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Iqra University

In research, Iqra University stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,226 of 9,585 worldwide), Business, Management and Accounting (#697 of 2,581 worldwide) and Economics, Econometrics and Finance (#729 of 1,798 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Marketing, Finance and Management Information Systems (Marketing is 8.6× its share of world research).

World rank, 2022-now
#3,296
of 22,385 · #4,677 all time
Rank in Pakistan
#15
of 231
Research works
2.1k
▲ 79% vs 2018-21
Citations
27k
13.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.91×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
64%
world 40%
International
28%
world 18%

What is Iqra 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 #2,226 of 9,585 12.4%564 #2723
Business, Management and AccountingField #697 of 2,581 14.2%210 #931
Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField #729 of 1,798 10.6%96 #941
Physical SciencesDomain #4,415 of 10,670 10.3%211 #4537
Computer ScienceField #1,995 of 4,417 9.1%119 #2074
Social SciencesField #2,854 of 5,988 13.2%163 #3464
Economics and EconometricsSubfield #759 of 1,307 10.1%69 #985
Health SciencesDomain #5,893 of 9,902 6.7%83 #10874
MedicineField #5,567 of 8,541 6.4%64 -

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Iqra 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#2,723 #2,226
  2. Business, Management and Accounting#931 #697
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance#941 #729
  4. Physical Sciences#4,537 #4,415
  5. Computer Science#2,074 #1,995
  6. Social Sciences#3,464 #2,854
  7. Economics and Econometrics#985 #759
  8. Health Sciences#10,874 #5,893
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 Iqra University work in?

In 2022-now, 61% of research at Iqra University is in Social Sciences, 23% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Business, Management and Accounting (22%), Social Sciences (19%), Computer Science (14%). It does 2.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 642 fractional works · 61.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 225 fractional works · 21.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 64 fractional works · 6.1% of its workAccounting: 44 fractional works · 4.2% of its workMarketing: 38 fractional works · 3.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 33 fractional works · 3.2% of its workManagement Information Systems: 32 fractional works · 3.1% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness and International Management: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 195 fractional works · 18.6% of its workEducation: 76 fractional works · 7.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 52 fractional works · 5.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 23 fractional works · 2.2% of its workDemography: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCommunication: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGender Studies: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 115 fractional works · 11.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 84 fractional works · 8.0% of its workFinance: 26 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 59 fractional works · 5.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 23 fractional works · 2.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 18 fractional works · 1.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 30 fractional works · 2.9% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 18 fractional works · 1.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 11 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 18 fractional works · 1.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 246 fractional works · 23.5% of its workComputer Science: 143 fractional works · 13.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 49 fractional works · 4.7% of its workInformation Systems: 40 fractional works · 3.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 20 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 15 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSignal Processing: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 50 fractional works · 4.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 14 fractional works · 1.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 27 fractional works · 2.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPollution: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 101 fractional works · 9.6% of its workMedicine: 77 fractional works · 7.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEpidemiology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Informatics: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurgery: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHealth Professions: 18 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Information Management: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 58 fractional works · 5.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 31 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPlant Science: 11 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFood Science: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAquatic Science: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInsect Science: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 11 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKIqra University1,047fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences23%Health Sciences10%Social Sciences61%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Business, Management and Accounting22521.5%
    2. Social Sciences19518.6%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11511.0%
    4. Psychology595.6%
    5. Decision Sciences302.9%
    6. Arts and Humanities181.7%
    1. Computer Science14313.6%
    2. Engineering504.8%
    3. Environmental Science272.6%
    4. Energy80.7%
    5. Materials Science50.5%
    6. Mathematics50.4%
    7. Chemistry40.4%
    8. Physics and Astronomy20.2%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Medicine777.3%
    2. Health Professions181.7%
    3. Nursing40.3%
    4. Dentistry20.2%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences313.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology111.1%
    3. Neuroscience80.7%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics50.4%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology40.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Iqra University specialise in?

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

  1. MarketingSubfield · 37.8 works8.6×
  2. FinanceSubfield · 25.5 works8.1×
  3. Management Information SystemsSubfield · 32.5 works7.6×
  4. Strategy and ManagementSubfield · 63.9 works7.0×
  5. AccountingSubfield · 43.8 works6.9×
  6. Business, Management and AccountingField · 225.4 works6.7×
  7. Organizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementSubfield · 33.0 works6.6×
← 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: 0.62× its world share, 31 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.20× its world share, 11 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.34× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.45× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.27× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.26× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.75× its world share, 143 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.79× its world share, 8 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.32× its world share, 50 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.52× its world share, 27 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.14× its world share, 5 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.37× its world share, 5 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.65× its world share, 18 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.38× its world share, 77 worksMedicineNursing: 0.71× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.59× its world share, 18 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 6.68× its world share, 225 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.97× its world share, 30 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5.14× its world share, 115 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.84× its world share, 59 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.47× its world share, 195 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 6.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Business, Management and Accounting6.68×225 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance5.14×115 works
  3. Decision Sciences2.97×30 works
  4. Psychology1.84×59 works
  5. Computer Science1.75×143 works
  6. Social Sciences1.47×195 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.27×5 works
  8. Energy0.79×8 works
  9. Nursing0.71×4 works
  10. Health Professions0.65×18 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.62×31 works
  12. Arts and Humanities0.59×18 works
  13. Environmental Science0.52×27 works
  14. Neuroscience0.45×8 works
  15. Dentistry0.40×2 works
  16. Medicine0.38×77 works
  17. Mathematics0.37×5 works
  18. Immunology and Microbiology0.34×4 works
  19. Engineering0.32×50 works
  20. Chemistry0.26×4 works
  21. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.20×11 works
  22. Materials Science0.14×5 works
  23. Chemical Engineering0.10×0 works
  24. Physics and Astronomy0.10×2 works
  25. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.09×2 works
  26. Veterinary0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Iqra University?

