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Research in Faisalabad

Science Explorer records 11 research institutions in Faisalabad, Pakistan. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are National Textile University, University of Agriculture Faisalabad and Government College University, Faisalabad.

Research institutions
11
9 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
26k
▲ 45% vs 2018-21
Citations
500k
19.1 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
18.8%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1951-2026
76 years on the record

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 Faisalabad?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of Agriculture FaisalabadUniversity 10,387 #5,389
2Government College University, FaisalabadUniversity 6,868 #5,411
3University of FaisalabadUniversity 2,959 #6,447
4National Textile UniversityUniversity 1,287 #3,844
5Punjab Medical CollegeUniversity 1,222 #14,076
6National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic EngineeringUniversity 951 #14,516
7Nuclear Institute for Agriculture and BiologyResearch facility 931 #12,658
8Government College Women University FaisalabadUniversity 813 #7,800
9Allied HospitalHospital / health system 529 #17,328
10St. Raphael's HospitalHospital / health system 244 #24,168 all time
11Innovative Scientific Information & Services NetworkNonprofit 2 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 Agriculture Faisalabad: 39.7%Government College University, Faisalabad: 26.2%University of Faisalabad: 11.3%National Textile University: 4.9%7 others listed: 17.9%40%largest
University of Agriculture Faisalabad10k · 39.7%Government College University, Faisalabad6,868 · 26.2%University of Faisalabad2,959 · 11.3%National Textile University1,287 · 4.9%7 others listed4,692 · 17.9%

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

Which fields of science does Faisalabad work in?

In 2022-now, 32% of research in Faisalabad is in Physical Sciences, 32% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (21%), Medicine (15%), Engineering (8%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 3,712 fractional works · 32.0% of its workEngineering: 987 fractional works · 8.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 282 fractional works · 2.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 257 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 118 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBuilding and Construction: 78 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 42 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 40 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 27 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 27 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 26 fractional works · 0.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 26 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 25 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 37 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 834 fractional works · 7.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 363 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 179 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiomaterials: 149 fractional works · 1.3% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 131 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 694 fractional works · 6.0% of its workPollution: 148 fractional works · 1.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 116 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 98 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 80 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology: 75 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 50 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 44 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 35 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 35 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 361 fractional works · 3.1% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 206 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 77 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 36 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 42 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 359 fractional works · 3.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 111 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems: 88 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 49 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 42 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 35 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 35 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 161 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 150 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 133 fractional works · 1.1% of its workApplied Mathematics: 38 fractional works · 0.3% of its workModeling and Simulation: 28 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 67 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 105 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 44 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 25 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 36 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 47 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 3,659 fractional works · 31.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2,491 fractional works · 21.4% of its workPlant Science: 1,435 fractional works · 12.4% of its workFood Science: 280 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 168 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInsect Science: 135 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSoil Science: 125 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 108 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 88 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 79 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAquatic Science: 52 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 845 fractional works · 7.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 463 fractional works · 4.0% of its workGenetics: 109 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCell Biology: 61 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiotechnology: 61 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMolecular Medicine: 37 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCancer Research: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiophysics: 25 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 58 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 122 fractional works · 1.1% of its workImmunology: 54 fractional works · 0.5% of its workParasitology: 24 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 45 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 122 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPharmacology: 70 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 38 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 78 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 24 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 54 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Sciences: 2,168 fractional works · 18.7% of its workMedicine: 1,799 fractional works · 15.5% of its workSurgery: 183 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 146 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEpidemiology: 134 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 99 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 96 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 90 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 81 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 78 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 78 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOncology: 73 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 70 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry: 63 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 63 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 51 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 47 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 39 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 35 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 33 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 29 fractional works · 0.2% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 28 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOphthalmology: 28 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHepatology: 26 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReproductive Medicine: 26 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHematology: 25 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 146 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 160 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 96 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 64 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 159 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 153 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 28 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 2,075 fractional works · 17.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 913 fractional works · 7.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 285 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 218 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEducation: 183 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGender Studies: 43 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 24 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 130 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 312 fractional works · 2.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 68 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAccounting: 67 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMarketing: 62 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 50 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 33 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 33 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 272 fractional works · 2.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 119 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhilosophy: 49 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 35 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 35 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 35 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 268 fractional works · 2.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 103 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 101 fractional works · 0.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 28 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 25 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 227 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 179 fractional works · 1.5% of its workFinance: 24 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 83 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 49 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 24 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKFaisalabad12kfractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences32%Physical Sciences32%Health Sciences19%Social Sciences18%

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. Engineering9878.5%
    2. Materials Science8347.2%
    3. Environmental Science6946.0%
    4. Chemistry3613.1%
    5. Computer Science3593.1%
    6. Energy1611.4%
    7. Mathematics1331.1%
    8. Physics and Astronomy1050.9%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences470.4%
    10. Chemical Engineering320.3%
  1. Life Sciences3,65931.5%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2,49121.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology8457.3%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology1221.1%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1221.1%
    5. Neuroscience780.7%
  2. Health Sciences2,16818.7%
    1. Medicine1,79915.5%
    2. Health Professions1601.4%
    3. Nursing1591.4%
    4. Dentistry280.2%
    5. Veterinary220.2%
  3. Social Sciences2,07517.9%
    1. Social Sciences9137.9%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting3122.7%
    3. Arts and Humanities2722.3%
    4. Psychology2682.3%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2272.0%
    6. Decision Sciences830.7%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Faisalabad strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Faisalabad is most concentrated in Plant Science, Agronomy and Crop Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences (7.2× the world share in Plant Science).

