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Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University

In research, Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#281 of 3,409 worldwide), Plant Science (#183 of 1,395 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#3,174 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Agronomy and Crop Science, Plant Science and Soil Science — Agronomy and Crop Science is 13.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,074
of 28,054 · #6,388 all time
Rank in Pakistan
#26
of 241
Research works
3.2k
▲ 92% vs 2013–17
Citations
50k
15.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
64%
world 28%

What is Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University 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
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #281 of 3,409 20.5%427 #628
Plant ScienceSubfield #183 of 1,395 23.9%221 #477
Physical SciencesDomain #3,174 of 12,888 20.5%308 #6773
Life SciencesDomain #2,022 of 7,800 18.8%537 #3675
Social SciencesDomain #4,257 of 10,521 12.8%215 #6830
Environmental ScienceField #1,455 of 3,551 21.6%112 #2586
Social SciencesField #4,612 of 6,365 11.7%99 #7376
Health SciencesDomain #8,751 of 11,982 12.6%141 #15120
Computer ScienceField #3,659 of 4,667 18.0%65 #4791
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,934 of 3,579 10.6%90 #4778

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University 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. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#628 #281
  2. Plant Science#477 #183
  3. Physical Sciences#6,773 #3,174
  4. Life Sciences#3,675 #2,022
  5. Social Sciences#6,830 #4,257
  6. Environmental Science#2,586 #1,455
  7. Social Sciences#7,376 #4,612
  8. Health Sciences#15,120 #8,751
  9. Computer Science#4,791 #3,659
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#4,778 #2,934
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 Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Agronomy and Crop Science takes 13.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 39.6 works14×
  2. Plant ScienceSubfield · 221.3 works11×
  3. Soil ScienceSubfield · 31.2 works8.7×
  4. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 427.1 works7.5×
  5. Insect ScienceSubfield · 21.1 works6.2×
← 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: 7.48× its world share, 427 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.40× its world share, 90 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.77× its world share, 9 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.17× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.83× its world share, 8 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.44× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.52× its world share, 10 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.70× its world share, 65 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.50× its world share, 9 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.57× its world share, 6 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.32× its world share, 58 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.87× its world share, 112 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.68× its world share, 28 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.16× its world share, 16 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.50× its world share, 16 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.44× its world share, 102 worksMedicineNursing: 3.01× its world share, 18 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.88× its world share, 5 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.10× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.04× its world share, 40 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.72× its world share, 8 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.41× its world share, 36 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.76× its world share, 28 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.65× its world share, 99 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 7.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University?

Ranked on the composite score, Talat Mahmood, Naveed Iqbal Raja and Asif Ahmad lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University.

  1. 1 Talat Mahmood Pakistan · #91,309 worldwide 233 citations · 35 works
  2. 2 Naveed Iqbal Raja Pakistan · #239,286 worldwide 176 citations · 26 works
  3. 3 Asif Ahmad Pakistan · #252,258 worldwide 242 citations · 44 works
  4. 4 Zia‐ur‐Rehman Mashwani Pakistan · #280,633 worldwide 158 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 Mubashir Hussain Pakistan · #332,691 worldwide 76 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 Rahmatullah Qureshi Pakistan · #345,509 worldwide 185 citations · 60 works
  7. 7 Abid Ali Pakistan · #357,558 worldwide 78 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Nadeem Akhtar Abbasi Pakistan · #403,407 worldwide 122 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 Ghulam Jilani Pakistan · #403,694 worldwide 152 citations · 42 works
  10. 10 Tariq Mukhtar Pakistan · #404,220 worldwide 176 citations · 37 works
All ranked researchers at Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University

Which keywords describe research at Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Food Security, Genetic Diversity, Sustainability, Sustainable Agriculture, Antioxidant, Drought Tolerance and Toxicity.

▲ 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. Climate Change108▲ 3.3×74 topics
  2. Sustainability61▲ 2.1×47 topics
  3. Machine Learning52▲ 1.33×57 topics
  4. Food Security51▲ 7.8×16 topics
  5. Environmental Impact41▲ 2.0×38 topics
  6. Antioxidant37▲ 4.5×43 topics
  7. Genetic Diversity36▲ 6.8×19 topics
  8. Oxidative Stress36▲ 1.83×36 topics
  9. Antioxidant Activity31▲ 4.1×28 topics
  10. Toxicity31▲ 6.0×17 topics
  11. Sustainable Agriculture30▲ 8.0×13 topics
  12. Biodiversity30▲ 3.3×22 topics
  13. Agriculture29▲ 6.0×8 topics
  14. Drought Tolerance28▲ 16×9 topics
  15. Plant Growth25▲ 19×6 topics
  16. Medicinal Plants25▲ 5.2×17 topics
  17. QTL Mapping25▲ 18×6 topics
  18. Genetic Improvement24▲ 22×4 topics
  19. Antioxidants24▲ 4.4×13 topics
  20. Breeding24▲ 26×5 topics
  21. Water Management23▲ 16×4 topics
  22. Crop Management22▲ 28×2 topics
  23. Global Warming22▲ 4.4×11 topics
  24. Soil Fertility21▲ 7.7×8 topics
  25. Vulnerability21▲ 7.7×5 topics
  26. Phylogenetic Analysis19▲ 5.3×10 topics
  27. Antimicrobial19▲ 5.6×12 topics
  28. Nutritional Quality19▲ 21×4 topics
  29. Genomics18▲ 5.2×12 topics
  30. Rhizosphere Interactions18▲ 18×2 topics
  31. Genome Sequencing17▲ 9.0×8 topics
  32. Biosynthesis17▲ 8.8×7 topics
  33. Maize Yield16▲ 32×1 topic
  34. Nitrogen Uptake16▲ 32×1 topic
  35. Nutrient Uptake16▲ 19×3 topics
  36. Biological Control16▲ 8.8×10 topics
  37. Antioxidant Properties16▲ 8.9×6 topics
  38. Drought Resistance16▲ 13×4 topics
  39. Crop Production15▲ 11×3 topics
  40. Nitrogen Fixation15▲ 18×2 topics

Which research topics does Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Crop Yield and Soil Fertility, Climate change impacts on agriculture, Smart Agriculture and AI and Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications.

Crop Yield and Soil Fert…16Crop Yield and Soil Fertility: 16 fractional worksClimate change impacts o…14Climate change impacts on agriculture: 14 fractional worksSmart Agriculture and AI13Smart Agriculture and AI: 13 fractional worksNanoparticles: synthesis…11Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications: 11 fractional worksAgronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems: 9 fractional worksAgricultural Economics and Practices: 9 fractional worksPlant-Microbe Interactio…9Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity: 9 fractional worksSoil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics: 9 fractional worksRice Cultivation and Yield Improvement: 8 fractional worksPlant Pathogens and Fung…8Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases: 8 fractional works
Agronomy and Crop ScienceEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsPlant ScienceMaterials Chemistry3 others

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

  1. 1 Crop Yield and Soil Fertility Agronomy and Crop Science 16 works
  2. 2 Climate change impacts on agriculture Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 14 works
  3. 3 Smart Agriculture and AI Plant Science 13 works
  4. 4 Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications Materials Chemistry 11 works
  5. 5 Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems Agronomy and Crop Science 9 works
  6. 6 Agricultural Economics and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 9 works
  7. 7 Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity Plant Science 9 works
  8. 8 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Soil Science 9 works
  9. 9 Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement Plant Science 8 works
  10. 10 Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases Cell Biology 8 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 available64.4%not open35.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors32.4%domestic only67.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 92% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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