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Medan Area University

In research, Medan Area University stands highest in Social Sciences (#902 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#883 of 5,988 worldwide) and Business, Management and Accounting (#526 of 2,581 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Human Factors and Ergonomics, Law and General Agricultural and Biological Sciences (Human Factors and Ergonomics is 24.9× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#2,701
of 22,385 · #3,212 all time
Rank in Indonesia
#212
of 565
Research works
4.8k
▲ 83% vs 2018-21
Citations
14k
2.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.53×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
92%
world 40%
International
3%
world 18%
Medan Area University

What is Medan Area 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 #902 of 9,585 7.6%1,716 #1024
Social SciencesField #883 of 5,988 8.2%1,085 #792
Business, Management and AccountingField #526 of 2,581 7.0%436 #683
Physical SciencesDomain #3,023 of 10,670 6.6%460 #3770
EducationSubfield #593 of 1,930 9.5%250 #766
Human Factors and ErgonomicsSubfield #32 of 89 7.5%71 #11
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementSubfield #106 of 253 6.4%93 #273
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,102 of 2,526 8.3%174 #1083
Information SystemsSubfield #577 of 1,321 10.7%113 #832
LawSubfield #206 of 445 7.6%187 #196

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Medan Area 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 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#1,024 #902
  2. Social Sciences#792 #883
  3. Business, Management and Accounting#683 #526
  4. Physical Sciences#3,770 #3,023
  5. Education#766 #593
  6. Human Factors and Ergonomics#11 #32
  7. Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management#273 #106
  8. Sociology and Political Science#1,083 #1,102
  9. Information Systems#832 #577
  10. Law#196 #206
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 Medan Area University work in?

In 2022-now, 66% of research at Medan Area University is in Social Sciences, 18% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (41%), Business, Management and Accounting (17%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (9%). It does 2.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 1,886 fractional works · 65.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,179 fractional works · 41.2% of its workEducation: 271 fractional works · 9.5% of its workLaw: 201 fractional works · 7.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 192 fractional works · 6.7% of its workDemography: 182 fractional works · 6.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 138 fractional works · 4.8% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 79 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 50 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCultural Studies: 33 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCommunication: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 485 fractional works · 16.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 123 fractional works · 4.3% of its workMarketing: 109 fractional works · 3.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 105 fractional works · 3.7% of its workAccounting: 95 fractional works · 3.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 35 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 86 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 83 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 76 fractional works · 2.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 39 fractional works · 1.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 21 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 43 fractional works · 1.5% of its workConservation: 18 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReligious studies: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 502 fractional works · 17.5% of its workEngineering: 197 fractional works · 6.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 74 fractional works · 2.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 35 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 23 fractional works · 0.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science: 184 fractional works · 6.4% of its workInformation Systems: 118 fractional works · 4.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 41 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 79 fractional works · 2.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 34 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEcology: 23 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 21 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 284 fractional works · 9.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 264 fractional works · 9.2% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 131 fractional works · 4.6% of its workPlant Science: 45 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSoil Science: 32 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFood Science: 31 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAquatic Science: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 193 fractional works · 6.7% of its workHealth Professions: 125 fractional works · 4.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 45 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOccupational Therapy: 36 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 33 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedicine: 62 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 32 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 31 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNursing: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKMedan AreaUniversity2,865fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences18%Health Sciences7%Social Sciences66%

