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In research, Leading University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#8,139 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Artificial Intelligence (Artificial Intelligence is 5.2× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#10,620
of 22,385 · #17,065 all time
Rank in Bangladesh
#77
of 127
Research works
363
▲ 131% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.1k
5.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.94×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
58%
world 40%
International
18%
world 18%
Leading University

What is Leading 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
Physical SciencesDomain #8,139 of 10,670 9.7%75 #12515

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

In 2022-now, 47% of research at Leading University is in Physical Sciences, 35% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Computer Science (21%), Engineering (19%), Social Sciences (18%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 98 fractional works · 46.9% of its workComputer Science: 45 fractional works · 21.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 26 fractional works · 12.5% of its workInformation Systems: 8 fractional works · 3.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 39 fractional works · 18.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 14 fractional works · 6.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 9 fractional works · 4.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 10 fractional works · 4.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 73 fractional works · 34.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 37 fractional works · 17.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 13 fractional works · 6.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 9 fractional works · 4.5% of its workEducation: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workLaw: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Administration: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 12 fractional works · 5.7% of its workAccounting: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 9 fractional works · 4.1% of its workArcheology: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 27 fractional works · 12.9% of its workMedicine: 16 fractional works · 7.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 10 fractional works · 4.8% of its workHealth Information Management: 8 fractional works · 3.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 11 fractional works · 5.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 7 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPlant Science: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workALL ITS WORKLeadingUniversity210fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences47%Health Sciences13%Social Sciences35%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Computer Science4521.4%
    2. Engineering3918.8%
    3. Environmental Science104.5%
    4. Materials Science20.8%
    5. Energy10.7%
    6. Physics and Astronomy10.3%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.2%
    8. Chemistry00.2%
    9. Mathematics00.0%
    1. Social Sciences3717.7%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting125.7%
    3. Arts and Humanities94.1%
    4. Decision Sciences52.6%
    5. Psychology52.5%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance52.3%
    1. Medicine167.6%
    2. Health Professions104.8%
    3. Dentistry10.4%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences73.2%
    2. Neuroscience31.4%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology20.8%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Leading University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Artificial Intelligence takes 5.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Artificial IntelligenceSubfield · 26.2 works5.2×
← 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: 0.67× its world share, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.85× its world share, 3 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.75× its world share, 45 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.77× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.25× its world share, 39 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.91× its world share, 10 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.87× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.81× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.39× its world share, 16 worksMedicineNursing: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.42× its world share, 9 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.77× its world share, 12 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.64× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.06× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.83× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.40× its world share, 37 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Computer Science, 2.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Computer Science2.75×45 works
  2. Decision Sciences2.64×5 works
  3. Health Professions1.81×10 works
  4. Business, Management and Accounting1.77×12 works
  5. Arts and Humanities1.42×9 works
  6. Social Sciences1.40×37 works
  7. Engineering1.25×39 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.06×5 works
  9. Environmental Science0.91×10 works
  10. Dentistry0.87×1 works
  11. Neuroscience0.85×3 works
  12. Psychology0.83×5 works
  13. Energy0.77×2 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.67×7 works
  15. Medicine0.39×16 works
  16. Nursing0.24×0 works
  17. Materials Science0.23×2 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.15×2 works
  19. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.15×0 works
  20. Physics and Astronomy0.12×1 works
  21. Chemistry0.11×0 works
  22. Mathematics0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Leading University?

Ranked on the quality score, Mrinal Kanti Dhar, Md. Jalal Uddin Chowdhury and Md. Saidur Rahman Kohinoor lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Leading University.

  1. 1 Mrinal Kanti Dhar Bangladesh · #1,481,720 worldwide 562 citations · 35 works
  2. 2 Md. Jalal Uddin Chowdhury Bangladesh · #2,672,744 worldwide 67 citations · 37 works
  3. 3 Md. Saidur Rahman Kohinoor Bangladesh · #2,856,999 worldwide 81 citations · 22 works
  4. 4 Rezwanur Rahman Bangladesh · #3,102,579 worldwide 24 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Sheikh Hefzul Bari Bangladesh · #3,804,599 worldwide 365 citations · 22 works
  6. 6 Abu Sayed Sikder Bangladesh · #3,875,436 worldwide 172 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 Atikur Rahman Baizid Bangladesh · #4,701,880 worldwide 55 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Md. Jahangir Alam Bangladesh · #4,803,661 worldwide 290 citations · 44 works
All ranked researchers at Leading University

What are the most cited papers from Leading University?

