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Sylhet Agricultural University

In research, Sylhet Agricultural University stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#687 of 3,157 worldwide), Life Sciences (#1,678 of 6,403 worldwide) and Environmental Science (#1,733 of 3,334 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Aquatic Science, Animal Science and Zoology and Agronomy and Crop Science (Aquatic Science is 33.2× its share of world research).

World rank, 2022-now
#6,368
of 22,385 · #9,467 all time
Rank in Bangladesh
#52
of 127
Research works
1.4k
▲ 46% vs 2018-21
Citations
14k
10.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.02×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
79%
world 40%
International
29%
world 18%

What is Sylhet Agricultural University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #687 of 3,157 13.8%239 #1465
Life SciencesDomain #1,678 of 6,403 12.6%325 #3179
Environmental ScienceField #1,733 of 3,334 15.5%85 #2596
Plant ScienceSubfield #703 of 1,317 10.2%72 #1586
Physical SciencesDomain #7,132 of 10,670 9.7%177 #10097
Health SciencesDomain #8,708 of 9,902 9.2%70 #13616

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Sylhet Agricultural 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 of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#1,465 #687
  2. Life Sciences#3,179 #1,678
  3. Environmental Science#2,596 #1,733
  4. Plant Science#1,586 #703
  5. Physical Sciences#10,097 #7,132
  6. Health Sciences#13,616 #8,708
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Sylhet Agricultural University work in?

In 2022-now, 53% of research at Sylhet Agricultural University is in Life Sciences, 29% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (38%), Environmental Science (14%), Medicine (9%). It does 3.9× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 372 fractional works · 52.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 271 fractional works · 38.3% of its workPlant Science: 82 fractional works · 11.6% of its workAquatic Science: 43 fractional works · 6.0% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 29 fractional works · 4.1% of its workFood Science: 25 fractional works · 3.5% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 23 fractional works · 3.3% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 23 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 18 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSoil Science: 18 fractional works · 2.5% of its workInsect Science: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workForestry: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 62 fractional works · 8.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 34 fractional works · 4.8% of its workGenetics: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysiology: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMolecular Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiotechnology: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 30 fractional works · 4.2% of its workImmunology: 17 fractional works · 2.4% of its workParasitology: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workVirology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMicrobiology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 203 fractional works · 28.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 96 fractional works · 13.6% of its workEcology: 19 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPollution: 15 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 14 fractional works · 2.0% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 11 fractional works · 1.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 10 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 45 fractional works · 6.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 11 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBuilding and Construction: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 35 fractional works · 4.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 13 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 8 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInformation Systems: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSignal Processing: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomaterials: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOceanography: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 85 fractional works · 12.1% of its workMedicine: 65 fractional works · 9.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 14 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEpidemiology: 10 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workVeterinary: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmall Animals: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPeriodontics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 47 fractional works · 6.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 17 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 8 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBusiness and International Management: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKSylhetAgricultural…707fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences53%Physical Sciences29%Health Sciences12%Social Sciences7%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences27138.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology628.8%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology304.2%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics50.7%
    5. Neuroscience40.6%
    1. Environmental Science9613.6%
    2. Engineering456.4%
    3. Computer Science354.9%
    4. Energy71.0%
    5. Chemistry60.9%
    6. Materials Science60.9%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences40.6%
    8. Mathematics10.2%
    9. Physics and Astronomy10.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Medicine659.2%
    2. Veterinary71.0%
    3. Health Professions60.9%
    4. Nursing50.8%
    5. Dentistry20.3%
    1. Social Sciences172.4%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting81.2%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance81.1%
    4. Psychology60.9%
    5. Arts and Humanities50.7%
    6. Decision Sciences30.4%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Sylhet Agricultural University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Aquatic Science takes 33.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Aquatic ScienceSubfield · 42.6 works33×
  2. Animal Science and ZoologySubfield · 22.9 works15×
  3. Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 23.4 works14×
  4. General Agricultural and Biological SciencesSubfield · 28.7 works9.2×
  5. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 270.8 works8.1×
← 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: 8.06× its world share, 271 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.65× its world share, 62 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.15× its world share, 30 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.36× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.94× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.58× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.63× its world share, 35 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.40× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.08× its world share, 7 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.43× its world share, 45 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.73× its world share, 96 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.26× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.65× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.33× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.48× its world share, 65 worksMedicineNursing: 1.57× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 7.17× its world share, 7 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.24× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.36× its world share, 8 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.40× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.53× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.29× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 17 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 8.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences8.06×271 works
  2. Veterinary7.17×7 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology4.15×30 works
  4. Environmental Science2.73×96 works
  5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.94×5 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.65×62 works
  7. Nursing1.57×5 works
  8. Energy1.08×7 works
  9. Dentistry0.65×2 works
  10. Computer Science0.63×35 works
  11. Chemistry0.58×6 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.53×8 works
  13. Medicine0.48×65 works
  14. Engineering0.43×45 works
  15. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.40×4 works
  16. Decision Sciences0.40×3 works
  17. Neuroscience0.36×4 works
  18. Business, Management and Accounting0.36×8 works
  19. Health Professions0.33×6 works
  20. Psychology0.29×6 works
  21. Materials Science0.26×6 works
  22. Arts and Humanities0.24×5 works
  23. Social Sciences0.19×17 works
  24. Mathematics0.17×1 works
  25. Physics and Astronomy0.06×1 works
  26. Chemical Engineering0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Sylhet Agricultural University?

