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Paktia University

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World rank, 2022–2025
#17,408
of 28,054 · #34,979 all time
Rank in Afghanistan
#9
of 20
Research works
192
▲ 913% vs 2013–17
Citations
332
1.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
95%
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: 1.78× its world share, 10 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.55× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Chemistry: 0.55× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.99× its world share, 9 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.49× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.84× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.67× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.65× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.84× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.61× its world share, 13 worksMedicineNursing: 3.29× its world share, 2 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 2.21× its world share, 7 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.07× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.33× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.52× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.66× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.57× its world share, 37 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 3.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Paktia University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Security, Conflict, Reconstruction, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Globalization, Ethnicity and Student Engagement.

▲ 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. Security15▲ 20×7 topics
  2. Conflict14▲ 75×4 topics
  3. Afghanistan13▲ 452×1 topic
  4. Pakistan13▲ 452×1 topic
  5. Reconstruction13▲ 65×2 topics
  6. Globalization7▲ 3.1×12 topics
  7. Sustainable Development5▲ 2.8×9 topics
  8. Epidemiology5◆ 1.05×21 topics
  9. Ethnicity4▲ 9.7×4 topics
  10. Machine Learning4◆ 1.08×12 topics
  11. Student Engagement4▲ 8.8×10 topics
  12. Teacher Training4▲ 5.4×4 topics
  13. Education4▲ 1.88×10 topics
  14. Educational Technology3▲ 2.4×10 topics
  15. Literature3▲ 4.9×2 topics
  16. Online Learning3▲ 3.1×6 topics
  17. Culture3▲ 4.4×1 topic
  18. Human Rights3▲ 2.3×10 topics
  19. Islam3▲ 11×1 topic
  20. Language Teaching3▲ 9.2×3 topics
  21. E-Learning3▲ 2.3×7 topics
  22. Higher Education2▲ 4.1×3 topics
  23. Curriculum Development2▲ 2.9×3 topics
  24. Risk Management2▲ 4.2×5 topics
  25. Pedagogy2▲ 3.6×2 topics
  26. Child Development2▲ 3.8×5 topics
  27. Corruption2▲ 9.7×4 topics
  28. Feminism2▲ 5.7×3 topics
  29. China-Pakistan Economic Corridor2▲ 145×1 topic
  30. Infrastructure Development2▲ 67×1 topic
  31. Language Policy2▲ 10×2 topics
  32. Multilingualism2▲ 8.8×2 topics
  33. Muslim Students2▲ 20×1 topic
  34. Genetic Improvement2▲ 15×4 topics
  35. CLIL1▲ 18×1 topic
  36. Content and Language Integrated Learning1▲ 18×1 topic
  37. Drought Tolerance1▲ 8.2×3 topics
  38. Ethical Identity1▲ 9.3×1 topic
  39. Islamic reform1▲ 27×1 topic
  40. Middle East1▲ 19×1 topic

Which research topics does Paktia University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East, Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies, Education and Islamic Studies and Belt and Road Initiative.

Politics and Conflicts i…13Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East: 13 fractional worksLinguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 3 fractional worksEducation and Islamic Studies: 2 fractional worksBelt and Road Initiative: 2 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Banking Studies: 1 fractional worksSecond Language Learning and Teaching: 1 fractional worksIslamic Studies and History: 1 fractional worksEFL/ESL Teaching and Learning: 1 fractional worksLanguage, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis: 1 fractional worksIoT-based Smart Home Systems: 1 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsSociology and Political ScienceEducationEconomics and Econometrics4 others

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

  1. 1 Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East Political Science and International Relations 13 works
  2. 2 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  3. 3 Education and Islamic Studies Education 2 works
  4. 4 Belt and Road Initiative Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  5. 5 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 1 works
  6. 6 Second Language Learning and Teaching Literature and Literary Theory 1 works
  7. 7 Islamic Studies and History Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  8. 8 EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning Language and Linguistics 1 works
  9. 9 Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis Language and Linguistics 1 works
  10. 10 IoT-based Smart Home Systems Electrical and Electronic Engineering 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 available94.7%not open5.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors32.8%domestic only67.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Paktia University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 913% 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.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.