Syria

Time frame: 1 May 2025 - 30 April 2026

Profile

The Nature Index tracks primary research articles from 178 applied, health, natural and social sciences journals, across many different publishers, chosen by an independent group of researchers. The Nature Index provides absolute Count of primary research articles and fractional Share counts of author contribution to articles. The positions in the table below reflect Syria's position overall, regionally, and in subject areas based on their Share. Each position links to the corresponding table where Syria is listed.

Position by research output Share

Global Western Asia
Overall 172 24

Position by research output Share in subject areas

Global Western Asia
Health sciences 168 24
Social sciences 108 20

Research

Syria has the following research output in the current window (1 May 2025 - 30 April 2026) of the Nature Index. Click on Count to view a list of articles representing the corresponding Share value.

Overall research output

Count Share
Overall 4 0.17

Overall Count and Share for 'Syria' based on the 12-month time frame mentioned above.

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Research outputs by subject area

Subject Count Share
Health sciences 3 0.00
Social sciences 1 0.17

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Share output for the past 5 years

Subject area or journal group 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Overall 0 0 1 0 1
Health sciences 0 0 0 0 0
Natural sciences 0 0 1 0 0
Biological sciences 0 0 0 0 0
Physical sciences 0 0 1 0 0
Social sciences 0 0 0 0 0
Nature & Science 0 0 0 0 0

Country/territory benchmarking

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Collaboration

In many cases, the highest quality science comes from collaborating. Nature Index collaborations highlight fruitful collaborations that lead to high quality research around the world. The table and charts below highlight the leading collaborators with Syria.

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Collaboration by percentage of Share

Country/territory Share
China 51.8%
Russia 24.0%
Cyprus 22.9%
Algeria 0.8%
Argentina 0.5%

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Top 10 collaborators with Syria by Share

Note: Hover over the bars to view details about each institution's Share.

Collaborating country/territory Collaborators' Share Collaboration Score
China 0.17 / 0.61 0.78
Russia 0.17 / 0.19 0.36
Cyprus 0.17 / 0.17 0.34
Algeria 0.00 / 0.01 0.01
Argentina 0.00 / 0.00 0.01

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Top 10 institutions from Syria by Share

Institution Count Share
1.   Tishreen University 1 0.17
2.   Arab International University (AIU) 1 0.00
3.   Al-Sham Private University 1 0.00
4.   University of Aleppo 2 0.00

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