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City University Ajman

In research, City University Ajman stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,888 of 9,585 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#6,939 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#7,020
of 22,385 · #14,204 all time
Rank in United Arab Emirates
#27
of 60
Research works
391
▲ 375% vs 2018-21
Citations
2k
5.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.05×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
57%
world 40%
International
46%
world 18%
City University Ajman

What is City University Ajman 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 #4,888 of 9,585 11.2%128 #8640
Physical SciencesDomain #6,939 of 10,670 12.0%83 -

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

In 2022-now, 49% of research at City University Ajman is in Social Sciences, 33% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Computer Science (21%), Business, Management and Accounting (21%), Social Sciences (16%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 153 fractional works · 48.9% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 64 fractional works · 20.6% of its workMarketing: 16 fractional works · 5.2% of its workAccounting: 12 fractional works · 3.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 11 fractional works · 3.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 9 fractional works · 3.0% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 9 fractional works · 2.8% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workTourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness and International Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 51 fractional works · 16.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 25 fractional works · 8.0% of its workEducation: 10 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCommunication: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGender Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 14 fractional works · 4.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 10 fractional works · 3.3% of its workFinance: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 12 fractional works · 3.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 9 fractional works · 3.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical Sciences: 102 fractional works · 32.5% of its workComputer Science: 66 fractional works · 21.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 29 fractional works · 9.2% of its workInformation Systems: 21 fractional works · 6.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSoftware: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 21 fractional works · 6.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 7 fractional works · 2.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 47 fractional works · 15.1% of its workMedicine: 25 fractional works · 7.9% of its workSurgery: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Informatics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workDentistry: 14 fractional works · 4.4% of its workOral Surgery: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOrthodontics: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPeriodontics: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Dentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 8 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 11 fractional works · 3.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workFood Science: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKCity UniversityAjman313fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences33%Health Sciences15%Social Sciences49%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Business, Management and Accounting6420.6%
    2. Social Sciences5116.2%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance144.3%
    4. Decision Sciences123.8%
    5. Psychology93.0%
    6. Arts and Humanities30.9%
    1. Computer Science6621.2%
    2. Engineering216.8%
    3. Environmental Science72.3%
    4. Materials Science20.8%
    5. Mathematics20.7%
    6. Chemistry10.2%
    7. Energy10.2%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    9. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Medicine257.9%
    2. Dentistry144.4%
    3. Health Professions82.5%
    4. Nursing10.2%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences41.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology31.0%
    3. Neuroscience20.5%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.3%
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: 0.28× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.19× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.31× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.86× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.72× its world share, 66 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.45× its world share, 21 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.46× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.58× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 9.02× its world share, 14 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.95× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.41× its world share, 25 worksMedicineNursing: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.32× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 6.40× its world share, 64 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.97× its world share, 12 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.02× its world share, 14 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.98× its world share, 9 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.28× its world share, 51 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 9.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Dentistry9.02×14 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting6.40×64 works
  3. Decision Sciences3.97×12 works
  4. Computer Science2.72×66 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.02×14 works
  6. Social Sciences1.28×51 works
  7. Psychology0.98×9 works
  8. Health Professions0.95×8 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.86×1 works
  10. Mathematics0.58×2 works
  11. Environmental Science0.46×7 works
  12. Engineering0.45×21 works
  13. Medicine0.41×25 works
  14. Nursing0.41×1 works
  15. Veterinary0.39×0 works
  16. Immunology and Microbiology0.37×1 works
  17. Arts and Humanities0.32×3 works
  18. Neuroscience0.31×2 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.28×4 works
  20. Energy0.23×1 works
  21. Materials Science0.23×2 works
  22. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.19×3 works
  23. Chemical Engineering0.17×0 works
  24. Chemistry0.15×1 works
  25. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.09×0 works
  26. Physics and Astronomy0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at City University Ajman?

Ranked on the quality score, Fanar Shwedeh, Khaled Younis Alderbashi and Yassen Alfoteih lead among researchers whose main affiliation is City University Ajman.

  1. 1 Fanar Shwedeh United Arab Emirates · #321,137 worldwide 824 citations · 45 works
  2. 2 Khaled Younis Alderbashi United Arab Emirates · #1,254,715 worldwide 310 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 Yassen Alfoteih United Arab Emirates · #1,763,466 worldwide 688 citations · 48 works
  4. 4 Varinder Singh Rana United Arab Emirates · #1,836,980 worldwide 88 citations · 29 works
  5. 5 Shatha Mustafa Hussain United Arab Emirates · #2,122,182 worldwide 44 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Deepanjana Varshney United Arab Emirates · #2,125,930 worldwide 363 citations · 38 works
  7. 7 Edmund Christopher United Arab Emirates · #2,273,859 worldwide 3 citations · 22 works
  8. 8 Ayman Bassam Nassoura United Arab Emirates · #2,393,088 worldwide 41 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Syed Ahmad Rizwan United Arab Emirates · #2,438,146 worldwide 109 citations · 24 works
  10. 10 Beenish Shameem United Arab Emirates · #2,470,754 worldwide 37 citations · 14 works
All ranked researchers at City University Ajman

What are the most cited papers from City University Ajman?

