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Polytechnical University of Kabul

In research, Polytechnical University of Kabul stands highest in Physical Sciences (#5,877 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#14,777
of 22,385 · #25,813 all time
Rank in Afghanistan
#12
of 19
Research works
171
▲ 140% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.9k
10.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.05×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
71%
world 40%
International
66%
world 18%
Polytechnical University of Kabul

What is Polytechnical University of Kabul known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #5,877 of 10,670 10.9%80 #11545

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Polytechnical University of Kabul 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Polytechnical University of Kabul work in?

In 2022-now, 75% of research at Polytechnical University of Kabul is in Physical Sciences, 20% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (32%), Environmental Science (17%), Social Sciences (9%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 87 fractional works · 75.4% of its workEngineering: 37 fractional works · 32.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 12 fractional works · 10.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 6 fractional works · 5.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 4 fractional works · 3.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 20 fractional works · 17.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 8 fractional works · 6.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 5 fractional works · 4.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 10 fractional works · 8.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 3.2% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 7 fractional works · 6.2% of its workModeling and Simulation: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workApplied Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNumerical Analysis: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeometry and Topology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematical Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6 fractional works · 5.6% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGeophysics: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 4 fractional works · 3.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 23 fractional works · 20.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 10 fractional works · 8.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 6 fractional works · 4.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLinguistics and Language: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 3.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 4 fractional works · 3.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKPolytechnicalUniversity of…115fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences75%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences20%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering3732.4%
    2. Environmental Science2017.4%
    3. Computer Science108.5%
    4. Mathematics76.2%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences65.6%
    6. Physics and Astronomy43.5%
    7. Materials Science11.0%
    8. Energy10.5%
    9. Chemistry00.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Social Sciences108.7%
    2. Decision Sciences43.7%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting32.8%
    4. Arts and Humanities32.4%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.2%
    6. Psychology11.2%
    1. Health Professions21.4%
    2. Medicine11.0%
    3. Nursing00.2%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences21.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.1%
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: 0.38× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemical Engineering: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.09× its world share, 10 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.58× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.16× its world share, 37 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.50× its world share, 20 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 5.28× its world share, 7 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.55× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.53× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksMedicineNursing: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.84× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.85× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.85× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.69× its world share, 10 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 5.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Mathematics5.28×7 works
  2. Decision Sciences3.85×4 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences3.58×6 works
  4. Environmental Science3.50×20 works
  5. Engineering2.16×37 works
  6. Physics and Astronomy1.55×4 works
  7. Computer Science1.09×10 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting0.85×3 works
  9. Arts and Humanities0.84×3 works
  10. Social Sciences0.69×10 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.56×1 works
  12. Health Professions0.53×2 works
  13. Energy0.50×0 works
  14. Nursing0.39×0 works
  15. Psychology0.39×1 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.38×2 works
  17. Materials Science0.30×1 works
  18. Chemistry0.19×0 works
  19. Dentistry0.15×0 works
  20. Chemical Engineering0.12×0 works
  21. Medicine0.05×1 works
  22. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Polytechnical University of Kabul?

Ranked on the quality score, Hamidullah Waizy, Mohammad Yar and Izatmand Haleemzai lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Polytechnical University of Kabul.

  1. 1 Hamidullah Waizy Afghanistan · #1,100,824 worldwide 92 citations · 17 works
  2. 2 Mohammad Yar Afghanistan · #1,429,111 worldwide 130 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 Izatmand Haleemzai Afghanistan · #1,698,461 worldwide 190 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Hemayatullah Ahmadi Afghanistan · #1,963,509 worldwide 484 citations · 29 works
  5. 5 Abdulhalim Zaryab Afghanistan · #2,254,976 worldwide 343 citations · 30 works
  6. 6 Sifatullah Bahij Afghanistan · #2,425,247 worldwide 399 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 Asadullah Farahmand Afghanistan · #2,569,143 worldwide 213 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Ali Reza Noori Afghanistan · #3,604,045 worldwide 214 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 Amanullah Faqiri Afghanistan · #3,747,366 worldwide 231 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Polytechnical University of Kabul

What are the most cited papers from Polytechnical University of Kabul?

