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Research in Peshawar

Science Explorer records 23 research institutions in Peshawar, Pakistan. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Peshawar, University of Engineering and Technology Peshawar and The University of Agriculture, Peshawar.

Research institutions
23
15 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
28k
▲ 57% vs 2018-21
Citations
296k
10.4 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
11.7%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1951-2026
76 years on the record
Peshawar

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 Peshawar?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of PeshawarUniversity 5,045 #3,398
2The University of Agriculture, PeshawarUniversity 2,987 #4,166
3University of Engineering and Technology PeshawarUniversity 2,641 #3,459
4Khyber Medical CollegeHospital / health system 1,682 #16,531
5Islamia College UniversityUniversity 1,670 #5,310
6Hayatabad Medical ComplexHospital / health system 1,621 #19,937
7Khyber Teaching HospitalHospital / health system 1,534 #16,528
8Lady Reading HospitalHospital / health system 1,458 #18,957
9Khyber Medical UniversityUniversity 1,303 #12,900
10University of SwabiUniversity 988 #5,406
11Bacha Khan UniversityUniversity 973 #6,624
12Government of Khyber PakhtunkhwaGovernment institution 914 #5,540
13Qurtuba University of Science and Information TechnologyUniversity 818 #4,627
14Institute of Management Sciences PeshawarUniversity 701 #7,612
15Sarhad University of Science and Information TechnologyUniversity 663 #8,073
16Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women University PeshawarUniversity 585 #7,603
17Abasyn UniversityUniversity 581 #6,582
18City University of Science and Information TechnologyUniversity 427 #9,628
19CECOS UniversityUniversity 415 #11,389
20Northwest General Hospital and Research CenterHospital / health system 390 #16,453
21Gandhara UniversityUniversity 380 #13,457
22Iqra National UniversityUniversity 373 #9,891
23Institute of Radiotherapy and Nuclear MedicineHospital / health system 264 #27,880 all time

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.

University of Peshawar: 17.8%The University of Agriculture, Peshawar: 10.5%University of Engineering and Technology Peshawar: 9.3%Khyber Medical College: 5.9%19 others listed: 56.5%18%largest
University of Peshawar5,045 · 17.8%The University of Agriculture, Peshawar2,987 · 10.5%University of Engineering and Technology Peshawar2,641 · 9.3%Khyber Medical College1,682 · 5.9%19 others listed16k · 56.5%

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

Which fields of science does Peshawar work in?

In 2022-now, 39% of research in Peshawar is in Health Sciences, 27% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (34%), Social Sciences (9%), Engineering (9%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 5,503 fractional works · 39.2% of its workMedicine: 4,744 fractional works · 33.8% of its workSurgery: 733 fractional works · 5.2% of its workEpidemiology: 393 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 376 fractional works · 2.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 342 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 318 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 193 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 182 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 174 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 157 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOncology: 153 fractional works · 1.1% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 150 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysiology: 118 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 116 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 103 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRheumatology: 102 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 101 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medicine: 89 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHematology: 88 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOphthalmology: 83 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 73 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHepatology: 69 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 66 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNephrology: 57 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 52 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 51 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 47 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 43 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 39 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 38 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 33 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 31 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Informatics: 30 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 30 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 30 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 81 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 400 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 194 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 50 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 38 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 118 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDentistry: 210 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOral Surgery: 74 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPeriodontics: 62 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Dentistry: 39 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthodontics: 35 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 132 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 114 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 17 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 3,719 fractional works · 26.5% of its workEngineering: 1,300 fractional works · 9.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 278 fractional works · 2.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 263 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 166 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 152 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBuilding and Construction: 92 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 71 fractional works · 0.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 51 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 48 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 48 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 32 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 99 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science: 675 fractional works · 4.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 221 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInformation Systems: 153 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 98 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 97 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 38 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 32 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 35 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 573 fractional works · 4.1% of its workWater Science and Technology: 108 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 92 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPollution: 75 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 67 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 54 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 52 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 47 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 39 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 38 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 395 fractional works · 2.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 223 fractional works · 1.6% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 64 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 52 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomaterials: 49 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 233 fractional works · 1.7% of its workModeling and Simulation: 83 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics and Probability: 53 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Mathematics: 46 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNumerical Analysis: 34 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 180 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 86 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 41 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 53 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 123 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtmospheric Science: 38 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeophysics: 34 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 51 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 107 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 95 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 99 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 32 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 68 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemical Engineering: 34 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 2,779 fractional works · 19.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,333 fractional works · 9.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 381 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 335 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEducation: 302 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGender Studies: 54 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 45 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 40 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 31 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 146 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPsychology: 452 fractional works · 3.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 215 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 145 fractional works · 1.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 45 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 47 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 366 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAccounting: 106 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 80 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 77 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMarketing: 33 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement Information Systems: 32 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 30 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 297 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 212 fractional works · 1.5% of its workFinance: 48 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 36 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 224 fractional works · 1.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 82 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhilosophy: 45 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 32 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 65 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 109 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 62 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 46 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 2,030 fractional works · 14.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1,073 fractional works · 7.6% of its workPlant Science: 525 fractional works · 3.7% of its workFood Science: 114 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 99 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSoil Science: 79 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 72 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInsect Science: 53 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 50 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 47 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 35 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 596 fractional works · 4.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 277 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGenetics: 125 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMolecular Medicine: 40 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCancer Research: 36 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 34 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 84 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 143 fractional works · 1.0% of its workImmunology: 58 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 85 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 130 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeurology: 41 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 33 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 29 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 27 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 87 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 50 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 37 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKPeshawar14kfractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences14%Physical Sciences27%Health Sciences39%Social Sciences20%

