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Gulf University

In research, Gulf University stands highest in Social Sciences (#900 of 10,521 worldwide), Business, Management and Accounting (#261 of 2,578 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#1,609 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Accounting, Business, Management and Accounting and Strategy and Management — Accounting is 15.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,088
of 28,054 · #12,017 all time
Rank in Serbia
#6
of 71
Research works
605
▲ 216% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.2k
5.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
40.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
43%
world 28%

What is Gulf 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 #900 of 10,521 47.1%263 #2891
Business, Management and AccountingField #261 of 2,578 53.3%119 #1241
Social SciencesField #1,609 of 6,365 41.4%70 —
Physical SciencesDomain #8,400 of 12,888 27.5%126 #14958

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Gulf 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#2,891 #900
  2. Business, Management and Accounting#1,241 #261
  3. Physical Sciences#14,958 #8,400
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 Gulf University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Accounting takes 15.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. AccountingSubfield · 39.1 works15×
  2. Business, Management and AccountingField · 119.2 works8.9×
  3. Strategy and ManagementSubfield · 24.4 works6.7×
← 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: 0.15× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.36× its world share, 2 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.78× its world share, 58 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.99× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.77× its world share, 48 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.49× its world share, 10 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.79× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.14× its world share, 11 worksMedicineNursing: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.73× its world share, 9 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 8.87× its world share, 119 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 5.47× its world share, 22 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.35× its world share, 30 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.98× its world share, 12 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.33× its world share, 70 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 8.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Gulf University?

Ranked on the composite score, Ali Ateeq, Mujeeb Saif Mohsen Al-Absy and Mohammed Alzoraiki lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Gulf University.

  1. 1 Ali Ateeq · #762,736 worldwide 72 citations · 33 works
  2. 2 Mujeeb Saif Mohsen Al-Absy · #1,280,881 worldwide 40 citations · 21 works
  3. 3 Mohammed Alzoraiki · #1,360,681 worldwide 38 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Marwan Milhem · #1,517,340 worldwide 25 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Gulf University

Which keywords describe research at Gulf University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Corporate Governance, Supply Chain Management, Digital Transformation, Healthcare, Organizational Performance, Machine Learning, Customer Satisfaction 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 Learning45▲ 3.3×38 topics
  2. Corporate Governance44▲ 14×16 topics
  3. Supply Chain Management40▲ 10×11 topics
  4. Digital Transformation35▲ 16×14 topics
  5. Healthcare34▲ 7.3×10 topics
  6. Organizational Performance31▲ 30×7 topics
  7. Customer Satisfaction28▲ 21×4 topics
  8. Knowledge Management28▲ 12×11 topics
  9. Sustainability28▲ 2.8×37 topics
  10. Risk Management26▲ 13×10 topics
  11. Smart Cities25▲ 23×5 topics
  12. IoT25▲ 16×8 topics
  13. Social Media Marketing22▲ 114×1 topic
  14. Leadership22▲ 11×9 topics
  15. Big Data21▲ 5.7×14 topics
  16. Finance21▲ 26×3 topics
  17. Financial Stability20▲ 24×3 topics
  18. Islamic Banking20▲ 12×2 topics
  19. Ethical Identity20▲ 37×1 topic
  20. Shariah Supervision20▲ 37×1 topic
  21. Human Resource Management19▲ 30×3 topics
  22. Artificial Intelligence19▲ 3.4×25 topics
  23. Education17▲ 2.3×17 topics
  24. Consumer Behavior16▲ 6.0×8 topics
  25. Social Media16▲ 2.6×16 topics
  26. Internet of Things14▲ 4.0×15 topics
  27. Financial Performance14▲ 5.9×10 topics
  28. Organizational Culture14▲ 8.7×8 topics
  29. Innovation14▲ 3.2×23 topics
  30. Social Capital14▲ 6.2×10 topics
  31. Environmental Management13▲ 8.0×7 topics
  32. Job Satisfaction13▲ 7.3×7 topics
  33. Employee Engagement12▲ 16×5 topics
  34. Firm Performance11▲ 14×2 topics
  35. Entrepreneurship11▲ 6.7×7 topics
  36. Social Networks10▲ 9.1×4 topics
  37. Technology Acceptance Model10▲ 16×2 topics
  38. Earnings Management9▲ 23×2 topics
  39. Stock Market9▲ 9.0×3 topics
  40. Transformational Leadership9▲ 13×3 topics

Which research topics does Gulf University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Organizational and Employee Performance, Islamic Finance and Banking Studies, Socioeconomic Development in MENA and Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior.

Organizational and Emplo…22Organizational and Employee Performance: 22 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Banking Studies: 20 fractional worksSocioeconomic Development in MENA: 9 fractional worksJob Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior: 8 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainability in Business: 7 fractional worksCOVID-19 Pandemic Impacts: 7 fractional worksTechnology Adoption and User Behaviour: 7 fractional worksAuditing, Earnings Management, Governance: 6 fractional worksBig Data and Business Intelligence: 6 fractional worksCorporate Social Responsibility Reporting: 5 fractional works
Artificial IntelligenceAccountingSociology and Political ScienceOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management5 others

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

  1. 1 Organizational and Employee PerformanceArtificial Intelligence 22 works
  2. 2 Islamic Finance and Banking StudiesAccounting 20 works
  3. 3 Socioeconomic Development in MENASociology and Political Science 9 works
  4. 4 Job Satisfaction and Organizational BehaviorOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 8 works
  5. 5 Environmental Sustainability in BusinessMarketing 7 works
  6. 6 COVID-19 Pandemic ImpactsEconomics and Econometrics 7 works
  7. 7 Technology Adoption and User BehaviourInformation Systems and Management 7 works
  8. 8 Auditing, Earnings Management, GovernanceAccounting 6 works
  9. 9 Big Data and Business IntelligenceManagement Information Systems 6 works
  10. 10 Corporate Social Responsibility ReportingStrategy and Management 5 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 available42.8%not open57.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors46.4%domestic only53.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Gulf University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 216% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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.