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Herat University

In research, Herat University stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,278 of 9,585 worldwide), Health Sciences (#4,806 of 9,902 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#3,211 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Political Science and International Relations (Political Science and International Relations is 5.9× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#6,474
of 22,385 · #8,266 all time
Rank in Afghanistan
#3
of 19
Research works
618
▲ 100% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.9k
7.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.88×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
84%
world 40%
International
38%
world 18%
Herat University

What is Herat University 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
Social SciencesDomain #4,278 of 9,585 13.3%163 #7179
Health SciencesDomain #4,806 of 9,902 4.3%101 #4670
Social SciencesField #3,211 of 5,988 16.1%102 #5471
MedicineField #4,629 of 8,541 4.0%77 #4622

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 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. Social Sciences#7,179 #4,278
  2. Health Sciences#4,670 #4,806
  3. Social Sciences#5,471 #3,211
  4. Medicine#4,622 #4,629
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 Herat University work in?

In 2022-now, 47% of research at Herat University is in Social Sciences, 31% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (30%), Medicine (24%), Psychology (7%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 189 fractional works · 47.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 121 fractional works · 30.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 39 fractional works · 9.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 35 fractional works · 8.8% of its workEducation: 20 fractional works · 5.0% of its workTransportation: 13 fractional works · 3.3% of its workLaw: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychology: 27 fractional works · 6.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 15 fractional works · 3.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 15 fractional works · 3.8% of its workArcheology: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workReligious studies: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 13 fractional works · 3.3% of its workAccounting: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 11 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 8 fractional works · 1.9% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 123 fractional works · 30.5% of its workMedicine: 95 fractional works · 23.5% of its workSurgery: 16 fractional works · 4.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 14 fractional works · 3.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 8 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEpidemiology: 7 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOphthalmology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEmergency Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workUrology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGastroenterology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 13 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 8 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 10 fractional works · 2.5% of its workOral Surgery: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPeriodontics: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Dentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 63 fractional works · 15.7% of its workEngineering: 26 fractional works · 6.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 13 fractional works · 3.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 17 fractional works · 4.3% of its workInformation Systems: 10 fractional works · 2.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 12 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 27 fractional works · 6.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 10 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPlant Science: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 9 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKHerat University402fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences16%Health Sciences31%Social Sciences47%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences12130.2%
    2. Psychology276.8%
    3. Arts and Humanities153.8%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting133.3%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance112.6%
    6. Decision Sciences10.3%
    1. Medicine9523.5%
    2. Health Professions133.3%
    3. Dentistry102.5%
    4. Nursing41.0%
    5. Veterinary10.2%
    1. Engineering266.4%
    2. Computer Science174.3%
    3. Environmental Science122.9%
    4. Materials Science30.7%
    5. Mathematics30.7%
    6. Chemistry20.5%
    7. Energy10.1%
    8. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences102.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology92.3%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology51.2%
    4. Neuroscience10.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Herat University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Political Science and International Relations takes 5.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Political Science and International RelationsSubfield · 35.3 works5.9×
← 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, 10 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.44× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.14× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.73× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.55× its world share, 17 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.43× its world share, 26 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.58× its world share, 12 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.21× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.56× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 5.25× its world share, 10 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.25× its world share, 13 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.22× its world share, 95 worksMedicineNursing: 1.98× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.58× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.33× its world share, 15 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.01× its world share, 13 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.23× its world share, 11 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.23× its world share, 27 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.39× its world share, 121 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 5.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Dentistry5.25×10 works
  2. Social Sciences2.39×121 works
  3. Psychology2.23×27 works
  4. Nursing1.98×4 works
  5. Veterinary1.58×1 works
  6. Arts and Humanities1.33×15 works
  7. Health Professions1.25×13 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.23×11 works
  9. Medicine1.22×95 works
  10. Immunology and Microbiology1.14×5 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting1.01×13 works
  12. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.73×1 works
  13. Environmental Science0.58×12 works
  14. Mathematics0.56×3 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.55×10 works
  16. Computer Science0.55×17 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.44×9 works
  18. Engineering0.43×26 works
  19. Decision Sciences0.36×1 works
  20. Chemistry0.29×2 works
  21. Neuroscience0.22×1 works
  22. Materials Science0.21×3 works
  23. Energy0.15×1 works
  24. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.05×0 works
  25. Physics and Astronomy0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Herat University?

Ranked on the quality score, Jawad Golzar, Mir Abdullah Miri and Mehrab Neyazi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Herat University.

  1. 1 Jawad Golzar Afghanistan · #643,422 worldwide 309 citations · 26 works
  2. 2 Mir Abdullah Miri Afghanistan · #731,397 worldwide 277 citations · 28 works
  3. 3 Mehrab Neyazi Afghanistan · #942,126 worldwide 230 citations · 53 works
  4. 4 Abdul Qadim Mohammadi Afghanistan · #947,434 worldwide 160 citations · 29 works
  5. 5 Ahmad Neyazi Afghanistan · #1,052,276 worldwide 454 citations · 104 works
  6. 6 Nasar Ahmad Shayan Afghanistan · #2,343,035 worldwide 181 citations · 61 works
  7. 7 Mohammad Masudi Afghanistan · #2,381,199 worldwide 42 citations · 33 works
  8. 8 Mohammad Faisal Wardak Afghanistan · #2,746,124 worldwide 47 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 Nosaibah Razaqi Afghanistan · #3,553,977 worldwide 117 citations · 54 works
  10. 10 Ali Rahimi Afghanistan · #3,623,509 worldwide 112 citations · 56 works
All ranked researchers at Herat University

What are the most cited papers from Herat University?

