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Kardan University

In research, Kardan University stands highest in Social Sciences (#7,008 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#9,498
of 22,385 · #14,524 all time
Rank in Afghanistan
#6
of 19
Research works
308
▲ 20% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.3k
4.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.07×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
79%
world 40%
International
45%
world 18%
Kardan University

What is Kardan 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 #7,008 of 9,585 9.0%70 #11095

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

In 2022-now, 44% of research at Kardan University is in Social Sciences, 33% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (22%), Computer Science (11%), Engineering (11%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 76 fractional works · 44.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 38 fractional works · 21.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 18 fractional works · 10.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 9 fractional works · 5.4% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workTransportation: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 16 fractional works · 9.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 8 fractional works · 4.9% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 3.0% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 13 fractional works · 7.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 6 fractional works · 3.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 57 fractional works · 33.5% of its workComputer Science: 19 fractional works · 11.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 8 fractional works · 4.4% of its workInformation Systems: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSoftware: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 19 fractional works · 10.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 9 fractional works · 5.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 20 fractional works · 11.8% of its workMedicine: 15 fractional works · 9.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 18 fractional works · 10.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 9 fractional works · 5.0% of its workPlant Science: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSoil Science: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKKardan University171fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences33%Health Sciences12%Social Sciences44%

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. Social Sciences3821.9%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance169.2%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting137.6%
    4. Decision Sciences42.2%
    5. Arts and Humanities31.9%
    6. Psychology31.5%
    1. Computer Science1911.1%
    2. Engineering1910.9%
    3. Environmental Science95.0%
    4. Materials Science42.2%
    5. Mathematics21.0%
    6. Energy20.9%
    7. Physics and Astronomy20.9%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.8%
    9. Chemistry10.7%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Medicine159.0%
    2. Health Professions42.4%
    3. Nursing10.3%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences95.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology52.7%
    3. Neuroscience21.4%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.7%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology10.6%
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: 1.06× its world share, 9 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.51× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.88× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.10× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.42× its world share, 19 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.97× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.72× its world share, 19 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.01× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.62× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.86× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.90× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.47× its world share, 16 worksMedicineNursing: 0.60× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.65× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.34× its world share, 13 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.28× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4.28× its world share, 16 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.50× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.73× its world share, 38 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance4.28×16 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting2.34×13 works
  3. Decision Sciences2.28×4 works
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.10×1 works
  5. Social Sciences1.73×38 works
  6. Computer Science1.42×19 works
  7. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.06×9 works
  8. Environmental Science1.01×9 works
  9. Energy0.97×2 works
  10. Health Professions0.90×4 works
  11. Neuroscience0.88×2 works
  12. Mathematics0.86×2 works
  13. Engineering0.72×19 works
  14. Arts and Humanities0.65×3 works
  15. Materials Science0.62×4 works
  16. Nursing0.60×0 works
  17. Immunology and Microbiology0.56×1 works
  18. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.54×1 works
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.51×5 works
  20. Psychology0.50×3 works
  21. Medicine0.47×16 works
  22. Chemistry0.46×1 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.40×2 works
  24. Chemical Engineering0.19×0 works
  25. Dentistry0.15×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Kardan University?

Ranked on the quality score, Muhammad Abdel Haleem, Mohd Asif Shah and Muhammad Tahir lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kardan University.

  1. 1 Muhammad Abdel Haleem Afghanistan · #434,435 worldwide 1.2k citations · 182 works
  2. 2 Mohd Asif Shah Afghanistan · #1,333,877 worldwide 216 citations · 49 works
  3. 3 Muhammad Tahir Afghanistan · #1,388,784 worldwide 107 citations · 27 works
  4. 4 Muhammad Shahid Shams Afghanistan · #2,363,832 worldwide 229 citations · 30 works
  5. 5 Inshah Malik Afghanistan · #2,610,096 worldwide 60 citations · 35 works
  6. 6 Nassir Ul Haq Wani Afghanistan · #3,320,798 worldwide 277 citations · 94 works
All ranked researchers at Kardan University

What are the most cited papers from Kardan University?

