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Abdus Salam Centre for Physics

In research, Abdus Salam Centre for Physics stands highest in Physical Sciences (#3,618 of 10,670 worldwide), Materials Science (#1,220 of 2,276 worldwide) and Engineering (#4,105 of 5,901 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Geophysics, Polymers and Plastics and Materials Science (Geophysics is 19.3× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#8,815
of 22,385 · #11,039 all time
Rank in Pakistan
#108
of 231
Research works
943
▲ 38% vs 2018-21
Citations
15k
16.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.10×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
34%
world 40%
International
39%
world 18%
Abdus Salam Centre for Physics

What is Abdus Salam Centre for Physics known for in research?

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

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #3,618 of 10,670 8.5%250 #5170
Materials ScienceField #1,220 of 2,276 5.4%74 #1974
EngineeringField #4,105 of 5,901 9.0%68 #5527

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Abdus Salam Centre for Physics 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

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

  1. Physical Sciences#5,170 #3,618
  2. Materials Science#1,974 #1,220
  3. Engineering#5,527 #4,105
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

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

Which fields of science does Abdus Salam Centre for Physics work in?

In 2022-now, 82% of research at Abdus Salam Centre for Physics is in Physical Sciences, 10% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Materials Science (26%), Engineering (22%), Physics and Astronomy (11%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 284 fractional works · 82.4% of its workMaterials Science: 89 fractional works · 25.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 42 fractional works · 12.1% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 25 fractional works · 7.3% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 15 fractional works · 4.5% of its workBiomaterials: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 76 fractional works · 22.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 37 fractional works · 10.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 9 fractional works · 2.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 9 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 8 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 38 fractional works · 11.1% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 12 fractional works · 3.6% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 11 fractional works · 3.1% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 10 fractional works · 2.8% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiation: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 29 fractional works · 8.3% of its workGeophysics: 23 fractional works · 6.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 19 fractional works · 5.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 9 fractional works · 2.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 12 fractional works · 3.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workElectrochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 12 fractional works · 3.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 9 fractional works · 2.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 8 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 34 fractional works · 9.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 21 fractional works · 6.1% of its workPlant Science: 11 fractional works · 3.2% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 9 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 18 fractional works · 5.1% of its workMedicine: 13 fractional works · 3.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKAbdus SalamCentre for…345fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences82%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences3%

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 institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Materials Science8925.7%
    2. Engineering7622.1%
    3. Physics and Astronomy3811.1%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences298.3%
    5. Computer Science195.6%
    6. Chemistry123.6%
    7. Environmental Science123.3%
    8. Energy92.5%
    9. Chemical Engineering10.2%
    10. Mathematics00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences216.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology92.6%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology20.4%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.3%
    5. Neuroscience10.3%
    1. Medicine133.9%
    2. Health Professions20.5%
    3. Veterinary10.4%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    5. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Social Sciences41.2%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting20.6%
    3. Decision Sciences10.3%
    4. Psychology10.3%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.2%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Abdus Salam Centre for Physics specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Geophysics takes 19.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. GeophysicsSubfield · 23.3 works19×
  2. Polymers and PlasticsSubfield · 25.0 works18×
  3. Materials ScienceField · 88.7 works7.4×
  4. Materials ChemistrySubfield · 41.6 works6.2×
← 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: 1.29× its world share, 21 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.49× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.43× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.96× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.62× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.27× its world share, 12 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.72× its world share, 19 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5.27× its world share, 28 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.70× its world share, 8 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.47× its world share, 76 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.67× its world share, 12 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 7.37× its world share, 89 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 4.99× its world share, 38 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.20× its world share, 13 worksMedicineNursing: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.13× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Materials Science, 7.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Materials Science7.37×89 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences5.27×28 works
  3. Physics and Astronomy4.99×38 works
  4. Veterinary3.13×2 works
  5. Energy2.70×8 works
  6. Chemistry2.27×12 works
  7. Engineering1.47×76 works
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.29×21 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.96×1 works
  10. Computer Science0.72×19 works
  11. Environmental Science0.67×12 works
  12. Chemical Engineering0.62×1 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.49×9 works
  14. Immunology and Microbiology0.43×2 works
  15. Decision Sciences0.32×1 works
  16. Nursing0.29×0 works
  17. Dentistry0.20×0 works
  18. Health Professions0.20×2 works
  19. Medicine0.20×13 works
  20. Neuroscience0.19×1 works
  21. Business, Management and Accounting0.18×2 works
  22. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.09×1 works
  23. Psychology0.09×1 works
  24. Social Sciences0.09×4 works
  25. Arts and Humanities0.05×0 works
  26. Mathematics0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Abdus Salam Centre for Physics?

