Research in Islamabad
Science Explorer records 59 research institutions in Islamabad, Pakistan. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are COMSATS University Islamabad, National University of Sciences and Technology and Quaid-i-Azam University.
- Research institutions
- 59 15 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 92k ▲ 93% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 19.7% record average 16.5%
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Which research institutions are in Islamabad?
By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022–2025. 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.
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What is Islamabad strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Islamabad is most concentrated in Modeling and Simulation, Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes and Computational Mechanics (3.5× the world share in Modeling and Simulation).
- Modeling and SimulationSubfield · 150.5 works3.5×
- Fluid Flow and Transfer ProcessesSubfield · 73.7 works3.1×
- Computational MechanicsSubfield · 446.8 works2.5×
- Geometry and TopologySubfield · 124.2 works2.5×
- General EnergySubfield · 20.5 works2.5×
- Numerical AnalysisSubfield · 59.9 works2.3×
- SoftwareSubfield · 44.0 works2.3×
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.
Which keywords describe research in Islamabad?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Heat Transfer, Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Experimental Investigation, Security, Conflict, Thermal Conductivity and Applications.
- Particle Image Velocimetry
- Fluid Mechanics
- Turbulent Flows
- Friction Factor
- Numerical Modeling
- Pakistan
- State-Building
- Central Asia
- Risk Management
- Convective Transport
- Nanofluids
- Thermal Conductivity
- Conflict
- Healthcare
- Mental Health
- Experimental Investigation
- Renewable Energy
- Security
- Epidemiology
- Machine Learning
- Deep Learning
- Heat Transfer
- Globalization
- Climate Change
- Environmental Impact
- Nanomaterials
- Neural Networks
- Applications
- Economic Growth
- Review
- Viscosity
- Enhancement
- Reconstruction
- Nation-Building
- Afghanistan
- IoT Security
- CFD Analysis
- Solar Air Heater
- Vortex Dynamics
- Boundary Layer Transition
Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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
- Deep Learning1,712▲ 1.65×85 topics
- Machine Learning1,622▲ 1.63×95 topics
- Heat Transfer1,103▲ 7.3×20 topics
- Epidemiology960▼ 0.80×135 topics
- Globalization735▲ 1.23×127 topics
- Security732▲ 3.7×28 topics
- Climate Change724◆ 0.89×114 topics
- Renewable Energy693▲ 1.59×52 topics
- Environmental Impact648▲ 1.26×68 topics
- Experimental Investigation633▲ 20×5 topics
- Nanomaterials622▲ 1.93×19 topics
- Mental Health585▲ 1.32×44 topics
- Neural Networks556▲ 1.19×41 topics
- Healthcare528▲ 1.54×36 topics
- Applications495▲ 5.9×8 topics
- Conflict493▲ 10.0×10 topics
- Economic Growth481▲ 1.86×34 topics
- Thermal Conductivity459▲ 9.8×8 topics
- Review427▲ 12×5 topics
- Nanofluids412▲ 17×2 topics
- Viscosity407▲ 19×4 topics
- Convective Transport402▲ 29×1 topic
- Enhancement402▲ 29×1 topic
- Risk Management380▲ 2.6×18 topics
- Reconstruction358▲ 6.8×6 topics
- Central Asia345▲ 16×4 topics
- Nation-Building336▲ 21×2 topics
- State-Building336▲ 30×2 topics
- Afghanistan331▲ 44×1 topic
- Pakistan331▲ 44×1 topic
- IoT Security318▲ 3.3×3 topics
- Numerical Modeling230▲ 7.0×6 topics
- CFD Analysis223▲ 16×2 topics
- Friction Factor221▲ 17×1 topic
- Solar Air Heater221▲ 17×1 topic
- Turbulent Flows221▲ 7.2×3 topics
- Vortex Dynamics219▲ 6.2×4 topics
- Fluid Mechanics205▲ 9.2×2 topics
- Boundary Layer Transition204▲ 9.6×1 topic
- Particle Image Velocimetry204▲ 9.6×1 topic
What research is done in Islamabad?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer Biomedical Engineering 402 works
- 2 Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East Political Science and International Relations 331 works
- 3 Heat Transfer Mechanisms Mechanical Engineering 221 works
- 4 Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows Computational Mechanics 204 works
- 5 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 168 works
- 6 Education and Islamic Studies Education 156 works
- 7 Energy, Environment, Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 139 works
- 8 Heat Transfer and Optimization Mechanical Engineering 122 works
- 9 Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 120 works
- 10 IoT and Edge/Fog Computing Computer Networks and Communications 116 works
Research output over time
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