Ranked on the quality score, Syed Ali Raza, Rizwana Rasheed and Aamir Rashid lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Iqra University.

  1. 1 Syed Ali Raza Pakistan · #8,913 worldwide 14k citations · 290 works
  2. 2 Rizwana Rasheed Pakistan · #50,053 worldwide 2k citations · 52 works
  3. 3 Aamir Rashid Pakistan · #51,278 worldwide 1.7k citations · 34 works
  4. 4 Usman A. Ghani Pakistan · #129,531 worldwide 1.7k citations · 126 works
  5. 5 Nida Shah Pakistan · #158,236 worldwide 2k citations · 42 works
  6. 6 Hafiz Waqas Kamran Pakistan · #204,552 worldwide 4.1k citations · 64 works
  7. 7 Arsalan Najmi Pakistan · #214,804 worldwide 2.5k citations · 57 works
  8. 8 Kashif Ur Rehman Pakistan · #221,915 worldwide 4.6k citations · 138 works
  9. 9 Hina Najam Pakistan · #239,203 worldwide 1.4k citations · 21 works
  10. 10 Waqar Ahmed Pakistan · #292,747 worldwide 2.6k citations · 87 works
All ranked researchers at Iqra University

What are the most cited papers from Iqra University?

The most cited paper from Iqra University is "Burden of 375 diseases and injuries, risk-attributable burden of 88 risk factors, and healthy life expectancy in 204 countries and territories, including 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023" (Simon I Hay et al., 2025), with 762 citations. Next come "The dynamic relationship of renewable and nonrenewable energy consumption with carbon emission: A global study with the application of heterogeneous panel estimations" (747) and "Green technological innovation, green finance, and financial development and their role in green total factor productivity: Empirical insights from China" (662).

All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Iqra University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Supply Chain Management, Machine Learning, Environmental Management, Risk Management, Consumer Behavior, Leadership, Healthcare and Customer Satisfaction.

▲ 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 Learning82▲ 2.4×62 topics
  2. Supply Chain Management68▲ 7.2×15 topics
  3. Deep Learning55▲ 1.53×59 topics
  4. Healthcare49▲ 4.1×16 topics
  5. Environmental Management44▲ 10×7 topics
  6. Consumer Behavior44▲ 6.7×11 topics
  7. Risk Management42▲ 8.4×10 topics
  8. Leadership40▲ 7.9×13 topics
  9. Corporate Governance40▲ 5.2×18 topics
  10. Economic Growth38▲ 4.5×22 topics
  11. Renewable Energy37▲ 2.4×28 topics
  12. Social Media35▲ 2.5×24 topics
  13. Customer Satisfaction34▲ 10×6 topics
  14. Organizational Performance32▲ 12×10 topics
  15. Job Satisfaction32▲ 6.9×13 topics
  16. Finance32▲ 16×4 topics
  17. Economic Development31▲ 3.7×13 topics
  18. Entrepreneurship30▲ 7.3×10 topics
  19. Security30▲ 4.2×19 topics
  20. Digital Transformation30▲ 5.2×14 topics
  21. Social Capital29▲ 5.3×13 topics
  22. Pedagogy29▲ 5.5×9 topics
  23. Financial Stability27▲ 14×6 topics
  24. IoT26▲ 6.7×14 topics
  25. Performance Measurement26▲ 9.2×6 topics
  26. Smart Cities25▲ 9.0×7 topics
  27. Monetary Policy25▲ 10×5 topics
  28. Language Teaching22▲ 7.8×4 topics
  29. Digital Education22▲ 14×2 topics
  30. Tourism Development22▲ 15×2 topics
  31. Performance Analysis22▲ 10×4 topics
  32. Teaching Methods21▲ 13×6 topics
  33. Formative Assessment21▲ 24×2 topics
  34. Ethical Identity21▲ 17×1 topic
  35. Shariah Supervision21▲ 17×1 topic
  36. Transformational Leadership21▲ 12×3 topics
  37. Critical Thinking20▲ 17×3 topics
  38. Educational Technologies20▲ 21×2 topics
  39. Artistic Education20▲ 29×1 topic
  40. Student Competencies20▲ 29×1 topic

Which research topics does Iqra University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Islamic Finance and Banking Studies, Education, Innovation and Language Studies, Sustainable Supply Chain Management and Environmental Sustainability in Business.

  1. 1 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 21 works
  2. 2 Education, Innovation and Language Studies Education 20 works
  3. 3 Sustainable Supply Chain Management Strategy and Management 18 works
  4. 4 Environmental Sustainability in Business Marketing 18 works
  5. 5 Organizational and Employee Performance Artificial Intelligence 17 works
  6. 6 Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 17 works
  7. 7 Technology Adoption and User Behaviour Information Systems and Management 15 works
  8. 8 Quality and Supply Management Management Information Systems 15 works
  9. 9 Energy, Environment, Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 14 works
  10. 10 Economic and Industrial Development Economics and Econometrics 13 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 available64.0%not open36.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors28.1%domestic only71.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Iqra University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 79% 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 Iqra University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0047% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Iqra University0.0047% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Iqra 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 counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025Iqra University8.5% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 17.1% in 2021.

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