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Abbottabad University of Science and Technology

In research, Abbottabad University of Science and Technology stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,829 of 12,888 worldwide), Engineering (#2,814 of 6,636 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#4,269 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Organic Chemistry and Chemistry — Organic Chemistry is 5.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,808
of 28,054 · #6,200 all time
Rank in Pakistan
#24
of 241
Research works
1.3k
▲ 669% vs 2013–17
Citations
20k
15.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
56%
world 28%

What is Abbottabad University of Science and Technology 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
Physical SciencesDomain #1,829 of 12,888 23.8%409 #4222
EngineeringField #2,814 of 6,636 21.2%118 #5216
Life SciencesDomain #4,269 of 7,800 23.1%92 #8275
Materials ScienceField #1,591 of 2,468 18.7%81 #3349
Social SciencesDomain #7,117 of 10,521 17.9%102 #10746
Health SciencesDomain #8,175 of 11,982 16.9%113 #15798
MedicineField #8,046 of 10,443 17.3%95 #15406

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Abbottabad University of Science and Technology 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. Physical Sciences#4,222 #1,829
  2. Engineering#5,216 #2,814
  3. Life Sciences#8,275 #4,269
  4. Materials Science#3,349 #1,591
  5. Social Sciences#10,746 #7,117
  6. Health Sciences#15,798 #8,175
  7. Medicine#15,406 #8,046
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.

What does Abbottabad University of Science and Technology specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Organic Chemistry takes 5.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Organic ChemistrySubfield · 31.6 works5.8×
  2. ChemistryField · 50.2 works4.5×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 1.02× its world share, 35 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.10× its world share, 42 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.47× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.40× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.09× its world share, 8 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.28× its world share, 6 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 4.47× its world share, 50 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.83× its world share, 46 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.80× its world share, 9 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.13× its world share, 14 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.10× its world share, 118 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.15× its world share, 41 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 3.22× its world share, 81 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 3.05× its world share, 26 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.12× its world share, 18 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.27× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.46× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.69× its world share, 95 worksMedicineNursing: 1.30× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.53× its world share, 11 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.67× its world share, 16 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.20× its world share, 8 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.14× its world share, 17 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.49× its world share, 11 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.43× its world share, 39 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemistry, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Abbottabad University of Science and Technology?

Ranked on the composite score, B. Amin, Shoaib Khan and Mujaddad Ur Rehman lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Abbottabad University of Science and Technology.

  1. 1 B. Amin Pakistan · #495,469 worldwide 161 citations · 29 works
  2. 2 Shoaib Khan Pakistan · #1,081,993 worldwide 75 citations · 58 works
  3. 3 Mujaddad Ur Rehman Pakistan · #1,180,919 worldwide 51 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Naveen Kosar Pakistan · #1,280,832 worldwide 70 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 M. Idrees Pakistan · #1,394,815 worldwide 96 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Fida Rehman Pakistan · #1,510,489 worldwide 44 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Hazrat Ali Pakistan · #1,518,435 worldwide 17 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Azam Hayat Pakistan · #1,599,690 worldwide 11 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Muhammad Imtiaz Khan Pakistan · #1,631,329 worldwide 11 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Abbottabad University of Science and Technology

Which keywords describe research at Abbottabad University of Science and Technology?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Medicinal Chemistry, Nanomaterials, Two-Dimensional Materials, Anticancer Agents, Bioimaging, Heterocyclic Compounds, Neurodegenerative Diseases and Graphene.

▲ 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. Nanomaterials28▲ 3.7×17 topics
  2. Machine Learning24◆ 1.04×54 topics
  3. Medicinal Chemistry21▲ 11×12 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress20▲ 1.69×44 topics
  5. Biomedical Applications19▲ 2.3×27 topics
  6. Nanoparticles19▲ 2.1×32 topics
  7. Environmental Impact18▲ 1.49×29 topics
  8. Two-Dimensional Materials18▲ 11×4 topics
  9. Anticancer Agents18▲ 16×11 topics
  10. Graphene17▲ 3.4×9 topics
  11. Energy Storage15▲ 3.2×8 topics
  12. Bioimaging15▲ 9.1×6 topics
  13. Security15▲ 3.1×16 topics
  14. Toxicity14▲ 4.5×16 topics
  15. Antioxidant13▲ 2.6×41 topics
  16. Synthesis13▲ 4.8×30 topics
  17. Heterocyclic Compounds12▲ 19×4 topics
  18. Medicinal Plants12▲ 4.2×16 topics
  19. Crystal Growth12▲ 6.0×8 topics
  20. Neurodegenerative Diseases12▲ 10×5 topics
  21. Antioxidants11▲ 3.5×14 topics
  22. Pharmacology11▲ 6.2×17 topics
  23. Nanocrystals11▲ 5.6×5 topics
  24. Coumarins10▲ 27×2 topics
  25. Drug Discovery10▲ 6.3×10 topics
  26. Electronic Structure10▲ 7.9×7 topics
  27. Tubulin Inhibitors10▲ 30×1 topic
  28. Vascular Targeting Agents10▲ 30×1 topic
  29. Conflict10▲ 8.6×5 topics
  30. Antimicrobial10▲ 4.8×13 topics
  31. Green Synthesis8▲ 6.2×4 topics
  32. Molecular Docking8▲ 9.2×3 topics
  33. Nonlinear Optical Materials8▲ 30×3 topics
  34. Reconstruction8▲ 6.6×3 topics
  35. Afghanistan8▲ 45×1 topic
  36. Pakistan8▲ 45×1 topic
  37. Molecular Structure8▲ 11×5 topics
  38. Supramolecular Chemistry8▲ 13×4 topics
  39. Hypergeometric Functions7▲ 45×2 topics
  40. Density Functional Theory7▲ 9.7×4 topics

Which research topics does Abbottabad University of Science and Technology publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Synthesis and biological activity, Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East, 2D Materials and Applications and Computational Drug Discovery Methods.

Synthesis and biological…10Synthesis and biological activity: 10 fractional worksPolitics and Conflicts i…8Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East: 8 fractional works2D Materials and Applications: 6 fractional worksComputational Drug Discovery Methods: 6 fractional worksAnalytic and geometric function theory: 6 fractional worksNonlinear Optical Materials Research: 6 fractional worksMolecular Sensors and Ion Detection: 6 fractional worksCholinesterase and Neuro…6Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases: 6 fractional worksLuminescence and Fluorescent Materials: 5 fractional worksMXene and MAX Phase Materials: 5 fractional works
Organic ChemistryPolitical Science and International RelationsMaterials ChemistryComputational Theory and Mathematics4 others

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

  1. 1 Synthesis and biological activity Organic Chemistry 10 works
  2. 2 Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East Political Science and International Relations 8 works
  3. 3 2D Materials and Applications Materials Chemistry 6 works
  4. 4 Computational Drug Discovery Methods Computational Theory and Mathematics 6 works
  5. 5 Analytic and geometric function theory Geometry and Topology 6 works
  6. 6 Nonlinear Optical Materials Research Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 6 works
  7. 7 Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection Spectroscopy 6 works
  8. 8 Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases Pharmacology 6 works
  9. 9 Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials Materials Chemistry 5 works
  10. 10 MXene and MAX Phase Materials Materials Chemistry 5 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 available55.8%not open44.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors55.0%domestic only45.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Abbottabad University of Science and Technology's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 669% higher than in 2013–2017.

200020102020
grewheldshrank

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

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.