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Research in Rajshahi

Science Explorer records 6 research institutions in Rajshahi, Bangladesh. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology, University of Rajshahi and Varendra University.

Research institutions
6
4 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
12k
▲ 30% vs 2018-21
Citations
125k
10.4 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
18.6%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1958-2026
69 years on the record
Rajshahi

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 Rajshahi?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of RajshahiUniversity 7,190 #3,520
2Rajshahi University of Engineering and TechnologyUniversity 3,102 #3,390
3Rajshahi Medical CollegeUniversity 1,259 #15,085
4Varendra UniversityUniversity 370 #8,442
5Bangladesh Sericulture Research and Training InstituteGovernment institution 40 not ranked
6Rajshahi Medical UniversityUniversity 1 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.

University of Rajshahi: 60.1%Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology: 25.9%Rajshahi Medical College: 10.5%Varendra University: 3.1%2 others listed: 0.3%60%largest
University of Rajshahi7,190 · 60.1%Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology3,102 · 25.9%Rajshahi Medical College1,259 · 10.5%Varendra University370 · 3.1%2 others listed41 · 0.3%

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

Which fields of science does Rajshahi work in?

In 2022-now, 47% of research in Rajshahi is in Physical Sciences, 20% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (18%), Medicine (16%), Social Sciences (9%).

Physical Sciences: 2,181 fractional works · 46.6% of its workEngineering: 829 fractional works · 17.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 303 fractional works · 6.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 119 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 71 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 60 fractional works · 1.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 57 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 43 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMedia Technology: 35 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 32 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 26 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 409 fractional works · 8.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 146 fractional works · 3.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 105 fractional works · 2.2% of its workInformation Systems: 50 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 46 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 342 fractional works · 7.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 66 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 65 fractional works · 1.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 42 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPollution: 41 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 39 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology: 24 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 23 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 246 fractional works · 5.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 146 fractional works · 3.1% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 34 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomaterials: 32 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 26 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 103 fractional works · 2.2% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 54 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 27 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 64 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 48 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 64 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 32 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 63 fractional works · 1.3% of its workModeling and Simulation: 42 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNumerical Analysis: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 50 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAtmospheric Science: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 32 fractional works · 0.7% of its workChemical Engineering: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 921 fractional works · 19.7% of its workMedicine: 739 fractional works · 15.8% of its workSurgery: 66 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 65 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 62 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEpidemiology: 58 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOncology: 54 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 46 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 44 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 41 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 34 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 26 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 25 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 24 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 24 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 99 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHealth Professions: 108 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 44 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Information Management: 39 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 26 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 47 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 46 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPeriodontics: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 871 fractional works · 18.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 418 fractional works · 8.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 123 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 88 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEducation: 56 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSafety Research: 28 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGender Studies: 26 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrban Studies: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 34 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 152 fractional works · 3.2% of its workAccounting: 41 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 40 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 106 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 82 fractional works · 1.7% of its workFinance: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 102 fractional works · 2.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 40 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 28 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 53 fractional works · 1.1% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 31 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDecision Sciences: 41 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 25 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 704 fractional works · 15.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 363 fractional works · 7.8% of its workPlant Science: 154 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 38 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFood Science: 35 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 34 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAquatic Science: 32 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSoil Science: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInsect Science: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 211 fractional works · 4.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 124 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGenetics: 27 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMolecular Medicine: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCancer Research: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiotechnology: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 26 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 63 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNeurology: 29 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 25 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 39 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 28 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKRajshahi4,676fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences15%Physical Sciences47%Health Sciences20%Social Sciences19%

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. Engineering82917.7%
    2. Computer Science4098.7%
    3. Environmental Science3427.3%
    4. Materials Science2465.3%
    5. Physics and Astronomy1032.2%
    6. Energy641.4%
    7. Chemistry641.4%
    8. Mathematics631.3%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences501.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering110.2%
    1. Medicine73915.8%
    2. Health Professions1082.3%
    3. Nursing471.0%
    4. Dentistry210.4%
    5. Veterinary50.1%
    1. Social Sciences4188.9%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting1523.2%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1062.3%
    4. Psychology1022.2%
    5. Arts and Humanities531.1%
    6. Decision Sciences410.9%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences3637.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2114.5%
    3. Neuroscience631.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology390.8%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics280.6%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Rajshahi strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Rajshahi is most concentrated in Modeling and Simulation, Aquatic Science and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics (7.0× the world share in Modeling and Simulation).