  1. Plant ScienceSubfield · 1,306.8 works7.2×
  2. Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 155.3 works6.3×
  3. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 2,271.9 works4.6×
  4. BiochemistrySubfield · 58.5 works4.6×
  5. Animal Science and ZoologySubfield · 97.9 works4.3×
  6. Insect ScienceSubfield · 123.3 works4.2×
  7. Polymers and PlasticsSubfield · 163.5 works3.9×
  8. Soil ScienceSubfield · 116.2 works3.7×
← 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: 4.61× its world share, 2,272 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.36× its world share, 750 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.02× its world share, 106 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.40× its world share, 68 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.91× its world share, 106 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.76× its world share, 28 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.02× its world share, 329 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.40× its world share, 322 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 45 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.51× its world share, 144 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.57× its world share, 882 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.21× its world share, 625 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.06× its world share, 747 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.97× its world share, 119 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.39× its world share, 89 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.50× its world share, 25 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.53× its world share, 145 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.80× its world share, 1,591 worksMedicineNursing: 2.78× its world share, 142 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.29× its world share, 18 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.76× its world share, 229 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.85× its world share, 284 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.73× its world share, 73 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.91× its world share, 203 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.74× its world share, 235 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.61× its world share, 794 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 4.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences4.61×2,272 works
  2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.91×106 works
  3. Nursing2.78×142 works
  4. Materials Science2.06×747 works
  5. Chemistry2.02×329 works
  6. Energy1.51×144 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.36×750 works
  8. Veterinary1.29×18 works
  9. Environmental Science1.21×625 works
  10. Immunology and Microbiology1.02×106 works
  11. Mathematics0.97×119 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.91×203 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.85×284 works
  14. Medicine0.80×1,591 works
  15. Chemical Engineering0.76×28 works
  16. Arts and Humanities0.76×229 works
  17. Psychology0.74×235 works
  18. Decision Sciences0.73×73 works
  19. Social Sciences0.61×794 works
  20. Engineering0.57×882 works
  21. Health Professions0.53×145 works
  22. Dentistry0.50×25 works
  23. Neuroscience0.40×68 works
  24. Computer Science0.40×322 works
  25. Physics and Astronomy0.39×89 works
  26. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.27×45 works

Which keywords describe research in Faisalabad?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Oxidative Stress, Antioxidants, Biomedical Applications, Antioxidant, Toxicity, Antimicrobial, Nanomaterials and Antioxidant Activity.

▲ 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. Epidemiology467◆ 1.01×132 topics
  2. Oxidative Stress458▲ 2.4×61 topics
  3. Biomedical Applications390▲ 2.8×35 topics
  4. Environmental Impact389▲ 1.96×58 topics
  5. Climate Change371▲ 1.18×101 topics
  6. Nanomaterials336▲ 2.8×20 topics
  7. Antioxidant324▲ 4.1×51 topics
  8. Nanoparticles307▲ 2.1×43 topics
  9. Antioxidants294▲ 5.7×17 topics
  10. Toxicity277▲ 5.5×20 topics
  11. Antioxidant Activity276▲ 3.8×32 topics
  12. Gene Expression259▲ 3.6×20 topics
  13. Nanocomposites236▲ 2.6×22 topics
  14. Antimicrobial226▲ 6.9×13 topics
  15. Food Security218▲ 3.5×22 topics
  16. Genetic Diversity184▲ 3.6×22 topics
  17. Reactive Oxygen Species173▲ 3.6×14 topics
  18. Medicinal Plants168▲ 3.7×19 topics
  19. Drought Tolerance163▲ 10×9 topics
  20. Drought Resistance159▲ 14×4 topics
  21. Heavy Metals153▲ 5.5×8 topics
  22. Green Synthesis151▲ 6.9×4 topics
  23. Flavonoids148▲ 5.0×12 topics
  24. Bioavailability146▲ 6.4×6 topics
  25. Abiotic Stress142▲ 16×2 topics
  26. Biosynthesis139▲ 7.6×9 topics
  27. Genetic Improvement138▲ 14×4 topics
  28. Bioactive Compounds135▲ 4.6×14 topics
  29. Plant Growth132▲ 10×6 topics
  30. Plant Responses130▲ 14×2 topics
  31. QTL Mapping127▲ 9.4×6 topics
  32. Genetic Mapping121▲ 13×6 topics
  33. Genome Sequencing121▲ 6.6×10 topics
  34. Cytotoxicity120▲ 7.5×10 topics
  35. Signal Transduction118▲ 6.5×7 topics
  36. Breeding116▲ 13×5 topics
  37. Crop Management114▲ 15×2 topics
  38. Nutritional Quality112▲ 13×4 topics
  39. Salt Tolerance108▲ 18×1 topic
  40. Stress Signaling108▲ 18×1 topic

What research is done in Faisalabad?

  1. 1 Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance Plant Science 92 works
  2. 2 Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications Materials Chemistry 90 works
  3. 3 Crop Yield and Soil Fertility Agronomy and Crop Science 78 works
  4. 4 Plant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects Plant Science 68 works
  5. 5 Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East Political Science and International Relations 64 works
  6. 6 Heavy metals in environment Pollution 55 works
  7. 7 Research in Cotton Cultivation Plant Science 51 works
  8. 8 Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities Biochemistry 50 works
  9. 9 Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 49 works
  10. 10 Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity Plant Science 49 works

Research output over time

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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%Faisalabad15.5% 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 28.6% in 2016.

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