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Al-Quds Open University

In research, Al-Quds Open University stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,805 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#12,194
of 22,385 · #20,498 all time
Rank in Palestine
#15
of 17
Research works
469
▼ 10% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.1k
4.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.97×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
73%
world 40%
International
22%
world 18%
Al-Quds Open University

What is Al-Quds Open University known for in research?

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

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #5,805 of 9,585 7.5%91 #8871

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Al-Quds Open 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Al-Quds Open University work in?

In 2022-now, 62% of research at Al-Quds Open University is in Social Sciences, 28% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (32%), Computer Science (15%), Business, Management and Accounting (10%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 104 fractional works · 62.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 53 fractional works · 32.0% of its workEducation: 24 fractional works · 14.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 15 fractional works · 9.0% of its workTransportation: 5 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 17 fractional works · 10.0% of its workAccounting: 6 fractional works · 3.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 16 fractional works · 9.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 10 fractional works · 6.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 8 fractional works · 5.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 6 fractional works · 3.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 fractional works · 3.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 47 fractional works · 28.4% of its workComputer Science: 26 fractional works · 15.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 10 fractional works · 6.2% of its workInformation Systems: 7 fractional works · 4.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSoftware: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 14 fractional works · 8.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 5 fractional works · 2.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 5 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 8 fractional works · 4.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 3.9% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workForestry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 7 fractional works · 4.5% of its workMedicine: 5 fractional works · 2.8% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKAl-Quds OpenUniversity166fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences28%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences62%

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 institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences5332.0%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting1710.0%
    3. Psychology169.7%
    4. Decision Sciences85.0%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance63.5%
    6. Arts and Humanities42.3%
    1. Computer Science2615.4%
    2. Engineering148.6%
    3. Materials Science21.5%
    4. Environmental Science21.0%
    5. Physics and Astronomy10.6%
    6. Mathematics10.5%
    7. Chemistry10.5%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences63.9%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.3%
    3. Neuroscience10.3%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Medicine52.8%
    2. Health Professions31.6%
    3. Nursing00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.81× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.99× its world share, 26 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.57× its world share, 14 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.43× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.61× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.15× its world share, 5 worksMedicineNursing: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.80× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.09× its world share, 17 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 5.16× its world share, 8 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.64× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.19× its world share, 16 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.53× its world share, 53 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 5.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Decision Sciences5.16×8 works
  2. Psychology3.19×16 works
  3. Business, Management and Accounting3.09×17 works
  4. Social Sciences2.53×53 works
  5. Computer Science1.99×26 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.64×6 works
  7. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.81×6 works
  8. Arts and Humanities0.80×4 works
  9. Health Professions0.61×3 works
  10. Engineering0.57×14 works
  11. Mathematics0.46×1 works
  12. Materials Science0.43×2 works
  13. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.36×0 works
  14. Chemistry0.32×1 works
  15. Chemical Engineering0.29×0 works
  16. Physics and Astronomy0.29×1 works
  17. Neuroscience0.20×0 works
  18. Environmental Science0.20×2 works
  19. Medicine0.15×5 works
  20. Nursing0.08×0 works
  21. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.07×1 works
  22. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Al-Quds Open University?

Ranked on the quality score, Majdi Wael Alkababji, Khaled Dweikat and Raed Abueid lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Al-Quds Open University.

  1. 1 Majdi Wael Alkababji Palestine · #1,517,165 worldwide 117 citations · 17 works
  2. 2 Khaled Dweikat Palestine · #3,460,055 worldwide 52 citations · 20 works
  3. 3 Raed Abueid Palestine · #3,467,693 worldwide 395 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Yousef Mohammad Iriqat Palestine · #3,492,219 worldwide 14 citations · 22 works
  5. 5 Jehad Hammad Palestine · #4,001,658 worldwide 141 citations · 31 works
  6. 6 Yousef Abuzir Palestine · #4,199,828 worldwide 150 citations · 45 works
  7. 7 Mohammad Ahmad Talalweh Palestine · #4,262,533 worldwide 34 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Wisam Adnan Samarah Palestine · #4,625,617 worldwide 14 citations · 21 works
  9. 9 Kamal Mohammed Alhendawi Palestine · #4,670,600 worldwide 75 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Zeiad Barakat Palestine · #4,868,322 worldwide 4 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Al-Quds Open University

What are the most cited papers from Al-Quds Open University?

