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Lahore Leads University

In research, Lahore Leads University stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,527 of 9,585 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#8,196 of 10,670 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#4,734 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Political Science and International Relations (Political Science and International Relations is 6.9× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#8,025
of 22,385 · #11,531 all time
Rank in Pakistan
#99
of 231
Research works
582
▲ 153% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.8k
4.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.93×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
74%
world 40%
International
27%
world 18%
Lahore Leads University

What is Lahore Leads 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 #5,527 of 9,585 7.4%170 #6803
Physical SciencesDomain #8,196 of 10,670 5.0%68 #8993
Social SciencesField #4,734 of 5,988 7.2%99 #6610

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Lahore Leads 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#6,803 #5,527
  2. Physical Sciences#8,993 #8,196
  3. Social Sciences#6,610 #4,734
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 Lahore Leads University work in?

In 2022-now, 65% of research at Lahore Leads University is in Social Sciences, 24% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (39%), Computer Science (14%), Business, Management and Accounting (7%). It does 2.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 202 fractional works · 65.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 122 fractional works · 39.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 32 fractional works · 10.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 31 fractional works · 10.1% of its workEducation: 28 fractional works · 8.9% of its workLaw: 14 fractional works · 4.4% of its workSafety Research: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGender Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLinguistics and Language: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 21 fractional works · 6.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 8 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAccounting: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMarketing: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 21 fractional works · 6.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 7 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 20 fractional works · 6.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 10 fractional works · 3.1% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPhilosophy: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 13 fractional works · 4.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 10 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 75 fractional works · 24.0% of its workComputer Science: 44 fractional works · 14.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 14 fractional works · 4.6% of its workInformation Systems: 13 fractional works · 4.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSignal Processing: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 17 fractional works · 5.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 7 fractional works · 2.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 24 fractional works · 7.9% of its workMedicine: 16 fractional works · 5.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 7 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 10 fractional works · 3.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKLahore LeadsUniversity311fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences24%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences65%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences12239.3%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting216.7%
    3. Psychology216.7%
    4. Arts and Humanities206.5%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance134.1%
    6. Decision Sciences51.7%
    1. Computer Science4414.1%
    2. Engineering175.3%
    3. Environmental Science72.4%
    4. Physics and Astronomy30.9%
    5. Mathematics20.5%
    6. Energy10.3%
    7. Materials Science10.3%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.2%
    9. Chemistry00.1%
    1. Medicine165.2%
    2. Health Professions72.3%
    3. Nursing10.3%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences51.5%
    2. Neuroscience30.9%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology20.6%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Lahore Leads University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Political Science and International Relations takes 6.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Political Science and International RelationsSubfield · 32.0 works6.9×
← 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: 0.32× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.55× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.81× its world share, 44 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.36× its world share, 16 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.47× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.44× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.40× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.87× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.27× its world share, 16 worksMedicineNursing: 0.63× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.27× its world share, 20 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.08× its world share, 21 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.77× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.91× its world share, 13 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.20× its world share, 21 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.10× its world share, 122 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 3.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences3.10×122 works
  2. Arts and Humanities2.27×20 works
  3. Psychology2.20×21 works
  4. Business, Management and Accounting2.08×21 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.91×13 works
  6. Computer Science1.81×44 works
  7. Decision Sciences1.77×5 works
  8. Health Professions0.87×7 works
  9. Nursing0.63×1 works
  10. Neuroscience0.55×3 works
  11. Environmental Science0.47×7 works
  12. Mathematics0.44×2 works
  13. Physics and Astronomy0.40×3 works
  14. Veterinary0.39×0 works
  15. Energy0.36×1 works
  16. Engineering0.36×16 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.32×5 works
  18. Medicine0.27×16 works
  19. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.21×0 works
  20. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.12×1 works
  21. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.11×2 works
  22. Materials Science0.08×1 works
  23. Chemistry0.06×0 works
  24. Immunology and Microbiology0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Lahore Leads University?

Ranked on the quality score, Zia Ullah, Azhar Ahmad and Hadia Maqsood lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Lahore Leads University.

  1. 1 Zia Ullah Pakistan · #274,644 worldwide 2.7k citations · 106 works
  2. 2 Azhar Ahmad Pakistan · #1,730,545 worldwide 348 citations · 34 works
  3. 3 Hadia Maqsood Pakistan · #2,164,787 worldwide 462 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Muhammad Imran Ali Pakistan · #2,203,456 worldwide 107 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Hira Akram Pakistan · #2,599,210 worldwide 48 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Hanan Sharif Pakistan · #3,094,667 worldwide 194 citations · 36 works
  7. 7 Nasir Razzaq Pakistan · #3,352,560 worldwide 207 citations · 23 works
  8. 8 Mahmood Ahmad Azhar Pakistan · #3,368,778 worldwide 18 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 Maria Sultana Pakistan · #3,381,225 worldwide 62 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Gulshan Fatima Alvi Pakistan · #3,649,288 worldwide 34 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Lahore Leads University

What are the most cited papers from Lahore Leads University?

