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Khost University

In research, Khost University stands highest in Social Sciences (#6,674 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#13,632
of 22,385 · #26,519 all time
Rank in Afghanistan
#11
of 19
Research works
221
▲ 186% vs 2018-21
Citations
994
4.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.87×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
86%
world 40%
International
29%
world 18%
Khost University

What is Khost 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 #6,674 of 9,585 10.4%69 -

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Khost 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 Khost University work in?

In 2022-now, 50% of research at Khost University is in Social Sciences, 21% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (30%), Medicine (14%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (11%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 76 fractional works · 49.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 46 fractional works · 29.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 17 fractional works · 11.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 12 fractional works · 7.8% of its workEducation: 8 fractional works · 5.2% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife-span and Life-course Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLinguistics and Language: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 11 fractional works · 7.1% of its workAccounting: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 fractional works · 4.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 3.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 5 fractional works · 3.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 32 fractional works · 21.0% of its workEngineering: 8 fractional works · 5.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 8 fractional works · 4.9% of its workInformation Systems: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 7 fractional works · 4.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workStatistics and Probability: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCeramics and Composites: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 25 fractional works · 16.4% of its workMedicine: 21 fractional works · 13.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmall Animals: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 20 fractional works · 13.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 16 fractional works · 10.6% of its workPlant Science: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workFood Science: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSoil Science: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workForestry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKKhost University154fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences21%Health Sciences16%Social Sciences50%

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. Social Sciences4629.7%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting117.1%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance64.2%
    4. Psychology63.7%
    5. Arts and Humanities53.5%
    6. Decision Sciences21.4%
    1. Engineering85.2%
    2. Computer Science84.9%
    3. Environmental Science74.6%
    4. Mathematics32.0%
    5. Materials Science21.5%
    6. Chemistry21.3%
    7. Energy10.6%
    8. Physics and Astronomy10.4%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.4%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Medicine2113.5%
    2. Veterinary21.0%
    3. Health Professions10.9%
    4. Nursing10.6%
    5. Dentistry10.4%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1610.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology21.0%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology10.9%
    4. Neuroscience10.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
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: 2.24× its world share, 16 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.89× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.61× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.85× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.63× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.70× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.34× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.92× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.44× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.70× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.78× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.70× its world share, 21 worksMedicineNursing: 1.25× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 7.15× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.20× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.19× its world share, 11 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.47× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.96× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.22× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.34× its world share, 46 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 7.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary7.15×2 works
  2. Social Sciences2.34×46 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.24×16 works
  4. Business, Management and Accounting2.19×11 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.96×6 works
  6. Mathematics1.70×3 works
  7. Decision Sciences1.47×2 works
  8. Nursing1.25×1 works
  9. Psychology1.22×6 works
  10. Arts and Humanities1.20×5 works
  11. Environmental Science0.92×7 works
  12. Immunology and Microbiology0.89×1 works
  13. Chemistry0.85×2 works
  14. Dentistry0.78×1 works
  15. Energy0.70×1 works
  16. Medicine0.70×21 works
  17. Computer Science0.63×8 works
  18. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.61×0 works
  19. Materials Science0.44×2 works
  20. Health Professions0.35×1 works
  21. Engineering0.34×8 works
  22. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.23×1 works
  23. Neuroscience0.22×0 works
  24. Chemical Engineering0.21×0 works
  25. Physics and Astronomy0.20×1 works
  26. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.19×2 works

Who are the top researchers at Khost University?

Ranked on the quality score, Muhammad Mutie Un Nabi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Khost University.

  1. 1 Muhammad Mutie Un Nabi Afghanistan · #2,425,737 worldwide 202 citations · 28 works
All ranked researchers at Khost University

What are the most cited papers from Khost University?

