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Zewail City of Science and Technology

In research, Zewail City of Science and Technology stands highest in Physical Sciences (#3,384 of 12,888 worldwide), Engineering (#3,161 of 6,636 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#5,199 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,231
of 28,054 · #9,379 all time
Rank in Egypt
#50
of 123
Research works
1k
▲ 46% vs 2013–17
Citations
19k
18.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
24.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
40%
world 28%

What is Zewail City of Science and Technology 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 #3,384 of 12,888 21.7%214 #6078
EngineeringField #3,161 of 6,636 18.4%89 #4670
Life SciencesDomain #5,199 of 7,800 30.9%61 #9122

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Zewail City of Science and Technology 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#6,078 #3,384
  2. Engineering#4,670 #3,161
  3. Life Sciences#9,122 #5,199
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.

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: 0.35× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.19× its world share, 39 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.89× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.81× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 5.29× its world share, 6 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.34× its world share, 3 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 3.19× its world share, 17 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.28× its world share, 33 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.38× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.78× its world share, 89 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.90× its world share, 15 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.46× its world share, 29 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 3.06× its world share, 23 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.69× its world share, 44 worksMedicineNursing: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

Who are the top researchers at Zewail City of Science and Technology?

Ranked on the composite score, Mohamed Farhat O. Hameed, S. S. A. Obayya and Ibrahim M. El‐Sherbiny lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Zewail City of Science and Technology.

  1. 1 Mohamed Farhat O. Hameed Egypt · #537,964 worldwide 142 citations · 50 works
  2. 2 S. S. A. Obayya Egypt · #614,729 worldwide 226 citations · 97 works
  3. 3 Ibrahim M. El‐Sherbiny Egypt · #993,019 worldwide 70 citations · 38 works
  4. 4 Rabeay Y. A. Hassan Egypt · #1,568,221 worldwide 31 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Hamdy Abdelhamid Egypt · #1,586,564 worldwide 21 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Zewail City of Science and Technology

Which keywords describe research at Zewail City of Science and Technology?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Nanoparticles, Biosensors, Drug Delivery, Biomedical Applications, Nanomaterials, Tissue Engineering, Graphene and Electrochemistry.

▲ 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. Nanoparticles28▲ 6.7×19 topics
  2. Biosensors24▲ 14×11 topics
  3. Deep Learning20▲ 1.75×44 topics
  4. Biomedical Applications19▲ 4.8×22 topics
  5. Nanomaterials16▲ 4.5×10 topics
  6. Drug Delivery16▲ 8.6×14 topics
  7. Machine Learning14▲ 1.27×32 topics
  8. Tissue Engineering13▲ 6.6×12 topics
  9. Graphene13▲ 5.7×11 topics
  10. Cancer Therapy11▲ 5.6×18 topics
  11. Electrochemistry10▲ 13×2 topics
  12. Optical Modulators9▲ 19×2 topics
  13. Toxicity8▲ 5.2×7 topics
  14. Carbon Nanotubes7▲ 6.3×6 topics
  15. Tumor Targeting7▲ 12×3 topics
  16. Medicinal Chemistry7▲ 7.6×8 topics
  17. Integrated Circuits7▲ 13×2 topics
  18. Antimicrobial7▲ 7.1×10 topics
  19. Lab-on-a-Chip7▲ 16×4 topics
  20. Regenerative Medicine6▲ 7.6×5 topics
  21. Synthesis6▲ 5.0×19 topics
  22. Metamaterials6▲ 13×5 topics
  23. Silicon Photonics6▲ 16×2 topics
  24. Solar Cells6▲ 8.7×6 topics
  25. Biomolecular Interactions6▲ 13×2 topics
  26. Microcavities6▲ 15×1 topic
  27. Nanophotonic Waveguides6▲ 18×1 topic
  28. Pharmacokinetics6▲ 6.4×9 topics
  29. Optical Fiber6▲ 16×2 topics
  30. Photonic Crystals6▲ 14×3 topics
  31. Anticancer Agents5▲ 11×9 topics
  32. Biosensor Applications5▲ 15×2 topics
  33. Microfluidic Devices5▲ 14×2 topics
  34. Nanophotonics5▲ 17×2 topics
  35. DNA nanotechnology5▲ 13×1 topic
  36. Nanofibers5▲ 7.2×3 topics
  37. Nanostructured Materials5▲ 9.2×2 topics
  38. aptamers5▲ 13×1 topic
  39. Electrochemical Biosensors5▲ 21×1 topic
  40. Glucose Sensors5▲ 21×1 topic

Which research topics does Zewail City of Science and Technology publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Photonic and Optical Devices, Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques, Electrochemical sensors and biosensors and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions.

Photonic and Optical Dev…6Photonic and Optical Devices: 6 fractional worksAdvanced biosensing and …5Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques: 5 fractional worksElectrochemical sensors and biosensors: 5 fractional worksBacteriophages and micro…5Bacteriophages and microbial interactions: 5 fractional worksNanoparticle-Based Drug …4Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery: 4 fractional worksBiosensors and Analytical Detection: 4 fractional worksNanoparticles: synthesis and applications: 4 fractional worksAdvanced Fiber Optic Sen…4Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors: 4 fractional worksPlasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research: 3 fractional worksParticle physics theoretical and experimental studies: 3 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringMolecular BiologyEcologyBiomaterials3 others

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

  1. 1 Photonic and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 6 works
  2. 2 Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques Molecular Biology 5 works
  3. 3 Electrochemical sensors and biosensors Electrical and Electronic Engineering 5 works
  4. 4 Bacteriophages and microbial interactions Ecology 5 works
  5. 5 Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery Biomaterials 4 works
  6. 6 Biosensors and Analytical Detection Biomedical Engineering 4 works
  7. 7 Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications Materials Chemistry 4 works
  8. 8 Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4 works
  9. 9 Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research Biomedical Engineering 3 works
  10. 10 Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies Nuclear and High Energy Physics 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 available39.7%not open60.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors29.2%domestic only70.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Zewail City of Science and Technology's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 46% higher than in 2013–2017.

199520002005201020152020
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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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