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Air University

In research, Air University stands highest in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (#141 of 941 worldwide), Computer Science (#705 of 4,667 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#2,331 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Computational Mechanics and Signal Processing — Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition is 6.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,092
of 28,054 · #6,865 all time
Rank in Pakistan
#27
of 241
Research works
2.4k
▲ 341% vs 2013–17
Citations
32k
13.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
24.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
49%
world 28%

What is Air 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
Computer Vision and Pattern RecognitionSubfield #141 of 941 44.9%95 #588
Computer ScienceField #705 of 4,667 36.0%298 #1667
Physical SciencesDomain #2,331 of 12,888 26.7%753 #5141
EngineeringField #1,523 of 6,636 21.0%309 #2750
Social SciencesDomain #3,195 of 10,521 21.3%274 #4239
Artificial IntelligenceSubfield #747 of 1,884 33.1%67 —
Health SciencesDomain #5,427 of 11,982 13.2%128 #11579
MedicineField #6,770 of 10,443 12.8%107 #13360
Business, Management and AccountingField #1,722 of 2,578 20.8%61 #2330
Social SciencesField #4,350 of 6,365 22.6%90 #5314

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Air 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. Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition#588 #141
  2. Computer Science#1,667 #705
  3. Physical Sciences#5,141 #2,331
  4. Engineering#2,750 #1,523
  5. Social Sciences#4,239 #3,195
  6. Health Sciences#11,579 #5,427
  7. Medicine#13,360 #6,770
  8. Business, Management and Accounting#2,330 #1,722
  9. Social Sciences#5,314 #4,350
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 Air University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition takes 6.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Computer Vision and Pattern RecognitionSubfield · 95.0 works6.3×
  2. Computational MechanicsSubfield · 40.8 works5.8×
  3. Signal ProcessingSubfield · 20.2 works5.5×
  4. Computer Networks and CommunicationsSubfield · 43.9 works4.1×
← 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: 0.26× its world share, 15 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.25× its world share, 16 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.23× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.84× its world share, 16 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.69× its world share, 7 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.63× its world share, 12 worksChemistryComputer Science: 3.18× its world share, 298 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.34× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.83× its world share, 9 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.71× its world share, 309 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.41× its world share, 24 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.98× its world share, 41 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.79× its world share, 25 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.73× its world share, 20 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.54× its world share, 17 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.46× its world share, 106 worksMedicineNursing: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.83× its world share, 29 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.58× its world share, 61 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.96× its world share, 23 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.30× its world share, 34 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.01× its world share, 37 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.59× its world share, 90 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

Who are the top researchers at Air University?

Ranked on the composite score, Abdul Rehman Javed, Ahmad Jalal and Zunera Jalil lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Air University.

  1. 1 Abdul Rehman Javed Pakistan · #82,631 worldwide 354 citations · 25 works
  2. 2 Ahmad Jalal Pakistan · #261,853 worldwide 299 citations · 21 works
  3. 3 Zunera Jalil Pakistan · #310,942 worldwide 125 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Ahmad Jalal Pakistan · #322,352 worldwide 145 citations · 22 works
  5. 5 Imran Yousaf Pakistan · #323,020 worldwide 179 citations · 22 works
  6. 6 Khalil Ur Rehman Pakistan · #329,233 worldwide 164 citations · 31 works
  7. 7 Ahmad Jalal Pakistan · #353,357 worldwide 103 citations · 18 works
  8. 8 Ijaz Mansoor Qureshi Pakistan · #489,825 worldwide 151 citations · 48 works
  9. 9 S. Bilal Pakistan · #601,752 worldwide 125 citations · 22 works
  10. 10 Hameedur Rahman Pakistan · #734,576 worldwide 41 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Air University

Which keywords describe research at Air University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Heat Transfer, Machine Learning, Experimental Investigation, IoT Security, Convolutional Neural Networks, Anomaly Detection and Applications.

