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Research in Kabul

Science Explorer records 15 research institutions in Kabul, Afghanistan. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Kabul University, Kabul Education University and Kardan University.

Research institutions
15
8 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
4.8k
▲ 132% vs 2018-21
Citations
24k
5.0 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
12.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1951-2026
76 years on the record
Kabul

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 Kabul?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Kabul UniversityUniversity 1,888 #3,366
2Dawat UniversityUniversity 429 #17,459
3Kabul Education UniversityUniversity 410 #6,670
4Kardan UniversityUniversity 308 #9,498
5Kabul Medical UniversityUniversity 305 #16,694
6Salam UniversityUniversity 220 #11,356
7Bakhtar UniversityUniversity 209 #11,889
8Polytechnical University of KabulUniversity 171 #14,777
9Ministry of Public HealthGovernment institution 155 #29,677 all time
10American University of AfghanistanUniversity 120 #33,335 all time
11Health Protection and Research OrganisationNonprofit 83 not ranked
12United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization AfghanistanGovernment institution 42 not ranked
13Aga Khan Development NetworkInstitution 22 not ranked
14Alliance of Health OrganizationsHospital / health system 6 not ranked
15Afghan Defense UniversityUniversity 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.

Kabul University: 43.2%Dawat University: 9.8%Kabul Education University: 9.4%Kardan University: 7.0%11 others listed: 30.5%43%largest
Kabul University1,888 · 43.2%Dawat University429 · 9.8%Kabul Education University410 · 9.4%Kardan University308 · 7.0%11 others listed1,335 · 30.5%

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

Which fields of science does Kabul work in?

In 2022-now, 40% of research in Kabul is in Social Sciences, 26% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (25%), Medicine (20%), Engineering (11%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 1,148 fractional works · 40.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 718 fractional works · 25.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 231 fractional works · 8.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 156 fractional works · 5.5% of its workTransportation: 124 fractional works · 4.3% of its workEducation: 107 fractional works · 3.7% of its workDemography: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 131 fractional works · 4.6% of its workAccounting: 32 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 29 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 28 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 104 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 70 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 18 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFinance: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 91 fractional works · 3.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 38 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 30 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 71 fractional works · 2.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 23 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 17 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhilosophy: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 34 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 749 fractional works · 26.2% of its workEngineering: 301 fractional works · 10.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 128 fractional works · 4.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 29 fractional works · 1.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 26 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 20 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 20 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 19 fractional works · 0.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputational Mechanics: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 186 fractional works · 6.5% of its workInformation Systems: 78 fractional works · 2.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 44 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 20 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 111 fractional works · 3.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 21 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 19 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 18 fractional works · 0.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 43 fractional works · 1.5% of its workModeling and Simulation: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Mathematics: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 26 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 25 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtmospheric Science: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 19 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 19 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 689 fractional works · 24.1% of its workMedicine: 559 fractional works · 19.5% of its workSurgery: 83 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 56 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEpidemiology: 48 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 33 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 30 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 29 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 28 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOncology: 22 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 21 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 19 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 17 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHepatology: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 46 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Professions: 72 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 34 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Information Management: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDentistry: 31 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPeriodontics: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOral Surgery: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 24 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 21 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 277 fractional works · 9.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 160 fractional works · 5.6% of its workPlant Science: 55 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSoil Science: 21 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFood Science: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInsect Science: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 71 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 35 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGenetics: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCancer Research: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 23 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 17 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKKabul2,863fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences26%Health Sciences24%Social Sciences40%

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. Social Sciences1,14840.1%
    1. Social Sciences71825.1%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting1314.6%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1043.6%
    4. Psychology913.2%
    5. Arts and Humanities712.5%
    6. Decision Sciences341.2%
    1. Engineering30110.5%
    2. Computer Science1866.5%
    3. Environmental Science1113.9%
    4. Mathematics431.5%
    5. Materials Science260.9%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences250.9%
    7. Energy190.7%
    8. Physics and Astronomy190.7%
    9. Chemistry160.6%
    10. Chemical Engineering20.1%
    1. Medicine55919.5%
    2. Health Professions722.5%
    3. Dentistry311.1%
    4. Nursing240.8%
    5. Veterinary40.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1605.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology712.5%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology230.8%
    4. Neuroscience170.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics60.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Kabul strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Kabul is most concentrated in Transportation, Aerospace Engineering and Political Science and International Relations (15.5× the world share in Transportation).

