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Tafila Technical University

In research, Tafila Technical University stands highest in Engineering (#3,896 of 5,901 worldwide), Computer Science (#3,574 of 4,417 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#8,567 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Accounting (Accounting is 8.4× its share of world research).

World rank, 2022-now
#13,528
of 22,385 · #22,543 all time
Rank in Jordan
#30
of 34
Research works
1.4k
▲ 10% vs 2018-21
Citations
13k
9.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.77×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
66%
world 40%
International
24%
world 18%

What is Tafila Technical 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
EngineeringField #3,896 of 5,901 12.8%107 #6347
Computer ScienceField #3,574 of 4,417 10.9%65 #4791
Social SciencesDomain #8,567 of 9,585 15.1%125 #10448
Physical SciencesDomain #9,957 of 10,670 10.1%292 #16135

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Tafila Technical 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. Engineering#6,347 #3,896
  2. Computer Science#4,791 #3,574
  3. Social Sciences#10,448 #8,567
  4. Physical Sciences#16,135 #9,957
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 Tafila Technical University work in?

In 2022-now, 63% of research at Tafila Technical University is in Physical Sciences, 28% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (22%), Computer Science (15%), Business, Management and Accounting (13%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 319 fractional works · 63.4% of its workEngineering: 113 fractional works · 22.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 29 fractional works · 5.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 18 fractional works · 3.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 15 fractional works · 3.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 13 fractional works · 2.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 9 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 7 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Mechanics: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 74 fractional works · 14.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 33 fractional works · 6.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 11 fractional works · 2.3% of its workInformation Systems: 10 fractional works · 1.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 9 fractional works · 1.9% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSignal Processing: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 33 fractional works · 6.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 10 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPollution: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 29 fractional works · 5.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 17 fractional works · 3.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 24 fractional works · 4.8% of its workStatistics and Probability: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workModeling and Simulation: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workApplied Mathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeometry and Topology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematical Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNumerical Analysis: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 19 fractional works · 3.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 13 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 10 fractional works · 2.1% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 10 fractional works · 2.0% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 140 fractional works · 27.8% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 64 fractional works · 12.7% of its workAccounting: 26 fractional works · 5.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 18 fractional works · 3.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 12 fractional works · 2.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 37 fractional works · 7.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 13 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEducation: 11 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCommunication: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLinguistics and Language: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 16 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 12 fractional works · 2.4% of its workFinance: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 11 fractional works · 2.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 7 fractional works · 1.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 27 fractional works · 5.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 13 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPlant Science: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFood Science: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 12 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 9 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 18 fractional works · 3.5% of its workMedicine: 13 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKTafila TechnicalUniversity503fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences63%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences28%

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. Engineering11322.4%
    2. Computer Science7414.7%
    3. Environmental Science336.5%
    4. Physics and Astronomy295.8%
    5. Mathematics244.8%
    6. Materials Science193.8%
    7. Chemistry102.1%
    8. Energy102.0%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences40.8%
    10. Chemical Engineering20.5%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting6412.7%
    2. Social Sciences377.3%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance163.1%
    4. Decision Sciences112.2%
    5. Arts and Humanities71.4%
    6. Psychology51.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences132.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology122.5%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.2%
    4. Neuroscience10.1%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
    1. Medicine132.7%
    2. Health Professions40.7%
    3. Nursing00.1%
    4. Dentistry00.0%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Tafila Technical University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Accounting takes 8.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. AccountingSubfield · 25.9 works8.4×
← 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: 0.53× its world share, 13 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.46× its world share, 12 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.39× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.32× its world share, 10 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.89× its world share, 74 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.52× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.22× its world share, 10 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.49× its world share, 113 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.30× its world share, 33 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.09× its world share, 19 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 4.08× its world share, 24 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.61× its world share, 29 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.28× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.14× its world share, 13 worksMedicineNursing: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.49× its world share, 7 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.93× its world share, 64 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.30× its world share, 11 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.47× its world share, 16 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.34× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.58× its world share, 37 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Mathematics4.08×24 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting3.93×64 works
  3. Physics and Astronomy2.61×29 works
  4. Decision Sciences2.30×11 works
  5. Energy2.22×10 works
  6. Computer Science1.89×74 works
  7. Engineering1.49×113 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.47×16 works
  9. Chemical Engineering1.39×2 works
  10. Chemistry1.32×10 works
  11. Environmental Science1.30×33 works
  12. Materials Science1.09×19 works
  13. Social Sciences0.58×37 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.53×13 works
  15. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.52×4 works
  16. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.51×1 works
  17. Arts and Humanities0.49×7 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.46×12 works
  19. Psychology0.34×5 works
  20. Health Professions0.28×4 works
  21. Veterinary0.16×0 works
  22. Medicine0.14×13 works
  23. Nursing0.14×0 works
  24. Neuroscience0.08×1 works
  25. Dentistry0.05×0 works
  26. Immunology and Microbiology0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Tafila Technical University?

Ranked on the quality score, Ali I. Alahmer, Raed Al-Rbaihat and Omar I. S. Alomoush lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Tafila Technical University.

