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Preston University

In research, Preston University stands highest in Social Sciences (#6,888 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#18,116
of 22,385 · #18,320 all time
Rank in Pakistan
#203
of 231
Research works
240
▼ 14% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.6k
15.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.06×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
62%
world 40%
International
28%
world 18%
Preston University

What is Preston University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Social SciencesDomain #6,888 of 14,833 11.9%144

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

Which fields of science does Preston University work in?

In 2022-now, 66% of research at Preston University is in Social Sciences, 26% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Economics, Econometrics and Finance (17%), Business, Management and Accounting (17%), Social Sciences (16%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 50 fractional works · 65.8% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 13 fractional works · 17.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 9 fractional works · 12.4% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 13 fractional works · 16.6% of its workAccounting: 4 fractional works · 5.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 3 fractional works · 4.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 3 fractional works · 3.5% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 12 fractional works · 16.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 5.2% of its workEducation: 4 fractional works · 4.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 11 fractional works · 14.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 5.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 5.2% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 20 fractional works · 25.8% of its workComputer Science: 7 fractional works · 9.5% of its workInformation Systems: 4 fractional works · 4.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 6.9% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArchitecture: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 5.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 3.7% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLeadership and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKPrestonUniversity76fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences26%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences66%

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. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1317.0%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting1316.6%
    3. Social Sciences1216.3%
    4. Psychology1114.3%
    5. Decision Sciences11.2%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.4%
    1. Computer Science79.5%
    2. Environmental Science56.9%
    3. Engineering23.3%
    4. Energy22.8%
    5. Materials Science11.9%
    6. Chemistry10.7%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.4%
    8. Mathematics00.2%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences33.7%
    2. Neuroscience11.4%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.1%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Health Professions11.6%
    2. Medicine10.8%
    3. Nursing10.7%
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: 0.78× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.88× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.22× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 3.01× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.40× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.55× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.61× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksMedicineNursing: 1.45× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5.13× its world share, 12 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.25× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 7.93× its world share, 13 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 4.69× its world share, 11 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.29× its world share, 12 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 7.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance7.93×13 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting5.13×12 works
  3. Psychology4.69×11 works
  4. Energy3.01×2 works
  5. Nursing1.45×0 works
  6. Environmental Science1.40×5 works
  7. Social Sciences1.29×12 works
  8. Decision Sciences1.25×1 works
  9. Computer Science1.22×7 works
  10. Neuroscience0.88×1 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.78×3 works
  12. Health Professions0.61×1 works
  13. Materials Science0.55×1 works
  14. Chemistry0.47×1 works
  15. Chemical Engineering0.31×0 works
  16. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.28×0 works
  17. Engineering0.22×2 works
  18. Arts and Humanities0.15×0 works
  19. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.14×0 works
  20. Mathematics0.14×0 works
  21. Medicine0.04×1 works
  22. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Preston University?

Ranked on the quality score, Zane Asher Green, Muhammad Umer Afzal and Junaid Jahangir lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Preston University.

  1. 1 Zane Asher Green Pakistan · #323,804 worldwide 753 citations · 30 works
  2. 2 Muhammad Umer Afzal Pakistan · #1,369,605 worldwide 1.8k citations · 100 works
  3. 3 Junaid Jahangir Pakistan · #2,184,152 worldwide 127 citations · 28 works
  4. 4 Haji Rahman Pakistan · #2,697,233 worldwide 215 citations · 30 works
  5. 5 Malik Sikandar Hayat Khiyal Pakistan · #3,042,207 worldwide 180 citations · 23 works
  6. 6 Malik Sikander Hayat Khiyal Pakistan · #3,066,910 worldwide 381 citations · 32 works
  7. 7 Bashir Ahmad Khilji Pakistan · #3,200,970 worldwide 365 citations · 25 works
  8. 8 Muhammad Daud Awan Pakistan · #3,587,770 worldwide 109 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 Fazle Hadi Pakistan · #4,769,666 worldwide 88 citations · 20 works
  10. 10 Durdana Qaiser Gillani Pakistan · #5,132,616 worldwide 69 citations · 34 works
All ranked researchers at Preston University

What are the most cited papers from Preston University?

