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Islamic University College

In research, Islamic University College stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,565 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#1,624 of 5,988 worldwide) and Sociology and Political Science (#783 of 2,526 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Accounting, Sociology and Political Science and Business, Management and Accounting (Accounting is 28.9× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#9,559
of 22,385 · #19,256 all time
Rank in Ghana
#25
of 45
Research works
479
▲ 159% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.7k
3.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.02×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
93%
world 40%
International
25%
world 18%
Islamic University College

What is Islamic University College 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 #2,565 of 9,585 14.7%259 #4901
Social SciencesField #1,624 of 5,988 18.7%157 #3537
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #783 of 2,526 16.6%88 #1738
Business, Management and AccountingField #1,378 of 2,581 10.3%76 #2376

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Islamic University College 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 of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#4,901 #2,565
  2. Social Sciences#3,537 #1,624
  3. Sociology and Political Science#1,738 #783
  4. Business, Management and Accounting#2,376 #1,378
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Islamic University College work in?

In 2022-now, 89% of research at Islamic University College is in Social Sciences, 8% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (54%), Business, Management and Accounting (26%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (5%). It does 3.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 270 fractional works · 89.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 163 fractional works · 54.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 89 fractional works · 29.4% of its workEducation: 29 fractional works · 9.7% of its workDemography: 16 fractional works · 5.4% of its workLaw: 8 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCultural Studies: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 78 fractional works · 25.8% of its workAccounting: 53 fractional works · 17.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 8 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMarketing: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workManagement Information Systems: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 14 fractional works · 4.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 11 fractional works · 3.5% of its workFinance: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 10 fractional works · 3.2% of its workReligious studies: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 25 fractional works · 8.2% of its workComputer Science: 13 fractional works · 4.2% of its workInformation Systems: 8 fractional works · 2.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKIslamicUniversity…303fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences8%Health Sciences1%Social Sciences89%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences16354.0%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting7825.8%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance144.7%
    4. Arts and Humanities103.2%
    5. Psychology31.0%
    6. Decision Sciences10.5%
    1. Computer Science134.2%
    2. Engineering62.1%
    3. Environmental Science20.8%
    4. Energy10.3%
    5. Chemistry10.3%
    6. Materials Science10.2%
    7. Mathematics10.2%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.2%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Health Professions20.8%
    2. Medicine10.5%
    3. Nursing00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences31.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.2%
    3. Neuroscience00.1%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Islamic University College specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Accounting takes 28.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. AccountingSubfield · 53.4 works29×
  2. Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield · 89.0 works8.2×
  3. Business, Management and AccountingField · 78.1 works8.0×
← 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, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.54× its world share, 13 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.14× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.03× its world share, 2 worksMedicineNursing: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.11× its world share, 10 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 8.00× its world share, 78 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.51× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.21× its world share, 14 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.32× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 4.26× its world share, 163 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 8.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Business, Management and Accounting8.00×78 works
  2. Social Sciences4.26×163 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.21×14 works
  4. Arts and Humanities1.11×10 works
  5. Computer Science0.54×13 works
  6. Decision Sciences0.51×2 works
  7. Energy0.32×1 works
  8. Psychology0.32×3 works
  9. Health Professions0.29×2 works
  10. Nursing0.22×0 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.20×3 works
  12. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.16×0 works
  13. Chemistry0.16×1 works
  14. Environmental Science0.16×2 works
  15. Mathematics0.15×0 works
  16. Engineering0.14×6 works
  17. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.11×0 works
  18. Neuroscience0.08×0 works
  19. Chemical Engineering0.07×0 works
  20. Materials Science0.05×0 works
  21. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.03×0 works
  22. Medicine0.03×2 works
  23. Immunology and Microbiology0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Islamic University College?

Ranked on the quality score, Saifuddin Amin, Luqyan Tamanni and Mimma Maripatul Uula lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Islamic University College.

  1. 1 Saifuddin Amin Ghana · #2,269,873 worldwide 45 citations · 20 works
  2. 2 Luqyan Tamanni Ghana · #2,541,019 worldwide 117 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 Mimma Maripatul Uula Ghana · #2,820,742 worldwide 125 citations · 56 works
  4. 4 Evania Herindar Ghana · #3,206,313 worldwide 33 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 Mustapha Abdullah Kuyateh Ghana · #3,509,869 worldwide 2 citations · 23 works
  6. 6 Muhammad Syafii Antonio Ghana · #3,616,439 worldwide 545 citations · 50 works
  7. 7 Abdul Aziz Shamhuna Ghana · #3,622,516 worldwide 2 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Fahmi Zaidi Abdul Razak Ghana · #4,035,158 worldwide 494 citations · 45 works
  9. 9 Aam Ghana · #4,286,816 worldwide 91 citations · 30 works
  10. 10 Amir Dastmalchian Ghana · #4,294,308 worldwide 43 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Islamic University College

What are the most cited papers from Islamic University College?

