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Aga Khan Development Network

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Research works
22
▲ 1049% vs 2018-21
Citations
17
0.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.2%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
59%
world 40%
International
15%
world 18%
Aga Khan Development Network

Not ranked overall: Aga Khan Development Network is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Aga Khan Development Network work in?

In all years, 41% of research at Aga Khan Development Network is in Physical Sciences, 41% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Computer Science (29%), Social Sciences (23%), Medicine (12%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 9 fractional works · 41.2% of its workComputer Science: 6 fractional works · 29.0% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 2 fractional works · 10.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 7.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 4.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 4.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 6.5% of its workArchitecture: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 40.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 22.9% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 11.2% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 7.5% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 7.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 7.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 4.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 4.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 3 fractional works · 13.8% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 11.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 4.5% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 4.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workALL ITS WORKAga KhanDevelopment…22fractional works, all years
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences41%Health Sciences14%Social Sciences41%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 15 fields, with their numbers
    1. Computer Science629.0%
    2. Engineering16.5%
    3. Environmental Science13.7%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences01.5%
    5. Physics and Astronomy00.5%
    1. Social Sciences522.9%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance27.5%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting14.5%
    4. Arts and Humanities13.7%
    5. Psychology02.0%
    1. Medicine311.5%
    2. Health Professions02.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences01.9%
    2. Neuroscience01.5%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology01.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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.

Neuroscience: 1.54× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 6.11× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.59× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.67× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.75× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 1.73× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.50× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.09× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.59× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Computer Science, 6.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 11 fields, with their numbers
  1. Computer Science6.11×6 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3.50×1 works
  3. Arts and Humanities1.73×1 works
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.59×0 works
  5. Neuroscience1.54×0 works
  6. Psychology1.09×0 works
  7. Environmental Science0.75×0 works
  8. Engineering0.67×1 works
  9. Social Sciences0.59×1 works
  10. Medicine0.48×1 works
  11. Health Professions0.47×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Aga Khan Development Network?

Ranked on the quality score, Szabolcs Vágó lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Aga Khan Development Network.

  1. 1 Szabolcs Vágó Afghanistan · #5,288,383 worldwide 13 citations · 37 works
All ranked researchers at Aga Khan Development Network

What are the most cited papers from Aga Khan Development Network?

The most cited paper from Aga Khan Development Network is "Testing a home-based model of care using misoprostol for prevention and treatment of postpartum hemorrhage: results from a randomized placebo-controlled trial conducted in Badakhshan province, Afghanistan" (Dina Abbas, Shafiq Mirzazada, Jill M. Durocher et al., 2020), with 13 citations. Next come "Draught, Fish, and Presence: Teaching Semi-Arid Ecology with a CAVE" (0) and "PENGARUH PEMBERIAN ANTIBIOTIK, GLUCOMANNAN HYDROLYSATES (GMH) DAN BALANCE ACTIVE TERHADAP JUMLAH SEL Th2 PADA BACTERIAL VAGINOSIS WANITA USIA SUBUR" (0).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Testing a home-based model of care using misoprostol for prevention and treatment of postpartum hemorrhage: results from a randomized placebo-controlled trial conducted in Badakhshan province, Afghanistan Dina Abbas, Shafiq Mirzazada, Jill M. Durocher et al. · Reproductive Health Open access 5 Jun 2020 13
2 Draught, Fish, and Presence: Teaching Semi-Arid Ecology with a CAVE João Anisio Marinho Da Nobrega, César Rennó‐Costa, Magnólia Araújo et al. Conference paper 30 Sep 2025 0
3 PENGARUH PEMBERIAN ANTIBIOTIK, GLUCOMANNAN HYDROLYSATES (GMH) DAN BALANCE ACTIVE TERHADAP JUMLAH SEL Th2 PADA BACTERIAL VAGINOSIS WANITA USIA SUBUR Novi Budi, Noorhamdani Noorhamdani, Sri Poeranto · Jurnal Kesehatan dr Soebandi Open access 23 Apr 2020 0
4 Een onjuist eindvonnis, wat dan? J. van Drongelen, P.A.L. Jong · Research portal (Tilburg University) 2014 0
5 Zelfstandigen, cao’s, arbeidsvoorwaarden en mededinging (2) Harry van Drongelen, P.A.L. de Jong, A. van Drongelen · Research portal (Tilburg University) 2015 0
All 8 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Aga Khan Development Network?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Education, Virtual Reality, Cultural Diversity, Learning Outcomes, Research Methods, Social Work, Embodiment and Presence.

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

Size is fractional works in all years 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 26 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 26 words, with their numbers
  1. Education4▲ 13×4 topics
  2. Virtual Reality3▲ 34×4 topics
  3. Cultural Diversity3▲ 63×2 topics
  4. Learning Outcomes2▲ 46×2 topics
  5. Research Methods2▲ 84×1 topic
  6. Social Work2▲ 131×1 topic
  7. Artificial Intelligence2▲ 11×5 topics
  8. Embodiment2▲ 52×1 topic
  9. Presence2▲ 268×1 topic
  10. Globalization2▲ 4.1×2 topics
  11. Comparative Law1▲ 383×1 topic
  12. Legal Methodology1▲ 210×1 topic
  13. Technology1▲ 14×2 topics
  14. Algorithmic Information Theory1▲ 171×1 topic
  15. Applications1▲ 21×1 topic
  16. Computability1▲ 171×1 topic
  17. Gesture Recognition1▲ 68×2 topics
  18. Health Checks1▲ 297×1 topic
  19. Immersive Simulations1▲ 149×1 topic
  20. Machine Learning1▲ 2.1×2 topics
  21. Multi-label Learning1▲ 219×1 topic
  22. Preventive Services1▲ 83×1 topic
  23. Price Discrimination1▲ 100×2 topics
  24. Public Economics1▲ 146×1 topic
  25. Regional Development1▲ 17×1 topic
  26. Text Classification1▲ 49×1 topic

Which research topics does Aga Khan Development Network publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts, Economic Growth and Fiscal Policies, Text and Document Classification Technologies and Augmented Reality Applications.

Virtual Reality Applicat…2Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts: 2 fractional worksEconomic Growth and Fisc…1Economic Growth and Fiscal Policies: 1 fractional worksText and Document Classi…1Text and Document Classification Technologies: 1 fractional worksAugmented Reality Applic…1Augmented Reality Applications: 1 fractional worksComputability, Logic, AI…1Computability, Logic, AI Algorithms: 1 fractional worksMusic Technology and Sound Studies: 1 fractional worksEducational Games and Gamification: 0 fractional worksMuseums and Cultural Heritage: 0 fractional worksInteractive and Immersive Displays: 0 fractional worksArt, Technology, and Culture: 0 fractional works
Human-Computer InteractionEconomics and EconometricsArtificial IntelligenceComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition4 others

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

  1. 1 Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts Human-Computer Interaction 2 works
  2. 2 Economic Growth and Fiscal Policies Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  3. 3 Text and Document Classification Technologies Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  4. 4 Augmented Reality Applications Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 1 works
  5. 5 Computability, Logic, AI Algorithms Computational Theory and Mathematics 1 works
  6. 6 Music Technology and Sound Studies Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 1 works
  7. 7 Educational Games and Gamification Developmental and Educational Psychology 0 works
  8. 8 Museums and Cultural Heritage Museology 0 works
  9. 9 Interactive and Immersive Displays Human-Computer Interaction 0 works
  10. 10 Art, Technology, and Culture Visual Arts and Performing Arts 0 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 available58.8%not open41.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.6%domestic only85.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Aga Khan Development Network's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 1049% higher than in 2018-2021.

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