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Baba Guru Nanak University

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World rank, 2022-now
#18,469
of 22,385
Rank in Pakistan
#207
of 231
Research works
103
▲ 417% vs 2018-21
Citations
139
1.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.94×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
80%
world 40%
International
36%
world 18%
Baba Guru Nanak University

Which fields of science does Baba Guru Nanak University work in?

In 2022-now, 42% of research at Baba Guru Nanak University is in Social Sciences, 39% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Arts and Humanities (15%), Social Sciences (15%), Computer Science (9%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 36 fractional works · 41.8% of its workArts and Humanities: 13 fractional works · 15.2% of its workPhilosophy: 5 fractional works · 5.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 4 fractional works · 4.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 13 fractional works · 14.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 4 fractional works · 5.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 3.7% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLife-span and Life-course Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 3.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 3.7% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 34 fractional works · 39.2% of its workComputer Science: 8 fractional works · 9.2% of its workInformation Systems: 4 fractional works · 4.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 8 fractional works · 8.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 3.3% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 6 fractional works · 6.9% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 5 fractional works · 5.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 3.6% of its workApplied Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeometry and Topology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCatalysis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 10 fractional works · 11.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 7 fractional works · 7.7% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 7 fractional works · 7.9% of its workMedicine: 5 fractional works · 5.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workALL ITS WORKBaba Guru NanakUniversity87fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences39%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences42%

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. Arts and Humanities1315.2%
    2. Social Sciences1314.8%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance33.9%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting33.7%
    5. Psychology22.8%
    6. Decision Sciences11.3%
    1. Computer Science89.2%
    2. Engineering88.8%
    3. Environmental Science66.9%
    4. Materials Science55.3%
    5. Mathematics33.6%
    6. Chemistry22.7%
    7. Energy11.3%
    8. Physics and Astronomy10.9%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.5%
    10. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences77.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology22.2%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.7%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.4%
    5. Neuroscience00.0%
    1. Medicine55.8%
    2. Nursing11.1%
    3. Health Professions11.0%
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: 1.62× its world share, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.42× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.90× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.43× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.69× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.18× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.46× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.59× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.38× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.52× its world share, 5 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 3.06× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.30× its world share, 5 worksMedicineNursing: 2.34× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 5.28× its world share, 13 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.14× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.33× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.83× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.92× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.17× its world share, 13 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 5.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities5.28×13 works
  2. Mathematics3.06×3 works
  3. Nursing2.34×1 works
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.90×1 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.83×3 works
  6. Chemistry1.69×2 works
  7. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.62×7 works
  8. Materials Science1.52×5 works
  9. Energy1.46×1 works
  10. Chemical Engineering1.43×0 works
  11. Environmental Science1.38×6 works
  12. Decision Sciences1.33×1 works
  13. Computer Science1.18×8 works
  14. Social Sciences1.17×13 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting1.14×3 works
  16. Psychology0.92×2 works
  17. Engineering0.59×8 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.42×2 works
  19. Immunology and Microbiology0.42×0 works
  20. Physics and Astronomy0.40×1 works
  21. Health Professions0.39×1 works
  22. Medicine0.30×5 works
  23. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.06×0 works
  24. Neuroscience0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Baba Guru Nanak University?

Ranked on the quality score, Mumtaz Ahmad lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Baba Guru Nanak University.

  1. 1 Mumtaz Ahmad Pakistan · #3,709,361 worldwide 285 citations · 53 works
All ranked researchers at Baba Guru Nanak University

What are the most cited papers from Baba Guru Nanak University?

The most cited paper from Baba Guru Nanak University is "Polysaccharide-based hydrogels for drug delivery and wound management: a review" (Dhruv Sanjanwala, Vaishali Yogesh Londhe, Rashmi Trivedi et al., 2022), with 64 citations. Next come "Intelligent skin disease prediction system using transfer learning and explainable artificial intelligence" (53) and "The Usage of Antibiotics by COVID-19 Patients with Comorbidities: The Risk of Increased Antimicrobial Resistance" (47).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Polysaccharide-based hydrogels for drug delivery and wound management: a review Dhruv Sanjanwala, Vaishali Yogesh Londhe, Rashmi Trivedi et al. · Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery 28 Nov 2022 64
2 Intelligent skin disease prediction system using transfer learning and explainable artificial intelligence Sagheer Abbas, Fahad Ahmed, Wasim Ahmad Khan et al. · Scientific Reports Open access 11 Jan 2025 53
3 The Usage of Antibiotics by COVID-19 Patients with Comorbidities: The Risk of Increased Antimicrobial Resistance Basit Zeshan, Mohmed Isaqali Karobari, Nadia Afzal et al. · Antibiotics Open access 29 Dec 2021 47
4 Anticancer and apoptosis inducing potential of quercetin against a wide range of human malignancies Muhammad Shahbaz, Hammad Naeem, Ushna Momal et al. · International Journal of Food Properties Open access 7 Sep 2023 46
5 Endophytic Colonization by Beauveria bassiana and Metarhizium anisopliae in Maize Plants Affects the Fitness of Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) Nimra Altaf, Muhammad Irfan Ullah, Muhammad Afzal et al. · Microorganisms Open access 19 Apr 2023 40
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Which keywords describe research at Baba Guru Nanak University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Smart Cities, Human Rights, Machine Learning, Colonialism, Literature, Postcolonialism, Feminism and Artificial Intelligence.