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. Health Sciences5,50339.2%
    1. Medicine4,74433.8%
    2. Health Professions4002.8%
    3. Dentistry2101.5%
    4. Nursing1320.9%
    5. Veterinary170.1%
    1. Engineering1,3009.3%
    2. Computer Science6754.8%
    3. Environmental Science5734.1%
    4. Materials Science3952.8%
    5. Mathematics2331.7%
    6. Chemistry1801.3%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences1230.9%
    8. Energy1070.8%
    9. Physics and Astronomy990.7%
    10. Chemical Engineering340.2%
  3. Social Sciences2,77919.8%
    1. Social Sciences1,3339.5%
    2. Psychology4523.2%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting3662.6%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2972.1%
    5. Arts and Humanities2241.6%
    6. Decision Sciences1090.8%
  4. Life Sciences2,03014.5%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1,0737.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5964.2%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology1431.0%
    4. Neuroscience1300.9%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics870.6%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Peshawar strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Peshawar is most concentrated in General Dentistry, Modeling and Simulation and Obstetrics and Gynecology (6.8× the world share in General Dentistry).

  1. General DentistrySubfield · 37.3 works6.8×
  2. Modeling and SimulationSubfield · 78.4 works4.5×
  3. Obstetrics and GynecologySubfield · 141.0 works3.9×
  4. PeriodonticsSubfield · 55.6 works3.2×
  5. Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 94.7 works3.2×
  6. DentistryField · 188.6 works3.1×
← 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: 1.64× its world share, 976 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.78× its world share, 519 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.98× its world share, 124 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.57× its world share, 116 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.74× its world share, 77 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.71× its world share, 31 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.83× its world share, 163 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.60× its world share, 590 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.56× its world share, 111 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.82× its world share, 94 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.62× its world share, 1,175 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.81× its world share, 504 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.78× its world share, 341 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.43× its world share, 211 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.30× its world share, 85 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 3.09× its world share, 189 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.09× its world share, 360 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.77× its world share, 4,274 worksMedicineNursing: 1.96× its world share, 120 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.96× its world share, 16 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.52× its world share, 189 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.83× its world share, 335 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.80× its world share, 98 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.02× its world share, 274 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.06× its world share, 404 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.74× its world share, 1,182 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 3.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Dentistry3.09×189 works
  2. Nursing1.96×120 works
  3. Medicine1.77×4,274 works
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.74×77 works
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.64×976 works
  6. Mathematics1.43×211 works
  7. Health Professions1.09×360 works
  8. Psychology1.06×404 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.02×274 works
  10. Immunology and Microbiology0.98×124 works
  11. Veterinary0.96×16 works
  12. Chemistry0.83×163 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.83×335 works
  14. Energy0.82×94 works
  15. Environmental Science0.81×504 works
  16. Decision Sciences0.80×98 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.78×519 works
  18. Materials Science0.78×341 works
  19. Social Sciences0.74×1,182 works
  20. Chemical Engineering0.71×31 works
  21. Engineering0.62×1,175 works
  22. Computer Science0.60×590 works
  23. Neuroscience0.57×116 works
  24. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.56×111 works
  25. Arts and Humanities0.52×189 works
  26. Physics and Astronomy0.30×85 works

