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Science in Bangladesh

Bangladesh ranks #40 of 189 countries on research quality in 2022-now (#50 all time), with 78k research works and 10.1% of them in the world's top 10%.

World rank, 2022-now
#40
of 189 · #50 all time
Works, 2022-now
78k
▲ 56% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.1M
10.3 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate
10.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.90×
1.00× is exactly expected
In the world top 100
0
1 in the top 1,000
Open access
62%
world 40%
International
28%
world 18%
Bangladesh

What is Bangladesh strongest at in science?

On research quality in 2022-now, Bangladesh ranks highest in Environmental Science (#31 of 122), Computer Science (#39 of 128) and Engineering (#40 of 131). Relative to its size it is most specialised in Drug Discovery, Aquatic Science and Health Information Management.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Environmental ScienceField #31 of 122 11.6%5,346 #38 Institutions
Computer ScienceField #39 of 128 9.2%7,831 #53 Institutions
EngineeringField #40 of 131 10.2%11,131 #50 Institutions
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #38 of 124 10.4%7,325 #44 Institutions
Social SciencesField #49 of 148 11.0%7,721 #55 Institutions
Materials ScienceField #31 of 87 13.7%2,922 #43 Institutions
PsychologyField #39 of 106 10.2%1,945 #48 Institutions
Health ProfessionsField #39 of 106 12.5%1,939 #48 Institutions
MedicineField #59 of 152 6.7%13,949 #60 Institutions
Business, Management and AccountingField #43 of 110 14.0%3,184 #50 Institutions
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #47 of 119 11.2%2,524 #52 Institutions
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #34 of 86 11.0%3,278 #41 Institutions

Where its research is concentrated

Location quotient: how much more (or less) of each node it does than its size predicts. Drawn around 1×, where "twice the world share" and "half of it" are the same distance apart in opposite directions. A volume reading, which on a country axis is largely population and industrial structure.

  1. Drug DiscoverySubfield · 43.8 works · #7 of 152 active here5.6×
  2. Aquatic ScienceSubfield · 616.6 works · #15 of 214 active here3.7×
  3. Health Information ManagementSubfield · 643.1 works · #13 of 202 active here2.8×
  4. Modeling and SimulationSubfield · 346.4 works · #23 of 206 active here2.7×
  5. Applied Microbiology and BiotechnologySubfield · 121.5 works · #23 of 202 active here2.7×
  6. Soil ScienceSubfield · 672.0 works · #21 of 205 active here2.5×
  7. PollutionSubfield · 839.5 works · #26 of 215 active here2.4×
  8. Plant ScienceSubfield · 3,566.9 works · #25 of 224 active here2.2×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

The whole field profile

All 26 fields at once. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1.92× its world share, 8,298 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.76× its world share, 3,676 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.93× its world share, 852 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.71× its world share, 1,044 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.26× its world share, 403 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.54× its world share, 171 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.74× its world share, 1,051 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.30× its world share, 9,189 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.57× its world share, 809 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.28× its world share, 1,069 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.94× its world share, 13k worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.40× its world share, 6,296 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.11× its world share, 3,519 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.62× its world share, 666 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.56× its world share, 1,139 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.72× its world share, 318 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.93× its world share, 2,218 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.94× its world share, 16k worksMedicineNursing: 2.01× its world share, 894 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.00× its world share, 123 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.54× its world share, 1,405 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.26× its world share, 3,689 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.06× its world share, 934 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.27× its world share, 2,465 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.85× its world share, 2,345 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.79× its world share, 9,075 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 2.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing2.01×894 works
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.92×8,298 works
  3. Environmental Science1.40×6,296 works
  4. Computer Science1.30×9,189 works
  5. Energy1.28×1,069 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.27×2,465 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.26×403 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting1.26×3,689 works
  9. Materials Science1.11×3,519 works
  10. Decision Sciences1.06×934 works
  11. Veterinary1.00×123 works
  12. Engineering0.94×13k works
  13. Medicine0.94×16k works
  14. Immunology and Microbiology0.93×852 works
  15. Health Professions0.93×2,218 works
  16. Psychology0.85×2,345 works
  17. Social Sciences0.79×9,075 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.76×3,676 works
  19. Chemistry0.74×1,051 works
  20. Dentistry0.72×318 works
  21. Neuroscience0.71×1,044 works
  22. Mathematics0.62×666 works
  23. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.57×809 works
  24. Physics and Astronomy0.56×1,139 works
  25. Chemical Engineering0.54×171 works
  26. Arts and Humanities0.54×1,405 works

Which fields of science does Bangladesh work in?

In 2022-now, 40% of research in Bangladesh is in Physical Sciences, 22% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (18%), Engineering (14%), Computer Science (10%).

