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Universitas Semarang

In research, Universitas Semarang stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,212 of 6,365 worldwide), Social Sciences (#2,130 of 10,521 worldwide) and Law (#165 of 431 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Human Factors and Ergonomics, Demography and Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management — Human Factors and Ergonomics is 21.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,231
of 28,054 · #15,331 all time
Rank in Indonesia
#203
of 570
Research works
6.7k
▲ 278% vs 2013–17
Citations
12k
1.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
92%
world 28%

What is Universitas Semarang 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 SciencesField #1,212 of 6,365 8.6%1,131 #1601
Social SciencesDomain #2,130 of 10,521 7.2%1,814 #2956
LawSubfield #165 of 431 17.8%132 #233
Business, Management and AccountingField #1,259 of 2,578 4.7%479 #2171
EducationSubfield #956 of 1,892 8.0%319 #1438
DemographySubfield #223 of 413 5.8%181 #460
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,580 of 2,578 6.3%232 #1749
General Agricultural and Biological SciencesSubfield #158 of 247 5.0%73 #417
AccountingSubfield #264 of 389 6.1%116 #749
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementSubfield #168 of 229 4.6%113 #669

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Universitas Semarang 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#1,601 #1,212
  2. Social Sciences#2,956 #2,130
  3. Law#233 #165
  4. Business, Management and Accounting#2,171 #1,259
  5. Education#1,438 #956
  6. Demography#460 #223
  7. Sociology and Political Science#1,749 #1,580
  8. General Agricultural and Biological Sciences#417 #158
  9. Accounting#749 #264
  10. Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management#669 #168
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 Semarang specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Human Factors and Ergonomics takes 21.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Human Factors and ErgonomicsSubfield · 69.4 works21×
  2. DemographySubfield · 180.6 works9.0×
  3. Organizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementSubfield · 113.2 works8.1×
  4. LawSubfield · 131.9 works7.7×
  5. AccountingSubfield · 115.9 works6.5×
  6. General Agricultural and Biological SciencesSubfield · 72.6 works5.6×
  7. Occupational TherapySubfield · 27.2 works5.5×
← 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: 1.12× its world share, 156 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.09× its world share, 13 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.06× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.69× its world share, 7 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.11× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.63× its world share, 371 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 8 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.13× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.45× its world share, 198 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.57× its world share, 84 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.12× its world share, 12 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.31× its world share, 11 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.51× its world share, 117 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.20× its world share, 115 worksMedicineNursing: 0.64× its world share, 9 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.57× its world share, 48 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5.07× its world share, 479 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.73× its world share, 21 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.14× its world share, 72 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.70× its world share, 63 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.05× its world share, 1,132 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 5.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Universitas Semarang?

Ranked on the composite score, K. Gekko, N. Gō and Indarto Indarto lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Universitas Semarang.

  1. 1 K. Gekko Indonesia · #210,101 worldwide 178 citations · 24 works
  2. 2 N. Gō Indonesia · #272,138 worldwide 113 citations · 21 works
  3. 3 Indarto Indarto Indonesia · #332,862 worldwide 24 citations · 39 works
  4. 4 Surono Surono Indonesia · #407,489 worldwide 19 citations · 30 works
  5. 5 Djoko Santoso Indonesia · #409,727 worldwide 23 citations · 40 works
  6. 6 M. Nishiyama Indonesia · #441,503 worldwide 52 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Susanto Susanto Indonesia · #445,715 worldwide 11 citations · 40 works
  8. 8 Saifudin Saifudin Indonesia · #496,492 worldwide 8 citations · 30 works
  9. 9 Ardiani Ika Sulistyawati Indonesia · #552,201 worldwide 18 citations · 21 works
  10. 10 Zaenal Arifin Indonesia · #582,953 worldwide 14 citations · 43 works
All ranked researchers at Universitas Semarang

Which keywords describe research at Universitas Semarang?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Social Media, E-commerce, Financial Performance, Community Empowerment, Indonesia, E-Learning, Economic Impact and SMEs.

