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Institute of Business Administration Karachi

In research, Institute of Business Administration Karachi stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,885 of 10,521 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#12,119 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Business, Management and Accounting and Economics, Econometrics and Finance — Business, Management and Accounting is 6.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#17,397
of 28,054 · #27,206 all time
Rank in Pakistan
#179
of 241
Research works
842
▲ 47% vs 2013–17
Citations
6.3k
7.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
52%
world 28%

What is Institute of Business Administration Karachi 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 #4,885 of 10,521 18.8%158 #7318
Physical SciencesDomain #12,119 of 12,888 14.5%63 #19138

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institute of Business Administration Karachi 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).

What does Institute of Business Administration Karachi specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Business, Management and Accounting takes 6.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Business, Management and AccountingField · 54.8 works6.8×
  2. Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField · 34.3 works6.4×
← 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: 0.40× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.59× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.98× its world share, 38 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.22× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.68× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.33× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.41× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.05× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.21× its world share, 10 worksMedicineNursing: 1.64× its world share, 2 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.44× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 6.82× its world share, 55 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.39× its world share, 8 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6.43× its world share, 34 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.36× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.50× its world share, 47 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 6.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Institute of Business Administration Karachi?

Ranked on the composite score, Sajjad Haider, Sayeed Ghani and Waqas Mahmood lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institute of Business Administration Karachi.

  1. 1 Sajjad Haider Pakistan · #323,898 worldwide 107 citations · 29 works
  2. 2 Sayeed Ghani Pakistan · #1,259,445 worldwide 24 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Waqas Mahmood Pakistan · #1,407,723 worldwide 30 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Shakeel Khoja Pakistan · #1,445,616 worldwide 21 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Institute of Business Administration Karachi

Which keywords describe research at Institute of Business Administration Karachi?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Corporate Governance, Risk Management, Leadership, Social Capital, Finance, Monetary Policy, Supply Chain Management and Machine Learning.

▲ 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. Corporate Governance17▲ 9.3×14 topics
  2. Machine Learning15▲ 1.85×35 topics
  3. Deep Learning13▲ 1.51×32 topics
  4. Risk Management12▲ 10×9 topics
  5. Neural Networks11▲ 3.0×16 topics
  6. Leadership11▲ 9.2×11 topics
  7. Social Capital10▲ 7.9×11 topics
  8. Globalization10▲ 2.1×21 topics
  9. Supply Chain Management10▲ 4.2×12 topics
  10. Economic Growth9▲ 4.3×15 topics
  11. Economic Development9▲ 4.3×10 topics
  12. Sustainable Development9▲ 2.2×13 topics
  13. Finance8▲ 17×3 topics
  14. COVID-198▲ 2.3×9 topics
  15. Consumer Behavior8▲ 5.0×7 topics
  16. Monetary Policy8▲ 13×4 topics
  17. Job Satisfaction7▲ 6.8×6 topics
  18. Digital Transformation7▲ 5.4×6 topics
  19. Organizational Performance7▲ 12×7 topics
  20. Stock Market7▲ 11×3 topics
  21. Financial Stability7▲ 13×4 topics
  22. Poverty Reduction7▲ 20×3 topics
  23. Entrepreneurship6▲ 6.6×6 topics
  24. Security6▲ 3.9×9 topics
  25. Gender Equality6▲ 8.7×3 topics
  26. Human Resource Management6▲ 16×3 topics
  27. Islamic Banking6▲ 5.8×2 topics
  28. Ethical Identity5▲ 17×1 topic
  29. Psychological Capital5▲ 16×3 topics
  30. Shariah Supervision5▲ 17×1 topic
  31. Information Retrieval5▲ 9.8×4 topics
  32. Transformational Leadership5▲ 12×2 topics
  33. Firm Performance5▲ 11×2 topics
  34. Organizational Behavior5▲ 14×2 topics
  35. Work Engagement5▲ 23×2 topics
  36. Financial Constraints5▲ 19×2 topics
  37. Job Demands-Resources Model5▲ 32×1 topic
  38. Mediation Analysis5▲ 25×1 topic
  39. Text Classification5▲ 12×2 topics
  40. Capital Structure4▲ 11×2 topics

Which research topics does Institute of Business Administration Karachi publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Islamic Finance and Banking Studies, Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior, Corporate Finance and Governance and Topic Modeling.

Islamic Finance and Bank…5Islamic Finance and Banking Studies: 5 fractional worksJob Satisfaction and Org…5Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior: 5 fractional worksCorporate Finance and Governance: 4 fractional worksTopic Modeling4Topic Modeling: 4 fractional worksFinancial Markets and Investment Strategies: 4 fractional worksSupply Chain Resilience and Risk Management: 4 fractional worksCOVID-19 Pandemic Impacts: 4 fractional worksMicrofinance and Financi…3Microfinance and Financial Inclusion: 3 fractional worksMarket Dynamics and Volatility: 3 fractional worksDigital Marketing and Social Media: 3 fractional works
AccountingOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementArtificial IntelligenceFinance3 others

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

  1. 1 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 5 works
  2. 2 Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 5 works
  3. 3 Corporate Finance and Governance Accounting 4 works
  4. 4 Topic Modeling Artificial Intelligence 4 works
  5. 5 Financial Markets and Investment Strategies Finance 4 works
  6. 6 Supply Chain Resilience and Risk Management Strategy and Management 4 works
  7. 7 COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Economics and Econometrics 4 works
  8. 8 Microfinance and Financial Inclusion Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  9. 9 Market Dynamics and Volatility Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  10. 10 Digital Marketing and Social Media Sociology and Political Science 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 available51.9%not open48.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.0%domestic only80.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Institute of Business Administration Karachi's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 47% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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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