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Al-Khair University

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World rank, 2022-now
#16,563
of 22,385 · #28,914 all time
Rank in Pakistan
#190
of 231
Research works
167
▲ 309% vs 2018-21
Citations
722
4.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.91×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
82%
world 40%
International
32%
world 18%
Al-Khair University

Which fields of science does Al-Khair University work in?

In 2022-now, 60% of research at Al-Khair University is in Social Sciences, 20% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (34%), Computer Science (14%), Medicine (11%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 70 fractional works · 60.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 40 fractional works · 34.5% of its workEducation: 16 fractional works · 13.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 9 fractional works · 7.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 7 fractional works · 6.5% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 10 fractional works · 8.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 3.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 3.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 9 fractional works · 8.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 5 fractional works · 4.7% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 6 fractional works · 5.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 23 fractional works · 20.3% of its workComputer Science: 16 fractional works · 13.5% of its workInformation Systems: 7 fractional works · 6.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 3.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeometry and Topology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 17 fractional works · 14.3% of its workMedicine: 13 fractional works · 11.3% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 4.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKAl-KhairUniversity116fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences20%Health Sciences14%Social Sciences60%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. 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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences4034.5%
    2. Psychology108.7%
    3. Arts and Humanities98.2%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting65.5%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance32.4%
    6. Decision Sciences21.3%
    1. Computer Science1613.5%
    2. Engineering43.5%
    3. Environmental Science10.9%
    4. Materials Science10.8%
    5. Chemistry10.6%
    6. Mathematics00.4%
    7. Energy00.2%
    8. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    1. Medicine1311.3%
    2. Health Professions32.4%
    3. Nursing10.6%
    4. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences32.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology21.4%
    3. Neuroscience10.8%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.3%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.47× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.85× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.74× its world share, 16 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.24× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.91× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.59× its world share, 13 worksMedicineNursing: 1.25× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 2.83× its world share, 9 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.69× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.37× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.10× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.85× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.73× its world share, 40 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 2.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology2.85×10 works
  2. Arts and Humanities2.83×9 works
  3. Social Sciences2.73×40 works
  4. Computer Science1.74×16 works
  5. Business, Management and Accounting1.69×6 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.37×2 works
  7. Nursing1.25×1 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.10×3 works
  9. Health Professions0.91×3 works
  10. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.85×0 works
  11. Medicine0.59×13 works
  12. Neuroscience0.51×1 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.47×3 works
  14. Chemistry0.38×1 works
  15. Mathematics0.35×0 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.26×2 works
  17. Energy0.25×0 works
  18. Engineering0.24×4 works
  19. Materials Science0.22×1 works
  20. Environmental Science0.18×1 works
  21. Immunology and Microbiology0.16×0 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.08×0 works
  23. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.07×0 works
  24. Dentistry0.05×0 works

What are the most cited papers from Al-Khair University?

The most cited paper from Al-Khair University is "Exploiting IoT and big data analytics: Defining Smart Digital City using real-time urban data" (M. Mazhar Rathore, Anand Paul, Won‐Hwa Hong et al., 2017), with 359 citations. Next come "Chat-GPT; validating Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) in education sector via ubiquitous learning mechanism" (292) and "Resource rents, economic growth, and the role of institutional quality: A panel threshold analysis" (215).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Exploiting IoT and big data analytics: Defining Smart Digital City using real-time urban data M. Mazhar Rathore, Anand Paul, Won‐Hwa Hong et al. · Sustainable Cities and Society 30 Dec 2017 359
2 Chat-GPT; validating Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) in education sector via ubiquitous learning mechanism Naveed Saif, Sajid Ullah Khan, Imrab Shaheen et al. · Computers in Human Behavior 27 Dec 2023 292
3 Resource rents, economic growth, and the role of institutional quality: A panel threshold analysis Mohamued Elyas Abdulahi, Yang Shu, Muhammad Asif Khan · Resources Policy 27 Mar 2019 215
4 An IoT-Based Deep Learning Framework for Early Assessment of Covid-19 Imran M Ahmed, Awais Ahmad, Gwanggil Jeon · IEEE Internet of Things Journal Open access 27 Oct 2020 110
5 Nexus between Political Instability and Economic Growth in Pakistan Aftab Hussain Tabassam, Shujahat Haider Hashmi, Faiz Ur Rehman · Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences Conference paperOpen access Sep 2016 81
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Which keywords describe research at Al-Khair University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Stress, Educational Technology, Social Interaction, E-Learning, Globalization, Online Learning, Leadership and Security.

