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Yarmouk University

In research, Yarmouk University stands highest in Health Sciences (#928 of 11,982 worldwide), Social Sciences (#1,083 of 10,521 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#1,871 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Statistics and Probability, Language and Linguistics and Archeology — Statistics and Probability is 5.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,661
of 28,054 · #3,649 all time
Rank in Jordan
#8
of 37
Research works
7k
▲ 81% vs 2013–17
Citations
74k
10.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
48%
world 28%

What is Yarmouk University 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 #928 of 11,982 19.2%344 #2805
Social SciencesDomain #1,083 of 10,521 20.0%1,025 #1792
Physical SciencesDomain #1,871 of 12,888 21.0%752 #3253
Social SciencesField #1,045 of 6,365 17.3%532 #1487
EngineeringField #1,209 of 6,636 21.6%251 #2190
Computer ScienceField #903 of 4,667 26.5%259 #1498
MedicineField #2,343 of 10,443 18.6%275 #4968
Artificial IntelligenceSubfield #442 of 1,884 29.5%111 #821
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #715 of 2,578 18.4%180 #1264
Business, Management and AccountingField #940 of 2,578 25.7%127 #1620

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Yarmouk University 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#2,805 #928
  2. Social Sciences#1,792 #1,083
  3. Physical Sciences#3,253 #1,871
  4. Social Sciences#1,487 #1,045
  5. Engineering#2,190 #1,209
  6. Computer Science#1,498 #903
  7. Medicine#4,968 #2,343
  8. Artificial Intelligence#821 #442
  9. Sociology and Political Science#1,264 #715
  10. Business, Management and Accounting#1,620 #940
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 Yarmouk University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Statistics and Probability takes 5.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Statistics and ProbabilitySubfield · 25.8 works5.3×
  2. Language and LinguisticsSubfield · 45.0 works4.5×
  3. ArcheologySubfield · 29.0 works4.2×
  4. TransportationSubfield · 25.6 works3.4×
← 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: 0.30× its world share, 32 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.52× its world share, 63 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.45× its world share, 10 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.78× its world share, 29 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.24× its world share, 10 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.34× its world share, 3 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.50× its world share, 18 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.47× its world share, 259 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.58× its world share, 21 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.72× its world share, 15 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.74× its world share, 251 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.56× its world share, 63 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.32× its world share, 25 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 3.03× its world share, 81 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.34× its world share, 17 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.99× its world share, 59 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.63× its world share, 275 worksMedicineNursing: 0.70× its world share, 8 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.90× its world share, 124 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.74× its world share, 127 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.41× its world share, 53 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.11× its world share, 54 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.95× its world share, 135 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.86× its world share, 532 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 3.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Yarmouk University?

Ranked on the composite score, Moawiah Khatatbeh, Rabia Emhamed Al Mamlook and Haythem Bany Salameh lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Yarmouk University.

  1. 1 Moawiah Khatatbeh · #153,292 worldwide 381 citations · 19 works
  2. 2 Rabia Emhamed Al Mamlook · #229,445 worldwide 143 citations · 21 works
  3. 3 Haythem Bany Salameh · #334,533 worldwide 277 citations · 66 works
  4. 4 Asem S. Al‐Zoubi · #335,709 worldwide 106 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 Ruba Fahmi Bataineh · #427,882 worldwide 61 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 Hashem Al–Mattarneh · #453,413 worldwide 167 citations · 26 works
  7. 7 Seteney Shami · #568,933 worldwide 19 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Alaa A. A. Aljabali · #577,000 worldwide 176 citations · 53 works
  9. 9 Mowaffaq Hajja · #629,830 worldwide 54 citations · 44 works
  10. 10 Ahmad Nasayreh · #706,003 worldwide 60 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Yarmouk University

Which keywords describe research at Yarmouk University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Learning, Education, Customer Satisfaction, Educational Technology, Technology Integration, Digital Transformation, Teacher Training and Organizational Performance.

