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BRAC University

In research, BRAC University stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,454 of 10,521 worldwide), Health Sciences (#2,391 of 11,982 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#2,915 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Signal Processing, Artificial Intelligence and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition — Signal Processing is 4.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,372
of 28,054 · #6,347 all time
Rank in Bangladesh
#15
of 135
Research works
3.2k
▲ 195% vs 2013–17
Citations
35k
11.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
47%
world 28%

What is BRAC 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 #1,454 of 10,521 31.0%421 #2962
Health SciencesDomain #2,391 of 11,982 22.6%255 #5395
Physical SciencesDomain #2,915 of 12,888 14.9%723 #7024
Computer ScienceField #1,093 of 4,667 14.1%379 #2670
Business, Management and AccountingField #631 of 2,578 37.5%80 #1602
Social SciencesField #1,951 of 6,365 30.6%176 #3379
MedicineField #3,287 of 10,443 24.1%196 #6954
Life SciencesDomain #2,523 of 7,800 20.0%154 #5613
EngineeringField #2,197 of 6,636 15.2%193 #5042
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,125 of 2,578 34.2%69 #2050

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where BRAC 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. Social Sciences#2,962 #1,454
  2. Health Sciences#5,395 #2,391
  3. Physical Sciences#7,024 #2,915
  4. Computer Science#2,670 #1,093
  5. Business, Management and Accounting#1,602 #631
  6. Social Sciences#3,379 #1,951
  7. Medicine#6,954 #3,287
  8. Life Sciences#5,613 #2,523
  9. Engineering#5,042 #2,197
  10. Sociology and Political Science#2,050 #1,125
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 BRAC University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Signal Processing takes 4.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Signal ProcessingSubfield · 22.1 works4.7×
  2. Artificial IntelligenceSubfield · 171.5 works4.6×
  3. Computer Vision and Pattern RecognitionSubfield · 76.1 works3.9×
← 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: 0.73× its world share, 54 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.58× its world share, 48 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.78× its world share, 12 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.38× its world share, 35 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.88× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.38× its world share, 9 worksChemistryComputer Science: 3.14× its world share, 379 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 9 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.78× its world share, 25 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.83× its world share, 193 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.92× its world share, 71 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.26× its world share, 14 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.46× its world share, 8 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.37× its world share, 13 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.91× its world share, 37 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.66× its world share, 196 worksMedicineNursing: 2.53× its world share, 19 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.51× its world share, 23 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.59× its world share, 80 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.72× its world share, 26 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.76× its world share, 58 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.23× its world share, 58 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.90× its world share, 176 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Computer Science, 3.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at BRAC University?

Ranked on the composite score, Sabina Faiz Rashid, Mehedi Hasan and Md. Golam Rabiul Alam lead among researchers whose main affiliation is BRAC University.

  1. 1 Sabina Faiz Rashid Bangladesh · #55,575 worldwide 1.1k citations · 27 works
  2. 2 Mehedi Hasan Bangladesh · #181,117 worldwide 3.2k citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Md. Golam Rabiul Alam Bangladesh · #260,597 worldwide 283 citations · 76 works
  4. 4 Malay Kanti Mridha Bangladesh · #402,999 worldwide 60 citations · 23 works
  5. 5 Nahid Afrose Kabir Bangladesh · #417,279 worldwide 20 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 Syed Masud Ahmed Bangladesh · #439,303 worldwide 81 citations · 47 works
  7. 7 Atiqur Rahman Bangladesh · #484,284 worldwide 51 citations · 18 works
  8. 8 Mohammad Zavid Parvez Bangladesh · #608,471 worldwide 79 citations · 24 works
  9. 9 Mumit Khan Bangladesh · #699,915 worldwide 82 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Kaosar Afsana Bangladesh · #725,090 worldwide 50 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at BRAC University

Which keywords describe research at BRAC University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Convolutional Neural Networks, Neural Networks, Feature Extraction, Social Media, Medical Imaging and Renewable Energy.

