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Nangarhar University

In research, Nangarhar University stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,196 of 9,585 worldwide), Political Science and International Relations (#675 of 1,187 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#3,712 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Political Science and International Relations and Economics, Econometrics and Finance (Political Science and International Relations is 11.6× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#7,120
of 22,385 · #13,125 all time
Rank in Afghanistan
#5
of 19
Research works
462
▲ 351% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.4k
3.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.88×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
91%
world 40%
International
33%
world 18%
Nangarhar University

What is Nangarhar 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 #5,196 of 9,585 5.8%184 #10711
Political Science and International RelationsSubfield #675 of 1,187 7.8%61 -
Social SciencesField #3,712 of 5,988 7.6%120 #7226

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

In 2022-now, 52% of research at Nangarhar University is in Social Sciences, 18% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (35%), Medicine (15%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (8%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 199 fractional works · 52.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 131 fractional works · 34.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 65 fractional works · 17.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 26 fractional works · 6.9% of its workEducation: 20 fractional works · 5.3% of its workDemography: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLaw: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workTransportation: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 26 fractional works · 6.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 18 fractional works · 4.7% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workFinance: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 18 fractional works · 4.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhilosophy: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 16 fractional works · 4.2% of its workAccounting: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness and International Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 7 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 70 fractional works · 18.4% of its workEngineering: 22 fractional works · 5.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBuilding and Construction: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 19 fractional works · 4.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 16 fractional works · 4.1% of its workInformation Systems: 7 fractional works · 1.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 68 fractional works · 17.8% of its workMedicine: 56 fractional works · 14.9% of its workSurgery: 10 fractional works · 2.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEpidemiology: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDermatology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 7 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPeriodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 43 fractional works · 11.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 31 fractional works · 8.1% of its workPlant Science: 13 fractional works · 3.5% of its workFood Science: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSoil Science: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKNangarharUniversity380fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences18%Health Sciences18%Social Sciences52%

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 Sciences13134.5%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance266.8%
    3. Arts and Humanities184.7%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting164.2%
    5. Psychology71.9%
    6. Decision Sciences10.3%
    1. Engineering225.9%
    2. Environmental Science194.9%
    3. Computer Science164.1%
    4. Physics and Astronomy30.9%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences30.9%
    6. Materials Science30.7%
    7. Mathematics20.6%
    8. Chemistry10.2%
    9. Energy10.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Medicine5614.9%
    2. Health Professions71.9%
    3. Nursing20.7%
    4. Dentistry10.3%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences318.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology71.9%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology30.8%
    4. Neuroscience20.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Nangarhar University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Political Science and International Relations takes 11.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Political Science and International RelationsSubfield · 65.5 works12×
  2. Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField · 25.7 works3.2×
← 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: 1.71× its world share, 31 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.36× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.77× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.53× its world share, 16 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.55× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.39× its world share, 22 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.98× its world share, 19 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.21× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.49× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.41× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.71× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.72× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.77× its world share, 56 worksMedicineNursing: 1.34× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.65× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.63× its world share, 18 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.30× its world share, 16 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.17× its world share, 26 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.61× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.73× its world share, 131 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 3.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3.17×26 works
  2. Social Sciences2.73×131 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.71×31 works
  4. Arts and Humanities1.63×18 works
  5. Nursing1.34×2 works
  6. Business, Management and Accounting1.30×16 works
  7. Environmental Science0.98×19 works
  8. Immunology and Microbiology0.77×3 works
  9. Medicine0.77×56 works
  10. Health Professions0.72×7 works
  11. Dentistry0.71×1 works
  12. Veterinary0.65×0 works
  13. Psychology0.61×7 works
  14. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.55×3 works
  15. Computer Science0.53×16 works
  16. Mathematics0.49×2 works
  17. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.44×1 works
  18. Physics and Astronomy0.41×3 works
  19. Engineering0.39×22 works
  20. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.36×7 works
  21. Decision Sciences0.33×1 works
  22. Neuroscience0.27×2 works
  23. Materials Science0.21×3 works
  24. Energy0.18×1 works
  25. Chemical Engineering0.16×0 works
  26. Chemistry0.11×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Nangarhar University?

Ranked on the quality score, Sajid Ullah, Sajid Ullah and Samim Sherzod lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Nangarhar University.

  1. 1 Sajid Ullah Afghanistan · #165,934 worldwide 561 citations · 24 works
  2. 2 Sajid Ullah Afghanistan · #969,878 worldwide 1.4k citations · 87 works
  3. 3 Samim Sherzod Afghanistan · #1,547,577 worldwide 88 citations · 50 works
  4. 4 Shafiqullah Aryan Afghanistan · #1,664,914 worldwide 336 citations · 34 works
  5. 5 Kifayatullah Kakar Afghanistan · #3,141,802 worldwide 583 citations · 34 works
  6. 6 Gulbuddin Gulab Afghanistan · #3,171,131 worldwide 206 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 Fayaz Gul Mazloum Yar Afghanistan · #3,586,214 worldwide 33 citations · 38 works
  8. 8 Rahmat Gul Omarzai Afghanistan · #4,322,159 worldwide 3 citations · 22 works
  9. 9 Abdurrasheed Sahibzada Afghanistan · #4,884,260 worldwide 28 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Saifullah Hadi Afghanistan · #4,900,498 worldwide 57 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Nangarhar University

What are the most cited papers from Nangarhar University?