▲ 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 Learning144▲ 1.94×79 topics
  2. Education96▲ 2.5×50 topics
  3. Deep Learning92▲ 1.19×66 topics
  4. Educational Technology80▲ 3.0×28 topics
  5. Globalization73▲ 1.65×48 topics
  6. Mental Health65▲ 1.95×29 topics
  7. Supply Chain Management65▲ 3.1×16 topics
  8. Social Media61▲ 1.90×30 topics
  9. Healthcare61▲ 2.4×20 topics
  10. Teacher Training60▲ 4.2×14 topics
  11. Online Learning59▲ 3.1×19 topics
  12. Digital Transformation57▲ 4.7×13 topics
  13. E-Learning55▲ 2.4×14 topics
  14. Customer Satisfaction54▲ 7.5×5 topics
  15. Curriculum Development51▲ 3.2×11 topics
  16. Technology Integration51▲ 7.3×10 topics
  17. Risk Management50▲ 4.6×10 topics
  18. Pedagogy49▲ 4.4×9 topics
  19. IoT48▲ 5.7×12 topics
  20. Smart Cities44▲ 7.5×5 topics
  21. Knowledge Management44▲ 3.5×15 topics
  22. Organizational Performance43▲ 7.8×8 topics
  23. Islamic Education43▲ 5.4×4 topics
  24. Ethnicity39▲ 4.5×9 topics
  25. Social Media Marketing38▲ 36×1 topic
  26. Religious Education35▲ 9.1×3 topics
  27. Student Satisfaction34▲ 8.0×2 topics
  28. Madrasa34▲ 20×1 topic
  29. Muslim Students34▲ 20×1 topic
  30. Teacher Professional Development33▲ 9.0×5 topics
  31. Performance Analysis33▲ 6.7×4 topics
  32. Finance33▲ 7.4×3 topics
  33. Financial Stability33▲ 7.2×5 topics
  34. Islam32▲ 6.7×4 topics
  35. Global Financial Crisis30▲ 9.7×2 topics
  36. Ethical Identity30▲ 11×1 topic
  37. Shariah Supervision30▲ 11×1 topic
  38. Malay Language30▲ 9.2×1 topic
  39. Sharia Law30▲ 9.0×1 topic
  40. Palestine30▲ 22×2 topics

Which research topics does Yarmouk University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Organizational and Employee Performance, Education and Islamic Studies, Islamic Finance and Banking Studies and Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies.

Organizational and Emplo…38Organizational and Employee Performance: 38 fractional worksEducation and Islamic St…34Education and Islamic Studies: 34 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Bank…30Islamic Finance and Banking Studies: 30 fractional worksLinguistic, Cultural, an…30Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 30 fractional worksSocioeconomic Development in MENA: 24 fractional worksTechnology-Enhanced Education Studies: 23 fractional worksLegal and Regulatory Ana…20Legal and Regulatory Analysis: 20 fractional worksMilitary Technology and …20Military Technology and Strategies: 20 fractional worksEducation and Critical T…17Education and Critical Thinking Development: 17 fractional worksTechnology Adoption and …16Technology Adoption and User Behaviour: 16 fractional works
Artificial IntelligenceEducationAccountingSociology and Political Science3 others

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

  1. 1 Organizational and Employee PerformanceArtificial Intelligence 38 works
  2. 2 Education and Islamic StudiesEducation 34 works
  3. 3 Islamic Finance and Banking StudiesAccounting 30 works
  4. 4 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary StudiesSociology and Political Science 30 works
  5. 5 Socioeconomic Development in MENASociology and Political Science 24 works
  6. 6 Technology-Enhanced Education StudiesEducation 23 works
  7. 7 Legal and Regulatory AnalysisTransportation 20 works
  8. 8 Military Technology and StrategiesAerospace Engineering 20 works
  9. 9 Education and Critical Thinking DevelopmentEducation 17 works
  10. 10 Technology Adoption and User BehaviourInformation Systems and Management 16 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 available48.1%not open51.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.2%domestic only74.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Yarmouk University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 81% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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