Research in Amman
Science Explorer records 39 research institutions in Amman, Jordan. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Applied Science Private University, Al-Ahliyya Amman University and Amman Arab University.
- Research institutions
- 39 15 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 44k ▲ 68% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 560k 12.7 per fractional work, all time
- Top-10% rate, 2022-now
- 24.3% all institutions 10.0%
- Active span
- 1950-2026 77 years on the record
A city carries no overall standing here. The quality score is built for institutions and countries, the units its floors and field normalisation were designed around. An empty rank on this page is a statement about the measure, not about the place.
Which research institutions are in Amman?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of JordanUniversity | 18,330 | #3,382 | |
| 2 | Applied Science Private UniversityUniversity | 3,210 | #1,360 | |
| 3 | Al-Zaytoonah University of JordanUniversity | 2,409 | #2,786 | |
| 4 | Al-Ahliyya Amman UniversityUniversity | 2,275 | #1,807 | |
| 5 | Princess Sumaya University for TechnologyUniversity | 1,870 | #2,870 | |
| 6 | German Jordanian UniversityUniversity | 1,782 | #4,209 | |
| 7 | Petra UniversityUniversity | 1,500 | #4,454 | |
| 8 | Middle East UniversityUniversity | 1,401 | #2,676 | |
| 9 | Jordan HospitalHospital / health system | 1,376 | #7,947 | |
| 10 | Amman Arab UniversityUniversity | 1,329 | #2,494 | |
| 11 | Isra UniversityUniversity | 1,326 | #3,855 | |
| 12 | King Hussein Medical CenterHospital / health system | 1,291 | #14,396 | |
| 13 | Islamic HospitalHospital / health system | 1,087 | #5,069 | |
| 14 | Philadelphia UniversityUniversity | 1,028 | #5,583 | |
| 15 | World Islamic Sciences and Education UniversityUniversity | 931 | #7,514 | |
| 16 | Water Authority of JordanGovernment institution | 514 | #11,732 | |
| 17 | Arab Foundations ForumNonprofit | 492 | #13,984 all time | |
| 18 | Ministry of HealthGovernment institution | 464 | #10,379 | |
| 19 | National Energy Research CenterGovernment institution | 321 | #15,402 | |
| 20 | United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near EastNonprofit | 291 | #16,334 | |
| 21 | Royal Scientific SocietyNonprofit | 217 | #21,944 all time | |
| 22 | Arab Open UniversityUniversity | 200 | #13,539 | |
| 23 | The Farah HospitalHospital / health system | 130 | #30,783 all time | |
| 24 | Eastern Mediterranean Public Health NetworkHospital / health system | 65 | not ranked | |
| 25 | Arab Academy for Management, Banking and Financial SciencesUniversity | 60 | not ranked | |
| 26 | TQ Pharma (Jordan)Company | 19 | not ranked | |
| 27 | King Hussein FoundationNonprofit | 15 | not ranked | |
| 28 | Jordan Radio and Television CorporationInstitution | 5 | not ranked | |
| 29 | Royal Health Awareness SocietyNonprofit | 4 | not ranked | |
| 30 | Arab Education ForumNonprofit | 3 | not ranked | |
| 31 | Royal Institute for Inter-Faith StudiesNonprofit | 3 | not ranked | |
| 32 | Applied Scientific Research FundNonprofit | 2 | not ranked | |
| 33 | Jordanian Universities Network (Jordan)Company | 2 | not ranked | |
| 34 | Royal Film CommissionGovernment institution | 2 | not ranked | |
| 35 | Akilah HospitalHospital / health system | 2 | not ranked | |
| 36 | Scientific Research Support FundNonprofit | 1 | not ranked | |
| 37 | Jordan National Gallery of Fine ArtsArchive | 1 | not ranked | |
| 38 | Arab Medical Association Against CancerInstitution | 1 | not ranked | |
| 39 | West Asia-North Africa InstituteNonprofit | 1 | not ranked |
By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022-now. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.
How concentrated the city is
The same institutions as shares of everything the list accounts for. A city that is one university and a city that is twelve read alike as a table and not at all alike here.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which fields of science does Amman work in?
In 2022-now, 37% of research in Amman is in Physical Sciences, 31% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (20%), Computer Science (15%), Social Sciences (12%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.
Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this city does than the world.
Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
- Physical Sciences6,99336.5%
- Computer Science2,78214.5%
- Engineering2,10711.0%
- Environmental Science5492.9%
- Materials Science4862.5%
- Mathematics3972.1%
- Chemistry2381.2%
- Energy1790.9%
- Physics and Astronomy1430.7%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences760.4%
- Chemical Engineering350.2%
- Social Sciences5,94331.0%
- Social Sciences2,35612.3%
- Business, Management and Accounting1,4557.6%
- Psychology7513.9%
- Arts and Humanities5222.7%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance4312.3%
- Decision Sciences4282.2%
- Health Sciences4,65924.3%
- Medicine3,81719.9%
- Health Professions5843.0%
- Dentistry1360.7%
- Nursing1110.6%
- Veterinary100.1%
- Life Sciences1,5638.2%
What is Amman strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Amman is most concentrated in Management Information Systems, Information Systems and Management and Modeling and Simulation (4.0× the world share in Management Information Systems).
