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Balkh University

In research, Balkh University stands highest in Social Sciences (#9,758 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#18,262
of 28,054 · #35,612 all time
Rank in Afghanistan
#11
of 20
Research works
261
▲ 985% vs 2013–17
Citations
509
2.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
90%
world 28%

What is Balkh 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
Social SciencesDomain #9,758 of 10,521 10.5%73 —

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Balkh 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).

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: 1.75× its world share, 14 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.40× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.64× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.87× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.02× its world share, 13 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.62× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.53× its world share, 13 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.95× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.19× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.59× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.92× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.78× its world share, 25 worksMedicineNursing: 1.05× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.07× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.66× its world share, 8 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.48× its world share, 8 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.16× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.29× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.69× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.14× its world share, 45 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 2.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Balkh University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Conflict, Security, Reconstruction, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Globalization, Teacher Training and Islamic Education.

▲ 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. Conflict9▲ 34×3 topics
  2. Security9▲ 8.0×3 topics
  3. Reconstruction8▲ 29×2 topics
  4. Afghanistan8▲ 199×1 topic
  5. Globalization8▲ 2.5×13 topics
  6. Pakistan8▲ 199×1 topic
  7. Sustainability7▲ 1.68×19 topics
  8. Climate Change6▲ 1.44×20 topics
  9. Teacher Training6▲ 5.4×6 topics
  10. Culture5▲ 5.5×4 topics
  11. History5▲ 4.1×4 topics
  12. Cardiovascular Disease4▲ 2.4×9 topics
  13. Literature4▲ 5.0×2 topics
  14. Curriculum Development4▲ 3.7×4 topics
  15. Islamic Education4▲ 7.3×3 topics
  16. Philosophy4▲ 5.9×4 topics
  17. Corporate Governance4▲ 3.3×6 topics
  18. Social Influence4▲ 11×2 topics
  19. Islam4▲ 10×2 topics
  20. Religious Education4▲ 13×2 topics
  21. Ethnicity4▲ 5.6×1 topic
  22. Human Rights4▲ 2.0×10 topics
  23. Islamic Banking4▲ 5.2×3 topics
  24. Pedagogy4▲ 4.3×2 topics
  25. Sharia Law4▲ 15×1 topic
  26. Madrasa3▲ 28×1 topic
  27. Muslim Students3▲ 28×1 topic
  28. Financial Stability3▲ 9.4×3 topics
  29. Higher Education3▲ 3.5×10 topics
  30. Risk Management3▲ 3.9×5 topics
  31. Organizational Culture3▲ 4.6×4 topics
  32. Ethical Identity2▲ 12×1 topic
  33. Finance2▲ 7.7×1 topic
  34. Language Teaching2▲ 5.5×3 topics
  35. Economic Security2▲ 5.8×3 topics
  36. Metaheuristics2▲ 16×3 topics
  37. Constraint Handling2▲ 14×2 topics
  38. Middle East2▲ 19×2 topics
  39. Principal Component Analysis2▲ 8.5×3 topics
  40. Evolutionary Algorithms2▲ 10×2 topics

Which research topics does Balkh University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East, Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies, Education and Islamic Studies and Islamic Finance and Banking Studies.

Politics and Conflicts i…8Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East: 8 fractional worksLinguistic, Cultural, an…4Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 4 fractional worksEducation and Islamic St…3Education and Islamic Studies: 3 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Banking Studies: 2 fractional worksMetaheuristic Optimization Algorithms Research: 2 fractional worksIslamic Studies and Hist…2Islamic Studies and History: 2 fractional worksMilitary Technology and Strategies: 2 fractional worksLegal and Regulatory Analysis: 2 fractional worksWater Quality and Pollution Assessment: 1 fractional worksEFL/ESL Teaching and Learning: 1 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsSociology and Political ScienceEducationAccounting5 others

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

  1. 1 Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East Political Science and International Relations 8 works
  2. 2 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  3. 3 Education and Islamic Studies Education 3 works
  4. 4 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 2 works
  5. 5 Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms Research Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  6. 6 Islamic Studies and History Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  7. 7 Military Technology and Strategies Aerospace Engineering 2 works
  8. 8 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 2 works
  9. 9 Water Quality and Pollution Assessment Water Science and Technology 1 works
  10. 10 EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning Language and Linguistics 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 available89.6%not open10.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors29.6%domestic only70.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Balkh University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 985% higher than in 2013–2017.

20002005201020152020
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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.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.