▲ 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. Deep Learning222▲ 5.4×74 topics
  2. Machine Learning117▲ 3.0×70 topics
  3. Heat Transfer78▲ 13×15 topics
  4. Neural Networks48▲ 2.6×32 topics
  5. Convolutional Neural Networks45▲ 5.1×14 topics
  6. Experimental Investigation41▲ 33×3 topics
  7. IoT Security40▲ 10×3 topics
  8. Security36▲ 4.5×19 topics
  9. Anomaly Detection35▲ 9.8×4 topics
  10. Internet of Things34▲ 3.2×17 topics
  11. Applications33▲ 10×7 topics
  12. Healthcare31▲ 2.3×14 topics
  13. Data Mining31▲ 3.4×16 topics
  14. Thermal Conductivity30▲ 16×5 topics
  15. Review27▲ 18×3 topics
  16. Viscosity26▲ 31×3 topics
  17. Nanofluids26▲ 27×2 topics
  18. Convective Transport26▲ 48×1 topic
  19. Enhancement26▲ 48×1 topic
  20. Real-time Tracking26▲ 20×2 topics
  21. Detection23▲ 6.6×8 topics
  22. Cybersecurity23▲ 7.9×3 topics
  23. Wearable Sensors22▲ 16×3 topics
  24. Numerical Simulation21▲ 5.9×9 topics
  25. Security Analysis21▲ 10×4 topics
  26. Health Monitoring19▲ 7.7×5 topics
  27. Object Tracking19▲ 23×1 topic
  28. Person Re-identification19▲ 23×1 topic
  29. Visual Tracking19▲ 21×2 topics
  30. Convolutional Networks19▲ 11×3 topics
  31. Intrusion Detection18▲ 10×3 topics
  32. Behavioral Analysis18▲ 13×2 topics
  33. Pose Estimation18▲ 13×3 topics
  34. Time Series18▲ 8.4×3 topics
  35. Large-Eddy Simulation18▲ 7.7×5 topics
  36. DDoS Attacks17▲ 12×1 topic
  37. Network Security17▲ 11×1 topic
  38. Action Recognition17▲ 28×1 topic
  39. Spatiotemporal Features17▲ 28×1 topic
  40. High-Dimensional Data16▲ 8.3×2 topics

Which research topics does Air University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer, Video Surveillance and Tracking Methods, Network Security and Intrusion Detection and Human Pose and Action Recognition.

Nanofluid Flow and Heat …26Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer: 26 fractional worksVideo Surveillance and T…19Video Surveillance and Tracking Methods: 19 fractional worksNetwork Security and Intrusion Detection: 17 fractional worksHuman Pose and Action Recognition: 17 fractional worksAnomaly Detection Techniques and Applications: 15 fractional worksHeat Transfer Mechanisms: 15 fractional worksFluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows: 14 fractional worksAdvanced Malware Detecti…14Advanced Malware Detection Techniques: 14 fractional worksContext-Aware Activity Recognition Systems: 14 fractional worksAdvanced Neural Network Applications: 10 fractional works
Biomedical EngineeringComputer Vision and Pattern RecognitionComputer Networks and CommunicationsArtificial Intelligence3 others

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

  1. 1 Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer Biomedical Engineering 26 works
  2. 2 Video Surveillance and Tracking Methods Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 19 works
  3. 3 Network Security and Intrusion Detection Computer Networks and Communications 17 works
  4. 4 Human Pose and Action Recognition Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 17 works
  5. 5 Anomaly Detection Techniques and Applications Artificial Intelligence 15 works
  6. 6 Heat Transfer Mechanisms Mechanical Engineering 15 works
  7. 7 Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows Computational Mechanics 14 works
  8. 8 Advanced Malware Detection Techniques Signal Processing 14 works
  9. 9 Context-Aware Activity Recognition Systems Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 14 works
  10. 10 Advanced Neural Network Applications Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 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 available49.2%not open50.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors36.1%domestic only63.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Air University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 341% 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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