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Zarqa University

In research, Zarqa University stands highest in Social Sciences (#166 of 10,521 worldwide), Business, Management and Accounting (#69 of 2,578 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#275 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Modeling and Simulation, Information Systems and Management and Accounting — Modeling and Simulation is 11.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#810
of 28,054 · #2,955 all time
Rank in Jordan
#1
of 37
Research works
2.8k
▲ 75% vs 2013–17
Citations
23k
8.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
28.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
48%
world 28%

What is Zarqa 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
Social SciencesDomain #166 of 10,521 36.1%640 #762
Business, Management and AccountingField #69 of 2,578 36.3%191 #682
Social SciencesField #275 of 6,365 37.1%228 #756
Health SciencesDomain #784 of 11,982 26.8%205 #2855
Computer ScienceField #343 of 4,667 27.7%366 #1381
Physical SciencesDomain #1,483 of 12,888 23.0%733 #4461
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #330 of 2,578 38.0%77 #1023
Information SystemsSubfield #169 of 1,291 30.4%84 #761
Artificial IntelligenceSubfield #261 of 1,884 29.3%146 #786
Decision SciencesField #141 of 703 32.9%63 —

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Zarqa 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. Social Sciences#762 #166
  2. Business, Management and Accounting#682 #69
  3. Social Sciences#756 #275
  4. Health Sciences#2,855 #784
  5. Computer Science#1,381 #343
  6. Physical Sciences#4,461 #1,483
  7. Sociology and Political Science#1,023 #330
  8. Information Systems#761 #169
  9. Artificial Intelligence#786 #261
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 Zarqa University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Modeling and Simulation takes 11.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Modeling and SimulationSubfield · 25.8 works11×
  2. Information Systems and ManagementSubfield · 28.7 works6.0×
  3. AccountingSubfield · 56.3 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: 0.40× its world share, 32 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.32× its world share, 28 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.24× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.76× its world share, 21 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.74× its world share, 10 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.36× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.57× its world share, 15 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.81× its world share, 366 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.59× its world share, 9 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.73× its world share, 182 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.29× its world share, 24 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.45× its world share, 26 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 4.07× its world share, 80 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.66× its world share, 24 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.25× its world share, 10 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.09× its world share, 48 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.42× its world share, 135 worksMedicineNursing: 1.34× its world share, 11 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.88× its world share, 43 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.55× its world share, 192 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.88× its world share, 63 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.74× its world share, 62 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.04× its world share, 53 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.08× its world share, 228 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Zarqa University?

Ranked on the composite score, Nidal Mahmoud Al-Ramahi, Ahmad Rayan and Ahmad Al–Qerem lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Zarqa University.

  1. 1 Nidal Mahmoud Al-Ramahi · #169,709 worldwide 52 citations · 26 works
  2. 2 Ahmad Rayan · #440,707 worldwide 63 citations · 21 works
  3. 3 Ahmad Al–Qerem · #687,684 worldwide 73 citations · 22 works
  4. 4 Ashraf Shaqadan · #695,479 worldwide 24 citations · 24 works
  5. 5 Hani Attar · #715,625 worldwide 66 citations · 41 works
  6. 6 Maram Y. Al-Safarini · #822,619 worldwide 6 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Mohammed Al-Badawi · #915,083 worldwide 47 citations · 24 works
  8. 8 Ayman Amer · #935,198 worldwide 12 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 Ahmad Qazza · #962,423 worldwide 28 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Mohammad Aljaidi · #1,012,607 worldwide 87 citations · 56 works
All ranked researchers at Zarqa University

