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.
| Field | World rank | Where that sits | Top-10% rate | Works | All 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.
- Health Sciences#11,652 #5,644
- Medicine#9,943 #4,973
- Social Sciences#8,684 #6,467
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.
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
- Health Sciences17740.9%
- Medicine13631.4%
- Health Professions225.1%
- Dentistry153.5%
- Nursing40.9%
- Veterinary00.0%
- Social Sciences16538.2%
- Social Sciences5713.3%
- Psychology4711.0%
- Business, Management and Accounting245.6%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance163.7%
- Arts and Humanities153.5%
- Decision Sciences51.2%
- Physical Sciences5713.3%
- Computer Science378.5%
- Engineering133.0%
- Environmental Science30.8%
- Mathematics20.4%
- Chemistry10.1%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
- Physics and Astronomy00.1%
- Materials Science00.1%
- Energy00.1%
- Chemical Engineering00.0%
- Life Sciences337.6%
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 7.2×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Dentistry7.23×15 works
- Psychology3.60×47 works
- Health Professions1.92×22 works
- Nursing1.84×4 works
- Business, Management and Accounting1.73×24 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.73×16 works
- Medicine1.63×136 works
- Neuroscience1.38×10 works
- Arts and Humanities1.23×15 works
- Decision Sciences1.20×5 works
- Computer Science1.10×37 works
- Social Sciences1.05×57 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.04×2 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.66×15 works
- Immunology and Microbiology0.35×2 works
- Mathematics0.31×2 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.23×5 works
- Engineering0.20×13 works
- Environmental Science0.16×3 works
- Chemical Engineering0.11×0 works
- Chemistry0.09×1 works
- Energy0.09×0 works
- Veterinary0.09×0 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences0.07×0 works
- Physics and Astronomy0.05×0 works
- Materials Science0.03×0 works
- Dentistry 7.2×
- Psychology 3.6×
- Health Professions 1.9×
- Nursing 1.8×
- Business, Management and Accounting 1.7×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 1.7×
- Medicine 1.6×
- Neuroscience 1.4×
- Arts and Humanities 1.2×
- Decision Sciences 1.2×
- Computer Science 1.1×
- Social Sciences 1.1×
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 1.0×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 0.7×
- Immunology and Microbiology 0.3×
- Mathematics 0.3×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.2×
- Engineering 0.2×
- Environmental Science 0.2×
- Chemical Engineering 0.1×
- Chemistry 0.1×
- Energy 0.1×
- Veterinary 0.1×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 0.1×
- Physics and Astronomy 0.1×
- Materials Science 0.0×
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
Yasir Waheed
Pakistan · #12,397 worldwide 157k citations · 295 works
- 2
Zahra Zahid Piracha
Pakistan · #173,283 worldwide 24k citations · 147 works
- 3
Sajid Ali Khan
Pakistan · #573,645 worldwide 1.7k citations · 32 works
- 4
Aaqif Afzaal Abbasi
Pakistan · #784,470 worldwide 1.9k citations · 61 works
- 5
Shahzad Hussain
Pakistan · #834,186 worldwide 719 citations · 49 works
- 6
Abdul Waheed
Pakistan · #1,067,760 worldwide 1k citations · 73 works
- 7
Arif Jamal Malik
Pakistan · #1,363,056 worldwide 447 citations · 21 works
- 8
Muhammad Nauman Aqeel
Pakistan · #1,496,214 worldwide 10k citations · 123 works
- 9
Maria Khalid
Pakistan · #1,951,836 worldwide 439 citations · 18 works
- 10
Nabeel Ali Khan
Pakistan · #2,168,537 worldwide 1.6k citations · 85 works
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.
- Afghanistan
- Measurement Properties
- Positive Emotions
- Chronic Pain
- Healthcare Workers
- Elderly
- Rehabilitation
- Conflict
- Psychological Distress
- Anxiety
- Coping Strategies
- Self-Efficacy
- Well-being
- Psychological Factors
- Stress
- Pandemic
- Risk Factors
- COVID-19
- Machine Learning
- Mental Health
- Epidemiology
- Depression
- Quality of Life
- Deep Learning
- Social Media
- Social Support
- Treatment
- Healthcare
- Global Burden
- Clinical Trials
- Security
- Leadership
- Low Back Pain
- Prevention
- Job Satisfaction
- Reconstruction
- Online Communication
- Musculoskeletal Disorders
- Disability
- Stress Management
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
- Epidemiology36▲ 2.1×82 topics
- Mental Health27▲ 4.3×27 topics
- Depression20▲ 5.2×17 topics
- Machine Learning19▲ 1.31×41 topics
- Quality of Life19▲ 3.0×31 topics
- COVID-1918▲ 3.2×17 topics
- Deep Learning16◆ 1.10×44 topics
- Risk Factors14▲ 3.0×26 topics
- Social Media14▲ 2.3×16 topics
- Pandemic13▲ 3.0×8 topics
- Social Support13▲ 5.5×12 topics
- Stress12▲ 7.6×6 topics
- Treatment11▲ 2.1×27 topics
- Psychological Factors11▲ 12×6 topics
- Healthcare10▲ 2.1×15 topics
- Well-being10▲ 6.2×10 topics
- Global Burden10▲ 4.3×12 topics
- Self-Efficacy10▲ 9.0×8 topics
- Clinical Trials9▲ 3.0×16 topics
- Coping Strategies9▲ 8.0×8 topics
- Security9▲ 3.0×14 topics
- Anxiety8▲ 4.0×8 topics
- Leadership8▲ 3.9×6 topics
- Psychological Distress8▲ 7.5×5 topics
- Low Back Pain8▲ 11×3 topics
- Conflict8▲ 11×5 topics
- Prevention7▲ 4.0×12 topics
- Rehabilitation7▲ 4.2×11 topics
- Job Satisfaction7▲ 3.7×8 topics
- Elderly7▲ 6.6×5 topics
- Reconstruction6▲ 8.7×5 topics
- Healthcare Workers6▲ 5.8×4 topics
- Online Communication6▲ 8.9×3 topics
- Chronic Pain6▲ 6.1×5 topics
- Musculoskeletal Disorders6▲ 13×3 topics
- Positive Emotions6▲ 11×2 topics
- Disability5▲ 11×1 topic
- Measurement Properties5▲ 16×1 topic
- Stress Management5▲ 11×6 topics
- 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.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation Pharmacology 5 works
- 2 Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East Political Science and International Relations 5 works
- 3 Health and Well-being Studies Clinical Psychology 5 works
- 4 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 4 works
- 5 Dental Research and COVID-19 General Dentistry 4 works
- 6 Resilience and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 4 works
- 7 COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Economics and Econometrics 3 works
- 8 Impact of Technology on Adolescents Sociology and Political Science 3 works
- 9 Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery Rehabilitation 3 works
- 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.
World: 40% of research is openly available.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Other research institutions in Islamabad
- Quaid-i-Azam University
- COMSATS University Islamabad
- National University of Sciences and Technology
- International Islamic University, Islamabad
- Bahria University
- National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences
- Pakistan Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology
- National University of Modern Languages
Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners have tabs of their own, above.
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