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Institute of Space Technology

In research, Institute of Space Technology stands highest in Physical Sciences (#2,524 of 10,670 worldwide) and Engineering (#2,067 of 5,901 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Aerospace Engineering (Aerospace Engineering is 8.6× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#6,225
of 22,385 · #7,616 all time
Rank in Pakistan
#74
of 231
Research works
1.4k
▼ 12% vs 2018-21
Citations
21k
15.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.13×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
37%
world 40%
International
39%
world 18%
Institute of Space Technology

What is Institute of Space Technology 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
Physical SciencesDomain #2,524 of 10,670 11.3%400 #3915
EngineeringField #2,067 of 5,901 10.9%200 #2708

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institute of Space Technology 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 fields of science does Institute of Space Technology work in?

In 2022-now, 89% of research at Institute of Space Technology is in Physical Sciences, 4% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (44%), Computer Science (12%), Materials Science (10%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 449 fractional works · 89.1% of its workEngineering: 220 fractional works · 43.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 51 fractional works · 10.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 35 fractional works · 6.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 34 fractional works · 6.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 34 fractional works · 6.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 17 fractional works · 3.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 16 fractional works · 3.2% of its workMechanics of Materials: 10 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMedia Technology: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 63 fractional works · 12.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 22 fractional works · 4.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 19 fractional works · 3.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 10 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInformation Systems: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSignal Processing: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHardware and Architecture: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 49 fractional works · 9.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 27 fractional works · 5.3% of its workBiomaterials: 7 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCeramics and Composites: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 44 fractional works · 8.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 15 fractional works · 3.0% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 12 fractional works · 2.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 8 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRadiation: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 27 fractional works · 5.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 7 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEcology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 17 fractional works · 3.4% of its workGeophysics: 8 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOceanography: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 12 fractional works · 2.4% of its workModeling and Simulation: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistics and Probability: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNumerical Analysis: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 11 fractional works · 2.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 10 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 20 fractional works · 3.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 19 fractional works · 3.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 8 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSoil Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMolecular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 17 fractional works · 3.4% of its workMedicine: 14 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKInstitute ofSpace Technology504fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences89%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences4%

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. Engineering22043.5%
    2. Computer Science6312.4%
    3. Materials Science499.7%
    4. Physics and Astronomy448.7%
    5. Environmental Science275.3%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences173.4%
    7. Mathematics122.4%
    8. Energy112.3%
    9. Chemical Engineering40.7%
    10. Chemistry30.6%
    1. Social Sciences61.1%
    2. Decision Sciences40.9%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting40.7%
    4. Psychology20.5%
    5. Arts and Humanities20.4%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences81.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology71.3%
    3. Neuroscience30.6%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.2%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
    1. Medicine142.8%
    2. Health Professions20.3%
    3. Dentistry10.2%
    4. Nursing00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Institute of Space Technology specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Aerospace Engineering takes 8.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Aerospace EngineeringSubfield · 50.8 works8.6×
← 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: 0.33× its world share, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.24× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.40× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.99× its world share, 4 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.40× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.60× its world share, 63 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.20× its world share, 17 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.46× its world share, 11 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.90× its world share, 220 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.07× its world share, 27 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.77× its world share, 49 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.04× its world share, 12 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 3.90× its world share, 44 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.15× its world share, 14 worksMedicineNursing: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.23× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.89× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy3.90×44 works
  2. Engineering2.90×220 works
  3. Materials Science2.77×49 works
  4. Energy2.46×11 works
  5. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.20×17 works
  6. Mathematics2.04×12 works
  7. Chemical Engineering1.99×4 works
  8. Computer Science1.60×63 works
  9. Environmental Science1.07×27 works
  10. Decision Sciences0.89×4 works
  11. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.53×1 works
  12. Dentistry0.47×1 works
  13. Neuroscience0.40×3 works
  14. Chemistry0.40×3 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.33×8 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.24×6 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.23×4 works
  18. Psychology0.16×2 works
  19. Medicine0.15×14 works
  20. Arts and Humanities0.13×2 works
  21. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.13×1 works
  22. Health Professions0.12×2 works
  23. Social Sciences0.09×6 works
  24. Nursing0.07×0 works
  25. Immunology and Microbiology0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Institute of Space Technology?

Ranked on the quality score, Pir Masoom Shah, Muhammad Jaleed Khan and Fawad Masood lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institute of Space Technology.

  1. 1 Pir Masoom Shah Pakistan · #490,835 worldwide 544 citations · 17 works
  2. 2 Muhammad Jaleed Khan Pakistan · #635,637 worldwide 2.1k citations · 47 works
  3. 3 Fawad Masood Pakistan · #674,982 worldwide 1.5k citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Aqsa Zafar Abbasi Pakistan · #950,302 worldwide 192 citations · 29 works
  5. 5 Fazeel Mahmood Khan Pakistan · #1,048,841 worldwide 2k citations · 54 works
  6. 6 Rahila Naz Pakistan · #1,229,653 worldwide 1.7k citations · 48 works
  7. 7 Majid Khan Pakistan · #1,244,471 worldwide 4.8k citations · 207 works
  8. 8 Usama Zulfiqar Pakistan · #1,292,554 worldwide 949 citations · 28 works
  9. 9 Altaf Hussain Pakistan · #1,329,896 worldwide 534 citations · 32 works
  10. 10 Noor Munir Pakistan · #1,389,090 worldwide 450 citations · 32 works
All ranked researchers at Institute of Space Technology

What are the most cited papers from Institute of Space Technology?