▲ 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. Machine Learning7▲ 2.4×14 topics
  2. Smart Cities5▲ 23×5 topics
  3. Human Rights5▲ 5.9×4 topics
  4. Artificial Intelligence4▲ 3.3×4 topics
  5. Internet of Things4▲ 4.7×4 topics
  6. Colonialism3▲ 8.3×4 topics
  7. Sustainable Development3▲ 2.5×9 topics
  8. Globalization3▲ 1.91×8 topics
  9. Literature3▲ 7.0×4 topics
  10. Healthcare3▲ 3.2×5 topics
  11. Security3▲ 5.2×4 topics
  12. Identity3▲ 4.7×4 topics
  13. Postcolonialism3▲ 24×4 topics
  14. Feminism3▲ 11×5 topics
  15. Social Justice3▲ 5.2×5 topics
  16. Heavy Metals2▲ 12×4 topics
  17. Toxicity2▲ 6.5×4 topics
  18. Conflict2▲ 17×2 topics
  19. Dalit Politics2▲ 209×1 topic
  20. IoT2▲ 7.3×4 topics
  21. Partition of India2▲ 209×1 topic
  22. Wireless Sensor Networks2▲ 5.8×3 topics
  23. Digital Transformation2▲ 4.6×3 topics
  24. Governance2▲ 7.6×3 topics
  25. Philosophy2▲ 5.7×2 topics
  26. Ethnicity2▲ 6.5×2 topics
  27. Heat Transfer2▲ 4.8×7 topics
  28. Language Teaching2▲ 8.6×2 topics
  29. Environmental Monitoring2▲ 5.6×4 topics
  30. Federalism2▲ 32×1 topic
  31. Global Governance2▲ 8.5×3 topics
  32. India2▲ 28×3 topics
  33. Kashmir2▲ 88×1 topic
  34. Big Data Analytics2▲ 9.3×1 topic
  35. Cloud Computing2▲ 7.0×1 topic
  36. Organizational Performance2▲ 7.3×2 topics
  37. Bioavailability2▲ 9.3×3 topics
  38. Digital Education2▲ 12×2 topics
  39. Gandhi2▲ 99×1 topic
  40. Nonviolence2▲ 99×1 topic

Which research topics does Baba Guru Nanak University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: South Asian Studies and Diaspora, South Asian Studies and Conflicts, Internet of Things and AI and Indian History and Philosophy.

South Asian Studies and …2South Asian Studies and Diaspora: 2 fractional worksSouth Asian Studies and …2South Asian Studies and Conflicts: 2 fractional worksInternet of Things and AI: 2 fractional worksIndian History and Philosophy: 2 fractional worksPostcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies: 1 fractional worksHeavy metals in environment: 1 fractional worksConsumer Retail Behavior Studies: 1 fractional worksSmart Cities and Technol…1Smart Cities and Technologies: 1 fractional worksEducation, Innovation and Language Studies: 1 fractional worksFiscal Policy and Economic Growth: 1 fractional works
PhilosophyPolitical Science and International RelationsInformation SystemsLiterature and Literary Theory5 others

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

  1. 1 South Asian Studies and Diaspora Philosophy 2 works
  2. 2 South Asian Studies and Conflicts Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  3. 3 Internet of Things and AI Information Systems 2 works
  4. 4 Indian History and Philosophy Philosophy 2 works
  5. 5 Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies Literature and Literary Theory 1 works
  6. 6 Heavy metals in environment Pollution 1 works
  7. 7 Consumer Retail Behavior Studies Marketing 1 works
  8. 8 Smart Cities and Technologies Media Technology 1 works
  9. 9 Education, Innovation and Language Studies Education 1 works
  10. 10 Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 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 available79.8%not open20.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors35.9%domestic only64.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Baba Guru Nanak University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 417% 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 Baba Guru Nanak University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00017% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Baba Guru Nanak University0.00092% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Baba Guru Nanak University over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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