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Socioeconomic Development in MENA

Socioeconomic Development in MENA is a research topic within Sociology and Political Science. Science Explorer counts 14k research works in it since 1951. 10.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the dynamics of networking, human resource management, and cultural influences in the Middle East and Asia, with a focus on the concepts of Guanxi in China and Wasta in Arab countries. It delves into topics such as gender-segregated education, localization policies, the impact of regulations on HRM, challenges and achievements in education, and the role of informal social networks in shaping business practices.

  • Guanxi
  • Wasta
  • Emiratisation
  • Saudization
  • Human Resource Management
  • Gender Segregation
  • Localization
  • Social Networks
  • Education
  • Cultural Identity
Research works
14k
fractional, since 1951
In the world top 10%
1.5k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+37%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Saudi Arabia
24% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Socioeconomic Development in MENA

Which countries lead Socioeconomic Development in MENA research?

By volume, Saudi Arabia and the United States publish the most (711 and 422 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Saudi Arabia 711 works
  2. 2 United States 422 works
  3. 3 Indonesia 318 works
  4. 4 Malaysia 291 works
  5. 5 Jordan 285 works
  6. 6 United Arab Emirates 267 works
  7. 7 Egypt 205 works
  8. 8 United Kingdom 183 works
  9. 9 India 168 works
  10. 10 Pakistan 166 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

Saudi Arabia: 23.6%United States: 14.0%Indonesia: 10.5%Malaysia: 9.6%6 others listed: 42.3%24%largest
Saudi Arabia711 · 23.6%United States422 · 14.0%Indonesia318 · 10.5%Malaysia291 · 9.6%6 others listed1,274 · 42.3%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Socioeconomic Development in MENA research?

By volume in 2022-now, Qatar University publishes the most Socioeconomic Development in MENA research, followed by King Saud University and University of Jordan.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Qatar UniversityQatar 66 works
  2. 2 King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia 58 works
  3. 3 University of JordanJordan 52 works
  4. 4 King Abdulaziz UniversitySaudi Arabia 50 works
  5. 5 King Faisal UniversitySaudi Arabia 37 works
  6. 6 Islamic Azad University, TehranIran 36 works
  7. 7 Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz UniversitySaudi Arabia 35 works
  8. 8 Imam Mohammad ibn Saud Islamic UniversitySaudi Arabia 34 works
  9. 9 Al-Balqa Applied UniversityJordan 33 works
  10. 10 University of Business and TechnologySaudi Arabia 33 works

Who are the leading researchers in Socioeconomic Development in MENA?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Socioeconomic Development in MENA include Yousef Saleh Khader, Mustafa Z Younis and Samer Hamidi.

  1. 1 Yousef Saleh Khader Jordan 274k citations
  2. 2 Mustafa Z Younis United States 191k citations
  3. 3 Samer Hamidi United States 182k citations
  4. 4 Michael E. Porter United States 165k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in Socioeconomic Development in MENA?

The most cited paper in Socioeconomic Development in MENA is "The Passing of Traditional Society: Modernizing the Middle East, by Daniel Lerner and Lucille W. Pevsner" (Elie Salem, 1959), with 1,190 citations. Next come "A Taxonomy of Organizational Justice Theories" (1,049) and "Health care system in Saudi Arabia: an overview" (665).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Passing of Traditional Society: Modernizing the Middle East, by Daniel Lerner and Lucille W. Pevsner Elie Salem · Political Science Quarterly Mar 1959 1,190
2 A Taxonomy of Organizational Justice Theories Jerald Greenberg · Academy of Management Review 1987 1,049
3 Health care system in Saudi Arabia: an overview Mohammed Almalki, Gerard FitzGerald, Michele N. Clark · Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal Open access Oct 2011 665
4 A Study of Management Perceptions of the Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility on Organisational Performance in Emerging Economies: The Case of Dubai Belaid Rettab, Anis Ben Brik, Kamel Mellahi · Journal of Business Ethics 16 Dec 2008 513
5 Islamic work ethic – A moderator between organizational commitment and job satisfaction in a cross‐cultural context Darwish Abdulrahamn Yousef · Personnel Review Apr 2001 512
All 99 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Socioeconomic Development in MENA research done?

The largest centres of Socioeconomic Development in MENA research in 2022-now are Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), Amman (Jordan), Doha (Qatar) and Jeddah (Saudi Arabia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Salt, Nizwá and Najrān.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 RiyadhSaudi Arabia 208 works
  2. 2 AmmanJordan 135 works
  3. 3 DohaQatar 126 works
  4. 4 JeddahSaudi Arabia 120 works
  5. 5 CairoEgypt 86 works
  6. 6 Kuala LumpurMalaysia 80 works
  7. 7 Abu DhabiUnited Arab Emirates 79 works
  8. 8 DubaiUnited Arab Emirates 79 works
  9. 9 MoscowRussia 64 works
  10. 10 MuscatOman 64 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. SaltJO · 33.5 works65×
  2. NizwáOM · 23.0 works63×
  3. NajrānSA · 21.1 works40×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Socioeconomic Development in MENA than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Socioeconomic Development in MENA?

Among universities, judged by research, Prince Sultan University, Qatar University and University of Business and Technology score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%mean 22.26%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Prince Sultan Univer…United Arab Emirates…University of Busine…Qatar University
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Prince Sultan UniversitySaudi Arabia 76.737.5%28.2×14 +262.7%
2Qatar UniversityQatar 75.618.2%51.9×66 +34.0%
3University of Business and TechnologySaudi Arabia 74.724.2%79.6×33 +103.8%
4United Arab Emirates UniversityUnited Arab Emirates 74.126.6%27.0×28 +105.4%
5University of SharjahUnited Arab Emirates 70.120.8%27.6×32 +92.2%
6Jadara UniversityJordan 67.231.2%85.3×15 +88.6%
7Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz UniversitySaudi Arabia 66.614.7%30.7×35 +73.4%
8King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia 65.47.7%13.6×58 +68.2%
9King Abdulaziz UniversitySaudi Arabia 64.49.4%21.1×50 +25.9%
10Jouf UniversitySaudi Arabia 64.432.3%16.5×10 +478.6%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Socioeconomic Development in MENA, country by country

Is Socioeconomic Development in MENA research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 37% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Socioeconomic Development in MENA.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Socioeconomic Development in MENA as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.026% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Socioeconomic Development in MENA over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

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Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.

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