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Pakistan Nuclear Regulatory Authority

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World rank, 2022–2025
#23,725
of 28,054 · #37,715 all time
Rank in Pakistan
#219
of 241
Research works
208
▲ 105% vs 2013–17
Citations
883
4.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
63%
world 28%

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: 1.20× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.11× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4.19× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.23× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.64× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.96× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.75× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.28× its world share, 25 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.90× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.46× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.02× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.23× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.46× its world share, 6 worksMedicineNursing: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.65× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.28× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.74× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.60× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Pakistan Nuclear Regulatory Authority?

Ranked on the composite score, Shigeki Shiba lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Pakistan Nuclear Regulatory Authority.

  1. 1 Shigeki Shiba Pakistan · #1,490,432 worldwide 1 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Pakistan Nuclear Regulatory Authority

Which keywords describe research at Pakistan Nuclear Regulatory Authority?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Finite Element Analysis, Nuclear Fuel, Radiation Protection, Molten Salt, Nuclear Reactor, Accident Tolerant Fuels, Fuel Cladding and Ionizing Radiation.

▲ 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. Finite Element Analysis5▲ 29×2 topics
  2. Nuclear Fuel5▲ 375×1 topic
  3. Radiation Protection5▲ 375×1 topic
  4. Environmental Impact4▲ 2.8×8 topics
  5. Molten Salt3▲ 147×1 topic
  6. Nuclear Reactor3▲ 147×1 topic
  7. Public Health3▲ 2.7×9 topics
  8. Accident Tolerant Fuels3▲ 100×1 topic
  9. Fuel Cladding3▲ 100×1 topic
  10. Health Effects3▲ 6.0×4 topics
  11. Ionizing Radiation2▲ 46×2 topics
  12. Radionuclides2▲ 78×2 topics
  13. Thermal Properties2▲ 23×2 topics
  14. Toxicity2▲ 6.6×4 topics
  15. Nuclear Graphite2▲ 122×1 topic
  16. Oxidation Behavior2▲ 43×1 topic
  17. Reliability Evaluation2▲ 54×2 topics
  18. Antioxidant Activity2▲ 3.8×3 topics
  19. Bayesian Networks2▲ 28×2 topics
  20. Security2▲ 3.7×6 topics
  21. Fault Tree Analysis2▲ 48×1 topic
  22. Food Insecurity2▲ 39×2 topics
  23. Passive Systems2▲ 151×1 topic
  24. Quantitative Risk Assessment2▲ 48×1 topic
  25. Thermal-Hydraulic Analysis2▲ 151×1 topic
  26. Drug Resistance2▲ 7.7×3 topics
  27. Climate Consequences2▲ 205×1 topic
  28. Nuclear War2▲ 205×1 topic
  29. Privacy2▲ 6.8×3 topics
  30. Lung Cancer1▲ 11×1 topic
  31. Radon1▲ 85×1 topic
  32. Vaccine1▲ 4.6×4 topics
  33. Data Assimilation1▲ 12×4 topics
  34. Monte Carlo Simulation1▲ 8.1×3 topics
  35. Tomography1▲ 8.9×2 topics
  36. Mycobacterium tuberculosis1▲ 27×1 topic
  37. Tuberculosis1▲ 29×1 topic
  38. Authentication1▲ 8.7×1 topic
  39. Biometric Recognition1▲ 57×1 topic
  40. Diagnostic Imaging1▲ 13×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Nuclear and radioactivity studies, Nuclear reactor physics and engineering, Nuclear Materials and Properties and Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies.

Nuclear and radioactivit…5Nuclear and radioactivity studies: 5 fractional worksNuclear reactor physics and engineering: 3 fractional worksNuclear Materials and Properties: 3 fractional worksGraphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies: 2 fractional worksRisk and Safety Analysis: 2 fractional worksNuclear Engineering Ther…2Nuclear Engineering Thermal-Hydraulics: 2 fractional worksNuclear Issues and Defense: 2 fractional worksRadioactivity and Radon Measurements: 1 fractional worksTuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 1 fractional worksBiometric Identification and Security: 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 5 works
  2. 2 Nuclear reactor physics and engineering Aerospace Engineering 3 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 Nuclear Engineering Thermal-Hydraulics Aerospace Engineering 2 works
  7. 7 Nuclear Issues and Defense Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  8. 8 Radioactivity and Radon Measurements Radiological and Ultrasound Technology 1 works
  9. 9 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 1 works
  10. 10 Biometric Identification and Security Signal Processing 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 105% 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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