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Universitas Palembang

In research, Universitas Palembang stands highest in Education (#455 of 1,892 worldwide), Social Sciences (#1,793 of 6,365 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#3,126 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation, Human Factors and Ergonomics and Education — Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation is 12.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,595
of 28,054 · #18,082 all time
Rank in Indonesia
#282
of 570
Research works
5.9k
▲ 885% vs 2013–17
Citations
11k
1.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
93%
world 28%

What is Universitas Palembang 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
EducationSubfield #455 of 1,892 9.1%915 #555
Social SciencesField #1,793 of 6,365 9.3%1,389 #2034
Social SciencesDomain #3,126 of 10,521 7.6%1,956 #3672
Information SystemsSubfield #590 of 1,291 4.7%438 #1215
Computer ScienceField #2,283 of 4,667 4.4%572 #4471
Physical SciencesDomain #9,254 of 12,888 3.7%936 #17880
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #2,519 of 3,409 2.5%178 #3729
Health SciencesDomain #9,110 of 11,982 3.0%274 #13425
Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and RehabilitationSubfield #38 of 49 3.5%74 —
DemographySubfield #325 of 413 4.5%108 #683

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Universitas Palembang 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. Education#555 #455
  2. Social Sciences#2,034 #1,793
  3. Social Sciences#3,672 #3,126
  4. Information Systems#1,215 #590
  5. Computer Science#4,471 #2,283
  6. Physical Sciences#17,880 #9,254
  7. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#3,729 #2,519
  8. Health Sciences#13,425 #9,110
  9. Demography#683 #325
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 Universitas Palembang specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation takes 12.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and RehabilitationSubfield · 74.3 works12×
  2. Human Factors and ErgonomicsSubfield · 40.0 works11×
  3. EducationSubfield · 914.9 works8.9×
  4. Information SystemsSubfield · 438.1 works7.4×
  5. Applied MathematicsSubfield · 65.7 works6.8×
  6. DemographySubfield · 107.8 works4.7×
  7. General Agricultural and Biological SciencesSubfield · 68.0 works4.6×
  8. Strategy and ManagementSubfield · 128.0 works4.4×
← 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: 1.11× its world share, 178 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.04× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.04× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.10× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.07× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.19× its world share, 572 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.14× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.37× its world share, 186 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.53× its world share, 89 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 8 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.71× its world share, 67 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.16× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.81× its world share, 161 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.16× its world share, 106 worksMedicineNursing: 0.32× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.60× its world share, 58 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.52× its world share, 381 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.34× its world share, 11 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.65× its world share, 47 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.68× its world share, 70 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.27× its world share, 1,389 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Universitas Palembang?

Ranked on the composite score, Happy Fitria, Yasir Arafat and Dessy Wardiah lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Universitas Palembang.

  1. 1 Happy Fitria Indonesia · #215,078 worldwide 52 citations · 49 works
  2. 2 Yasir Arafat Indonesia · #273,265 worldwide 28 citations · 48 works
  3. 3 Dessy Wardiah Indonesia · #436,627 worldwide 7 citations · 31 works
  4. 4 Mulyadi Mulyadi Indonesia · #446,766 worldwide 25 citations · 27 works
  5. 5 Syaiful Eddy Indonesia · #472,896 worldwide 14 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 Rohana Rohana Indonesia · #550,736 worldwide 13 citations · 33 works
  7. 7 Bukman Lian Indonesia · #564,869 worldwide 13 citations · 50 works
  8. 8 Sutiyo Sutiyo Indonesia · #650,644 worldwide 10 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 Mulyadi Mulyadi Indonesia · #669,007 worldwide 25 citations · 76 works
  10. 10 Yenny Puspita Indonesia · #672,668 worldwide 7 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Universitas Palembang

Which keywords describe research at Universitas Palembang?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: E-Learning, Local Wisdom, Character Education, Educational Technology, Media Literacy, Mobile Learning, Curriculum Development and Digital Literacy.

