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On research quality in 2022-now, Jordan ranks #85 in the world and Palestine #86, of 189 countries. Jordan stands higher in 18 of the 23 fields both publish in, Palestine in 5.

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Jordan

World rank, 2022-now
#85
#100 all time
Works, 2022-now
33k
fractional
Top-10% rate
14.6%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
53%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Research and Theory, Modeling and Simulation, Numerical Analysis.

Palestine

World rank, 2022-now
#86
#109 all time
Works, 2022-now
6.9k
fractional
Top-10% rate
12.4%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
63%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Research and Theory, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, Accounting.

Who leads, measure by measure?

Jordan leads on 6 of 9 measures: research quality, excellence for its fields, output, top-10% rate, citations per work and growth. Palestine leads on 2 of 9 measures: open access and international co-authorship. The two are level on institutions in the world top 100.

Jordan 61 level2 Palestine
  1. #85Research qualityworld rank of 189 countries, 2022-now#86
  2. 1.06×Excellence for its fieldsits top-10% rate against what its topics predict; 1.00× is as expected0.93×
  3. 33kOutputfractional works, 2022-now6.9k
  4. 14.6%Top-10% rateshare of its works among the world's most cited12.4%
  5. 13.2Citations per workall time, per fractional work11.4
  6. 0World top 100institutions it holds among the world's best 1000
  7. 53%Open accessof its works free to read, all time63%
  8. 31%Internationalof its works written with co-authors abroad, all time35%
  9. +65%Growthworks in 2022-25 against 2018-21; half a bar is no change+60%

A rank is drawn as its standing: the longer the bar, the nearer the top. Anything else is drawn against the larger of the two, and two values a hair apart are called level. Quality, excellence and the top-10% rate are explained in the methodology.

Who leads in each field?

Jordan stands higher in 18 of 23 fields, Palestine in 5. Jordan leads most in Computer Science (#54 against #72); Palestine leads most in Social Sciences (#86 against #108). Each bar is that side's standing among all countries ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

Jordan 185 Palestine
  1. #110Agricultural and Biological Sciences#105
  2. #77Arts and Humanities-
  3. #90Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#75
  4. #58Business, Management and Accounting#68
  5. #62Chemistry-
  6. #54Computer Science#72
  7. #50Decision Sciences-
  8. #52Dentistry-
  9. #82Economics, Econometrics and Finance-
  10. #47Energy-
  11. #64Engineering#80
  12. #97Environmental Science#102
  13. #69Health Professions#62
  14. #67Immunology and Microbiology-
  15. #71Materials Science-
  16. #58Mathematics-
  17. #82Medicine#89
  18. #62Neuroscience-
  19. #58Nursing-
  20. #41Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics-
  21. #69Physics and Astronomy-
  22. #71Psychology#65
  23. #108Social Sciences#86

Standing is the percentile of world rank within each field, 2022-now; the printed number is the rank itself. A dash means the field is too small there to rank. How sides are compared.

The numbers behind each field

Click a heading to sort. The side that does better in a pair of columns is shaded: a lower rank, a higher rate, more works.

Field Jordan rankPalestine rank Jordan top 10%Palestine top 10% Jordan worksPalestine works
Agricultural and Biological Sciences #110 #105 12.4% 11.8% 834 224
Arts and Humanities #77 - 19.5% - 930 -
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology #90 #75 8.9% 10.3% 1.1k 214
Business, Management and Accounting #58 #68 25.7% 16.6% 2.4k 437
Chemistry #62 - 8.6% - 428 -
Computer Science #54 #72 17.9% 13.2% 4.7k 646
Decision Sciences #50 - 22.1% - 772 -
Dentistry #52 - 14.8% - 214 -
Economics, Econometrics and Finance #82 - 16.2% - 787 -
Energy #47 - 13.3% - 326 -
Engineering #64 #80 13.4% 12.1% 4.1k 603
Environmental Science #97 #102 11.3% 10.5% 1k 237
Health Professions #69 #62 16.1% 19.3% 1k 314
Immunology and Microbiology #67 - 9.0% - 206 -
Materials Science #71 - 12.2% - 859 -
Mathematics #58 - 16.8% - 944 -
Medicine #82 #89 10.2% 9.1% 5.8k 1.6k
Neuroscience #62 - 10.8% - 351 -
Nursing #58 - 13.7% - 214 -
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics #41 - 11.4% - 213 -
Physics and Astronomy #69 - 13.6% - 369 -
Psychology #71 #65 11.2% 14.8% 1.4k 356
Social Sciences #108 #86 14.3% 13.1% 4.3k 1.1k

What is each known for?

