Khalifa University *University

United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates in SCImago Media Rankings

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Foundation: 2007

Mission: Set new standards in education, research and scholarship that will benefit the UAE and the world. Drive Abu Dhabi and the UAE as a knowledge destination and engine for socio-economic growth through active translation of research into the nation’s economy. Seamlessly integrate research and education to produce world leaders and critical thinkers in applied science, engineering, management and medicine. Continuously innovate and integrate the global standard in methods of learning and discovery. Build a diverse community of service-oriented, ambitious and talented individuals, through an environment that encourages and nurtures creative inquiry, critical thinking, and human values. Empower the community with practical and social skills, business acumen and a capability for lifetime learning that will enrich the workforce of the country.

Vision: KU aims to be a catalyst to the growth of Abu Dhabi and the UAE’s rapidly developing knowledge economy, an education destination of choice, and a global leader among research intensive universities of the 21st century.

History: www.ku.ac.ae

Subordinate organizations:

  • Etisalat British Telecom Innovation Center
28th
Overall percentile
36th
Research percentile
24th
Innovation percentile
23rd
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 COUNTRIESUnited Arab Emirates
Agricultural and Biological Sciences +4066th342nd193rd6th
Arts and Humanities 1770th63rd20th4th
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 3684th121st58th6th
Business, Management and Accounting 980th35th20th7th
Chemistry 1554th56th29th1st
Computer Science 633rd18th11th2nd
Earth and Planetary Sciences +758th14th11th1st
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 768th27th13th2nd
Energy 583rd26th14th1st
Engineering +707th16th9th2nd
Environmental Science 539th16th9th1st
Mathematics 1169th57th26th4th
Medicine +2753rd82nd40th3rd
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 2862nd178th98th7th
Physics and Astronomy 1205th39th25th1st
Social Sciences +1010th24th11th2nd

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?

  • Government
  • Health
  • Universities
  • Companies
  • Non-Profit
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