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Federal Urdu University

In research, Federal Urdu University stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,595 of 9,585 worldwide), Engineering (#3,800 of 5,901 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#7,990 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Political Science and International Relations (Political Science and International Relations is 5.1× its share of world research).

World rank, 2022-now
#6,675
of 22,385 · #16,136 all time
Rank in Pakistan
#82
of 231
Research works
1.7k
▲ 11% vs 2018-21
Citations
14k
8.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.79×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
65%
world 40%
International
24%
world 18%

What is Federal Urdu 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 #2,595 of 9,585 6.3%294 #5045
EngineeringField #3,800 of 5,901 17.9%80 #5929
Physical SciencesDomain #7,990 of 10,670 12.2%202 #14884
Social SciencesField #4,491 of 5,988 5.1%162 #6761

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Federal Urdu 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 of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#5,045 #2,595
  2. Engineering#5,929 #3,800
  3. Physical Sciences#14,884 #7,990
  4. Social Sciences#6,761 #4,491
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Federal Urdu University work in?

In 2022-now, 50% of research at Federal Urdu University is in Social Sciences, 34% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (28%), Engineering (13%), Business, Management and Accounting (6%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 320 fractional works · 50.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 177 fractional works · 27.6% of its workEducation: 57 fractional works · 9.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 48 fractional works · 7.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 39 fractional works · 6.1% of its workCommunication: 8 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGender Studies: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnthropology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopment: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 40 fractional works · 6.3% of its workAccounting: 10 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 8 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 8 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMarketing: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Information Systems: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness and International Management: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 40 fractional works · 6.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 19 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPhilosophy: 7 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReligious studies: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 36 fractional works · 5.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 31 fractional works · 4.8% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFinance: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 21 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 9 fractional works · 1.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 7 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 219 fractional works · 34.2% of its workEngineering: 86 fractional works · 13.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 24 fractional works · 3.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 19 fractional works · 3.0% of its workComputational Mechanics: 14 fractional works · 2.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 11 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 39 fractional works · 6.1% of its workInformation Systems: 12 fractional works · 1.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 10 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 34 fractional works · 5.3% of its workPollution: 7 fractional works · 1.1% of its workWater Science and Technology: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 15 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 12 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 12 fractional works · 1.9% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 11 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematics: 10 fractional works · 1.6% of its workModeling and Simulation: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNumerical Analysis: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Energy: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 57 fractional works · 8.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 27 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPlant Science: 12 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAquatic Science: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 17 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiotechnology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 43 fractional works · 6.7% of its workMedicine: 32 fractional works · 5.0% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 8 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKFederal UrduUniversity639fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences34%Health Sciences7%Social Sciences50%

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 Sciences17727.6%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting406.3%
    3. Arts and Humanities406.2%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance365.7%
    5. Psychology213.2%
    6. Decision Sciences71.1%
    1. Engineering8613.4%
    2. Computer Science396.1%
    3. Environmental Science345.3%
    4. Materials Science152.4%
    5. Physics and Astronomy121.9%
    6. Chemistry111.8%
    7. Mathematics101.6%
    8. Energy60.9%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences30.5%
    10. Chemical Engineering20.4%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences274.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology172.6%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics60.9%
    4. Neuroscience40.7%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology30.5%
    1. Medicine325.0%
    2. Health Professions81.2%
    3. Nursing20.3%
    4. Dentistry10.1%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Federal Urdu University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Political Science and International Relations takes 5.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Political Science and International RelationsSubfield · 48.4 works5.1×
← 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: 0.89× its world share, 27 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.50× its world share, 17 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.49× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.41× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.51× its world share, 6 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.09× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.14× its world share, 12 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.78× its world share, 39 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.01× its world share, 6 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.89× its world share, 86 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.07× its world share, 34 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.69× its world share, 15 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.37× its world share, 10 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.84× its world share, 12 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.46× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.26× its world share, 32 worksMedicineNursing: 0.63× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.15× its world share, 40 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.95× its world share, 40 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.12× its world share, 7 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.66× its world share, 36 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.07× its world share, 21 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.18× its world share, 177 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 2.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.66×36 works
  2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.51×6 works
  3. Social Sciences2.18×177 works
  4. Arts and Humanities2.15×40 works
  5. Business, Management and Accounting1.95×40 works
  6. Mathematics1.37×10 works
  7. Chemistry1.14×12 works
  8. Decision Sciences1.12×7 works
  9. Chemical Engineering1.09×2 works
  10. Environmental Science1.07×34 works
  11. Psychology1.07×21 works
  12. Energy1.01×6 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.89×27 works
  14. Engineering0.89×86 works
  15. Physics and Astronomy0.84×12 works
  16. Computer Science0.78×39 works
  17. Materials Science0.69×15 works
  18. Nursing0.63×2 works
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.50×17 works
  20. Immunology and Microbiology0.49×3 works
  21. Health Professions0.46×8 works
  22. Neuroscience0.41×4 works
  23. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.30×3 works
  24. Veterinary0.27×0 works
  25. Dentistry0.26×1 works
  26. Medicine0.26×32 works

Who are the top researchers at Federal Urdu University?

Ranked on the quality score, Zubaria Andlib, Farhan Ali and Ihtsham Ul Haq Padda lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Federal Urdu University.

