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Al-Balqa Applied University

In research, Al-Balqa Applied University stands highest in Mathematics (#85 of 1,053 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#1,070 of 12,888 worldwide) and Computer Science (#510 of 4,667 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Numerical Analysis, Modeling and Simulation and Applied Mathematics — Numerical Analysis is 10.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,449
of 28,054 · #2,821 all time
Rank in Jordan
#6
of 37
Research works
6k
▲ 79% vs 2013–17
Citations
76k
12.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
65%
world 28%

What is Al-Balqa Applied University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
MathematicsField #85 of 1,053 34.7%102 #189
Physical SciencesDomain #1,070 of 12,888 20.8%1,027 #1997
Computer ScienceField #510 of 4,667 23.8%381 #1161
Social SciencesDomain #1,182 of 10,521 21.8%736 #2374
Artificial IntelligenceSubfield #228 of 1,884 27.0%148 #559
Health SciencesDomain #2,214 of 11,982 15.0%292 #4597
Business, Management and AccountingField #521 of 2,578 30.0%138 #1133
Social SciencesField #1,436 of 6,365 20.1%341 #2764
Information SystemsSubfield #353 of 1,291 24.6%68 #835
EngineeringField #1,849 of 6,636 16.4%292 #2870

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Al-Balqa Applied University sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Mathematics#189 #85
  2. Physical Sciences#1,997 #1,070
  3. Computer Science#1,161 #510
  4. Social Sciences#2,374 #1,182
  5. Artificial Intelligence#559 #228
  6. Health Sciences#4,597 #2,214
  7. Business, Management and Accounting#1,133 #521
  8. Social Sciences#2,764 #1,436
  9. Information Systems#835 #353
  10. Engineering#2,870 #1,849
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Al-Balqa Applied University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Numerical Analysis takes 10.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Numerical AnalysisSubfield · 20.4 works11×
  2. Modeling and SimulationSubfield · 29.7 works9.6×
  3. Applied MathematicsSubfield · 27.1 works4.3×
  4. MathematicsField · 101.6 works3.9×
  5. AccountingSubfield · 46.3 works3.4×
  6. Management Information SystemsSubfield · 27.9 works3.1×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.61× its world share, 64 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.44× its world share, 52 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.26× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.62× its world share, 22 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.26× its world share, 10 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.71× its world share, 6 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.13× its world share, 39 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.22× its world share, 381 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 10 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.46× its world share, 30 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.88× its world share, 292 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.75× its world share, 82 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.66× its world share, 51 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 3.91× its world share, 102 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.71× its world share, 35 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.85× its world share, 50 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.54× its world share, 228 worksMedicineNursing: 1.09× its world share, 12 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.80× its world share, 51 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.94× its world share, 138 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.84× its world share, 39 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.92× its world share, 43 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.84× its world share, 124 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.22× its world share, 341 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Al-Balqa Applied University?

Ranked on the composite score, Omar Abu Arqub, Zakaria Al‐Qodah and Mohammed Azmi Al‐Betar lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Al-Balqa Applied University.

  1. 1 Omar Abu Arqub Jordan · #68,354 worldwide 406 citations · 40 works
  2. 2 Zakaria Al‐Qodah Jordan · #89,977 worldwide 456 citations · 27 works
  3. 3 Mohammed Azmi Al‐Betar Jordan · #152,415 worldwide 469 citations · 65 works
  4. 4 Zaid Odibat Jordan · #192,642 worldwide 280 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 Abdullah Ibrahim Mohammad Jordan · #200,532 worldwide 88 citations · 27 works
  6. 6 Jafar A. Alzubi Jordan · #224,605 worldwide 195 citations · 26 works
  7. 7 Ali Abdallah Alalwan Jordan · #231,598 worldwide 456 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Mohammed Al‐Smadi Jordan · #268,377 worldwide 231 citations · 32 works
  9. 9 Balqies Sadoun Jordan · #348,246 worldwide 105 citations · 28 works
  10. 10 Malik Braik Jordan · #562,472 worldwide 133 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Al-Balqa Applied University

