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Zefat Academic College

In research, Zefat Academic College stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,374 of 9,585 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#3,384 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Clinical Psychology (Clinical Psychology is 8.4× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#9,639
of 22,385 · #10,092 all time
Rank in Israel
#35
of 87
Research works
673
▲ 6% vs 2018-21
Citations
5k
7.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.02×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
54%
world 40%
International
12%
world 18%
Zefat Academic College

What is Zefat Academic College known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #3,374 of 9,585 11.7%150 #3347
Social SciencesField #3,384 of 5,988 14.6%83 #3064

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Zefat Academic College 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Zefat Academic College work in?

In 2022-now, 66% of research at Zefat Academic College is in Social Sciences, 17% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (36%), Psychology (14%), Arts and Humanities (11%). It does 2.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 166 fractional works · 65.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 92 fractional works · 36.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 37 fractional works · 14.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 9 fractional works · 3.6% of its workLaw: 8 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEducation: 7 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPublic Administration: 6 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSafety Research: 6 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGender Studies: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workDemography: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 36 fractional works · 14.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 22 fractional works · 8.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 9 fractional works · 3.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 27 fractional works · 10.7% of its workPhilosophy: 9 fractional works · 3.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 7 fractional works · 2.8% of its workMusic: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workReligious studies: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 6 fractional works · 2.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 43 fractional works · 17.0% of its workMedicine: 25 fractional works · 10.0% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 16 fractional works · 6.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 10 fractional works · 3.9% of its workOccupational Therapy: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 25 fractional works · 9.9% of its workComputer Science: 10 fractional works · 3.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 8 fractional works · 3.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 6 fractional works · 2.6% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 19 fractional works · 7.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 13 fractional works · 5.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 11 fractional works · 4.4% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKZefat AcademicCollege253fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences10%Health Sciences17%Social Sciences66%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences9236.3%
    2. Psychology3614.4%
    3. Arts and Humanities2710.7%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting62.6%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance31.3%
    6. Decision Sciences10.4%
    1. Medicine2510.0%
    2. Health Professions166.1%
    3. Nursing20.7%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Computer Science103.9%
    2. Physics and Astronomy83.2%
    3. Engineering31.0%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.8%
    5. Environmental Science10.5%
    6. Mathematics10.3%
    7. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    8. Chemistry00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology135.1%
    2. Neuroscience51.8%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology10.3%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Zefat Academic College specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Clinical Psychology takes 8.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Clinical PsychologySubfield · 22.2 works8.4×
← 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: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.96× its world share, 13 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.11× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.50× its world share, 10 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.52× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.07× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.46× its world share, 8 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.33× its world share, 16 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.52× its world share, 25 worksMedicineNursing: 1.46× its world share, 2 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 3.72× its world share, 27 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.80× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.59× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 4.72× its world share, 36 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.87× its world share, 92 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 4.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology4.72×36 works
  2. Arts and Humanities3.72×27 works
  3. Social Sciences2.87×92 works
  4. Health Professions2.33×16 works
  5. Physics and Astronomy1.46×8 works
  6. Nursing1.46×2 works
  7. Neuroscience1.11×5 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.96×13 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting0.80×6 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.59×3 works
  11. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.52×2 works
  12. Medicine0.52×25 works
  13. Computer Science0.50×10 works
  14. Decision Sciences0.41×1 works
  15. Immunology and Microbiology0.28×1 works
  16. Mathematics0.25×1 works
  17. Dentistry0.25×0 works
  18. Chemical Engineering0.13×0 works
  19. Environmental Science0.11×1 works
  20. Engineering0.07×3 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.05×1 works
  22. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.03×0 works
  23. Chemistry0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Zefat Academic College?

Ranked on the quality score, Boaz Miller, Rabia Khalaila and Ibrahim Farid Mahajne lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Zefat Academic College.

  1. 1 Boaz Miller Israel · #520,180 worldwide 1.1k citations · 39 works
  2. 2 Rabia Khalaila Israel · #742,555 worldwide 2k citations · 59 works
  3. 3 Ibrahim Farid Mahajne Israel · #976,280 worldwide 352 citations · 45 works
  4. 4 Yovav Eshet Israel · #1,456,001 worldwide 335 citations · 41 works
  5. 5 Tal Meler Israel · #1,835,181 worldwide 338 citations · 46 works
  6. 6 Adi Vitman-Schorr Israel · #2,125,461 worldwide 349 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 Asaf Harduf Israel · #2,411,626 worldwide 16 citations · 102 works
  8. 8 Ithamar Theodor Israel · #2,939,659 worldwide 45 citations · 24 works
  9. 9 Meital Pinto Israel · #3,211,748 worldwide 139 citations · 59 works
  10. 10 Marianna Ruah–Midbar Shapiro Israel · #3,264,054 worldwide 26 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Zefat Academic College

What are the most cited papers from Zefat Academic College?

