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Research in Khulna

Science Explorer records 3 research institutions in Khulna, Bangladesh. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Khulna University, Khulna University of Engineering and Technology and Khulna Medical College.

Research institutions
3
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
8.9k
▲ 72% vs 2018-21
Citations
89k
10.0 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
17.6%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1970-2026
57 years on the record
Khulna

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 Khulna?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Khulna University of Engineering and TechnologyUniversity 4,374 #3,463
2Khulna UniversityUniversity 3,973 #2,555
3Khulna Medical CollegeHospital / health system 584 #16,404

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 Khulna work in?

In 2022-now, 53% of research in Khulna is in Physical Sciences, 16% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (21%), Medicine (12%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (10%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 2,359 fractional works · 53.4% of its workEngineering: 949 fractional works · 21.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 259 fractional works · 5.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 142 fractional works · 3.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 118 fractional works · 2.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 84 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBuilding and Construction: 74 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 70 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 41 fractional works · 0.9% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 32 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 30 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 26 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 441 fractional works · 10.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 173 fractional works · 3.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 93 fractional works · 2.1% of its workInformation Systems: 56 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 52 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSignal Processing: 25 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 429 fractional works · 9.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 97 fractional works · 2.2% of its workWater Science and Technology: 61 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 52 fractional works · 1.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 52 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEcology: 46 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPollution: 43 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 32 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 23 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 268 fractional works · 6.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 119 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 64 fractional works · 1.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 45 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomaterials: 34 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 62 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 25 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 56 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 50 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 53 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 44 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtmospheric Science: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 28 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematics: 38 fractional works · 0.9% of its workModeling and Simulation: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 701 fractional works · 15.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 455 fractional works · 10.3% of its workPlant Science: 156 fractional works · 3.5% of its workAquatic Science: 67 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSoil Science: 61 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 47 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 39 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFood Science: 33 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 23 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInsect Science: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 133 fractional works · 3.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 81 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGenetics: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 33 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeuroscience: 69 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 39 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeurology: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 28 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 684 fractional works · 15.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 303 fractional works · 6.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 98 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEducation: 42 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 28 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrban Studies: 26 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGender Studies: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 34 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 114 fractional works · 2.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 36 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAccounting: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 88 fractional works · 2.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 36 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 86 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 65 fractional works · 1.5% of its workFinance: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 61 fractional works · 1.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 32 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 24 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 675 fractional works · 15.3% of its workMedicine: 522 fractional works · 11.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 54 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 53 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSurgery: 43 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 38 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEpidemiology: 33 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 31 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 27 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 26 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 23 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 99 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHealth Professions: 100 fractional works · 2.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 37 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 34 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 43 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 41 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKKhulna4,419fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences16%Physical Sciences53%Health Sciences15%Social Sciences15%

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. Engineering94921.5%
    2. Computer Science44110.0%
    3. Environmental Science4299.7%
    4. Materials Science2686.1%
    5. Physics and Astronomy621.4%
    6. Energy561.3%
    7. Chemistry531.2%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences441.0%
    9. Mathematics380.9%
    10. Chemical Engineering200.4%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences45510.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1333.0%
    3. Neuroscience691.6%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology280.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics160.4%
    1. Social Sciences3036.8%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting1142.6%
    3. Psychology882.0%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance861.9%
    5. Arts and Humanities611.4%
    6. Decision Sciences320.7%
    1. Medicine52211.8%
    2. Health Professions1002.3%
    3. Nursing431.0%
    4. Dentistry70.2%
    5. Veterinary20.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Khulna strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Khulna is most concentrated in Aquatic Science, Soil Science and Modeling and Simulation (8.9× the world share in Aquatic Science).

  1. Aquatic ScienceSubfield · 62.9 works8.9×
  2. Soil ScienceSubfield · 56.8 works4.9×
  3. Modeling and SimulationSubfield · 20.5 works3.8×
  4. Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringSubfield · 43.5 works3.5×
  5. Polymers and PlasticsSubfield · 53.3 works3.4×
  6. Health Information ManagementSubfield · 32.9 works3.3×
  7. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 86.8 works2.9×
← 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: 2.27× its world share, 419 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.57× its world share, 118 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.61× its world share, 24 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.02× its world share, 64 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.03× its world share, 14 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.11× its world share, 15 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.70× its world share, 43 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.32× its world share, 399 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.63× its world share, 38 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.29× its world share, 46 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.41× its world share, 820 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.94× its world share, 375 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.63× its world share, 222 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.77× its world share, 35 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.60× its world share, 52 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.37× its world share, 7 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.88× its world share, 90 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.62× its world share, 461 worksMedicineNursing: 1.96× its world share, 37 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.47× its world share, 52 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.80× its world share, 100 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.77× its world share, 29 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.96× its world share, 80 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.65× its world share, 77 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.55× its world share, 268 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 2.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.27×419 works
  2. Nursing1.96×37 works
  3. Environmental Science1.94×375 works
  4. Materials Science1.63×222 works
  5. Engineering1.41×820 works
  6. Computer Science1.32×399 works
  7. Energy1.29×46 works
  8. Chemical Engineering1.11×15 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.03×14 works
  10. Neuroscience1.02×64 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.96×80 works
  12. Health Professions0.88×90 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.80×100 works
  14. Mathematics0.77×35 works
  15. Decision Sciences0.77×29 works
  16. Chemistry0.70×43 works
  17. Psychology0.65×77 works
  18. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.63×38 works
  19. Medicine0.62×461 works
  20. Immunology and Microbiology0.61×24 works
  21. Physics and Astronomy0.60×52 works
  22. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.57×118 works
  23. Social Sciences0.55×268 works
  24. Arts and Humanities0.47×52 works
  25. Dentistry0.37×7 works
  26. Veterinary0.15×1 works