Which keywords describe research at Al-Balqa Applied University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Learning, Digital Transformation, Supply Chain Management, Customer Satisfaction, IoT, Smart Cities, Organizational Performance and Healthcare.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution'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
  1. Machine Learning192▲ 2.7×77 topics
  2. Deep Learning134▲ 1.77×70 topics
  3. Supply Chain Management107▲ 5.2×16 topics
  4. Healthcare99▲ 4.0×16 topics
  5. Digital Transformation94▲ 8.1×16 topics
  6. Customer Satisfaction82▲ 12×6 topics
  7. Education82▲ 2.1×44 topics
  8. IoT79▲ 9.6×12 topics
  9. Smart Cities78▲ 14×7 topics
  10. Knowledge Management75▲ 6.1×22 topics
  11. Mental Health73▲ 2.3×32 topics
  12. Organizational Performance73▲ 13×9 topics
  13. Social Media Marketing68▲ 65×1 topic
  14. Educational Technology66▲ 2.5×27 topics
  15. Online Learning58▲ 3.1×19 topics
  16. E-Learning57▲ 2.6×15 topics
  17. Depression54▲ 2.8×20 topics
  18. Risk Management53▲ 4.9×11 topics
  19. Security Analysis49▲ 13×4 topics
  20. Corporate Governance47▲ 2.9×15 topics
  21. Nonlinear Equations40▲ 14×4 topics
  22. Technology Integration40▲ 5.8×9 topics
  23. Social Networks38▲ 6.5×8 topics
  24. Stress38▲ 4.6×10 topics
  25. Human Resource Management37▲ 11×4 topics
  26. Cryptanalysis36▲ 19×3 topics
  27. Localization34▲ 13×4 topics
  28. Student Satisfaction34▲ 8.0×2 topics
  29. Chaos34▲ 21×3 topics
  30. Financial Stability33▲ 7.5×5 topics
  31. Self-Efficacy33▲ 5.7×9 topics
  32. Guanxi33▲ 66×1 topic
  33. Wasta33▲ 66×1 topic
  34. Chaotic Maps32▲ 37×1 topic
  35. Image Encryption32▲ 37×1 topic
  36. Finance30▲ 7.0×2 topics
  37. Fractional Calculus29▲ 23×2 topics
  38. Ethical Identity28▲ 10×1 topic
  39. Global Financial Crisis28▲ 9.3×2 topics
  40. Shariah Supervision28▲ 10×1 topic

Which research topics does Al-Balqa Applied University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Organizational and Employee Performance, Socioeconomic Development in MENA, Chaos-based Image/Signal Encryption and Islamic Finance and Banking Studies.

Organizational and Emplo…68Organizational and Employee Performance: 68 fractional worksSocioeconomic Development in MENA: 33 fractional worksChaos-based Image/Signal…32Chaos-based Image/Signal Encryption: 32 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Bank…28Islamic Finance and Banking Studies: 28 fractional worksFractional Differential Equations Solutions: 27 fractional worksHealth and Well-being Studies: 24 fractional worksTechnology-Enhanced Educ…22Technology-Enhanced Education Studies: 22 fractional worksEducation and Islamic Studies: 21 fractional worksTechnology Adoption and User Behaviour: 18 fractional worksNetwork Security and Intrusion Detection: 15 fractional works
Artificial IntelligenceSociology and Political ScienceComputer Vision and Pattern RecognitionAccounting5 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Organizational and Employee Performance Artificial Intelligence 68 works
  2. 2 Socioeconomic Development in MENA Sociology and Political Science 33 works
  3. 3 Chaos-based Image/Signal Encryption Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 32 works
  4. 4 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 28 works
  5. 5 Fractional Differential Equations Solutions Modeling and Simulation 27 works
  6. 6 Health and Well-being Studies Clinical Psychology 24 works
  7. 7 Technology-Enhanced Education Studies Education 22 works
  8. 8 Education and Islamic Studies Education 21 works
  9. 9 Technology Adoption and User Behaviour Information Systems and Management 18 works
  10. 10 Network Security and Intrusion Detection Computer Networks and Communications 15 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world’s own shares — the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available64.6%not open35.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.0%domestic only75.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Al-Balqa Applied University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 79% higher than in 2013–2017.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.