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Aga Khan University

In research, Aga Khan University stands highest in Health Sciences (#4,316 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#6,400 of 10,443 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#7,969 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#14,018
of 28,054 · #20,843 all time
Rank in Tanzania
#14
of 43
Research works
986
▲ 2% vs 2013–17
Citations
12k
11.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
70%
world 28%

What is Aga Khan 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 #4,316 of 11,982 13.0%166 #8133
MedicineField #6,400 of 10,443 11.1%145 #9914
Social SciencesDomain #7,969 of 10,521 13.0%75 #7511

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Aga Khan 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#8,133 #4,316
  2. Medicine#9,914 #6,400
  3. Social Sciences#7,511 #7,969
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: 0.25× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.72× its world share, 11 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.87× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.66× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.38× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.07× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.31× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.06× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.04× its world share, 15 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.70× its world share, 145 worksMedicineNursing: 3.22× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.85× its world share, 7 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.31× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.16× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.41× its world share, 12 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.29× its world share, 45 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 3.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Aga Khan University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Maternal Mortality, Medical Education, Community Health Workers, Diagnosis, Health Inequalities, Surgical Management and Technology Integration.

▲ 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. Epidemiology25▲ 2.3×78 topics
  2. Diagnosis9▲ 3.5×26 topics
  3. Inflammation9▲ 1.52×41 topics
  4. Maternal Mortality9▲ 14×4 topics
  5. Education8▲ 1.67×11 topics
  6. Management8▲ 3.5×20 topics
  7. Risk Factors8▲ 2.5×22 topics
  8. Medical Education8▲ 10×9 topics
  9. Quality of Life8▲ 1.88×27 topics
  10. Treatment7▲ 2.2×26 topics
  11. Depression7▲ 2.9×13 topics
  12. Mental Health7▲ 1.77×18 topics
  13. Public Health7▲ 1.74×24 topics
  14. Cardiovascular Disease7▲ 2.2×26 topics
  15. Surgical Management7▲ 5.9×16 topics
  16. Community Health Workers7▲ 28×2 topics
  17. Educational Technology6▲ 1.89×13 topics
  18. Technology Integration6▲ 7.3×6 topics
  19. Ethical Considerations6▲ 6.3×6 topics
  20. Health Inequalities6▲ 18×2 topics
  21. Reflective Practice6▲ 11×5 topics
  22. Child Mortality6▲ 29×1 topic
  23. Health Systems6▲ 29×1 topic
  24. Mortality5▲ 3.4×11 topics
  25. Immunotherapy5▲ 2.7×12 topics
  26. Global Burden5▲ 3.4×12 topics
  27. Meta-Analysis5▲ 3.1×9 topics
  28. Student Engagement5▲ 4.5×8 topics
  29. Child Development5▲ 4.2×6 topics
  30. Anxiety4▲ 3.4×7 topics
  31. Global Health4▲ 10×4 topics
  32. Radiotherapy4▲ 4.1×9 topics
  33. Pathophysiology4▲ 5.1×7 topics
  34. Prenatal Diagnosis4▲ 10×7 topics
  35. Clinical Outcomes4▲ 6.3×6 topics
  36. Gender Equality4▲ 4.9×3 topics
  37. Low- and Middle-Income Countries4▲ 23×2 topics
  38. Poverty Reduction4▲ 9.8×4 topics
  39. Faculty Development3▲ 15×2 topics
  40. Assessment Methods3▲ 10×2 topics

Which research topics does Aga Khan University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Global Maternal and Child Health, Global Health and Surgery, Innovations in Medical Education and Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions.

Global Maternal and Chil…6Global Maternal and Child Health: 6 fractional worksGlobal Health and Surgery: 3 fractional worksInnovations in Medical Education: 3 fractional worksMaternal and Perinatal Health Interventions: 2 fractional worksTeacher Education and Leadership Studies: 2 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and Reforms: 2 fractional worksMaternal and fetal healt…2Maternal and fetal healthcare: 2 fractional worksPoverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 2 fractional worksGlioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksHealth and Well-being St…2Health and Well-being Studies: 2 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthObstetrics and GynecologyEducation4 others

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

  1. 1 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 6 works
  2. 2 Global Health and Surgery Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  3. 3 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  4. 4 Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions Obstetrics and Gynecology 2 works
  5. 5 Teacher Education and Leadership Studies Education 2 works
  6. 6 Healthcare Systems and Reforms Finance 2 works
  7. 7 Maternal and fetal healthcare Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 2 works
  8. 8 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 2 works
  9. 9 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 2 works
  10. 10 Health and Well-being Studies Clinical Psychology 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 available69.7%not open30.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors60.5%domestic only39.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Aga Khan University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 2% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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