Data Sources & Methodology
Data Sources & Methodology
Every research figure on this site is read from one dataset, rebuilt from Scopus, SciVal and the Office of Research's own register. Nothing is typed into a page. This page explains where each figure comes from and what it counts.
Synchronised automatically
Where the figures come from
Three sources feed every chart, table and figure in the Research section.
Scopus
Every document carrying the University's affiliation, each faculty member's author record, and the standing of every journal published in.
1,827publicationsSciVal
Citation impact, percentiles, collaboration and research topics, measured against the world's publications of the same year and field.
1,044research topicsOffice of Research
Projects, grants, student publications and agreements — figures no bibliometric database holds — from the Office's own register.
12institutional seriesHow the figures flow to the site
Three sources feed one automatic synchronisation that collects, reconciles and validates the figures, then publishes a single dataset every research page reads. Select any stage to see what happens there.
Scopus
Every Scopus document carrying the University's affiliation, each researcher's author record, and the standing of every journal the University has published in.
1,827 documents · 763 journalsSciVal
Field-weighted citation impact, citation and journal percentiles, collaboration and research topics, each measured against the world's publications of the same year and field.
1,044 research topicsOffice of Research
Research projects, grants, student publications, agreements and exchange: the figures no bibliometric database holds, kept in the Office's own register.
12 institutional seriesCollect
Every researcher's author record and every University-affiliated document is gathered year by year, and the number collected for each year is checked against the number Scopus reports for it.
1,827 documents collectedReconcile
Documents are matched to researchers by their Scopus author record and to colleges by each college's roster. A document written by several of the University's researchers counts once for the University.
88 researchers matchedValidate
Completeness, counts and identifiers are checked. Only a dataset that passes every check is published, in one step; if any check fails, the previous dataset stays live.
Published only when every check passesOne research dataset
One published dataset is the only place the research pages read their figures from, so the dashboard, the publication lists and the researcher figures always agree.
Read by every research pageWhat is held
Choose a source to narrow the list.
| Dataset | Source | What it holds | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
scopus-publications | Scopus & SciVal | Every Scopus document carrying the University's affiliation | 1,827 documents |
scopus-serial-titles | Scopus & SciVal | CiteScore percentile, SNIP, SJR and subject areas of every journal the University has published in | 763 journals |
scopus-college-counts | Scopus & SciVal | Distinct University documents by each college's researchers, year by year | 6 rosters × 7 years |
scival-metrics | Scopus & SciVal | Institution and researcher metrics, benchmark institutions and research topics | 1,044 topics · 7 institutions |
institution-overview | Derived | Output, citations, collaboration, journal quartiles, subject areas and journals, year by year | 1,827 documents · 20 years |
college-performance | Derived | Each college's output counted two ways: distinct documents, and every researcher's full count | 6 rosters × 7 years |
researchers | Derived | Every researcher on the roster with their Scopus figures | 88 researchers |
researcher-roster | Derived | The researchers each college's figures are counted from | 88 researchers |
excel/author-year-metrics | Office of Research SciVal export | Each researcher's output, citations and citations per publication, year by year | 3,500 researcher-years |
excel/benchmark-citation-count | Office of Research SciVal export | Citation count of the University and its benchmark institutions, year by year | 49 institution-years |
excel/benchmark-fwci | Office of Research SciVal export | Field-weighted citation impact of the University and its benchmark institutions, year by year | 49 institution-years |
excel/benchmark-q1q2 | Office of Research SciVal export | Q1 and Q2 journal publications of the University and its benchmark institutions, year by year | 47 institution-years |
excel/benchmark-scholarly-output | Office of Research SciVal export | Scholarly output of the University and its benchmark institutions, year by year | 49 institution-years |