The keywords that describe each side's research, by fractional works in 2022-now and weighted toward what it does more of than the world.

Jordan

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's
All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Machine Learning3,097▲ 2.4×97 topics
  2. Deep Learning1,938▲ 1.47×84 topics
  3. Supply Chain Management1,794▲ 5.2×26 topics
  4. Healthcare1,659▲ 3.8×35 topics
  5. Epidemiology1,387◆ 0.91×136 topics
  6. Digital Transformation1,217▲ 5.9×28 topics
  7. Customer Satisfaction1,206▲ 9.9×10 topics
  8. Smart Cities1,133▲ 11×8 topics
  9. IoT1,104▲ 7.7×19 topics
  10. Knowledge Management1,043▲ 4.9×36 topics
  11. Organizational Performance1,037▲ 10×11 topics
  12. Sustainability922◆ 0.99×107 topics
  13. Social Media Marketing916▲ 49×1 topic
  14. Artificial Intelligence870▲ 1.60×61 topics
  15. Mental Health822▲ 1.50×46 topics
  16. Corporate Governance818▲ 2.9×27 topics
  17. Education810▲ 1.23×103 topics
  18. COVID-19732▲ 1.48×31 topics
  19. Social Media730▲ 1.38×36 topics
  20. Risk Management717▲ 4.0×17 topics
  21. Internet of Things695▲ 2.1×30 topics
  22. Big Data689▲ 1.89×34 topics
  23. Depression622▲ 1.85×25 topics
  24. IoT Security508▲ 4.3×3 topics
  25. Financial Stability401▲ 5.5×8 topics
  26. Social Networks398▲ 3.8×13 topics
  27. Finance396▲ 5.6×4 topics
  28. Performance Analysis382▲ 4.8×5 topics
  29. User Satisfaction367▲ 5.0×4 topics
  30. Human Resource Management364▲ 6.2×8 topics
  31. Global Financial Crisis349▲ 7.0×3 topics
  32. Ethical Identity347▲ 7.8×1 topic
  33. Shariah Supervision347▲ 7.8×1 topic
  34. Technology Acceptance Model344▲ 5.8×2 topics
  35. Information Systems342▲ 5.2×8 topics
  36. Consumer Trust320▲ 8.8×1 topic
  37. Partial Least Squares320▲ 8.8×1 topic
  38. Localization306▲ 6.7×4 topics
  39. Guanxi285▲ 35×1 topic
  40. Wasta285▲ 35×1 topic

Palestine

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's
All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology447▲ 1.38×133 topics
  2. Machine Learning411▲ 1.52×87 topics
  3. Mental Health286▲ 2.5×40 topics
  4. Deep Learning260◆ 0.93×81 topics
  5. Public Health227▲ 1.92×55 topics
  6. Globalization225▲ 1.41×83 topics
  7. Healthcare207▲ 2.2×28 topics
  8. Corporate Governance195▲ 3.3×22 topics
  9. Supply Chain Management188▲ 2.6×23 topics
  10. Human Rights173▲ 2.1×48 topics
  11. Depression166▲ 2.3×24 topics
  12. Risk Management146▲ 3.8×14 topics
  13. Mortality139▲ 3.0×13 topics
  14. Digital Transformation135▲ 3.1×22 topics
  15. Customer Satisfaction131▲ 5.1×8 topics
  16. Discrimination123▲ 7.2×6 topics
  17. Palestine122▲ 28×2 topics
  18. Nationalism120▲ 3.3×18 topics
  19. Technology Integration117▲ 4.6×11 topics
  20. Health117▲ 3.6×18 topics
  21. IoT116▲ 3.8×14 topics
  22. Israel113▲ 42×2 topics
  23. Organizational Performance111▲ 5.2×11 topics
  24. Ethnic Identity110▲ 12×3 topics
  25. Occupation110▲ 22×2 topics
  26. Smart Cities110▲ 5.1×8 topics
  27. Segregation109▲ 18×2 topics
  28. Intifada109▲ 50×1 topic
  29. Settler Colonialism109▲ 32×2 topics
  30. Finance108▲ 7.3×3 topics
  31. Trauma103▲ 6.1×7 topics
  32. Performance Analysis101▲ 6.0×5 topics
  33. Financial Stability101▲ 6.5×4 topics
  34. Conflict95▲ 7.2×10 topics
  35. Global Financial Crisis92▲ 8.7×3 topics
  36. Ethical Identity91▲ 9.7×1 topic
  37. Shariah Supervision91▲ 9.7×1 topic
  38. Social Media Marketing86▲ 22×1 topic
  39. Violence85▲ 7.1×6 topics
  40. Peacebuilding82▲ 15×6 topics

Size is fractional works in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of the side's work against its share of the world's. Each word links to the topic it comes from most.

