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Universitas Sumatera Utara

In research, Universitas Sumatera Utara stands highest in Law (#9 of 431 worldwide), Social Sciences (#350 of 6,365 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#729 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Human Factors and Ergonomics, Law and General Agricultural and Biological Sciences — Human Factors and Ergonomics is 11.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,517
of 28,054 · #3,639 all time
Rank in Indonesia
#22
of 570
Research works
32k
▲ 276% vs 2013–17
Citations
80k
2.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
84%
world 28%

What is Universitas Sumatera Utara 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
LawSubfield #9 of 431 15.3%601 #108
Social SciencesField #350 of 6,365 10.0%3,978 #873
Social SciencesDomain #729 of 10,521 8.9%6,418 #1455
General Agricultural and Biological SciencesSubfield #20 of 247 7.0%426 #124
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #309 of 3,409 5.1%1,598 #361
Cultural StudiesSubfield #22 of 232 18.7%244 #149
DemographySubfield #52 of 413 7.0%530 #157
Human Factors and ErgonomicsSubfield #12 of 89 8.1%169 #33
Health SciencesDomain #1,824 of 11,982 2.9%2,314 #2398
Political Science and International RelationsSubfield #205 of 1,201 14.6%403 #653

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Universitas Sumatera Utara 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. Law#108 #9
  2. Social Sciences#873 #350
  3. Social Sciences#1,455 #729
  4. General Agricultural and Biological Sciences#124 #20
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#361 #309
  6. Cultural Studies#149 #22
  7. Demography#157 #52
  8. Human Factors and Ergonomics#33 #12
  9. Health Sciences#2,398 #1,824
  10. Political Science and International Relations#653 #205
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 Sumatera Utara specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Human Factors and Ergonomics takes 11.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Human Factors and ErgonomicsSubfield · 169.1 works11×
  2. LawSubfield · 600.8 works7.6×
  3. General Agricultural and Biological SciencesSubfield · 426.3 works7.1×
  4. ConservationSubfield · 88.4 works6.9×
  5. DemographySubfield · 530.1 works5.7×
  6. Geography, Planning and DevelopmentSubfield · 134.0 works4.8×
  7. ForestrySubfield · 64.8 works4.6×
← 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: 2.46× its world share, 1,598 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.36× its world share, 260 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.39× its world share, 53 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.25× its world share, 54 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.23× its world share, 59 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.21× its world share, 10 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.49× its world share, 106 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.95× its world share, 1,009 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 51 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.35× its world share, 44 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.40× its world share, 823 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.86× its world share, 582 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.45× its world share, 214 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.26× its world share, 41 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 16 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.86× its world share, 123 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.57× its world share, 564 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.59× its world share, 1,546 worksMedicineNursing: 1.13× its world share, 76 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.29× its world share, 5 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.03× its world share, 404 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.91× its world share, 1,282 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.76× its world share, 100 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.27× its world share, 370 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.68× its world share, 282 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.30× its world share, 3,978 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 2.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Universitas Sumatera Utara?

Ranked on the composite score, Erlina Erlina, Bina Melvia Girsang and Erlina Erlina lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Universitas Sumatera Utara.

  1. 1 Erlina Erlina Indonesia · #120,076 worldwide 93 citations · 39 works
  2. 2 Bina Melvia Girsang Indonesia · #209,373 worldwide 3 citations · 37 works
  3. 3 Erlina Erlina Indonesia · #282,853 worldwide 39 citations · 47 works
  4. 4 Iskandar Muda Indonesia · #340,875 worldwide 194 citations · 106 works
  5. 5 Heri Kusmanto Indonesia · #346,801 worldwide 19 citations · 38 works
  6. 6 Hasim Purba Indonesia · #353,121 worldwide 11 citations · 29 works
  7. 7 Jelly Leviza Indonesia · #379,052 worldwide 4 citations · 32 works
  8. 8 R. Hamdani Harahap Indonesia · #394,570 worldwide 31 citations · 35 works
  9. 9 Mahmud Mulyadi Indonesia · #397,735 worldwide 4 citations · 27 works
  10. 10 Muhammad Yamin Indonesia · #405,765 worldwide 23 citations · 48 works
All ranked researchers at Universitas Sumatera Utara

Which keywords describe research at Universitas Sumatera Utara?

