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Sukkur IBA University

In research, Sukkur IBA University stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,975 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#1,949 of 6,365 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#4,510 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Business, Management and Accounting and Economics, Econometrics and Finance — Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management is 6.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,968
of 28,054 · #7,706 all time
Rank in Pakistan
#58
of 241
Research works
1.5k
▲ 361% vs 2013–17
Citations
21k
14.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
26.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
60%
world 28%

What is Sukkur IBA 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 #1,975 of 10,521 32.2%318 #2964
Social SciencesField #1,949 of 6,365 30.3%127 #3309
Physical SciencesDomain #4,510 of 12,888 24.0%262 #6042
EducationSubfield #680 of 1,892 30.6%65 —
EngineeringField #2,843 of 6,636 19.9%125 #4277
Business, Management and AccountingField #1,398 of 2,578 30.5%78 #1617
Computer ScienceField #2,791 of 4,667 29.2%80 #3899
Health SciencesDomain #9,286 of 11,982 13.0%71 —

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Sukkur IBA 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#2,964 #1,975
  2. Social Sciences#3,309 #1,949
  3. Physical Sciences#6,042 #4,510
  4. Engineering#4,277 #2,843
  5. Business, Management and Accounting#1,617 #1,398
  6. Computer Science#3,899 #2,791
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 Sukkur IBA University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management takes 6.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Organizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementSubfield · 21.4 works6.6×
  2. Business, Management and AccountingField · 78.1 works3.6×
  3. Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField · 49.8 works3.4×
← 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: 0.37× its world share, 12 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.14× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.68× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.95× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.25× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.52× its world share, 80 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.45× its world share, 9 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.23× its world share, 125 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.48× its world share, 16 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.51× its world share, 12 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.85× its world share, 7 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.46× its world share, 7 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.75× its world share, 13 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.43× its world share, 56 worksMedicineNursing: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.97× its world share, 19 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.58× its world share, 78 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.26× its world share, 15 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.44× its world share, 50 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.42× its world share, 29 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.49× its world share, 128 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Sukkur IBA University?

Ranked on the composite score, Javed Ahmed, Junaid Ahmed and Niaz Ahmed Bhutto lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Sukkur IBA University.

  1. 1 Javed Ahmed Pakistan · #184,383 worldwide 329 citations · 18 works
  2. 2 Junaid Ahmed Pakistan · #514,013 worldwide 141 citations · 20 works
  3. 3 Niaz Ahmed Bhutto Pakistan · #533,790 worldwide 94 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Faheem Gul Gilal Pakistan · #559,479 worldwide 62 citations · 25 works
  5. 5 Umair Ahmed Pakistan · #561,993 worldwide 60 citations · 26 works
  6. 6 Ghulam Mujtaba Pakistan · #659,984 worldwide 63 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 Ahmad Waqas Pakistan · #868,944 worldwide 27 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Muhammad Mujtaba Asad Pakistan · #998,799 worldwide 32 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 Nathalie Pakistan · #1,091,158 worldwide 0 citations · 23 works
  10. 10 M. Asif Memon Pakistan · #1,153,162 worldwide 49 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Sukkur IBA University

Which keywords describe research at Sukkur IBA University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Heat Transfer, Leadership, Technology Integration, Experimental Investigation, Educational Technology, Online Learning, Machine Learning and Deep Learning.

▲ 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. Machine Learning36▲ 1.65×51 topics
  2. Deep Learning36▲ 1.56×58 topics
  3. Heat Transfer30▲ 8.9×13 topics
  4. Educational Technology26▲ 3.2×22 topics
  5. Leadership23▲ 7.2×10 topics
  6. Globalization23▲ 1.73×29 topics
  7. Online Learning22▲ 3.9×13 topics
  8. Renewable Energy22▲ 2.2×27 topics
  9. E-Learning21▲ 3.0×13 topics
  10. Healthcare20▲ 2.6×12 topics
  11. Economic Growth19▲ 3.4×18 topics
  12. Technology Integration18▲ 8.9×8 topics
  13. Supply Chain Management18▲ 2.8×14 topics
  14. Experimental Investigation18▲ 25×3 topics
  15. Risk Management18▲ 5.4×10 topics
  16. Corporate Governance16▲ 3.3×14 topics
  17. Job Satisfaction16▲ 5.5×8 topics
  18. Consumer Behavior15▲ 3.5×13 topics
  19. Student Satisfaction15▲ 11×2 topics
  20. Human Resource Management14▲ 14×4 topics
  21. Monetary Policy14▲ 8.6×7 topics
  22. Customer Satisfaction13▲ 6.0×6 topics
  23. Organizational Behavior13▲ 13×3 topics
  24. Transformational Leadership12▲ 11×3 topics
  25. Applications12▲ 6.5×4 topics
  26. Finance12▲ 9.1×4 topics
  27. Work Engagement12▲ 19×3 topics
  28. Psychological Capital12▲ 13×2 topics
  29. Job Demands-Resources Model12▲ 28×1 topic
  30. Mediation Analysis12▲ 22×1 topic
  31. Financial Development11▲ 11×2 topics
  32. Panel Data Analysis11▲ 10×2 topics
  33. Organizational Performance11▲ 6.8×7 topics
  34. Financial Stability11▲ 8.2×4 topics
  35. Thermal Conductivity11▲ 11×3 topics
  36. Nanofluids11▲ 19×2 topics
  37. Review11▲ 13×2 topics
  38. Convective Transport10▲ 33×1 topic
  39. Enhancement10▲ 33×1 topic
  40. Viscosity10▲ 22×2 topics

Which research topics does Sukkur IBA University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior, Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer, Islamic Finance and Banking Studies and Technology-Enhanced Education Studies.

Job Satisfaction and Org…12Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior: 12 fractional worksNanofluid Flow and Heat …10Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer: 10 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Bank…10Islamic Finance and Banking Studies: 10 fractional worksTechnology-Enhanced Educ…9Technology-Enhanced Education Studies: 9 fractional worksHeat Transfer Mechanisms: 7 fractional worksEnergy, Environment, Economic Growth: 7 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainabi…7Environmental Sustainability in Business: 7 fractional worksOnline and Blended Learning: 6 fractional worksMarket Dynamics and Volatility: 6 fractional worksPolitics and Conflicts i…6Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East: 6 fractional works
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementBiomedical EngineeringAccountingEducation4 others

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

  1. 1 Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 12 works
  2. 2 Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer Biomedical Engineering 10 works
  3. 3 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 10 works
  4. 4 Technology-Enhanced Education Studies Education 9 works
  5. 5 Heat Transfer Mechanisms Mechanical Engineering 7 works
  6. 6 Energy, Environment, Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 7 works
  7. 7 Environmental Sustainability in Business Marketing 7 works
  8. 8 Online and Blended Learning Education 6 works
  9. 9 Market Dynamics and Volatility Economics and Econometrics 6 works
  10. 10 Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East Political Science and International Relations 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 available60.4%not open39.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors49.4%domestic only50.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Sukkur IBA University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 361% higher than in 2013–2017.

200020102020
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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.