Middle East University
In research, Middle East University stands highest in Business, Management and Accounting (#374 of 2,581 worldwide), Social Sciences (#1,841 of 9,585 worldwide) and Computer Science (#901 of 4,417 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Management Information Systems, Accounting and Business, Management and Accounting (Management Information Systems is 8.3× its share of world research).
- World rank, 2022-now
- #2,676 of 22,385 · #4,604 all time
- Rank in Jordan
- #7 of 34
- Research works
- 1.4k ▲ 226% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 17k 11.9 per fractional work
- Top-10% rate
- 27.0% all institutions 10.0%
- vs its own fields
- 1.27× 1.00× is exactly expected
- Open access
- 64% world 40%
- International
- 42% world 18%
What is Middle East University known for in research?
The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.
| Field | World rank | Where that sits | Top-10% rate | Works | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business, Management and AccountingField | #374 of 2,581 | 46.4% | 110 | #749 | |
| Social SciencesDomain | #1,841 of 9,585 | 33.6% | 319 | #2432 | |
| Computer ScienceField | #901 of 4,417 | 33.5% | 160 | #1540 | |
| Physical SciencesDomain | #2,540 of 10,670 | 28.6% | 352 | #4089 | |
| Artificial IntelligenceSubfield | #578 of 1,862 | 35.2% | 83 | #1083 | |
| EngineeringField | #2,251 of 5,901 | 27.4% | 81 | #4614 | |
| Social SciencesField | #3,578 of 5,988 | 23.0% | 105 | #3597 | |
| Health SciencesDomain | #6,505 of 9,902 | 16.9% | 94 | #10472 | |
| MedicineField | #6,246 of 8,541 | 15.8% | 74 | - |
Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Middle East 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.
- Business, Management and Accounting#749 #374
- Social Sciences#2,432 #1,841
- Computer Science#1,540 #901
- Physical Sciences#4,089 #2,540
- Artificial Intelligence#1,083 #578
- Engineering#4,614 #2,251
- Social Sciences#3,597 #3,578
- Health Sciences#10,472 #6,505
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 Middle East University work in?
In 2022-now, 42% of research at Middle East University is in Physical Sciences, 39% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Computer Science (19%), Business, Management and Accounting (14%), Social Sciences (13%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.
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
- Physical Sciences37941.8%
- Computer Science17118.9%
- Engineering909.9%
- Materials Science384.1%
- Environmental Science293.2%
- Mathematics161.8%
- Chemistry141.6%
- Energy111.3%
- Physics and Astronomy50.6%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences30.4%
- Chemical Engineering10.2%
- Social Sciences35138.7%
- Business, Management and Accounting12413.7%
- Social Sciences11512.8%
- Decision Sciences364.0%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance323.6%
- Psychology222.4%
- Arts and Humanities212.3%
- Health Sciences10912.0%
- Medicine869.5%
- Health Professions182.0%
- Nursing20.2%
- Dentistry20.2%
- Veterinary10.1%
- Life Sciences687.5%
What does Middle East University specialise in?
Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Management Information Systems takes 8.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.
- Management Information SystemsSubfield · 30.9 works8.3×
- AccountingSubfield · 31.9 works5.8×
- Business, Management and AccountingField · 124.1 works4.2×
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Business, Management and Accounting4.25×124 works
- Decision Sciences4.13×36 works
- Computer Science2.43×171 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.90×6 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.66×32 works
- Mathematics1.54×16 works
- Energy1.37×11 works
- Materials Science1.19×38 works
- Chemistry1.01×14 works
- Social Sciences1.01×116 works
- Neuroscience0.87×13 works
- Arts and Humanities0.80×21 works
- Psychology0.79×22 works
- Immunology and Microbiology0.77×7 works
- Health Professions0.75×18 works
- Engineering0.66×90 works
- Environmental Science0.64×29 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.51×24 works
- Medicine0.50×86 works
- Nursing0.48×2 works
- Veterinary0.47×1 works
- Chemical Engineering0.44×1 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.40×17 works
- Dentistry0.36×2 works
- Physics and Astronomy0.26×5 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences0.24×3 works
- Business, Management and Accounting 4.2×
- Decision Sciences 4.1×
- Computer Science 2.4×
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 1.9×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 1.7×
- Mathematics 1.5×
- Energy 1.4×
- Materials Science 1.2×
- Chemistry 1.0×
- Social Sciences 1.0×
- Neuroscience 0.9×
- Arts and Humanities 0.8×
- Psychology 0.8×
- Immunology and Microbiology 0.8×
- Health Professions 0.8×
- Engineering 0.7×
- Environmental Science 0.6×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 0.5×
- Medicine 0.5×
- Nursing 0.5×
- Veterinary 0.5×
- Chemical Engineering 0.4×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.4×
- Dentistry 0.4×
- Physics and Astronomy 0.3×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 0.2×
Who are the top researchers at Middle East University?
Ranked on the quality score, Ahmad Y. A. Bani Ahmad, Mahmoud Izzat Allahham and Sajead Mowafaq Alshdaifat lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Middle East University.