How has their output grown?

Jordan has out-published Palestine every year since 1980.

still counting5k10kJordan9,745 in 2025Palestine2,166 in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works per year.

Their share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share, because all of science grows. Each line is a side as a percentage of every work published that year.

still counting0.10%0.20%Jordan0.17% in 2025Palestine0.037% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

The share of each side's works, year by year, that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. The average of all institutions is 10.0% (why not 10%).

still counting10%20%Jordan14.9% in 2025Palestine14.3% in 2025200020102020

A year with under 1% of the side's peak output is left out: a rate over a handful of papers says nothing. The latest years are still being cited.

Who holds more of the world's best institutions?

A country's average quality and the number of institutions it holds at the very top can disagree, and both are worth knowing. The counts are nested: an institution in the top 50 is also in the top 100.

Jordan 05 level0 Palestine
  1. 0In the world top 500
  2. 0In the top 1000
  3. 0In the top 5000
  4. 0In the top 1,0000
  5. #51Elite capacityrank among 204 countries#51

Institutions ranked on research quality, 2022-now. Elite capacity counts a country's institutions by their worldwide rank, weighted so a place at #1 counts for more than one at #480.

Which publishes more research, Jordan or Palestine?

Jordan publishes 4.8× as much research as Palestine in 2022-now (33k against 6.9k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Jordan or Palestine?

14.6% of Jordan's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 12.4% for Palestine.

Is Jordan or Palestine growing faster?

Output in 2022-25 was +65% against 2018-21 for Jordan, and +60% for Palestine.

Which has more open access research, Jordan or Palestine?

63% of Palestine's research is free to read, against 53% of Jordan's.

Which has more world-class institutions, Jordan or Palestine?

Jordan holds 0 of the world's top 100 research institutions and Palestine 0; in the top 1,000 it is 0 against 0.

Which institutions lead in each country?

The highest-ranked institutions on each side on research quality, 2022-now. The percentage is each institution's own top-10% rate: the share of its works that are among the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. Every figure stands alone, so they do not add up to 100%.

Jordan

  1. 1Applied Science Private University21.7% top 10% · 1.6k works
  2. 2Zarqa University17.4% top 10% · 1.7k works
  3. 3Al-Ahliyya Amman University31.4% top 10% · 1.2k works
  4. 4Jadara University24.4% top 10% · 836 works
  5. 5Yarmouk University12.2% top 10% · 2.3k works
  6. 6Amman Arab University21.9% top 10% · 643 works

Palestine

  1. 1An-Najah National University14.5% top 10% · 1.7k works
  2. 2Arab American University15.7% top 10% · 693 works
  3. 3Al-Quds University8.2% top 10% · 834 works
  4. 4Birzeit University11.7% top 10% · 504 works
  5. 5Islamic University of Gaza16.1% top 10% · 463 works
  6. 6University College of Applied Science11.1% top 10% · 166 works

The number is the rank inside the country. The track on each row is the top-10% rate; the tick is the average of all institutions, 10.0% (how it is set): teal above it, red below. The ranking is the quality score, which compares the rate with what each institution's own topics predict and adds a small reward for size, so the rates do not fall in order.

Who are the top researchers on each side?

The most cited researchers on each side, among those ranked.

Jordan

  1. 1 Manaf Al‐Okaily #8,027 worldwide 7.7k citations · 170 works
  2. 2 Maha Moh’d Wahbi Atout #17,503 worldwide 48k citations · 121 works
  3. 3 Ali Abdallah Alalwan #17,704 worldwide 12k citations · 97 works
  4. 4 Ahmad Samed Al‐Adwan #21,132 worldwide 9.3k citations · 177 works
  5. 5 Marwan Mansour #23,450 worldwide 1.3k citations · 75 works

Palestine

  1. 1 Bassam A. Tayeh #1,813 worldwide 17k citations · 233 works
  2. 2 Amira A Shaheen #16,599 worldwide 119k citations · 109 works
  3. 3 Majdi M. Mafarja #38,171 worldwide 18k citations · 104 works
  4. 4 Niveen ME Abu-Rmeileh #50,160 worldwide 43k citations · 40 works
  5. 5 Mohammad A.A. Zaid #62,516 worldwide 1.7k citations · 35 works