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Sultan Sharif Ali Islamic University

In research, Sultan Sharif Ali Islamic University stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,978 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#3,197 of 6,365 worldwide) and Sociology and Political Science (#1,813 of 2,578 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Accounting, Sociology and Political Science and Education — Accounting is 13.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#14,505
of 28,054 · #31,894 all time
Rank in Brunei
#4
of 7
Research works
693
▲ 361% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.1k
3.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
82%
world 28%

What is Sultan Sharif Ali Islamic 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 #4,978 of 10,521 14.4%325 #9963
Social SciencesField #3,197 of 6,365 14.1%242 #6116
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,813 of 2,578 10.6%113 #3280
EducationSubfield #1,377 of 1,892 15.8%77 #2463

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Sultan Sharif Ali Islamic 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#9,963 #4,978
  2. Social Sciences#6,116 #3,197
  3. Sociology and Political Science#3,280 #1,813
  4. Education#2,463 #1,377
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 Sultan Sharif Ali Islamic University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Accounting takes 13.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. AccountingSubfield · 34.4 works14×
  2. Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield · 112.6 works7.6×
  3. EducationSubfield · 77.4 works6.1×
  4. Social SciencesField · 241.6 works4.6×
  5. Business, Management and AccountingField · 47.2 works3.5×
← 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: 1.15× its world share, 23 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.21× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.38× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.58× its world share, 19 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.21× its world share, 13 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.73× its world share, 15 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.30× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.06× its world share, 5 worksMedicineNursing: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.95× its world share, 11 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.54× its world share, 47 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.50× its world share, 13 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.81× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 4.61× its world share, 242 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 4.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Sultan Sharif Ali Islamic University?

Ranked on the composite score, Anis Malik Thoha, Achmad Yani and Nehaluddin Ahmad lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Sultan Sharif Ali Islamic University.

  1. 1 Anis Malik Thoha Brunei · #647,235 worldwide 9 citations · 18 works
  2. 2 Achmad Yani Brunei · #700,247 worldwide 3 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Nehaluddin Ahmad Brunei · #1,085,286 worldwide 20 citations · 20 works
  4. 4 Ahmad Masum Brunei · #1,215,501 worldwide 2 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Sultan Sharif Ali Islamic University

Which keywords describe research at Sultan Sharif Ali Islamic University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Islamic Education, Islamic Banking, Curriculum Development, Teacher Training, Corporate Governance, Consumer Behavior, Human Rights and Supply Chain 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. Islamic Education51▲ 35×4 topics
  2. Islamic Banking51▲ 30×3 topics
  3. Curriculum Development48▲ 16×9 topics
  4. Teacher Training41▲ 16×5 topics
  5. Globalization37▲ 4.6×15 topics
  6. Corporate Governance36▲ 12×8 topics
  7. Consumer Behavior36▲ 14×10 topics
  8. Human Rights35▲ 8.3×20 topics
  9. Supply Chain Management35▲ 9.0×9 topics
  10. Risk Management34▲ 17×6 topics
  11. Finance34▲ 42×3 topics
  12. Financial Stability32▲ 39×2 topics
  13. Ethical Identity32▲ 61×1 topic
  14. Religious Education32▲ 46×4 topics
  15. Shariah Supervision32▲ 61×1 topic
  16. Food Safety30▲ 25×6 topics
  17. Tourist Satisfaction30▲ 71×2 topics
  18. Halal Tourism30▲ 227×1 topic
  19. Religiosity30▲ 158×1 topic
  20. Pedagogy29▲ 14×2 topics
  21. Madrasa29▲ 96×1 topic
  22. Muslim Students29▲ 96×1 topic
  23. Digital Learning24▲ 11×6 topics
  24. Social Media24▲ 4.0×10 topics
  25. Education23▲ 3.2×20 topics
  26. Community Empowerment22▲ 7.0×7 topics
  27. Indonesia21▲ 11×5 topics
  28. Ethnicity19▲ 12×5 topics
  29. Islam19▲ 22×4 topics
  30. Online Learning19▲ 5.6×11 topics
  31. Culture19▲ 8.6×4 topics
  32. Media Literacy18▲ 7.5×3 topics
  33. Cultural Identity17▲ 8.2×4 topics
  34. History17▲ 5.9×2 topics
  35. Philosophy17▲ 9.4×2 topics
  36. Literature17▲ 7.6×2 topics
  37. Sharia Law17▲ 28×1 topic
  38. Social Influence17▲ 19×1 topic
  39. Gender Equality16▲ 14×8 topics
  40. Character Education15▲ 7.5×5 topics

Which research topics does Sultan Sharif Ali Islamic University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Islamic Finance and Banking Studies, Halal products and consumer behavior, Education and Islamic Studies and Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies.

Islamic Finance and Banking Studies: 32 fractional worksHalal products and consumer behavior: 30 fractional worksEducation and Islamic Studies: 29 fractional worksLinguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 17 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Communication: 12 fractional worksIslamic Studies and Radi…12Islamic Studies and Radicalism: 12 fractional worksArabic Language Education Studies: 11 fractional worksMarriage and Family Dynamics: 10 fractional worksEducation and Character Development: 10 fractional worksGender and Women's Rights: 8 fractional works
AccountingSociology and Political ScienceEducationPolitical Science and International Relations

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

  1. 1 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 32 works
  2. 2 Halal products and consumer behavior Sociology and Political Science 30 works
  3. 3 Education and Islamic Studies Education 29 works
  4. 4 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 17 works
  5. 5 Islamic Finance and Communication Sociology and Political Science 12 works
  6. 6 Islamic Studies and Radicalism Sociology and Political Science 12 works
  7. 7 Arabic Language Education Studies Education 11 works
  8. 8 Marriage and Family Dynamics Sociology and Political Science 10 works
  9. 9 Education and Character Development Education 10 works
  10. 10 Gender and Women's Rights Political Science and International Relations 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.

openly available82.4%not open17.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors44.0%domestic only56.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Sultan Sharif Ali Islamic University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 361% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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.

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