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Science in Bangladesh

Bangladesh ranks #39 of 192 countries on research quality in 2022–2025 (#48 all time), with 78k research works and 18.5% of them in the world's top 10%.

World rank, 2022–2025
#39
of 192 · #48 all time
Works, 2022–2025
78k
▲ 87% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate
18.5%
record average 16.5%
In the world top 100
0
1 in the top 1,000
Open access
62%
world 63%

What is Bangladesh strongest at in science?

On research quality in 2022–2025, Bangladesh ranks highest in Economics and Econometrics (#19 of 101), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (#21 of 110) and Plant Science (#18 of 92). Relative to its size it is most specialised in Aquatic Science, Drug Discovery and Modeling and Simulation.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Economics and EconometricsSubfield #19 of 101 31.4%1,650 Institutions
Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField #21 of 110 29.0%2,197 Institutions
Plant ScienceSubfield #18 of 92 22.5%3,133 Institutions
EngineeringField #28 of 134 17.6%11,131 Institutions
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #27 of 126 19.3%7,325 Institutions
Environmental ScienceField #31 of 125 22.2%5,346 Institutions
Business, Management and AccountingField #29 of 113 25.6%3,184 Institutions
Social SciencesField #40 of 151 22.0%7,721 Institutions
Health Information ManagementSubfield #8 of 30 25.8%567
Computer ScienceField #35 of 131 18.9%7,831 Institutions
Health ProfessionsField #29 of 108 20.1%1,939 Institutions
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #24 of 89 17.6%3,278 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. Aquatic ScienceSubfield · 544.2 works3.9×
  2. Drug DiscoverySubfield · 25.1 works3.8×
  3. Modeling and SimulationSubfield · 322.3 works3.0×
  4. Health Information ManagementSubfield · 567.0 works2.9×
  5. Soil ScienceSubfield · 609.8 works2.6×
  6. Applied Microbiology and BiotechnologySubfield · 99.6 works2.6×
  7. PollutionSubfield · 734.3 works2.4×
  8. Plant ScienceSubfield · 3,132.9 works2.3×
← 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: 1.98× its world share, 7,325 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.75× its world share, 3,094 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.90× its world share, 708 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.72× its world share, 908 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.22× its world share, 334 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.52× its world share, 142 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.74× its world share, 903 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.30× its world share, 7,831 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.54× its world share, 663 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.29× its world share, 920 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.95× its world share, 11k worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.38× its world share, 5,346 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.08× its world share, 2,922 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.65× its world share, 596 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.56× its world share, 962 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.67× its world share, 254 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.95× its world share, 1,939 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.93× its world share, 14k worksMedicineNursing: 2.06× its world share, 785 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.95× its world share, 100 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.49× its world share, 1,102 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.27× its world share, 3,184 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.04× its world share, 784 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.32× its world share, 2,197 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.82× its world share, 1,945 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.78× its world share, 7,721 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.

Which keywords describe research in Bangladesh?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Epidemiology, Sustainability, Climate Change, Environmental Impact, COVID-19 and Convolutional Neural Networks.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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 Learning5,579▲ 2.1×84 topics
  2. Machine Learning5,157▲ 2.0×97 topics
  3. Epidemiology3,736▲ 1.21×140 topics
  4. Climate Change2,872▲ 1.37×120 topics
  5. Sustainability2,849▲ 1.50×120 topics
  6. Environmental Impact2,396▲ 1.81×71 topics
  7. COVID-192,045▲ 1.93×34 topics
  8. Renewable Energy1,865▲ 1.67×58 topics
  9. Neural Networks1,691▲ 1.41×41 topics
  10. Convolutional Neural Networks1,578▲ 2.8×14 topics
  11. Pandemic1,566▲ 1.88×14 topics
  12. Healthcare1,542▲ 1.76×40 topics
  13. Social Media1,423▲ 1.28×40 topics
  14. Globalization1,414◆ 0.93×154 topics
  15. Oxidative Stress1,349◆ 1.06×63 topics
  16. Artificial Intelligence1,272▲ 1.19×61 topics
  17. Food Security1,250▲ 2.9×24 topics
  18. Remote Sensing1,221▲ 1.27×40 topics
  19. Cardiovascular Disease1,170▲ 1.35×39 topics
  20. Human Rights1,135▲ 1.42×75 topics
  21. Internet of Things1,059▲ 1.57×32 topics
  22. Data Mining938▲ 1.62×23 topics
  23. Risk Management935▲ 2.5×18 topics
  24. Medical Imaging933▲ 2.3×9 topics
  25. Security927▲ 1.83×29 topics
  26. Consumer Behavior917▲ 1.86×18 topics
  27. Image Processing906▲ 2.6×14 topics
  28. Feature Extraction894▲ 2.5×10 topics
  29. Genetic Diversity894▲ 2.6×22 topics
  30. IoT822▲ 2.8×19 topics
  31. Heat Transfer812▲ 2.1×20 topics
  32. Agriculture794▲ 2.6×17 topics
  33. Environmental Monitoring794▲ 2.7×17 topics
  34. Wireless Sensor Networks778▲ 2.2×23 topics
  35. Aquaculture689▲ 3.4×8 topics
  36. Vulnerability634▲ 3.6×8 topics
  37. Feature Selection600▲ 3.5×6 topics
  38. Transfer Learning580▲ 3.9×3 topics
  39. Water Management567▲ 6.0×8 topics
  40. Smart Farming484▲ 5.4×2 topics

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.

