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Research in Chittagong

Science Explorer records 13 research institutions in Chittagong, Bangladesh. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are International Islamic University Chittagong, Noakhali Science and Technology University and Premier University.

Research institutions
13
12 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
18k
▲ 59% vs 2018-21
Citations
184k
10.0 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
19.4%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1952-2026
75 years on the record
Chittagong

A city carries no overall standing here. The quality score is built for institutions and countries, the units its floors and field normalisation were designed around. An empty rank on this page is a statement about the measure, not about the place.

Which research institutions are in Chittagong?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of ChittagongUniversity 6,657 #6,431
2Chittagong University of Engineering & TechnologyUniversity 3,158 #4,345
3International Islamic University ChittagongUniversity 2,007 #2,218
4Noakhali Science and Technology UniversityUniversity 1,946 #2,725
5Premier UniversityUniversity 1,664 #4,107
6Chattogram Veterinary and Animal Sciences UniversityUniversity 964 #8,276
7University of Science and Technology ChittagongUniversity 802 #7,479
8Southern UniversityUniversity 663 #12,950
9BGC Trust University BangladeshUniversity 318 #10,528
10Rangamati Science and Technology UniversityUniversity 311 #8,792
11East Delta UniversityUniversity 304 #10,070
12Asian University for WomenUniversity 278 #9,542
13Hajera Taju University CollegeUniversity 14 not ranked

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022-now. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.

How concentrated the city is

The same institutions as shares of everything the list accounts for. A city that is one university and a city that is twelve read alike as a table and not at all alike here.

University of Chittagong: 34.9%Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology: 16.5%International Islamic University Chittagong: 10.5%Noakhali Science and Technology University: 10.2%9 others listed: 27.9%35%largest
University of Chittagong6,657 · 34.9%Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology3,158 · 16.5%International Islamic University Chittagong2,007 · 10.5%Noakhali Science and Technology University1,946 · 10.2%9 others listed5,318 · 27.9%

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

Which fields of science does Chittagong work in?

In 2022-now, 44% of research in Chittagong is in Physical Sciences, 22% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (16%), Engineering (15%), Computer Science (13%).

Physical Sciences: 3,740 fractional works · 43.5% of its workEngineering: 1,249 fractional works · 14.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 416 fractional works · 4.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 170 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 140 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 98 fractional works · 1.1% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 70 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 67 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 62 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 46 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 46 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 42 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 32 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputational Mechanics: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 1,094 fractional works · 12.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 465 fractional works · 5.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 205 fractional works · 2.4% of its workInformation Systems: 175 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 104 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSignal Processing: 54 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 33 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 617 fractional works · 7.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 116 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPollution: 89 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEcology: 79 fractional works · 0.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 77 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 73 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 50 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 47 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 46 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 288 fractional works · 3.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 149 fractional works · 1.7% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 62 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 35 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomaterials: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 123 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 48 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 31 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 115 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 54 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 32 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 114 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 89 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 79 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOceanography: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAtmospheric Science: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 39 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 45 fractional works · 0.5% of its workModeling and Simulation: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,881 fractional works · 21.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 792 fractional works · 9.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 273 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 156 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEducation: 124 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGender Studies: 32 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 108 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 376 fractional works · 4.4% of its workAccounting: 104 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 72 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMarketing: 62 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 54 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 52 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 262 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 195 fractional works · 2.3% of its workFinance: 39 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 229 fractional works · 2.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 78 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 76 fractional works · 0.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 46 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 133 fractional works · 1.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 39 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhilosophy: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 44 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 90 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 46 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 37 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 1,704 fractional works · 19.8% of its workMedicine: 1,399 fractional works · 16.3% of its workEpidemiology: 139 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 119 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSurgery: 114 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 97 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 85 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 77 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 73 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOncology: 69 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 64 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 57 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 53 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 46 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 39 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 35 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 33 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Informatics: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDermatology: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 150 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Professions: 205 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 90 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Information Management: 67 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 48 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 63 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 61 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmall Animals: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 1,264 fractional works · 14.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 639 fractional works · 7.4% of its workPlant Science: 250 fractional works · 2.9% of its workFood Science: 95 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAquatic Science: 73 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 47 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 45 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 44 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSoil Science: 38 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 374 fractional works · 4.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 200 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGenetics: 66 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiotechnology: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCancer Research: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 74 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeuroscience: 105 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 45 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 42 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 90 fractional works · 1.0% of its workImmunology: 45 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 45 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 56 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 39 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKChittagong8,590fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences15%Physical Sciences44%Health Sciences20%Social Sciences22%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this city does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering1,24914.5%
    2. Computer Science1,09412.7%
    3. Environmental Science6177.2%
    4. Materials Science2883.4%
    5. Physics and Astronomy1231.4%
    6. Chemistry1151.3%
    7. Energy1141.3%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences790.9%
    9. Mathematics450.5%
    10. Chemical Engineering170.2%
  2. Social Sciences1,88121.9%
    1. Social Sciences7929.2%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting3764.4%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2623.0%
    4. Psychology2292.7%
    5. Arts and Humanities1331.5%
    6. Decision Sciences901.0%
  3. Health Sciences1,70419.8%
    1. Medicine1,39916.3%
    2. Health Professions2052.4%
    3. Nursing630.7%
    4. Dentistry200.2%
    5. Veterinary180.2%
  4. Life Sciences1,26414.7%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences6397.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3744.4%
    3. Neuroscience1051.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology901.0%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics560.7%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Chittagong strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Chittagong is most concentrated in Aquatic Science, Health Information Management and Pollution (4.6× the world share in Aquatic Science).