▲ 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. Social Media260▲ 6.2×25 topics
  2. E-commerce234▲ 13×7 topics
  3. Financial Performance223▲ 13×9 topics
  4. Community Empowerment220▲ 9.9×10 topics
  5. E-Learning202▲ 6.9×16 topics
  6. Indonesia200▲ 14×5 topics
  7. COVID-19193▲ 4.8×16 topics
  8. Pandemic191▲ 6.1×11 topics
  9. Economic Impact185▲ 11×5 topics
  10. SMEs176▲ 17×2 topics
  11. Corporate Governance174▲ 8.0×15 topics
  12. Digital Marketing171▲ 14×2 topics
  13. UMKM170▲ 20×1 topic
  14. Education166▲ 3.3×36 topics
  15. Educational Technology163▲ 4.7×32 topics
  16. Media Literacy161▲ 9.6×5 topics
  17. Sustainable Development153▲ 3.3×41 topics
  18. Supply Chain Management142▲ 5.2×18 topics
  19. Organizational Culture139▲ 12×8 topics
  20. Digital Literacy139▲ 7.9×10 topics
  21. Islamic Banking139▲ 12×3 topics
  22. Consumer Behavior138▲ 7.4×12 topics
  23. Job Satisfaction134▲ 11×9 topics
  24. Customer Satisfaction133▲ 14×8 topics
  25. Information Technology132▲ 9.3×9 topics
  26. Artificial Intelligence132▲ 3.3×27 topics
  27. Local Wisdom117▲ 8.3×9 topics
  28. Qualitative Research116▲ 4.6×12 topics
  29. Employee Performance107▲ 30×3 topics
  30. Data Mining106▲ 4.8×10 topics
  31. Curriculum Development101▲ 4.9×13 topics
  32. Character Education100▲ 6.9×6 topics
  33. Decision Support System95▲ 18×4 topics
  34. Leadership94▲ 6.7×10 topics
  35. Fuzzy Logic92▲ 12×5 topics
  36. Service Quality91▲ 11×6 topics
  37. Pandemic Response91▲ 13×2 topics
  38. Motivation88▲ 7.2×8 topics
  39. Organizational Commitment86▲ 14×3 topics
  40. Community Participation86▲ 7.9×7 topics

Which research topics does Universitas Semarang publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: SMEs Development and Digital Marketing, Employee Performance and Management, Management and Optimization Techniques and Legal Studies and Policies.

SMEs Development and Dig…170SMEs Development and Digital Marketing: 170 fractional worksEmployee Performance and Management: 69 fractional worksManagement and Optimization Techniques: 68 fractional worksLegal Studies and Policies: 63 fractional worksBlockchain Technology in Education and Learning: 60 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Communication: 57 fractional worksEmployee Performance and…54Employee Performance and Leadership: 54 fractional worksEdcuational Technology Systems: 53 fractional worksEducational Methods and Media Use: 52 fractional worksEducational Methods and …50Educational Methods and Impacts: 50 fractional works
DemographyHuman Factors and ErgonomicsStrategy and ManagementLaw5 others

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

  1. 1 SMEs Development and Digital Marketing Demography 170 works
  2. 2 Employee Performance and Management Human Factors and Ergonomics 69 works
  3. 3 Management and Optimization Techniques Strategy and Management 68 works
  4. 4 Legal Studies and Policies Law 63 works
  5. 5 Blockchain Technology in Education and Learning Information Systems 60 works
  6. 6 Islamic Finance and Communication Sociology and Political Science 57 works
  7. 7 Employee Performance and Leadership Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 54 works
  8. 8 Edcuational Technology Systems Artificial Intelligence 53 works
  9. 9 Educational Methods and Media Use Information Systems 52 works
  10. 10 Educational Methods and Impacts Education 50 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 available92.4%not open7.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Universitas Semarang's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 278% 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.