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Lahore School of Economics

In research, Lahore School of Economics stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,553 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Economics, Econometrics and Finance and Economics and Econometrics — Economics, Econometrics and Finance is 7.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#18,754
of 28,054 · #21,580 all time
Rank in Pakistan
#194
of 241
Research works
718
▲ 32% vs 2013–17
Citations
8k
11.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
66%
world 28%

What is Lahore School of Economics 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
Social SciencesDomain #5,553 of 10,521 22.2%136 #6178

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Lahore School of Economics 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).

What does Lahore School of Economics specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Economics, Econometrics and Finance takes 7.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField · 34.0 works7.1×
  2. Economics and EconometricsSubfield · 20.7 works5.8×
← 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: 0.47× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.48× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.75× its world share, 13 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.25× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.28× its world share, 14 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 5.05× its world share, 13 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.38× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.66× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.76× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.39× its world share, 17 worksMedicineNursing: 2.29× its world share, 2 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.62× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4.62× its world share, 34 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 4.27× its world share, 9 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 7.08× its world share, 34 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.38× its world share, 9 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.60× its world share, 45 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 7.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Lahore School of Economics?

Ranked on the composite score, Uzma Afzal, Ismat Beg and Syed Kumail Abbas Rizvi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Lahore School of Economics.

  1. 1 Uzma Afzal Pakistan · #216,487 worldwide 212 citations · 23 works
  2. 2 Ismat Beg Pakistan · #373,446 worldwide 170 citations · 48 works
  3. 3 Syed Kumail Abbas Rizvi Pakistan · #625,801 worldwide 159 citations · 20 works
  4. 4 Rehana Naz Pakistan · #750,020 worldwide 91 citations · 25 works
  5. 5 Imran Hameed Pakistan · #1,596,907 worldwide 32 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Lahore School of Economics

Which keywords describe research at Lahore School of Economics?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Economic Growth, Economic Development, Monetary Policy, Social Capital, Panel Data Analysis, Financial Development, Fiscal Policy and Poverty Reduction.

▲ 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. Economic Growth18▲ 9.2×16 topics
  2. Globalization10▲ 2.3×16 topics
  3. Economic Development10▲ 5.4×11 topics
  4. Social Capital8▲ 6.6×12 topics
  5. Sustainable Development7▲ 2.1×17 topics
  6. Monetary Policy7▲ 13×5 topics
  7. Consumer Behavior7▲ 4.9×8 topics
  8. Renewable Energy7▲ 2.2×10 topics
  9. Panel Data Analysis6▲ 17×3 topics
  10. Corporate Governance6▲ 3.6×8 topics
  11. Financial Development6▲ 17×3 topics
  12. Fiscal Policy6▲ 12×4 topics
  13. Fixed Point Theorems6▲ 178×1 topic
  14. Metric Spaces6▲ 178×1 topic
  15. Poverty Reduction6▲ 19×5 topics
  16. Leadership5▲ 4.9×8 topics
  17. Environmental Management5▲ 5.5×4 topics
  18. Human Capital5▲ 14×4 topics
  19. Governance5▲ 6.4×6 topics
  20. Structural Change4▲ 28×2 topics
  21. Urbanization4▲ 4.7×3 topics
  22. Inequality4▲ 7.7×3 topics
  23. Energy Consumption4▲ 7.8×3 topics
  24. Finance4▲ 8.7×3 topics
  25. Financial Stability4▲ 8.4×3 topics
  26. Institutions4▲ 22×4 topics
  27. CO2 Emissions4▲ 8.9×1 topic
  28. Environmental Regulation4▲ 11×1 topic
  29. Labor Market4▲ 5.5×6 topics
  30. Social Networks4▲ 5.9×6 topics
  31. Conflict3▲ 9.3×4 topics
  32. Fuzzy Sets3▲ 27×2 topics
  33. Human Resource Management3▲ 9.8×3 topics
  34. Transport Infrastructure3▲ 18×2 topics
  35. Sustainability Assessment3▲ 10×3 topics
  36. Corporate Social Responsibility3▲ 9.2×3 topics
  37. Environmental Impact Assessment3▲ 19×2 topics
  38. Gender Inequality3▲ 10×4 topics
  39. Income Tax3▲ 17×2 topics
  40. R&D3▲ 18×2 topics

Which research topics does Lahore School of Economics publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Fixed Point Theorems Analysis, Energy, Environment, Economic Growth, Optimization and Variational Analysis and Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East.

Fixed Point Theorems Analysis: 6 fractional worksEnergy, Environment, Economic Growth: 4 fractional worksOptimization and Variational Analysis: 3 fractional worksPolitics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East: 3 fractional worksEconomic Growth and Prod…3Economic Growth and Productivity: 3 fractional worksMulti-Criteria Decision Making: 3 fractional worksFiscal Policy and Economic Growth: 3 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainabi…2Environmental Sustainability in Business: 2 fractional worksEnvironmental and Social Impact Assessments: 2 fractional worksConsumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification: 2 fractional works
Geometry and TopologyEconomics and EconometricsComputational Theory and MathematicsPolitical Science and International Relations3 others

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

  1. 1 Fixed Point Theorems Analysis Geometry and Topology 6 works
  2. 2 Energy, Environment, Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 4 works
  3. 3 Optimization and Variational Analysis Computational Theory and Mathematics 3 works
  4. 4 Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East Political Science and International Relations 3 works
  5. 5 Economic Growth and Productivity Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  6. 6 Multi-Criteria Decision Making Management Science and Operations Research 3 works
  7. 7 Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  8. 8 Environmental Sustainability in Business Marketing 2 works
  9. 9 Environmental and Social Impact Assessments Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 2 works
  10. 10 Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification Marketing 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 available66.1%not open33.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors27.3%domestic only72.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Lahore School of Economics's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 32% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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