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Bahauddin Zakariya University

In research, Bahauddin Zakariya University stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#252 of 3,409 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#1,380 of 12,888 worldwide) and Plant Science (#163 of 1,395 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Plant Science, Insect Science and Agronomy and Crop Science — Plant Science is 5.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,561
of 28,054 · #3,244 all time
Rank in Pakistan
#15
of 241
Research works
7k
▲ 171% vs 2013–17
Citations
108k
15.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
63%
world 28%

What is Bahauddin Zakariya 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
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #252 of 3,409 25.2%464 #493
Physical SciencesDomain #1,380 of 12,888 20.1%887 #2897
Plant ScienceSubfield #163 of 1,395 29.4%251 #344
Life SciencesDomain #1,366 of 7,800 22.5%669 #2661
Social SciencesDomain #1,894 of 10,521 14.9%949 #3289
EngineeringField #1,583 of 6,636 20.6%229 #3042
Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField #463 of 1,775 25.0%170 #1310
Economics and EconometricsSubfield #381 of 1,272 29.1%128 #1197
Environmental ScienceField #1,208 of 3,551 20.4%142 #1919
Social SciencesField #2,213 of 6,365 12.7%394 #3768

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Bahauddin Zakariya 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. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#493 #252
  2. Physical Sciences#2,897 #1,380
  3. Plant Science#344 #163
  4. Life Sciences#2,661 #1,366
  5. Social Sciences#3,289 #1,894
  6. Engineering#3,042 #1,583
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance#1,310 #463
  8. Economics and Econometrics#1,197 #381
  9. Environmental Science#1,919 #1,208
  10. Social Sciences#3,768 #2,213
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 Bahauddin Zakariya University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Plant Science takes 5.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Plant ScienceSubfield · 251.3 works5.2×
  2. Insect ScienceSubfield · 38.1 works4.8×
  3. Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 30.8 works4.7×
  4. Statistics and ProbabilitySubfield · 26.4 works4.5×
← 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: 3.51× its world share, 464 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.90× its world share, 133 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.84× its world share, 24 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.37× its world share, 17 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.20× its world share, 31 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.67× its world share, 6 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.50× its world share, 66 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.66× its world share, 144 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 10 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.64× its world share, 68 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.55× its world share, 229 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.03× its world share, 142 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.56× its world share, 151 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.71× its world share, 56 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.24× its world share, 15 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.25× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.49× its world share, 36 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.40× its world share, 213 worksMedicineNursing: 1.67× its world share, 23 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.12× its world share, 4 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.84× its world share, 67 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.06× its world share, 185 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.44× its world share, 39 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.86× its world share, 170 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.10× its world share, 94 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.12× its world share, 394 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Bahauddin Zakariya University?

Ranked on the composite score, Ejaz Ahmed, Shakeel Ahmad and Mukhtar Ahmad lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Bahauddin Zakariya University.

  1. 1 Ejaz Ahmed Pakistan · #34,794 worldwide 733 citations · 65 works
  2. 2 Shakeel Ahmad Pakistan · #130,699 worldwide 236 citations · 47 works
  3. 3 Mukhtar Ahmad Pakistan · #154,130 worldwide 347 citations · 29 works
  4. 4 Maruf Pasha Pakistan · #212,897 worldwide 258 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 Muhammad Riaz Pakistan · #223,625 worldwide 181 citations · 28 works
  6. 6 Imran Sharif Chaudhry Pakistan · #310,074 worldwide 90 citations · 27 works
  7. 7 Habib‐ur‐Rehman Athar Pakistan · #327,628 worldwide 269 citations · 26 works
  8. 8 Saeed Akhtar Pakistan · #344,934 worldwide 162 citations · 37 works
  9. 9 Muhammad Arif Ali Pakistan · #356,155 worldwide 90 citations · 39 works
  10. 10 Muhammad Akbar Anjum Pakistan · #370,891 worldwide 154 citations · 34 works
All ranked researchers at Bahauddin Zakariya University

Which keywords describe research at Bahauddin Zakariya University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Economic Growth, Nanomaterials, Conflict, Globalization, Financial Development, Panel Data Analysis, Renewable Energy and Environmental Regulation.

