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National University of Laos

In research, National University of Laos stands highest in Social Sciences (#8,207 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#5,266 of 6,365 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#11,268 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#17,339
of 28,054 · #26,031 all time
Rank in Laos
#2
of 6
Research works
786
▲ 64% vs 2013–17
Citations
5k
6.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
72%
world 28%

What is National University of Laos 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 #8,207 of 10,521 8.6%134 #9533
Social SciencesField #5,266 of 6,365 10.2%70 #7512
Physical SciencesDomain #11,268 of 12,888 4.5%143 #18834
Life SciencesDomain #7,235 of 7,800 12.5%66 #13184

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where National University of Laos 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. Social Sciences#9,533 #8,207
  2. Social Sciences#7,512 #5,266
  3. Physical Sciences#18,834 #11,268
  4. Life Sciences#13,184 #7,235
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.

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: 2.39× its world share, 41 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.80× its world share, 15 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.51× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4.96× its world share, 6 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.48× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.75× its world share, 21 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.30× its world share, 7 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.42× its world share, 5 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.74× its world share, 40 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.85× its world share, 51 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.83× its world share, 10 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.53× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.35× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.33× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.20× its world share, 14 worksMedicineNursing: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.19× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.03× its world share, 11 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.43× its world share, 17 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.10× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.47× its world share, 27 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.55× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.52× its world share, 70 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 5.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at National University of Laos?

Ranked on the composite score, S. J. Midgley and Phouphet Kyophilavong lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National University of Laos.

  1. 1 S. J. Midgley Laos · #1,117,012 worldwide 15 citations · 18 works
  2. 2 Phouphet Kyophilavong Laos · #1,429,006 worldwide 32 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at National University of Laos

Which keywords describe research at National University of Laos?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainability, Climate Change, Biogeography, Monetary Policy, Financial Analysis, Asset Pricing, Panel Data Models and Biodiversity.

▲ 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. Climate Change26▲ 2.7×46 topics
  2. Sustainability26▲ 2.9×51 topics
  3. Globalization18▲ 2.5×31 topics
  4. Biogeography15▲ 16×12 topics
  5. Environmental Impact15▲ 2.5×28 topics
  6. Monetary Policy14▲ 16×4 topics
  7. Biodiversity14▲ 5.1×20 topics
  8. Education13▲ 2.1×32 topics
  9. Economic Development13▲ 4.3×11 topics
  10. Financial Analysis12▲ 29×2 topics
  11. Asset Pricing12▲ 38×1 topic
  12. Panel Data Models12▲ 109×1 topic
  13. Renewable Energy11▲ 2.1×24 topics
  14. Antioxidant10▲ 4.0×17 topics
  15. Democracy10▲ 7.7×8 topics
  16. Anti-inflammatory9▲ 9.4×12 topics
  17. Ethnic Identity9▲ 22×2 topics
  18. Ethnicity9▲ 6.4×3 topics
  19. Invasive Species9▲ 5.7×12 topics
  20. Laos8▲ 163×1 topic
  21. Thailand8▲ 163×1 topic
  22. Economic Growth8▲ 2.7×13 topics
  23. Taxonomy8▲ 18×7 topics
  24. Molecular Phylogeny8▲ 14×9 topics
  25. Medicinal Plants8▲ 5.2×10 topics
  26. Economic Security7▲ 9.2×2 topics
  27. Legal Regulation7▲ 8.9×1 topic
  28. Transport Policy7▲ 16×1 topic
  29. molecular systematics7▲ 81×2 topics
  30. Gesneriaceae7▲ 110×1 topic
  31. Land Use Change7▲ 6.1×6 topics
  32. phylogenetic reconstruction7▲ 110×1 topic
  33. Cultural Diversity6▲ 7.7×4 topics
  34. Hydrological Modeling6▲ 6.5×5 topics
  35. Phylogenetics5▲ 33×2 topics
  36. Citizenship5▲ 12×2 topics
  37. Evolutionary History5▲ 50×2 topics
  38. Modernity5▲ 872×1 topic
  39. Self-Identity5▲ 872×1 topic
  40. Diversification5▲ 37×2 topics

Which research topics does National University of Laos publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies, Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies, Legal and Regulatory Analysis and Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions.

Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies: 12 fractional worksSoutheast Asian Sociopolitical Studies: 8 fractional worksLegal and Regulatory Ana…7Legal and Regulatory Analysis: 7 fractional worksPlant and Fungal Species…7Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions: 7 fractional worksSocial and Cultural Studies: 5 fractional worksPlant Diversity and Evolution: 5 fractional worksGinger and Zingiberaceae…4Ginger and Zingiberaceae research: 4 fractional worksUrban and spatial planning: 4 fractional worksEthnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies: 4 fractional worksLinguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 3 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsPolitical Science and International RelationsTransportationMolecular Biology5 others

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

  1. 1 Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies Economics and Econometrics 12 works
  2. 2 Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies Political Science and International Relations 8 works
  3. 3 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 7 works
  4. 4 Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions Molecular Biology 7 works
  5. 5 Social and Cultural Studies Sociology and Political Science 5 works
  6. 6 Plant Diversity and Evolution Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 5 works
  7. 7 Ginger and Zingiberaceae research Pharmacology 4 works
  8. 8 Urban and spatial planning Nature and Landscape Conservation 4 works
  9. 9 Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies Plant Science 4 works
  10. 10 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 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 available71.8%not open28.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors55.0%domestic only45.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has National University of Laos's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 64% 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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