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Hamdard University

In research, Hamdard University stands highest in Health Sciences (#6,264 of 11,982 worldwide), Social Sciences (#5,652 of 10,521 worldwide) and Medicine (#6,495 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,020
of 28,054 · #13,202 all time
Rank in Pakistan
#95
of 241
Research works
1.7k
▲ 46% vs 2013–17
Citations
22k
12.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
66%
world 28%

What is Hamdard University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #6,264 of 11,982 6.5%176 #11987
Social SciencesDomain #5,652 of 10,521 10.7%222 #8864
MedicineField #6,495 of 10,443 6.7%139 #12386
Physical SciencesDomain #8,524 of 12,888 14.1%144 #13540
Life SciencesDomain #5,597 of 7,800 8.8%81 #7985
Social SciencesField #4,786 of 6,365 13.6%92 #6896

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hamdard 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Health Sciences#11,987 #6,264
  2. Social Sciences#8,864 #5,652
  3. Medicine#12,386 #6,495
  4. Physical Sciences#13,540 #8,524
  5. Life Sciences#7,985 #5,597
  6. Social Sciences#6,896 #4,786
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

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

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: 0.99× its world share, 29 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.84× its world share, 28 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.94× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.74× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 5.00× its world share, 11 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.88× its world share, 8 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.23× its world share, 60 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.04× its world share, 6 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.44× its world share, 41 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.53× its world share, 16 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.31× its world share, 7 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 4.55× its world share, 14 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.00× its world share, 16 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.16× its world share, 139 worksMedicineNursing: 2.15× its world share, 7 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.90× its world share, 34 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.76× its world share, 35 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.75× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.24× its world share, 16 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.05× its world share, 39 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.17× its world share, 92 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 5.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Hamdard University?

Ranked on the composite score, Muhammad Asghar Khan, Insaf Ullah and Shamaila Amir lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hamdard University.

  1. 1 Muhammad Asghar Khan Pakistan · #187,186 worldwide 142 citations · 29 works
  2. 2 Insaf Ullah Pakistan · #639,083 worldwide 88 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 Shamaila Amir Pakistan · #747,873 worldwide 5 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Madeeha Malik Pakistan · #813,636 worldwide 16 citations · 22 works
  5. 5 Ahmad Saeed Pakistan · #1,504,061 worldwide 15 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 R. Jahir Hussain Pakistan · #1,583,521 worldwide 5 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at Hamdard University

Which keywords describe research at Hamdard University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Machine Learning, Meta-Analysis, Stress, Globalization, Education, Antioxidant and Anti-inflammatory.

▲ 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. Epidemiology38▲ 1.55×96 topics
  2. Machine Learning28▲ 1.38×43 topics
  3. Deep Learning22◆ 1.03×44 topics
  4. Globalization21▲ 1.72×32 topics
  5. Education20▲ 1.85×26 topics
  6. Inflammation17▲ 1.32×55 topics
  7. Mental Health17▲ 1.86×24 topics
  8. Oxidative Stress15▲ 1.49×41 topics
  9. Treatment15▲ 1.98×36 topics
  10. Social Media15▲ 1.66×21 topics
  11. Depression14▲ 2.7×20 topics
  12. Antioxidant14▲ 3.2×35 topics
  13. Meta-Analysis14▲ 3.8×14 topics
  14. Artificial Intelligence13▲ 1.55×15 topics
  15. COVID-1913▲ 1.53×18 topics
  16. Quality of Life13▲ 1.45×35 topics
  17. Healthcare13▲ 1.81×12 topics
  18. Internet of Things12▲ 2.2×14 topics
  19. Stress12▲ 5.1×8 topics
  20. Leadership11▲ 3.8×12 topics
  21. Online Learning11▲ 2.1×7 topics
  22. Security10▲ 2.6×12 topics
  23. Anti-inflammatory10▲ 5.9×24 topics
  24. Medicinal Plants10▲ 3.9×12 topics
  25. Teacher Training10▲ 2.5×7 topics
  26. Social Interaction9▲ 3.7×7 topics
  27. Health9▲ 3.5×9 topics
  28. Pedagogy9▲ 2.8×6 topics
  29. Flavonoids8▲ 5.1×8 topics
  30. Herbal Medicine8▲ 4.5×10 topics
  31. Language Teaching8▲ 5.0×4 topics
  32. Islamic Education8▲ 3.4×3 topics
  33. Technology Integration8▲ 4.0×7 topics
  34. Student Satisfaction7▲ 5.8×2 topics
  35. Emotional Intelligence7▲ 7.6×3 topics
  36. Financial Stability6▲ 5.2×4 topics
  37. Phenolic Compounds6▲ 5.5×8 topics
  38. Madrasa6▲ 14×1 topic
  39. Muslim Students6▲ 14×1 topic
  40. Workplace6▲ 11×4 topics

Which research topics does Hamdard University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Education and Islamic Studies, Islamic Finance and Banking Studies, Digital Marketing and Social Media and Education and Critical Thinking Development.

Education and Islamic St…6Education and Islamic Studies: 6 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Bank…5Islamic Finance and Banking Studies: 5 fractional worksDigital Marketing and Social Media: 5 fractional worksEducation and Critical T…5Education and Critical Thinking Development: 5 fractional worksEmotional Intelligence a…4Emotional Intelligence and Performance: 4 fractional worksEFL/ESL Teaching and Learning: 4 fractional worksHealth and Well-being Studies: 4 fractional worksLiterary Theory and Cult…4Literary Theory and Cultural Hermeneutics: 4 fractional worksTechnology-Enhanced Education Studies: 4 fractional worksComputational Drug Discovery Methods: 4 fractional works
EducationAccountingSociology and Political ScienceSocial Psychology4 others

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

  1. 1 Education and Islamic Studies Education 6 works
  2. 2 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 5 works
  3. 3 Digital Marketing and Social Media Sociology and Political Science 5 works
  4. 4 Education and Critical Thinking Development Education 5 works
  5. 5 Emotional Intelligence and Performance Social Psychology 4 works
  6. 6 EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning Language and Linguistics 4 works
  7. 7 Health and Well-being Studies Clinical Psychology 4 works
  8. 8 Literary Theory and Cultural Hermeneutics Literature and Literary Theory 4 works
  9. 9 Technology-Enhanced Education Studies Education 4 works
  10. 10 Computational Drug Discovery Methods Computational Theory and Mathematics 4 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 available66.2%not open33.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors34.7%domestic only65.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Hamdard University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 46% 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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