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Bamyan University

In research, Bamyan University stands highest in Social Sciences (#8,067 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#16,756
of 22,385 · #31,018 all time
Rank in Afghanistan
#15
of 19
Research works
162
▲ 198% vs 2018-21
Citations
294
1.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.90×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
92%
world 40%
International
21%
world 18%
Bamyan University

What is Bamyan 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 #8,067 of 9,585 8.9%61 -

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Bamyan 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 Bamyan University work in?

In 2022-now, 62% of research at Bamyan University is in Social Sciences, 24% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (41%), Arts and Humanities (10%), Environmental Science (8%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 74 fractional works · 61.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 49 fractional works · 40.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 13 fractional works · 10.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 13 fractional works · 10.6% of its workEducation: 11 fractional works · 9.1% of its workTransportation: 4 fractional works · 3.6% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 12 fractional works · 9.8% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPhilosophy: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 7 fractional works · 6.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 3.1% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 29 fractional works · 24.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 9 fractional works · 7.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 4.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 4 fractional works · 3.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 3.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematical Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNumerical Analysis: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 10 fractional works · 8.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 9 fractional works · 7.3% of its workPlant Science: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 7 fractional works · 5.6% of its workMedicine: 6 fractional works · 4.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKBamyan University121fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences24%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences62%

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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences4940.6%
    2. Arts and Humanities129.8%
    3. Psychology76.1%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting43.1%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance21.3%
    6. Decision Sciences10.7%
    1. Environmental Science97.8%
    2. Engineering64.7%
    3. Computer Science43.1%
    4. Materials Science32.5%
    5. Mathematics32.3%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences21.8%
    7. Chemistry11.1%
    8. Physics and Astronomy11.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences97.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.0%
    1. Medicine64.8%
    2. Health Professions10.7%
    3. Nursing00.1%
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: 1.55× its world share, 9 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemistry: 0.72× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.40× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.16× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.31× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.57× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.71× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.99× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.25× its world share, 6 worksMedicineNursing: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 3.41× its world share, 12 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.97× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.71× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.60× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.01× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.21× its world share, 49 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities3.41×12 works
  2. Social Sciences3.21×49 works
  3. Psychology2.01×7 works
  4. Mathematics1.99×3 works
  5. Environmental Science1.57×9 works
  6. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.55×9 works
  7. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.16×2 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting0.97×4 works
  9. Chemistry0.72×1 works
  10. Materials Science0.71×3 works
  11. Decision Sciences0.71×1 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.60×2 works
  13. Physics and Astronomy0.43×1 works
  14. Computer Science0.40×4 works
  15. Engineering0.31×6 works
  16. Health Professions0.28×1 works
  17. Medicine0.25×6 works
  18. Nursing0.25×0 works
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.19×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Bamyan University?

Ranked on the quality score, Ramazan Ahmadi and Shirali Samimi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Bamyan University.

  1. 1 Ramazan Ahmadi Afghanistan · #2,199,803 worldwide 41 citations · 26 works
  2. 2 Shirali Samimi Afghanistan · #4,388,457 worldwide 2 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Bamyan University

What are the most cited papers from Bamyan University?

The most cited paper from Bamyan University is "Investigating the challenges and factors influencing the use of the learning management system during the Covid-19 pandemic in Afghanistan" (Mustafa Kamel Mohammadi, Abdul Aziz Mohibbi, Mohammad Hadi Hedayati, 2021), with 97 citations. Next come "Operationalizing water-energy-food nexus research for sustainable development in social-ecological systems: an interdisciplinary learning case in Central Asia" (60) and "A Detailed Assessment of Groundwater Quality in the Kabul Basin, Afghanistan, and Suitability for Future Development" (55).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Investigating the challenges and factors influencing the use of the learning management system during the Covid-19 pandemic in Afghanistan Mustafa Kamel Mohammadi, Abdul Aziz Mohibbi, Mohammad Hadi Hedayati · Education and Information Technologies Open access 7 Apr 2021 97
2 Operationalizing water-energy-food nexus research for sustainable development in social-ecological systems: an interdisciplinary learning case in Central Asia Ahmad Hamidov, Katrin Daedlow, Heidi A. Webber et al. · Ecology and Society Open access 2022 60
3 A Detailed Assessment of Groundwater Quality in the Kabul Basin, Afghanistan, and Suitability for Future Development Hussain Ali Jawadi, Jay Sagin, Daniel D. Snow · Water Open access 16 Oct 2020 55
4 Hydrogeochemical characteristics and groundwater quality assessment for drinking and irrigation purposes in the Mazar-i-Sharif city, North Afghanistan Ali Mahaqi, Mohammad Mehdi Moheghi, Marzieh Mehiqi et al. · Applied Water Science Open access 6 Aug 2018 50
5 Drought perception and field-level adaptation strategies of farming households in drought-prone areas of Afghanistan Qurban Aliyar, Farhad Zulfiqar, Avishek Datta et al. · International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 23 Feb 2022 41
All 68 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Bamyan University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Conflict, Security, Central Asia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Philosophy, Culture and Climate Change.