The most cited paper from Leading University is "Analysis of seasonal and annual rainfall trends in the northern region of Bangladesh" (Sheikh Hefzul Bari, M. Tauhid Ur Rahman, Muhammad Azizul Hoque et al., 2016), with 192 citations. Next come "Prediction of dissolved oxygen in Surma River by biochemical oxygen demand and chemical oxygen demand using the artificial neural networks (ANNs)" (166) and "Hybrid data-driven approaches to predicting the compressive strength of ultra-high-performance concrete using SHAP and PDP analyses" (143).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Analysis of seasonal and annual rainfall trends in the northern region of Bangladesh Sheikh Hefzul Bari, M. Tauhid Ur Rahman, Muhammad Azizul Hoque et al. · Atmospheric Research 20 Feb 2016 192
2 Prediction of dissolved oxygen in Surma River by biochemical oxygen demand and chemical oxygen demand using the artificial neural networks (ANNs) A. A. Masrur Ahmed · Journal of King Saud University - Engineering Sciences Open access 22 May 2014 166
3 Hybrid data-driven approaches to predicting the compressive strength of ultra-high-performance concrete using SHAP and PDP analyses Abul M. Kashem, Rezaul Karim, Somir Chandra Malo et al. · Case Studies in Construction Materials Open access 19 Feb 2024 143
4 Application of adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system (ANFIS) to estimate the biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) of Surma River A. A. Masrur Ahmed, Syed Mustakim Ali Shah · Journal of King Saud University - Engineering Sciences Open access 26 Feb 2015 136
5 An Improved Non-Isolated Quadratic DC-DC Boost Converter With Ultra High Gain Ability Nafis Subhani, Zazilah Binti May, Md Khorshed Alam et al. · IEEE Access Open access 2023 107
All 62 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Leading University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Healthcare, Convolutional Neural Networks, Human Rights, Big Data Analytics, Feature Selection and IoT.

▲ 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 Learning37▲ 5.2×36 topics
  2. Deep Learning30▲ 4.2×38 topics
  3. Healthcare15▲ 6.4×10 topics
  4. Convolutional Neural Networks11▲ 7.4×12 topics
  5. Human Rights11▲ 5.1×18 topics
  6. Sustainability10▲ 1.93×21 topics
  7. Social Media9▲ 3.0×8 topics
  8. Big Data Analytics8▲ 19×3 topics
  9. Data Mining8▲ 5.4×5 topics
  10. Feature Selection8▲ 18×4 topics
  11. Neural Networks8▲ 2.5×16 topics
  12. IoT8▲ 9.8×7 topics
  13. Artificial Intelligence8▲ 2.6×14 topics
  14. Classification Models7▲ 40×1 topic
  15. Medical Diagnosis7▲ 38×1 topic
  16. Supply Chain Management6▲ 3.2×9 topics
  17. Classification6▲ 6.3×6 topics
  18. Image Processing6▲ 6.6×7 topics
  19. Internet of Things6▲ 3.4×9 topics
  20. Artificial Neural Networks6▲ 6.0×6 topics
  21. Corporate Governance6▲ 3.6×11 topics
  22. Emotion Recognition5▲ 13×2 topics
  23. Governance5▲ 7.6×5 topics
  24. Sentiment Analysis5▲ 22×2 topics
  25. Environmental Monitoring5▲ 6.4×5 topics
  26. Security5▲ 3.6×8 topics
  27. Precision Medicine5▲ 4.8×4 topics
  28. Medical Imaging5▲ 4.4×6 topics
  29. Bangladesh5▲ 111×2 topics
  30. Feature Extraction5▲ 5.1×6 topics
  31. Forecasting4▲ 11×4 topics
  32. Computer Vision4▲ 7.4×4 topics
  33. Democracy4▲ 5.8×3 topics
  34. Politics4▲ 7.5×2 topics
  35. Opinion Mining4▲ 34×1 topic
  36. Text Mining4▲ 14×1 topic
  37. Violence4▲ 13×2 topics
  38. Islamism4▲ 329×1 topic
  39. indigenous people4▲ 329×1 topic
  40. Deep Neural Networks4▲ 14×3 topics

Which research topics does Leading University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare, Sentiment Analysis and Opinion Mining, Bangladesh Politics, Society, and Development and Machine Learning in Healthcare.

Artificial Intelligence …7Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare: 7 fractional worksSentiment Analysis and Opinion Mining: 4 fractional worksBangladesh Politics, Society, and Development: 4 fractional worksMachine Learning in Healthcare: 3 fractional worksExplainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI): 3 fractional worksInnovative concrete reinforcement materials: 3 fractional worksAI in cancer detection3AI in cancer detection: 3 fractional worksHuman Rights and Development: 2 fractional worksOrganizational and Employee Performance: 2 fractional worksBrain Tumor Detection and Classification: 2 fractional works
Health Information ManagementArtificial IntelligencePolitical Science and International RelationsCivil and Structural Engineering2 others

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

  1. 1 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Health Information Management 7 works
  2. 2 Sentiment Analysis and Opinion Mining Artificial Intelligence 4 works
  3. 3 Bangladesh Politics, Society, and Development Political Science and International Relations 4 works
  4. 4 Machine Learning in Healthcare Artificial Intelligence 3 works
  5. 5 Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) Artificial Intelligence 3 works
  6. 6 Innovative concrete reinforcement materials Civil and Structural Engineering 3 works
  7. 7 AI in cancer detection Artificial Intelligence 3 works
  8. 8 Human Rights and Development Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  9. 9 Organizational and Employee Performance Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  10. 10 Brain Tumor Detection and Classification Neurology 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 available58.2%not open41.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.6%domestic only82.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Leading University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 131% 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 Leading University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00045% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Leading University0.00086% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of Leading 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%all institutions10.0% in 2025Leading University5.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 16.9% in 2023.

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