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Pakistan Nuclear Regulatory Authority

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World rank, 2022-now
#18,988
of 22,385 · #27,612 all time
Rank in Pakistan
#215
of 231
Research works
208
▲ 28% vs 2018-21
Citations
883
4.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.91×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
63%
world 40%
International
35%
world 18%
Pakistan Nuclear Regulatory Authority

Which fields of science does Pakistan Nuclear Regulatory Authority work in?

In 2022-now, 59% of research at Pakistan Nuclear Regulatory Authority is in Physical Sciences, 18% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (31%), Medicine (10%), Materials Science (8%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 51 fractional works · 58.7% of its workEngineering: 27 fractional works · 31.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 7 fractional works · 7.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 7 fractional works · 7.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 4 fractional works · 4.1% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 7 fractional works · 7.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 6.9% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 5.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 4.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 3.9% of its workGeophysics: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workRadiation: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemical Health and Safety: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 15 fractional works · 17.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 7.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 3.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 13 fractional works · 14.4% of its workMedicine: 9 fractional works · 9.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 3.8% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 8 fractional works · 9.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 5.0% of its workFood Science: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workToxicology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKPakistan NuclearRegulatory…87fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences59%Health Sciences14%Social Sciences18%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering2731.3%
    2. Materials Science77.8%
    3. Environmental Science55.9%
    4. Computer Science44.4%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences33.9%
    6. Chemistry22.0%
    7. Physics and Astronomy22.0%
    8. Energy10.7%
    9. Chemical Engineering10.6%
    10. Mathematics00.2%
    1. Social Sciences77.7%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting33.6%
    3. Decision Sciences22.8%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance21.9%
    5. Psychology11.3%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.3%
    1. Medicine99.9%
    2. Health Professions33.8%
    3. Nursing00.4%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    5. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences45.0%
    2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics21.8%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology11.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 1.05× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.10× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 5.06× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.73× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.27× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.57× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.47× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.70× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.08× its world share, 27 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.19× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.24× its world share, 7 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.89× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.45× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.52× its world share, 9 worksMedicineNursing: 0.86× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.88× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.13× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.94× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.88× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.61× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 5.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics5.06×2 works
  2. Decision Sciences2.94×2 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.47×3 works
  4. Materials Science2.24×7 works
  5. Engineering2.08×27 works
  6. Chemical Engineering1.73×0 works
  7. Health Professions1.45×3 works
  8. Chemistry1.27×2 works
  9. Environmental Science1.19×5 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting1.13×3 works
  11. Immunology and Microbiology1.10×1 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.05×4 works
  13. Physics and Astronomy0.89×2 works
  14. Veterinary0.88×0 works
  15. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.88×2 works
  16. Nursing0.86×0 works
  17. Energy0.70×1 works
  18. Social Sciences0.61×7 works
  19. Computer Science0.57×4 works
  20. Medicine0.52×9 works
  21. Psychology0.43×1 works
  22. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.25×1 works
  23. Dentistry0.20×0 works
  24. Mathematics0.16×0 works
  25. Arts and Humanities0.10×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Pakistan Nuclear Regulatory Authority?

Ranked on the quality score, Mallick, Genyuu KOBAYASHI and Mitsuhiro Kajimoto lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Pakistan Nuclear Regulatory Authority.

  1. 1 Mallick Pakistan · #4,897,440 worldwide 30 citations · 20 works
  2. 2 Genyuu KOBAYASHI Pakistan · #5,051,073 worldwide 10 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 Mitsuhiro Kajimoto Pakistan · #5,405,964 worldwide 11 citations · 28 works
All ranked researchers at Pakistan Nuclear Regulatory Authority

What are the most cited papers from Pakistan Nuclear Regulatory Authority?

The most cited paper from Pakistan Nuclear Regulatory Authority is "Surface free energy and moisture susceptibility evaluation of asphalt binders modified with surfactant-based chemical additive" (Muhammad Rafiq Kakar, Meor Othman Hamzah, Mohammad Nishat Akhtar et al., 2015), with 177 citations. Next come "Analysis of Client-Satisfaction Factors in Construction Industry" (118) and "The Concordiasi Project in Antarctica" (104).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Surface free energy and moisture susceptibility evaluation of asphalt binders modified with surfactant-based chemical additive Muhammad Rafiq Kakar, Meor Othman Hamzah, Mohammad Nishat Akhtar et al. · Journal of Cleaner Production 4 Nov 2015 177
2 Analysis of Client-Satisfaction Factors in Construction Industry Syed Mahmood Ahmed, Roozbeh Kangari · Journal of Management in Engineering Mar 1995 118
3 The Concordiasi Project in Antarctica Florence Rabier et al. · Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society Open access 28 Aug 2009 104
4 Diagnosis and monitoring of Alzheimer's patients using classical and deep learning techniques Mohsin Raza, Muhammad Awais, Waqas Ellahi et al. · Expert Systems with Applications Open access 18 Jun 2019 90
5 Nuclear Fuel Management H.W. Graves, Spyros G. Tzafestaş, John G. Bartzis · IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science Jun 1982 68
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Which keywords describe research at Pakistan Nuclear Regulatory Authority?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Finite Element Analysis, Nuclear Fuel, Radiation Protection, Molten Salt, Nuclear Reactor, Health Effects, Ionizing Radiation and Radionuclides.