The most cited paper from Nangarhar University is "A systematic literature review on phishing website detection techniques" (Asadullah Safi, Satwinder Singh, 2023), with 194 citations. Next come "Short-course primaquine for the radical cure of Plasmodium vivax malaria: a multicentre, randomised, placebo-controlled non-inferiority trial" (189) and "Predicting land use and land cover changes for sustainable land management using CA-Markov modelling and GIS techniques" (134).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A systematic literature review on phishing website detection techniques Asadullah Safi, Satwinder Singh · Journal of King Saud University - Computer and Information Sciences ReviewOpen access 11 Jan 2023 194
2 Short-course primaquine for the radical cure of Plasmodium vivax malaria: a multicentre, randomised, placebo-controlled non-inferiority trial Walter Taylor et al. · The Lancet Open access 18 Jul 2019 189
3 Predicting land use and land cover changes for sustainable land management using CA-Markov modelling and GIS techniques Zainab Tahir, Muhammad Tahir Haseeb, Syed Amer Mahmood et al. · Scientific Reports Open access 25 Jan 2025 134
4 Effects of Organic and Inorganic Fertilizer Application on Growth, Yield, and Grain Quality of Rice Kifayatullah Kakar, Tran Dang Xuan, Zubair Noori et al. · Agriculture Open access 12 Nov 2020 116
5 The effect of chloroquine dose and primaquine on Plasmodium vivax recurrence: a WorldWide Antimalarial Resistance Network systematic review and individual patient pooled meta-analysis Robert James Commons et al. · The Lancet Infectious Diseases ReviewOpen access 20 Jul 2018 115
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Nangarhar University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Security, Conflict, Central Asia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Globalization, Sustainable Development and Climate Change.

▲ 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. Security55▲ 21×11 topics
  2. Conflict54▲ 88×5 topics
  3. Central Asia49▲ 184×4 topics
  4. Afghanistan48▲ 531×1 topic
  5. Pakistan48▲ 531×1 topic
  6. Globalization29▲ 3.9×27 topics
  7. Sustainable Development23▲ 3.8×24 topics
  8. Climate Change22▲ 2.1×38 topics
  9. Epidemiology20▲ 1.34×55 topics
  10. Education15▲ 2.3×18 topics
  11. Human Rights14▲ 3.6×23 topics
  12. Teacher Training11▲ 4.6×3 topics
  13. Economic Development10▲ 3.4×10 topics
  14. Transport Infrastructure10▲ 33×2 topics
  15. Geopolitics10▲ 17×3 topics
  16. Belt and Road Initiative10▲ 67×2 topics
  17. Curriculum Development10▲ 3.7×7 topics
  18. Environmental Impact Assessment9▲ 33×3 topics
  19. Ethnicity9▲ 6.5×6 topics
  20. Energy Security9▲ 64×2 topics
  21. China-Pakistan Economic Corridor9▲ 209×1 topic
  22. Infrastructure Development9▲ 105×1 topic
  23. Pathogenesis8▲ 4.3×12 topics
  24. International Law8▲ 6.9×11 topics
  25. Islamic Education8▲ 6.5×3 topics
  26. Labor Market8▲ 7.6×7 topics
  27. Philosophy8▲ 4.7×3 topics
  28. Culture8▲ 3.9×3 topics
  29. Gender Equality7▲ 6.7×6 topics
  30. Global Governance7▲ 7.8×10 topics
  31. Agriculture7▲ 4.8×6 topics
  32. Islam7▲ 8.9×2 topics
  33. Madrasa7▲ 27×1 topic
  34. Muslim Students7▲ 27×1 topic
  35. Poverty Reduction7▲ 14×5 topics
  36. Sharia Law7▲ 12×1 topic
  37. Social Influence7▲ 8.3×1 topic
  38. Digital Technology5▲ 14×3 topics
  39. Finance5▲ 7.7×2 topics
  40. Corruption5▲ 9.0×5 topics

Which research topics does Nangarhar University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East, Belt and Road Initiative, Education and Islamic Studies and Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies.

Politics and Conflicts i…48Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East: 48 fractional worksBelt and Road Initiative: 9 fractional worksEducation and Islamic Studies: 7 fractional worksLinguistic, Cultural, an…7Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 7 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Banking Studies: 4 fractional worksTransboundary Water Resource Management: 4 fractional worksGender, Education, and Development Issues: 4 fractional worksHelicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies: 3 fractional worksSecond Language Learning and Teaching: 3 fractional worksEconomic, financial, and policy analysis: 3 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsEconomics and EconometricsEducationSociology 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 48 works
  2. 2 Belt and Road Initiative Economics and Econometrics 9 works
  3. 3 Education and Islamic Studies Education 7 works
  4. 4 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 7 works
  5. 5 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 4 works
  6. 6 Transboundary Water Resource Management Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  7. 7 Gender, Education, and Development Issues Education 4 works
  8. 8 Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies Surgery 3 works
  9. 9 Second Language Learning and Teaching Literature and Literary Theory 3 works
  10. 10 Economic, financial, and policy analysis General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 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 available90.7%not open9.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors33.4%domestic only66.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Nangarhar University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 351% 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 Nangarhar University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0019% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Nangarhar University0.0021% in 20251990200020102020

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

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