Ranked on the quality score, Muhammad Arslan Tariq, Zainab Zafar and Sara Qaisar lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Abdus Salam Centre for Physics.

  1. 1 Muhammad Arslan Tariq Pakistan · #976,209 worldwide 689 citations · 22 works
  2. 2 Zainab Zafar Pakistan · #1,252,908 worldwide 1.4k citations · 54 works
  3. 3 Sara Qaisar Pakistan · #1,682,972 worldwide 1.1k citations · 54 works
  4. 4 Sobia Allah Rakha Pakistan · #2,012,343 worldwide 846 citations · 33 works
  5. 5 M. Junaid Pakistan · #2,021,694 worldwide 196 citations · 25 works
  6. 6 Yaqoob Khan Pakistan · #2,258,479 worldwide 2.6k citations · 107 works
  7. 7 Rizwan Ahmed Pakistan · #2,823,402 worldwide 3.1k citations · 164 works
  8. 8 Muhammad Imran Shahzad Pakistan · #2,907,479 worldwide 3k citations · 144 works
  9. 9 Farhan Javed Pakistan · #2,966,236 worldwide 222 citations · 31 works
  10. 10 Syeda Sohaila Naz Pakistan · #3,051,210 worldwide 933 citations · 49 works
All ranked researchers at Abdus Salam Centre for Physics

What are the most cited papers from Abdus Salam Centre for Physics?

The most cited paper from Abdus Salam Centre for Physics is "The CMS experiment at the CERN LHC" (S. Chatrchyan et al., 2008), with 5,508 citations. Next come "Combined Measurement of the Higgs Boson Mass in p p Collisions at s = 7 and 8 TeV with the ATLAS and CMS Experiments" (1,357) and "Measurements of the Higgs boson production and decay rates and constraints on its couplings from a combined ATLAS and CMS analysis of the LHC pp collision data at s = 7 $$ \sqrt{s}=7 $$ and 8 TeV" (1,095).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The CMS experiment at the CERN LHC S. Chatrchyan et al. · Journal of Instrumentation Open access2,047 authors 14 Aug 2008 5,508
2 Combined Measurement of the Higgs Boson Mass in p p Collisions at s = 7 and 8 TeV with the ATLAS and CMS Experiments G. Aad et al. · Physical Review Letters Open access5,000 authors 14 May 2015 1,357
3 Measurements of the Higgs boson production and decay rates and constraints on its couplings from a combined ATLAS and CMS analysis of the LHC pp collision data at s = 7 $$ \sqrt{s}=7 $$ and 8 TeV G. Aad et al. · Journal of High Energy Physics Open access5,000 authors Aug 2016 1,095
4 Particle-flow reconstruction and global event description with the CMS detector A. M. Sirunyan et al. · Journal of Instrumentation Open access2,048 authors 6 Oct 2017 1,003
5 Observation of long-range, near-side angular correlations in proton-proton collisions at the LHC V. Khachatryan et al. · Journal of High Energy Physics Open access2,164 authors Sep 2010 906
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Abdus Salam Centre for Physics?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Nanocomposites, Nanomaterials, Graphene, Biomedical Applications, Energy Storage, Carbon Nanotubes, Polymer Composites and Nanostructures.

