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Arab Open University

In research, Arab Open University stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,477 of 9,585 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#6,417 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Business, Management and Accounting (Business, Management and Accounting is 4.6× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#7,847
of 22,385 · #12,944 all time
Rank in Oman
#11
of 24
Research works
379
▲ 277% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.3k
6.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.04×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
57%
world 40%
International
41%
world 18%
Arab Open University

What is Arab 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 #4,477 of 9,585 7.5%107 #6725
Physical SciencesDomain #6,417 of 10,670 12.4%83 #9622

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Arab 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 Arab Open University work in?

In 2022-now, 48% of research at Arab Open University is in Social Sciences, 41% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Computer Science (26%), Social Sciences (22%), Business, Management and Accounting (15%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 116 fractional works · 47.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 52 fractional works · 21.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 20 fractional works · 8.1% of its workEducation: 17 fractional works · 6.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workLaw: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workTransportation: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 36 fractional works · 14.8% of its workAccounting: 11 fractional works · 4.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 10 fractional works · 4.0% of its workManagement Information Systems: 7 fractional works · 2.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBusiness and International Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 9 fractional works · 3.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 7 fractional works · 2.9% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 9 fractional works · 3.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 6 fractional works · 2.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workConservation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 99 fractional works · 41.1% of its workComputer Science: 63 fractional works · 26.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 22 fractional works · 9.0% of its workInformation Systems: 17 fractional works · 6.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 9 fractional works · 3.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 7 fractional works · 3.1% of its workSignal Processing: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Science Applications: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHardware and Architecture: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 21 fractional works · 8.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMedia Technology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 11 fractional works · 4.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 17 fractional works · 7.0% of its workMedicine: 12 fractional works · 5.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Information Management: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 10 fractional works · 4.0% of its workNeuroscience: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKArab OpenUniversity242fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences41%Health Sciences7%Social Sciences48%

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 Sciences5221.6%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting3614.8%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance93.7%
    4. Psychology93.7%
    5. Arts and Humanities62.3%
    6. Decision Sciences41.8%
    1. Computer Science6326.2%
    2. Engineering218.8%
    3. Environmental Science114.4%
    4. Mathematics10.5%
    5. Energy10.4%
    6. Physics and Astronomy10.4%
    7. Chemistry00.1%
    8. Materials Science00.1%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    1. Medicine125.1%
    2. Health Professions41.7%
    3. Dentistry10.3%
    1. Neuroscience41.6%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences41.6%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology20.8%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Arab Open University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Business, Management and Accounting takes 4.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Business, Management and AccountingField · 35.7 works4.6×
← 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: 0.33× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.00× its world share, 4 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 3.36× its world share, 63 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.59× its world share, 21 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.88× its world share, 11 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.64× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.27× its world share, 12 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.80× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4.58× its world share, 36 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.83× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.74× its world share, 9 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.20× its world share, 9 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.71× its world share, 52 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 4.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Business, Management and Accounting4.58×36 works
  2. Computer Science3.36×63 works
  3. Decision Sciences1.83×4 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.74×9 works
  5. Social Sciences1.71×52 works
  6. Psychology1.20×9 works
  7. Neuroscience1.00×4 works
  8. Environmental Science0.88×11 works
  9. Arts and Humanities0.80×6 works
  10. Health Professions0.64×4 works
  11. Engineering0.59×21 works
  12. Dentistry0.53×1 works
  13. Energy0.48×1 works
  14. Mathematics0.47×1 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.33×4 works
  16. Medicine0.27×12 works
  17. Physics and Astronomy0.19×1 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.15×2 works
  19. Chemistry0.09×0 works
  20. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.05×0 works
  21. Materials Science0.03×0 works
  22. Immunology and Microbiology0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Arab Open University?

Ranked on the quality score, Mohammad Yasir Bin Taleb Abrar, Alaa A. K. Ismaeel and Nizar Dwaikat lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Arab Open University.

  1. 1 Mohammad Yasir Bin Taleb Abrar Oman · #224,842 worldwide 1.2k citations · 84 works
  2. 2 Alaa A. K. Ismaeel Oman · #1,318,972 worldwide 582 citations · 35 works
  3. 3 Nizar Dwaikat Oman · #1,363,486 worldwide 433 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Mohammed Al Haziazi Oman · #2,480,515 worldwide 130 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 Ali H. Halawi Oman · #2,641,178 worldwide 171 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 Mohammad Abrar Oman · #2,670,251 worldwide 14 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Kabaly P. Subramanian Oman · #2,822,405 worldwide 47 citations · 18 works
  8. 8 Syed Sadullah Hussainy Oman · #2,915,741 worldwide 63 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 Walid Aboraya Oman · #3,171,173 worldwide 65 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Nader Shemy Oman · #3,852,741 worldwide 56 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Arab Open University

What are the most cited papers from Arab Open University?

