Jordanian Social Science Research: An Analytical Study of Publications in Scopus Database

Abstract

The present study explored the status of social science literature published by the Jordanian researchers and indexed in Scopus database. A total of 6913 publications have been produced in the form of journal articles, reviews, papers, books, book series, etc. since 1957 to 2021. It was found that the University of Jordan with 1746 publications occupies top position among all the research institutes of the country followed by Yarmouk University with 985 and Hashemite University with 825 occupying second and third position respectively in the list. As far as the research collaboration is concerned, United States followed by UK, UAE and Saudi Arabia are leading countries of Jordan for collaboration of research in the field. The Khasawneh, S. and Al-Hassan, S.M. from Hashemite University are most prolific authors producing 25 and 23 publications followed by Jarrah, M. from University of Jordan with 23 publications. The articles were found to be most widely produced documents followed by conference papers and reviews. The Jordan University of Science and Technology with 67 publications is the leading funding agency for the research in the field which is followed by university of Jordan which has funded 42 publications. The source titles like journals, conference proceedings, books, book series and trade journals have been used for publishing the literature and of which Dirasat Human and Social Sciences from university of Jordan has contributed maximum publications.