- 1
Ahmad Y. A. Bani Ahmad
Jordan · #47,085 worldwide 1.7k citations · 57 works
- 2
Mahmoud Izzat Allahham
Jordan · #50,663 worldwide 1.3k citations · 74 works
- 3
Sajead Mowafaq Alshdaifat
Jordan · #55,596 worldwide 943 citations · 60 works
- 4
Ibrahim A. Abu-AlSondos
Jordan · #55,805 worldwide 1.5k citations · 66 works
- 5
Ahmad Y. A. Bani Ahmad
Jordan · #79,387 worldwide 858 citations · 69 works
- 6
Ayman Wael Al‐Khatib
Jordan · #108,366 worldwide 1.6k citations · 40 works
- 7
Amer Morshed
Jordan · #183,437 worldwide 599 citations · 53 works
- 8
Ahmad Marei
Jordan · #231,081 worldwide 756 citations · 65 works
- 9
Abdel‐Aziz Ahmad Sharabati
Jordan · #267,155 worldwide 2.3k citations · 92 works
- 10
Ahmed Ali Atieh Ali
Jordan · #306,230 worldwide 865 citations · 28 works
Which keywords describe research at Middle East University?
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, Smart Cities, Knowledge Management and Organizational Performance.
- Shariah Supervision
- Global Financial Crisis
- Human Resource Management
- Financial Stability
- Finance
- Entrepreneurship
- Evolutionary Algorithms
- Consumer Trust
- Online Shopping
- E-commerce
- Information Systems
- Internet of Things
- Corporate Governance
- Social Media
- Sustainability
- Deep Learning
- Organizational Performance
- Smart Cities
- Customer Satisfaction
- Supply Chain Management
- Machine Learning
- Healthcare
- Digital Transformation
- Knowledge Management
- IoT
- Social Media Marketing
- Risk Management
- Big Data
- Renewable Energy
- Social Capital
- User Satisfaction
- Technology Acceptance Model
- Structural Equation Modeling
- Partial Least Squares
- Environmental Management
- Particle Swarm Optimization
- Firm Performance
- Performance Analysis
- Investment Decisions
- Ethical Identity
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
- Machine Learning101▲ 3.4×65 topics
- Supply Chain Management89▲ 11×19 topics
- Healthcare68▲ 6.6×12 topics
- Customer Satisfaction56▲ 19×5 topics
- Digital Transformation56▲ 11×13 topics
- Smart Cities54▲ 22×6 topics
- Knowledge Management52▲ 10×14 topics
- Organizational Performance52▲ 22×10 topics
- IoT51▲ 15×13 topics
- Deep Learning49▲ 1.57×67 topics
- Social Media Marketing47▲ 107×1 topic
- Sustainability34▲ 1.56×42 topics
- Risk Management34▲ 7.8×11 topics
- Social Media30▲ 2.4×24 topics
- Big Data29▲ 3.4×20 topics
- Corporate Governance29▲ 4.4×15 topics
- Renewable Energy27▲ 2.1×30 topics
- Internet of Things26▲ 3.4×15 topics
- Social Capital21▲ 4.4×11 topics
- Information Systems19▲ 12×4 topics
- User Satisfaction18▲ 11×4 topics
- E-commerce18▲ 3.6×5 topics
- Technology Acceptance Model18▲ 13×2 topics
- Online Shopping18▲ 11×2 topics
- Structural Equation Modeling18▲ 10×2 topics
- Consumer Trust18▲ 21×1 topic
- Partial Least Squares18▲ 21×1 topic
- Evolutionary Algorithms18▲ 19×4 topics
- Environmental Management18▲ 4.8×7 topics
- Entrepreneurship17▲ 4.7×8 topics
- Particle Swarm Optimization16▲ 15×4 topics
- Finance16▲ 9.4×2 topics
- Firm Performance15▲ 9.3×3 topics
- Financial Stability14▲ 8.3×3 topics
- Performance Analysis13▲ 7.1×3 topics
- Human Resource Management13▲ 9.3×4 topics
- Investment Decisions13▲ 12×2 topics
- Global Financial Crisis13▲ 11×2 topics
- Ethical Identity12▲ 12×1 topic
- Shariah Supervision12▲ 12×1 topic
Which research topics does Middle East University publish most on?
By volume in 2022-now: Organizational and Employee Performance, Technology Adoption and User Behaviour, Islamic Finance and Banking Studies and FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Organizational and Employee Performance Artificial Intelligence 47 works
- 2 Technology Adoption and User Behaviour Information Systems and Management 18 works
- 3 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 12 works
- 4 FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance Management Information Systems 12 works
- 5 Socioeconomic Development in MENA Sociology and Political Science 10 works
- 6 Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms Research Artificial Intelligence 9 works
- 7 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 9 works
- 8 Digital Marketing and Social Media Sociology and Political Science 9 works
- 9 Blockchain Technology Applications and Security Information Systems 8 works
- 10 Environmental Sustainability in Business Marketing 8 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.
World: 40% of research is openly available.
World: 18% is written across borders.
How has Middle East University's research output changed?
Output in 2022-2025 was 226% higher than in 2018-2021.
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 Middle East University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0054% in 2024.
Fractional works of Middle East 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.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 30.8% in 2024.
Other research institutions in Amman
- University of Jordan
- Applied Science Private University
- Al-Zaytoonah University of Jordan
- Al-Ahliyya Amman University
- Princess Sumaya University for Technology
- German Jordanian University
- Petra University
- Jordan Hospital
Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners have tabs of their own, above.
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