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Herat University

In research, Herat University stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,422 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#3,719 of 6,365 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#11,123 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Political Science and International Relations — Political Science and International Relations is 5.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#17,218
of 28,054 · #23,761 all time
Rank in Afghanistan
#7
of 20
Research works
618
▲ 1390% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.9k
7.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
84%
world 28%

What is Herat 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
Social SciencesDomain #5,422 of 10,521 18.0%163 #10396
Social SciencesField #3,719 of 6,365 19.5%102 #7095
Health SciencesDomain #11,123 of 11,982 5.8%101 #9187
MedicineField #10,023 of 10,443 6.8%77 #10731

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Herat 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. Social Sciences#10,396 #5,422
  2. Social Sciences#7,095 #3,719
  3. Health Sciences#9,187 #11,123
  4. Medicine#10,731 #10,023
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 Herat University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Political Science and International Relations takes 5.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Political Science and International RelationsSubfield · 28.9 works5.7×
← 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: 0.55× its world share, 9 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.28× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.98× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.84× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.62× its world share, 16 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.41× its world share, 21 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.67× its world share, 11 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.66× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 4.73× its world share, 8 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.25× its world share, 11 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.19× its world share, 77 worksMedicineNursing: 2.04× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.87× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.40× its world share, 14 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.15× its world share, 13 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.30× its world share, 10 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.29× its world share, 24 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.37× its world share, 102 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 4.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Herat University?

Ranked on the composite score, Ahmad Neyazi and Nasar Ahmad Shayan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Herat University.

  1. 1 Ahmad Neyazi Afghanistan · #1,438,431 worldwide 9 citations · 15 works
  2. 2 Nasar Ahmad Shayan Afghanistan · #1,461,106 worldwide 12 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Herat University

Which keywords describe research at Herat University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Culture, Ethnicity, Philosophy, Science, Islam, Social Influence and Conflict.

▲ 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. Epidemiology30▲ 2.3×68 topics
  2. Globalization18▲ 2.7×21 topics
  3. Mental Health16▲ 3.2×19 topics
  4. Culture15▲ 8.2×5 topics
  5. Human Rights15▲ 4.2×20 topics
  6. COVID-1914▲ 3.1×18 topics
  7. Ethnicity14▲ 11×4 topics
  8. Quality of Life14▲ 2.8×26 topics
  9. Depression13▲ 4.5×13 topics
  10. History13▲ 5.6×3 topics
  11. Literature13▲ 7.2×2 topics
  12. Philosophy13▲ 8.7×2 topics
  13. Science13▲ 16×2 topics
  14. Islam13▲ 18×1 topic
  15. Social Influence13▲ 18×1 topic
  16. Conflict13▲ 23×6 topics
  17. Education13▲ 2.2×20 topics
  18. Legal Regulation12▲ 16×4 topics
  19. Security12▲ 5.4×5 topics
  20. Economic Security12▲ 16×2 topics
  21. Sustainable Development12▲ 2.2×20 topics
  22. Modernization11▲ 18×2 topics
  23. Strategic Planning11▲ 22×2 topics
  24. Air Force11▲ 27×1 topic
  25. Warfare11▲ 27×1 topic
  26. Public Oversight11▲ 25×1 topic
  27. Reconstruction11▲ 18×2 topics
  28. Transport Policy11▲ 25×1 topic
  29. Afghanistan11▲ 126×1 topic
  30. Pakistan11▲ 126×1 topic
  31. Stress9▲ 7.0×5 topics
  32. Social Impact9▲ 6.3×6 topics
  33. Self-Efficacy8▲ 9.3×4 topics
  34. Social Support8▲ 4.4×8 topics
  35. Elderly7▲ 8.6×2 topics
  36. Nursing7▲ 11×2 topics
  37. Educational Achievement7▲ 32×1 topic
  38. Job Stress7▲ 32×1 topic
  39. Gender Equality6▲ 6.9×4 topics
  40. Corruption6▲ 11×6 topics

Which research topics does Herat University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies, Military Technology and Strategies, Legal and Regulatory Analysis and Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East.

Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 13 fractional worksMilitary Technology and Strategies: 11 fractional worksLegal and Regulatory Analysis: 11 fractional worksPolitics and Conflicts i…11Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East: 11 fractional worksHealth and Well-being St…7Health and Well-being Studies: 7 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Banking Studies: 4 fractional worksIslamic Studies and History: 4 fractional worksEducation and Islamic Studies: 3 fractional worksDiverse Scientific Research Studies: 3 fractional worksLegal, Health, Environmental and COVID-19 Challenges: 3 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceAerospace EngineeringTransportationPolitical Science and International Relations5 others

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

  1. 1 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 13 works
  2. 2 Military Technology and Strategies Aerospace Engineering 11 works
  3. 3 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 11 works
  4. 4 Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East Political Science and International Relations 11 works
  5. 5 Health and Well-being Studies Clinical Psychology 7 works
  6. 6 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 4 works
  7. 7 Islamic Studies and History Political Science and International Relations 4 works
  8. 8 Education and Islamic Studies Education 3 works
  9. 9 Diverse Scientific Research Studies General Health Professions 3 works
  10. 10 Legal, Health, Environmental and COVID-19 Challenges Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 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 available83.9%not open16.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors38.4%domestic only61.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Herat University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 1390% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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.