excel/chart-pivot-data | Office of Research SciVal export | The figures behind each chart of the Office's research dashboard | 21 charts |
excel/college-author-year-with-instructors | Office of Research SciVal export | Each college's researchers with their output and citations, year by year, instructors included | 532 researcher-years |
excel/college-author-year | Office of Research SciVal export | Each college's researchers with their output and citations, year by year | 508 researcher-years |
excel/employee-list-with-instructors | Office of Research SciVal export | The academic staff list matched to Scopus author records, instructors included | 569 staff-years |
excel/employee-list | Office of Research SciVal export | The academic staff list matched to Scopus author records | 557 staff-years |
excel/institution-citation-count | Office of Research SciVal export | The University's citation count, year by year | 7 years |
excel/institution-fwci | Office of Research SciVal export | The University's field-weighted citation impact, year by year | 7 years |
excel/journal-quartiles | Office of Research SciVal export | Publications in Q1 to Q4 journals and the Q1 and Q2 share, year by year | 6 years |
excel/publications-per-faculty | Office of Research SciVal export | Publications, academic headcount and publications per faculty member, year by year | 7 years |
excel/top1-percent-journals | Office of Research SciVal export | Share of publications in the top 1% most-cited journals, year by year | 6 years |
excel/top10-percent-metrics | Office of Research SciVal export | Share of publications among the top 10% most cited and in the top 10% journals by CiteScore, year by year | 6 years |
internal-kpis | Office of Research register | University figures no bibliometric database holds: grants, projects, agreements and exchange | 12 series |
research-portal | Published dataset | The figures every public research page reads | 1,827 documents · 88 researchers |
Figures reported to the Academic Board against the live series
The Research & Postgraduate Studies report to the Academic Board Committee gave the figures below. The public pages read the series that is synchronised automatically; the Office's own figures come from its register. Both are shown so any difference is visible.
| Figure | Board figure | Live / register value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Scopus publications, all years | 1,757 | 1,827 | Scopus, affiliation-scoped |
| Publications by calendar year 2021–2026 | 81 · 99 · 135 · 353 · 442 · 396 | 2021: 80 · 2022: 100 · 2023: 135 · 2024: 354 · 2025: 425 · 2026: 472 | Scopus, by cover date |
| Projected 2026 full-year output | 578 | 578 | Office of Research projection |
| Q1 & Q2 journal share 2022–2026 | 48.9% · 60.7% · 72.9% · 80.0% · 84.3% | 2022: 48.9% · 2023: 60.3% · 2024: 72.0% · 2025: 80.2% · 2026: 85.5% | SciVal, top 50 % of journals by CiteScore |
| Field-weighted citation impact 2021–2026 | 0.55 · 0.92 · 2.33 · 5.31 · 6.04 · 2.10 | 2021: 0.55 · 2022: 0.93 · 2023: 2.37 · 2024: 5.31 · 2025: 6.44 · 2026: 2.39 | SciVal |
| Citations by year | 816 · 1,738 · 4,044 · 11,498 · 7,003 | 2021: 838 · 2022: 988 · 2023: 3,333 · 2024: 12,607 · 2025: 8,275 · 2026: 681 | SciVal, by publication year |
| Citations per publication | 10.1 · 9.3 · 23.0 · 32.5 · 15.4 | 2021: 10.5 · 2022: 9.9 · 2023: 24.7 · 2024: 35.6 · 2025: 19.5 · 2026: 1.5 | SciVal |
| International collaboration share | 64.2% · 74.8% · 80.9% · 81.6% · 88.0% · 90.3% | 2021: 63.8% · 2022: 74.0% · 2023: 81.5% · 2024: 81.6% · 2025: 87.8% · 2026: 88.4% | SciVal / Scopus |
| Top-200 university collaboration | 18.18% · 12.12% · 15.50% · 17.29% | 2022: 18.18% · 2023: 12.12% · 2024: 15.50% · 2025: 17.29% | Office of Research |
| Publications per academic staff | 0.67 · 1.60 · 4.90 · 5.30 · 5.30 | 2022: 0.67 · 2023: 1.60 · 2024: 4.90 · 2025: 5.30 · 2026: 5.30 | Office of Research |
| Faculty & student research projects | 45 · 49 · 52 / 92 · 134 · 135 | 45 · 49 · 52 / 92 · 134 · 135 | Office of Research, by academic year |
| Student publications 2022–2026 | 23 · 26 · 50 · 55 · 58 | 23 · 26 · 50 · 55 · 58 | Office of Research |
| MoUs since 2022 | 54 (39 international, 25 national) | 54 since 2022 (39 international, 25 national) | Office of Research |
| Student & faculty exchange 2025–26 | 69 students · 7 faculty | 69 students · 7 faculty | Office of Research |
| Internal research grants, 3 years | AED 696,626 | AED 696,626 | Office of Research |
| External research grants, 3 years | AED 428,230 | AED 428,230 | Office of Research |
A three-year series reported alongside the Board figures: 2023: 189 · 2024: 479 · 2025: 733. A three-year series reported alongside the Board figures without a stated definition; it is recorded here and not charted.