  1. 1 Ali I. Alahmer Jordan · #65,300 worldwide 4.7k citations · 177 works
  2. 2 Raed Al-Rbaihat Jordan · #161,455 worldwide 877 citations · 30 works
  3. 3 Omar I. S. Alomoush Jordan · #1,396,481 worldwide 188 citations · 20 works
  4. 4 Mohammad Almseidin Jordan · #1,399,274 worldwide 784 citations · 51 works
  5. 5 Mazen Garaleh Jordan · #1,835,704 worldwide 571 citations · 28 works
  6. 6 Rateb Mohammad Alqatamin Jordan · #1,910,966 worldwide 436 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Hussam Alrabaiah Jordan · #2,020,214 worldwide 3.6k citations · 135 works
  8. 8 Malek Al-edenat Jordan · #2,190,023 worldwide 282 citations · 22 works
  9. 9 Mohammad Abdullah Fayad Altawalbeh Jordan · #2,265,347 worldwide 160 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Nayel Al Hawamdeh Jordan · #2,555,647 worldwide 220 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at Tafila Technical University

What are the most cited papers from Tafila Technical University?

The most cited paper from Tafila Technical University is "Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs): A Survey on Civil Applications and Key Research Challenges" (Hazim Shakhatreh, Ahmad Sawalmeh, Ala Al‐Fuqaha et al., 2019), with 2,388 citations. Next come "Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: A Survey on Civil Applications and Key Research Challenges" (502) and "Exploring undergraduate students’ attitudes towards emergency online learning during COVID-19: A case from the UAE" (400).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs): A Survey on Civil Applications and Key Research Challenges Hazim Shakhatreh, Ahmad Sawalmeh, Ala Al‐Fuqaha et al. · IEEE Access Open access 2019 2,388
2 Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: A Survey on Civil Applications and Key Research Challenges Hazim Shakhatreh, Ahmad Sawalmeh, Ala Al‐Fuqaha et al. · arXiv (Cornell University) PreprintOpen access 19 Apr 2018 502
3 Exploring undergraduate students’ attitudes towards emergency online learning during COVID-19: A case from the UAE Elham Taha Hussein, Sumaya Daoud, Hussam Alrabaiah et al. · Children and Youth Services Review 9 Nov 2020 400
4 Numerical investigation for rotating flow of MHD hybrid nanofluid with thermal radiation over a stretching sheet Muhammad Shoaib, Muhammad Asif Zahoor Raja, Muhammad Touseef Sabir et al. · Scientific Reports Open access 28 Oct 2020 260
5 Performance of pyramid-shaped solar still: Experimental study Yazan Taamneh, Madhar Taamneh · Desalination 21 Feb 2012 218
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Tafila Technical University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Corporate Governance, Supply Chain Management, Machine Learning, Knowledge Management, Customer Satisfaction, Digital Transformation, IoT 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. Machine Learning46▲ 2.8×47 topics
  2. Corporate Governance30▲ 8.2×11 topics
  3. Supply Chain Management30▲ 6.7×13 topics
  4. Deep Learning26▲ 1.49×41 topics
  5. Renewable Energy26▲ 3.5×29 topics
  6. Healthcare23▲ 4.0×9 topics
  7. Knowledge Management23▲ 8.2×5 topics
  8. Customer Satisfaction23▲ 14×4 topics
  9. Digital Transformation22▲ 8.1×7 topics
  10. IoT22▲ 11×9 topics
  11. Organizational Performance20▲ 15×6 topics
  12. Smart Cities20▲ 15×4 topics
  13. Risk Management19▲ 8.0×7 topics
  14. Social Media Marketing18▲ 75×1 topic
  15. Finance17▲ 18×3 topics
  16. Financial Stability16▲ 17×5 topics
  17. Sustainability16▲ 1.27×22 topics
  18. Performance Analysis15▲ 15×3 topics
  19. Islamic Banking15▲ 8.1×2 topics
  20. Environmental Impact15▲ 1.75×27 topics
  21. Ethical Identity15▲ 26×1 topic
  22. Shariah Supervision15▲ 26×1 topic
  23. Nanoparticles13▲ 2.0×21 topics
  24. Social Capital12▲ 4.8×8 topics
  25. Mechanical Properties12▲ 2.4×20 topics
  26. Energy Efficiency11▲ 2.4×21 topics
  27. IoT Security10▲ 6.3×3 topics
  28. Financial Performance9▲ 3.3×9 topics
  29. Leadership9▲ 3.7×8 topics
  30. Heat Transfer9▲ 3.5×11 topics
  31. Power Electronics8▲ 5.3×6 topics
  32. Renewable Energy Integration8▲ 4.9×4 topics
  33. Performance Measurement8▲ 5.6×4 topics
  34. Anomaly Detection7▲ 5.1×5 topics
  35. Security Analysis7▲ 8.7×4 topics
  36. Network Security7▲ 10×2 topics
  37. Intrusion Detection6▲ 8.7×3 topics
  38. Nanowires6▲ 8.5×4 topics
  39. Human Resource Management6▲ 7.8×2 topics
  40. Band Parameters6▲ 21×2 topics

Which research topics does Tafila Technical University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Organizational and Employee Performance, Islamic Finance and Banking Studies, Network Security and Intrusion Detection and Socioeconomic Development in MENA.

  1. 1 Organizational and Employee Performance Artificial Intelligence 18 works
  2. 2 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 15 works
  3. 3 Network Security and Intrusion Detection Computer Networks and Communications 6 works
  4. 4 Socioeconomic Development in MENA Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  5. 5 Organizational Leadership and Management Strategies Strategy and Management 4 works
  6. 6 Technology Adoption and User Behaviour Information Systems and Management 4 works
  7. 7 Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 4 works
  8. 8 Microfinance and Financial Inclusion Economics and Econometrics 4 works
  9. 9 Fractional Differential Equations Solutions Modeling and Simulation 4 works
  10. 10 Knowledge Management and Sharing Communication 3 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 available65.7%not open34.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.4%domestic only75.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Tafila Technical University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 10% 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 Tafila Technical University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0019% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Tafila Technical University0.0017% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Tafila Technical 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%Tafila Technical University15.0% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 16.0% in 2024.

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