Sultan Qaboos University *University

Oman

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Foundation: 1986

Mission: To excel in teaching and learning, research and innovation, and community service by promoting the principles of scientific analysis and creative thinking in a collegial and stimulating environment and to participate in the production, development and dissemination of knowledge and interact with national and international communities.

Vision: SQU’s vision is to continue its national leading role in higher education and community service and also to be internationally recognized for innovative research, quality of its graduates, and strategic partnerships.

Subordinate organizations:

39th
Overall percentile
39th
Research percentile
57th
Innovation percentile
24th
Societal percentile

Evolution of the institution

The following data gives a quick reading on the scientific performance in the last years. The research ranking refers to the volume, impact and quality of the institution's research output. The innovation ranking is calculated on the number of patent applications of the institution and the citations that its research output receives from patents. Finally, the societal ranking is based on the number of pages of the institution's website and the number of backlinks and mentions from social networks.

Compared to its context

The result of the evaluation of the institution can be compared to obtain a view of the country, the region to which it belongs and the institutions of the world, placing it in their respective positions.

Compared to All sectors (percentiles)
Compared to Universities sector (percentiles)

Ranks by Subject areas/categories

We have divided the scientific output of the institution into 19 large areas of knowledge and the following table shows only the ranks in different territorial domains achieved by the institution in each of the areas. For an institution to have a presence in an area, it is necessary that it exceed in the last year a minimum output threshold equivalent to twice the percentage that this area represents in the world. If you need scientific indicators on these areas visit Scopus and/or SciVal.

 
AreaWorldMiddle EastARAB COUNTRIESOman
Agricultural and Biological Sciences +1992nd83rd45th1st
Arts and Humanities 1838th84th27th1st
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 3390th100th47th1st
Business, Management and Accounting 836th26th17th1st
Chemistry 3369th194th107th5th
Computer Science 2393rd139th80th1st
Earth and Planetary Sciences +2535th112th74th1st
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 903rd39th21st1st
Energy 1770th121st54th2nd
Engineering +1832nd72nd39th1st
Environmental Science 2363rd116th54th1st
Mathematics 2044th125th69th1st
Medicine +2888th98th52nd2nd
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 1682nd71st39th1st
Physics and Astronomy 3234th228th120th3rd
Psychology 1745th57th16th1st
Social Sciences +1354th45th23rd1st

Publishing profile

These are the journals used by the institution's researchers to publish their work in the last year. The size of each circle represents the value of the SJR of the publication, and its spatial position represents its subject matter.

This visualizatión allows you to identify the knowledge areas where the institution has published, recognize the prestige of the scientific journals in which the institution knowledge has been published, and identify predominant scientific communities.

Where is the institution located?

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  • Health
  • Universities
  • Companies
  • Non-Profit
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