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Social Sciences research in Indonesia

Institut Agama Islam Negeri Bengkulu ranks first in Indonesia for Social Sciences research in 2022-now (#12 worldwide), followed by Universitas Islam Negeri Sumatera Utara and Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University Yogyakarta.

Indonesia's world rank
#27
of 148 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
613k
Top-10% rate
8.8%
Ranked institutions
60

Research strength only: this says nothing about teaching, admissions or cost.

What is the best university for Social Sciences in Indonesia?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Institut Agama Islam Negeri BengkuluBengkulu #1271.49.3%21,023
2Universitas Islam Negeri Sumatera UtaraMedan #8548.98.5%11,997
3Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University YogyakartaYogyakarta #8948.410.3%7,595
4Universitas Islam Negeri Raden Intan LampungBandar Lampung #10446.610.8%4,798
5Sunan Gunung Djati State Islamic University BandungBandung #11145.811.1%5,004
6UIN Sunan Ampel SurabayaSurabaya #12744.310.0%4,430
7Universitas Pendidikan GaneshaSingaraja #13743.414.4%4,364
8Indonesia University of EducationBandung #15342.212.5%11,077
9Universitas Islam Negeri Sultan Syarif Kasim RiauPekanbaru #17440.79.0%3,620
10State University of PadangPadang #17540.68.9%11,267
11Institut Sains dan Teknologi Terpadu SurabayaSurabaya #18340.17.8%2,423
12Universitas Islam Negeri Maulana Malik IbrahimMalang #18639.910.6%4,376
13Jambi UniversityJambi City #19139.610.0%6,488
14Universitas Patria ArthaMakassar #19339.57.7%6,353
15Universitas Negeri SurabayaSurabaya #20538.810.4%7,343
16State University of SemarangSemarang #21538.211.1%7,245
17Yogyakarta State UniversityYogyakarta #22137.912.4%6,060
18Muhammadiyah University of SurakartaSurakarta #24037.013.1%4,957
19Universitas DjuandaBogor #24536.812.2%1,797
20Walisongo State Islamic UniversitySemarang #25236.49.3%2,193
21Universitas Islam Negeri Ar-RaniryBanda Aceh #25736.29.8%2,386
22Jakarta Theological SeminaryJakarta #26036.18.3%1,063
23State University of MakassarMakassar #26535.86.7%7,842
24Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University JakartaCiputat #26635.89.9%4,057
25Universitas Muhammadiyah MalangMalang #26935.710.7%2,972
26Universitas PGRI SemarangSemarang #27035.68.3%5,091
27Bandung Islamic UniversityBandung #27535.48.9%4,440
28Islamic University of IndonesiaYogyakarta #27835.311.7%2,852
29Universitas Muhammadiyah Tapanuli SelatanPadangsidempuan #29034.88.5%5,098
30Universitas Nusa BangsaBogor #29934.59.4%3,332
31Islamic University of RiauPekanbaru #30434.311.0%1,997
32Universitas PamulangTangerang #30834.18.0%2,912
33Universitas Bhayangkara Jakarta RayaJakarta #31134.011.5%1,889
34Indonesia Open UniversityJakarta #31333.98.8%2,749
35Universitas Islam JemberJember #32433.57.7%2,288
36Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa UniversitySerang #33133.39.4%3,795
37Universitas Islam MakassarMakassar #33633.17.2%2,346
38Universitas Esa UnggulJakarta #33933.011.4%1,481
39Universitas Islam Negeri Palangka RayaPalangkaraya #34133.08.5%2,324
40State University of JakartaJakarta #34732.89.5%5,116
41Muhammadiyah University of YogyakartaYogyakarta #35132.610.1%2,848
42Institut Agama Islam Negeri ManadoManado #35432.510.2%1,457
43Universitas 17 Agustus 1945 SurabayaSurabaya #35932.47.2%2,175
44Universitas Muhammadiyah Sumatera UtaraMedan #36232.38.4%2,557
45Satya Wacana Christian UniversitySalatiga #36532.29.8%2,054
46Universitas TulungagungTulungagung #36632.19.2%1,656
47Universitas Widya Gama MalangMalang #37831.89.0%616
48Trunojoyo UniversityBangkalan #38131.77.4%2,508
49IAIN KudusKudus #38231.69.4%1,524
50Universitas Muhammadiyah Prof Dr HamkaJakarta #38731.512.8%2,170
51University of MataramMataram #39431.37.7%6,972
52State University of MalangMalang #39931.110.5%8,303
53Universitas Informatika dan Bisnis IndonesiaBandung #40131.18.4%2,127
54Universitas Sains Al-Qur'anWonosobo #40730.96.2%1,800
55Universitas Pembangunan Nasional Veteran JakartaJakarta #40830.99.2%2,370
56Universitas Islam MalangMalang #40930.99.8%1,702
57Institut Teknologi dan Bisnis KalbeJakarta #41030.88.8%1,357
58Siliwangi UniversityTasikmalaya #41730.68.7%1,978
59Universitas Nahdlatul Ulama IndonesiaJakarta #42130.58.8%3,638
60Pakuan UniversityBogor #43030.310.8%1,272

Institutions in Indonesia above the floor of 40 fractional works in Social Sciences, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022-now.

Who are the top Social Sciences researchers in Indonesia?

Dwi Agus Kurniawan, Hari Sutra Disemadi and Hasan Baharun rank highest among researchers based in Indonesia, on their papers in Social Sciences that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Dwi Agus Kurniawan#104,901 worldwide overall94.9 of 248 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Hari Sutra Disemadi#111,490 worldwide overall58.1 of 155 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Hasan Baharun#101,409 worldwide overall56.3 of 157 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Astalini Astalini#81,474 worldwide overall62.5 of 142 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Sri Watini#168,309 worldwide overall46.3 of 142 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Rani Darmayanti#39,513 worldwide overall39.5 of 72 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Muhammad Nurtanto#298,930 worldwide overall44.6 of 105 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Opan Arifudin#18,342 worldwide overall29.6 of 41 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Abu Muna Almaududi Ausat#27,730 worldwide overall29.8 of 44 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Laurensius Arliman S#76,937 worldwide overall31.0 of 67 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11Binar Kurnia Prahanı#785,178 worldwide overall57.9 of 228 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12Akhmad Habibi#87,169 worldwide overall37.8 of 82 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13Andri Nirwana#258,585 worldwide overall41.3 of 118 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14Imam Gunawan#430,797 worldwide overall47.1 of 114 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15Denok Sunarsi#409,800 worldwide overall37.4 of 121 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in Indonesia on their work in Social Sciences alone: how many more of their papers here reached the world top 10% for their subfield and year than the 10% expected.

How Indonesia compares with other countries in Social Sciences