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Research in Gilgit

Science Explorer records 1 research institutions in Gilgit, Pakistan. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Karakoram International University.

Research institutions
1
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
746
▲ 29% vs 2018-21
Citations
9.6k
12.8 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
22.6%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1970-2026
57 years on the record
Gilgit

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 Gilgit?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Karakoram International UniversityUniversity 746 #5,418

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.

Which fields of science does Gilgit work in?

In 2022-now, 39% of research in Gilgit is in Physical Sciences, 36% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (19%), Engineering (12%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (11%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 145 fractional works · 39.2% of its workEngineering: 45 fractional works · 12.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 9 fractional works · 2.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputational Mechanics: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOcean Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 32 fractional works · 8.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPollution: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEcology: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workWater Science and Technology: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 23 fractional works · 6.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 10 fractional works · 2.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 13 fractional works · 3.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeophysics: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 10 fractional works · 2.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 7 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 8 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGeometry and Topology: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 135 fractional works · 36.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 69 fractional works · 18.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 22 fractional works · 6.0% of its workEducation: 19 fractional works · 5.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 14 fractional works · 3.7% of its workSafety Research: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 19 fractional works · 5.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 16 fractional works · 4.2% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 17 fractional works · 4.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMarketing: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAccounting: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness and International Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 15 fractional works · 4.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 9 fractional works · 2.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 8 fractional works · 2.2% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 59 fractional works · 15.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 41 fractional works · 10.9% of its workPlant Science: 17 fractional works · 4.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workFood Science: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSoil Science: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInsect Science: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workForestry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 15 fractional works · 4.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 10 fractional works · 2.6% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 32 fractional works · 8.7% of its workMedicine: 25 fractional works · 6.7% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKGilgit371fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences16%Physical Sciences39%Health Sciences9%Social Sciences36%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering4512.3%
    2. Environmental Science328.7%
    3. Computer Science236.1%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences133.5%
    5. Materials Science102.8%
    6. Mathematics82.1%
    7. Chemistry61.5%
    8. Energy51.4%
    9. Physics and Astronomy20.5%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.1%
    1. Social Sciences6918.7%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance195.2%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting174.4%
    4. Psychology154.0%
    5. Decision Sciences92.4%
    6. Arts and Humanities61.6%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences4110.9%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology154.1%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology10.3%
    4. Neuroscience10.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.2%
    1. Medicine256.7%
    2. Health Professions41.2%
    3. Nursing30.8%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Which keywords describe research in Gilgit?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Heat Transfer, Climate Change, Conflict, Economic Growth, Remote Sensing, Experimental Investigation, Machine Learning and Globalization.

▲ 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. Climate Change25▲ 2.5×50 topics
  2. Machine Learning18▲ 1.45×34 topics
  3. Heat Transfer15▲ 8.1×11 topics
  4. Remote Sensing14▲ 3.1×18 topics
  5. Globalization14▲ 1.92×28 topics
  6. Economic Growth13▲ 4.3×18 topics
  7. Environmental Impact13▲ 2.0×29 topics
  8. Sustainability12▲ 1.37×27 topics
  9. Conflict10▲ 17×5 topics
  10. Renewable Energy10▲ 1.80×18 topics
  11. Experimental Investigation8▲ 22×2 topics
  12. Urbanization7▲ 4.9×5 topics
  13. Medicinal Plants7▲ 4.6×12 topics
  14. Global Warming6▲ 4.0×9 topics
  15. Risk Management6▲ 3.5×9 topics
  16. Reconstruction6▲ 8.8×2 topics
  17. Afghanistan6▲ 62×1 topic
  18. Pakistan6▲ 62×1 topic
  19. Support Vector Machines6▲ 4.6×7 topics
  20. Thermal Conductivity6▲ 9.3×4 topics
  21. Applications5▲ 5.2×2 topics
  22. Vulnerability5▲ 6.2×4 topics
  23. Convective Transport5▲ 29×1 topic
  24. Enhancement5▲ 29×1 topic
  25. Molecular Structure5▲ 13×3 topics
  26. Nanofluids5▲ 16×2 topics
  27. Analytic Hierarchy Process5▲ 23×2 topics
  28. Fuzzy Sets5▲ 24×2 topics
  29. Networks5▲ 42×2 topics
  30. Graph Spectra5▲ 78×1 topic
  31. Rock Mechanics5▲ 13×3 topics
  32. Topological Indices5▲ 78×1 topic
  33. Group Decision Making5▲ 31×1 topic
  34. TOPSIS5▲ 31×1 topic
  35. Financial Development4▲ 7.7×3 topics
  36. Fracture4▲ 12×2 topics
  37. Dynamic Behavior4▲ 9.8×2 topics
  38. Transport Infrastructure4▲ 14×3 topics
  39. Acoustic Emission4▲ 18×1 topic
  40. Numerical Modelling4▲ 19×1 topic

What research is done in Gilgit?

Politics and Conflicts i…5Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East: 5 fractional worksGraph theory and applica…5Graph theory and applications: 5 fractional worksNanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer: 4 fractional worksMulti-Criteria Decision …4Multi-Criteria Decision Making: 4 fractional worksRock Mechanics and Model…4Rock Mechanics and Modeling: 4 fractional worksComputational Drug Discovery Methods: 4 fractional worksEnergy, Environment, Economic Growth: 4 fractional worksHeat Transfer Mechanisms4Heat Transfer Mechanisms: 4 fractional worksSouth Asian Studies and Conflicts: 4 fractional worksDiverse Aspects of Tourism Research: 3 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsGeometry and TopologyBiomedical EngineeringManagement Science and Operations Research5 others

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

  1. 1 Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East Political Science and International Relations 5 works
  2. 2 Graph theory and applications Geometry and Topology 5 works
  3. 3 Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer Biomedical Engineering 4 works
  4. 4 Multi-Criteria Decision Making Management Science and Operations Research 4 works
  5. 5 Rock Mechanics and Modeling Mechanics of Materials 4 works
  6. 6 Computational Drug Discovery Methods Computational Theory and Mathematics 4 works
  7. 7 Energy, Environment, Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 4 works
  8. 8 Heat Transfer Mechanisms Mechanical Engineering 4 works
  9. 9 South Asian Studies and Conflicts Political Science and International Relations 4 works
  10. 10 Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research Sociology and Political Science 3 works

Research output over time

still counting20052010201520202025
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%Gilgit19.3% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 29.1% in 2023.

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