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Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences

In research, Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences stands highest in Physical Sciences (#2,221 of 12,888 worldwide), Engineering (#1,788 of 6,636 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#4,576 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Aerospace Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics — Aerospace Engineering is 4.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,346
of 28,054 · #3,454 all time
Rank in Pakistan
#31
of 241
Research works
2.4k
▲ 44% vs 2013–17
Citations
46k
19.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
26.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
28%
world 28%

What is Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences 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
Physical SciencesDomain #2,221 of 12,888 24.9%534 #2257
EngineeringField #1,788 of 6,636 26.1%242 #2018
Life SciencesDomain #4,576 of 7,800 33.9%111 #7159
Computer ScienceField #2,762 of 4,667 35.4%71 #3443
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #1,418 of 2,318 20.4%61 #2295
Materials ScienceField #1,561 of 2,468 15.9%91 #1244

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences 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. Physical Sciences#2,257 #2,221
  2. Engineering#2,018 #1,788
  3. Life Sciences#7,159 #4,576
  4. Computer Science#3,443 #2,762
  5. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#2,295 #1,418
  6. Materials Science#1,244 #1,561
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.

What does Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Aerospace Engineering takes 4.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Aerospace EngineeringSubfield · 37.6 works4.6×
  2. Materials ChemistrySubfield · 58.3 works4.2×
  3. Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsSubfield · 20.1 works4.0×
← 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: 1.74× its world share, 58 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.18× its world share, 44 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.49× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.83× its world share, 4 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.96× its world share, 22 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.30× its world share, 71 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.56× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.58× its world share, 17 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.30× its world share, 242 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.84× its world share, 29 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 3.71× its world share, 91 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 3.14× its world share, 49 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.16× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.24× its world share, 32 worksMedicineNursing: 0.64× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.12× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.68× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Materials Science, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences?

Ranked on the composite score, Atta Ullah, Asifullah Khan and Aneela Zameer lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences.

  1. 1 Atta Ullah Pakistan · #27,439 worldwide 541 citations · 45 works
  2. 2 Asifullah Khan Pakistan · #78,956 worldwide 305 citations · 50 works
  3. 3 Aneela Zameer Pakistan · #184,051 worldwide 271 citations · 20 works
  4. 4 Muhammad Muneeb Pakistan · #297,146 worldwide 171 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 Waqas Ahmed Pakistan · #328,872 worldwide 105 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 Muhammad Tufail Pakistan · #337,488 worldwide 129 citations · 35 works
  7. 7 Irfan Ul Haq Pakistan · #357,892 worldwide 93 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Muhammad Rehan Pakistan · #381,063 worldwide 152 citations · 43 works
  9. 9 Abdul Basit Pakistan · #398,502 worldwide 81 citations · 21 works
  10. 10 Sikander M. Mirza Pakistan · #418,925 worldwide 124 citations · 28 works
All ranked researchers at Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Which keywords describe research at Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Nanomaterials, Machine Learning, Graphene, Deep Learning, Heat Transfer, Nanoparticles, Energy Storage and Biomedical Applications.

▲ 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. Machine Learning47▲ 2.0×52 topics
  2. Deep Learning44▲ 1.83×62 topics
  3. Nanomaterials33▲ 4.5×16 topics
  4. Nanoparticles27▲ 3.1×36 topics
  5. Graphene26▲ 5.4×10 topics
  6. Biomedical Applications24▲ 2.8×28 topics
  7. Neural Networks22▲ 2.0×30 topics
  8. Heat Transfer21▲ 5.9×14 topics
  9. Energy Storage20▲ 4.3×12 topics
  10. Nanocomposites19▲ 3.4×20 topics
  11. Mechanical Properties15▲ 2.2×26 topics
  12. Carbon Nanotubes13▲ 5.6×8 topics
  13. Metal-Organic Frameworks13▲ 4.5×5 topics
  14. Biosensors12▲ 3.3×10 topics
  15. Nanostructures12▲ 4.3×12 topics
  16. Toxicity12▲ 3.8×13 topics
  17. Nanocrystals12▲ 6.0×5 topics
  18. Water Splitting11▲ 4.3×4 topics
  19. Semiconductor10▲ 4.4×6 topics
  20. IoT Security10▲ 4.6×3 topics
  21. Renewable Energy Integration10▲ 4.3×5 topics
  22. Event-Triggered Control10▲ 22×2 topics
  23. Power Electronics10▲ 4.2×7 topics
  24. Anomaly Detection9▲ 4.4×4 topics
  25. Large Eddy Simulation9▲ 39×2 topics
  26. Oxidation Resistance9▲ 12×3 topics
  27. Reliability Evaluation9▲ 25×3 topics
  28. Safety Assessment9▲ 30×2 topics
  29. Raman Spectroscopy9▲ 6.3×6 topics
  30. Passive Systems9▲ 81×1 topic
  31. Thermal-Hydraulic Analysis9▲ 81×1 topic
  32. Visible Light8▲ 5.1×3 topics
  33. Molten Salt8▲ 37×1 topic
  34. Nuclear Reactor8▲ 37×1 topic
  35. Experimental Investigation8▲ 11×4 topics
  36. Hydrogen Embrittlement8▲ 13×3 topics
  37. Plant Immunity8▲ 12×2 topics
  38. Stability Analysis8▲ 6.7×5 topics
  39. Entanglement7▲ 7.0×3 topics
  40. Heat Exchangers7▲ 13×2 topics

Which research topics does Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Nuclear Engineering Thermal-Hydraulics, Nuclear reactor physics and engineering, Nuclear Materials and Properties and Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication.

Nuclear Engineering Ther…9Nuclear Engineering Thermal-Hydraulics: 9 fractional worksNuclear reactor physics …8Nuclear reactor physics and engineering: 8 fractional worksNuclear Materials and Properties: 6 fractional worksSupercapacitor Materials and Fabrication: 6 fractional worksDistributed Control Multi-Agent Systems: 6 fractional worksCombustion and Detonation Processes: 6 fractional worksAdvanced Photocatalysis Techniques: 6 fractional worksNetwork Security and Int…5Network Security and Intrusion Detection: 5 fractional worksFault Detection and Control Systems: 4 fractional worksAdvanced Malware Detection Techniques: 4 fractional works
Aerospace EngineeringMaterials ChemistryElectronic, Optical and Magnetic MaterialsComputer Networks and Communications3 others

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

  1. 1 Nuclear Engineering Thermal-Hydraulics Aerospace Engineering 9 works
  2. 2 Nuclear reactor physics and engineering Aerospace Engineering 8 works
  3. 3 Nuclear Materials and Properties Materials Chemistry 6 works
  4. 4 Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 6 works
  5. 5 Distributed Control Multi-Agent Systems Computer Networks and Communications 6 works
  6. 6 Combustion and Detonation Processes Aerospace Engineering 6 works
  7. 7 Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 6 works
  8. 8 Network Security and Intrusion Detection Computer Networks and Communications 5 works
  9. 9 Fault Detection and Control Systems Control and Systems Engineering 4 works
  10. 10 Advanced Malware Detection Techniques Signal Processing 4 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 available27.9%not open72.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors29.2%domestic only70.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 44% higher than in 2013–2017.

20002005201020152020
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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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