Physical Sciences: 37k fractional works · 40.4% of its workEngineering: 13k fractional works · 14.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3,733 fractional works · 4.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1,878 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1,208 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1,025 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 863 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBuilding and Construction: 815 fractional works · 0.9% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 662 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 472 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 397 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 396 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 389 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 348 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 286 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 275 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 9,189 fractional works · 10.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3,607 fractional works · 4.0% of its workInformation Systems: 1,718 fractional works · 1.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1,621 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 940 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSignal Processing: 424 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 261 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 253 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 206 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 157 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 6,296 fractional works · 6.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1,164 fractional works · 1.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 904 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPollution: 839 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 739 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology: 646 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 591 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 585 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 415 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 205 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 208 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 3,519 fractional works · 3.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1,713 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 660 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomaterials: 526 fractional works · 0.6% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 514 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 107 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1,139 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 379 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 336 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 192 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 232 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 1,069 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 843 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 196 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 30 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemistry: 1,051 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 441 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 304 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 306 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 809 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtmospheric Science: 311 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 498 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 666 fractional works · 0.7% of its workModeling and Simulation: 346 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 320 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 171 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 20k fractional works · 21.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 9,075 fractional works · 10.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2,922 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEducation: 1,908 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1,494 fractional works · 1.6% of its workDemography: 336 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 328 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 322 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 293 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 235 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 229 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 222 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 786 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3,689 fractional works · 4.1% of its workAccounting: 927 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 815 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMarketing: 547 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 518 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 459 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 238 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 185 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2,465 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1,846 fractional works · 2.0% of its workFinance: 391 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 229 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 2,345 fractional works · 2.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 892 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 654 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 394 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 247 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 157 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1,405 fractional works · 1.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 374 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 242 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 212 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhilosophy: 189 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 386 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 934 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 540 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 305 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 89 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 20k fractional works · 21.9% of its workMedicine: 16k fractional works · 18.0% of its workSurgery: 1,683 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1,458 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEpidemiology: 1,451 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 977 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 967 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 931 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 874 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 785 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 762 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOncology: 716 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysiology: 474 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 468 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 371 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 352 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 336 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 329 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 293 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 271 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 263 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 233 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 206 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOphthalmology: 202 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 196 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Informatics: 193 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1,539 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Professions: 2,219 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 965 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Information Management: 643 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 611 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNursing: 894 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 866 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 28 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 318 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 123 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 14k fractional works · 15.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 8,298 fractional works · 9.1% of its workPlant Science: 3,567 fractional works · 3.9% of its workFood Science: 972 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 703 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSoil Science: 672 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAquatic Science: 617 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 613 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 445 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 387 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInsect Science: 253 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 70 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3,676 fractional works · 4.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 1,951 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGenetics: 594 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMolecular Medicine: 191 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 940 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNeuroscience: 1,044 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 443 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 359 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 242 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 852 fractional works · 0.9% of its workImmunology: 419 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 433 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 403 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 247 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 156 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKBangladesh91kfractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences16%Physical Sciences40%Health Sciences22%Social Sciences22%

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 country does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering13k14.1%
    2. Computer Science9,18910.1%
    3. Environmental Science6,2966.9%
    4. Materials Science3,5193.9%
    5. Physics and Astronomy1,1391.3%
    6. Energy1,0691.2%
    7. Chemistry1,0511.2%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences8090.9%
    9. Mathematics6660.7%
    10. Chemical Engineering1710.2%
    1. Social Sciences9,07510.0%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting3,6894.1%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2,4652.7%
    4. Psychology2,3452.6%
    5. Arts and Humanities1,4051.5%
    6. Decision Sciences9341.0%
    1. Medicine16k18.0%
    2. Health Professions2,2192.4%
    3. Nursing8941.0%
    4. Dentistry3180.4%
    5. Veterinary1230.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences8,2989.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3,6764.1%
    3. Neuroscience1,0441.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology8520.9%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics4030.4%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Which keywords describe research in Bangladesh?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Epidemiology, Sustainability, Climate Change, Environmental Impact, Convolutional Neural Networks and COVID-19.

