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Irbid National University

In research, Irbid National University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#2,926 of 10,670 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#4,195 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Accounting (Accounting is 11.4× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#4,302
of 22,385 · #7,879 all time
Rank in Jordan
#15
of 34
Research works
673
▲ 90% vs 2018-21
Citations
6.3k
9.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.27×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
76%
world 40%
International
27%
world 18%
Irbid National University

What is Irbid National 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
Physical SciencesDomain #2,926 of 10,670 21.8%117 #5495
Social SciencesDomain #4,195 of 9,585 23.0%151 #6542

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

In 2022-now, 48% of research at Irbid National University is in Social Sciences, 37% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Computer Science (19%), Business, Management and Accounting (18%), Social Sciences (14%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 174 fractional works · 47.9% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 66 fractional works · 18.1% of its workAccounting: 25 fractional works · 7.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 17 fractional works · 4.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 15 fractional works · 4.2% of its workMarketing: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 50 fractional works · 13.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 18 fractional works · 4.8% of its workEducation: 16 fractional works · 4.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLaw: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workTransportation: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 18 fractional works · 5.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 17 fractional works · 4.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 10 fractional works · 2.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 7 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 12 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 10 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 11 fractional works · 3.0% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 7 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 133 fractional works · 36.7% of its workComputer Science: 69 fractional works · 19.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 35 fractional works · 9.7% of its workInformation Systems: 14 fractional works · 4.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 7 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSignal Processing: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 32 fractional works · 8.7% of its workApplied Mathematics: 12 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGeometry and Topology: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workNumerical Analysis: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workModeling and Simulation: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematical Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDiscrete Mathematics and Combinatorics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 22 fractional works · 6.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 7 fractional works · 1.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 47 fractional works · 12.8% of its workMedicine: 34 fractional works · 9.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Informatics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Professions: 9 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Information Management: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workResearch and Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 9 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKIrbid NationalUniversity363fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences37%Health Sciences13%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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Business, Management and Accounting6618.1%
    2. Social Sciences5013.8%
    3. Psychology185.0%
    4. Decision Sciences174.6%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance123.4%
    6. Arts and Humanities113.0%
    1. Computer Science6919.0%
    2. Mathematics328.7%
    3. Engineering226.2%
    4. Environmental Science71.8%
    5. Physics and Astronomy20.4%
    6. Energy10.2%
    7. Materials Science10.2%
    8. Chemistry00.1%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Medicine349.5%
    2. Health Professions92.4%
    3. Nursing30.8%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    5. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences41.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology30.8%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology10.3%
    4. Neuroscience10.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Irbid National University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Accounting takes 11.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. AccountingSubfield · 25.3 works11×
← 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: 0.25× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.15× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.44× its world share, 69 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.41× its world share, 22 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.37× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 7.39× its world share, 32 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.91× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.49× its world share, 34 worksMedicineNursing: 1.70× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.67× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.05× its world share, 11 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5.60× its world share, 66 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 4.79× its world share, 17 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.60× its world share, 12 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.63× its world share, 18 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.09× its world share, 50 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 7.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Mathematics7.39×32 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting5.60×66 works
  3. Decision Sciences4.79×17 works
  4. Computer Science2.44×69 works
  5. Nursing1.70×3 works
  6. Psychology1.63×18 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.60×12 works
  8. Social Sciences1.09×50 works
  9. Arts and Humanities1.05×11 works
  10. Health Professions0.91×9 works
  11. Veterinary0.67×0 works
  12. Medicine0.49×34 works
  13. Engineering0.41×22 works
  14. Environmental Science0.37×7 works
  15. Immunology and Microbiology0.29×1 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.25×4 works
  17. Energy0.24×1 works
  18. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.19×0 works
  19. Physics and Astronomy0.19×2 works
  20. Dentistry0.16×0 works
  21. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.15×3 works
  22. Neuroscience0.13×1 works
  23. Chemical Engineering0.13×0 works
  24. Chemistry0.08×0 works
  25. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.06×0 works
  26. Materials Science0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Irbid National University?

Ranked on the quality score, Hamza Mohammad Alqudah, Ahmad Farhan Alshira’h and Husam Ananzeh lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Irbid National University.

  1. 1 Hamza Mohammad Alqudah Jordan · #49,498 worldwide 1.5k citations · 39 works
  2. 2 Ahmad Farhan Alshira’h Jordan · #71,994 worldwide 1.8k citations · 50 works
  3. 3 Husam Ananzeh Jordan · #107,506 worldwide 1.1k citations · 60 works
  4. 4 Abdallah Al-Husban Jordan · #434,743 worldwide 662 citations · 31 works
  5. 5 Mahmoud AlJamal Jordan · #516,066 worldwide 227 citations · 24 works
  6. 6 Shadi Habis Abualoush Jordan · #600,605 worldwide 1.1k citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Ibrahim Radwan Alnsour Jordan · #776,711 worldwide 140 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Mohammad Yousef Alghadi Jordan · #835,575 worldwide 133 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 Mohammad W. Alomari Jordan · #1,199,916 worldwide 1.8k citations · 192 works
  10. 10 Mohamed Ibrahim Mugableh Jordan · #1,257,073 worldwide 417 citations · 36 works
All ranked researchers at Irbid National University

What are the most cited papers from Irbid National University?

