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Aliah University

In research, Aliah University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#2,993 of 12,888 worldwide), Social Sciences (#5,251 of 10,521 worldwide) and Environmental Science (#2,136 of 3,551 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics — Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics is 4.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,450
of 28,054 · #10,900 all time
Rank in India
#312
of 1,840
Research works
1.4k
▲ 255% vs 2013–17
Citations
11k
7.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
35%
world 28%

What is Aliah 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
Physical SciencesDomain #2,993 of 12,888 15.4%412 #7063
Social SciencesDomain #5,251 of 10,521 19.6%143 #9884
Environmental ScienceField #2,136 of 3,551 22.5%73 —
Life SciencesDomain #4,932 of 7,800 26.6%73 #10756
EngineeringField #4,337 of 6,636 12.6%119 #6772
Social SciencesField #5,010 of 6,365 17.7%71 #7554
Computer ScienceField #4,015 of 4,667 16.3%74 #6200

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Aliah 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. Physical Sciences#7,063 #2,993
  2. Social Sciences#9,884 #5,251
  3. Life Sciences#10,756 #4,932
  4. Engineering#6,772 #4,337
  5. Social Sciences#7,554 #5,010
  6. Computer Science#6,200 #4,015
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 Aliah University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics takes 4.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsSubfield · 21.5 works4.4×
← 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: 0.89× its world share, 29 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.97× its world share, 35 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.33× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.24× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.72× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.66× its world share, 28 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.39× its world share, 74 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.30× its world share, 14 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.50× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.16× its world share, 119 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.14× its world share, 73 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.01× its world share, 24 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.22× its world share, 18 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 3.73× its world share, 57 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.59× its world share, 11 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.32× its world share, 42 worksMedicineNursing: 0.90× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.03× its world share, 20 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.59× its world share, 13 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.49× its world share, 10 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.95× its world share, 14 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.73× its world share, 15 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.82× its world share, 71 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Aliah University?

Ranked on the composite score, Golam Kibria, Aznarul Islam and Sk Md Obaidullah lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Aliah University.

  1. 1 Golam Kibria · #897,053 worldwide 37 citations · 22 works
  2. 2 Aznarul Islam · #929,088 worldwide 111 citations · 43 works
  3. 3 Sk Md Obaidullah · #1,101,604 worldwide 44 citations · 36 works
  4. 4 Mohammad Hedayetullah Mir · #1,281,030 worldwide 70 citations · 26 works
  5. 5 Sumanta Ray · #1,293,122 worldwide 23 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 Ayatullah Faruk Mollah · #1,309,084 worldwide 31 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Basudeb Dutta · #1,357,440 worldwide 54 citations · 22 works
  8. 8 Jayanta K. Saha · #1,390,765 worldwide 32 citations · 19 works
  9. 9 Moumita Chatterjee · #1,421,472 worldwide 22 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Swarnapratim Bhattacharyya · #1,486,273 worldwide 28 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at Aliah University

Which keywords describe research at Aliah University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Learning, Remote Sensing, Climate Change, Deep Learning, Hydrological Modeling, Land Use Change, Sediment Transport and Convolutional Neural Networks.

▲ 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. Machine Learning42▲ 1.89×53 topics
  2. Deep Learning41▲ 1.76×53 topics
  3. Climate Change38▲ 2.1×40 topics
  4. Remote Sensing29▲ 3.5×22 topics
  5. Sustainability20▲ 1.20×31 topics
  6. Globalization18▲ 1.35×26 topics
  7. Neural Networks17▲ 1.65×20 topics
  8. Hydrological Modeling16▲ 10×4 topics
  9. Land Use Change16▲ 7.6×5 topics
  10. Convolutional Neural Networks16▲ 3.1×13 topics
  11. COVID-1915▲ 1.64×14 topics
  12. Sediment Transport13▲ 12×4 topics
  13. Security12▲ 2.6×14 topics
  14. Feature Selection11▲ 7.0×6 topics
  15. Satellite Imagery10▲ 11×2 topics
  16. Disaster Management9▲ 9.3×3 topics
  17. Risk Perception9▲ 4.8×3 topics
  18. Water Resources9▲ 5.3×5 topics
  19. Flood Risk9▲ 16×2 topics
  20. Flood Inundation Modeling9▲ 17×1 topic
  21. IoT9▲ 3.4×12 topics
  22. Surface Water Mapping9▲ 17×1 topic
  23. Crystal Engineering8▲ 11×3 topics
  24. Infectious Diseases8▲ 3.6×5 topics
  25. Chemical Sensors8▲ 4.8×3 topics
  26. GIS8▲ 16×3 topics
  27. Quantum Entanglement8▲ 17×2 topics
  28. Bioinformatics7▲ 9.7×3 topics
  29. Heterogeneous Catalysis7▲ 5.5×3 topics
  30. Model Evaluation7▲ 7.8×2 topics
  31. Global Hydrology6▲ 14×1 topic
  32. Uncertainty Assessment6▲ 14×1 topic
  33. Methane Storage6▲ 7.2×2 topics
  34. Gas Adsorption6▲ 12×1 topic
  35. Porous Materials6▲ 10×1 topic
  36. Predator-Prey Interactions6▲ 11×2 topics
  37. Clustering6▲ 9.0×3 topics
  38. Groundwater Potential6▲ 34×1 topic
  39. Machine Learning Models6▲ 34×1 topic
  40. Normalization6▲ 16×2 topics

Which research topics does Aliah University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Flood Risk Assessment and Management, Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications and Groundwater and Watershed Analysis.

Flood Risk Assessment an…9Flood Risk Assessment and Management: 9 fractional worksHydrology and Watershed …6Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies: 6 fractional worksMetal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications: 6 fractional worksGroundwater and Watershed Analysis: 6 fractional worksHydrology and Sediment Transport Processes: 6 fractional worksGene expression and cancer classification: 5 fractional worksAntenna Design and Analysis: 5 fractional worksMathematical and Theoret…5Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology Models: 5 fractional worksCosmology and Gravitation Theories: 5 fractional worksQuantum optics and atomic interactions: 4 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeWater Science and TechnologyInorganic ChemistryEnvironmental Engineering6 others

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

  1. 1 Flood Risk Assessment and Management Global and Planetary Change 9 works
  2. 2 Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies Water Science and Technology 6 works
  3. 3 Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications Inorganic Chemistry 6 works
  4. 4 Groundwater and Watershed Analysis Environmental Engineering 6 works
  5. 5 Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes Ecology 6 works
  6. 6 Gene expression and cancer classification Molecular Biology 5 works
  7. 7 Antenna Design and Analysis Aerospace Engineering 5 works
  8. 8 Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology Models Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 5 works
  9. 9 Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Astronomy and Astrophysics 5 works
  10. 10 Quantum optics and atomic interactions Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 4 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 available35.1%not open64.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.7%domestic only87.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Aliah University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 255% 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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