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Aga Khan University

In research, Aga Khan University stands highest in Health Sciences (#949 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#1,081 of 10,443 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#3,379 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Genetics — Genetics is 6.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,959
of 28,054 · #4,400 all time
Rank in Pakistan
#41
of 241
Research works
6.4k
▲ 48% vs 2013–17
Citations
124k
19.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
64%
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 #949 of 11,982 13.8%1,119 #1014
MedicineField #1,081 of 10,443 12.9%937 #1455
Social SciencesDomain #3,379 of 10,521 25.3%250 #4632
Social SciencesField #2,815 of 6,365 32.1%121 #3662
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield #395 of 828 19.3%107 #565
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSubfield #215 of 441 22.0%68 #214
Life SciencesDomain #3,898 of 7,800 9.5%166 #3176
General Health ProfessionsSubfield #512 of 916 23.5%64 #620
Health ProfessionsField #1,133 of 1,928 18.3%113 #1251
SurgerySubfield #1,138 of 1,816 9.1%98 #2151

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#1,014 #949
  2. Medicine#1,455 #1,081
  3. Social Sciences#4,632 #3,379
  4. Social Sciences#3,662 #2,815
  5. Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health#565 #395
  6. Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health#214 #215
  7. Life Sciences#3,176 #3,898
  8. General Health Professions#620 #512
  9. Health Professions#1,251 #1,133
  10. Surgery#2,151 #1,138
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 University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Genetics takes 6.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. GeneticsSubfield · 26.8 works6.0×
← 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: 0.23× its world share, 18 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.15× its world share, 101 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.36× its world share, 22 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.74× its world share, 20 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.87× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.56× its world share, 14 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.17× its world share, 22 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 27 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.33× its world share, 27 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.30× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 3.17× its world share, 25 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.62× its world share, 113 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.97× its world share, 937 worksMedicineNursing: 5.12× its world share, 41 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.09× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.19× its world share, 9 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.20× its world share, 11 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.50× its world share, 8 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.81× its world share, 28 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.46× its world share, 73 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.58× its world share, 121 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 5.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Aga Khan University?

Ranked on the composite score, Zulfiqar A Bhutta, Jai K Das and Muhammad Imran Nisar lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Aga Khan University.

  1. 1 Zulfiqar A Bhutta Pakistan · #29 worldwide 7k citations · 258 works
  2. 2 Jai K Das Pakistan · #8,710 worldwide 767 citations · 60 works
  3. 3 Muhammad Imran Nisar Pakistan · #32,412 worldwide 1k citations · 33 works
  4. 4 Asad Ali Pakistan · #51,747 worldwide 358 citations · 51 works
  5. 5 Uzma Khan Pakistan · #51,865 worldwide 327 citations · 36 works
  6. 6 Anita K. M. Zaidi Pakistan · #97,409 worldwide 829 citations · 22 works
  7. 7 Zainab Samad Pakistan · #107,241 worldwide 137 citations · 38 works
  8. 8 Farah Naz Qamar Pakistan · #133,308 worldwide 544 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 Sadia Shakoor Pakistan · #133,704 worldwide 290 citations · 22 works
  10. 10 Syeda Sadia Fatima Pakistan · #162,300 worldwide 738 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Aga Khan University

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, Cardiovascular Disease, Public Health, Health Inequalities, Community Health Workers and Child Mortality.

▲ 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. Epidemiology201▲ 3.1×125 topics
  2. Public Health64▲ 2.7×47 topics
  3. Cardiovascular Disease59▲ 3.2×35 topics
  4. Inflammation58▲ 1.70×68 topics
  5. COVID-1957▲ 2.5×25 topics
  6. Mental Health53▲ 2.2×30 topics
  7. Quality of Life52▲ 2.2×46 topics
  8. Risk Factors50▲ 2.8×34 topics
  9. Maternal Mortality49▲ 14×5 topics
  10. Depression49▲ 3.4×21 topics
  11. Diagnosis47▲ 3.1×40 topics
  12. Treatment46▲ 2.3×45 topics
  13. Pandemic45▲ 2.6×11 topics
  14. Management43▲ 3.3×29 topics
  15. Metabolic Syndrome42▲ 3.1×21 topics
  16. Medical Education40▲ 9.5×10 topics
  17. Mortality40▲ 4.2×13 topics
  18. Child Development38▲ 5.6×6 topics
  19. Health Inequalities36▲ 18×4 topics
  20. Community Health Workers35▲ 25×2 topics
  21. Radiotherapy35▲ 5.5×13 topics
  22. Child Mortality34▲ 29×1 topic
  23. Health Systems34▲ 29×1 topic
  24. Global Burden33▲ 3.8×12 topics
  25. Immunotherapy32▲ 2.8×18 topics
  26. Vaccine32▲ 4.7×11 topics
  27. Global Burden of Disease31▲ 7.7×4 topics
  28. Prognostic Factors31▲ 4.3×14 topics
  29. SARS-CoV-230▲ 5.5×6 topics
  30. Immune Response29▲ 3.1×17 topics
  31. Ethical Considerations29▲ 5.2×12 topics
  32. Anxiety27▲ 3.5×11 topics
  33. Maternal and Child Undernutrition24▲ 18×1 topic
  34. Water Sanitation Hygiene24▲ 18×1 topic
  35. Infectious Diseases24▲ 4.4×8 topics
  36. Quality Improvement22▲ 7.1×8 topics
  37. Reflective Practice22▲ 7.2×4 topics
  38. ACE2 Receptor22▲ 5.4×3 topics
  39. Global Health20▲ 8.0×5 topics
  40. Assessment Methods18▲ 10×3 topics

Which research topics does Aga Khan University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Global Maternal and Child Health, Child Nutrition and Water Access, Innovations in Medical Education and COVID-19 and Mental Health.

Global Maternal and Chil…34Global Maternal and Child Health: 34 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 24 fractional worksInnovations in Medical Education: 16 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 13 fractional worksGlioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 12 fractional worksGlobal Health and Surgery: 12 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hes…11Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 11 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and R…10Healthcare Systems and Reforms: 10 fractional worksHistory and advancements…10History and advancements in chemistry: 10 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Resear…10COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 10 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthNutrition and DieteticsPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthClinical Psychology5 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 34 works
  2. 2 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 24 works
  3. 3 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 16 works
  4. 4 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 13 works
  5. 5 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 12 works
  6. 6 Global Health and Surgery Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 12 works
  7. 7 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 11 works
  8. 8 Healthcare Systems and Reforms Finance 10 works
  9. 9 History and advancements in chemistry Physical and Theoretical Chemistry 10 works
  10. 10 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 10 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 available64.4%not open35.6%

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 University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 48% 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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