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Foundation University Islamabad

In research, Foundation University Islamabad stands highest in Health Sciences (#5,644 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#4,973 of 8,541 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#6,467 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now.

World rank, 2022-now
#7,566
of 22,385 · #12,465 all time
Rank in Pakistan
#92
of 231
Research works
889
▲ 40% vs 2018-21
Citations
8.2k
9.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.82×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
72%
world 40%
International
29%
world 18%

What is Foundation University Islamabad 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
Health SciencesDomain #5,644 of 9,902 5.2%156 #11652
MedicineField #4,973 of 8,541 4.9%122 #9943
Social SciencesDomain #6,467 of 9,585 5.5%146 #8684

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Foundation University Islamabad 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. Health Sciences#11,652 #5,644
  2. Medicine#9,943 #4,973
  3. Social Sciences#8,684 #6,467
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 Foundation University Islamabad work in?

In 2022-now, 41% of research at Foundation University Islamabad is in Health Sciences, 38% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (31%), Social Sciences (13%), Psychology (11%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 177 fractional works · 40.9% of its workMedicine: 136 fractional works · 31.4% of its workSurgery: 11 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 10 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPhysiology: 8 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 7 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEpidemiology: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPharmacology: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOphthalmology: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRehabilitation: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRheumatology: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOncology: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Informatics: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHepatology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 22 fractional works · 5.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 9 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOccupational Therapy: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 15 fractional works · 3.5% of its workOral Surgery: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Dentistry: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPeriodontics: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrthodontics: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNursing: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLeadership and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 165 fractional works · 38.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 57 fractional works · 13.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 20 fractional works · 4.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 10 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEducation: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCommunication: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDemography: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGender Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLinguistics and Language: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 47 fractional works · 11.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 25 fractional works · 5.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 14 fractional works · 3.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 24 fractional works · 5.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAccounting: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness and International Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 16 fractional works · 3.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 14 fractional works · 3.2% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 15 fractional works · 3.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 57 fractional works · 13.3% of its workComputer Science: 37 fractional works · 8.5% of its workInformation Systems: 11 fractional works · 2.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 10 fractional works · 2.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSignal Processing: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 13 fractional works · 3.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 33 fractional works · 7.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 15 fractional works · 3.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeuroscience: 10 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKFoundationUniversity…431fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences13%Health Sciences41%Social Sciences38%

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. Medicine13631.4%
    2. Health Professions225.1%
    3. Dentistry153.5%
    4. Nursing40.9%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Social Sciences5713.3%
    2. Psychology4711.0%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting245.6%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance163.7%
    5. Arts and Humanities153.5%
    6. Decision Sciences51.2%
    1. Computer Science378.5%
    2. Engineering133.0%
    3. Environmental Science30.8%
    4. Mathematics20.4%
    5. Chemistry10.1%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    8. Materials Science00.1%
    9. Energy00.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology153.5%
    2. Neuroscience102.2%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences51.1%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.4%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology20.4%
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: 0.23× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.66× its world share, 15 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.35× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.38× its world share, 10 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.04× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.10× its world share, 37 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.20× its world share, 13 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.16× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.31× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 7.23× its world share, 15 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.92× its world share, 22 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.63× its world share, 136 worksMedicineNursing: 1.84× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.23× its world share, 15 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.73× its world share, 24 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.20× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.73× its world share, 16 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.60× its world share, 47 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.05× its world share, 57 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 7.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Dentistry7.23×15 works
  2. Psychology3.60×47 works
  3. Health Professions1.92×22 works
  4. Nursing1.84×4 works
  5. Business, Management and Accounting1.73×24 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.73×16 works
  7. Medicine1.63×136 works
  8. Neuroscience1.38×10 works
  9. Arts and Humanities1.23×15 works
  10. Decision Sciences1.20×5 works
  11. Computer Science1.10×37 works
  12. Social Sciences1.05×57 works
  13. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.04×2 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.66×15 works
  15. Immunology and Microbiology0.35×2 works
  16. Mathematics0.31×2 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.23×5 works
  18. Engineering0.20×13 works
  19. Environmental Science0.16×3 works
  20. Chemical Engineering0.11×0 works
  21. Chemistry0.09×1 works
  22. Energy0.09×0 works
  23. Veterinary0.09×0 works
  24. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.07×0 works
  25. Physics and Astronomy0.05×0 works
  26. Materials Science0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Foundation University Islamabad?

Ranked on the quality score, Yasir Waheed, Zahra Zahid Piracha and Sajid Ali Khan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Foundation University Islamabad.

  1. 1 Yasir Waheed Pakistan · #12,397 worldwide 157k citations · 295 works
  2. 2 Zahra Zahid Piracha Pakistan · #173,283 worldwide 24k citations · 147 works
  3. 3 Sajid Ali Khan Pakistan · #573,645 worldwide 1.7k citations · 32 works
  4. 4 Aaqif Afzaal Abbasi Pakistan · #784,470 worldwide 1.9k citations · 61 works
  5. 5 Shahzad Hussain Pakistan · #834,186 worldwide 719 citations · 49 works
  6. 6 Abdul Waheed Pakistan · #1,067,760 worldwide 1k citations · 73 works
  7. 7 Arif Jamal Malik Pakistan · #1,363,056 worldwide 447 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Muhammad Nauman Aqeel Pakistan · #1,496,214 worldwide 10k citations · 123 works
  9. 9 Maria Khalid Pakistan · #1,951,836 worldwide 439 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Nabeel Ali Khan Pakistan · #2,168,537 worldwide 1.6k citations · 85 works
All ranked researchers at Foundation University Islamabad

What are the most cited papers from Foundation University Islamabad?