  1. Modeling and SimulationSubfield · 39.8 works7.0×
  2. Aquatic ScienceSubfield · 30.3 works4.1×
  3. Statistical and Nonlinear PhysicsSubfield · 51.4 works4.1×
  4. Health Information ManagementSubfield · 35.1 works3.4×
  5. Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringSubfield · 37.9 works2.9×
  6. Water Science and TechnologySubfield · 59.4 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: 1.65× its world share, 316 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.81× its world share, 173 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.74× its world share, 30 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.84× its world share, 55 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.67× its world share, 24 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.73× its world share, 10 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.91× its world share, 58 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.11× its world share, 348 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.68× its world share, 43 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.54× its world share, 57 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.22× its world share, 736 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.48× its world share, 296 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.46× its world share, 206 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.26× its world share, 60 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.06× its world share, 95 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.84× its world share, 16 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.93× its world share, 99 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.80× its world share, 624 worksMedicineNursing: 2.10× its world share, 42 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.78× its world share, 4 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.37× its world share, 44 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.01× its world share, 132 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.91× its world share, 36 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.07× its world share, 93 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.69× its world share, 85 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.69× its world share, 354 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing2.10×42 works
  2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.67×24 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.65×316 works
  4. Energy1.54×57 works
  5. Environmental Science1.48×296 works
  6. Materials Science1.46×206 works
  7. Mathematics1.26×60 works
  8. Engineering1.22×736 works
  9. Computer Science1.11×348 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.07×93 works
  11. Physics and Astronomy1.06×95 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting1.01×132 works
  13. Health Professions0.93×99 works
  14. Chemistry0.91×58 works
  15. Decision Sciences0.91×36 works
  16. Neuroscience0.84×55 works
  17. Dentistry0.84×16 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.81×173 works
  19. Medicine0.80×624 works
  20. Veterinary0.78×4 works
  21. Immunology and Microbiology0.74×30 works
  22. Chemical Engineering0.73×10 works
  23. Psychology0.69×85 works
  24. Social Sciences0.69×354 works
  25. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.68×43 works
  26. Arts and Humanities0.37×44 works

Which keywords describe research in Rajshahi?

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

▲ 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 Learning356▲ 2.2×77 topics
  2. Machine Learning318▲ 2.0×87 topics
  3. Climate Change187▲ 1.47×83 topics
  4. Sustainability186▲ 1.63×66 topics
  5. Epidemiology170◆ 0.91×114 topics
  6. Environmental Impact160▲ 2.0×48 topics
  7. Renewable Energy135▲ 1.99×40 topics
  8. COVID-19118▲ 1.95×24 topics
  9. Convolutional Neural Networks117▲ 3.4×14 topics
  10. Remote Sensing94▲ 1.65×29 topics
  11. Nanoparticles82▲ 1.38×40 topics
  12. Healthcare80▲ 1.50×24 topics
  13. Feature Extraction78▲ 3.7×10 topics
  14. Pandemic77▲ 1.65×11 topics
  15. Food Security74▲ 2.9×18 topics
  16. Medical Imaging74▲ 3.0×8 topics
  17. Nanocrystals70▲ 5.8×5 topics
  18. Classification61▲ 2.9×11 topics
  19. Antioxidant61▲ 1.89×46 topics
  20. Nanostructures59▲ 3.1×13 topics
  21. Nonlinear Equations59▲ 9.8×4 topics
  22. Efficiency58▲ 4.2×7 topics
  23. Image Processing56▲ 2.8×13 topics
  24. Transfer Learning53▲ 5.8×3 topics
  25. Power Electronics52▲ 3.4×8 topics
  26. Medicinal Plants51▲ 2.8×17 topics
  27. Governance49▲ 3.2×9 topics
  28. Photovoltaics48▲ 6.6×4 topics
  29. Renewable Energy Integration47▲ 3.1×5 topics
  30. Wireless Communications42▲ 5.1×5 topics
  31. Maternal Mortality41▲ 3.9×5 topics
  32. Bangladesh38▲ 39×3 topics
  33. Violence37▲ 5.3×5 topics
  34. Poverty Reduction35▲ 5.8×5 topics
  35. Rogue Waves31▲ 11×2 topics
  36. Maternal and Child Undernutrition30▲ 7.9×1 topic
  37. Water Sanitation Hygiene30▲ 7.9×1 topic
  38. Islamism30▲ 117×1 topic
  39. Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation30▲ 12×2 topics
  40. indigenous people30▲ 117×1 topic

What research is done in Rajshahi?

Child Nutrition and Wate…28Child Nutrition and Water Access: 28 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence …27Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare: 27 fractional worksNonlinear Waves and Solitons: 27 fractional worksFractional Differential Equations Solutions: 26 fractional worksBrain Tumor Detection and Classification: 25 fractional worksSmart Agriculture and AI25Smart Agriculture and AI: 25 fractional worksChalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films: 25 fractional worksBangladesh Politics, Society, and Development: 24 fractional worksWater Quality and Pollution Assessment: 23 fractional worksCOVID-19 diagnosis using AI: 22 fractional works
Nutrition and DieteticsHealth Information ManagementStatistical and Nonlinear PhysicsModeling and Simulation6 others

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

  1. 1 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 28 works
  2. 2 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Health Information Management 27 works
  3. 3 Nonlinear Waves and Solitons Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 27 works
  4. 4 Fractional Differential Equations Solutions Modeling and Simulation 26 works
  5. 5 Brain Tumor Detection and Classification Neurology 25 works
  6. 6 Smart Agriculture and AI Plant Science 25 works
  7. 7 Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films Electrical and Electronic Engineering 25 works
  8. 8 Bangladesh Politics, Society, and Development Political Science and International Relations 24 works
  9. 9 Water Quality and Pollution Assessment Water Science and Technology 23 works
  10. 10 COVID-19 diagnosis using AI Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 22 works

Research output over time

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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%Rajshahi18.0% 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 19.9% in 2024.

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