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Bacha Khan University

In research, Bacha Khan University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#3,492 of 12,888 worldwide), Health Sciences (#5,227 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#5,709 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Dentistry — Dentistry is 8.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,531
of 28,054 · #10,979 all time
Rank in Pakistan
#52
of 241
Research works
973
▲ 346% vs 2013–17
Citations
11k
11.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
71%
world 28%

What is Bacha 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
Physical SciencesDomain #3,492 of 12,888 22.4%171 #8086
Health SciencesDomain #5,227 of 11,982 6.8%186 #12412
MedicineField #5,709 of 10,443 7.7%140 #13494
Social SciencesDomain #6,386 of 10,521 12.0%87 #13078
Life SciencesDomain #5,324 of 7,800 19.2%95 #9993

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Bacha 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. Physical Sciences#8,086 #3,492
  2. Health Sciences#12,412 #5,227
  3. Medicine#13,494 #5,709
  4. Social Sciences#13,078 #6,386
  5. Life Sciences#9,993 #5,324
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 Bacha Khan University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Dentistry takes 8.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. DentistryField · 21.5 works8.2×
← 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: 1.78× its world share, 46 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.00× its world share, 29 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.47× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.57× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4.03× its world share, 8 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.43× its world share, 3 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.40× its world share, 20 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.42× its world share, 18 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.63× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.42× its world share, 12 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.58× its world share, 46 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.90× its world share, 24 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.62× its world share, 30 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.14× its world share, 7 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.40× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 8.23× its world share, 22 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.12× its world share, 16 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.35× its world share, 140 worksMedicineNursing: 2.96× its world share, 8 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.64× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.43× its world share, 7 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.57× its world share, 10 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.69× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.87× its world share, 10 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.12× its world share, 18 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.56× its world share, 38 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 8.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Bacha Khan University?

Ranked on the composite score, Iftikhar Alam, Iqbal Zahid and Tabassum Yaseen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Bacha Khan University.

  1. 1 Iftikhar Alam Pakistan · #940,736 worldwide 12 citations · 16 works
  2. 2 Iqbal Zahid Pakistan · #1,273,881 worldwide 20 citations · 61 works
  3. 3 Tabassum Yaseen Pakistan · #1,492,850 worldwide 33 citations · 24 works
  4. 4 Bushra Rehman Pakistan · #1,522,640 worldwide 21 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 Sajjad Ali Pakistan · #1,523,858 worldwide 32 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Bacha Khan University

Which keywords describe research at Bacha Khan University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Heat Transfer, Nanomaterials, Experimental Investigation, Visible Light, Green Synthesis, Water Splitting and Toxicity.

▲ 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. Epidemiology42▲ 1.99×98 topics
  2. Nanomaterials23▲ 4.1×11 topics
  3. Heat Transfer20▲ 7.3×9 topics
  4. Inflammation17▲ 1.48×58 topics
  5. Quality of Life15▲ 1.92×29 topics
  6. Nanoparticles15▲ 2.2×21 topics
  7. Oxidative Stress14▲ 1.65×44 topics
  8. COVID-1914▲ 1.86×15 topics
  9. Risk Factors12▲ 2.1×24 topics
  10. Experimental Investigation12▲ 21×2 topics
  11. Antioxidant11▲ 3.1×41 topics
  12. Toxicity11▲ 4.7×16 topics
  13. Water Splitting11▲ 5.5×4 topics
  14. Visible Light10▲ 8.3×2 topics
  15. Antioxidant Activity10▲ 2.9×23 topics
  16. Green Synthesis10▲ 9.6×4 topics
  17. Graphene10▲ 2.6×7 topics
  18. Medicinal Plants9▲ 4.2×15 topics
  19. Nanostructures9▲ 4.1×7 topics
  20. Stress8▲ 4.2×7 topics
  21. Semiconductor8▲ 4.4×5 topics
  22. Applications8▲ 5.3×5 topics
  23. Antimicrobial8▲ 5.1×10 topics
  24. Review8▲ 12×3 topics
  25. Thermal Conductivity8▲ 9.2×2 topics
  26. Viscosity8▲ 20×2 topics
  27. Convective Transport7▲ 30×1 topic
  28. Enhancement7▲ 30×1 topic
  29. Nanofluids7▲ 17×2 topics
  30. Elderly7▲ 5.2×5 topics
  31. Nursing7▲ 6.7×3 topics
  32. CO2 Reduction7▲ 5.7×2 topics
  33. Photocatalyst7▲ 6.8×1 topic
  34. Plasmonic7▲ 6.8×1 topic
  35. Cytotoxicity6▲ 8.8×9 topics
  36. Educational Achievement6▲ 17×1 topic
  37. Job Stress6▲ 17×1 topic
  38. Genetic Improvement6▲ 11×3 topics
  39. Aerosols5▲ 15×2 topics
  40. Biological Synthesis5▲ 13×1 topic

Which research topics does Bacha Khan University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer, Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques, Health and Well-being Studies and Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications.

Nanofluid Flow and Heat …7Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer: 7 fractional worksAdvanced Photocatalysis …7Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques: 7 fractional worksHealth and Well-being Studies: 6 fractional worksNanoparticles: synthesis…5Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications: 5 fractional worksDental Research and COVI…5Dental Research and COVID-19: 5 fractional worksHeat Transfer Mechanisms: 5 fractional worksCrop Yield and Soil Fertility: 4 fractional worksFluid Dynamics and Turbu…4Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows: 4 fractional worksTiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells: 4 fractional worksDental Radiography and Imaging: 4 fractional works
Biomedical EngineeringRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentClinical PsychologyMaterials Chemistry5 others

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

  1. 1 Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer Biomedical Engineering 7 works
  2. 2 Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 7 works
  3. 3 Health and Well-being Studies Clinical Psychology 6 works
  4. 4 Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications Materials Chemistry 5 works
  5. 5 Dental Research and COVID-19 General Dentistry 5 works
  6. 6 Heat Transfer Mechanisms Mechanical Engineering 5 works
  7. 7 Crop Yield and Soil Fertility Agronomy and Crop Science 4 works
  8. 8 Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows Computational Mechanics 4 works
  9. 9 TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 4 works
  10. 10 Dental Radiography and Imaging Oral Surgery 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 available70.7%not open29.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors39.6%domestic only60.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Bacha Khan University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 346% higher than in 2013–2017.

2005201020152020
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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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