  1. 1 Zubaria Andlib Pakistan · #661,525 worldwide 2.3k citations · 50 works
  2. 2 Farhan Ali Pakistan · #829,273 worldwide 2.5k citations · 86 works
  3. 3 Ihtsham Ul Haq Padda Pakistan · #848,963 worldwide 1.2k citations · 58 works
  4. 4 Muhammad Faizan Pakistan · #1,475,061 worldwide 875 citations · 46 works
  5. 5 Syed Sohaib Zafar Pakistan · #1,621,146 worldwide 479 citations · 36 works
  6. 6 Qaisar Shaheen Pakistan · #1,739,235 worldwide 425 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 Farhan Ali Pakistan · #1,905,691 worldwide 311 citations · 46 works
  8. 8 Haq Nawaz Abbasi Pakistan · #1,908,856 worldwide 501 citations · 35 works
  9. 9 Aurang Zaib Pakistan · #2,229,695 worldwide 5.7k citations · 263 works
  10. 10 Sadaf Shahab Pakistan · #2,520,131 worldwide 508 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Federal Urdu University

What are the most cited papers from Federal Urdu University?

The most cited paper from Federal Urdu University is "Continental-scale temperature variability during the past two millennia" (Moinuddin Ahmed et al., 2013), with 1,245 citations. Next come "Nanomedicine and drug delivery: a mini review" (351) and "The role of technology innovation, renewable energy and globalization in reducing environmental degradation in Pakistan: A step towards sustainable environment" (340).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Continental-scale temperature variability during the past two millennia Moinuddin Ahmed et al. · Nature Geoscience Open access 19 Apr 2013 1,245
2 Nanomedicine and drug delivery: a mini review Agha Zeeshan Mirza, Farhan Ahmed Siddiqui · International nano letters. Open access 19 Feb 2014 351
3 The role of technology innovation, renewable energy and globalization in reducing environmental degradation in Pakistan: A step towards sustainable environment Fengsheng Chien, Tahseen Ajaz, Zubaria Andlib et al. · Renewable Energy 29 May 2021 340
4 Sustainable energy policy, socio-economic development, and ecological footprint: The economic significance of natural resources, population growth, and industrial development Huo Jie, Irfan Ali Khan, Majed Alharthi et al. · Utilities Policy 14 Jan 2023 329
5 How do renewable energy and urbanization cause carbon emissions? Evidence from advanced panel estimation techniques Yunpeng Sun, Haoning Li, Zubaria Andlib et al. · Renewable Energy 30 Dec 2021 271
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Federal Urdu University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Heat Transfer, Pedagogy, Experimental Investigation, Language Teaching, Globalization, Digital Education, Tourism Development and Critical Thinking.

▲ 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. Heat Transfer46▲ 15×11 topics
  2. Globalization39▲ 3.1×37 topics
  3. Pedagogy33▲ 10×9 topics
  4. Experimental Investigation30▲ 46×4 topics
  5. Language Teaching27▲ 16×6 topics
  6. Security24▲ 5.5×17 topics
  7. Digital Education23▲ 25×2 topics
  8. Tourism Development23▲ 27×2 topics
  9. Critical Thinking23▲ 31×3 topics
  10. Teaching Methods23▲ 22×2 topics
  11. Formative Assessment23▲ 43×2 topics
  12. Educational Technologies23▲ 39×1 topic
  13. Student Competencies23▲ 54×1 topic
  14. Social Media21▲ 2.4×19 topics
  15. Conflict21▲ 20×6 topics
  16. Thermal Conductivity20▲ 19×2 topics
  17. Renewable Energy20▲ 2.1×21 topics
  18. Applications19▲ 11×5 topics
  19. Nanofluids18▲ 34×2 topics
  20. Convective Transport18▲ 62×1 topic
  21. Enhancement18▲ 62×1 topic
  22. Feminism18▲ 9.5×5 topics
  23. Nation-Building15▲ 43×2 topics
  24. State-Building15▲ 65×2 topics
  25. Central Asia14▲ 32×2 topics
  26. Afghanistan14▲ 95×1 topic
  27. Pakistan14▲ 95×1 topic
  28. CFD Analysis12▲ 43×2 topics
  29. Gender Equality12▲ 6.6×2 topics
  30. Friction Factor12▲ 46×1 topic
  31. Solar Air Heater12▲ 46×1 topic
  32. Global Governance12▲ 7.6×14 topics
  33. Hermeneutics12▲ 23×2 topics
  34. Middle East12▲ 30×2 topics
  35. Secularism11▲ 17×3 topics
  36. Ottoman Empire11▲ 24×2 topics
  37. Iran10▲ 38×1 topic
  38. Islamic reform10▲ 38×1 topic
  39. Geopolitics10▲ 11×7 topics
  40. Transport Infrastructure10▲ 19×2 topics

Which research topics does Federal Urdu University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Education, Innovation and Language Studies, Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer, Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East and Heat Transfer Mechanisms.

  1. 1 Education, Innovation and Language Studies Education 23 works
  2. 2 Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer Biomedical Engineering 18 works
  3. 3 Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East Political Science and International Relations 14 works
  4. 4 Heat Transfer Mechanisms Mechanical Engineering 12 works
  5. 5 Islamic Studies and History Political Science and International Relations 10 works
  6. 6 Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows Computational Mechanics 9 works
  7. 7 Education and Islamic Studies Education 8 works
  8. 8 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 7 works
  9. 9 Belt and Road Initiative Economics and Econometrics 7 works
  10. 10 Engineering and Agricultural Innovations Aquatic Science 6 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 available65.2%not open34.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.8%domestic only76.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Federal Urdu University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 11% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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 Federal Urdu University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0021% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Federal Urdu University0.0025% in 20251990200020102020

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

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Federal Urdu University6.3% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.6% in 2022.

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