  1. TransportationSubfield · 123.4 works16×
  2. Aerospace EngineeringSubfield · 126.6 works4.5×
  3. Political Science and International RelationsSubfield · 135.9 works3.8×
← 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: 1.18× its world share, 134 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.40× its world share, 51 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.70× its world share, 17 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.36× its world share, 14 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.64× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.35× its world share, 13 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.81× its world share, 150 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.61× its world share, 23 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.66× its world share, 14 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.76× its world share, 273 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.81× its world share, 96 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.26× its world share, 21 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.38× its world share, 39 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.29× its world share, 15 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.13× its world share, 25 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.00× its world share, 63 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.95× its world share, 437 worksMedicineNursing: 1.64× its world share, 19 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.89× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.78× its world share, 54 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.33× its world share, 102 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.17× its world share, 27 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.65× its world share, 84 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.99× its world share, 72 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.10× its world share, 634 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 2.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Dentistry2.13×25 works
  2. Social Sciences2.10×634 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.65×84 works
  4. Nursing1.64×19 works
  5. Mathematics1.38×39 works
  6. Business, Management and Accounting1.33×102 works
  7. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.18×134 works
  8. Decision Sciences1.17×27 works
  9. Health Professions1.00×63 works
  10. Psychology0.99×72 works
  11. Medicine0.95×437 works
  12. Veterinary0.89×3 works
  13. Computer Science0.81×150 works
  14. Environmental Science0.81×96 works
  15. Arts and Humanities0.78×54 works
  16. Engineering0.76×273 works
  17. Immunology and Microbiology0.70×17 works
  18. Energy0.66×14 works
  19. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.64×5 works
  20. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.61×23 works
  21. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.40×51 works
  22. Neuroscience0.36×14 works
  23. Chemistry0.35×13 works
  24. Physics and Astronomy0.29×15 works
  25. Materials Science0.26×21 works
  26. Chemical Engineering0.16×1 works

Which keywords describe research in Kabul?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Ethnicity, Culture, Literature, Philosophy, Social Influence, Islam, Science and Malay Language.

▲ 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. Epidemiology168▲ 1.47×116 topics
  2. Ethnicity139▲ 13×11 topics
  3. Culture136▲ 9.1×9 topics
  4. Literature136▲ 8.6×11 topics
  5. History135▲ 6.8×11 topics
  6. Philosophy134▲ 11×6 topics
  7. Social Influence132▲ 22×3 topics
  8. Islam131▲ 22×3 topics
  9. Science130▲ 19×2 topics
  10. Malay Language130▲ 33×1 topic
  11. Sharia Law130▲ 32×1 topic
  12. Economic Security126▲ 21×7 topics
  13. Legal Regulation124▲ 19×4 topics
  14. Security124▲ 6.5×23 topics
  15. Strategic Planning123▲ 29×2 topics
  16. Design123▲ 26×3 topics
  17. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles123▲ 23×3 topics
  18. International Trade Law122▲ 33×2 topics
  19. Modernization122▲ 23×3 topics
  20. Air Force122▲ 36×1 topic
  21. Public Oversight122▲ 35×1 topic
  22. Transport Policy122▲ 35×1 topic
  23. Warfare122▲ 36×1 topic
  24. Conflict110▲ 24×8 topics
  25. Central Asia96▲ 47×4 topics
  26. Climate Change96▲ 1.23×85 topics
  27. Reconstruction92▲ 19×6 topics
  28. Machine Learning91◆ 0.96×77 topics
  29. Globalization91▲ 1.61×72 topics
  30. Nation-Building90▲ 59×2 topics
  31. State-Building90▲ 89×2 topics
  32. Afghanistan90▲ 132×1 topic
  33. Pakistan90▲ 132×1 topic
  34. Sustainable Development80▲ 1.79×60 topics
  35. Sustainability73◆ 1.04×73 topics
  36. COVID-1964▲ 1.71×26 topics
  37. Public Health58▲ 1.38×52 topics
  38. Human Rights55▲ 1.89×37 topics
  39. Social Media55▲ 1.40×31 topics
  40. Risk Management38▲ 2.8×11 topics

What research is done in Kabul?

Linguistic, Cultural, an…127Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 127 fractional worksMilitary Technology and …122Military Technology and Strategies: 122 fractional worksLegal and Regulatory Ana…122Legal and Regulatory Analysis: 122 fractional worksPolitics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East: 81 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Banking Studies: 18 fractional worksEducation and Islamic Studies: 13 fractional worksLegal, Health, Environmental and COVID-19 Challenges: 12 fractional worksHealth and Well-being Studies: 12 fractional worksBelt and Road Initiative: 11 fractional worksEmployee Performance and Management: 10 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceAerospace EngineeringTransportationPolitical Science and International Relations6 others

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

  1. 1 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 127 works
  2. 2 Military Technology and Strategies Aerospace Engineering 122 works
  3. 3 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 122 works
  4. 4 Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East Political Science and International Relations 81 works
  5. 5 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 18 works
  6. 6 Education and Islamic Studies Education 13 works
  7. 7 Legal, Health, Environmental and COVID-19 Challenges Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 12 works
  8. 8 Health and Well-being Studies Clinical Psychology 12 works
  9. 9 Belt and Road Initiative Economics and Econometrics 11 works
  10. 10 Employee Performance and Management Human Factors and Ergonomics 10 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%all institutions10.0% in 2025Kabul9.3% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 27.7% in 2009.

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