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Indus University

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World rank, 2022-now
#11,467
of 22,385 · #19,794 all time
Rank in Pakistan
#131
of 231
Research works
275
▲ 62% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.8k
6.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.98×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
76%
world 40%
International
31%
world 18%
Indus University

Which fields of science does Indus University work in?

In 2022-now, 39% of research at Indus University is in Social Sciences, 29% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (22%), Computer Science (15%), Social Sciences (12%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 61 fractional works · 39.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 19 fractional works · 12.0% of its workEducation: 7 fractional works · 4.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 6 fractional works · 3.6% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 15 fractional works · 9.9% of its workMarketing: 5 fractional works · 3.0% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness and International Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 11 fractional works · 7.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 5 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 5 fractional works · 3.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClassics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 5 fractional works · 3.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 44 fractional works · 28.6% of its workMedicine: 34 fractional works · 21.9% of its workPharmacology: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Informatics: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 10 fractional works · 6.4% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workResearch and Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 42 fractional works · 26.9% of its workComputer Science: 23 fractional works · 15.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 10 fractional works · 6.4% of its workInformation Systems: 5 fractional works · 3.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 11 fractional works · 7.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 5 fractional works · 3.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 8 fractional works · 5.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKIndus University156fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences27%Health Sciences29%Social Sciences39%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences1912.0%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting159.9%
    3. Psychology117.2%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance63.8%
    5. Arts and Humanities53.5%
    6. Decision Sciences53.0%
    1. Medicine3421.9%
    2. Health Professions106.4%
    3. Nursing00.3%
    1. Computer Science2315.0%
    2. Engineering117.1%
    3. Environmental Science42.7%
    4. Energy21.2%
    5. Materials Science10.4%
    6. Mathematics00.2%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    10. Chemistry00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology31.8%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences31.7%
    3. Neuroscience21.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.36× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.34× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.84× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.93× its world share, 23 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.33× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.47× its world share, 11 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.54× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 2.42× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.14× its world share, 34 worksMedicineNursing: 0.66× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.21× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.09× its world share, 16 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.13× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.80× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.35× its world share, 11 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.94× its world share, 19 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 3.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Decision Sciences3.13×5 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting3.09×16 works
  3. Health Professions2.42×10 works
  4. Psychology2.35×11 works
  5. Computer Science1.93×23 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.80×6 works
  7. Energy1.33×2 works
  8. Arts and Humanities1.21×5 works
  9. Medicine1.14×34 works
  10. Social Sciences0.94×19 works
  11. Neuroscience0.84×2 works
  12. Nursing0.66×0 works
  13. Environmental Science0.54×4 works
  14. Engineering0.47×11 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.36×3 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.34×3 works
  17. Chemical Engineering0.26×0 works
  18. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.20×0 works
  19. Mathematics0.14×0 works
  20. Immunology and Microbiology0.11×0 works
  21. Materials Science0.11×1 works
  22. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.07×0 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.07×0 works
  24. Chemistry0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Indus University?

Ranked on the quality score, Rizwan Raheem Ahmed, Rana Salman Anwar and Shubash Kumar lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Indus University.

  1. 1 Rizwan Raheem Ahmed Pakistan · #231,738 worldwide 3.6k citations · 203 works
  2. 2 Rana Salman Anwar Pakistan · #432,738 worldwide 340 citations · 27 works
  3. 3 Shubash Kumar Pakistan · #1,572,871 worldwide 344 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Syed Hyder Abbas Musavi Pakistan · #3,840,057 worldwide 23 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Sayed Hyder Abbas Musavi Pakistan · #3,849,921 worldwide 138 citations · 22 works
  6. 6 Manzoor Hussain Pakistan · #3,960,443 worldwide 162 citations · 24 works
  7. 7 Chandar Kumar Pakistan · #4,017,406 worldwide 113 citations · 25 works
  8. 8 Muhammad Sharjeel Ashraf Pakistan · #4,034,627 worldwide 119 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Syed Maaz Salahuddin Pakistan · #4,521,768 worldwide 28 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Zahid Ali Pakistan · #4,785,125 worldwide 167 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at Indus University

What are the most cited papers from Indus University?

