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Abasyn University

In research, Abasyn University stands highest in Health Sciences (#6,367 of 11,982 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#8,645 of 12,888 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#7,895 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#9,587
of 28,054 · #18,164 all time
Rank in Pakistan
#110
of 241
Research works
581
▲ 239% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.5k
9.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
69%
world 28%

What is Abasyn University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #6,367 of 11,982 14.9%78 #14380
Physical SciencesDomain #8,645 of 12,888 24.2%81 #14913
Social SciencesDomain #7,895 of 10,521 13.2%84 #13484
MedicineField #8,890 of 10,443 14.7%67 —

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Abasyn University sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Health Sciences#14,380 #6,367
  2. Physical Sciences#14,913 #8,645
  3. Social Sciences#13,484 #7,895
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1.22× its world share, 17 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.43× its world share, 23 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.80× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.66× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 6.23× its world share, 6 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.30× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.37× its world share, 32 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.54× its world share, 24 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.66× its world share, 10 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.44× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.74× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.97× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.17× its world share, 67 worksMedicineNursing: 1.78× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.69× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.65× its world share, 16 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.86× its world share, 8 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.15× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.28× its world share, 12 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.93× its world share, 35 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 6.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Abasyn University?

Ranked on the composite score, Imran Shafi, Sajjad Ahmad and Abdul Baseer lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Abasyn University.

  1. 1 Imran Shafi Pakistan · #950,763 worldwide 69 citations · 30 works
  2. 2 Sajjad Ahmad Pakistan · #1,120,559 worldwide 50 citations · 39 works
  3. 3 Abdul Baseer Pakistan · #1,326,654 worldwide 5 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Arshad Ali Pakistan · #1,381,100 worldwide 21 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Abasyn University

Which keywords describe research at Abasyn University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Security, Risk Management, Conflict, Supply Chain Management 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 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution'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. Epidemiology26▲ 2.2×72 topics
  2. Machine Learning22▲ 2.2×45 topics
  3. Deep Learning18▲ 1.75×42 topics
  4. Security10▲ 5.1×12 topics
  5. Supply Chain Management10▲ 3.5×10 topics
  6. Risk Management9▲ 6.2×8 topics
  7. Inflammation8▲ 1.38×38 topics
  8. Antioxidant8▲ 4.0×30 topics
  9. Conflict8▲ 16×5 topics
  10. COVID-198▲ 1.92×14 topics
  11. Cancer7▲ 1.77×34 topics
  12. Healthcare7▲ 2.1×12 topics
  13. Nanoparticles7▲ 1.86×10 topics
  14. Pandemic7▲ 2.1×9 topics
  15. Nation-Building6▲ 39×2 topics
  16. State-Building6▲ 57×2 topics
  17. Antibiotic Resistance6▲ 5.4×9 topics
  18. Reconstruction6▲ 12×2 topics
  19. Leadership Style6▲ 15×3 topics
  20. Afghanistan6▲ 80×1 topic
  21. Anti-inflammatory6▲ 7.2×22 topics
  22. Pakistan6▲ 80×1 topic
  23. Convolutional Neural Networks6▲ 2.6×10 topics
  24. Construction Projects6▲ 43×2 topics
  25. Immune Response6▲ 3.2×12 topics
  26. Cost Overruns5▲ 45×1 topic
  27. Project Success5▲ 45×1 topic
  28. Stakeholder Analysis5▲ 27×2 topics
  29. Antioxidant Activity5▲ 2.8×19 topics
  30. IoT Security5▲ 5.4×3 topics
  31. Vaccine5▲ 4.2×11 topics
  32. Knowledge Management5▲ 3.0×9 topics
  33. Medicinal Plants5▲ 4.2×11 topics
  34. Medical Imaging5▲ 3.2×5 topics
  35. Antimicrobial5▲ 5.5×11 topics
  36. Medicinal Chemistry4▲ 5.4×5 topics
  37. Flavonoids4▲ 5.1×6 topics
  38. Herbal Medicine4▲ 4.7×9 topics
  39. Cytotoxicity4▲ 9.1×7 topics
  40. Anticancer Agents3▲ 7.4×9 topics

Which research topics does Abasyn University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East, Construction Project Management and Performance, vaccines and immunoinformatics approaches and Network Security and Intrusion Detection.

Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East: 6 fractional worksConstruction Project Management and Performance: 5 fractional worksvaccines and immunoinformatics approaches: 3 fractional worksNetwork Security and Intrusion Detection: 2 fractional worksNanoparticles: synthesis and applications: 2 fractional worksComputational Drug Discovery Methods: 2 fractional worksMusculoskeletal pain and…2Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation: 2 fractional worksAntibiotic Use and Resis…2Antibiotic Use and Resistance: 2 fractional worksFranchising Strategies a…2Franchising Strategies and Performance: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 diagnosis using…2COVID-19 diagnosis using AI: 2 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsManagement Science and Operations ResearchMolecular BiologyComputer Networks and Communications6 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 6 works
  2. 2 Construction Project Management and Performance Management Science and Operations Research 5 works
  3. 3 vaccines and immunoinformatics approaches Molecular Biology 3 works
  4. 4 Network Security and Intrusion Detection Computer Networks and Communications 2 works
  5. 5 Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications Materials Chemistry 2 works
  6. 6 Computational Drug Discovery Methods Computational Theory and Mathematics 2 works
  7. 7 Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation Pharmacology 2 works
  8. 8 Antibiotic Use and Resistance Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 2 works
  9. 9 Franchising Strategies and Performance Strategy and Management 2 works
  10. 10 COVID-19 diagnosis using AI Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world’s own shares — the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available68.6%not open31.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors38.8%domestic only61.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Abasyn University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 239% 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.

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