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. Social Sciences1,88665.8%
    1. Social Sciences1,17941.2%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting48516.9%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance863.0%
    4. Psychology762.6%
    5. Arts and Humanities431.5%
    6. Decision Sciences160.6%
    1. Engineering1976.9%
    2. Computer Science1846.4%
    3. Environmental Science792.8%
    4. Materials Science210.7%
    5. Chemistry60.2%
    6. Mathematics50.2%
    7. Energy50.2%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences30.1%
    9. Chemical Engineering10.0%
    10. Physics and Astronomy00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2649.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology150.5%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology20.1%
    5. Neuroscience10.0%
    1. Health Professions1254.4%
    2. Medicine622.2%
    3. Nursing40.2%
    4. Dentistry10.0%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Medan Area University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Human Factors and Ergonomics takes 24.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Human Factors and ErgonomicsSubfield · 79.4 works25×
  2. LawSubfield · 200.8 works12×
  3. General Agricultural and Biological SciencesSubfield · 130.9 works10×
  4. DemographySubfield · 181.8 works9.3×
  5. MarketingSubfield · 109.0 works9.0×
  6. Geography, Planning and DevelopmentSubfield · 49.7 works8.5×
  7. Organizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementSubfield · 105.3 works7.7×
  8. Occupational TherapySubfield · 36.1 works7.5×
← 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: 1.94× its world share, 264 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.10× its world share, 15 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.13× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.83× its world share, 184 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.18× its world share, 5 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.46× its world share, 197 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.56× its world share, 79 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.21× its world share, 21 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.15× its world share, 5 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.66× its world share, 125 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.11× its world share, 62 worksMedicineNursing: 0.31× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.52× its world share, 43 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5.26× its world share, 486 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.59× its world share, 16 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.40× its world share, 86 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.87× its world share, 76 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.25× its world share, 1,179 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 5.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Business, Management and Accounting5.26×486 works
  2. Social Sciences3.25×1,179 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.94×264 works
  4. Health Professions1.66×125 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.40×86 works
  6. Psychology0.87×76 works
  7. Computer Science0.83×184 works
  8. Decision Sciences0.59×16 works
  9. Environmental Science0.56×79 works
  10. Arts and Humanities0.52×43 works
  11. Engineering0.46×197 works
  12. Nursing0.31×4 works
  13. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.22×2 works
  14. Materials Science0.21×21 works
  15. Energy0.18×5 works
  16. Mathematics0.15×5 works
  17. Chemistry0.13×6 works
  18. Chemical Engineering0.11×1 works
  19. Medicine0.11×62 works
  20. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.10×15 works
  21. Immunology and Microbiology0.08×2 works
  22. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.08×4 works
  23. Dentistry0.08×1 works
  24. Neuroscience0.03×1 works
  25. Veterinary0.03×0 works
  26. Physics and Astronomy0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Medan Area University?

Ranked on the quality score, Ikbar Pratama, Ahmad Rafiki and Agung Suharyanto lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Medan Area University.

  1. 1 Ikbar Pratama Indonesia · #200,770 worldwide 1.3k citations · 42 works
  2. 2 Ahmad Rafiki Indonesia · #682,406 worldwide 1.1k citations · 109 works
  3. 3 Agung Suharyanto Indonesia · #872,129 worldwide 1.2k citations · 116 works
  4. 4 Muhammad Muslim Nasution Indonesia · #1,153,977 worldwide 252 citations · 30 works
  5. 5 Aulia Rosa Nasution Indonesia · #1,276,092 worldwide 184 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 Arie Kartika Indonesia · #1,459,990 worldwide 89 citations · 24 works
  7. 7 Hairul Anwar Dalimunthe Indonesia · #1,619,052 worldwide 153 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Riswan Munthe Indonesia · #1,778,405 worldwide 101 citations · 31 works
  9. 9 Salamiah Sari Dewi Indonesia · #1,813,280 worldwide 208 citations · 42 works
  10. 10 Retnawati Siregar Indonesia · #2,252,372 worldwide 94 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Medan Area University

What are the most cited papers from Medan Area University?

The most cited paper from Medan Area University is "The Problems of the World of Education in the Middle of the Covid-19 Pandemic" (Beby Masitho Batubara, 2021), with 160 citations. Next come "Analisis Tingkat Stres Akademik Pada Mahasiswa Selama Pembelajaran Jarak Jauh Dimasa Covid-19" (124) and "Faktor-faktor yang Mengakibatkan Perceraian dalam Perkawinan" (115).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Problems of the World of Education in the Middle of the Covid-19 Pandemic Beby Masitho Batubara · Budapest International Research and Critics Institute (BIRCI-Journal): Humanities and Social Sciences Open access 21 Jan 2021 160
2 Analisis Tingkat Stres Akademik Pada Mahasiswa Selama Pembelajaran Jarak Jauh Dimasa Covid-19 Universitas Islam Negeri Sumatera Utara, Indonesia, Ade Chita Putri Harahap, Dinda Permatasari Harahap et al. · Biblio Couns Jurnal Kajian Konseling dan Pendidikan Open access 30 Mar 2020 124
3 Faktor-faktor yang Mengakibatkan Perceraian dalam Perkawinan Armansyah Matondang · DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) Open access Dec 2014 115
4 A review of recent trends and emerging perspectives of ionic liquid membranes for CO2 separation Nadeem Hussain Solangi, Amna Anjum, Faisal Amri Tanjung et al. · Journal of environmental chemical engineering 15 Jun 2021 112
5 Islamic work ethics, organizational commitment and job satisfaction of Islamic banks in Indonesia Fahmi Natigor Nasution, Ahmad Rafiki · RAUSP Management Journal Open access 11 Oct 2019 102
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Medan Area University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Community Empowerment, E-commerce, Social Media, Indonesia, Financial Performance, Consumer Behavior, Customer Satisfaction and Service Quality.

