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Research in Islamabad

Science Explorer records 1 research institutions in Islamabad, Pakistan. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Shifa Tameer-e-Millat University.

Research institutions
1
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
605
▲ 134% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.1k
5.1 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
14.8%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
2008-2026
19 years on the record
Islamabad

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Which research institutions are in Islamabad?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Shifa Tameer-e-Millat UniversityUniversity 605 #9,953

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 Islamabad work in?

In 2022-now, 53% of research in Islamabad is in Health Sciences, 23% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (44%), Psychology (10%), Social Sciences (8%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 217 fractional works · 53.5% of its workMedicine: 179 fractional works · 44.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 18 fractional works · 4.5% of its workSurgery: 18 fractional works · 4.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 11 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPharmacology: 11 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEpidemiology: 10 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 9 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPhysiology: 9 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 8 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 8 fractional works · 1.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 7 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 7 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOncology: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNeurology: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNephrology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRehabilitation: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHepatology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFamily Practice: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 27 fractional works · 6.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 9 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Information Management: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOccupational Therapy: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOral Surgery: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrthodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPeriodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workResearch and Theory: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 94 fractional works · 23.1% of its workPsychology: 39 fractional works · 9.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 22 fractional works · 5.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 9 fractional works · 2.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 31 fractional works · 7.6% of its workEducation: 11 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 9 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHealth: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDemography: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 12 fractional works · 3.0% of its workMarketing: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAccounting: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 58 fractional works · 14.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 27 fractional works · 6.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 15 fractional works · 3.7% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCancer Research: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCell Biology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMolecular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 10 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 9 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPlant Science: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workFood Science: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 7 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPharmacology: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workImmunology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 36 fractional works · 8.9% of its workComputer Science: 18 fractional works · 4.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInformation Systems: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomaterials: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKIslamabad405fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences14%Physical Sciences9%Health Sciences53%Social Sciences23%

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. Medicine17944.3%
    2. Health Professions276.7%
    3. Dentistry51.3%
    4. Nursing51.3%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Psychology399.7%
    2. Social Sciences317.6%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting123.0%
    4. Decision Sciences61.4%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance41.1%
    6. Arts and Humanities10.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology276.7%
    2. Neuroscience102.4%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences92.3%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics71.7%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology51.3%
    1. Computer Science184.5%
    2. Engineering61.5%
    3. Chemistry51.1%
    4. Materials Science40.9%
    5. Environmental Science20.5%
    6. Mathematics10.2%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    8. Energy00.0%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    10. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Which keywords describe research in Islamabad?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Depression, Mental Health, Clinical Trials, Quality of Life, Social Support, Self-Efficacy and Inflammation.

▲ 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. Epidemiology41▲ 2.5×89 topics
  2. Mental Health24▲ 4.1×25 topics
  3. Depression21▲ 5.8×18 topics
  4. Quality of Life19▲ 3.2×34 topics
  5. Inflammation18▲ 2.0×56 topics
  6. Clinical Trials15▲ 5.4×17 topics
  7. Social Support13▲ 6.0×11 topics
  8. Oxidative Stress13▲ 1.92×36 topics
  9. Treatment11▲ 2.3×32 topics
  10. Cardiovascular Disease11▲ 2.3×26 topics
  11. Global Burden11▲ 4.8×10 topics
  12. Metabolic Syndrome11▲ 3.2×19 topics
  13. Cancer10▲ 1.84×35 topics
  14. Self-Efficacy9▲ 8.8×7 topics
  15. Stress9▲ 6.1×7 topics
  16. Psychological Factors9▲ 10×6 topics
  17. Elderly8▲ 8.2×5 topics
  18. Assessment Methods8▲ 18×2 topics
  19. Pharmacokinetics8▲ 7.0×8 topics
  20. Reflective Practice8▲ 10.0×3 topics
  21. Competency-Based Education8▲ 21×2 topics
  22. Low Back Pain7▲ 11×3 topics
  23. Medicinal Plants7▲ 4.6×12 topics
  24. Nursing7▲ 9.5×3 topics
  25. Anxiety7▲ 3.7×10 topics
  26. Diabetes7▲ 3.4×15 topics
  27. Child Development7▲ 4.1×6 topics
  28. Chronic Pain7▲ 7.7×4 topics
  29. Insulin Resistance7▲ 3.6×8 topics
  30. Well-being7▲ 4.2×9 topics
  31. Rehabilitation6▲ 4.0×9 topics
  32. Educational Achievement6▲ 26×1 topic
  33. Emotion Regulation6▲ 4.7×6 topics
  34. Job Stress6▲ 26×1 topic
  35. Continuing Medical Education6▲ 23×1 topic
  36. Professional Identity Formation6▲ 23×1 topic
  37. Disability5▲ 12×1 topic
  38. Measurement Properties5▲ 18×1 topic
  39. Musculoskeletal Disorders5▲ 13×2 topics
  40. Cardiovascular Disease Prevention4▲ 13×3 topics

What research is done in Islamabad?

Health and Well-being Studies: 6 fractional worksInnovations in Medical Education: 5 fractional worksMusculoskeletal pain and…5Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation: 5 fractional worksComputational Drug Disco…4Computational Drug Discovery Methods: 4 fractional worksMaternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum: 3 fractional worksCerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders: 3 fractional worksLipoproteins and Cardiov…3Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health: 3 fractional worksscientometrics and bibliometrics research: 3 fractional worksConsumer Retail Behavior Studies: 3 fractional worksPhysical Education and T…2Physical Education and Training Studies: 2 fractional works
Clinical PsychologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthPharmacologyComputational Theory and Mathematics5 others

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

  1. 1 Health and Well-being Studies Clinical Psychology 6 works
  2. 2 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 5 works
  3. 3 Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation Pharmacology 5 works
  4. 4 Computational Drug Discovery Methods Computational Theory and Mathematics 4 works
  5. 5 Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  6. 6 Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders Psychiatry and Mental health 3 works
  7. 7 Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health Surgery 3 works
  8. 8 scientometrics and bibliometrics research Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 3 works
  9. 9 Consumer Retail Behavior Studies Marketing 3 works
  10. 10 Physical Education and Training Studies Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation 2 works

Research output over time

still counting2010201520202025
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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%Islamabad23.0% 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 23.0% in 2025.

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