The most cited paper from Preston University is "Understanding the dynamics of natural resources rents, environmental sustainability, and sustainable economic growth: new insights from China" (Hafiz Muhammad Arslan, Irfan Ali Khan, Muhammad Irfan Latif et al., 2022), with 297 citations. Next come "A Study of University Students’ Motivation and Its Relationship with Their Academic Performance" (217) and "Bioconvective MHD flow of tangent hyperbolic nanofluid with newtonian heating" (207).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Understanding the dynamics of natural resources rents, environmental sustainability, and sustainable economic growth: new insights from China Hafiz Muhammad Arslan, Irfan Ali Khan, Muhammad Irfan Latif et al. · Environmental Science and Pollution Research 3 Apr 2022 297
2 A Study of University Students’ Motivation and Its Relationship with Their Academic Performance Hasan Afzal, İmran Ali, M. A. Khan et al. · International Journal of Business and Management Open access 19 Mar 2010 217
3 Bioconvective MHD flow of tangent hyperbolic nanofluid with newtonian heating Anum Shafiq, Zakia Hammouch, Tabassum Naz Sindhu · International Journal of Mechanical Sciences 22 Sep 2017 207
4 Corporate Social Responsibility and Gender Diversity: Insights from Asia Pacific Qaiser Rafique Yasser, Abdullah Al Mamun, Irfan Ahmed · Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management 7 Mar 2017 200
5 Abundance of natural resources and environmental sustainability: the roles of manufacturing value-added, urbanization, and permanent cropland Zahid Zahoor, Muhammad Irfan Latif, Irfan Ali Khan et al. · Environmental Science and Pollution Research Open access 25 Jun 2022 198
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Preston University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Renewable Energy, Economic Growth, Mental Health, Resilience, Corporate Governance, Governance, Education and Financial Development.

▲ 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. Renewable Energy7▲ 6.6×6 topics
  2. Economic Growth6▲ 10×10 topics
  3. Mental Health6▲ 5.8×10 topics
  4. Education5▲ 3.8×8 topics
  5. Climate Change5▲ 2.3×15 topics
  6. Resilience5▲ 12×5 topics
  7. Corporate Governance4▲ 7.7×8 topics
  8. COVID-194▲ 4.0×4 topics
  9. Depression4▲ 5.5×5 topics
  10. Governance4▲ 15×5 topics
  11. Pandemic4▲ 4.8×3 topics
  12. Financial Development4▲ 31×2 topics
  13. Panel Data Analysis4▲ 30×2 topics
  14. CO2 Emissions3▲ 25×1 topic
  15. Energy Consumption3▲ 19×1 topic
  16. Risk Management3▲ 9.1×5 topics
  17. Economic Development3▲ 5.1×7 topics
  18. Consumer Behavior3▲ 6.2×5 topics
  19. Well-being3▲ 9.8×3 topics
  20. Digital Transformation3▲ 6.8×5 topics
  21. Life Satisfaction3▲ 55×2 topics
  22. Positive Psychology3▲ 47×2 topics
  23. ICT3▲ 26×1 topic
  24. financial access3▲ 88×1 topic
  25. Leadership3▲ 6.9×6 topics
  26. Self-Efficacy3▲ 13×3 topics
  27. Social Capital3▲ 6.5×4 topics
  28. Anxiety2▲ 6.9×3 topics
  29. Vulnerability2▲ 14×5 topics
  30. Finance2▲ 17×2 topics
  31. Household Fuel Use2▲ 47×1 topic
  32. Indoor Air Pollution2▲ 47×1 topic
  33. Job Satisfaction2▲ 7.2×5 topics
  34. Psychological Distress2▲ 13×3 topics
  35. Healthcare Workers2▲ 12×2 topics
  36. Psychological Impact2▲ 9.0×1 topic
  37. Quarantine2▲ 19×1 topic
  38. Customer Satisfaction2▲ 8.6×3 topics
  39. Human Resource Management2▲ 18×2 topics
  40. Work Engagement2▲ 30×2 topics

Which research topics does Preston University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Energy, Environment, Economic Growth, Economic Growth and Development, Energy and Environment Impacts and COVID-19 and Mental Health.

Energy, Environment, Economic Growth: 3 fractional worksEconomic Growth and Development: 3 fractional worksEnergy and Environment I…2Energy and Environment Impacts: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health2COVID-19 and Mental Health: 2 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Banking Studies: 2 fractional worksPsychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction: 2 fractional worksMicrofinance and Financi…1Microfinance and Financial Inclusion: 1 fractional worksOptimism, Hope, and Well-being: 1 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainability in Business: 1 fractional worksFlood Risk Assessment and Management: 1 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsInformation SystemsPollutionClinical Psychology5 others

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

  1. 1 Energy, Environment, Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  2. 2 Economic Growth and Development Information Systems 3 works
  3. 3 Energy and Environment Impacts Pollution 2 works
  4. 4 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 2 works
  5. 5 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 2 works
  6. 6 Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction Social Psychology 2 works
  7. 7 Microfinance and Financial Inclusion Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  8. 8 Optimism, Hope, and Well-being Applied Psychology 1 works
  9. 9 Environmental Sustainability in Business Marketing 1 works
  10. 10 Flood Risk Assessment and Management Global and Planetary Change 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 available62.5%not open37.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors27.6%domestic only72.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Preston University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 14% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Preston University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00040% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Preston University0.00031% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Preston University over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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