Faculty Scopus table against the synchronised figures
| Measure | Earlier table | Synchronised figures |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher profiles with a Scopus author id | 94 | 88 |
| Career publications, all profiles | 2,932 | 3,288 |
| Career citations, all profiles | 48,886 | 67,946 |
| Publications in the last three years | 1,401 | 2,017 |
The research themes register reproduces 65 of the 94 profiles in the earlier table; career figures are each person's whole Scopus record, including work at previous institutions, and are not institutional output.
Figures kept by the Office of Research & Postgraduate Studies
Projects, grants, student publications and agreements are not in any bibliometric database. The Office supplies them from its register.
| Series | Unit | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Scopus publications by academic year (RAKMHSU affiliation) | documents | Research & Postgraduate Studies report to the Academic Board Committee |
| Total Scopus publications, all years | documents | Academic Board deck |
| Projected full-year 2026 publications | documents | Academic Board deck |
| Publications per academic staff member | ratio | Academic Board deck |
| Share of collaborative publications co-authored with a top-200 ranked institution | percent | Academic Board deck |
| Active faculty research projects | projects | Academic Board deck |
| Active student research projects | projects | Academic Board deck |
| Publications with a student author | documents | Academic Board deck |
| Internal research grants awarded | AED | Academic Board deck |
| External research grants won | AED | Academic Board deck |
| Memoranda of understanding signed | agreements | Academic Board deck |
| International student and faculty exchange participants, 2025 and 2026 | people | Academic Board deck |
What each measure counts
Open a measure to see how it is counted and where it comes from.
Number of Scopus-indexed documents carrying the University's affiliation, counted by the document's cover date (calendar year) or by academic year, September to August.
Source: ScopusCitations received by the University's publications divided by the citations expected for publications of the same year, document type and subject area worldwide. 1.00 is the world average.
Source: SciValCitations received to date by the publications of each year, and that total divided by the number of publications. Recent years keep accruing.
Source: SciValShare of each year's publications among the 10 % (or 1 %) most-cited publications in the world for their year, type and field.
Source: SciValShare of each year's publications in journals ranked in the top 1 %, 10 %, 25 % or 50 % of their field by CiteScore. The top 50 % corresponds to quartiles 1 and 2.
Source: SciValEach document placed by its journal's best CiteScore percentile across the journal's subject areas in the publication year; books, conference series and sources without an ISSN are "not ranked".
Source: ScopusFrom the affiliations on each paper: international (at least one co-author outside the UAE), national (another UAE institution), institutional (University authors alone) and single-authored. Academic–corporate collaboration counts a co-author from industry.
Source: SciVal / ScopusThe All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) areas of the journal a document appears in; a document counts once in every area of its journal.
Source: ScopusSciVal clusters the world's publications into research topics by citation links; prominence combines a topic's recent citations, views and CiteScore into a percentile.