▲ 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. Finite Element Analysis6▲ 32×2 topics
  2. Nuclear Fuel6▲ 447×1 topic
  3. Radiation Protection6▲ 447×1 topic
  4. Environmental Impact4▲ 2.6×8 topics
  5. Molten Salt4▲ 141×1 topic
  6. Nuclear Reactor4▲ 141×1 topic
  7. Health Effects4▲ 6.9×4 topics
  8. Public Health4▲ 2.8×10 topics
  9. Ionizing Radiation3▲ 53×2 topics
  10. Radionuclides3▲ 93×2 topics
  11. Accident Tolerant Fuels3▲ 96×1 topic
  12. Fuel Cladding3▲ 96×1 topic
  13. Toxicity2▲ 6.6×4 topics
  14. Thermal Properties2▲ 21×2 topics
  15. Nuclear Graphite2▲ 117×1 topic
  16. Oxidation Behavior2▲ 40×1 topic
  17. Reliability Evaluation2▲ 46×2 topics
  18. Bayesian Networks2▲ 25×2 topics
  19. Antioxidant Activity2▲ 3.5×4 topics
  20. Fault Tree Analysis2▲ 47×1 topic
  21. Quantitative Risk Assessment2▲ 47×1 topic
  22. Drug Resistance2▲ 7.0×4 topics
  23. Lung Cancer2▲ 13×1 topic
  24. Passive Systems2▲ 128×1 topic
  25. Radon2▲ 94×1 topic
  26. Thermal-Hydraulic Analysis2▲ 128×1 topic
  27. Food Insecurity2▲ 33×2 topics
  28. Food Safety2▲ 6.3×4 topics
  29. Climate Consequences2▲ 173×1 topic
  30. Nuclear War2▲ 173×1 topic
  31. Privacy2▲ 5.9×3 topics
  32. Cancer Risk1▲ 7.4×2 topics
  33. Diagnostic Imaging1▲ 14×2 topics
  34. Computed Tomography1▲ 34×1 topic
  35. Data Assimilation1▲ 9.3×4 topics
  36. Fukushima Daiichi1▲ 93×1 topic
  37. Radiation Exposure1▲ 16×1 topic
  38. nuclear accident1▲ 93×1 topic
  39. Monte Carlo Simulation1▲ 7.1×3 topics
  40. Tomography1▲ 7.6×2 topics

Which research topics does Pakistan Nuclear Regulatory Authority publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Nuclear and radioactivity studies, Nuclear reactor physics and engineering, Nuclear Materials and Properties and Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies.

Nuclear and radioactivit…6Nuclear and radioactivity studies: 6 fractional worksNuclear reactor physics and engineering: 4 fractional worksNuclear Materials and Properties: 3 fractional worksGraphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies: 2 fractional worksRisk and Safety Analysis: 2 fractional worksRadioactivity and Radon Measurements: 2 fractional worksNuclear Engineering Thermal-Hydraulics: 2 fractional worksNuclear Issues and Defense: 2 fractional worksRadioactive contamination and transfer: 1 fractional worksRadiation Dose and Imaging: 1 fractional works
Safety, Risk, Reliability and QualityAerospace EngineeringMaterials ChemistryStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty4 others

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

  1. 1 Nuclear and radioactivity studies Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 6 works
  2. 2 Nuclear reactor physics and engineering Aerospace Engineering 4 works
  3. 3 Nuclear Materials and Properties Materials Chemistry 3 works
  4. 4 Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies Materials Chemistry 2 works
  5. 5 Risk and Safety Analysis Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 2 works
  6. 6 Radioactivity and Radon Measurements Radiological and Ultrasound Technology 2 works
  7. 7 Nuclear Engineering Thermal-Hydraulics Aerospace Engineering 2 works
  8. 8 Nuclear Issues and Defense Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  9. 9 Radioactive contamination and transfer Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  10. 10 Radiation Dose and Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 1 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 available63.2%not open36.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors35.2%domestic only64.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Pakistan Nuclear Regulatory Authority's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 28% 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 Pakistan Nuclear Regulatory Authority as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00030% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Pakistan Nuclear Regulatory Authority0.00035% in 20251990200020102020

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