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Universitas Simalungun

In research, Universitas Simalungun stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,554 of 6,365 worldwide), Social Sciences (#2,683 of 10,521 worldwide) and Education (#1,026 of 1,892 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Demography and Education — General Agricultural and Biological Sciences is 11.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#13,252
of 28,054 · #27,096 all time
Rank in Indonesia
#298
of 570
Research works
2.1k
▲ 6398% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.8k
1.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
94%
world 28%

What is Universitas Simalungun 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 #1,554 of 6,365 10.5%579 #3258
Social SciencesDomain #2,683 of 10,521 9.8%845 #5424
EducationSubfield #1,026 of 1,892 7.7%290 #1873
DemographySubfield #229 of 413 11.4%87 #678
Information SystemsSubfield #823 of 1,291 9.5%150 #1894
Business, Management and AccountingField #2,024 of 2,578 9.3%145 #3441
General Agricultural and Biological SciencesSubfield #203 of 247 4.4%65 #388
Computer ScienceField #3,867 of 4,667 8.9%163 #6479
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #2,989 of 3,409 2.8%118 #5200
Physical SciencesDomain #12,132 of 12,888 6.8%241 #21096

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Universitas Simalungun 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#3,258 #1,554
  2. Social Sciences#5,424 #2,683
  3. Education#1,873 #1,026
  4. Demography#678 #229
  5. Information Systems#1,894 #823
  6. Business, Management and Accounting#3,441 #2,024
  7. General Agricultural and Biological Sciences#388 #203
  8. Computer Science#6,479 #3,867
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#5,200 #2,989
  10. Physical Sciences#21,096 #12,132
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 Simalungun specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: General Agricultural and Biological Sciences takes 11.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. General Agricultural and Biological SciencesSubfield · 64.8 works12×
  2. DemographySubfield · 87.3 works10×
  3. EducationSubfield · 290.1 works7.5×
  4. Information SystemsSubfield · 149.7 works6.7×
  5. LawSubfield · 47.7 works6.5×
← 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: 1.96× its world share, 118 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.06× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.66× its world share, 163 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.16× its world share, 30 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.52× its world share, 33 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.76× its world share, 11 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 1.01× its world share, 34 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.09× its world share, 22 worksMedicineNursing: 0.45× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.95× its world share, 35 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.56× its world share, 146 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.44× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.30× its world share, 62 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.46× its world share, 18 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.61× its world share, 579 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Universitas Simalungun?

Ranked on the composite score, Darwin Damanik, Liharman Saragih and Wico Jontarudi Tarigan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Universitas Simalungun.

  1. 1 Darwin Damanik Indonesia · #390,192 worldwide 11 citations · 27 works
  2. 2 Liharman Saragih Indonesia · #575,568 worldwide 4 citations · 22 works
  3. 3 Wico Jontarudi Tarigan Indonesia · #612,759 worldwide 13 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Pinondang Nainggolan Indonesia · #626,507 worldwide 11 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Ridwin Purba Indonesia · #630,139 worldwide 18 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Sariaman Gultom Indonesia · #788,431 worldwide 2 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Probo Pribadi S.M Indonesia · #836,809 worldwide 0 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Mahaitin H Sinaga Indonesia · #837,122 worldwide 4 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 Vitryani Tarigan Indonesia · #878,874 worldwide 6 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 Djuli Sjafei Purba Indonesia · #881,871 worldwide 8 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Universitas Simalungun

Which keywords describe research at Universitas Simalungun?

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

▲ 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-Learning158▲ 12×9 topics
  2. Local Wisdom131▲ 21×9 topics
  3. Media Literacy130▲ 18×3 topics
  4. Character Education120▲ 19×6 topics
  5. Curriculum Development115▲ 13×9 topics
  6. Digital Literacy115▲ 15×4 topics
  7. Digital Learning108▲ 16×6 topics
  8. Social Media99▲ 5.5×5 topics
  9. Community Empowerment98▲ 10×11 topics
  10. Qualitative Research98▲ 8.9×7 topics
  11. Information Literacy96▲ 28×1 topic
  12. School Literacy Movement96▲ 34×1 topic
  13. Financial Performance89▲ 12×6 topics
  14. E-commerce88▲ 12×7 topics
  15. Indonesia88▲ 14×5 topics
  16. COVID-1983▲ 4.8×5 topics
  17. Pandemic83▲ 6.1×4 topics
  18. Economic Impact83▲ 11×4 topics
  19. Online Learning81▲ 7.7×9 topics
  20. SMEs80▲ 18×3 topics
  21. Mobile Learning79▲ 18×6 topics
  22. Educational Technology78▲ 5.2×13 topics
  23. Supply Chain Management78▲ 6.6×6 topics
  24. Digital Marketing77▲ 14×1 topic
  25. UMKM77▲ 20×1 topic
  26. STEM Education65▲ 11×6 topics
  27. Educational Policy58▲ 18×2 topics
  28. 21st Century Skills57▲ 15×4 topics
  29. Information Technology51▲ 8.3×4 topics
  30. Teaching Strategies50▲ 13×5 topics
  31. Fiscal Decentralization47▲ 34×2 topics
  32. Regional Development47▲ 10×3 topics
  33. Spatial Planning47▲ 23×2 topics
  34. Kampus Merdeka47▲ 25×1 topic
  35. Local Government Finance47▲ 35×2 topics
  36. Merdeka Belajar47▲ 25×1 topic
  37. Econometrics47▲ 40×1 topic
  38. Public Economics47▲ 40×1 topic
  39. Islamic Banking46▲ 8.8×3 topics
  40. Motivation46▲ 8.6×3 topics

Which research topics does Universitas Simalungun publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Educational Methods and Media Use, SMEs Development and Digital Marketing, Educational Curriculum and Learning Methods and Economic Growth and Fiscal Policies.

Educational Methods and Media Use: 96 fractional worksSMEs Development and Digital Marketing: 77 fractional worksEducational Curriculum and Learning Methods: 47 fractional worksEconomic Growth and Fiscal Policies: 47 fractional worksManagement and Optimization Techniques: 40 fractional worksEducation and Character Development: 38 fractional worksAgriculture and Agroindu…35Agriculture and Agroindustry Studies: 35 fractional worksSTEM Education30STEM Education: 30 fractional worksEducational Research and Methods: 30 fractional worksEducational Methods and Outcomes: 29 fractional works
Information SystemsDemographyEducationEconomics and Econometrics2 others

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

  1. 1 Educational Methods and Media Use Information Systems 96 works
  2. 2 SMEs Development and Digital Marketing Demography 77 works
  3. 3 Educational Curriculum and Learning Methods Education 47 works
  4. 4 Economic Growth and Fiscal Policies Economics and Econometrics 47 works
  5. 5 Management and Optimization Techniques Strategy and Management 40 works
  6. 6 Education and Character Development Education 38 works
  7. 7 Agriculture and Agroindustry Studies General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 35 works
  8. 8 STEM Education Education 30 works
  9. 9 Educational Research and Methods Education 30 works
  10. 10 Educational Methods and Outcomes Education 29 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 available94.2%not open5.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors1.7%domestic only98.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Universitas Simalungun's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 6398% higher than in 2013–2017.

20152020
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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.

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.