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Balkh University

In research, Balkh University stands highest in Social Sciences (#6,646 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#10,657
of 22,385 · #19,543 all time
Rank in Afghanistan
#7
of 19
Research works
261
▲ 266% vs 2018-21
Citations
509
2.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.87×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
90%
world 40%
International
30%
world 18%
Balkh University

What is Balkh University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #6,646 of 9,585 9.4%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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Balkh University work in?

In 2022-now, 40% of research at Balkh University is in Social Sciences, 27% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (24%), Medicine (16%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (9%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 82 fractional works · 40.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 50 fractional works · 24.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 14 fractional works · 6.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 13 fractional works · 6.4% of its workEducation: 13 fractional works · 6.2% of its workTransportation: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 9 fractional works · 4.4% of its workAccounting: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 8 fractional works · 4.1% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 55 fractional works · 27.0% of its workComputer Science: 17 fractional works · 8.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workInformation Systems: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 17 fractional works · 8.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 10 fractional works · 4.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMathematical Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Health and Safety: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 39 fractional works · 18.9% of its workMedicine: 32 fractional works · 15.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 29 fractional works · 14.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 19 fractional works · 9.2% of its workPlant Science: 11 fractional works · 5.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSoil Science: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 3.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMolecular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKBalkh University204fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences14%Physical Sciences27%Health Sciences19%Social Sciences40%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences5024.3%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting94.4%
    3. Arts and Humanities84.1%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance63.0%
    5. Decision Sciences42.1%
    6. Psychology41.9%
    1. Computer Science178.3%
    2. Engineering178.1%
    3. Environmental Science104.9%
    4. Materials Science31.4%
    5. Mathematics21.1%
    6. Physics and Astronomy21.1%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.9%
    8. Chemistry10.7%
    9. Chemical Engineering10.4%
    10. Energy00.1%
    1. Medicine3215.7%
    2. Health Professions52.5%
    3. Nursing10.4%
    4. Veterinary00.2%
    5. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences199.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology63.1%
    3. Neuroscience31.3%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.2%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
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: 1.95× its world share, 19 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.57× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.81× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.71× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.02× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.07× its world share, 17 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.55× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.54× its world share, 17 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.98× its world share, 10 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.39× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.97× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.50× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.94× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.82× its world share, 32 worksMedicineNursing: 0.86× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.69× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.43× its world share, 8 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.36× its world share, 9 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.19× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.42× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.64× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.92× its world share, 50 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.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Decision Sciences2.19×4 works
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.95×19 works
  3. Social Sciences1.92×50 works
  4. Veterinary1.69×0 works
  5. Arts and Humanities1.43×8 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.42×6 works
  7. Business, Management and Accounting1.36×9 works
  8. Computer Science1.07×17 works
  9. Chemical Engineering1.02×1 works
  10. Environmental Science0.98×10 works
  11. Mathematics0.97×2 works
  12. Health Professions0.94×5 works
  13. Nursing0.86×1 works
  14. Medicine0.82×32 works
  15. Neuroscience0.81×3 works
  16. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.71×0 works
  17. Psychology0.64×4 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.57×6 works
  19. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.55×2 works
  20. Engineering0.54×17 works
  21. Physics and Astronomy0.50×2 works
  22. Chemistry0.42×1 works
  23. Materials Science0.39×3 works
  24. Immunology and Microbiology0.24×0 works
  25. Dentistry0.17×0 works
  26. Energy0.15×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Balkh University?

Ranked on the quality score, Nasratullah Habibi, Noorulhaq Ghafoori and Jamshid Yolchi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Balkh University.

  1. 1 Nasratullah Habibi Afghanistan · #420,891 worldwide 322 citations · 31 works
  2. 2 Noorulhaq Ghafoori Afghanistan · #651,901 worldwide 92 citations · 20 works
  3. 3 Jamshid Yolchi Afghanistan · #721,058 worldwide 61 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Ahmad Abumalek Afghanistan · #2,712,621 worldwide 41 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Balkh University

What are the most cited papers from Balkh University?