▲ 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 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. Nanocomposites30▲ 11×19 topics
  2. Nanomaterials26▲ 7.1×12 topics
  3. Biomedical Applications26▲ 6.3×19 topics
  4. Graphene24▲ 11×10 topics
  5. Energy Storage19▲ 8.4×6 topics
  6. Carbon Nanotubes16▲ 14×8 topics
  7. Polymer Composites14▲ 15×7 topics
  8. Tissue Engineering14▲ 6.5×7 topics
  9. Nanoparticles13▲ 3.1×27 topics
  10. Nanostructures13▲ 9.3×12 topics
  11. Nanocrystals12▲ 13×5 topics
  12. Metal-Organic Frameworks12▲ 8.1×4 topics
  13. Nanofibers11▲ 15×2 topics
  14. Cathode Materials10▲ 7.7×3 topics
  15. Semiconductors10▲ 10.0×5 topics
  16. Synthesis10▲ 7.8×11 topics
  17. Properties10▲ 33×4 topics
  18. Mechanical9▲ 49×2 topics
  19. Conducting Polymers9▲ 19×1 topic
  20. Polyaniline9▲ 23×1 topic
  21. Dielectric Properties8▲ 25×4 topics
  22. Carbon-Based Materials8▲ 24×1 topic
  23. Electrochemical Capacitors8▲ 24×1 topic
  24. Rechargeable Batteries8▲ 9.1×2 topics
  25. Applications8▲ 8.5×6 topics
  26. Efficiency8▲ 7.8×4 topics
  27. Solar Wind8▲ 25×2 topics
  28. Semiconductor8▲ 7.0×4 topics
  29. Raman Spectroscopy8▲ 12×6 topics
  30. Transparent Conductors8▲ 18×2 topics
  31. Tomography7▲ 12×3 topics
  32. Two-Dimensional Materials7▲ 9.3×4 topics
  33. Crystal Growth7▲ 7.2×8 topics
  34. Electron Acceleration7▲ 29×2 topics
  35. Geodetic Measurements6▲ 17×2 topics
  36. Ionosphere6▲ 32×1 topic
  37. Magnetosphere6▲ 32×1 topic
  38. Metal Nanoparticles6▲ 11×4 topics
  39. Subduction6▲ 24×2 topics
  40. Functionalization6▲ 29×3 topics

Which research topics does Abdus Salam Centre for Physics publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Conducting polymers and applications, Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication, Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics and Dust and Plasma Wave Phenomena.

Conducting polymers and …9Conducting polymers and applications: 9 fractional worksSupercapacitor Materials…8Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication: 8 fractional worksIonosphere and magnetosphere dynamics: 6 fractional worksDust and Plasma Wave Phenomena: 6 fractional worksEarthquake Detection and Analysis: 6 fractional worksearthquake and tectonic studies: 6 fractional worksAdvancements in Battery Materials: 6 fractional worksCarbon Nanotubes in Comp…5Carbon Nanotubes in Composites: 5 fractional worksPolymer composites and self-healing: 5 fractional worksHigh-pressure geophysics and materials: 4 fractional works
Polymers and PlasticsElectronic, Optical and Magnetic MaterialsAstronomy and AstrophysicsAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics3 others

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

  1. 1 Conducting polymers and applications Polymers and Plastics 9 works
  2. 2 Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 8 works
  3. 3 Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 6 works
  4. 4 Dust and Plasma Wave Phenomena Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 6 works
  5. 5 Earthquake Detection and Analysis Geophysics 6 works
  6. 6 earthquake and tectonic studies Geophysics 6 works
  7. 7 Advancements in Battery Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 6 works
  8. 8 Carbon Nanotubes in Composites Materials Chemistry 5 works
  9. 9 Polymer composites and self-healing Polymers and Plastics 5 works
  10. 10 High-pressure geophysics and materials Geophysics 4 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 available34.1%not open65.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Abdus Salam Centre for Physics's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 38% 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 Abdus Salam Centre for Physics as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0016% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Abdus Salam Centre for Physics0.0013% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Abdus Salam Centre for Physics over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Abdus Salam Centre for Physics8.7% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 13.1% in 2019.

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