▲ 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. Climate Change10▲ 3.1×23 topics
  2. Conflict10▲ 49×4 topics
  3. Security9▲ 11×3 topics
  4. Central Asia8▲ 94×2 topics
  5. Afghanistan7▲ 255×1 topic
  6. Pakistan7▲ 255×1 topic
  7. Philosophy7▲ 14×6 topics
  8. Globalization7▲ 3.0×12 topics
  9. Culture7▲ 11×5 topics
  10. History7▲ 8.0×5 topics
  11. Ethnicity6▲ 14×3 topics
  12. Mental Health6▲ 3.5×11 topics
  13. Literature5▲ 8.2×2 topics
  14. Islam5▲ 21×1 topic
  15. Social Influence5▲ 21×1 topic
  16. Foresight5▲ 30×2 topics
  17. Design4▲ 23×2 topics
  18. Modernization4▲ 20×2 topics
  19. Pedagogy4▲ 7.2×3 topics
  20. Air Force4▲ 30×1 topic
  21. Legal Regulation4▲ 16×1 topic
  22. Transport Policy4▲ 29×1 topic
  23. Warfare4▲ 30×1 topic
  24. Teacher Training4▲ 5.6×4 topics
  25. Human Rights4▲ 3.0×6 topics
  26. Remote Sensing4▲ 2.6×11 topics
  27. Islamic Education4▲ 9.3×2 topics
  28. Madrasa3▲ 41×1 topic
  29. Muslim Students3▲ 41×1 topic
  30. Well-being3▲ 7.3×5 topics
  31. Language Teaching3▲ 10×4 topics
  32. Global Warming3▲ 5.6×3 topics
  33. Feminism3▲ 8.0×3 topics
  34. Gender Equality3▲ 8.3×3 topics
  35. Adaptation3▲ 7.4×3 topics
  36. Islamic reform3▲ 49×1 topic
  37. Middle East3▲ 35×1 topic
  38. Online Communication3▲ 14×2 topics
  39. Addiction2▲ 25×1 topic
  40. Digital Natives2▲ 22×1 topic

Which research topics does Bamyan University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East, Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies, Military Technology and Strategies and Legal and Regulatory Analysis.

Politics and Conflicts i…7Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East: 7 fractional worksLinguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 5 fractional worksMilitary Technology and …4Military Technology and Strategies: 4 fractional worksLegal and Regulatory Ana…4Legal and Regulatory Analysis: 4 fractional worksEducation and Islamic Studies: 3 fractional worksIslamic Studies and History: 3 fractional worksImpact of Technology on …2Impact of Technology on Adolescents: 2 fractional worksEFL/ESL Teaching and Learning: 2 fractional worksCyberloafing and Workplace Behavior: 2 fractional worksPerfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies: 2 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsSociology and Political ScienceAerospace EngineeringTransportation4 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 7 works
  2. 2 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 5 works
  3. 3 Military Technology and Strategies Aerospace Engineering 4 works
  4. 4 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 4 works
  5. 5 Education and Islamic Studies Education 3 works
  6. 6 Islamic Studies and History Political Science and International Relations 3 works
  7. 7 Impact of Technology on Adolescents Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  8. 8 EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning Language and Linguistics 2 works
  9. 9 Cyberloafing and Workplace Behavior Demography 2 works
  10. 10 Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies Clinical Psychology 2 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 available92.2%not open7.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.2%domestic only78.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Bamyan University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 198% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting20052010201520202025
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Bamyan University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00043% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Bamyan University0.00057% in 202520102020

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

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