The most cited paper from Indus University is "Hospital healthcare service quality, patient satisfaction and loyalty" (Taqdees Fatima, Shahab Alam Malik, Asma Shabbir, 2018), with 336 citations. Next come "The role of green innovation on environmental and organizational performance: Moderation of human resource practices and management commitment" (202) and "Modified Carroll’s pyramid of corporate social responsibility to enhance organizational performance of SMEs industry" (186).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Hospital healthcare service quality, patient satisfaction and loyalty Taqdees Fatima, Shahab Alam Malik, Asma Shabbir · International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management 18 Apr 2018 336
2 The role of green innovation on environmental and organizational performance: Moderation of human resource practices and management commitment Rizwan Raheem Ahmed, Waqar Akbar, Maria Aijaz et al. · Heliyon Open access 2023 202
3 Modified Carroll’s pyramid of corporate social responsibility to enhance organizational performance of SMEs industry Jintao Lu, Licheng Ren, Chong Zhang et al. · Journal of Cleaner Production 26 Jun 2020 186
4 Effect of green marketing mix, green customer value, and attitude on green purchase intention: evidence from the USA Rizwan Raheem Ahmed, Dalia Štreimikienė, Hina Qadir et al. · Environmental Science and Pollution Research Open access 12 Sep 2022 152
5 CTHS Based Energy Efficient Thermal Aware Image ALU Design on FPGA Tanesh Kumar, Bishwajeet Pandey, S. H. A. Mussavi et al. · Wireless Personal Communications 22 Jun 2015 108
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Indus University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Epidemiology, Healthcare, Low Back Pain, Customer Satisfaction, Psychological Factors and Musculoskeletal Disorders.

▲ 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. Machine Learning17▲ 3.2×33 topics
  2. Deep Learning15▲ 2.8×34 topics
  3. Epidemiology14▲ 2.3×32 topics
  4. Healthcare8▲ 4.7×10 topics
  5. Quality of Life7▲ 3.0×11 topics
  6. Artificial Intelligence6▲ 2.5×9 topics
  7. Depression6▲ 4.1×6 topics
  8. Mental Health6▲ 2.5×11 topics
  9. Low Back Pain5▲ 20×4 topics
  10. Big Data5▲ 3.4×10 topics
  11. Customer Satisfaction5▲ 10×6 topics
  12. Clinical Trials5▲ 4.6×5 topics
  13. Global Burden5▲ 5.7×6 topics
  14. Psychological Factors5▲ 15×3 topics
  15. Musculoskeletal Disorders5▲ 30×2 topics
  16. Leadership5▲ 6.1×8 topics
  17. Organizational Performance5▲ 11×7 topics
  18. Rehabilitation4▲ 7.3×4 topics
  19. Self-Efficacy4▲ 11×5 topics
  20. Stress4▲ 7.9×4 topics
  21. Supply Chain Management4▲ 3.2×9 topics
  22. Chronic Pain4▲ 13×2 topics
  23. Disability4▲ 26×1 topic
  24. Measurement Properties4▲ 38×1 topic
  25. Nursing4▲ 14×4 topics
  26. Social Support4▲ 4.8×5 topics
  27. Elderly4▲ 9.9×2 topics
  28. Medical Imaging4▲ 4.5×4 topics
  29. Occupational Health4▲ 21×3 topics
  30. Educational Achievement4▲ 41×1 topic
  31. Job Stress4▲ 41×1 topic
  32. Ergonomics4▲ 22×3 topics
  33. Prevention4▲ 5.4×3 topics
  34. Smart Cities3▲ 8.1×3 topics
  35. Customer Experience3▲ 13×3 topics
  36. IoT Security3▲ 6.9×3 topics
  37. Prevalence3▲ 5.0×3 topics
  38. Dentists3▲ 227×1 topic
  39. Work-related Pain3▲ 227×1 topic
  40. Interventions3▲ 14×2 topics

Which research topics does Indus University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation, Health and Well-being Studies, Occupational health in dentistry and Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education.

Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation: 4 fractional worksHealth and Well-being Studies: 4 fractional worksOccupational health in d…3Occupational health in dentistry: 3 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence …2Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 2 fractional worksErgonomics and Musculoskeletal Disorders: 2 fractional worksOrganizational and Employee Performance: 2 fractional worksCerebral Palsy and Movem…2Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders: 2 fractional worksConsumer Retail Behavior Studies: 2 fractional worksMyofascial pain diagnosis and treatment: 2 fractional worksCustomer Service Quality…2Customer Service Quality and Loyalty: 2 fractional works
PharmacologyClinical PsychologyMedical Laboratory TechnologyHealth Informatics6 others

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

  1. 1 Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation Pharmacology 4 works
  2. 2 Health and Well-being Studies Clinical Psychology 4 works
  3. 3 Occupational health in dentistry Medical Laboratory Technology 3 works
  4. 4 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 2 works
  5. 5 Ergonomics and Musculoskeletal Disorders Social Psychology 2 works
  6. 6 Organizational and Employee Performance Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  7. 7 Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders Psychiatry and Mental health 2 works
  8. 8 Consumer Retail Behavior Studies Marketing 2 works
  9. 9 Myofascial pain diagnosis and treatment Cell Biology 2 works
  10. 10 Customer Service Quality and Loyalty Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 2 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 available75.5%not open24.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors30.8%domestic only69.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Indus University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 62% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Indus University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00052% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Indus University0.0011% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Indus University over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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