▲ 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. E-Learning417▲ 12×17 topics
  2. Local Wisdom353▲ 22×9 topics
  3. Character Education308▲ 19×6 topics
  4. Educational Technology302▲ 7.6×26 topics
  5. Media Literacy274▲ 14×5 topics
  6. Mobile Learning265▲ 22×6 topics
  7. Curriculum Development264▲ 11×12 topics
  8. Digital Literacy258▲ 13×10 topics
  9. Digital Learning252▲ 14×8 topics
  10. STEM Education226▲ 15×12 topics
  11. Online Learning206▲ 7.3×15 topics
  12. Information Literacy201▲ 22×2 topics
  13. Qualitative Research201▲ 6.9×17 topics
  14. Reading Interest200▲ 27×1 topic
  15. School Literacy Movement200▲ 27×1 topic
  16. Education190▲ 3.3×36 topics
  17. Teacher Performance183▲ 36×2 topics
  18. Community Empowerment170▲ 6.7×10 topics
  19. 21st Century Skills145▲ 15×6 topics
  20. Student Motivation145▲ 23×5 topics
  21. Information Technology145▲ 8.9×7 topics
  22. Motivation144▲ 10×4 topics
  23. Teaching Strategies144▲ 14×5 topics
  24. Educational Policy143▲ 17×4 topics
  25. E-commerce141▲ 7.0×8 topics
  26. Financial Performance141▲ 7.2×10 topics
  27. Supply Chain Management141▲ 4.5×17 topics
  28. Critical Thinking Skills133▲ 21×2 topics
  29. Parental Involvement127▲ 21×3 topics
  30. Kampus Merdeka125▲ 25×1 topic
  31. Merdeka Belajar125▲ 25×1 topic
  32. Virtual Reality122▲ 7.3×8 topics
  33. Indonesia122▲ 7.5×5 topics
  34. Character Development119▲ 21×2 topics
  35. Learning Outcomes118▲ 8.2×7 topics
  36. Interactive Multimedia118▲ 31×1 topic
  37. Problem Based Learning118▲ 34×1 topic
  38. Organizational Commitment106▲ 15×4 topics
  39. SMEs102▲ 8.6×3 topics
  40. Decision Support System100▲ 16×3 topics

Which research topics does Universitas Palembang publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Educational Methods and Media Use, Educational Curriculum and Learning Methods, STEM Education and Educational Methods and Outcomes.

Educational Methods and Media Use: 200 fractional worksEducational Curriculum and Learning Methods: 125 fractional worksSTEM Education118STEM Education: 118 fractional worksEducational Methods and …98Educational Methods and Outcomes: 98 fractional worksSMEs Development and Digital Marketing: 97 fractional worksManagement and Optimization Techniques: 94 fractional worksEducation and Character …88Education and Character Development: 88 fractional worksMultimedia Learning Syst…74Multimedia Learning Systems: 74 fractional worksOnline Learning Methods …71Online Learning Methods and Innovations: 71 fractional worksSports and Physical Educ…70Sports and Physical Education Research: 70 fractional works
Information SystemsEducationDemographyStrategy and Management1 others

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

  1. 1 Educational Methods and Media Use Information Systems 200 works
  2. 2 Educational Curriculum and Learning Methods Education 125 works
  3. 3 STEM Education Education 118 works
  4. 4 Educational Methods and Outcomes Education 98 works
  5. 5 SMEs Development and Digital Marketing Demography 97 works
  6. 6 Management and Optimization Techniques Strategy and Management 94 works
  7. 7 Education and Character Development Education 88 works
  8. 8 Multimedia Learning Systems Information Systems 74 works
  9. 9 Online Learning Methods and Innovations Education 71 works
  10. 10 Sports and Physical Education Research Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation 70 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 available92.8%not open7.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors3.8%domestic only96.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Universitas Palembang's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 885% 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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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.