq
#30
of 67
Research works
3.3k
▲ 558% vs 2013–17
Citations
16k
4.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
84%
world 28%

What is University of Wasit 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 #4,492 of 12,888 6.1%859 #6430
EngineeringField #3,040 of 6,636 5.5%367 #4968
MedicineField #4,992 of 10,443 3.5%277 #11222
Health SciencesDomain #5,770 of 11,982 3.5%364 #11633
Social SciencesDomain #5,396 of 10,521 6.4%483 #8321
Life SciencesDomain #4,352 of 7,800 6.2%258 #9178
Computer ScienceField #2,828 of 4,667 11.7%150 #4695
Social SciencesField #4,504 of 6,365 4.9%277 #6809
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #2,709 of 3,409 6.5%104 #4923
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #2,140 of 2,578 3.9%124 #3947

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Wasit 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#6,430 #4,492
  2. Engineering#4,968 #3,040
  3. Medicine#11,222 #4,992
  4. Health Sciences#11,633 #5,770
  5. Social Sciences#8,321 #5,396
  6. Life Sciences#9,178 #4,352
  7. Computer Science#4,695 #2,828
  8. Social Sciences#6,809 #4,504
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#4,923 #2,709
  10. Sociology and Political Science#3,947 #2,140
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 Wasit specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Transportation takes 10.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. TransportationSubfield · 68.8 works11×
  2. Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and RehabilitationSubfield · 22.3 works6.2×
← 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: 1.11× its world share, 104 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.81× its world share, 85 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.91× its world share, 38 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.65× its world share, 21 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.51× its world share, 10 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.11× its world share, 8 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.29× its world share, 40 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.98× its world share, 150 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.49× its world share, 15 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.30× its world share, 23 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.25× its world share, 367 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.13× its world share, 110 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.38× its world share, 94 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.68× its world share, 39 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.30× its world share, 13 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.47× its world share, 14 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.12× its world share, 58 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.73× its world share, 277 worksMedicineNursing: 1.38× its world share, 13 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.74× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.38× its world share, 78 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.58× its world share, 36 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.56× its world share, 30 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.62× its world share, 26 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.60× its world share, 36 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.11× its world share, 277 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 1.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Wasit?

Ranked on the composite score, Haider TH. Salim ALRikabi, Sallal R. Abid and Mustafa M. Kadhim lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Wasit.

  1. 1 Haider TH. Salim ALRikabi Iraq · #553,129 worldwide 50 citations · 16 works
  2. 2 Sallal R. Abid Iraq · #802,364 worldwide 99 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Mustafa M. Kadhim Iraq · #859,274 worldwide 170 citations · 59 works
  4. 4 Hasanain A. J. Gharban Iraq · #1,113,570 worldwide 18 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Salah L. Zubaidi Iraq · #1,185,557 worldwide 73 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at University of Wasit

Which keywords describe research at University of Wasit?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology105▲ 1.36×92 topics
  2. Machine Learning93▲ 1.45×67 topics
  3. Literature87▲ 8.2×18 topics
  4. History84▲ 6.1×12 topics
  5. Culture84▲ 8.1×11 topics
  6. Philosophy83▲ 9.6×7 topics
  7. Ethnicity81▲ 11×9 topics
  8. Social Influence77▲ 18×2 topics
  9. Islam77▲ 18×1 topic
  10. Sharia Law77▲ 27×1 topic
  11. Deep Learning66◆ 0.98×57 topics
  12. Modernization66▲ 18×3 topics
  13. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles66▲ 18×3 topics
  14. Economic Security65▲ 16×4 topics
  15. Legal Regulation65▲ 15×2 topics
  16. Design65▲ 20×2 topics
  17. Strategic Planning65▲ 22×3 topics
  18. Air Force65▲ 27×1 topic
  19. Public Oversight65▲ 26×1 topic
  20. Transport Policy65▲ 26×1 topic
  21. Warfare65▲ 27×1 topic
  22. Environmental Impact58▲ 1.75×30 topics
  23. Nanoparticles54▲ 2.2×33 topics
  24. Inflammation48▲ 1.18×66 topics
  25. Remote Sensing36▲ 1.47×24 topics
  26. Mechanical Properties34▲ 1.80×28 topics
  27. Heat Transfer32▲ 3.3×16 topics
  28. Immune Response30▲ 2.7×17 topics
  29. Artificial Neural Networks27▲ 2.9×8 topics
  30. Pathogenesis25▲ 2.5×18 topics
  31. Rough Sets18▲ 29×2 topics
  32. Fuzzy Sets17▲ 16×2 topics
  33. Principal Component Analysis17▲ 6.2×3 topics
  34. Soft Set Theory16▲ 62×1 topic
  35. Topological Spaces16▲ 62×1 topic
  36. Cognitive Approach15▲ 9.2×2 topics
  37. Sport Psychology15▲ 7.9×2 topics
  38. Didactics15▲ 7.6×2 topics
  39. Motor Learning15▲ 10×1 topic
  40. Sport Performance15▲ 10×1 topic

Which research topics does University of Wasit publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies, Military Technology and Strategies, Legal and Regulatory Analysis and Fuzzy and Soft Set Theory.

Linguistic, Cultural, an…77Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 77 fractional worksMilitary Technology and …65Military Technology and Strategies: 65 fractional worksLegal and Regulatory Ana…65Legal and Regulatory Analysis: 65 fractional worksFuzzy and Soft Set Theory: 16 fractional worksSports and Physical Education Research: 15 fractional worksWater Quality and Pollution Assessment: 12 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Banking Studies: 10 fractional worksNanoparticles: synthesis and applications: 10 fractional worksNetwork Security and Intrusion Detection: 8 fractional worksHeat Transfer and Optimization: 8 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceAerospace EngineeringTransportationManagement Science and Operations Research6 others

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

  1. 1 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 77 works
  2. 2 Military Technology and Strategies Aerospace Engineering 65 works
  3. 3 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 65 works
  4. 4 Fuzzy and Soft Set Theory Management Science and Operations Research 16 works
  5. 5 Sports and Physical Education Research Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation 15 works
  6. 6 Water Quality and Pollution Assessment Water Science and Technology 12 works
  7. 7 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 10 works
  8. 8 Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications Materials Chemistry 10 works
  9. 9 Network Security and Intrusion Detection Computer Networks and Communications 8 works
  10. 10 Heat Transfer and Optimization Mechanical Engineering 8 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 available83.7%not open16.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.8%domestic only85.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Wasit's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 558% higher than in 2013–2017.

2005201020152020
grewheldshrank

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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