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University of Jordan

In research, University of Jordan stands highest in Health Sciences (#391 of 11,982 worldwide), Social Sciences (#461 of 10,521 worldwide) and Business, Management and Accounting (#145 of 2,578 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Language and Linguistics and Modeling and Simulation — Language and Linguistics is 3.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#826
of 28,054 · #1,589 all time
Rank in Jordan
#2
of 37
Research works
17k
▲ 63% vs 2013–17
Citations
243k
14.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
50%
world 28%

What is University of Jordan 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
Health SciencesDomain #391 of 11,982 17.6%1,347 #856
Social SciencesDomain #461 of 10,521 22.3%1,738 #831
Business, Management and AccountingField #145 of 2,578 36.1%240 #572
MedicineField #771 of 10,443 16.2%1,094 #1790
Computer ScienceField #347 of 4,667 29.5%506 #726
Artificial IntelligenceSubfield #149 of 1,884 27.3%218 #262
Physical SciencesDomain #1,025 of 12,888 20.4%1,539 #1834
Social SciencesField #686 of 6,365 17.1%808 #738
Health ProfessionsField #215 of 1,928 26.3%155 #518
Information SystemsSubfield #155 of 1,291 36.1%100 #377

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Jordan 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. Health Sciences#856 #391
  2. Social Sciences#831 #461
  3. Business, Management and Accounting#572 #145
  4. Medicine#1,790 #771
  5. Computer Science#726 #347
  6. Artificial Intelligence#262 #149
  7. Physical Sciences#1,834 #1,025
  8. Social Sciences#738 #686
  9. Health Professions#518 #215
  10. Information Systems#377 #155
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 University of Jordan specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Language and Linguistics takes 3.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Language and LinguisticsSubfield · 87.3 works3.9×
  2. Modeling and SimulationSubfield · 27.3 works3.8×
← 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: 0.68× its world share, 166 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.75× its world share, 205 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.73× its world share, 38 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.65× its world share, 54 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.59× its world share, 29 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.39× its world share, 7 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.05× its world share, 84 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.27× its world share, 506 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.37× its world share, 30 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.70× its world share, 33 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.58× its world share, 446 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.67× its world share, 169 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.50× its world share, 89 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.20× its world share, 132 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.38× its world share, 43 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.51× its world share, 62 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.15× its world share, 155 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.11× its world share, 1,094 worksMedicineNursing: 1.36× its world share, 34 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.52× its world share, 224 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.46× its world share, 240 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.64× its world share, 81 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.00× its world share, 110 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.77× its world share, 275 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.25× its world share, 808 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 2.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Jordan?

Ranked on the composite score, Yasser Bustanji, Muhammad Turki Alshurideh and Muayyad Ahmad lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Jordan.

  1. 1 Yasser Bustanji Jordan · #19,877 worldwide 809 citations · 45 works
  2. 2 Muhammad Turki Alshurideh Jordan · #29,786 worldwide 580 citations · 72 works
  3. 3 Muayyad Ahmad Jordan · #58,596 worldwide 662 citations · 27 works
  4. 4 Barween Al Kurdi Jordan · #82,798 worldwide 236 citations · 33 works
  5. 5 Hossam Faris Jordan · #91,228 worldwide 367 citations · 40 works
  6. 6 Ibrahim Aljarah Jordan · #112,076 worldwide 365 citations · 33 works
  7. 7 Shaher Momani Jordan · #115,581 worldwide 833 citations · 101 works
  8. 8 Salahdein Aburuz Jordan · #117,008 worldwide 499 citations · 21 works
  9. 9 Khalid A. Darabkh Jordan · #118,765 worldwide 366 citations · 63 works
  10. 10 Malik Sallam Jordan · #135,114 worldwide 195 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at University of Jordan

Which keywords describe research at University of Jordan?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Learning, Supply Chain Management, Customer Satisfaction, Smart Cities, Healthcare, Organizational Performance, Digital Transformation and IoT.

▲ 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. Machine Learning271▲ 1.62×86 topics
  2. Epidemiology235▲ 1.16×128 topics
  3. Healthcare172▲ 3.0×22 topics
  4. Supply Chain Management170▲ 3.6×23 topics
  5. Deep Learning158◆ 0.90×78 topics
  6. Education133▲ 1.51×60 topics
  7. Mental Health131▲ 1.75×37 topics
  8. Globalization126▲ 1.26×68 topics
  9. Digital Transformation121▲ 4.5×18 topics
  10. Customer Satisfaction117▲ 7.1×6 topics
  11. Inflammation111◆ 1.05×83 topics
  12. Smart Cities110▲ 8.4×7 topics
  13. Quality of Life108▲ 1.46×50 topics
  14. IoT104▲ 5.4×15 topics
  15. COVID-19101▲ 1.45×27 topics
  16. Knowledge Management100▲ 3.5×22 topics
  17. Depression98▲ 2.2×23 topics
  18. Organizational Performance96▲ 7.6×8 topics
  19. Social Media Marketing86▲ 36×1 topic
  20. Corporate Governance76▲ 2.0×21 topics
  21. Teacher Training73▲ 2.3×16 topics
  22. Risk Management70▲ 2.9×14 topics
  23. Social Networks65▲ 4.7×8 topics
  24. Social Interaction62▲ 3.0×10 topics
  25. Anxiety62▲ 2.5×12 topics
  26. Human Resource Management57▲ 7.2×4 topics
  27. Localization52▲ 8.3×4 topics
  28. Palestine50▲ 16×2 topics
  29. Guanxi49▲ 43×1 topic
  30. Wasta49▲ 43×1 topic
  31. Corpus Linguistics48▲ 4.4×5 topics
  32. Pragmatics46▲ 5.5×7 topics
  33. Middle East43▲ 13×2 topics
  34. Madrasa42▲ 11×1 topic
  35. Muslim Students42▲ 11×1 topic
  36. Israel41▲ 23×2 topics
  37. Ethnic Identity40▲ 6.8×5 topics
  38. Occupation38▲ 11×2 topics
  39. Segregation38▲ 9.0×1 topic
  40. Settler Colonialism38▲ 17×1 topic

Which research topics does University of Jordan publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Organizational and Employee Performance, Socioeconomic Development in MENA, Education and Islamic Studies and Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies.

Organizational and Emplo…86Organizational and Employee Performance: 86 fractional worksSocioeconomic Development in MENA: 49 fractional worksEducation and Islamic St…42Education and Islamic Studies: 42 fractional worksJewish and Middle Easter…38Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies: 38 fractional worksLinguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 33 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Banking Studies: 32 fractional worksTechnology Adoption and …32Technology Adoption and User Behaviour: 32 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 26 fractional worksTechnology-Enhanced Education Studies: 26 fractional worksIslamic Studies and History: 23 fractional works
Artificial IntelligenceSociology and Political ScienceEducationAccounting3 others

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

  1. 1 Organizational and Employee Performance Artificial Intelligence 86 works
  2. 2 Socioeconomic Development in MENA Sociology and Political Science 49 works
  3. 3 Education and Islamic Studies Education 42 works
  4. 4 Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies Sociology and Political Science 38 works
  5. 5 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 33 works
  6. 6 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 32 works
  7. 7 Technology Adoption and User Behaviour Information Systems and Management 32 works
  8. 8 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 26 works
  9. 9 Technology-Enhanced Education Studies Education 26 works
  10. 10 Islamic Studies and History Political Science and International Relations 23 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 available50.4%not open49.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors28.1%domestic only71.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Jordan's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 63% 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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