▲ 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 country'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 Learning6,470▲ 2.1×84 topics
  2. Machine Learning6,042▲ 2.0×97 topics
  3. Epidemiology4,297▲ 1.19×140 topics
  4. Climate Change3,359▲ 1.36×122 topics
  5. Sustainability3,334▲ 1.50×126 topics
  6. Environmental Impact2,779▲ 1.79×71 topics
  7. COVID-192,213▲ 1.88×34 topics
  8. Renewable Energy2,149▲ 1.64×60 topics
  9. Neural Networks1,956▲ 1.40×41 topics
  10. Convolutional Neural Networks1,819▲ 2.8×14 topics
  11. Healthcare1,796▲ 1.73×41 topics
  12. Globalization1,678◆ 0.94×162 topics
  13. Pandemic1,667▲ 1.85×14 topics
  14. Social Media1,622▲ 1.29×40 topics
  15. Oxidative Stress1,576◆ 1.06×63 topics
  16. Artificial Intelligence1,554▲ 1.20×61 topics
  17. Food Security1,414▲ 2.9×24 topics
  18. Remote Sensing1,411▲ 1.27×41 topics
  19. Cardiovascular Disease1,385▲ 1.34×39 topics
  20. Human Rights1,326▲ 1.43×79 topics
  21. Internet of Things1,190▲ 1.53×32 topics
  22. Data Mining1,084▲ 1.63×25 topics
  23. Medical Imaging1,079▲ 2.3×9 topics
  24. Security1,077▲ 1.77×31 topics
  25. Image Processing1,031▲ 2.6×14 topics
  26. Consumer Behavior1,030▲ 1.82×18 topics
  27. Risk Management1,014▲ 2.4×18 topics
  28. Feature Extraction1,012▲ 2.5×10 topics
  29. Genetic Diversity976▲ 2.5×22 topics
  30. IoT931▲ 2.7×19 topics
  31. Heat Transfer928▲ 2.1×20 topics
  32. Environmental Monitoring913▲ 2.6×18 topics
  33. Wireless Sensor Networks894▲ 2.2×23 topics
  34. Agriculture875▲ 2.5×17 topics
  35. Aquaculture796▲ 3.4×8 topics
  36. Vulnerability754▲ 3.6×8 topics
  37. Transfer Learning658▲ 3.8×3 topics
  38. Water Management652▲ 5.7×8 topics
  39. Smart Farming560▲ 5.3×2 topics
  40. Bangladesh507▲ 27×3 topics

Which research topics does Bangladesh publish the most in?

Its largest topics in 2022-now are Smart Agriculture and AI, Islamic Finance and Banking Studies, Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare.

Smart Agriculture and AI524Smart Agriculture and AI: 524 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Bank…473Islamic Finance and Banking Studies: 473 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare: 468 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 465 fractional worksCOVID-19 Pandemic Impacts: 419 fractional worksBangladesh Politics, Society, and Development: 394 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 368 fractional worksAI in cancer detection: 334 fractional worksCOVID-19 diagnosis using AI: 322 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 296 fractional worksBrain Tumor Detection and Classification: 293 fractional worksAdvanced Neural Network Applications: 288 fractional works
Plant ScienceAccountingHealth Information ManagementNutrition and Dietetics8 others

Area is fractional works in 2022-now; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to. Every tile is a topic page.

  1. 1 Smart Agriculture and AI Plant Science 524 works
  2. 2 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 473 works
  3. 3 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Health Information Management 468 works
  4. 4 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 465 works
  5. 5 COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Economics and Econometrics 419 works
  6. 6 Bangladesh Politics, Society, and Development Political Science and International Relations 394 works
  7. 7 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 368 works
  8. 8 AI in cancer detection Artificial Intelligence 334 works
  9. 9 COVID-19 diagnosis using AI Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 322 works
  10. 10 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 296 works
  11. 11 Brain Tumor Detection and Classification Neurology 293 works
  12. 12 Advanced Neural Network Applications Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 288 works

How many world-class institutions does Bangladesh hold?

Average quality and elite capacity disagree by construction, and both are worth knowing: the first is decided by a country's whole institution population, the second counts the institutions it holds at the top. One square per institution.

Standing among countries2022-nowWhere that sitsAll time
Average qualityits whole institution population #40 of 189 #50 of 203
Elite capacitythe institutions it holds at the top #47 of 204 #49 of 216

Elite capacity counts a country's institutions by their worldwide rank, weighted so a place at #1 counts for more than one at #480. Countries under 100 fractional works are left out.

501st to 1,000th1

Bands are exclusive, so the squares add up to 1 (the institutions it holds in the world top 1,000), not to four times it.

Which universities in Bangladesh lead research?

Southeast University, Ministry of Education and Islamic University rank highest in Bangladesh on research quality in 2022-now.

0%10%20%mean 12.4067%fractional works (log) →share in the world top 10% →Ministry of EducationDaffodil Internation…Islamic UniversitySoutheast University
above the meannear itbelow it

One dot per institution in the list below. The upper left is the interesting corner.