The most cited paper from Al-Quds Open University is "Nudging toward diversity in the boardroom: A systematic literature review of board diversity of financial institutions" (Saleh F. A. Khatib, Dewi Fariha Abdullah, Ahmed A. Elamer et al., 2020), with 324 citations. Next come "A survey of classical methods and new trends in pansharpening of multispectral images" (275) and "The Effect of Ownership Structure of Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) on Dividend Initiation: A Case Study in Malaysia" (171).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Nudging toward diversity in the boardroom: A systematic literature review of board diversity of financial institutions Saleh F. A. Khatib, Dewi Fariha Abdullah, Ahmed A. Elamer et al. · Business Strategy and the Environment ReviewOpen access 28 Oct 2020 324
2 A survey of classical methods and new trends in pansharpening of multispectral images Israa Amro, Javier Mateos, Miguel Vega et al. · EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing Open access 30 Sep 2011 275
3 The Effect of Ownership Structure of Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) on Dividend Initiation: A Case Study in Malaysia Nizar Dwaikat, Abdelbaset Queiri, Ihab Qubbaj · Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) Open access 30 Apr 2021 171
4 Optical and magnetic characterizations of zinc substituted copper ferrite synthesized by a co-precipitation chemical method Talaat M. Hammad, Jamil K. J. Salem, Ayman Abu Amsha et al. · Journal of Alloys and Compounds 10 Jan 2018 165
5 Communication Protocols of an Industrial Internet of Things Environment: A Comparative Study S. Jaloudi · Future Internet Open access 7 Mar 2019 130
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Al-Quds Open University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Learning, Supply Chain Management, Artificial Intelligence, Healthcare, Pedagogy, Mental Health, Leadership and Organizational Performance.

▲ 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-now 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 Learning16▲ 2.9×26 topics
  2. Artificial Intelligence11▲ 4.7×15 topics
  3. Supply Chain Management10▲ 6.8×8 topics
  4. Healthcare10▲ 5.2×7 topics
  5. Mental Health10▲ 4.0×10 topics
  6. Education9▲ 3.2×16 topics
  7. Deep Learning9▲ 1.50×25 topics
  8. Educational Technology9▲ 4.4×11 topics
  9. Globalization8▲ 2.3×17 topics
  10. Corporate Governance7▲ 5.8×8 topics
  11. Online Learning7▲ 5.1×4 topics
  12. Pedagogy7▲ 8.3×6 topics
  13. Leadership7▲ 8.4×10 topics
  14. Digital Transformation7▲ 7.5×8 topics
  15. Organizational Performance7▲ 15×7 topics
  16. Technology Integration6▲ 12×6 topics
  17. IoT6▲ 9.9×4 topics
  18. Economic Security6▲ 17×2 topics
  19. Knowledge Management6▲ 6.5×6 topics
  20. Customer Satisfaction6▲ 11×2 topics
  21. E-Learning6▲ 3.6×6 topics
  22. Internet of Things6▲ 4.0×10 topics
  23. Risk Management5▲ 6.9×5 topics
  24. Stress5▲ 8.8×3 topics
  25. Student Satisfaction5▲ 16×2 topics
  26. Financial Stability5▲ 15×3 topics
  27. Ethnicity5▲ 7.8×2 topics
  28. Smart Cities5▲ 11×4 topics
  29. Strategic Planning5▲ 20×2 topics
  30. Social Influence5▲ 13×2 topics
  31. Air Force4▲ 23×1 topic
  32. Culture4▲ 5.2×1 topic
  33. Islam4▲ 13×1 topic
  34. Legal Regulation4▲ 12×1 topic
  35. Modernization4▲ 15×1 topic
  36. Transport Policy4▲ 22×1 topic
  37. Social Media Marketing4▲ 53×1 topic
  38. Performance Analysis4▲ 11×3 topics
  39. Big Data Analytics4▲ 10×4 topics
  40. Self-Efficacy4▲ 8.3×3 topics

Which research topics does Al-Quds Open University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Military Technology and Strategies, Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies, Legal and Regulatory Analysis and Organizational and Employee Performance.

Military Technology and …4Military Technology and Strategies: 4 fractional worksLinguistic, Cultural, an…4Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 4 fractional worksLegal and Regulatory Ana…4Legal and Regulatory Analysis: 4 fractional worksOrganizational and Emplo…4Organizational and Employee Performance: 4 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Banking Studies: 3 fractional worksTechnology-Enhanced Education Studies: 3 fractional worksEducation and Islamic St…3Education and Islamic Studies: 3 fractional worksHealth and Well-being Studies: 3 fractional worksSocioeconomic Development in MENA: 2 fractional worksInnovative Educational Techniques: 2 fractional works
Aerospace EngineeringSociology and Political ScienceTransportationArtificial Intelligence3 others

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

  1. 1 Military Technology and Strategies Aerospace Engineering 4 works
  2. 2 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  3. 3 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 4 works
  4. 4 Organizational and Employee Performance Artificial Intelligence 4 works
  5. 5 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 3 works
  6. 6 Technology-Enhanced Education Studies Education 3 works
  7. 7 Education and Islamic Studies Education 3 works
  8. 8 Health and Well-being Studies Clinical Psychology 3 works
  9. 9 Socioeconomic Development in MENA Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  10. 10 Innovative Educational Techniques Education 2 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 available72.9%not open27.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.5%domestic only78.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Al-Quds Open University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 10% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Al-Quds Open University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00050% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Al-Quds Open University0.00077% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Al-Quds Open University over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%all institutions10.0% in 2025Al-Quds Open University7.5% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 8.3% in 2024.

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