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

▲ 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. Community Empowerment1,114▲ 11×12 topics
  2. Social Media750▲ 3.9×33 topics
  3. Indonesia680▲ 10×5 topics
  4. Sustainable Development671▲ 3.1×58 topics
  5. COVID-19668▲ 3.6×27 topics
  6. Pandemic642▲ 4.4×12 topics
  7. E-commerce617▲ 7.5×9 topics
  8. Financial Performance590▲ 7.4×14 topics
  9. Economic Impact568▲ 7.2×10 topics
  10. Health Education530▲ 8.7×8 topics
  11. Local Wisdom530▲ 8.0×9 topics
  12. Corporate Governance506▲ 5.0×21 topics
  13. Islamic Banking494▲ 8.9×3 topics
  14. Human Rights494▲ 3.5×37 topics
  15. Media Literacy481▲ 6.2×5 topics
  16. Community Participation464▲ 9.2×8 topics
  17. E-Learning444▲ 3.2×13 topics
  18. Supply Chain Management443▲ 3.5×23 topics
  19. SMEs439▲ 9.1×4 topics
  20. Digital Marketing430▲ 7.5×4 topics
  21. UMKM426▲ 11×1 topic
  22. Qualitative Research425▲ 3.6×18 topics
  23. Antioxidant Activity423▲ 4.9×32 topics
  24. Digital Literacy379▲ 4.6×11 topics
  25. Non-Communicable Diseases373▲ 9.2×5 topics
  26. Breastfeeding371▲ 11×3 topics
  27. Public Health Policy371▲ 9.6×4 topics
  28. Maternal Health371▲ 9.9×3 topics
  29. Consumer Behavior366▲ 4.2×15 topics
  30. Child Nutrition364▲ 13×1 topic
  31. Stunting364▲ 13×1 topic
  32. Character Education359▲ 5.3×6 topics
  33. Customer Satisfaction336▲ 7.7×10 topics
  34. Organizational Culture316▲ 5.9×11 topics
  35. Service Quality314▲ 8.5×6 topics
  36. Restorative Justice314▲ 16×2 topics
  37. Environmental Law310▲ 11×6 topics
  38. Criminal Justice308▲ 10×5 topics
  39. Pandemic Response293▲ 8.8×3 topics
  40. Leadership Styles279▲ 12×4 topics

Which research topics does Universitas Sumatera Utara publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: SMEs Development and Digital Marketing, Public Health and Nutrition, Legal Studies and Policies and Economic Growth and Fiscal Policies.

SMEs Development and Digital Marketing: 426 fractional worksPublic Health and Nutrition: 364 fractional worksLegal Studies and Policies: 272 fractional worksEconomic Growth and Fisc…201Economic Growth and Fiscal Policies: 201 fractional worksManagement and Optimization Techniques: 182 fractional worksLegal and Social Justice Studies: 181 fractional worksIndonesian Legal and Reg…173Indonesian Legal and Regulatory Studies: 173 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Communication: 173 fractional worksEmployee Performance and Management: 169 fractional worksEducational Methods and …154Educational Methods and Media Use: 154 fractional works
DemographyPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthLawEconomics and Econometrics5 others

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

  1. 1 SMEs Development and Digital Marketing Demography 426 works
  2. 2 Public Health and Nutrition Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 364 works
  3. 3 Legal Studies and Policies Law 272 works
  4. 4 Economic Growth and Fiscal Policies Economics and Econometrics 201 works
  5. 5 Management and Optimization Techniques Strategy and Management 182 works
  6. 6 Legal and Social Justice Studies Law 181 works
  7. 7 Indonesian Legal and Regulatory Studies Political Science and International Relations 173 works
  8. 8 Islamic Finance and Communication Sociology and Political Science 173 works
  9. 9 Employee Performance and Management Human Factors and Ergonomics 169 works
  10. 10 Educational Methods and Media Use Information Systems 154 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 available84.4%not open15.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors4.1%domestic only95.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Universitas Sumatera Utara's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 276% 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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