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Amman Arab University

In research, Amman Arab University stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,343 of 10,521 worldwide), Business, Management and Accounting (#597 of 2,578 worldwide) and Computer Science (#1,150 of 4,667 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Management Information Systems, Accounting and Business, Management and Accounting — Management Information Systems is 11.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,937
of 28,054 · #9,495 all time
Rank in Jordan
#15
of 37
Research works
1.3k
▲ 189% vs 2013–17
Citations
16k
11.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
33.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
66%
world 28%

What is Amman Arab 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
Social SciencesDomain #1,343 of 10,521 36.0%332 #3099
Business, Management and AccountingField #597 of 2,578 39.0%141 #1428
Computer ScienceField #1,150 of 4,667 39.0%129 #2090
Physical SciencesDomain #3,969 of 12,888 32.2%250 #8025
Artificial IntelligenceSubfield #671 of 1,884 38.8%72 #1030
EngineeringField #2,897 of 6,636 24.5%68 #5950
Social SciencesField #2,804 of 6,365 26.5%90 #5073

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Amman Arab 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. Social Sciences#3,099 #1,343
  2. Business, Management and Accounting#1,428 #597
  3. Computer Science#2,090 #1,150
  4. Physical Sciences#8,025 #3,969
  5. Artificial Intelligence#1,030 #671
  6. Engineering#5,950 #2,897
  7. Social Sciences#5,073 #2,804
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 Amman Arab University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Management Information Systems takes 11.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Management Information SystemsSubfield · 29.6 works11×
  2. AccountingSubfield · 43.2 works11×
  3. Business, Management and AccountingField · 141.1 works6.8×
  4. Strategy and ManagementSubfield · 36.9 works6.6×
  5. Decision SciencesField · 31.7 works5.1×
← 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: 0.20× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.15× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.27× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.03× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.59× its world share, 129 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.93× its world share, 6 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.71× its world share, 68 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.52× its world share, 17 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.27× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.04× its world share, 15 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.33× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.57× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.26× its world share, 32 worksMedicineNursing: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.80× its world share, 15 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 6.81× its world share, 141 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 5.11× its world share, 32 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.14× its world share, 29 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.29× its world share, 25 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.10× its world share, 90 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 6.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Amman Arab University?

Ranked on the composite score, Ala’a M. Al-Momani, Mohammad Shehab and Ghassan Kanaan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Amman Arab University.

  1. 1 Ala’a M. Al-Momani Jordan · #248,239 worldwide 227 citations · 18 works
  2. 2 Mohammad Shehab Jordan · #522,704 worldwide 130 citations · 23 works
  3. 3 Ghassan Kanaan Jordan · #1,172,316 worldwide 40 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Marwan Mansour Jordan · #1,462,549 worldwide 30 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Amman Arab University

Which keywords describe research at Amman Arab University?

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

▲ 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 Learning84▲ 4.0×61 topics
  2. Supply Chain Management81▲ 14×17 topics
  3. Healthcare60▲ 8.2×13 topics
  4. Customer Satisfaction58▲ 28×4 topics
  5. Digital Transformation52▲ 15×17 topics
  6. Organizational Performance50▲ 32×7 topics
  7. Smart Cities50▲ 30×6 topics
  8. Knowledge Management48▲ 13×9 topics
  9. IoT46▲ 19×9 topics
  10. Corporate Governance45▲ 9.5×17 topics
  11. Social Media Marketing43▲ 144×1 topic
  12. Deep Learning31▲ 1.42×56 topics
  13. Risk Management30▲ 9.6×8 topics
  14. Big Data25▲ 4.2×16 topics
  15. Artificial Intelligence24▲ 2.7×33 topics
  16. Leadership23▲ 7.6×10 topics
  17. Islamic Banking22▲ 8.6×3 topics
  18. Finance22▲ 18×2 topics
  19. Internet of Things22▲ 4.0×18 topics
  20. Financial Stability21▲ 17×3 topics
  21. Innovation20▲ 3.0×22 topics
  22. Global Financial Crisis20▲ 22×2 topics
  23. Ethical Identity20▲ 24×1 topic
  24. Shariah Supervision20▲ 24×1 topic
  25. Performance Measurement20▲ 11×5 topics
  26. Firm Performance18▲ 15×2 topics
  27. Human Resource Management17▲ 18×3 topics
  28. Social Capital17▲ 5.0×8 topics
  29. Organizational Culture15▲ 5.9×6 topics
  30. Employee Engagement15▲ 13×5 topics
  31. User Satisfaction15▲ 12×4 topics
  32. Information Systems14▲ 13×2 topics
  33. Technology Acceptance Model14▲ 15×2 topics
  34. Online Shopping14▲ 12×1 topic
  35. Partial Least Squares14▲ 22×1 topic
  36. Social Networks13▲ 7.8×3 topics
  37. Localization13▲ 16×3 topics
  38. Predictive Analytics12▲ 18×2 topics
  39. Evolutionary Algorithms12▲ 18×4 topics
  40. Guanxi12▲ 84×1 topic

Which research topics does Amman Arab University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Organizational and Employee Performance, Islamic Finance and Banking Studies, Technology Adoption and User Behaviour and Socioeconomic Development in MENA.

Organizational and Emplo…43Organizational and Employee Performance: 43 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Bank…20Islamic Finance and Banking Studies: 20 fractional worksTechnology Adoption and …14Technology Adoption and User Behaviour: 14 fractional worksSocioeconomic Development in MENA: 12 fractional worksOrganizational Leadership and Management Strategies: 11 fractional worksCorporate Finance and Go…9Corporate Finance and Governance: 9 fractional worksFinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance: 9 fractional worksBig Data and Business Intelligence: 9 fractional worksMetaheuristic Optimization Algorithms Research: 7 fractional worksBlockchain Technology Applications and Security: 6 fractional works
Artificial IntelligenceAccountingInformation Systems and ManagementSociology and Political Science3 others

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

  1. 1 Organizational and Employee Performance Artificial Intelligence 43 works
  2. 2 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 20 works
  3. 3 Technology Adoption and User Behaviour Information Systems and Management 14 works
  4. 4 Socioeconomic Development in MENA Sociology and Political Science 12 works
  5. 5 Organizational Leadership and Management Strategies Strategy and Management 11 works
  6. 6 Corporate Finance and Governance Accounting 9 works
  7. 7 FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance Management Information Systems 9 works
  8. 8 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 9 works
  9. 9 Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms Research Artificial Intelligence 7 works
  10. 10 Blockchain Technology Applications and Security Information Systems 6 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 available66.5%not open33.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors31.3%domestic only68.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Amman Arab University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 189% 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.

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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.