The most cited paper from Herat University is "Afghan mental health and psychosocial well-being: thematic review of four decades of research and interventions" (Qais Alemi et al., 2023), with 86 citations. Next come "Synthesis and characterization of chitosan nanoparticles containing teicoplanin using sol–gel" (83) and "Haglund’s Syndrome: A Commonly Seen Mysterious Condition" (79).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Afghan mental health and psychosocial well-being: thematic review of four decades of research and interventions Qais Alemi et al. · BJPsych Open Open access Jul 2023 86
2 Synthesis and characterization of chitosan nanoparticles containing teicoplanin using sol–gel Shafiq Ahmad Kahdestani, Mehrnoosh Hasan Shahriari, Majid Abdouss · Polymer Bulletin 4 Mar 2020 83
3 Haglund’s Syndrome: A Commonly Seen Mysterious Condition Raju Vaishya, Amit Kumar Agarwal, Ahmad Tariq Azizi et al. · Cureus Open access 7 Oct 2016 79
4 Biofilm production: A strategic mechanism for survival of microbes under stress conditions Bahman Fazeli‐Nasab, Riyaz Zafar Sayyed, Laleh Shahraki Mojahed et al. · Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology 5 Apr 2022 77
5 Comparison of the diagnostic accuracy of three current guidelines for the evaluation of asymptomatic pancreatic cystic neoplasms Mingming Xu, Shi Wei Yin, Ali A. Siddiqui et al. · Medicine Open access 29 Aug 2017 73
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Herat University?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology38▲ 2.4×72 topics
  2. Globalization20▲ 2.5×22 topics
  3. Human Rights18▲ 4.4×20 topics
  4. Culture18▲ 8.4×5 topics
  5. COVID-1918▲ 3.4×18 topics
  6. Conflict18▲ 27×6 topics
  7. Mental Health17▲ 3.0×21 topics
  8. Ethnicity17▲ 11×4 topics
  9. Security17▲ 6.3×9 topics
  10. History16▲ 5.9×3 topics
  11. Literature16▲ 7.4×2 topics
  12. Philosophy16▲ 9.0×3 topics
  13. Science16▲ 16×2 topics
  14. Islam16▲ 19×1 topic
  15. Social Influence16▲ 19×1 topic
  16. Quality of Life16▲ 2.7×27 topics
  17. Education15▲ 2.2×23 topics
  18. Central Asia15▲ 52×3 topics
  19. Depression15▲ 4.2×13 topics
  20. Reconstruction15▲ 22×2 topics
  21. Legal Regulation14▲ 16×4 topics
  22. Afghanistan14▲ 149×1 topic
  23. Pakistan14▲ 149×1 topic
  24. Sustainable Development14▲ 2.2×20 topics
  25. Economic Security14▲ 16×2 topics
  26. Modernization14▲ 18×2 topics
  27. Strategic Planning14▲ 23×2 topics
  28. Air Force13▲ 28×1 topic
  29. Warfare13▲ 28×1 topic
  30. Public Oversight13▲ 26×1 topic
  31. Transport Policy13▲ 26×1 topic
  32. Social Support9▲ 4.3×8 topics
  33. Stress9▲ 6.1×5 topics
  34. Self-Efficacy9▲ 8.6×5 topics
  35. Social Impact9▲ 5.5×6 topics
  36. Gender Equality8▲ 6.8×5 topics
  37. Elderly7▲ 7.6×2 topics
  38. Nursing7▲ 9.3×2 topics
  39. Educational Achievement7▲ 30×1 topic
  40. Job Stress7▲ 30×1 topic

Which research topics does Herat University publish most on?

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

Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 16 fractional worksPolitics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East: 14 fractional worksMilitary Technology and Strategies: 13 fractional worksLegal and Regulatory Ana…13Legal and Regulatory Analysis: 13 fractional worksHealth and Well-being Studies: 7 fractional worksIslamic Studies and History: 5 fractional worksLegal, Health, Environmental and COVID-19 Challenges: 4 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Banking Studies: 4 fractional worksEducation and Islamic Studies: 4 fractional worksDiverse Scientific Research Studies: 3 fractional works
Sociology and Political SciencePolitical Science and International RelationsAerospace EngineeringTransportation5 others

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

  1. 1 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 16 works
  2. 2 Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East Political Science and International Relations 14 works
  3. 3 Military Technology and Strategies Aerospace Engineering 13 works
  4. 4 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 13 works
  5. 5 Health and Well-being Studies Clinical Psychology 7 works
  6. 6 Islamic Studies and History Political Science and International Relations 5 works
  7. 7 Legal, Health, Environmental and COVID-19 Challenges Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  8. 8 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 4 works
  9. 9 Education and Islamic Studies Education 4 works
  10. 10 Diverse Scientific Research Studies General Health Professions 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Herat University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 100% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Herat University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0020% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Herat University0.0023% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Herat University 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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Herat University9.5% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.6% in 2023.

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