The most cited paper from Arab Open University is "Sumudu transform fundamental properties investigations andapplications" (Fethi Bin Muhammad Belgacem, Ahmed Abdullatif Karaballi, 2006), with 362 citations. Next come "Analytical investigations of the Sumudu transformand applications to integral production equations" (328) and "Determinants of audit report lag" (244).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Sumudu transform fundamental properties investigations andapplications Fethi Bin Muhammad Belgacem, Ahmed Abdullatif Karaballi · International Journal of Stochastic Analysis Open access 2006 362
2 Analytical investigations of the Sumudu transformand applications to integral production equations Fethi Bin Muhammad Belgacem, Ahmed Abdullatif Karaballi, S. L. Kalla · Mathematical Problems in Engineering Open access 2003 328
3 Determinants of audit report lag H.A.E. Afify · Journal of Applied Accounting Research 23 May 2009 244
4 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
5 An empirical examination of the effects of self‐efficacy, supervisor support and motivation to learn on transfer intention Abdulkarim S. Al‐Eisa, Musaed A. Furayyan, Abdulla M. Alhemoud · Management Decision 4 Sep 2009 159
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Arab Open University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Supply Chain Management, Artificial Intelligence, Corporate Governance, Education, Smart Cities 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-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 Learning35▲ 4.3×43 topics
  2. Deep Learning31▲ 3.8×49 topics
  3. Education15▲ 3.6×18 topics
  4. Artificial Intelligence14▲ 4.1×23 topics
  5. Supply Chain Management12▲ 5.7×10 topics
  6. Healthcare12▲ 4.3×7 topics
  7. Corporate Governance12▲ 6.5×13 topics
  8. Security10▲ 6.2×14 topics
  9. Big Data10▲ 4.3×14 topics
  10. Internet of Things10▲ 4.8×12 topics
  11. Smart Cities9▲ 14×5 topics
  12. Online Learning9▲ 4.3×10 topics
  13. Neural Networks8▲ 2.2×23 topics
  14. Social Media8▲ 2.5×13 topics
  15. Digital Transformation8▲ 6.2×9 topics
  16. IoT8▲ 8.7×10 topics
  17. Customer Satisfaction7▲ 9.3×4 topics
  18. Convolutional Neural Networks7▲ 3.9×11 topics
  19. Social Networks7▲ 10×4 topics
  20. Human Resource Management7▲ 18×4 topics
  21. Data Mining7▲ 3.7×9 topics
  22. Organizational Performance6▲ 10×6 topics
  23. Medical Imaging6▲ 4.9×6 topics
  24. Social Capital6▲ 4.8×10 topics
  25. IoT Security6▲ 8.1×3 topics
  26. Feature Extraction6▲ 5.3×6 topics
  27. Risk Management6▲ 5.0×6 topics
  28. Cultural Identity6▲ 4.7×2 topics
  29. Financial Stability6▲ 12×4 topics
  30. Localization6▲ 19×2 topics
  31. Cybersecurity5▲ 8.8×5 topics
  32. Guanxi5▲ 102×1 topic
  33. Wasta5▲ 102×1 topic
  34. Privacy5▲ 6.9×5 topics
  35. Finance5▲ 11×2 topics
  36. Social Media Marketing5▲ 40×1 topic
  37. Performance Measurement4▲ 6.9×4 topics
  38. Ethical Identity4▲ 15×1 topic
  39. Middle East4▲ 28×2 topics
  40. Shariah Supervision4▲ 15×1 topic

Which research topics does Arab Open University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Socioeconomic Development in MENA, Organizational and Employee Performance, Islamic Finance and Banking Studies and Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts.

Socioeconomic Developmen…5Socioeconomic Development in MENA: 5 fractional worksOrganizational and Emplo…5Organizational and Employee Performance: 5 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Bank…4Islamic Finance and Banking Studies: 4 fractional worksMiddle East and Rwanda C…3Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts: 3 fractional worksAI in Service Interactions: 3 fractional worksOnline Learning and Analytics: 3 fractional worksBusiness and Economic De…3Business and Economic Development: 3 fractional worksBlockchain Technology Applications and Security: 3 fractional worksNetwork Security and Intrusion Detection: 3 fractional worksCorporate Finance and Go…2Corporate Finance and Governance: 2 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceArtificial IntelligenceAccountingComputer Science Applications3 others

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

  1. 1 Socioeconomic Development in MENA Sociology and Political Science 5 works
  2. 2 Organizational and Employee Performance Artificial Intelligence 5 works
  3. 3 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 4 works
  4. 4 Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  5. 5 AI in Service Interactions Artificial Intelligence 3 works
  6. 6 Online Learning and Analytics Computer Science Applications 3 works
  7. 7 Business and Economic Development Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 3 works
  8. 8 Blockchain Technology Applications and Security Information Systems 3 works
  9. 9 Network Security and Intrusion Detection Computer Networks and Communications 3 works
  10. 10 Corporate Finance and Governance Accounting 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 available57.0%not open43.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors40.9%domestic only59.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Arab Open University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 277% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Arab Open University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0011% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Arab Open University0.0017% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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