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Riphah International University

In research, Riphah International University stands highest in Social Sciences (#531 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#348 of 6,365 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#1,261 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Rehabilitation, Geometry and Topology and Management Science and Operations Research — Rehabilitation is 5.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,265
of 28,054 · #3,802 all time
Rank in Pakistan
#9
of 241
Research works
5k
▲ 381% vs 2013–17
Citations
46k
9.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
71%
world 28%

What is Riphah International 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
Social SciencesDomain #531 of 10,521 17.9%921 #1631
Social SciencesField #348 of 6,365 17.1%360 #1157
Physical SciencesDomain #1,261 of 12,888 25.3%894 #3701
Health SciencesDomain #1,351 of 11,982 8.5%810 #2558
EngineeringField #1,343 of 6,636 23.8%265 #2955
MedicineField #2,193 of 10,443 7.2%638 #4024
Computer ScienceField #1,141 of 4,667 27.4%253 #2365
Materials ScienceField #891 of 2,468 24.1%170 #2884
Health ProfessionsField #701 of 1,928 12.9%114 #1613
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #927 of 2,318 26.1%105 #2584

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Riphah International 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. Social Sciences#1,631 #531
  2. Social Sciences#1,157 #348
  3. Physical Sciences#3,701 #1,261
  4. Health Sciences#2,558 #1,351
  5. Engineering#2,955 #1,343
  6. Medicine#4,024 #2,193
  7. Computer Science#2,365 #1,141
  8. Materials Science#2,884 #891
  9. Health Professions#1,613 #701
  10. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#2,584 #927
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 Riphah International University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Rehabilitation takes 5.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. RehabilitationSubfield · 32.6 works5.6×
  2. Geometry and TopologySubfield · 23.6 works5.1×
  3. Management Science and Operations ResearchSubfield · 58.3 works4.1×
← 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: 0.44× its world share, 60 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.55× its world share, 84 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.42× its world share, 12 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.00× its world share, 46 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.14× its world share, 32 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.50× its world share, 5 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.78× its world share, 35 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.14× its world share, 254 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.83× its world share, 22 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.62× its world share, 265 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.26× its world share, 37 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.70× its world share, 170 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.97× its world share, 66 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.55× its world share, 35 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.91× its world share, 40 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.52× its world share, 114 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.16× its world share, 638 worksMedicineNursing: 1.12× its world share, 16 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.34× its world share, 111 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.05× its world share, 97 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.56× its world share, 71 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.68× its world share, 41 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.77× its world share, 241 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.00× its world share, 360 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 3.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Riphah International University?

Ranked on the composite score, Naveed Ikram, M. Ijaz Khan and Ghulam Abbas lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Riphah International University.

  1. 1 Naveed Ikram Pakistan · #177,173 worldwide 101 citations · 24 works
  2. 2 M. Ijaz Khan Pakistan · #179,050 worldwide 1.1k citations · 124 works
  3. 3 Ghulam Abbas Pakistan · #309,667 worldwide 139 citations · 55 works
  4. 4 Shahzad Akbar Pakistan · #356,660 worldwide 83 citations · 29 works
  5. 5 Muhammad Kamran Jamil Pakistan · #412,417 worldwide 121 citations · 31 works
  6. 6 Kifayat Ullah Pakistan · #432,186 worldwide 171 citations · 22 works
  7. 7 Ghulam Abbas Miana Pakistan · #466,920 worldwide 53 citations · 18 works
  8. 8 Muhammad Wasif Zafar Pakistan · #473,259 worldwide 283 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Muhammad Sohail Pakistan · #575,660 worldwide 142 citations · 30 works
  10. 10 M. Ijaz Khan Pakistan · #615,915 worldwide 146 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Riphah International University

Which keywords describe research at Riphah International University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Epidemiology, Depression, Machine Learning, Quality of Life, Stress, Fuzzy Sets and Social Support.

▲ 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. Epidemiology183▲ 1.61×111 topics
  2. Machine Learning147▲ 1.57×76 topics
  3. Mental Health143▲ 3.4×37 topics
  4. Deep Learning115▲ 1.17×72 topics
  5. Quality of Life98▲ 2.4×47 topics
  6. Depression96▲ 3.8×22 topics
  7. Social Media81▲ 1.97×26 topics
  8. Social Support64▲ 4.0×16 topics
  9. Stress60▲ 5.7×10 topics
  10. Well-being56▲ 5.1×13 topics
  11. Global Burden56▲ 3.6×12 topics
  12. Heat Transfer51▲ 3.6×15 topics
  13. Clinical Trials49▲ 2.6×16 topics
  14. Self-Efficacy47▲ 6.2×9 topics
  15. Fuzzy Sets47▲ 29×3 topics
  16. Anxiety46▲ 3.4×12 topics
  17. Rehabilitation45▲ 4.0×11 topics
  18. Psychological Factors43▲ 7.1×6 topics
  19. Low Back Pain42▲ 8.6×4 topics
  20. Analytic Hierarchy Process41▲ 24×3 topics
  21. Group Decision Making40▲ 33×1 topic
  22. TOPSIS40▲ 33×1 topic
  23. Elderly40▲ 5.7×6 topics
  24. Electronic Structure40▲ 7.8×8 topics
  25. Coping Strategies38▲ 5.3×9 topics
  26. Efficiency35▲ 4.1×5 topics
  27. Chronic Pain35▲ 5.5×5 topics
  28. Conflict33▲ 7.1×9 topics
  29. Functional Recovery33▲ 7.6×4 topics
  30. Nursing32▲ 5.9×5 topics
  31. Experimental Investigation31▲ 10×4 topics
  32. Neural Plasticity31▲ 6.0×5 topics
  33. Disability30▲ 10×2 topics
  34. Musculoskeletal Disorders30▲ 10×3 topics
  35. Health Status Questionnaires29▲ 14×1 topic
  36. Measurement Properties29▲ 14×1 topic
  37. Educational Achievement28▲ 16×1 topic
  38. Job Stress28▲ 16×1 topic
  39. Constraint-Induced Therapy26▲ 12×1 topic
  40. Motor Recovery26▲ 12×1 topic

Which research topics does Riphah International University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Multi-Criteria Decision Making, Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation, Health and Well-being Studies and Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery.

Multi-Criteria Decision …40Multi-Criteria Decision Making: 40 fractional worksMusculoskeletal pain and…29Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation: 29 fractional worksHealth and Well-being St…28Health and Well-being Studies: 28 fractional worksStroke Rehabilitation an…26Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery: 26 fractional worksPolitics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East: 22 fractional worksNanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer: 20 fractional worksPerovskite Materials and…20Perovskite Materials and Applications: 20 fractional worksHeusler alloys: electronic and magnetic properties: 19 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 18 fractional worksCerebral Palsy and Movem…17Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders: 17 fractional works
Management Science and Operations ResearchPharmacologyClinical PsychologyRehabilitation5 others

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

  1. 1 Multi-Criteria Decision Making Management Science and Operations Research 40 works
  2. 2 Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation Pharmacology 29 works
  3. 3 Health and Well-being Studies Clinical Psychology 28 works
  4. 4 Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery Rehabilitation 26 works
  5. 5 Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East Political Science and International Relations 22 works
  6. 6 Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer Biomedical Engineering 20 works
  7. 7 Perovskite Materials and Applications Electrical and Electronic Engineering 20 works
  8. 8 Heusler alloys: electronic and magnetic properties Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 19 works
  9. 9 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 18 works
  10. 10 Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders Psychiatry and Mental health 17 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 available71.1%not open28.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors33.4%domestic only66.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Riphah International University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 381% 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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