  1. Aquatic ScienceSubfield · 62.1 works4.6×
  2. Health Information ManagementSubfield · 56.2 works3.0×
  3. PollutionSubfield · 79.9 works2.8×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient against the world baseline. Inside a single field a city is a meaningful unit, which is why this is where a city is measured at all.

The whole field profile

All 26 fields at once: above the ring is more than a place this size would be expected to do. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1.59× its world share, 558 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.78× its world share, 309 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.00× its world share, 74 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.77× its world share, 92 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.74× its world share, 45 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.60× its world share, 16 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.87× its world share, 100 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.64× its world share, 941 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.60× its world share, 69 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.49× its world share, 101 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.01× its world share, 1,122 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.46× its world share, 537 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.93× its world share, 240 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.46× its world share, 40 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.64× its world share, 105 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.35× its world share, 12 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.92× its world share, 179 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.82× its world share, 1,169 worksMedicineNursing: 1.50× its world share, 54 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.53× its world share, 15 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.52× its world share, 111 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.36× its world share, 324 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.06× its world share, 75 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.51× its world share, 239 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.88× its world share, 197 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.71× its world share, 661 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 1.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.74×45 works
  2. Computer Science1.64×941 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.59×558 works
  4. Veterinary1.53×15 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.51×239 works
  6. Nursing1.50×54 works
  7. Energy1.49×101 works
  8. Environmental Science1.46×537 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting1.36×324 works
  10. Decision Sciences1.06×75 works
  11. Engineering1.01×1,122 works
  12. Immunology and Microbiology1.00×74 works
  13. Materials Science0.93×240 works
  14. Health Professions0.92×179 works
  15. Psychology0.88×197 works
  16. Chemistry0.87×100 works
  17. Medicine0.82×1,169 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.78×309 works
  19. Neuroscience0.77×92 works
  20. Social Sciences0.71×661 works
  21. Physics and Astronomy0.64×105 works
  22. Chemical Engineering0.60×16 works
  23. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.60×69 works
  24. Arts and Humanities0.52×111 works
  25. Mathematics0.46×40 works
  26. Dentistry0.35×12 works

Which keywords describe research in Chittagong?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Convolutional Neural Networks, Environmental Impact, Neural Networks, Epidemiology, Climate Change and Social Media.