The most cited paper from Balkh University is "Differences in transmission seasons as an epidemiological tool for characterization of anthroponotic and zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in northern Afghanistan" (Michael K. Faulde, J.S. Schrader, Gerhard Heyl et al., 2007), with 65 citations. Next come "Zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis outbreak in Mazar-e Sharif, northern Afghanistan: An epidemiological evaluation" (62) and "Detection of Flash Flood Inundated Areas Using Relative Difference in NDVI from Sentinel-2 Images: A Case Study of the August 2020 Event in Charikar, Afghanistan" (51).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Differences in transmission seasons as an epidemiological tool for characterization of anthroponotic and zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in northern Afghanistan Michael K. Faulde, J.S. Schrader, Gerhard Heyl et al. · Acta Tropica Dec 2007 65
2 Zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis outbreak in Mazar-e Sharif, northern Afghanistan: An epidemiological evaluation Michael K. Faulde, J.S. Schrader, Gerhard Heyl et al. · International Journal of Medical Microbiology 21 Sep 2007 62
3 Detection of Flash Flood Inundated Areas Using Relative Difference in NDVI from Sentinel-2 Images: A Case Study of the August 2020 Event in Charikar, Afghanistan Mujeeb Rahman Atefi, Hiroyuki Miura · Remote Sensing Open access 29 Jul 2022 51
4 Acute malnutrition among under-five children in Faryab, Afghanistan: prevalence and causes. Muhammad Kamel Frozanfar, Yoshitoku Yoshida, Eiko Yamamoto et al. · PubMed Open access Feb 2016 47
5 Potential Benefits of Seed Priming under Salt Stress Conditions on Physiological, and Biochemical Attributes of Micro-Tom Tomato Plants Nasratullah Habibi, Shafiqullah Aryan, Mohammad Wasif Amin et al. · Plants Open access 31 May 2023 39
All 63 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Balkh University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Conflict, Reconstruction, Security, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Teacher Training, Social Influence and Globalization.

▲ 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. Conflict10▲ 31×3 topics
  2. Security10▲ 7.2×5 topics
  3. Reconstruction9▲ 27×2 topics
  4. Afghanistan9▲ 192×1 topic
  5. Pakistan9▲ 192×1 topic
  6. Deep Learning8▲ 1.21×23 topics
  7. Globalization8▲ 2.1×13 topics
  8. Sustainability7▲ 1.48×19 topics
  9. Climate Change7▲ 1.29×20 topics
  10. Teacher Training6▲ 4.6×7 topics
  11. Environmental Impact6▲ 1.59×20 topics
  12. Culture5▲ 4.8×4 topics
  13. History5▲ 3.6×4 topics
  14. Cardiovascular Disease5▲ 2.1×11 topics
  15. Literature5▲ 4.3×2 topics
  16. Philosophy5▲ 5.1×4 topics
  17. Curriculum Development4▲ 3.1×5 topics
  18. Islamic Education4▲ 6.4×3 topics
  19. Social Influence4▲ 9.9×2 topics
  20. Corporate Governance4▲ 2.8×6 topics
  21. Islam4▲ 9.3×2 topics
  22. Risk Management4▲ 4.0×8 topics
  23. Ethnicity4▲ 5.0×1 topic
  24. Sharia Law4▲ 13×1 topic
  25. Religious Education4▲ 11×2 topics
  26. Higher Education4▲ 3.2×11 topics
  27. Islamic Banking4▲ 4.6×3 topics
  28. Pedagogy4▲ 3.4×2 topics
  29. Madrasa3▲ 24×1 topic
  30. Muslim Students3▲ 24×1 topic
  31. Financial Stability3▲ 8.1×3 topics
  32. Organizational Culture3▲ 4.0×4 topics
  33. Gender Equality3▲ 4.8×4 topics
  34. Finance3▲ 6.8×2 topics
  35. Ethical Identity2▲ 11×1 topic
  36. Shariah Supervision2▲ 11×1 topic
  37. Middle East2▲ 19×2 topics
  38. Metaheuristics2▲ 13×3 topics
  39. Principal Component Analysis2▲ 7.7×3 topics
  40. Water Management2▲ 8.6×3 topics

Which research topics does Balkh University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: 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…9Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East: 9 fractional worksLinguistic, Cultural, an…4Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 4 fractional worksEducation and Islamic St…3Education and Islamic Studies: 3 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Bank…2Islamic Finance and Banking Studies: 2 fractional worksIslamic Studies and Hist…2Islamic Studies and History: 2 fractional worksMetaheuristic Optimizati…2Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms Research: 2 fractional worksFace recognition and analysis: 2 fractional worksLegal and Regulatory Analysis: 2 fractional worksMilitary Technology and Strategies: 2 fractional worksMaternal and fetal healthcare: 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 9 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 Islamic Studies and History Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  6. 6 Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms Research Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  7. 7 Face recognition and analysis Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 2 works
  8. 8 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 2 works
  9. 9 Military Technology and Strategies Aerospace Engineering 2 works
  10. 10 Maternal and fetal healthcare Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Balkh University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 266% 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 Balkh University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0010% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Balkh University0.0011% in 2025200020102020

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

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