The most cited paper from Kardan University is "Detection of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in children and adults using machine learning" (Muhammad Shoaib Farooq, Rabia Tehseen, Maidah Sabir et al., 2023), with 217 citations. Next come "A Machine Learning-Based Classification and Prediction Technique for DDoS Attacks" (147) and "IoT Based Smart Greenhouse Framework and Control Strategies for Sustainable Agriculture" (105).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Detection of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in children and adults using machine learning Muhammad Shoaib Farooq, Rabia Tehseen, Maidah Sabir et al. · Scientific Reports Open access 13 Jun 2023 217
2 A Machine Learning-Based Classification and Prediction Technique for DDoS Attacks Ismail, Muhammad Ismail Mohmand, Hameed Hussain et al. · IEEE Access Open access 2022 147
3 IoT Based Smart Greenhouse Framework and Control Strategies for Sustainable Agriculture Muhammad Shoaib Farooq, Rizwan Javid, Shamyla Riaz et al. · IEEE Access Open access 2022 105
4 Relationship Among Green Human Resource Management, Green Knowledge Sharing, Green Commitment, and Green Behavior: A Moderated Mediation Model Kalimullah Khan, Muhammad Shahid Shams, Qaisar Khan et al. · Frontiers in Psychology Open access 30 Jun 2022 90
5 Modeling Dynamic Spatio-Temporal Correlations for Urban Traffic Flows Prediction Nabeela Awan, Ahmad Ali, Fazlullah Khan et al. · IEEE Access Open access 2021 73
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Kardan University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Security, Conflict, Central Asia, Reconstruction, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Human Rights 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-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. Security13▲ 11×15 topics
  2. Machine Learning13▲ 2.2×35 topics
  3. Deep Learning12▲ 2.0×40 topics
  4. Conflict10▲ 38×4 topics
  5. Globalization9▲ 2.8×17 topics
  6. Human Rights9▲ 5.2×17 topics
  7. Innovation8▲ 4.7×12 topics
  8. Central Asia8▲ 68×2 topics
  9. Reconstruction8▲ 28×2 topics
  10. Afghanistan8▲ 194×1 topic
  11. Pakistan8▲ 194×1 topic
  12. Sustainable Development6▲ 2.3×11 topics
  13. Economic Development6▲ 4.3×6 topics
  14. Healthcare4▲ 2.3×8 topics
  15. Technology4▲ 4.9×3 topics
  16. International Trade4▲ 18×1 topic
  17. Productivity4▲ 45×1 topic
  18. Ethnicity4▲ 6.3×4 topics
  19. Supply Chain Management4▲ 2.5×8 topics
  20. International Relations4▲ 9.2×6 topics
  21. Customer Satisfaction4▲ 6.7×4 topics
  22. IoT4▲ 5.5×6 topics
  23. Medical Imaging4▲ 3.9×7 topics
  24. Job Satisfaction3▲ 4.4×5 topics
  25. Organizational Performance3▲ 7.4×5 topics
  26. Leadership3▲ 3.7×7 topics
  27. Political Economy3▲ 6.5×5 topics
  28. Structural Equation Modeling3▲ 8.7×4 topics
  29. Global Governance3▲ 6.7×6 topics
  30. Governance3▲ 5.1×6 topics
  31. Legal Regulation3▲ 7.4×3 topics
  32. Smart Cities3▲ 6.3×3 topics
  33. Competitiveness Indices3▲ 54×1 topic
  34. Revealed Comparative Advantage3▲ 54×1 topic
  35. Geopolitics3▲ 10×4 topics
  36. Belt and Road Initiative2▲ 35×3 topics
  37. Social Media Marketing2▲ 27×1 topic
  38. Employee Engagement2▲ 7.2×4 topics
  39. Information Systems2▲ 7.3×2 topics
  40. Transformational Leadership2▲ 7.3×3 topics

Which research topics does Kardan University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East, Global trade and economics, Global Trade and Competitiveness and Organizational and Employee Performance.

Politics and Conflicts i…8Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East: 8 fractional worksGlobal trade and economics4Global trade and economics: 4 fractional worksGlobal Trade and Competi…3Global Trade and Competitiveness: 3 fractional worksOrganizational and Employee Performance: 2 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainability in Business: 2 fractional worksTechnology Adoption and User Behaviour: 2 fractional worksEconomic and Technological Innovation: 2 fractional worksLinguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 2 fractional worksMilitary Technology and Strategies: 2 fractional worksLegal and Regulatory Analysis: 2 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsGeneral Economics, Econometrics and FinanceStrategy and ManagementArtificial Intelligence6 others

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

  1. 1 Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East Political Science and International Relations 8 works
  2. 2 Global trade and economics General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 4 works
  3. 3 Global Trade and Competitiveness Strategy and Management 3 works
  4. 4 Organizational and Employee Performance Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  5. 5 Environmental Sustainability in Business Marketing 2 works
  6. 6 Technology Adoption and User Behaviour Information Systems and Management 2 works
  7. 7 Economic and Technological Innovation Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  8. 8 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  9. 9 Military Technology and Strategies Aerospace Engineering 2 works
  10. 10 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 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 available79.2%not open20.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors45.1%domestic only54.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Kardan University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 20% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting200020052010201520202025
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Kardan University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00064% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Kardan University0.0011% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of Kardan 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%Kardan University15.7% 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 16.0% in 2023.

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