- Management Information SystemsSubfield · 274.9 works4.0×
- Information Systems and ManagementSubfield · 180.8 works3.8×
- Modeling and SimulationSubfield · 84.4 works3.6×
- Applied Microbiology and BiotechnologySubfield · 27.7 works3.3×
- AccountingSubfield · 331.5 works3.3×
- Pharmaceutical ScienceSubfield · 55.2 works3.1×
- Numerical AnalysisSubfield · 43.5 works3.1×
Location quotient against the world baseline. Inside a single field a city is a meaningful unit, which is why this is where a city is measured at all.
The whole field profile
All 26 fields at once: above the ring is more than a place this size would be expected to do. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 2.4×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Business, Management and Accounting2.38×1,278 works
- Decision Sciences2.33×375 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.92×113 works
- Computer Science1.86×2,406 works
- Mathematics1.83×359 works
- Dentistry1.41×114 works
- Psychology1.29×655 works
- Health Professions1.18×518 works
- Nursing1.16×95 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.10×394 works
- Medicine1.02×3,256 works
- Energy1.01×154 works
- Social Sciences1.00×2,108 works
- Arts and Humanities0.96×462 works
- Chemistry0.79×206 works
- Engineering0.73×1,822 works
- Materials Science0.71×415 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.63×558 works
- Immunology and Microbiology0.63×106 works
- Neuroscience0.61×166 works
- Environmental Science0.58×484 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.52×409 works
- Chemical Engineering0.48×28 works
- Veterinary0.38×9 works
- Physics and Astronomy0.32×119 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences0.25×66 works
Which keywords describe research in Amman?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Learning, Supply Chain Management, Healthcare, Customer Satisfaction, Smart Cities, IoT, Organizational Performance and Digital Transformation.
- Shariah Supervision
- Global Financial Crisis
- Partial Least Squares
- Financial Stability
- Online Shopping
- Information Systems
- Cybersecurity
- User Satisfaction
- Data Mining
- Risk Management
- COVID-19
- Big Data
- Internet of Things
- Artificial Intelligence
- Sustainability
- Knowledge Management
- Smart Cities
- Customer Satisfaction
- Healthcare
- Supply Chain Management
- Machine Learning
- Deep Learning
- Epidemiology
- Digital Transformation
- IoT
- Organizational Performance
- Social Media Marketing
- Social Media
- Corporate Governance
- Mental Health
- Renewable Energy
- Security
- IoT Security
- Performance Measurement
- Technology Acceptance Model
- Structural Equation Modeling
- Finance
- Consumer Trust
- Human Resource Management
- Ethical Identity
Size is fractional works in 2022-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this city's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.
All 40 words, with their numbers
- Machine Learning1,594▲ 2.5×94 topics
- Supply Chain Management989▲ 5.8×26 topics
- Deep Learning966▲ 1.46×84 topics
- Healthcare884▲ 4.0×30 topics
- Epidemiology756◆ 0.99×136 topics
- Customer Satisfaction614▲ 10×9 topics
- Digital Transformation605▲ 5.8×26 topics
- Smart Cities587▲ 12×8 topics
- IoT567▲ 7.9×19 topics
- Knowledge Management538▲ 5.1×30 topics
- Organizational Performance535▲ 11×11 topics
- Sustainability502◆ 1.07×100 topics
- Social Media Marketing469▲ 50×1 topic
- Artificial Intelligence454▲ 1.66×57 topics
- Social Media400▲ 1.51×35 topics
- Internet of Things394▲ 2.4×28 topics
- Corporate Governance389▲ 2.8×27 topics
- Big Data380▲ 2.1×31 topics
- Mental Health380▲ 1.39×44 topics
- COVID-19374▲ 1.50×29 topics
- Renewable Energy373▲ 1.34×50 topics
- Risk Management356▲ 3.9×14 topics
- Security297▲ 2.3×30 topics
- Data Mining294▲ 2.1×22 topics
- IoT Security271▲ 4.6×3 topics
- User Satisfaction201▲ 5.5×4 topics
- Performance Measurement196▲ 3.8×7 topics
- Cybersecurity190▲ 4.0×6 topics
- Technology Acceptance Model186▲ 6.3×2 topics
- Information Systems184▲ 5.5×7 topics
- Structural Equation Modeling181▲ 4.8×6 topics
- Online Shopping180▲ 5.3×2 topics
- Finance180▲ 5.1×4 topics
- Financial Stability177▲ 4.8×7 topics
- Consumer Trust174▲ 9.6×1 topic
- Partial Least Squares174▲ 9.6×1 topic
- Human Resource Management172▲ 5.8×7 topics
- Global Financial Crisis154▲ 6.2×2 topics
- Ethical Identity153▲ 6.9×1 topic
- Shariah Supervision153▲ 6.9×1 topic
What research is done in Amman?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Organizational and Employee Performance Artificial Intelligence 416 works
- 2 Technology Adoption and User Behaviour Information Systems and Management 161 works
- 3 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 146 works
- 4 Socioeconomic Development in MENA Sociology and Political Science 127 works
- 5 Network Security and Intrusion Detection Computer Networks and Communications 105 works
- 6 Blockchain Technology Applications and Security Information Systems 105 works
- 7 Digital Marketing and Social Media Sociology and Political Science 91 works
- 8 Organizational Leadership and Management Strategies Strategy and Management 85 works
- 9 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 84 works
- 10 Advanced Malware Detection Techniques Signal Processing 78 works
Research output over time
The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more.
How much of it reaches the world top 10%
Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 27.6% in 2024.
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