The most cited paper from City University Ajman is "The cheetah optimizer: a nature-inspired metaheuristic algorithm for large-scale optimization problems" (Mohammad Amin Akbari, Mohsen Zare, Rasoul Azizipanah‐Abarghooee et al., 2022), with 283 citations. Next come "Current views of community and hospital pharmacists on pharmaceutical care services in the United Arab Emirates: A mixed methodological study" (228) and "A crossover-integrated Marine Predator Algorithm for feature selection in intrusion detection systems within IoT environments" (163).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The cheetah optimizer: a nature-inspired metaheuristic algorithm for large-scale optimization problems Mohammad Amin Akbari, Mohsen Zare, Rasoul Azizipanah‐Abarghooee et al. · Scientific Reports Open access 29 Jun 2022 283
2 Current views of community and hospital pharmacists on pharmaceutical care services in the United Arab Emirates: A mixed methodological study Zelal Jaber Kharaba, Joviana Farhat, Bassam S. Mahboub et al. · F1000Research Open access Dec 2022 228
3 A crossover-integrated Marine Predator Algorithm for feature selection in intrusion detection systems within IoT environments Sharif Naser Makhadmeh, Salam Fraihat, Mohammed Awad et al. · Internet of Things 16 Feb 2025 163
4 Sustainability Model for the Continuous Intention to Use Metaverse Technology in Higher Education: A Case Study from Oman Said Abdelrahim Salloum, Amina M Al Marzouqi, Khaled Younis Alderbashi et al. · Sustainability Open access 16 Mar 2023 144
5 Superoxide dismutase and neurological disorders Saravana Babu Chidambaram, Nikhilesh Anand, Sudhir Rama Varma et al. · IBRO Neuroscience Reports Open access 23 Jan 2024 133
All 58 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at City University Ajman?

By fractional works in 2022-now, 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 Artificial Intelligence.

▲ 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 Learning39▲ 3.8×50 topics
  2. Supply Chain Management29▲ 10×15 topics
  3. Healthcare23▲ 6.6×9 topics
  4. Artificial Intelligence20▲ 4.5×30 topics
  5. Customer Satisfaction18▲ 18×5 topics
  6. Deep Learning18▲ 1.67×53 topics
  7. Sustainability17▲ 2.3×32 topics
  8. Digital Transformation16▲ 9.5×10 topics
  9. Organizational Performance16▲ 19×8 topics
  10. Smart Cities15▲ 19×5 topics
  11. Big Data14▲ 4.8×16 topics
  12. Internet of Things14▲ 5.1×11 topics
  13. Knowledge Management14▲ 7.9×7 topics
  14. IoT14▲ 12×8 topics
  15. Consumer Behavior13▲ 6.7×11 topics
  16. Social Media13▲ 3.0×18 topics
  17. Education12▲ 2.2×13 topics
  18. Social Media Marketing12▲ 78×1 topic
  19. E-Learning10▲ 3.4×8 topics
  20. Security10▲ 4.9×13 topics
  21. Educational Technology10▲ 2.7×10 topics
  22. Human Resource Management10▲ 21×4 topics
  23. Corporate Governance10▲ 4.2×16 topics
  24. Risk Management9▲ 6.2×10 topics
  25. Virtual Reality9▲ 6.0×9 topics
  26. Leadership9▲ 5.9×11 topics
  27. Data Mining9▲ 3.8×10 topics
  28. Environmental Management8▲ 6.2×8 topics
  29. Social Networks7▲ 8.5×3 topics
  30. Privacy7▲ 7.9×5 topics
  31. Customer Experience7▲ 13×4 topics
  32. Guanxi6▲ 95×1 topic
  33. Wasta6▲ 95×1 topic
  34. Firm Performance6▲ 11×4 topics
  35. Predictive Analytics6▲ 18×2 topics
  36. Ethical Consumption6▲ 17×2 topics
  37. Information Systems6▲ 11×3 topics
  38. Technology Acceptance Model6▲ 12×2 topics
  39. Online Shopping6▲ 10×1 topic
  40. User Satisfaction6▲ 9.4×2 topics

Which research topics does City University Ajman publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Organizational and Employee Performance, Socioeconomic Development in MENA, Technology Adoption and User Behaviour and Blockchain Technology Applications and Security.

Organizational and Emplo…12Organizational and Employee Performance: 12 fractional worksSocioeconomic Development in MENA: 6 fractional worksTechnology Adoption and User Behaviour: 6 fractional worksBlockchain Technology Applications and Security: 5 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainability in Business: 5 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Banking Studies: 4 fractional worksBig Data and Business In…4Big Data and Business Intelligence: 4 fractional worksDigital Marketing and So…4Digital Marketing and Social Media: 4 fractional worksCustomer churn and segme…4Customer churn and segmentation: 4 fractional worksOrganizational Leadershi…4Organizational Leadership and Management Strategies: 4 fractional works
Artificial IntelligenceSociology and Political ScienceInformation Systems and ManagementInformation Systems4 others

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

  1. 1 Organizational and Employee Performance Artificial Intelligence 12 works
  2. 2 Socioeconomic Development in MENA Sociology and Political Science 6 works
  3. 3 Technology Adoption and User Behaviour Information Systems and Management 6 works
  4. 4 Blockchain Technology Applications and Security Information Systems 5 works
  5. 5 Environmental Sustainability in Business Marketing 5 works
  6. 6 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 4 works
  7. 7 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 4 works
  8. 8 Digital Marketing and Social Media Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  9. 9 Customer churn and segmentation Marketing 4 works
  10. 10 Organizational Leadership and Management Strategies Strategy and Management 4 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 available57.4%not open42.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors45.9%domestic only54.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has City University Ajman's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 375% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is City University Ajman as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0012% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%City University Ajman0.0017% in 202519801990200020102020

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