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Qurtuba University of Science and Information Technology

In research, Qurtuba University of Science and Information Technology stands highest in Social Sciences (#6,542 of 10,521 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#8,239 of 12,888 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#4,818 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Political Science and International Relations and Social Psychology — Political Science and International Relations is 6.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,581
of 28,054 · #21,715 all time
Rank in Pakistan
#137
of 241
Research works
818
▲ 467% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.8k
4.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
81%
world 28%

What is Qurtuba University of Science and Information Technology 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
Social SciencesDomain #6,542 of 10,521 9.7%318 #11122
Physical SciencesDomain #8,239 of 12,888 20.0%101 #13984
Social SciencesField #4,818 of 6,365 10.2%162 #7530

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Qurtuba University of Science and Information Technology 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. Social Sciences#11,122 #6,542
  2. Physical Sciences#13,984 #8,239
  3. Social Sciences#7,530 #4,818
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 Qurtuba University of Science and Information Technology specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Political Science and International Relations takes 6.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Political Science and International RelationsSubfield · 44.0 works6.3×
  2. Social PsychologySubfield · 20.0 works4.8×
← 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: 1.10× its world share, 24 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.22× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.96× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.89× its world share, 32 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.57× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.46× its world share, 32 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.65× its world share, 15 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.58× its world share, 10 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.76× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.24× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.32× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.12× its world share, 11 worksMedicineNursing: 1.12× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.23× its world share, 44 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.12× its world share, 47 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.36× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.54× its world share, 26 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.28× its world share, 33 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.73× its world share, 162 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 3.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Qurtuba University of Science and Information Technology?

Ranked on the composite score, Muhammad Ajmal lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Qurtuba University of Science and Information Technology.

  1. 1 Muhammad Ajmal Pakistan · #1,540,446 worldwide 6 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Qurtuba University of Science and Information Technology

Which keywords describe research at Qurtuba University of Science and Information Technology?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Conflict, Leadership, Security, Globalization, Central Asia, Nation-Building, State-Building and Afghanistan.

▲ 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. Globalization33▲ 3.6×33 topics
  2. Education28▲ 3.5×33 topics
  3. Conflict27▲ 36×7 topics
  4. Leadership27▲ 12×12 topics
  5. Security26▲ 8.4×13 topics
  6. Central Asia21▲ 63×2 topics
  7. Afghanistan21▲ 177×1 topic
  8. Nation-Building21▲ 82×2 topics
  9. Pakistan21▲ 177×1 topic
  10. State-Building21▲ 121×2 topics
  11. Human Rights20▲ 4.1×20 topics
  12. Meta-Analysis19▲ 6.9×8 topics
  13. Corporate Governance18▲ 5.0×11 topics
  14. Educational Technology17▲ 3.0×13 topics
  15. Risk Management16▲ 7.2×9 topics
  16. Feminism16▲ 12×7 topics
  17. Stress15▲ 8.5×6 topics
  18. Online Learning14▲ 3.7×11 topics
  19. Pedagogy14▲ 6.1×5 topics
  20. Islamic Banking14▲ 7.2×3 topics
  21. Finance14▲ 15×3 topics
  22. Social Interaction14▲ 7.3×7 topics
  23. Global Financial Crisis14▲ 21×3 topics
  24. Performance Analysis14▲ 13×2 topics
  25. Financial Stability13▲ 14×2 topics
  26. Technology Integration13▲ 9.3×7 topics
  27. Ethical Identity13▲ 22×1 topic
  28. Shariah Supervision13▲ 22×1 topic
  29. Customer Satisfaction13▲ 8.7×5 topics
  30. Literature13▲ 5.1×14 topics
  31. Job Satisfaction12▲ 6.2×11 topics
  32. Organizational Culture12▲ 6.7×6 topics
  33. Health12▲ 6.4×5 topics
  34. Student Satisfaction11▲ 13×2 topics
  35. Workplace11▲ 29×3 topics
  36. Performance11▲ 25×2 topics
  37. Emotional Intelligence11▲ 16×2 topics
  38. Attitude10▲ 61×1 topic
  39. Trait Emotional Intelligence10▲ 61×1 topic
  40. Organizational Performance10▲ 8.9×8 topics

Which research topics does Qurtuba University of Science and Information Technology publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East, Islamic Finance and Banking Studies, Emotional Intelligence and Performance and Education and Islamic Studies.

Politics and Conflicts i…21Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East: 21 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Banking Studies: 13 fractional worksEmotional Intelligence a…10Emotional Intelligence and Performance: 10 fractional worksEducation and Islamic St…9Education and Islamic Studies: 9 fractional worksOrganizational Leadership and Management Strategies: 7 fractional worksOnline and Blended Learning: 7 fractional worksEducation and Critical T…7Education and Critical Thinking Development: 7 fractional worksIslamic Studies and History: 6 fractional worksLiterary Theory and Cultural Hermeneutics: 6 fractional worksBelt and Road Initiative: 6 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsAccountingSocial PsychologyEducation3 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 21 works
  2. 2 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 13 works
  3. 3 Emotional Intelligence and Performance Social Psychology 10 works
  4. 4 Education and Islamic Studies Education 9 works
  5. 5 Organizational Leadership and Management Strategies Strategy and Management 7 works
  6. 6 Online and Blended Learning Education 7 works
  7. 7 Education and Critical Thinking Development Education 7 works
  8. 8 Islamic Studies and History Political Science and International Relations 6 works
  9. 9 Literary Theory and Cultural Hermeneutics Literature and Literary Theory 6 works
  10. 10 Belt and Road Initiative Economics and Econometrics 6 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 available81.4%not open18.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.5%domestic only77.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Qurtuba University of Science and Information Technology's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 467% 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.

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