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Khyber Medical University

In research, Khyber Medical University stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,322 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#2,553 of 10,443 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#5,703 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Dentistry — Dentistry is 13.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#7,570
of 28,054 · #11,271 all time
Rank in Pakistan
#88
of 241
Research works
1.3k
▲ 236% vs 2013–17
Citations
8.8k
6.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
81%
world 28%

What is Khyber Medical University 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
Health SciencesDomain #2,322 of 11,982 5.3%466 #3362
MedicineField #2,553 of 10,443 4.9%354 #5080
Life SciencesDomain #5,703 of 7,800 11.1%98 #8578
Social SciencesDomain #9,533 of 10,521 7.1%87 #15361

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Khyber Medical 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Health Sciences#3,362 #2,322
  2. Medicine#5,080 #2,553
  3. Life Sciences#8,578 #5,703
  4. Social Sciences#15,361 #9,533
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Khyber Medical University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Dentistry takes 13.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. DentistryField · 45.8 works13×
← 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: 0.48× its world share, 16 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.34× its world share, 50 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.83× its world share, 13 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.15× its world share, 13 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.15× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.70× its world share, 8 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.18× its world share, 10 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.16× its world share, 17 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.17× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.46× its world share, 11 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsDentistry: 13.36× its world share, 46 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.59× its world share, 48 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.60× its world share, 354 worksMedicineNursing: 4.50× its world share, 16 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.64× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.29× its world share, 7 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.33× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.73× its world share, 37 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 34 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 13.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Khyber Medical University?

Ranked on the composite score, Shahid Ullah Khan, Asif Ali and Tasleem Akhtar lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Khyber Medical University.

  1. 1 Shahid Ullah Khan Pakistan · #389,983 worldwide 125 citations · 24 works
  2. 2 Asif Ali Pakistan · #395,384 worldwide 44 citations · 31 works
  3. 3 Tasleem Akhtar Pakistan · #858,823 worldwide 24 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Najeeb Ullah Pakistan · #929,738 worldwide 31 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 Akhtar Sherin Pakistan · #1,021,190 worldwide 2 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 Zohaib Khan Pakistan · #1,042,646 worldwide 22 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Sajid Ali Pakistan · #1,079,896 worldwide 26 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Zia Ul Haq Pakistan · #1,188,042 worldwide 28 citations · 43 works
  9. 9 Usman Mahboob Pakistan · #1,193,269 worldwide 1 citations · 22 works
  10. 10 Muhammad Irshad Pakistan · #1,377,769 worldwide 17 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Khyber Medical University

Which keywords describe research at Khyber Medical University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Depression, Quality of Life, Inflammation, Cardiovascular Disease, Metabolic Syndrome, Treatment and Mental Health.

▲ 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. Epidemiology91▲ 3.2×114 topics
  2. Quality of Life38▲ 3.7×41 topics
  3. Inflammation36▲ 2.5×70 topics
  4. Depression33▲ 5.3×20 topics
  5. Cardiovascular Disease29▲ 3.7×35 topics
  6. Mental Health27▲ 2.6×25 topics
  7. Treatment26▲ 3.1×37 topics
  8. COVID-1926▲ 2.7×17 topics
  9. Metabolic Syndrome25▲ 4.3×21 topics
  10. Oxidative Stress24▲ 2.1×45 topics
  11. Risk Factors24▲ 3.0×29 topics
  12. Clinical Trials21▲ 4.4×18 topics
  13. Pandemic19▲ 2.5×9 topics
  14. Global Burden19▲ 4.9×12 topics
  15. Diagnosis18▲ 2.8×31 topics
  16. Stress17▲ 6.4×9 topics
  17. Immune Response17▲ 4.1×18 topics
  18. Insulin Resistance16▲ 5.0×10 topics
  19. Diabetes16▲ 4.6×17 topics
  20. Self-Efficacy16▲ 8.3×6 topics
  21. Social Support16▲ 4.0×11 topics
  22. Prevention15▲ 5.2×16 topics
  23. Obesity14▲ 2.7×19 topics
  24. Anxiety14▲ 4.1×12 topics
  25. Virtual Reality14▲ 3.9×5 topics
  26. Assessment Methods14▲ 18×2 topics
  27. Nursing13▲ 10×4 topics
  28. Vaccine13▲ 4.7×10 topics
  29. Reflective Practice13▲ 9.9×4 topics
  30. Elderly13▲ 7.3×5 topics
  31. Competency-Based Education11▲ 18×2 topics
  32. Faculty Development11▲ 21×2 topics
  33. Educational Achievement11▲ 26×1 topic
  34. Job Stress11▲ 26×1 topic
  35. Continuing Medical Education11▲ 25×1 topic
  36. Professional Identity Formation11▲ 25×1 topic
  37. Dental Caries11▲ 16×2 topics
  38. Infection Control11▲ 18×2 topics
  39. Dental Practice9▲ 30×1 topic
  40. Transmission Routes9▲ 30×1 topic

Which research topics does Khyber Medical University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Health and Well-being Studies, Innovations in Medical Education, Dental Research and COVID-19 and Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment.

Health and Well-being Studies: 11 fractional worksInnovations in Medical Education: 11 fractional worksDental Research and COVI…9Dental Research and COVID-19: 9 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis …6Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 6 fractional worksDental Health and Care Utilization: 6 fractional worksOral microbiology and periodontitis research: 5 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Wate…5Child Nutrition and Water Access: 5 fractional worksStroke Rehabilitation and Recovery: 5 fractional worksDental materials and restorations: 5 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 5 fractional works
Clinical PsychologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthGeneral DentistryEpidemiology4 others

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

  1. 1 Health and Well-being Studies Clinical Psychology 11 works
  2. 2 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 11 works
  3. 3 Dental Research and COVID-19 General Dentistry 9 works
  4. 4 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 6 works
  5. 5 Dental Health and Care Utilization Periodontics 6 works
  6. 6 Oral microbiology and periodontitis research Periodontics 5 works
  7. 7 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 5 works
  8. 8 Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery Rehabilitation 5 works
  9. 9 Dental materials and restorations Orthodontics 5 works
  10. 10 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 5 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 available81.3%not open18.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors33.5%domestic only66.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Khyber Medical University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 236% 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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