▲ 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. Community Empowerment259▲ 13×11 topics
  2. Social Media239▲ 6.0×21 topics
  3. E-commerce231▲ 14×9 topics
  4. Indonesia201▲ 16×5 topics
  5. Financial Performance193▲ 12×11 topics
  6. Consumer Behavior192▲ 11×13 topics
  7. Customer Satisfaction188▲ 21×8 topics
  8. COVID-19177▲ 4.8×13 topics
  9. Pandemic176▲ 6.2×9 topics
  10. Human Rights174▲ 5.9×23 topics
  11. Service Quality173▲ 23×5 topics
  12. Economic Impact171▲ 11×4 topics
  13. Sustainable Development170▲ 3.8×36 topics
  14. Corporate Governance164▲ 7.8×18 topics
  15. Supply Chain Management162▲ 6.3×19 topics
  16. SMEs155▲ 17×2 topics
  17. Digital Marketing154▲ 14×2 topics
  18. UMKM153▲ 20×1 topic
  19. Organizational Culture146▲ 13×7 topics
  20. Islamic Banking145▲ 14×3 topics
  21. Job Satisfaction137▲ 11×7 topics
  22. Community Participation128▲ 13×7 topics
  23. Media Literacy125▲ 8.2×3 topics
  24. Information Technology123▲ 9.1×6 topics
  25. Qualitative Research111▲ 4.6×16 topics
  26. Restorative Justice111▲ 28×2 topics
  27. Environmental Law110▲ 19×6 topics
  28. Criminal Justice110▲ 17×5 topics
  29. Character Education106▲ 7.7×6 topics
  30. Online Shopping99▲ 20×2 topics
  31. Employee Performance97▲ 28×3 topics
  32. Motivation96▲ 8.1×8 topics
  33. Organizational Commitment95▲ 17×4 topics
  34. Product Quality93▲ 35×2 topics
  35. Trust93▲ 12×3 topics
  36. Local Wisdom92▲ 7.0×8 topics
  37. Brand Image92▲ 39×1 topic
  38. Purchase Decision92▲ 39×1 topic
  39. Leadership Styles87▲ 19×3 topics
  40. Employee Engagement86▲ 17×6 topics

Which research topics does Medan Area University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: SMEs Development and Digital Marketing, Consumer Behavior and Marketing Influence, Legal Studies and Policies and Employee Performance and Management.

SMEs Development and Digital Marketing: 153 fractional worksConsumer Behavior and Marketing Influence: 92 fractional worksLegal Studies and Policies: 84 fractional worksEmployee Performance and…79Employee Performance and Management: 79 fractional worksManagement and Optimization Techniques: 73 fractional worksLegal and Social Justice Studies: 68 fractional worksIndonesian Legal and Reg…64Indonesian Legal and Regulatory Studies: 64 fractional worksAgriculture and Agroindu…63Agriculture and Agroindustry Studies: 63 fractional worksEconomic Growth and Fisc…49Economic Growth and Fiscal Policies: 49 fractional worksEducational Methods and …48Educational Methods and Impacts: 48 fractional works
DemographyMarketingLawHuman Factors and Ergonomics5 others

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

  1. 1 SMEs Development and Digital Marketing Demography 153 works
  2. 2 Consumer Behavior and Marketing Influence Marketing 92 works
  3. 3 Legal Studies and Policies Law 84 works
  4. 4 Employee Performance and Management Human Factors and Ergonomics 79 works
  5. 5 Management and Optimization Techniques Strategy and Management 73 works
  6. 6 Legal and Social Justice Studies Law 68 works
  7. 7 Indonesian Legal and Regulatory Studies Political Science and International Relations 64 works
  8. 8 Agriculture and Agroindustry Studies General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 63 works
  9. 9 Economic Growth and Fiscal Policies Economics and Econometrics 49 works
  10. 10 Educational Methods and Impacts Education 48 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 available92.5%not open7.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors3.3%domestic only96.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Medan Area University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 83% 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 Medan Area University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.010% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%Medan Area University0.014% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Medan Area 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%all institutions10.0% in 2025Medan Area University6.6% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 21.4% in 2018.

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