Question 1

What is BRAC known for?

Accepted Answer

In research, BRAC stands highest in Health Sciences (#9,719 of 16,688 worldwide), Social Sciences (#8,887 of 14,833 worldwide) and Medicine (#9,886 of 14,558 worldwide), over all time.

Question 2

How does BRAC rank in research?

Accepted Answer

BRAC ranks #12,743 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#12,602 all time), and #84 of 127 in Bangladesh.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at BRAC?

Accepted Answer

Ranked on the quality score, Munshi Sulaiman, Mushtaque Chowdhury and Ashaque Husain lead among researchers whose main affiliation is BRAC.

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from BRAC?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper from BRAC is "Global, Regional, and National Cancer Incidence, Mortality, Years of Life Lost, Years Lived With Disability, and Disability-Adjusted Life-years for 32 Cancer Groups, 1990 to 2015" (Christina Fitzmaurice et al., 2016), with 6,333 citations. Next come "A review of airborne polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and their human health effects" (2,460) and "Exposure to pesticides and the associated human health effects" (2,147).

Question 5

Which research topics does BRAC publish most on?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at BRAC?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 7

Which fields of science does BRAC work in?

Accepted Answer

In 2022-now, 41% of research at BRAC is in Health Sciences, 28% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (34%), Social Sciences (15%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (9%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Question 8

Is BRAC's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 3% higher than in 2018-2021.