Source: SciValEach person's own Scopus author record — documents, citations and h-index across their whole career, including work at previous institutions. The roster is every faculty member whose profile carries a Scopus author id.
Source: Scopus author recordsUniversity-affiliated documents written by members of a college's roster, each document counted once per college however many members co-wrote it.
Source: ScopusWhat is not published here, and why
Who supplies each element
| Element | Basis | Who supplies it | Effort |
|---|---|---|---|
| The six research themes and their definitions | Derived by clustering Scopus records | VP Research with college Deans | Medium |
| Theme leads | Assigned by output within theme | VP Research | Low |
| Faculty theme assignment | Inferred from role and department | Faculty, via structured template | High |
| Research interests and research statements | Not present — profiles show metrics only | Faculty (65+ statements) | High |
| Supervision availability | Indicative | Office of Research and college PG coordinators | Low |
| ORCID identifiers | Published where a profile carries one | Faculty; largely automatable from Scopus | Low |
| Publication citation strings on theme pages | Drawn from the Scopus affiliation query | Scopus affiliation query | Low |
| Doctoral project listings | Indicative | Theme leads and supervisors | Medium |
| The six impact case studies | Drafted to the five-part template; outcome statements being confirmed by the theme leads (indicative) | Theme leads | High |
| News items | The University's real news is listed | Marketing with Office of Research | Ongoing |
| Internal funding schemes, values and deadlines | Indicative | Office of Research | Low |
| External funding calendar | Indicative | Office of Research; ongoing maintenance | Medium |
| Ethics review categories and turnaround targets | Approved by the Office of Research & Postgraduate Studies | Committee secretaries | Medium |
| Committee meeting calendars | Approved by the Office of Research & Postgraduate Studies | Committee secretaries | Low |
| Partner list | Named by the Office | VP Research; requires publication clearance | Medium |
| TMRC instrumentation and capability | Published on the TMRC pages | TMRC director | Medium |
| Facility rate cards and technical contacts | To be published | Facility directors | Medium |
| ROR, indirect cost rate, signatory, VAT position | To be confirmed | Finance, Registrar, Office of Research | Low |
| Research integrity, authorship, data management policies | In preparation | Office of Research | High |
| Industry co-authorship share | Now published from SciVal academic–corporate collaboration | Library via SciVal / Scopus | Medium |
| Completed theses list | Not published | Registrar / Library | Low |
| Photographs of people and facilities | The University's own photographs | Marketing | Low |
| Arabic translation | Not present; the site is published in English | Marketing | Medium |
Recommended sequence
Correct and consolidate
Rewrite the VP message, rebuild the org chart as markup, un-gate the Research Manual, publish committee calendars and turnaround targets, fix the TMRC and interdisciplinary page defects, redesign the hub around existing metrics.
Requires no new content from faculty.
Build the missing layers
Define and publish the themes, build the expert finder and supervisor view, build the funding section, rebuild TMRC to the CARF standard, publish the integrity policies, connect research to admissions, start the news stream.
Depends on the content collection above.
Evidence and automation
Full dashboard with breakdowns, export and methodology note; impact case studies; theses repository; partnerships section; Arabic translation; evaluate a research information system; automate the metrics refresh.
Turns the site from static to self-sustaining.
Institutional output and faculty career records
An earlier draft of the research portal led with the career totals of faculty Scopus author records. Those are career totals for the people currently employed, including work published at previous institutions — they are not institutional output, and presenting them as such is exactly the claim an accreditation reviewer or ranking analyst is trained to test. The Academic Board figures are affiliation-scoped and resolve this: the site leads with the University's own publications and reports faculty career standing separately and clearly labelled. Both are legitimate; each supports a different argument, and they are no longer conflated.
Attribution. Data source: Scopus (www.scopus.com). Data source: SciVal (www.scival.com). Scopus and SciVal are products of Elsevier.
Identifiers: Scopus affiliation ID 60113249; SciVal institution ID 710468. The University's own publication lists, curated by each college, are under Research Publications.