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BRAC

In research, BRAC stands highest in Social Sciences (#10,118 of 16,945 worldwide), Health Sciences (#14,494 of 20,462 worldwide) and Medicine (#14,474 of 17,978 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#22,666
of 28,054 · #23,656 all time
Rank in Bangladesh
#112
of 135
Research works
632
▲ 11% vs 2013–17
Citations
14k
22.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
63%
world 28%

What is BRAC known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Social SciencesDomain #10,118 of 16,945 27.2%200
Health SciencesDomain #14,494 of 20,462 18.1%219
MedicineField #14,474 of 17,978 16.2%145

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where BRAC 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: 1.65× its world share, 10 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.65× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.19× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.90× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.31× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.59× its world share, 10 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.52× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsDentistry: 1.22× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.93× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.67× its world share, 42 worksMedicineNursing: 3.37× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.64× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.24× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.66× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.56× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.23× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.32× its world share, 22 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

Who are the top researchers at BRAC?

Ranked on the composite score, Samir Ranjan Nath, Abdullahel Hadi and Imran Matin lead among researchers whose main affiliation is BRAC.

  1. 1 Samir Ranjan Nath Bangladesh · #403,716 worldwide 48 citations · 27 works
  2. 2 Abdullahel Hadi Bangladesh · #908,108 worldwide 23 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Imran Matin Bangladesh · #1,046,385 worldwide 34 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Munshi Sulaiman Bangladesh · #1,157,305 worldwide 21 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at BRAC

Which keywords describe research at BRAC?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, COVID-19, Poverty Reduction, Climate Change, Pandemic, Sustainability, Cardiovascular Disease and Human Rights.

▲ 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. Epidemiology10▲ 2.0×45 topics
  2. Climate Change7▲ 1.91×25 topics
  3. Sustainability6▲ 1.91×16 topics
  4. COVID-196▲ 3.3×17 topics
  5. Pandemic5▲ 3.3×9 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Disease4▲ 3.1×18 topics
  7. Mental Health4▲ 2.3×18 topics
  8. Public Health4▲ 2.4×22 topics
  9. Healthcare4▲ 3.0×11 topics
  10. Human Rights4▲ 3.1×10 topics
  11. Artificial Intelligence4▲ 1.98×6 topics
  12. Environmental Impact4▲ 1.61×12 topics
  13. Poverty Reduction3▲ 20×4 topics
  14. Global Burden3▲ 4.3×8 topics
  15. Food Security3▲ 4.2×7 topics
  16. Risk Factors3▲ 2.0×12 topics
  17. Agriculture3▲ 5.4×5 topics
  18. Gender Inequality3▲ 15×3 topics
  19. Refugees3▲ 16×5 topics
  20. Conservation2▲ 4.5×4 topics
  21. Child Development2▲ 4.1×4 topics
  22. Maternal Mortality2▲ 7.9×5 topics
  23. Customer Satisfaction2▲ 5.3×4 topics
  24. Global Burden of Disease2▲ 6.7×3 topics
  25. Health Inequalities2▲ 14×3 topics
  26. Conflict2▲ 9.9×5 topics
  27. Governance2▲ 4.5×7 topics
  28. Policy2▲ 6.8×2 topics
  29. Community Health Workers2▲ 17×2 topics
  30. Conditional Cash Transfers2▲ 38×1 topic
  31. Healthcare Workers2▲ 5.8×5 topics
  32. Maternal and Child Undernutrition2▲ 18×1 topic
  33. School Subsidies2▲ 38×1 topic
  34. Water Sanitation Hygiene2▲ 18×1 topic
  35. Child Mortality2▲ 19×1 topic
  36. Health Systems2▲ 19×1 topic
  37. Risk Perception2▲ 5.2×4 topics
  38. Natural Gas2▲ 14×3 topics
  39. Vulnerability2▲ 5.8×4 topics
  40. Infertility2▲ 8.6×3 topics

Which research topics does BRAC publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Child Nutrition and Water Access, Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare, Global Maternal and Child Health and Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education.

Child Nutrition and Wate…2Child Nutrition and Water Access: 2 fractional worksPoverty, Education, and …2Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 2 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Chil…2Global Maternal and Child Health: 2 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence …1Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 1 fractional worksInnovations in Medical Education: 1 fractional worksCustomer Service Quality and Loyalty: 1 fractional worksCOVID-19 Pandemic Impacts1COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts: 1 fractional worksAsian Geopolitics and Ethnography: 1 fractional worksBlood Pressure and Hypertension Studies: 1 fractional worksAtmospheric and Environm…1Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics: 1 fractional works
Nutrition and DieteticsSafety ResearchPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthHealth Informatics6 others

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

  1. 1 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 2 works
  2. 2 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 2 works
  3. 3 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 2 works
  4. 4 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 1 works
  5. 5 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  6. 6 Customer Service Quality and Loyalty Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 1 works
  7. 7 COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  8. 8 Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  9. 9 Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  10. 10 Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 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 available62.6%not open37.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors38.7%domestic only61.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has BRAC's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 11% 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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