Which keywords describe research in Peshawar?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Conflict, Reconstruction, Inflammation, Treatment, Cardiovascular Disease, Central Asia and Nation-Building.

▲ 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. Epidemiology1,144▲ 2.0×134 topics
  2. Machine Learning437◆ 0.93×88 topics
  3. Inflammation431▲ 1.44×83 topics
  4. Deep Learning399▼ 0.82×81 topics
  5. Climate Change345◆ 0.90×104 topics
  6. Oxidative Stress335▲ 1.45×62 topics
  7. Quality of Life332▲ 1.64×55 topics
  8. Treatment332▲ 1.94×51 topics
  9. Cardiovascular Disease316▲ 1.98×39 topics
  10. Risk Factors293▲ 1.90×35 topics
  11. Mental Health275▲ 1.37×44 topics
  12. Diagnosis269▲ 2.1×41 topics
  13. COVID-19267▲ 1.46×29 topics
  14. Metabolic Syndrome254▲ 2.2×24 topics
  15. Environmental Impact254◆ 1.06×65 topics
  16. Public Health249▲ 1.22×61 topics
  17. Security242▲ 2.6×26 topics
  18. Depression239▲ 1.94×25 topics
  19. Management236▲ 2.1×33 topics
  20. Guidelines224▲ 3.4×13 topics
  21. Conflict223▲ 9.8×9 topics
  22. Nanomaterials221▲ 1.51×20 topics
  23. Global Burden204▲ 2.7×12 topics
  24. Meta-Analysis188▲ 2.3×20 topics
  25. Heat Transfer187▲ 2.7×17 topics
  26. Reconstruction182▲ 7.6×6 topics
  27. Complications181▲ 2.6×17 topics
  28. Diabetes178▲ 2.5×22 topics
  29. Antioxidant173▲ 1.80×51 topics
  30. Central Asia157▲ 16×4 topics
  31. Pathogenesis157▲ 2.2×24 topics
  32. Nation-Building155▲ 21×2 topics
  33. State-Building155▲ 31×2 topics
  34. Toxicity154▲ 2.5×20 topics
  35. Afghanistan153▲ 46×1 topic
  36. Pakistan153▲ 46×1 topic
  37. Stress152▲ 3.0×11 topics
  38. Insulin Resistance148▲ 2.3×10 topics
  39. Maternal Mortality134▲ 4.2×5 topics
  40. Experimental Investigation109▲ 7.5×5 topics

What research is done in Peshawar?

Politics and Conflicts i…143Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East: 143 fractional worksHealth and Well-being Studies: 71 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Banking Studies: 64 fractional worksNanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer: 63 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 57 fractional worksEducation and Islamic Studies: 52 fractional worksFractional Differential …51Fractional Differential Equations Solutions: 51 fractional worksCrop Yield and Soil Fertility: 50 fractional worksCoronary Interventions and Diagnostics: 49 fractional worksAcute Myocardial Infarct…48Acute Myocardial Infarction Research: 48 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsClinical PsychologyAccountingBiomedical Engineering6 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 143 works
  2. 2 Health and Well-being Studies Clinical Psychology 71 works
  3. 3 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 64 works
  4. 4 Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer Biomedical Engineering 63 works
  5. 5 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 57 works
  6. 6 Education and Islamic Studies Education 52 works
  7. 7 Fractional Differential Equations Solutions Modeling and Simulation 51 works
  8. 8 Crop Yield and Soil Fertility Agronomy and Crop Science 50 works
  9. 9 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Surgery 49 works
  10. 10 Acute Myocardial Infarction Research Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 48 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
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%all institutions10.0% in 2025Peshawar9.2% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 19.6% in 2008.

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