The most cited paper from Institute of Space Technology is "Synthesis, characterization, applications, and challenges of iron oxide nanoparticles" (Attarad Ali, Hira Zafar, Muhammad Zia et al., 2016), with 1,581 citations. Next come "Modern Trends in Hyperspectral Image Analysis: A Review" (879) and "Astrophysics with the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna" (622).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Synthesis, characterization, applications, and challenges of iron oxide nanoparticles Attarad Ali, Hira Zafar, Muhammad Zia et al. · Nanotechnology Science and Applications Open access Aug 2016 1,581
2 Modern Trends in Hyperspectral Image Analysis: A Review Muhammad Jaleed Khan, Hamid Saeed Khan, Adeel Yousaf et al. · IEEE Access Open access 2018 879
3 Astrophysics with the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna Pau Amaro‐Seoane et al. · VBN Forskningsportal (Aalborg Universitet) Open access158 authors 2023 622
4 Enhancement in Thermal Energy and Solute Particles Using Hybrid Nanoparticles by Engaging Activation Energy and Chemical Reaction over a Parabolic Surface via Finite Element Approach Yu‐Ming Chu, Umar Farooq Nazir, Muhammad Sohail et al. · Fractal and Fractional Open access 13 Sep 2021 487
5 A research survey: review of flexible job shop scheduling techniques Imran Ali Chaudhry, Abid Ali Khan · International Transactions in Operational Research 7 Aug 2015 441
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Institute of Space Technology?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Heat Transfer, Experimental Investigation, Thermal Conductivity, Applications, Review, Viscosity, Convective Transport and Nanofluids.

▲ 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. Heat Transfer42▲ 17×16 topics
  2. Deep Learning31▲ 1.77×57 topics
  3. Machine Learning22▲ 1.33×46 topics
  4. Experimental Investigation22▲ 41×3 topics
  5. Thermal Conductivity19▲ 24×5 topics
  6. Remote Sensing19▲ 3.0×27 topics
  7. Applications18▲ 13×5 topics
  8. Mechanical Properties16▲ 3.3×23 topics
  9. Review15▲ 25×3 topics
  10. Tissue Engineering15▲ 4.8×9 topics
  11. Viscosity14▲ 40×2 topics
  12. Biomedical Applications14▲ 2.4×24 topics
  13. Convective Transport14▲ 63×1 topic
  14. Nanofluids14▲ 34×1 topic
  15. Nanocomposites14▲ 3.5×17 topics
  16. Nanomaterials13▲ 2.4×12 topics
  17. Security Analysis12▲ 15×4 topics
  18. Cryptanalysis11▲ 26×2 topics
  19. Graphene10▲ 3.1×10 topics
  20. Thermal Management10▲ 6.2×6 topics
  21. Chaos10▲ 27×3 topics
  22. Nucleosynthesis9▲ 38×3 topics
  23. Large-Eddy Simulation9▲ 9.7×5 topics
  24. Nanostructures9▲ 4.5×11 topics
  25. Numerical Simulation9▲ 6.3×7 topics
  26. Biomaterials8▲ 6.9×5 topics
  27. Vortex Dynamics8▲ 15×2 topics
  28. Turbulent Flows8▲ 17×3 topics
  29. Numerical Modeling8▲ 16×3 topics
  30. Chaotic Maps8▲ 39×1 topic
  31. Image Encryption8▲ 39×1 topic
  32. Fluid Flow8▲ 24×2 topics
  33. Pressure Drop8▲ 20×2 topics
  34. Orbit Determination7▲ 33×2 topics
  35. Friction Factor7▲ 35×1 topic
  36. Solar Air Heater7▲ 35×1 topic
  37. Convective Heat Transfer7▲ 21×2 topics
  38. Fluid Mechanics7▲ 19×2 topics
  39. Boundary Layer Transition7▲ 21×1 topic
  40. Particle Image Velocimetry7▲ 21×1 topic

Which research topics does Institute of Space Technology publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer, Chaos-based Image/Signal Encryption, Heat Transfer Mechanisms and Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows.

Nanofluid Flow and Heat …14Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer: 14 fractional worksChaos-based Image/Signal Encryption: 8 fractional worksHeat Transfer Mechanisms7Heat Transfer Mechanisms: 7 fractional worksFluid Dynamics and Turbu…7Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows: 7 fractional worksGNSS positioning and interference: 6 fractional worksHeat Transfer and Optimization: 5 fractional worksBone Tissue Engineering …5Bone Tissue Engineering Materials: 5 fractional worksNuclear physics research studies: 5 fractional worksEarthquake Detection and Analysis: 4 fractional worksInertial Sensor and Navigation: 4 fractional works
Biomedical EngineeringComputer Vision and Pattern RecognitionMechanical EngineeringComputational Mechanics3 others

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

  1. 1 Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer Biomedical Engineering 14 works
  2. 2 Chaos-based Image/Signal Encryption Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 8 works
  3. 3 Heat Transfer Mechanisms Mechanical Engineering 7 works
  4. 4 Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows Computational Mechanics 7 works
  5. 5 GNSS positioning and interference Aerospace Engineering 6 works
  6. 6 Heat Transfer and Optimization Mechanical Engineering 5 works
  7. 7 Bone Tissue Engineering Materials Biomedical Engineering 5 works
  8. 8 Nuclear physics research studies Nuclear and High Energy Physics 5 works
  9. 9 Earthquake Detection and Analysis Geophysics 4 works
  10. 10 Inertial Sensor and Navigation Aerospace Engineering 4 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 available36.8%not open63.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors38.9%domestic only61.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Institute of Space Technology's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 12% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting200020102020
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 Institute of Space Technology as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0018% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Institute of Space Technology0.0018% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of Institute of Space Technology 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%Institute of Space Technology11.8% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 14.2% in 2021.

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