501st to 1,000th1

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

Which universities in Bangladesh lead research?

University of Dhaka, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology and Daffodil International University rank highest in Bangladesh on research quality in 2022–2025.

0%20%40%60%mean 24.8533%fractional works (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Dhaka: 4,698, 20.1%Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology: 2,929, 18.5%Daffodil International University: 1,918, 28.0%Ministry of Education: 829, 25.3%Southeast University: 2,222, 17.9%Khulna University of Engineering and Technology: 1,942, 20.2%University of Rajshahi: 2,373, 19.6%Damien Foundation: 97, 53.3%Noakhali Science and Technology University: 973, 31.2%International University of Business Agriculture and Technology: 714, 30.3%Bangladesh Agricultural University: 1,933, 18.4%University of Chittagong: 1,489, 22.2%Jahangirnagar University: 1,664, 21.7%North South University: 1,440, 25.1%BRAC University: 1,553, 21.0%Daffodil Internation…Ministry of EducationUniversity of DhakaBangladesh Universit…
above the meannear itbelow it

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

  1. 1University of DhakaUniversity · Dhaka · #949 worldwide20.1% top 10% · 4.7k works
  2. 2Bangladesh University of Engineering and TechnologyUniversity · Dhaka · #1,163 worldwide18.5% top 10% · 2.9k works
  3. 3Daffodil International UniversityUniversity · Dhaka · #1,286 worldwide28.0% top 10% · 1.9k works
  4. 4Ministry of EducationGovernment institution · Dhaka · #1,558 worldwide25.3% top 10% · 829 works
  5. 5Southeast UniversityUniversity · Dhaka · #1,564 worldwide17.9% top 10% · 2.2k works
  6. 6Khulna University of Engineering and TechnologyUniversity · Khulna · #1,599 worldwide20.2% top 10% · 1.9k works
  7. 7University of RajshahiUniversity · Rajshahi · #1,619 worldwide19.6% top 10% · 2.4k works
  8. 8Damien FoundationInstitution · Dhaka · #1,768 worldwide53.3% top 10% · 97 works
  9. 9Noakhali Science and Technology UniversityUniversity · Chittagong · #1,845 worldwide31.2% top 10% · 973 works
  10. 10International University of Business Agriculture and TechnologyUniversity · Dhaka · #1,879 worldwide30.3% top 10% · 714 works
  11. 11Bangladesh Agricultural UniversityUniversity · Mymensingh · #1,934 worldwide18.4% top 10% · 1.9k works
  12. 12University of ChittagongUniversity · Chittagong · #2,000 worldwide22.2% top 10% · 1.5k works
  13. 13Jahangirnagar UniversityUniversity · Dhaka · #2,257 worldwide21.7% top 10% · 1.7k works
  14. 14North South UniversityUniversity · Dhaka · #2,331 worldwide25.1% top 10% · 1.4k works
  15. 15BRAC UniversityUniversity · Dhaka · #2,372 worldwide21.0% top 10% · 1.6k works

The track on each row is its top-10% rate; the tick is the world’s rate in this record, 16.5% — teal above it, red below.

All ranked institutions in Bangladesh

Who are the top researchers in Bangladesh?

Md Nuruzzaman Khan, David A. Sack and Rashidul Haque rank highest among researchers based in Bangladesh.

  1. 1 Md Nuruzzaman Khan · #12,576 worldwide 1.1k citations · 46 works
  2. 2 David A. Sack · #16,384 worldwide 606 citations · 75 works
  3. 3 Rashidul Haque · #23,681 worldwide 509 citations · 78 works
  4. 4 Haradhan Kumar Mohajan · #28,081 worldwide 264 citations · 50 works
  5. 5 Mustafizur Rahman · #29,961 worldwide 462 citations · 38 works
  6. 6 Saleemul Huq · #34,060 worldwide 611 citations · 43 works
  7. 7 Mohammed Rahmatullah · #35,157 worldwide 548 citations · 104 works
  8. 8 Mirza Hasanuzzaman · #37,995 worldwide 817 citations · 86 works
  9. 9 Palash Chandra Banik · #40,433 worldwide 691 citations · 31 works
  10. 10 Rownak Jahan · #45,162 worldwide 238 citations · 43 works
Top researchers in Bangladesh

Which cities in Bangladesh are research hubs?

  1. 1 Dhaka Bangladesh 133k works
  2. 2 Chittagong Bangladesh 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 available61.8%not open38.2%

World: 63% of research is openly available.

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

World: 22% is written across borders.

How has Bangladesh's research grown?

Output in 2018–2022 was 87% higher than in 2013–2017.

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

Research fields in Bangladesh