The United Arab Emirates University ‎published 613 research papers during the ‎first quarter of 2022, according to Scopus ‎databases from January to March 2022, ‎including 101 research publications ‎relating to the United Nations sustainable ‎development goals. It supports one of the ‎most important goals of the UAE ‎University at the local and global levels, ‎which is to enrich society with new ‎sciences and knowledge in various fields ‎to produce scientific research of national ‎and international importance.‎

Prof. Ahmed Ali Murad, Associate Provost ‎for Research at the UAE University, ‎emphasized: Scientific research is a ‎fundamental pillar at the university. The ‎university supports and builds scientific ‎research and innovation capabilities in ‎many fields by providing the infrastructure ‎that meets the global development of ‎scientific research, in addition to the ‎various research funding opportunities ‎available to researchers including faculty ‎members and university students. He ‎added that scientific papers published in ‎the top journals are one of the most ‎important measures used in evaluating the ‎quality of scientific publications and ‎research outputs. The overall research ‎results are evaluated by the number of ‎publications in a specific period, according ‎to Scopus data.‎

Prof. Ahmed Murad pointed out: "The ‎UAE University focuses on the quality of ‎research outputs, which are measured by ‎the percentage of scientific research ‎published in top journals. This, in turn, ‎contributes to improving the university's ‎global reputation in support of knowledge ‎and science in addition to the university's ‎global ranking. According to SJR, 31.6% ‎of research articles were published in the ‎top 10% of journals in the first quarter of ‎‎2022, while the percentage of publications ‎in the top 25% of journals reached 66.4 ‎percent.‎

The College of Science has 137 research ‎articles, the College of Medicine and ‎Health Sciences has 132 research ‎publications, the College of Engineering ‎has 130 research publications, and the ‎College of Business and Economics has ‎‎62 research publications. The percentage ‎of publications in major subject areas is as ‎follows engineering with 10.5%, medicine ‎‎9.9%, environmental science 7.1%, ‎computer science 6.3%, biochemistry, ‎genetics and molecular biology 6.1%, and ‎social science with 5.4%.‎