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Sindh Agriculture University

In research, Sindh Agriculture University stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#1,039 of 3,409 worldwide), Plant Science (#783 of 1,395 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#7,725 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 22.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#7,670
of 28,054 · #13,211 all time
Rank in Pakistan
#90
of 241
Research works
1.7k
▲ 71% vs 2013–17
Citations
13k
7.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
78%
world 28%

What is Sindh 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 #1,039 of 3,409 7.5%359 #1656
Plant ScienceSubfield #783 of 1,395 7.2%188 #1551
Physical SciencesDomain #7,725 of 12,888 21.6%93 #14028
Life SciencesDomain #4,689 of 7,800 7.6%426 #6991
Health SciencesDomain #11,685 of 11,982 4.1%68 #19207

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Sindh 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#1,656 #1,039
  2. Plant Science#1,551 #783
  3. Physical Sciences#14,028 #7,725
  4. Life Sciences#6,991 #4,689
  5. Health Sciences#19,207 #11,685
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 Sindh Agriculture University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Agronomy and Crop Science takes 22.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 33.5 works22×
  2. Plant ScienceSubfield · 188.4 works17×
  3. Soil ScienceSubfield · 28.9 works15×
  4. Animal Science and ZoologySubfield · 20.0 works14×
  5. Insect ScienceSubfield · 22.2 works12×
  6. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 358.9 works12×
← 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: 11.91× its world share, 359 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.61× its world share, 54 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.36× its world share, 9 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.92× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.27× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.35× its world share, 18 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.34× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.28× its world share, 27 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.08× its world share, 34 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.27× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.28× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.39× its world share, 48 worksMedicineNursing: 3.67× its world share, 11 worksNursingVeterinary: 4.24× its world share, 4 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.42× its world share, 9 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.43× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.67× its world share, 9 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.22× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 20 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 11.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Sindh Agriculture University?

Ranked on the composite score, F.C. Oad ., Abdul Mubeen Lodhi and Maqsood Anwar Rustamani lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Sindh Agriculture University.

  1. 1 F.C. Oad . Pakistan · #398,195 worldwide 51 citations · 20 works
  2. 2 Abdul Mubeen Lodhi Pakistan · #673,574 worldwide 48 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 Maqsood Anwar Rustamani Pakistan · #949,895 worldwide 18 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Muhammad Ibrahim Khaskheli Pakistan · #1,027,144 worldwide 15 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Vijai Kumar Pakistan · #1,058,362 worldwide 5 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Asghar Ali Kamboh Pakistan · #1,171,351 worldwide 31 citations · 20 works
  7. 7 Irfan Ahmed Shaikh Pakistan · #1,410,723 worldwide 27 citations · 24 works
  8. 8 İnayatullah Rajpar Pakistan · #1,452,015 worldwide 17 citations · 19 works
  9. 9 Manzoor Ali Abro Pakistan · #1,558,795 worldwide 5 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Imran Khatri Pakistan · #1,569,642 worldwide 3 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Sindh Agriculture University

Which keywords describe research at Sindh Agriculture University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Food Security, Drought Tolerance, Genetic Diversity, Genetic Mapping, Genetic Improvement, Sustainable Agriculture, Nutritional Quality and Crop Management.

▲ 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 Change43▲ 2.5×47 topics
  2. Food Security34▲ 9.8×17 topics
  3. Drought Tolerance34▲ 37×9 topics
  4. Sustainability33▲ 2.1×32 topics
  5. Genetic Diversity32▲ 11×18 topics
  6. Genetic Mapping29▲ 59×6 topics
  7. Genetic Improvement28▲ 48×3 topics
  8. Sustainable Agriculture26▲ 13×12 topics
  9. Nutritional Quality25▲ 52×4 topics
  10. Crop Management25▲ 61×2 topics
  11. Plant Growth25▲ 36×6 topics
  12. Breeding24▲ 51×5 topics
  13. Environmental Impact24▲ 2.2×29 topics
  14. Soil Fertility22▲ 16×8 topics
  15. Gene Expression22▲ 5.8×9 topics
  16. Antioxidant22▲ 5.1×32 topics
  17. Genetics22▲ 4.9×12 topics
  18. QTL Mapping19▲ 26×6 topics
  19. Crop Productivity19▲ 43×3 topics
  20. Biological Control18▲ 19×9 topics
  21. Maize Yield18▲ 69×1 topic
  22. Nitrogen Uptake18▲ 69×1 topic
  23. Nutrient Uptake18▲ 41×3 topics
  24. Pest Management17▲ 32×5 topics
  25. Agricultural Practices17▲ 69×3 topics
  26. Antioxidant Properties16▲ 18×5 topics
  27. Water Use Efficiency16▲ 78×2 topics
  28. Yield Potential16▲ 44×2 topics
  29. Plant Breeding16▲ 25×4 topics
  30. Health Benefits15▲ 7.4×13 topics
  31. Agriculture15▲ 6.0×6 topics
  32. Genome Sequencing15▲ 15×9 topics
  33. Biofertilizers14▲ 54×3 topics
  34. Gut Microbiota14▲ 6.4×7 topics
  35. Water Management14▲ 19×4 topics
  36. Drought Resistance14▲ 23×4 topics
  37. Horticultural Crops13▲ 28×3 topics
  38. Biopesticides13▲ 31×3 topics
  39. Medicinal Properties13▲ 113×3 topics
  40. Plant Nutrition12▲ 20×3 topics

Which research topics does Sindh Agriculture University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Crop Yield and Soil Fertility, Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement, Agricultural Science and Fertilization and Sunflower and Safflower Cultivation.

Crop Yield and Soil Fert…18Crop Yield and Soil Fertility: 18 fractional worksRice Cultivation and Yie…12Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement: 12 fractional worksAgricultural Science and Fertilization: 12 fractional worksSunflower and Safflower Cultivation: 11 fractional worksInsect Pest Control Strategies: 11 fractional worksAgricultural pest management studies: 10 fractional worksResearch in Cotton Cultivation: 10 fractional worksInsect-Plant Interaction…9Insect-Plant Interactions and Control: 9 fractional worksAgricultural Economics and Practices: 9 fractional worksAgricultural Practices and Plant Genetics: 8 fractional works
Agronomy and Crop SciencePlant ScienceSoil ScienceInsect Science1 others

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

  1. 1 Crop Yield and Soil Fertility Agronomy and Crop Science 18 works
  2. 2 Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement Plant Science 12 works
  3. 3 Agricultural Science and Fertilization Soil Science 12 works
  4. 4 Sunflower and Safflower Cultivation Plant Science 11 works
  5. 5 Insect Pest Control Strategies Plant Science 11 works
  6. 6 Agricultural pest management studies Plant Science 10 works
  7. 7 Research in Cotton Cultivation Plant Science 10 works
  8. 8 Insect-Plant Interactions and Control Insect Science 9 works
  9. 9 Agricultural Economics and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 9 works
  10. 10 Agricultural Practices and Plant Genetics Plant Science 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 available77.5%not open22.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors31.9%domestic only68.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Sindh Agriculture University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 71% 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.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.