The most cited paper from Islamic University College is "ARE WE PREPARED ENOUGH? A CASE STUDY OF CHALLENGES IN ONLINE LEARNING IN A PRIVATE HIGHER LEARNING INSTITUTION DURING THE COVID-19 OUTBREAKS: ARE WE PREPARED ENOUGH? A CASE STUDY OF CHALLENGES IN ONLINE LEARNING IN A PRIVATE HIGHER LEARNING INSTITUTION DURING THE COVID-19 OUTBREAKS" (Bibi Noraini Mohd Yusuf, 2020), with 175 citations. Next come "Developing an English Language Textbook Evaluative Checklist" (97) and "Foreign Direct Investment, Trade Openness and Economic Growth" (44).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 ARE WE PREPARED ENOUGH? A CASE STUDY OF CHALLENGES IN ONLINE LEARNING IN A PRIVATE HIGHER LEARNING INSTITUTION DURING THE COVID-19 OUTBREAKS: ARE WE PREPARED ENOUGH? A CASE STUDY OF CHALLENGES IN ONLINE LEARNING IN A PRIVATE HIGHER LEARNING INSTITUTION DURING THE COVID-19 OUTBREAKS Bibi Noraini Mohd Yusuf · Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal Open access 16 May 2020 175
2 Developing an English Language Textbook Evaluative Checklist Montasser Mohamed · IOSR Journal of Research & Method in Education (IOSRJRME) Open access 2013 97
3 Foreign Direct Investment, Trade Openness and Economic Growth Mohammed Yusoff, Ruslee Nuh · Foreign Trade Review May 2015 44
4 Adoption of Islamic microfinance in Indonesia an empirical investigation: an extension of the theory of planned behaviour Purwanto Purwanto, Irwan Abdullah, Abdul Ghofur et al. · Cogent Business & Management Open access 20 Jun 2022 39
5 PENGARUH VARIABEL MAKRO DAN MIKRO TERHADAP NPL PERBANKAN KONVENSIONAL DAN NPF PERBANKAN SYARIAH Zakiyah Dwi Poetry, Yulizar Djamaluddin Sanrego · DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) Open access Mar 2014 38
All 56 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Islamic University College?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Islamic Banking, Social Media, Corporate Governance, Risk Management, Finance, Financial Stability, Performance Analysis and Ethical Identity.

▲ 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. Islamic Banking89▲ 79×3 topics
  2. Social Media57▲ 14×11 topics
  3. Corporate Governance55▲ 25×6 topics
  4. Risk Management48▲ 34×4 topics
  5. Finance47▲ 84×3 topics
  6. Financial Stability47▲ 81×2 topics
  7. Ethical Identity46▲ 131×1 topic
  8. Performance Analysis46▲ 73×2 topics
  9. Shariah Supervision46▲ 131×1 topic
  10. Community Empowerment41▲ 19×7 topics
  11. Media Literacy38▲ 24×3 topics
  12. Digital Literacy37▲ 22×4 topics
  13. Pandemic Response37▲ 54×2 topics
  14. Cultural Identity37▲ 24×3 topics
  15. Hoax Communication36▲ 79×1 topic
  16. Youth Engagement36▲ 54×1 topic
  17. Indonesia28▲ 21×4 topics
  18. Islamic Education25▲ 25×4 topics
  19. Consumer Behavior24▲ 13×9 topics
  20. Supply Chain Management22▲ 8.3×7 topics
  21. Financial Performance21▲ 12×5 topics
  22. Globalization19▲ 3.2×10 topics
  23. E-commerce18▲ 11×5 topics
  24. COVID-1918▲ 4.5×5 topics
  25. Pandemic18▲ 5.9×4 topics
  26. Curriculum Development17▲ 8.3×7 topics
  27. Economic Impact16▲ 10×3 topics
  28. Digital Marketing16▲ 14×2 topics
  29. Tourist Satisfaction16▲ 51×2 topics
  30. SMEs16▲ 16×1 topic
  31. UMKM16▲ 19×1 topic
  32. Halal Tourism15▲ 164×1 topic
  33. Religiosity15▲ 109×1 topic
  34. Social Capital12▲ 7.8×7 topics
  35. Religious Education11▲ 23×3 topics
  36. Teacher Training11▲ 5.8×3 topics
  37. STEM Education10▲ 7.5×4 topics
  38. Community Participation9▲ 8.6×3 topics
  39. Radicalism9▲ 46×1 topic
  40. Religious Moderation9▲ 46×1 topic

Which research topics does Islamic University College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Islamic Finance and Banking Studies, Islamic Finance and Communication, SMEs Development and Digital Marketing and Halal products and consumer behavior.

Islamic Finance and Bank…46Islamic Finance and Banking Studies: 46 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Comm…36Islamic Finance and Communication: 36 fractional worksSMEs Development and Digital Marketing: 16 fractional worksHalal products and consumer behavior: 15 fractional worksIslamic Studies and Radi…9Islamic Studies and Radicalism: 9 fractional worksEducation and Islamic Studies: 9 fractional worksLegal Studies and Policies: 8 fractional worksEducation and Character Development: 6 fractional worksConsumer Behavior and Marketing Influence: 5 fractional worksMarriage and Family Dynamics: 5 fractional works
AccountingSociology and Political ScienceDemographyEducation2 others

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

  1. 1 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 46 works
  2. 2 Islamic Finance and Communication Sociology and Political Science 36 works
  3. 3 SMEs Development and Digital Marketing Demography 16 works
  4. 4 Halal products and consumer behavior Sociology and Political Science 15 works
  5. 5 Islamic Studies and Radicalism Sociology and Political Science 9 works
  6. 6 Education and Islamic Studies Education 9 works
  7. 7 Legal Studies and Policies Law 8 works
  8. 8 Education and Character Development Education 6 works
  9. 9 Consumer Behavior and Marketing Influence Marketing 5 works
  10. 10 Marriage and Family Dynamics Sociology and Political Science 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 available93.4%not open6.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.8%domestic only75.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Islamic University College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 159% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting20052010201520202025
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 Islamic University College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0015% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Islamic University College0.00069% in 202520102020

Fractional works of Islamic University College 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%Islamic University College11.5% 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 17.0% in 2023.

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