Which keywords describe research at Zarqa University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Learning, Supply Chain Management, Healthcare, Customer Satisfaction, Smart Cities, Digital Transformation, IoT 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 Learning215▲ 3.9×85 topics
  2. Deep Learning133▲ 2.3×72 topics
  3. Healthcare121▲ 6.4×20 topics
  4. Supply Chain Management119▲ 7.6×23 topics
  5. Customer Satisfaction92▲ 17×7 topics
  6. Smart Cities86▲ 20×8 topics
  7. Digital Transformation86▲ 9.7×19 topics
  8. IoT85▲ 14×16 topics
  9. Knowledge Management75▲ 8.1×20 topics
  10. Organizational Performance75▲ 18×10 topics
  11. Artificial Intelligence68▲ 3.0×48 topics
  12. Social Media Marketing67▲ 85×1 topic
  13. Corporate Governance66▲ 5.3×22 topics
  14. Internet of Things58▲ 4.0×26 topics
  15. Big Data49▲ 3.2×26 topics
  16. Risk Management48▲ 5.9×12 topics
  17. Social Media48▲ 1.99×26 topics
  18. Security43▲ 3.9×20 topics
  19. Nonlinear Equations41▲ 19×4 topics
  20. Data Mining40▲ 3.2×18 topics
  21. IoT Security39▲ 7.2×3 topics
  22. Leadership34▲ 4.3×14 topics
  23. Cybersecurity31▲ 7.8×6 topics
  24. Finance31▲ 9.5×2 topics
  25. Financial Stability30▲ 8.9×6 topics
  26. Performance Analysis28▲ 7.6×4 topics
  27. Information Systems27▲ 9.4×6 topics
  28. Global Financial Crisis26▲ 11×3 topics
  29. Ethical Identity26▲ 12×1 topic
  30. Shariah Supervision26▲ 12×1 topic
  31. Technology Acceptance Model26▲ 10×2 topics
  32. User Satisfaction26▲ 7.8×4 topics
  33. Online Shopping25▲ 8.3×2 topics
  34. Structural Equation Modeling25▲ 7.3×3 topics
  35. Consumer Trust24▲ 15×1 topic
  36. Partial Least Squares24▲ 15×1 topic
  37. Fractional Calculus24▲ 25×2 topics
  38. Anomalous Diffusion24▲ 26×2 topics
  39. Employee Engagement24▲ 8.2×5 topics
  40. Homotopy Analysis Method23▲ 31×1 topic

Which research topics does Zarqa University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Organizational and Employee Performance, Islamic Finance and Banking Studies, Technology Adoption and User Behaviour and Fractional Differential Equations Solutions.

Organizational and Emplo…67Organizational and Employee Performance: 67 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Bank…26Islamic Finance and Banking Studies: 26 fractional worksTechnology Adoption and …24Technology Adoption and User Behaviour: 24 fractional worksFractional Differential Equations Solutions: 23 fractional worksNetwork Security and Intrusion Detection: 17 fractional worksOrganizational Leadershi…17Organizational Leadership and Management Strategies: 17 fractional worksBlockchain Technology Applications and Security: 15 fractional worksDigital Marketing and Social Media: 13 fractional worksSocioeconomic Development in MENA: 12 fractional worksIterative Methods for Nonlinear Equations: 12 fractional works
Artificial IntelligenceAccountingInformation Systems and ManagementModeling and Simulation5 others

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

  1. 1 Organizational and Employee PerformanceArtificial Intelligence 67 works
  2. 2 Islamic Finance and Banking StudiesAccounting 26 works
  3. 3 Technology Adoption and User BehaviourInformation Systems and Management 24 works
  4. 4 Fractional Differential Equations SolutionsModeling and Simulation 23 works
  5. 5 Network Security and Intrusion DetectionComputer Networks and Communications 17 works
  6. 6 Organizational Leadership and Management StrategiesStrategy and Management 17 works
  7. 7 Blockchain Technology Applications and SecurityInformation Systems 15 works
  8. 8 Digital Marketing and Social MediaSociology and Political Science 13 works
  9. 9 Socioeconomic Development in MENASociology and Political Science 12 works
  10. 10 Iterative Methods for Nonlinear EquationsNumerical Analysis 12 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 available48.2%not open51.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors43.2%domestic only56.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Zarqa University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 75% 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.