  1. 1Southeast UniversityUniversity · Dhaka · #930 worldwide8.5% top 10% · 2.2k works
  2. 2Ministry of EducationGovernment institution · Dhaka · #1,040 worldwide15.0% top 10% · 829 works
  3. 3Islamic UniversityUniversity · Kushtia · #1,694 worldwide9.3% top 10% · 3.4k works
  4. 4Daffodil International UniversityUniversity · Dhaka · #1,745 worldwide13.7% top 10% · 1.9k works
  5. 5International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease ResearchResearch facility · Dhaka · #1,868 worldwide14.1% top 10% · 610 works
  6. 6North South UniversityUniversity · Dhaka · #1,966 worldwide11.9% top 10% · 1.4k works
  7. 7Comilla UniversityUniversity · Comilla · #2,040 worldwide14.3% top 10% · 569 works
  8. 8International Islamic University ChittagongUniversity · Chittagong · #2,218 worldwide8.5% top 10% · 785 works
  9. 9United International UniversityUniversity · Dhaka · #2,336 worldwide14.6% top 10% · 837 works
  10. 10Metropolitan UniversityUniversity · Sylhet · #2,356 worldwide13.9% top 10% · 726 works
  11. 11Bangladesh University of Business and TechnologyUniversity · Dhaka · #2,376 worldwide15.0% top 10% · 509 works
  12. 12Bangladesh University of TextilesUniversity · Dhaka · #2,464 worldwide15.2% top 10% · 511 works
  13. 13Khulna UniversityUniversity · Khulna · #2,555 worldwide9.6% top 10% · 1.7k works
  14. 14BRAC UniversityUniversity · Dhaka · #2,577 worldwide10.5% top 10% · 1.6k works
  15. 15Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology UniversityUniversity · Dinajpur · #2,690 worldwide12.0% top 10% · 787 works

The track on each row is its top-10% rate; the tick is the average of all institutions, 10.0% (how it is set): teal above it, red below.

All ranked institutions in Bangladesh

Who are the top researchers in Bangladesh?

Muntasir Murshed, Mozammel Mia and Mosiur Rahman rank highest among researchers based in Bangladesh.

  1. 1 Muntasir Murshed #1,487 worldwide 19k citations · 244 works
  2. 2 Mozammel Mia #4,564 worldwide 12k citations · 171 works
  3. 3 Mosiur Rahman #7,232 worldwide 64k citations · 222 works
  4. 4 Md Nuruzzaman Khan #7,524 worldwide 43k citations · 266 works
  5. 5 Md. Abdul Moktadir #8,531 worldwide 8k citations · 105 works
  6. 6 Syed Mithun Ali #9,797 worldwide 8.7k citations · 182 works
  7. 7 Abu Reza Md. Towfiqul Islam #10,697 worldwide 22k citations · 637 works
  8. 8 Mustofa Sakif Shahriar #11,765 worldwide 35k citations · 94 works
  9. 9 Sojib Bin Zaman #12,098 worldwide 114k citations · 189 works
  10. 10 Mohammad Golam Mostofa #16,329 worldwide 8k citations · 143 works
Top researchers in Bangladesh

Which cities in Bangladesh are research hubs?

  1. 1 DhakaBangladesh 133k works
  2. 2 ChittagongBangladesh 18k works

How open and international is Bangladesh's research?

62% of its research is openly available (world: 40%), and 28% is written with international co-authors (world: 18%).

openly available61.9%not open38.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors28.3%domestic only71.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

In 2022-now, 66% of its research is openly available (world 63%) and 31% is written with co-authors abroad (world 22%). Against what its own mix of topics predicts, that is 1.06× the expected open access and 1.36× the expected international share, which puts it #122 of 173 countries on openness.

How has Bangladesh's research grown?

Output in 2022-2025 was 56% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Bangladesh as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.35% in 2024.

still counting1.0%2.0%Bangladesh0.41% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Bangladesh over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Over the whole record, 8.4% of its 207k works since 1950 reached the world top 10% for their field and year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Bangladesh9.9% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.0% in 2024.

Which countries have research most like Bangladesh's?

Nigeria is Bangladesh's closest research twin: of all countries, its research is spread across the fields most like Bangladesh's, with both strong in Nursing.

  1. 1 NigeriaBoth strong in Nursing, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Environmental Science 0.75 Compare
  2. 2 EthiopiaBoth strong in Nursing, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Environmental Science 0.69 Compare
  3. 3 Papua New GuineaBoth strong in Nursing, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Environmental Science 0.67 Compare
  4. 4 FijiBoth strong in Nursing, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Environmental Science 0.67 Compare
  5. 5 LiberiaBoth strong in Nursing, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Environmental Science 0.65 Compare

Similarity is the correlation of each side's location quotients across every field it publishes in, on a log scale: 1 is the same shape of research, 0 is unrelated. It ignores size. How it is measured.

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Who are the top scientists in Bangladesh?

Muntasir Murshed, Mozammel Mia and Mosiur Rahman rank highest among researchers based in Bangladesh.

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What is Bangladesh strongest at in science?

On research quality in 2022-now, Bangladesh ranks highest in Environmental Science (#31 of 122), Computer Science (#39 of 128) and Engineering (#40 of 131). Relative to its size it is most specialised in Drug Discovery, Aquatic Science and Health Information Management.

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How fast is research in Bangladesh growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 56% higher than in 2018-2021.

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