▲ 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-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this city'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. Deep Learning847▲ 2.9×76 topics
  2. Machine Learning753▲ 2.6×90 topics
  3. Epidemiology361◆ 1.06×129 topics
  4. Climate Change302▲ 1.29×102 topics
  5. Environmental Impact275▲ 1.88×55 topics
  6. Sustainability266▲ 1.27×83 topics
  7. Neural Networks248▲ 1.87×35 topics
  8. Social Media223▲ 1.88×30 topics
  9. Convolutional Neural Networks220▲ 3.5×13 topics
  10. Renewable Energy218▲ 1.75×46 topics
  11. COVID-19184▲ 1.64×26 topics
  12. Healthcare180▲ 1.84×24 topics
  13. Human Rights136▲ 1.55×44 topics
  14. Internet of Things132▲ 1.79×27 topics
  15. Data Mining128▲ 2.0×19 topics
  16. Feature Extraction126▲ 3.2×10 topics
  17. Economic Growth125▲ 1.78×27 topics
  18. Medical Imaging122▲ 2.7×8 topics
  19. Security122▲ 2.1×22 topics
  20. Antioxidant121▲ 2.1×49 topics
  21. Classification118▲ 3.0×13 topics
  22. IoT116▲ 3.6×15 topics
  23. Image Processing111▲ 3.0×13 topics
  24. Wireless Sensor Networks105▲ 2.7×18 topics
  25. Environmental Monitoring103▲ 3.1×11 topics
  26. Medicinal Plants100▲ 3.0×20 topics
  27. Emotion Recognition89▲ 5.3×5 topics
  28. Aquaculture88▲ 4.0×8 topics
  29. Feature Selection80▲ 4.4×6 topics
  30. Transfer Learning80▲ 4.8×3 topics
  31. Smart Farming67▲ 6.7×2 topics
  32. Metamaterial66▲ 8.6×2 topics
  33. Internet of Things (IoT)65▲ 6.5×2 topics
  34. Crop Yield Prediction64▲ 7.1×1 topic
  35. Plant Disease Detection64▲ 7.1×1 topic
  36. Antenna64▲ 9.4×1 topic
  37. Microstrip64▲ 9.4×1 topic
  38. Sentiment Analysis63▲ 6.6×2 topics
  39. Cyberbullying58▲ 11×2 topics
  40. Bangladesh58▲ 33×3 topics

What research is done in Chittagong?

Antenna Design and Analy…61Antenna Design and Analysis: 61 fractional worksSmart Agriculture and AI58Smart Agriculture and AI: 58 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Banking Studies: 51 fractional worksHate Speech and Cyberbul…46Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection: 46 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence …45Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare: 45 fractional worksSentiment Analysis and Opinion Mining: 45 fractional worksCOVID-19 diagnosis using AI: 34 fractional worksBrain Tumor Detection an…33Brain Tumor Detection and Classification: 33 fractional worksCOVID-19 Pandemic Impacts: 31 fractional worksEnergy, Environment, Economic Growth: 30 fractional works
Aerospace EngineeringPlant ScienceAccountingArtificial Intelligence4 others

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

  1. 1 Antenna Design and Analysis Aerospace Engineering 61 works
  2. 2 Smart Agriculture and AI Plant Science 58 works
  3. 3 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 51 works
  4. 4 Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection Artificial Intelligence 46 works
  5. 5 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Health Information Management 45 works
  6. 6 Sentiment Analysis and Opinion Mining Artificial Intelligence 45 works
  7. 7 COVID-19 diagnosis using AI Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 34 works
  8. 8 Brain Tumor Detection and Classification Neurology 33 works
  9. 9 COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Economics and Econometrics 31 works
  10. 10 Energy, Environment, Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 30 works

Research output over time

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grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%Chittagong17.5% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 22.0% in 2023.

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