The most cited paper from Irbid National University is "Impact of Work-Life Balance, Happiness at Work, on Employee Performance" (Khaled Adnan Bataineh, 2019), with 367 citations. Next come "Systematic review of qualitative studies exploring parental experiences in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit" (336) and "Innovation and intellectual capital as intermediary variables among transformational leadership, transactional leadership, and organizational performance" (308).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Impact of Work-Life Balance, Happiness at Work, on Employee Performance Khaled Adnan Bataineh · International Business Research Open access 17 Jan 2019 367
2 Systematic review of qualitative studies exploring parental experiences in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Dua’a Al-Maghaireh, Khatijah Lim Abdullah, Chong Mei Chan et al. · Journal of Clinical Nursing Review 3 Jun 2016 336
3 Innovation and intellectual capital as intermediary variables among transformational leadership, transactional leadership, and organizational performance Ala’aldin Alrowwad, Shadi Habis Abualoush, Ra’ed Masa’deh · Journal of Management Development 2 Mar 2020 308
4 The Need of Integrating Digital Education in Higher Education: Challenges and Opportunities Mamdouh S. Alenezi, Saja Wardat, Mohammed Akour · Sustainability Open access 8 Mar 2023 303
5 The Role of Knowledge Management Process and Intellectual Capital as Intermediary Variables between Knowledge Management Infrastructure and Organization Performance Shadi Habis Abualoush, Ra’ed Masa’deh, Khaled Adnan Bataineh et al. · Interdisciplinary Journal of Information Knowledge and Management Open access 2018 292
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Irbid National University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Supply Chain Management, Healthcare, Digital Transformation, Customer Satisfaction, Machine Learning, Knowledge Management, Smart Cities 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. Supply Chain Management47▲ 14×15 topics
  2. Machine Learning43▲ 3.6×41 topics
  3. Healthcare36▲ 8.6×14 topics
  4. Digital Transformation35▲ 18×14 topics
  5. Customer Satisfaction32▲ 27×6 topics
  6. Knowledge Management28▲ 14×8 topics
  7. Smart Cities27▲ 28×5 topics
  8. Organizational Performance27▲ 28×7 topics
  9. IoT27▲ 20×7 topics
  10. Social Media Marketing25▲ 143×1 topic
  11. Corporate Governance24▲ 9.1×18 topics
  12. Big Data16▲ 4.7×15 topics
  13. Risk Management16▲ 9.0×7 topics
  14. Innovation14▲ 3.9×19 topics
  15. Sustainability14▲ 1.62×23 topics
  16. Artificial Intelligence13▲ 2.5×26 topics
  17. Financial Stability11▲ 16×3 topics
  18. Educational Technology11▲ 2.6×18 topics
  19. Finance11▲ 16×2 topics
  20. Islamic Banking11▲ 7.8×2 topics
  21. Ethical Identity10▲ 25×1 topic
  22. Global Financial Crisis10▲ 22×2 topics
  23. Shariah Supervision10▲ 25×1 topic
  24. Firm Performance10▲ 16×3 topics
  25. Social Capital9▲ 5.0×7 topics
  26. E-commerce8▲ 4.1×7 topics
  27. Predictive Analytics8▲ 20×2 topics
  28. Performance Measurement7▲ 7.6×5 topics
  29. Analytics7▲ 22×1 topic
  30. Business Intelligence7▲ 22×1 topic
  31. User Satisfaction7▲ 10×3 topics
  32. Online Shopping7▲ 11×2 topics
  33. Information Systems7▲ 11×3 topics
  34. Structural Equation Modeling7▲ 9.5×2 topics
  35. Nonlinear Equations7▲ 14×5 topics
  36. Technology Acceptance Model7▲ 12×2 topics
  37. Consumer Trust7▲ 19×1 topic
  38. Partial Least Squares7▲ 19×1 topic
  39. Human Resource Management6▲ 11×4 topics
  40. Fuzzy Sets6▲ 31×2 topics

Which research topics does Irbid National University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Organizational and Employee Performance, Islamic Finance and Banking Studies, Big Data and Business Intelligence and Technology Adoption and User Behaviour.

Organizational and Emplo…25Organizational and Employee Performance: 25 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Bank…10Islamic Finance and Banking Studies: 10 fractional worksBig Data and Business In…7Big Data and Business Intelligence: 7 fractional worksTechnology Adoption and User Behaviour: 7 fractional worksSocioeconomic Development in MENA: 5 fractional worksOrganizational Leadership and Management Strategies: 5 fractional worksFinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance: 5 fractional worksFuzzy and Soft Set Theory: 5 fractional worksAuditing, Earnings Management, Governance: 4 fractional worksLaw, logistics, and international trade: 4 fractional works
Artificial IntelligenceAccountingManagement Information SystemsInformation Systems and Management3 others

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

  1. 1 Organizational and Employee Performance Artificial Intelligence 25 works
  2. 2 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 10 works
  3. 3 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 7 works
  4. 4 Technology Adoption and User Behaviour Information Systems and Management 7 works
  5. 5 Socioeconomic Development in MENA Sociology and Political Science 5 works
  6. 6 Organizational Leadership and Management Strategies Strategy and Management 5 works
  7. 7 FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance Management Information Systems 5 works
  8. 8 Fuzzy and Soft Set Theory Management Science and Operations Research 5 works
  9. 9 Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance Accounting 4 works
  10. 10 Law, logistics, and international trade Accounting 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 available75.9%not open24.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors27.0%domestic only73.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Irbid National University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 90% higher 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 Irbid National University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0014% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Irbid National University0.0017% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Irbid National 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%Irbid National University12.3% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 26.8% in 2022.

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