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Pakistan Science Foundation

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Research works
45
▼ 19% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.8k
39.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
26.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
41%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Pakistan Science Foundation is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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: 2.92× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.72× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.01× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.90× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 3.56× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.27× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.28× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 4.01× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMedicine: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.42× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.16× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Pakistan Science Foundation?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Gene Expression, Oxidative Stress, Antioxidants, Abiotic Stress, Reactive Oxygen Species, Drought Resistance, Plant Responses and Salt Tolerance.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in all years 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 34 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 34 words, with their numbers
  1. Oxidative Stress4▲ 5.2×10 topics
  2. Gene Expression4▲ 14×7 topics
  3. Abiotic Stress3▲ 125×2 topics
  4. Antioxidants3▲ 17×7 topics
  5. Reactive Oxygen Species3▲ 14×4 topics
  6. Drought Resistance3▲ 68×3 topics
  7. Plant Responses3▲ 86×2 topics
  8. Salt Tolerance3▲ 134×1 topic
  9. Signal Transduction3▲ 24×1 topic
  10. Environmental Impact2▲ 3.2×12 topics
  11. Antioxidant Activity2▲ 7.3×5 topics
  12. Heavy Metals2▲ 23×4 topics
  13. Genetic Diversity2▲ 7.5×7 topics
  14. Plant Growth2▲ 32×5 topics
  15. Inflammation2▲ 1.40×6 topics
  16. Medicinal Plants2▲ 8.9×6 topics
  17. Cancer Therapy1▲ 4.9×8 topics
  18. Climate Change1◆ 1.14×9 topics
  19. Epidemiology1▼ 0.77×7 topics
  20. Food Security1▲ 8.0×3 topics
  21. Pollution1▲ 23×3 topics
  22. Toxicity1▲ 7.2×7 topics
  23. Biofortification1▲ 65×1 topic
  24. Mineral Elements1▲ 113×1 topic
  25. Bioavailability1▲ 15×4 topics
  26. Neural Networks1▲ 2.6×2 topics
  27. Regulation1▲ 4.5×2 topics
  28. Biodiversity1▲ 3.2×4 topics
  29. Metabolism1▲ 3.8×5 topics
  30. Phylogenetic Analysis1▲ 6.8×3 topics
  31. Phytochemicals1▲ 29×4 topics
  32. Coal Industry1▲ 230×1 topic
  33. Nutritional Quality1▲ 42×3 topics
  34. Oxidative Desulphurisation1▲ 230×1 topic

Which research topics does Pakistan Science Foundation publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Minerals Flotation and Separation Techniques, Microtubule and mitosis dynamics, Nitrogen and Sulfur Effects on Brassica and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation.

Minerals Flotation and S…0Minerals Flotation and Separation Techniques: 0 fractional worksMicrotubule and mitosis dynamics: 0 fractional worksNitrogen and Sulfur Effects on Brassica: 0 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Conservation: 0 fractional worksAvian ecology and behavior: 0 fractional worksAgricultural Science and Fertilization: 0 fractional worksGenetics and Neurodevelo…0Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders: 0 fractional worksAgronomic Practices and …0Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems: 0 fractional worksBat Biology and Ecology …0Bat Biology and Ecology Studies: 0 fractional worksGenomics and Rare Diseases0Genomics and Rare Diseases: 0 fractional works
Water Science and TechnologyCell BiologyMolecular BiologyEcology4 others

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

  1. 1 Minerals Flotation and Separation Techniques Water Science and Technology 0 works
  2. 2 Microtubule and mitosis dynamics Cell Biology 0 works
  3. 3 Nitrogen and Sulfur Effects on Brassica Molecular Biology 0 works
  4. 4 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 0 works
  5. 5 Avian ecology and behavior Ecology 0 works
  6. 6 Agricultural Science and Fertilization Soil Science 0 works
  7. 7 Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders Genetics 0 works
  8. 8 Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems Agronomy and Crop Science 0 works
  9. 9 Bat Biology and Ecology Studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 0 works
  10. 10 Genomics and Rare Diseases Genetics 0 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 available40.9%not open59.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors40.7%domestic only59.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Pakistan Science Foundation's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 19% lower 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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