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Zarqa University

Research output, impact, five-year growth, topic strengths and transparent benchmarking from open scholarly metadata.

ITS Research Score75.8
Global research rank#881
Country rank#5
Momentum rank#364

Research performance overview

Zarqa University is an education institution in Jordan represented in the ITS Research Intelligence database through OpenAlex and ROR-linked identity data. Over the most recent five-year window available locally, the institution is associated with 6,497 research works and 40,937 citations. Its current h-index is 105, while the five-year trend shows strong expansion in publication activity. It currently places #881 in the ITS global research-performance ranking. Within Jordan, its current research-performance position is #5.

Five-year research output and impact

Research works, 5 years6,497
Citations, 5 years40,937
H-index105
i10-index2,420
Publication growth159.7%
Citation growth-39.2%

Recent citation volume is approximately 6.3 citations per five-year work when the two aggregate windows are divided. This is a descriptive ratio rather than a field-normalized citation indicator, because disciplines have very different citation practices. The h-index and i10-index add longer-run visibility context, while the growth metrics show direction of travel rather than historical accumulation alone.

Research trend by year

YearWorksCitations recordedOpen-access works
20102725414
20114864717
20126596445
2013901,32649
2014941,76973
20151112,63385
20161301,853104
2017992,02264
20181352,28582
20191362,28185
20201762,342127
20212072,661121
20224545,432308
202394610,793647
20241,46114,846791
20252,2949,373810
20261,342493536

The yearly series runs from 2010 to 2026 in the current local snapshot. Annual research counts should be read as a pattern rather than as an audited financial-style total: scholarly metadata is continually corrected, affiliations can be re-resolved, and citations continue to accumulate after publication.

Research strengths and leading topics

Organizational and Employee PerformanceTechnology Adoption and User BehaviourFractional Differential Equations SolutionsIslamic Finance and Banking StudiesNetwork Security and Intrusion DetectionOrganizational Leadership and Management StrategiesBlockchain Technology Applications and SecurityIoT and Edge/Fog ComputingDigital Marketing and Social MediaAdvanced Malware Detection Techniques

The strongest topic signals currently associated with Zarqa University include Organizational and Employee Performance, Technology Adoption and User Behaviour and Fractional Differential Equations Solutions. Topic lists are useful for understanding where an institution is visibly active, but they are not equivalent to a complete departmental census because OpenAlex topics are inferred from the institution’s works rather than from its administrative structure.

National benchmark

Among the 29 index-ready universities currently available for Jordan, the average five-year output is about 3,878 works and the average five-year citation count is about 29,198. Zarqa University is currently above that research-output average and above the citation average. Its own growth signal is 159.7%, compared with a country-set average of 47.1%.

Deep research intelligence

Deep enrichment is queued for this otherwise quality-gated institution. Base research metrics remain available while the collaboration and partner-country aggregates are being calculated.

How to interpret this university profile

ITS Research Solution treats this page as research intelligence rather than a prestige label. The score is designed to summarize measurable research activity using recent output, recent citations, h-index, i10-index and five-year publication growth. Size still matters, so the score should be interpreted together with the trend table and topic profile. A smaller institution with strong momentum can therefore look different from a large institution with a much longer publication history.

Rankings are recalculated from the local analytical database after OpenAlex synchronization. The public page is indexable only when the institution has enough recent research activity, at least five active years in the available trend window, and multiple topic signals. This quality gate prevents empty or minimally populated institution records from becoming search-engine pages.

Data sources and verification

The institution identity is linked to the Research Organization Registry (ROR) through the ROR identifier supplied by OpenAlex. Research counts, citation totals, yearly activity, h-index, i10-index and topic signals come from OpenAlex. OpenAlex institution records are themselves grounded in ROR for canonical institution identity. Data can change as scholarly records, affiliations and citation links are corrected, so the page records the latest local synchronization time rather than presenting the figures as permanent.

  • OpenAlex institution ID: I153687341
  • ROR ID: 01wf1es90
  • Last synchronized: 2026-09-09 23:23:08

Frequently asked questions

What is the research score for Zarqa University?

The current ITS Research Performance Score is 75.8 out of 100. It combines recent publication output, citations, h-index, i10-index and five-year publication growth.

How many research works are associated with Zarqa University?

The current local five-year window contains 6,497 works associated with the institution in OpenAlex.

Is this an official university ranking?

No. This is an independent ITS Research Solution research-performance analysis built from open scholarly metadata. It does not represent an official government or accreditation ranking.