▲ 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-now 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. Globalization7▲ 3.0×20 topics
  2. Machine Learning7▲ 1.72×22 topics
  3. Educational Technology6▲ 4.5×12 topics
  4. Education6▲ 2.9×17 topics
  5. E-Learning6▲ 4.9×8 topics
  6. Online Learning5▲ 5.0×10 topics
  7. Stress5▲ 11×5 topics
  8. Social Interaction5▲ 10×5 topics
  9. Security4▲ 5.6×8 topics
  10. Human Rights4▲ 3.4×13 topics
  11. Healthcare4▲ 2.9×7 topics
  12. Leadership4▲ 7.0×5 topics
  13. Meta-Analysis4▲ 5.7×6 topics
  14. Social Media4▲ 2.5×11 topics
  15. Sustainable Development4▲ 2.2×10 topics
  16. Mental Health4▲ 2.3×14 topics
  17. Islamic Education4▲ 9.7×3 topics
  18. Emotional Intelligence3▲ 21×2 topics
  19. Health3▲ 7.2×7 topics
  20. Internet of Things3▲ 3.3×6 topics
  21. Literature3▲ 5.2×8 topics
  22. Media Literacy3▲ 5.5×3 topics
  23. Feminism3▲ 9.2×5 topics
  24. Curriculum Development3▲ 3.9×7 topics
  25. Child Development3▲ 6.2×4 topics
  26. Character Education3▲ 5.0×3 topics
  27. Conflict3▲ 14×4 topics
  28. Workplace3▲ 26×2 topics
  29. Nation-Building2▲ 38×2 topics
  30. State-Building2▲ 57×2 topics
  31. 21st Century Skills2▲ 6.7×4 topics
  32. International Law2▲ 6.1×6 topics
  33. Self-Efficacy2▲ 7.2×7 topics
  34. Smart Cities2▲ 7.3×3 topics
  35. Attitude2▲ 53×1 topic
  36. Coping Strategies2▲ 7.3×5 topics
  37. Intersectionality2▲ 9.6×3 topics
  38. Performance2▲ 19×1 topic
  39. Religious Education2▲ 11×3 topics
  40. Parental Involvement2▲ 9.2×2 topics

Which research topics does Al-Khair University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Emotional Intelligence and Performance, Educational Methods and Impacts, Literary Theory and Cultural Hermeneutics and Education and Character Development.

Emotional Intelligence a…2Emotional Intelligence and Performance: 2 fractional worksEducational Methods and …2Educational Methods and Impacts: 2 fractional worksLiterary Theory and Cultural Hermeneutics: 2 fractional worksEducation and Character …2Education and Character Development: 2 fractional worksPolitics and Conflicts i…2Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East: 2 fractional worksEducation and Islamic Studies: 2 fractional worksEducational Methods and Media Use: 2 fractional worksOnline Learning and Anal…1Online Learning and Analytics: 1 fractional worksEducation and Critical Thinking Development: 1 fractional worksImpact of Technology on Adolescents: 1 fractional works
Social PsychologyEducationLiterature and Literary TheoryPolitical Science and International Relations3 others

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

  1. 1 Emotional Intelligence and Performance Social Psychology 2 works
  2. 2 Educational Methods and Impacts Education 2 works
  3. 3 Literary Theory and Cultural Hermeneutics Literature and Literary Theory 2 works
  4. 4 Education and Character Development Education 2 works
  5. 5 Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  6. 6 Education and Islamic Studies Education 2 works
  7. 7 Educational Methods and Media Use Information Systems 2 works
  8. 8 Online Learning and Analytics Computer Science Applications 1 works
  9. 9 Education and Critical Thinking Development Education 1 works
  10. 10 Impact of Technology on Adolescents Sociology and Political Science 1 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 available82.1%not open17.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors32.1%domestic only67.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Al-Khair University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 309% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Al-Khair University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00058% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Al-Khair University0.00075% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Al-Khair University over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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