▲ 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. Climate Change103▲ 1.37×80 topics
  2. Globalization102▲ 1.86×64 topics
  3. Economic Growth95▲ 4.0×22 topics
  4. Machine Learning93◆ 1.02×68 topics
  5. Nanomaterials88▲ 3.0×18 topics
  6. Renewable Energy87▲ 2.2×35 topics
  7. Environmental Impact83▲ 1.76×46 topics
  8. Sustainability81▲ 1.19×62 topics
  9. Oxidative Stress80▲ 1.76×54 topics
  10. Antioxidant56▲ 3.0×50 topics
  11. Antioxidants51▲ 4.1×16 topics
  12. Security50▲ 2.8×18 topics
  13. Conflict50▲ 11×8 topics
  14. Graphene49▲ 2.6×11 topics
  15. Food Security49▲ 3.2×17 topics
  16. Financial Development48▲ 11×3 topics
  17. Corporate Governance47▲ 2.3×17 topics
  18. Panel Data Analysis47▲ 11×2 topics
  19. Urbanization47▲ 4.1×4 topics
  20. Consumer Behavior46▲ 2.6×14 topics
  21. Risk Management46▲ 3.4×12 topics
  22. Antioxidant Activity46▲ 2.6×30 topics
  23. Energy Consumption44▲ 7.0×5 topics
  24. Social Capital44▲ 3.0×12 topics
  25. Environmental Regulation43▲ 10×3 topics
  26. CO2 Emissions42▲ 8.1×3 topics
  27. Kuznets Curve42▲ 13×1 topic
  28. Trade Openness42▲ 13×1 topic
  29. Metal-Organic Frameworks39▲ 3.4×5 topics
  30. Reconstruction36▲ 7.4×4 topics
  31. Central Asia36▲ 18×3 topics
  32. Nation-Building35▲ 24×2 topics
  33. State-Building35▲ 35×2 topics
  34. Afghanistan35▲ 51×1 topic
  35. Pakistan35▲ 51×1 topic
  36. Financial Stability30▲ 5.4×5 topics
  37. Drought Resistance28▲ 10×3 topics
  38. Plant Growth28▲ 9.1×6 topics
  39. Biological Control28▲ 6.7×10 topics
  40. Transport Infrastructure27▲ 11×3 topics

Which research topics does Bahauddin Zakariya University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Energy, Environment, Economic Growth, Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East, Islamic Finance and Banking Studies and Education and Islamic Studies.

Energy, Environment, Economic Growth: 42 fractional worksPolitics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East: 35 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Bank…26Islamic Finance and Banking Studies: 26 fractional worksEducation and Islamic St…20Education and Islamic Studies: 20 fractional worksFiscal Policy and Economic Growth: 17 fractional worksPlant Stress Responses and Tolerance: 17 fractional worksAdvanced Photocatalysis …17Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques: 17 fractional worksEnergy, Environment, and…16Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies: 16 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainabi…15Environmental Sustainability in Business: 15 fractional worksCrop Yield and Soil Fert…15Crop Yield and Soil Fertility: 15 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsPolitical Science and International RelationsAccountingEducation4 others

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

  1. 1 Energy, Environment, Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 42 works
  2. 2 Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East Political Science and International Relations 35 works
  3. 3 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 26 works
  4. 4 Education and Islamic Studies Education 20 works
  5. 5 Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 17 works
  6. 6 Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance Plant Science 17 works
  7. 7 Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 17 works
  8. 8 Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 16 works
  9. 9 Environmental Sustainability in Business Marketing 15 works
  10. 10 Crop Yield and Soil Fertility Agronomy and Crop Science 15 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 available62.9%not open37.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors32.2%domestic only67.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Bahauddin Zakariya University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 171% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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