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Aga Khan Foundation

In research, Aga Khan Foundation stands highest in Social Sciences (#7,524 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#4,620 of 6,365 worldwide) and Education (#1,705 of 1,892 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Education and Social Sciences — Education is 9.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#22,363
of 28,054 · #32,249 all time
Rank in Kyrgyzstan
#14
of 19
Research works
683
▲ 191% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.8k
4.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
83%
world 28%

What is Aga Khan Foundation 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
Social SciencesDomain #7,524 of 10,521 9.2%199 #9255
Social SciencesField #4,620 of 6,365 10.4%161 #6974
EducationSubfield #1,705 of 1,892 7.5%85 #2480

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Aga Khan Foundation 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. Social Sciences#9,255 #7,524
  2. Social Sciences#6,974 #4,620
  3. Education#2,480 #1,705
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 Aga Khan Foundation specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Education takes 9.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. EducationSubfield · 85.4 works9.8×
  2. Social SciencesField · 160.6 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: 1.16× its world share, 16 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.83× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.75× its world share, 17 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.31× its world share, 13 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.38× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.46× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 1.96× its world share, 15 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.27× its world share, 15 worksMedicineNursing: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.00× its world share, 8 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.16× its world share, 20 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.78× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.53× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 4.46× its world share, 161 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

Who are the top researchers at Aga Khan Foundation?

Ranked on the composite score, Hüseyin Hüseyin lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Aga Khan Foundation.

  1. 1 Hüseyin Hüseyin Kyrgyzstan · #1,426,763 worldwide 7 citations · 28 works
All ranked researchers at Aga Khan Foundation

Which keywords describe research at Aga Khan Foundation?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Community Empowerment, Media Literacy, Curriculum Development, Islamic Education, Character Education, Social Media, Educational Technology and Online Learning.

▲ 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. Community Empowerment44▲ 20×9 topics
  2. Media Literacy34▲ 21×4 topics
  3. Curriculum Development33▲ 17×9 topics
  4. Islamic Education32▲ 32×4 topics
  5. Character Education31▲ 22×5 topics
  6. Social Media31▲ 7.5×7 topics
  7. Educational Technology28▲ 8.3×14 topics
  8. Online Learning27▲ 11×10 topics
  9. Digital Learning26▲ 17×4 topics
  10. Islamic Banking26▲ 22×3 topics
  11. Digital Literacy24▲ 14×6 topics
  12. Education23▲ 4.6×20 topics
  13. Indonesia22▲ 16×4 topics
  14. Qualitative Research22▲ 8.8×6 topics
  15. Learning Outcomes21▲ 17×4 topics
  16. Sustainable Development20▲ 4.4×11 topics
  17. Local Wisdom20▲ 14×8 topics
  18. Cultural Integration18▲ 27×2 topics
  19. Pandemic Response18▲ 26×2 topics
  20. Religious Values18▲ 31×1 topic
  21. School Environment18▲ 31×1 topic
  22. STEM Education16▲ 13×6 topics
  23. Hoax Communication15▲ 32×1 topic
  24. Youth Engagement15▲ 23×1 topic
  25. E-commerce14▲ 8.1×5 topics
  26. Human Rights14▲ 4.7×8 topics
  27. Pandemic13▲ 4.3×4 topics
  28. Character Development13▲ 27×2 topics
  29. Economic Impact13▲ 7.8×2 topics
  30. Child Development13▲ 10×4 topics
  31. Religious Education12▲ 25×2 topics
  32. Social Interaction12▲ 10×3 topics
  33. Appropriate Technology12▲ 31×1 topic
  34. Digital Parenting12▲ 31×1 topic
  35. Financial Performance11▲ 6.8×3 topics
  36. Digital Marketing11▲ 9.1×1 topic
  37. SMEs11▲ 11×1 topic
  38. Health Education10▲ 8.1×3 topics
  39. Public Health Policy10▲ 13×2 topics
  40. Tolerance10▲ 43×2 topics

Which research topics does Aga Khan Foundation publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Education and Character Development, Islamic Finance and Communication, Educational Methods and Impacts and SMEs Development and Digital Marketing.

Education and Character Development: 18 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Communication: 15 fractional worksEducational Methods and …12Educational Methods and Impacts: 12 fractional worksSMEs Development and Dig…11SMEs Development and Digital Marketing: 11 fractional worksPancasila Values in Education: 9 fractional worksIslamic Studies and Radicalism: 9 fractional worksEducational Curriculum a…8Educational Curriculum and Learning Methods: 8 fractional worksPublic Health and Nutrition: 8 fractional worksEducational Methods and Media Use: 7 fractional worksArabic Language Education Studies: 6 fractional works
EducationSociology and Political ScienceDemographyPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health1 others

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

  1. 1 Education and Character Development Education 18 works
  2. 2 Islamic Finance and Communication Sociology and Political Science 15 works
  3. 3 Educational Methods and Impacts Education 12 works
  4. 4 SMEs Development and Digital Marketing Demography 11 works
  5. 5 Pancasila Values in Education Education 9 works
  6. 6 Islamic Studies and Radicalism Sociology and Political Science 9 works
  7. 7 Educational Curriculum and Learning Methods Education 8 works
  8. 8 Public Health and Nutrition Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 8 works
  9. 9 Educational Methods and Media Use Information Systems 7 works
  10. 10 Arabic Language Education Studies Education 6 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 available82.9%not open17.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors30.3%domestic only69.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Aga Khan Foundation's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 191% 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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