Academic Leadership in Iraq: Academia.Edu Percentile Ranking

Abstract

Background: In contemporary medicine, superior medical practices and higher quality medical services have been increasingly linked with academic medical practices. The more academic the physician, the more likely to be described as adhering to the scientific medical practices. Therefore, there has been an increasing interest in the practices of medical leadership and academic medical leadership, and also in identifying the qualities of the genuine medical leaders and academic medical leaders. Materials and methods: More than 500 profiles academia.edu were examined on the 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10thof June 2022 with aim of determining the Iraqi academic medical leaders who have a percentile ranking at academia.edu of TOP 1%. Results: Aamir Jalal Al-Mosawi was the Iraqi physician and also the only Iraqi researcher who had a percentile ranking at academia.edu of TOP 1%. Researchers in fields other than medicine who have a percentile ranking on academia.edu included: Muhannad Al-Waily, an Assistant Professor from Kufa University-Faculty of Engineering-Mechanical Engineering. He had a percentile ranking at academia.edu of TOP 3 %. Raad Z. Homod, an Assistant Professor from the University of Basrah, Petroleum and Gas Engineering Faculty Member. He had a percentile ranking at academia.edu of TOP 5%. Conclusion: Aamir Jalal Al-Mosawi was the Iraqi physician and also the only Iraqi researcher who have a ranking at academia.edu of TOP 1%.