▲ 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. Deep Learning275▲ 5.2×73 topics
  2. Machine Learning230▲ 4.5×79 topics
  3. Neural Networks93▲ 3.9×29 topics
  4. Convolutional Neural Networks82▲ 7.2×13 topics
  5. Social Media66▲ 3.0×23 topics
  6. Renewable Energy61▲ 2.7×30 topics
  7. Epidemiology58◆ 0.94×86 topics
  8. Healthcare55▲ 3.1×18 topics
  9. COVID-1953▲ 2.5×24 topics
  10. Sustainability52▲ 1.37×49 topics
  11. Artificial Intelligence48▲ 2.3×27 topics
  12. Medical Imaging47▲ 5.9×6 topics
  13. Feature Extraction46▲ 6.5×10 topics
  14. Internet of Things40▲ 3.0×19 topics
  15. Security38▲ 3.8×18 topics
  16. Image Processing36▲ 5.3×10 topics
  17. Classification34▲ 4.8×10 topics
  18. Data Mining33▲ 2.8×12 topics
  19. Transfer Learning33▲ 11×3 topics
  20. Emotion Recognition27▲ 9.4×3 topics
  21. IoT26▲ 4.5×14 topics
  22. Environmental Monitoring26▲ 4.3×6 topics
  23. Anomaly Detection25▲ 5.6×4 topics
  24. Natural Language Processing25▲ 6.9×7 topics
  25. Precision Medicine25▲ 3.5×7 topics
  26. IoT Security24▲ 4.8×3 topics
  27. Medical Image Analysis24▲ 8.2×4 topics
  28. Detection23▲ 5.0×5 topics
  29. Sentiment Analysis22▲ 13×2 topics
  30. Solar Energy21▲ 4.3×4 topics
  31. Feature Selection20▲ 5.8×6 topics
  32. Text Mining19▲ 9.4×5 topics
  33. Forecasting19▲ 6.4×5 topics
  34. Text Classification18▲ 7.2×3 topics
  35. Smart Farming17▲ 9.8×2 topics
  36. Internet of Things (IoT)17▲ 9.7×1 topic
  37. Plant Disease Detection17▲ 11×1 topic
  38. Aspect-based Sentiment Analysis17▲ 20×1 topic
  39. Opinion Mining17▲ 20×1 topic
  40. Poverty Reduction16▲ 7.9×4 topics

Which research topics does BRAC University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Smart Agriculture and AI, Sentiment Analysis and Opinion Mining, COVID-19 diagnosis using AI and Child Nutrition and Water Access.

Smart Agriculture and AI17Smart Agriculture and AI: 17 fractional worksSentiment Analysis and O…17Sentiment Analysis and Opinion Mining: 17 fractional worksCOVID-19 diagnosis using AI: 16 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 15 fractional worksBrain Tumor Detection and Classification: 14 fractional worksHate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection: 14 fractional worksAI in cancer detection: 13 fractional worksCOVID-19 Pandemic Impacts12COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts: 12 fractional worksBlockchain Technology Applications and Security: 12 fractional worksAnomaly Detection Techniques and Applications: 12 fractional works
Plant ScienceArtificial IntelligenceRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingNutrition and Dietetics3 others

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

  1. 1 Smart Agriculture and AI Plant Science 17 works
  2. 2 Sentiment Analysis and Opinion Mining Artificial Intelligence 17 works
  3. 3 COVID-19 diagnosis using AI Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 16 works
  4. 4 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 15 works
  5. 5 Brain Tumor Detection and Classification Neurology 14 works
  6. 6 Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection Artificial Intelligence 14 works
  7. 7 AI in cancer detection Artificial Intelligence 13 works
  8. 8 COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Economics and Econometrics 12 works
  9. 9 Blockchain Technology Applications and Security Information Systems 12 works
  10. 10 Anomaly Detection Techniques and Applications Artificial Intelligence 12 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 available47.4%not open52.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.3%domestic only74.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has BRAC University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 195% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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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