The most cited paper from Khost University is "The relationship between social media addiction and depression: a quantitative study among university students in Khost, Afghanistan" (Rahmatullah Haand, Zhao Shu-wang, 2020), with 144 citations. Next come "Toxic Effects of Pesticides on Humans, Plants, Animals, Pollinators and Beneficial Organisms" (133) and "Evaluation of availability, accessibility and prescribing pattern of medicines in the Islamic Republic of Iran" (115).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The relationship between social media addiction and depression: a quantitative study among university students in Khost, Afghanistan Rahmatullah Haand, Zhao Shu-wang · International Journal of Adolescence and Youth Open access 20 Mar 2020 144
2 Toxic Effects of Pesticides on Humans, Plants, Animals, Pollinators and Beneficial Organisms Mohammad Hanif Hashimi, Rahmatullah Hashimi, Qasimullah Ryan · Asian Plant Research Journal Open access 5 Aug 2020 133
3 Evaluation of availability, accessibility and prescribing pattern of medicines in the Islamic Republic of Iran Abdol Majid Cheraghali, Shokoufeh Nikfar, Yasna Behmanesh et al. · Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal Open access 13 May 2004 115
4 Evaluating the Intention for the Adoption of Artificial Intelligence-Based Robots in the University to Educate the Students Rita Roy, Mohammad Dawood Babakerkhell, Subhodeep Mukherjee et al. · IEEE Access Open access 2022 108
5 Exploring learners’ experiences and perceptions of ChatGPT as a learning tool in higher education Wali Khan Monib, Atika Qazi, Malissa Maria Mahmud · Education and Information Technologies 21 Oct 2024 77
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Khost University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Nation-Building, Security, State-Building, Conflict, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Islamic Education and Globalization.

▲ 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. Nation-Building9▲ 115×3 topics
  2. Security9▲ 8.8×7 topics
  3. Epidemiology9▲ 1.47×32 topics
  4. State-Building9▲ 163×2 topics
  5. Conflict8▲ 33×4 topics
  6. Globalization8▲ 2.7×12 topics
  7. Afghanistan8▲ 207×1 topic
  8. Pakistan8▲ 207×1 topic
  9. Sustainability6▲ 1.59×20 topics
  10. Education6▲ 2.1×15 topics
  11. Sustainable Development5▲ 2.2×11 topics
  12. Artificial Intelligence5▲ 2.3×9 topics
  13. Teacher Training5▲ 5.4×3 topics
  14. Islamic Education5▲ 9.8×3 topics
  15. Madrasa5▲ 45×1 topic
  16. Muslim Students5▲ 45×1 topic
  17. Pedagogy5▲ 6.2×2 topics
  18. Healthcare5▲ 2.7×12 topics
  19. Corporate Governance4▲ 3.6×8 topics
  20. Human Rights4▲ 2.4×11 topics
  21. Risk Management3▲ 4.7×7 topics
  22. Finance3▲ 12×2 topics
  23. Meta-Analysis3▲ 3.6×6 topics
  24. Pathogenesis3▲ 4.2×10 topics
  25. Feminism3▲ 7.1×2 topics
  26. Leadership3▲ 4.1×5 topics
  27. Literature3▲ 3.6×4 topics
  28. Gender Equality3▲ 6.6×3 topics
  29. Ethnicity3▲ 4.8×3 topics
  30. Financial Stability2▲ 8.4×2 topics
  31. Ottoman Empire2▲ 23×3 topics
  32. Secularism2▲ 16×2 topics
  33. Middle East2▲ 25×2 topics
  34. Sovereignty2▲ 17×3 topics
  35. Transport Infrastructure2▲ 18×2 topics
  36. Ethical Identity2▲ 12×1 topic
  37. Geopolitics2▲ 9.3×3 topics
  38. Iran2▲ 33×1 topic
  39. Islamic reform2▲ 33×1 topic
  40. Shariah Supervision2▲ 12×1 topic

Which research topics does Khost University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East, Education and Islamic Studies, Islamic Finance and Banking Studies and Islamic Studies and History.

Politics and Conflicts i…8Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East: 8 fractional worksEducation and Islamic St…5Education and Islamic Studies: 5 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Bank…2Islamic Finance and Banking Studies: 2 fractional worksIslamic Studies and History: 2 fractional worksLinguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 2 fractional worksBelt and Road Initiative2Belt and Road Initiative: 2 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 2 fractional worksAnimal Diversity and Health Studies: 1 fractional worksPost-Soviet Geopolitical Dynamics: 1 fractional worksOphthalmology and Visual Health Research: 1 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsEducationAccountingSociology and Political Science4 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 Education and Islamic Studies Education 5 works
  3. 3 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 2 works
  4. 4 Islamic Studies and History Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  5. 5 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  6. 6 Belt and Road Initiative Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  7. 7 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 2 works
  8. 8 Animal Diversity and Health Studies Food Science 1 works
  9. 9 Post-Soviet Geopolitical Dynamics Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  10. 10 Ophthalmology and Visual Health Research Ophthalmology 1 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 available85.6%not open14.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors29.4%domestic only70.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Khost University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 186% 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 Khost University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00042% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Khost University0.00060% in 20251990200020102020

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

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