The most cited paper from Foundation University Islamabad is "Cancer Incidence, Mortality, Years of Life Lost, Years Lived With Disability, and Disability-Adjusted Life Years for 29 Cancer Groups From 2010 to 2019" (Jonathan Kocarnik et al., 2021), with 2,100 citations. Next come "Episodic Memory Retrieval, Parietal Cortex, and the Default Mode Network: Functional and Topographic Analyses" (551) and "Genetic Association of Apolipoprotein E with Age-Related Macular Degeneration" (500).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Cancer Incidence, Mortality, Years of Life Lost, Years Lived With Disability, and Disability-Adjusted Life Years for 29 Cancer Groups From 2010 to 2019 Jonathan Kocarnik et al. · JAMA Oncology Open access601 authors 30 Dec 2021 2,100
2 Episodic Memory Retrieval, Parietal Cortex, and the Default Mode Network: Functional and Topographic Analyses Carlo Sestieri, Maurizio Corbetta, Gian Luca Romani et al. · Journal of Neuroscience Open access 23 Mar 2011 551
3 Genetic Association of Apolipoprotein E with Age-Related Macular Degeneration Caroline C. W. Klaver, Mike Kliffen, Cornelia M. van Duijn et al. · The American Journal of Human Genetics Open access Jul 1998 500
4 How Local Excitation-Inhibition Ratio Impacts the Whole Brain Dynamics Gustavo Deco, Adrián Ponce‐Alvarez, Patrick Hagmann et al. · Journal of Neuroscience Open access 4 Jun 2014 441
5 A review on multimodal medical image fusion: Compendious analysis of medical modalities, multimodal databases, fusion techniques and quality metrics Muhammad Adeel Azam, Khan Bahadar Khan, Sana Salahuddin et al. · Computers in Biology and Medicine 3 Feb 2022 422
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Foundation University Islamabad?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Epidemiology, Depression, COVID-19, Quality of Life, Stress, Social Support and Psychological Factors.

▲ 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. Epidemiology36▲ 2.1×82 topics
  2. Mental Health27▲ 4.3×27 topics
  3. Depression20▲ 5.2×17 topics
  4. Machine Learning19▲ 1.31×41 topics
  5. Quality of Life19▲ 3.0×31 topics
  6. COVID-1918▲ 3.2×17 topics
  7. Deep Learning16◆ 1.10×44 topics
  8. Risk Factors14▲ 3.0×26 topics
  9. Social Media14▲ 2.3×16 topics
  10. Pandemic13▲ 3.0×8 topics
  11. Social Support13▲ 5.5×12 topics
  12. Stress12▲ 7.6×6 topics
  13. Treatment11▲ 2.1×27 topics
  14. Psychological Factors11▲ 12×6 topics
  15. Healthcare10▲ 2.1×15 topics
  16. Well-being10▲ 6.2×10 topics
  17. Global Burden10▲ 4.3×12 topics
  18. Self-Efficacy10▲ 9.0×8 topics
  19. Clinical Trials9▲ 3.0×16 topics
  20. Coping Strategies9▲ 8.0×8 topics
  21. Security9▲ 3.0×14 topics
  22. Anxiety8▲ 4.0×8 topics
  23. Leadership8▲ 3.9×6 topics
  24. Psychological Distress8▲ 7.5×5 topics
  25. Low Back Pain8▲ 11×3 topics
  26. Conflict8▲ 11×5 topics
  27. Prevention7▲ 4.0×12 topics
  28. Rehabilitation7▲ 4.2×11 topics
  29. Job Satisfaction7▲ 3.7×8 topics
  30. Elderly7▲ 6.6×5 topics
  31. Reconstruction6▲ 8.7×5 topics
  32. Healthcare Workers6▲ 5.8×4 topics
  33. Online Communication6▲ 8.9×3 topics
  34. Chronic Pain6▲ 6.1×5 topics
  35. Musculoskeletal Disorders6▲ 13×3 topics
  36. Positive Emotions6▲ 11×2 topics
  37. Disability5▲ 11×1 topic
  38. Measurement Properties5▲ 16×1 topic
  39. Stress Management5▲ 11×6 topics
  40. Afghanistan5▲ 48×1 topic

Which research topics does Foundation University Islamabad publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation, Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East, Health and Well-being Studies and COVID-19 and Mental Health.

  1. 1 Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation Pharmacology 5 works
  2. 2 Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East Political Science and International Relations 5 works
  3. 3 Health and Well-being Studies Clinical Psychology 5 works
  4. 4 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 4 works
  5. 5 Dental Research and COVID-19 General Dentistry 4 works
  6. 6 Resilience and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 4 works
  7. 7 COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  8. 8 Impact of Technology on Adolescents Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  9. 9 Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery Rehabilitation 3 works
  10. 10 Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 3 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 available71.9%not open28.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors28.7%domestic only71.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Foundation University Islamabad's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 40% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Foundation University Islamabad as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0015% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Foundation University Islamabad0.0020% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Foundation University Islamabad 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 counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025Foundation University Islamabad6.3% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 18.5% in 2019.

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