Which keywords describe research in Khulna?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Environmental Impact, Sustainability, Climate Change, Food Security, Convolutional Neural Networks and Heat Transfer.

▲ 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. Deep Learning349▲ 2.3×74 topics
  2. Machine Learning281▲ 1.91×84 topics
  3. Climate Change229▲ 1.90×82 topics
  4. Sustainability228▲ 2.1×68 topics
  5. Environmental Impact205▲ 2.7×51 topics
  6. Renewable Energy124▲ 1.94×43 topics
  7. COVID-19119▲ 2.1×22 topics
  8. Convolutional Neural Networks109▲ 3.4×13 topics
  9. Mechanical Properties108▲ 2.5×34 topics
  10. Food Security102▲ 4.2×17 topics
  11. Neural Networks102▲ 1.49×34 topics
  12. Remote Sensing100▲ 1.84×28 topics
  13. Heat Transfer94▲ 4.3×18 topics
  14. Healthcare93▲ 1.84×14 topics
  15. Pandemic85▲ 1.94×11 topics
  16. Nanomaterials78▲ 1.69×16 topics
  17. Agriculture70▲ 4.2×7 topics
  18. Aquaculture68▲ 6.0×8 topics
  19. Ecosystem Services67▲ 3.9×10 topics
  20. Biodiversity65▲ 1.94×26 topics
  21. Medical Imaging64▲ 2.7×8 topics
  22. Feature Extraction63▲ 3.2×10 topics
  23. Vulnerability62▲ 6.0×8 topics
  24. Recycling60▲ 3.5×10 topics
  25. Urbanization55▲ 3.1×9 topics
  26. Genetic Diversity54▲ 2.8×18 topics
  27. Conservation52▲ 2.8×16 topics
  28. Waste Management52▲ 3.0×9 topics
  29. Water Management50▲ 9.0×7 topics
  30. Feature Selection48▲ 5.0×6 topics
  31. Land Use Change48▲ 3.6×6 topics
  32. Heavy Metals46▲ 4.3×8 topics
  33. Transfer Learning41▲ 4.9×3 topics
  34. Experimental Investigation39▲ 8.6×4 topics
  35. Biodegradable35▲ 11×2 topics
  36. Natural Fibers35▲ 12×2 topics
  37. Composites34▲ 10×2 topics
  38. Chemical Treatments33▲ 14×1 topic
  39. Reinforced Polymers33▲ 14×1 topic
  40. Freshwater32▲ 15×2 topics

What research is done in Khulna?

Artificial Intelligence …28Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare: 28 fractional worksFish Biology and Ecology…28Fish Biology and Ecology Studies: 28 fractional worksNatural Fiber Reinforced Composites: 27 fractional worksAquaculture Nutrition an…25Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth: 25 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Wate…25Child Nutrition and Water Access: 25 fractional worksCOVID-19 Pandemic Impacts: 23 fractional worksEEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces: 22 fractional worksAI in cancer detection20AI in cancer detection: 20 fractional worksLand Use and Ecosystem Services: 20 fractional worksPerovskite Materials and Applications: 20 fractional works
Health Information ManagementAquatic SciencePolymers and PlasticsNutrition and Dietetics5 others

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

  1. 1 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Health Information Management 28 works
  2. 2 Fish Biology and Ecology Studies Aquatic Science 28 works
  3. 3 Natural Fiber Reinforced Composites Polymers and Plastics 27 works
  4. 4 Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth Aquatic Science 25 works
  5. 5 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 25 works
  6. 6 COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Economics and Econometrics 23 works
  7. 7 EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces Cognitive Neuroscience 22 works
  8. 8 AI in cancer detection Artificial Intelligence 20 works
  9. 9 Land Use and Ecosystem Services Global and Planetary Change 20 works
  10. 10 Perovskite Materials and Applications Electrical and Electronic Engineering 20 works

Research output over time

still counting200020102020
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%Khulna16.4% 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 21.7% in 2024.

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