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North South University

In research, North South University stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,325 of 10,521 worldwide), Health Sciences (#1,582 of 11,982 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#2,792 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,331
of 28,054 · #5,164 all time
Rank in Bangladesh
#14
of 135
Research works
3.8k
▲ 143% vs 2013–17
Citations
45k
11.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
25.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
46%
world 28%

What is North South University 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 #1,325 of 10,521 31.6%417 #2310
Health SciencesDomain #1,582 of 11,982 27.1%262 #3232
Physical SciencesDomain #2,792 of 12,888 21.4%607 #5801
MedicineField #2,378 of 10,443 25.0%202 #4210
Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField #551 of 1,775 38.2%66 #963
Computer ScienceField #1,522 of 4,667 20.7%240 #2656
PsychologyField #717 of 2,181 31.8%62 —
Social SciencesField #2,220 of 6,365 30.8%168 #3252
EngineeringField #2,502 of 6,636 18.1%201 #4028
Environmental ScienceField #1,522 of 3,551 24.2%92 #2224

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where North South 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 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#2,310 #1,325
  2. Health Sciences#3,232 #1,582
  3. Physical Sciences#5,801 #2,792
  4. Medicine#4,210 #2,378
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance#963 #551
  6. Computer Science#2,656 #1,522
  7. Social Sciences#3,252 #2,220
  8. Engineering#4,028 #2,502
  9. Environmental Science#2,224 #1,522
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: 0.74× its world share, 51 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.76× its world share, 58 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.73× its world share, 11 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.12× its world share, 26 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.78× its world share, 9 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.32× its world share, 7 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.15× its world share, 240 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.34× its world share, 8 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.25× its world share, 16 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.93× its world share, 201 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.28× its world share, 92 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.37× its world share, 18 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.64× its world share, 11 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.37× its world share, 12 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.14× its world share, 8 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.08× its world share, 41 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.73× its world share, 202 worksMedicineNursing: 1.46× its world share, 10 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.44× its world share, 18 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.84× its world share, 85 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.26× its world share, 18 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.15× its world share, 66 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.41× its world share, 62 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.92× its world share, 168 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Computer Science, 2.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at North South University?

Ranked on the composite score, Mahmud Akhter Shareef, Muntasir Murshed and Mohammad Monirujjaman Khan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is North South University.

  1. 1 Mahmud Akhter Shareef Bangladesh · #150,276 worldwide 211 citations · 24 works
  2. 2 Muntasir Murshed Bangladesh · #312,209 worldwide 288 citations · 30 works
  3. 3 Mohammad Monirujjaman Khan Bangladesh · #389,595 worldwide 161 citations · 62 works
  4. 4 Mohammad Moshiur Rahman Bangladesh · #420,052 worldwide 97 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 AKM Bahalul Haque Bangladesh · #435,293 worldwide 91 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 Chowdhury Bangladesh · #688,311 worldwide 26 citations · 20 works
  7. 7 Ahmed Hossain Bangladesh · #730,384 worldwide 33 citations · 33 works
  8. 8 Rashedur M. Rahman Bangladesh · #840,056 worldwide 144 citations · 71 works
  9. 9 Md. Mamun Molla Bangladesh · #913,962 worldwide 114 citations · 38 works
  10. 10 Nova Ahmed Bangladesh · #924,787 worldwide 44 citations · 37 works
All ranked researchers at North South University

Which keywords describe research at North South University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Machine Learning, COVID-19, Convolutional Neural Networks, Neural Networks, Healthcare, Transfer Learning and Medical Imaging.

▲ 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. Deep Learning187▲ 3.8×70 topics
  2. Machine Learning143▲ 3.0×72 topics
  3. COVID-1964▲ 3.2×22 topics
  4. Epidemiology63◆ 1.10×87 topics
  5. Neural Networks61▲ 2.8×33 topics
  6. Sustainability58▲ 1.66×46 topics
  7. Convolutional Neural Networks52▲ 4.9×13 topics
  8. Healthcare48▲ 2.9×16 topics
  9. Renewable Energy46▲ 2.2×28 topics
  10. Climate Change43◆ 1.10×50 topics
  11. Pandemic41▲ 2.7×12 topics
  12. Environmental Impact40▲ 1.63×30 topics
  13. Social Media40▲ 1.93×21 topics
  14. Artificial Intelligence35▲ 1.77×28 topics
  15. Medical Imaging34▲ 4.7×7 topics
  16. Heat Transfer32▲ 4.5×10 topics
  17. Human Rights32▲ 2.1×26 topics
  18. Mental Health32▲ 1.49×31 topics
  19. Data Mining30▲ 2.8×11 topics
  20. Classification30▲ 4.5×9 topics
  21. Security30▲ 3.2×21 topics
  22. Feature Extraction29▲ 4.5×10 topics
  23. Economic Growth29▲ 2.4×18 topics
  24. Internet of Things29▲ 2.3×14 topics
  25. Transfer Learning28▲ 10.0×3 topics
  26. Consumer Behavior27▲ 2.9×12 topics
  27. IoT22▲ 4.0×13 topics
  28. Feature Selection20▲ 6.3×6 topics
  29. Big Data Analytics20▲ 6.4×4 topics
  30. Entrepreneurship19▲ 3.4×10 topics
  31. Logistic Regression17▲ 12×2 topics
  32. Medical Diagnosis16▲ 12×2 topics
  33. Classification Models16▲ 12×1 topic
  34. Heart Disease Prediction16▲ 12×1 topic
  35. Wearable Sensors16▲ 9.8×3 topics
  36. Experimental Investigation16▲ 11×3 topics
  37. Panel Data Analysis15▲ 6.7×3 topics
  38. Sentiment Analysis14▲ 9.1×2 topics
  39. Image Segmentation14▲ 7.7×3 topics
  40. Chest X-Ray13▲ 12×1 topic

Which research topics does North South University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare, COVID-19 diagnosis using AI, COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts and Brain Tumor Detection and Classification.

Artificial Intelligence …16Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare: 16 fractional worksCOVID-19 diagnosis using…13COVID-19 diagnosis using AI: 13 fractional worksCOVID-19 Pandemic Impacts: 12 fractional worksBrain Tumor Detection an…12Brain Tumor Detection and Classification: 12 fractional worksNanofluid Flow and Heat …11Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer: 11 fractional worksEnergy, Environment, Economic Growth: 11 fractional worksInnovation and Socioeconomic Development: 10 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health10COVID-19 and Mental Health: 10 fractional worksSentiment Analysis and Opinion Mining: 9 fractional worksBlockchain Technology Applications and Security: 9 fractional works
Health Information ManagementRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingEconomics and EconometricsNeurology5 others

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

  1. 1 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Health Information Management 16 works
  2. 2 COVID-19 diagnosis using AI Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 13 works
  3. 3 COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Economics and Econometrics 12 works
  4. 4 Brain Tumor Detection and Classification Neurology 12 works
  5. 5 Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer Biomedical Engineering 11 works
  6. 6 Energy, Environment, Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 11 works
  7. 7 Innovation and Socioeconomic Development Business and International Management 10 works
  8. 8 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 10 works
  9. 9 Sentiment Analysis and Opinion Mining Artificial Intelligence 9 works
  10. 10 Blockchain Technology Applications and Security Information Systems 9 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 available46.3%not open53.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.2%domestic only75.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has North South University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 143% 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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