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Hazara University

In research, Hazara University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#3,169 of 12,888 worldwide), Engineering (#2,937 of 6,636 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#5,010 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Organic Chemistry — Organic Chemistry is 3.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,579
of 28,054 · #6,776 all time
Rank in Pakistan
#54
of 241
Research works
2.4k
▲ 190% vs 2013–17
Citations
36k
15.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
62%
world 28%

What is Hazara 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
Physical SciencesDomain #3,169 of 12,888 25.7%366 #5258
EngineeringField #2,937 of 6,636 31.6%119 #6190
Social SciencesDomain #5,010 of 10,521 12.8%319 #5456
Life SciencesDomain #5,046 of 7,800 18.7%168 #7097
Health SciencesDomain #7,955 of 11,982 16.4%118 #14886
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #2,376 of 3,409 20.8%90 #2959
MedicineField #7,658 of 10,443 17.2%98 #13400
Social SciencesField #4,744 of 6,365 9.1%143 #5930
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #3,307 of 3,579 16.4%60 #6392

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hazara 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. Physical Sciences#5,258 #3,169
  2. Engineering#6,190 #2,937
  3. Social Sciences#5,456 #5,010
  4. Life Sciences#7,097 #5,046
  5. Health Sciences#14,886 #7,955
  6. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#2,959 #2,376
  7. Medicine#13,400 #7,658
  8. Social Sciences#5,930 #4,744
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#6,392 #3,307
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.

What does Hazara University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Organic Chemistry takes 3.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Organic ChemistrySubfield · 27.2 works3.7×
← 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: 1.96× its world share, 90 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.16× its world share, 60 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.89× its world share, 9 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.18× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.92× its world share, 7 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.66× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.27× its world share, 35 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.79× its world share, 60 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.50× its world share, 8 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.40× its world share, 12 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.82× its world share, 119 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.92× its world share, 44 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.37× its world share, 46 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.37× its world share, 27 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.54× its world share, 12 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.46× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.53× its world share, 98 worksMedicineNursing: 1.31× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.84× its world share, 52 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.07× its world share, 34 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.90× its world share, 18 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.33× its world share, 28 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.53× its world share, 45 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.16× its world share, 143 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 2.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Hazara University?

Ranked on the composite score, Tauseef Ahmad, Abdul Majid and Zulqurnain Sabir lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hazara University.

  1. 1 Tauseef Ahmad Pakistan · #18,095 worldwide 616 citations · 51 works
  2. 2 Abdul Majid Pakistan · #92,271 worldwide 200 citations · 39 works
  3. 3 Zulqurnain Sabir Pakistan · #186,272 worldwide 219 citations · 43 works
  4. 4 Bilal Afsar Pakistan · #205,768 worldwide 300 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 Habib Ahmad Pakistan · #389,881 worldwide 107 citations · 38 works
  6. 6 Ahmad Mustanir Pakistan · #429,076 worldwide 63 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Ghulam Mujtaba Shah Pakistan · #596,472 worldwide 71 citations · 29 works
  8. 8 Faisal Sultan Pakistan · #666,154 worldwide 125 citations · 34 works
  9. 9 Jan Alam Pakistan · #680,764 worldwide 32 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Niaz Ali Pakistan · #681,451 worldwide 39 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at Hazara University

Which keywords describe research at Hazara University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Heat Transfer, Experimental Investigation, Applications, Thermal Conductivity, Review, Nanofluids, Viscosity and Convective Transport.

▲ 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. Heat Transfer65▲ 13×11 topics
  2. Experimental Investigation42▲ 41×4 topics
  3. Globalization33▲ 1.75×36 topics
  4. Mental Health30▲ 2.1×25 topics
  5. Applications26▲ 9.7×4 topics
  6. Thermal Conductivity26▲ 17×4 topics
  7. Review25▲ 21×4 topics
  8. Nanofluids25▲ 31×2 topics
  9. Convective Transport25▲ 56×1 topic
  10. Enhancement25▲ 56×1 topic
  11. Viscosity25▲ 36×2 topics
  12. Conflict23▲ 14×5 topics
  13. Nanomaterials22▲ 2.2×15 topics
  14. Medicinal Plants21▲ 5.3×16 topics
  15. Security20▲ 3.2×13 topics
  16. Medicinal Chemistry19▲ 7.0×10 topics
  17. CFD Analysis17▲ 38×2 topics
  18. Friction Factor17▲ 41×1 topic
  19. Solar Air Heater17▲ 41×1 topic
  20. Stress16▲ 4.5×8 topics
  21. Anticancer Agents16▲ 11×12 topics
  22. Feminism16▲ 5.7×10 topics
  23. Drug Discovery15▲ 6.8×10 topics
  24. Central Asia14▲ 21×2 topics
  25. Fuzzy Sets13▲ 24×2 topics
  26. Self-Efficacy13▲ 5.1×9 topics
  27. Reconstruction13▲ 7.7×3 topics
  28. Afghanistan13▲ 52×1 topic
  29. Pakistan13▲ 52×1 topic
  30. Turbulent Flows12▲ 12×3 topics
  31. Large-Eddy Simulation12▲ 6.4×3 topics
  32. Heterocyclic Compounds12▲ 14×5 topics
  33. Particle Image Velocimetry12▲ 17×1 topic
  34. Vortex Dynamics12▲ 10×1 topic
  35. Analytic Hierarchy Process11▲ 20×2 topics
  36. Fractional Calculus11▲ 20×2 topics
  37. Group Decision Making11▲ 26×1 topic
  38. TOPSIS11▲ 26×1 topic
  39. Tubulin Inhibitors11▲ 23×1 topic
  40. Vascular Targeting Agents11▲ 23×1 topic

Which research topics does Hazara University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer, Heat Transfer Mechanisms, Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East and Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows.

Nanofluid Flow and Heat …25Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer: 25 fractional worksHeat Transfer Mechanisms: 17 fractional worksPolitics and Conflicts i…13Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East: 13 fractional worksFluid Dynamics and Turbu…12Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows: 12 fractional worksMulti-Criteria Decision Making: 11 fractional worksSynthesis and biological activity: 11 fractional worksHeat Transfer and Optimi…8Heat Transfer and Optimization: 8 fractional worksSouth Asian Cinema and Culture: 8 fractional worksFractional Differential Equations Solutions: 7 fractional worksComputational Drug Discovery Methods: 7 fractional works
Biomedical EngineeringMechanical EngineeringPolitical Science and International RelationsComputational Mechanics5 others

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

  1. 1 Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer Biomedical Engineering 25 works
  2. 2 Heat Transfer Mechanisms Mechanical Engineering 17 works
  3. 3 Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East Political Science and International Relations 13 works
  4. 4 Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows Computational Mechanics 12 works
  5. 5 Multi-Criteria Decision Making Management Science and Operations Research 11 works
  6. 6 Synthesis and biological activity Organic Chemistry 11 works
  7. 7 Heat Transfer and Optimization Mechanical Engineering 8 works
  8. 8 South Asian Cinema and Culture Visual Arts and Performing Arts 8 works
  9. 9 Fractional Differential Equations Solutions Modeling and Simulation 7 works
  10. 10 Computational Drug Discovery Methods Computational Theory and Mathematics 7 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 available61.5%not open38.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors41.1%domestic only58.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Hazara University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 190% higher than in 2013–2017.

2005201020152020
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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.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.