The most cited paper from Polytechnical University of Kabul is "Fresh and hardened properties of concrete containing different forms of plastic waste – A review" (Sifatullah Bahij, Safiullah Omary, F. Feugeas et al., 2020), with 195 citations. Next come "Fault-Based Geological Lineaments Extraction Using Remote Sensing and GIS—A Review" (149) and "Significant Factors Causing Cost Overruns in the Construction Industry in Afghanistan" (143).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Fresh and hardened properties of concrete containing different forms of plastic waste – A review Sifatullah Bahij, Safiullah Omary, F. Feugeas et al. · Waste Management 10 Jun 2020 195
2 Fault-Based Geological Lineaments Extraction Using Remote Sensing and GIS—A Review Hemayatullah Ahmadi, Emrah Pekkan · Geosciences Open access 24 Apr 2021 149
3 Significant Factors Causing Cost Overruns in the Construction Industry in Afghanistan Ghulam Abbas Niazi, Noel Painting · Procedia Engineering Conference paperOpen access 2017 143
4 Strength and Durability of Cement-Treated Lateritic Soil Norshakila Abdul Wahab, Mohammad Jawed Roshan, Ahmad Safuan A. Rashid et al. · Sustainability Open access 5 Jun 2021 121
5 Improved methods to prevent railway embankment failure and subgrade degradation: A review Mohammad Jawed Roshan, Ahmad Safuan A. Rashid, Norshakila Abdul Wahab et al. · Transportation Geotechnics Open access 12 Aug 2022 107
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Polytechnical University of Kabul?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Remote Sensing, Climate Change, Security, Conflict, Hydrological Modeling, GIS, Nonlinear Equations and Groundwater Potential.

▲ 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. Remote Sensing13▲ 9.5×15 topics
  2. Climate Change12▲ 3.7×17 topics
  3. Machine Learning7▲ 1.81×27 topics
  4. Security6▲ 8.1×5 topics
  5. Sustainability6▲ 2.2×18 topics
  6. Conflict6▲ 30×3 topics
  7. Hydrological Modeling6▲ 20×5 topics
  8. GIS5▲ 53×2 topics
  9. Nonlinear Equations5▲ 31×4 topics
  10. Groundwater Potential4▲ 139×1 topic
  11. Machine Learning Models4▲ 139×1 topic
  12. Central Asia4▲ 51×2 topics
  13. Environmental Impact4▲ 2.1×12 topics
  14. Sustainable Development4▲ 2.3×8 topics
  15. Afghanistan4▲ 146×1 topic
  16. Pakistan4▲ 146×1 topic
  17. Supply Chain Management4▲ 3.9×6 topics
  18. Water Resources4▲ 13×4 topics
  19. Land Use Change4▲ 11×4 topics
  20. Optimization4▲ 7.1×6 topics
  21. Fractional Calculus4▲ 54×2 topics
  22. Risk Perception3▲ 11×2 topics
  23. Artificial Neural Networks3▲ 6.2×5 topics
  24. Support Vector Machines3▲ 8.3×4 topics
  25. Fuzzy Sets3▲ 44×2 topics
  26. Risk Management3▲ 4.9×6 topics
  27. Drought2▲ 22×3 topics
  28. Analytic Hierarchy Process2▲ 38×1 topic
  29. Disaster Management2▲ 13×2 topics
  30. TOPSIS2▲ 52×1 topic
  31. Flood Risk2▲ 25×1 topic
  32. Hyperspectral Imaging2▲ 7.3×2 topics
  33. Surface Water Mapping2▲ 26×1 topic
  34. Anomalous Diffusion2▲ 34×1 topic
  35. Finite Element Analysis2▲ 8.4×3 topics
  36. Homotopy Analysis Method2▲ 41×1 topic
  37. Precipitation2▲ 38×2 topics
  38. Sediment Transport2▲ 11×2 topics
  39. Thermal Analysis2▲ 13×4 topics
  40. Groundwater2▲ 18×3 topics

Which research topics does Polytechnical University of Kabul publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Groundwater and Watershed Analysis, Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East, Multi-Criteria Decision Making and Flood Risk Assessment and Management.

Groundwater and Watershed Analysis: 4 fractional worksPolitics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East: 4 fractional worksMulti-Criteria Decision Making: 2 fractional worksFlood Risk Assessment and Management: 2 fractional worksFractional Differential Equations Solutions: 2 fractional worksInnovative concrete reinforcement materials: 2 fractional worksGeochemistry and Geologi…2Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 2 fractional worksHydrology and Watershed Management Studies: 2 fractional worksGroundwater and Isotope Geochemistry: 2 fractional worksStructural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete: 2 fractional works
Environmental EngineeringPolitical Science and International RelationsManagement Science and Operations ResearchGlobal and Planetary Change6 others

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

  1. 1 Groundwater and Watershed Analysis Environmental Engineering 4 works
  2. 2 Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East Political Science and International Relations 4 works
  3. 3 Multi-Criteria Decision Making Management Science and Operations Research 2 works
  4. 4 Flood Risk Assessment and Management Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  5. 5 Fractional Differential Equations Solutions Modeling and Simulation 2 works
  6. 6 Innovative concrete reinforcement materials Civil and Structural Engineering 2 works
  7. 7 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  8. 8 Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies Water Science and Technology 2 works
  9. 9 Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry Geochemistry and Petrology 2 works
  10. 10 Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete Building and Construction 2 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 available71.2%not open28.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors65.5%domestic only34.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Polytechnical University of Kabul's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 140% 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 Polytechnical University of Kabul as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00040% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Polytechnical University of Kabul0.00053% in 202519801990200020102020

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