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Independent University, Bangladesh

In research, Independent University, Bangladesh stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,085 of 10,521 worldwide), Health Sciences (#4,009 of 11,982 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#5,081 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,769
of 28,054 · #9,851 all time
Rank in Bangladesh
#38
of 135
Research works
2k
▲ 173% vs 2013–17
Citations
17k
8.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
46%
world 28%

What is Independent University, Bangladesh 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 #3,085 of 10,521 25.0%292 #5072
Health SciencesDomain #4,009 of 11,982 21.7%130 #9722
Physical SciencesDomain #5,081 of 12,888 16.3%424 #8954
Computer ScienceField #1,928 of 4,667 20.2%160 #3584
Environmental ScienceField #1,947 of 3,551 25.3%61 —
Social SciencesField #3,507 of 6,365 20.1%121 #4887
EngineeringField #3,970 of 6,636 9.4%160 #5870
MedicineField #6,429 of 10,443 19.2%97 #12195
Life SciencesDomain #5,007 of 7,800 22.5%91 #10241
Business, Management and AccountingField #1,700 of 2,578 27.4%70 #2823

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Independent University, Bangladesh 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#5,072 #3,085
  2. Health Sciences#9,722 #4,009
  3. Physical Sciences#8,954 #5,081
  4. Computer Science#3,584 #1,928
  5. Social Sciences#4,887 #3,507
  6. Engineering#5,870 #3,970
  7. Medicine#12,195 #6,429
  8. Life Sciences#10,241 #5,007
  9. Business, Management and Accounting#2,823 #1,700
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: 1.02× its world share, 46 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.38× its world share, 19 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.42× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.37× its world share, 21 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.46× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.43× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.20× its world share, 160 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.58× its world share, 14 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.14× its world share, 160 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.31× its world share, 61 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.32× its world share, 10 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.46× its world share, 5 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.30× its world share, 6 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.13× its world share, 28 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.54× its world share, 97 worksMedicineNursing: 0.70× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.69× its world share, 19 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.31× its world share, 70 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.53× its world share, 14 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.95× its world share, 39 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.05× its world share, 30 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.02× its world share, 120 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 2.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Independent University, Bangladesh?

Ranked on the composite score, Md. Abdul Khaleque, Ashraful Islam and Md. Kafiul Islam lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Independent University, Bangladesh.

  1. 1 Md. Abdul Khaleque Bangladesh · #303,207 worldwide 267 citations · 17 works
  2. 2 Ashraful Islam Bangladesh · #332,814 worldwide 178 citations · 34 works
  3. 3 Md. Kafiul Islam Bangladesh · #383,559 worldwide 142 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Vladimir Šimović Bangladesh · #433,422 worldwide 1 citations · 43 works
  5. 5 M. M. Mahbubul Syeed Bangladesh · #484,371 worldwide 69 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Md. Abdur Razzak Bangladesh · #544,180 worldwide 150 citations · 45 works
  7. 7 M. Ashraful Amin Bangladesh · #555,162 worldwide 150 citations · 59 works
  8. 8 Md Shakhawat Hossain Bangladesh · #578,863 worldwide 67 citations · 19 works
  9. 9 Mohammad Faisal Uddin Bangladesh · #687,670 worldwide 60 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 Razib Hayat Khan Bangladesh · #698,636 worldwide 45 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Independent University, Bangladesh

Which keywords describe research at Independent University, Bangladesh?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Machine Learning, IoT, Environmental Monitoring, Human Rights, Image Processing, Sustainability and Internet of Things.

▲ 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. Deep Learning116▲ 3.6×63 topics
  2. Machine Learning113▲ 3.7×65 topics
  3. Sustainability48▲ 2.1×40 topics
  4. Human Rights38▲ 4.0×28 topics
  5. Healthcare35▲ 3.3×14 topics
  6. IoT34▲ 9.7×13 topics
  7. Artificial Intelligence33▲ 2.5×31 topics
  8. Internet of Things33▲ 4.0×15 topics
  9. Globalization32▲ 1.77×45 topics
  10. Environmental Monitoring32▲ 8.8×6 topics
  11. Neural Networks31▲ 2.2×26 topics
  12. Renewable Energy31▲ 2.3×23 topics
  13. Convolutional Neural Networks30▲ 4.3×13 topics
  14. Supply Chain Management30▲ 3.4×19 topics
  15. Security29▲ 4.8×19 topics
  16. COVID-1929▲ 2.3×17 topics
  17. Image Processing28▲ 6.8×9 topics
  18. Wireless Sensor Networks26▲ 6.0×11 topics
  19. Big Data21▲ 2.5×16 topics
  20. Medical Imaging19▲ 4.0×7 topics
  21. Consumer Behavior19▲ 3.2×12 topics
  22. Data Mining19▲ 2.7×10 topics
  23. Smart Farming19▲ 17×2 topics
  24. Renewable Energy Integration18▲ 5.6×5 topics
  25. Ethnicity18▲ 5.0×6 topics
  26. Internet of Things (IoT)17▲ 16×2 topics
  27. Feature Extraction17▲ 3.9×8 topics
  28. Computer Vision17▲ 6.6×3 topics
  29. Conflict17▲ 11×7 topics
  30. Crop Yield Prediction16▲ 17×1 topic
  31. Plant Disease Detection16▲ 17×1 topic
  32. Power Electronics16▲ 5.0×7 topics
  33. Anomaly Detection15▲ 5.5×4 topics
  34. IoT Security15▲ 5.0×3 topics
  35. Big Data Analytics15▲ 7.3×4 topics
  36. Refugees14▲ 12×4 topics
  37. Stock Market13▲ 5.8×2 topics
  38. Political Transition12▲ 23×2 topics
  39. Food Supply Chain11▲ 9.8×2 topics
  40. Motor Imagery11▲ 9.7×2 topics

Which research topics does Independent University, Bangladesh publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Smart Agriculture and AI, EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces, COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts and Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography.

Smart Agriculture and AI16Smart Agriculture and AI: 16 fractional worksEEG and Brain-Computer I…11EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces: 11 fractional worksCOVID-19 Pandemic Impacts: 9 fractional worksAsian Geopolitics and Ethnography: 9 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare: 9 fractional worksIoT-based Smart Home Systems: 8 fractional worksWater Quality Monitoring Technologies: 8 fractional worksMobile Health and mHealt…8Mobile Health and mHealth Applications: 8 fractional worksBangladesh Politics, Society, and Development: 7 fractional worksBlockchain Technology Applications and Security: 7 fractional works
Plant ScienceCognitive NeuroscienceEconomics and EconometricsPolitical Science and International Relations5 others

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

  1. 1 Smart Agriculture and AI Plant Science 16 works
  2. 2 EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces Cognitive Neuroscience 11 works
  3. 3 COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Economics and Econometrics 9 works
  4. 4 Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography Political Science and International Relations 9 works
  5. 5 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Health Information Management 9 works
  6. 6 IoT-based Smart Home Systems Electrical and Electronic Engineering 8 works
  7. 7 Water Quality Monitoring Technologies Water Science and Technology 8 works
  8. 8 Mobile Health and mHealth Applications General Health Professions 8 works
  9. 9 Bangladesh Politics, Society, and Development Political Science and International Relations 7 works
  10. 10 Blockchain Technology Applications and Security Information Systems 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 available45.6%not open54.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.1%domestic only76.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Independent University, Bangladesh's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 173% higher than in 2013–2017.

20002005201020152020
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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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