The most cited paper from Lahore Leads University is "Relationship between corporate social responsibility at the micro-level and environmental performance: The mediating role of employee pro-environmental behavior and the moderating role of gender" (Naveed Ahmad, Zia Ullah, Muhammad Zulqarnain Arshad et al., 2021), with 264 citations. Next come "Big data analytics as a roadmap towards green innovation, competitive advantage and environmental performance" (216) and "A CSR perspective to foster employee creativity in the banking sector: The role of work engagement and psychological safety" (164).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Relationship between corporate social responsibility at the micro-level and environmental performance: The mediating role of employee pro-environmental behavior and the moderating role of gender Naveed Ahmad, Zia Ullah, Muhammad Zulqarnain Arshad et al. · Sustainable Production and Consumption Open access 24 Feb 2021 264
2 Big data analytics as a roadmap towards green innovation, competitive advantage and environmental performance Muhammad Waqas, Xue Honggang, Naveed Ahmad et al. · Journal of Cleaner Production 22 Sep 2021 216
3 A CSR perspective to foster employee creativity in the banking sector: The role of work engagement and psychological safety Naveed Ahmad, Zia Ullah, Esra Saleh AlDhaen et al. · Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services 8 Mar 2022 164
4 Bibliometric Analysis of Publications on the Omicron Variant from 2020 to 2022 in the Scopus Database Using R and VOSviewer Hasan Ejaz, Hafiz Muhammad Zeeshan, Fahad Burhan Ahmad et al. · International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Open access 29 Sep 2022 147
5 Towards a new MHD non-homogeneous convective nanofluid flow model for simulating a rotating inclined thin layer of sodium alginate-based Iron oxide exposed to incident solar energy Abdullah Dawar, Abderrahim Wakif, Thirupathi Thumma et al. · International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer 16 Dec 2021 141
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Lahore Leads University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Human Rights, Security, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Conflict, Globalization, Deep Learning and Central Asia.

▲ 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 Learning27▲ 2.6×45 topics
  2. Deep Learning24▲ 2.2×41 topics
  3. Artificial Intelligence21▲ 4.7×23 topics
  4. Human Rights20▲ 6.4×37 topics
  5. Globalization20▲ 3.3×38 topics
  6. Security17▲ 8.0×15 topics
  7. Conflict15▲ 30×6 topics
  8. E-Learning12▲ 4.2×13 topics
  9. Education12▲ 2.2×25 topics
  10. Educational Technology12▲ 3.2×19 topics
  11. Mental Health12▲ 2.6×20 topics
  12. Central Asia11▲ 51×2 topics
  13. Reconstruction11▲ 21×3 topics
  14. Afghanistan11▲ 147×1 topic
  15. Pakistan11▲ 147×1 topic
  16. Online Learning11▲ 4.2×10 topics
  17. Big Data9▲ 3.0×12 topics
  18. Technology Integration9▲ 8.8×7 topics
  19. Convolutional Neural Networks8▲ 3.6×10 topics
  20. Student Satisfaction8▲ 14×2 topics
  21. Teacher Training8▲ 4.1×9 topics
  22. Higher Education8▲ 4.6×11 topics
  23. Feminism7▲ 8.2×7 topics
  24. Medical Imaging7▲ 4.5×4 topics
  25. Ethnicity7▲ 5.7×9 topics
  26. Leadership6▲ 4.3×7 topics
  27. Intersectionality6▲ 11×6 topics
  28. Global Governance6▲ 8.1×14 topics
  29. Language Teaching6▲ 7.3×4 topics
  30. International Law6▲ 6.0×15 topics
  31. Distance Education6▲ 9.2×4 topics
  32. Mobile Learning5▲ 5.2×2 topics
  33. Cybersecurity5▲ 6.4×6 topics
  34. Supreme Court5▲ 51×2 topics
  35. Blended Learning5▲ 12×4 topics
  36. Regulatory Challenges5▲ 17×4 topics
  37. Marxism5▲ 35×2 topics
  38. Digitalization4▲ 7.0×6 topics
  39. Google Classroom4▲ 13×1 topic
  40. Teacher Perception4▲ 12×1 topic

Which research topics does Lahore Leads University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East, Technology-Enhanced Education Studies, Online and Blended Learning and Literary Theory and Cultural Hermeneutics.

Politics and Conflicts i…11Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East: 11 fractional worksTechnology-Enhanced Education Studies: 4 fractional worksOnline and Blended Learning: 4 fractional worksLiterary Theory and Cultural Hermeneutics: 3 fractional worksJudicial and Constitutional Studies: 3 fractional worksEFL/ESL Teaching and Learning: 3 fractional worksEducation and Critical T…3Education and Critical Thinking Development: 3 fractional worksCOVID-19 diagnosis using…3COVID-19 diagnosis using AI: 3 fractional worksLaw, AI, and Intellectua…3Law, AI, and Intellectual Property: 3 fractional worksEducation and Islamic St…3Education and Islamic Studies: 3 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsEducationLiterature and Literary TheoryLaw3 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 11 works
  2. 2 Technology-Enhanced Education Studies Education 4 works
  3. 3 Online and Blended Learning Education 4 works
  4. 4 Literary Theory and Cultural Hermeneutics Literature and Literary Theory 3 works
  5. 5 Judicial and Constitutional Studies Law 3 works
  6. 6 EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning Language and Linguistics 3 works
  7. 7 Education and Critical Thinking Development Education 3 works
  8. 8 COVID-19 diagnosis using AI Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 3 works
  9. 9 Law, AI, and Intellectual Property Artificial Intelligence 3 works
  10. 10 Education and Islamic Studies Education 3 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 available73.7%not open26.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors27.0%domestic only73.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Lahore Leads University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 153% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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 Lahore Leads University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00083% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Lahore Leads University0.0015% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Lahore Leads 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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Lahore Leads University6.6% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 14.0% in 2021.

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