The most cited paper from Zefat Academic College is "Global burden of 292 causes of death in 204 countries and territories and 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023" (Mohsen Naghavi et al., 2025), with 500 citations. Next come "Gastric leaks after sleeve gastrectomy: a multicenter experience with 2,834 patients" (455) and "Applications of Machine Learning in Human Microbiome Studies: A Review on Feature Selection, Biomarker Identification, Disease Prediction and Treatment" (427).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Global burden of 292 causes of death in 204 countries and territories and 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023 Mohsen Naghavi et al. · The Lancet Open access2,463 authors Oct 2025 500
2 Gastric leaks after sleeve gastrectomy: a multicenter experience with 2,834 patients Nasser Sakran, David Goitein, Asnat Raziel et al. · Surgical Endoscopy 29 Jun 2012 455
3 Applications of Machine Learning in Human Microbiome Studies: A Review on Feature Selection, Biomarker Identification, Disease Prediction and Treatment Laura Judith Marcos-Zambrano et al. · Frontiers in Microbiology Open access 19 Feb 2021 427
4 Progesterone Increases Bifidobacterium Relative Abundance during Late Pregnancy Meital Nuriel‐Ohayon, Hadar Neuman, Ziv Oren et al. · Cell Reports Open access Apr 2019 261
5 Antibiotics in early life: dysbiosis and the damage done Hadar Neuman, Paul Forsythe, Atara Uzan et al. · FEMS Microbiology Reviews Open access 23 Jun 2018 261
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Zefat Academic College?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Human Rights, Israel, Nationalism, Discrimination, Ethnic Identity, Philosophy and Palestine.

▲ 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-now 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 Health25▲ 6.8×26 topics
  2. Human Rights21▲ 8.0×18 topics
  3. Israel13▲ 155×2 topics
  4. Nationalism13▲ 11×6 topics
  5. Discrimination11▲ 21×3 topics
  6. Ethnic Identity11▲ 38×2 topics
  7. Globalization11▲ 2.2×20 topics
  8. Philosophy11▲ 9.5×8 topics
  9. Palestine11▲ 77×2 topics
  10. Occupation10▲ 65×1 topic
  11. Settler Colonialism10▲ 96×1 topic
  12. Stress10▲ 11×6 topics
  13. Social Support10▲ 7.2×10 topics
  14. Social Justice9▲ 6.1×14 topics
  15. Coping Strategies8▲ 12×5 topics
  16. Religion8▲ 6.6×10 topics
  17. Identity8▲ 4.1×9 topics
  18. Job Satisfaction8▲ 6.8×7 topics
  19. Culture7▲ 5.5×6 topics
  20. Resilience7▲ 5.8×7 topics
  21. Health Disparities7▲ 11×5 topics
  22. Psychological Adjustment6▲ 17×3 topics
  23. Trauma6▲ 11×5 topics
  24. Reflective Practice6▲ 12×5 topics
  25. Cultural Competence6▲ 17×4 topics
  26. Politics6▲ 8.6×7 topics
  27. Psychological Impact6▲ 7.2×7 topics
  28. Evidence-Based Practice6▲ 17×4 topics
  29. Psychological Resilience5▲ 23×2 topics
  30. Burnout5▲ 22×3 topics
  31. Data Analysis5▲ 7.6×3 topics
  32. Professional Development5▲ 9.5×2 topics
  33. Peacebuilding5▲ 28×4 topics
  34. Positive Emotions5▲ 17×2 topics
  35. Sovereignty5▲ 22×3 topics
  36. Acculturation5▲ 25×2 topics
  37. Retention5▲ 111×1 topic
  38. Supervision5▲ 59×1 topic
  39. Adversity4▲ 26×1 topic
  40. Bioinformatics4▲ 15×3 topics

Which research topics does Zefat Academic College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies, Social Work Education and Practice, Resilience and Mental Health and Migration, Health and Trauma.

Jewish and Middle Easter…10Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies: 10 fractional worksSocial Work Education and Practice: 5 fractional worksResilience and Mental Health: 4 fractional worksMigration, Health and Trauma: 4 fractional worksIndian History and Philosophy: 4 fractional worksSpace Science and Extraterrestrial Life: 3 fractional worksIndian and Buddhist Stud…3Indian and Buddhist Studies: 3 fractional worksJewish Identity and Soci…3Jewish Identity and Society: 3 fractional worksCosmology and Gravitatio…3Cosmology and Gravitation Theories: 3 fractional worksAcademic integrity and p…3Academic integrity and plagiarism: 3 fractional works
Sociology and Political SciencePublic AdministrationClinical PsychologyPhilosophy4 others

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

  1. 1 Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies Sociology and Political Science 10 works
  2. 2 Social Work Education and Practice Public Administration 5 works
  3. 3 Resilience and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 4 works
  4. 4 Migration, Health and Trauma Clinical Psychology 4 works
  5. 5 Indian History and Philosophy Philosophy 4 works
  6. 6 Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life Astronomy and Astrophysics 3 works
  7. 7 Indian and Buddhist Studies Religious studies 3 works
  8. 8 Jewish Identity and Society Demography 3 works
  9. 9 Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Astronomy and Astrophysics 3 works
  10. 10 Academic integrity and plagiarism Safety Research 3 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 available53.8%not open46.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.5%domestic only88.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Zefat Academic College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 6% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Zefat Academic College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00098% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Zefat Academic College0.0011% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Zefat Academic College over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Zefat Academic College8.3% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 12.6% in 2023.

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