Ranked on the quality score, Md. Abdullah Al Mamun Hridoy, Rana Roy and Muhammad Anamul Kabir lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Sylhet Agricultural University.

  1. 1 Md. Abdullah Al Mamun Hridoy Bangladesh · #508,173 worldwide 376 citations · 27 works
  2. 2 Rana Roy Bangladesh · #591,780 worldwide 3.1k citations · 80 works
  3. 3 Muhammad Anamul Kabir Bangladesh · #791,490 worldwide 1.1k citations · 69 works
  4. 4 Shad Uddin Mahfuz Bangladesh · #829,878 worldwide 2.3k citations · 70 works
  5. 5 Mohammad Mahmudul Islam Bangladesh · #900,047 worldwide 2.1k citations · 69 works
  6. 6 K M Mehedi Adnan Bangladesh · #962,248 worldwide 977 citations · 30 works
  7. 7 Md. Abu Kawsar Bangladesh · #1,011,747 worldwide 898 citations · 49 works
  8. 8 Md. Sakhawat Hossain Bangladesh · #1,077,027 worldwide 807 citations · 19 works
  9. 9 Md Kamrul Hasan Bangladesh · #1,178,432 worldwide 393 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Shishir Kumar Nandi Bangladesh · #1,623,359 worldwide 229 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Sylhet Agricultural University

What are the most cited papers from Sylhet Agricultural University?

The most cited paper from Sylhet Agricultural University is "Applications of Nanotechnology in Plant Growth and Crop Protection: A Review" (Yifen Shang, Md. Kamrul Hasan, Golam Jalal Ahammed et al., 2019), with 1,267 citations. Next come "Composition and functional properties of propolis (bee glue): A review" (656) and "Insights into the Recent 2019 Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) in Light of Past Human Coronavirus Outbreaks" (629).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Applications of Nanotechnology in Plant Growth and Crop Protection: A Review Yifen Shang, Md. Kamrul Hasan, Golam Jalal Ahammed et al. · Molecules Open access 13 Jul 2019 1,267
2 Composition and functional properties of propolis (bee glue): A review Syed Ishtiaq Anjum, Amjad Ullah, Khalid Ali Khan et al. · Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences Open access 17 Aug 2018 656
3 Insights into the Recent 2019 Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) in Light of Past Human Coronavirus Outbreaks Hossam M. Ashour, Walid Faisal Elkhatib, Md. Masudur Rahman et al. · Pathogens Open access 4 Mar 2020 629
4 Responses of Plant Proteins to Heavy Metal Stress—A Review Md. Kamrul Hasan, Yuan Cheng, Mukesh Kumar Kanwar et al. · Frontiers in Plant Science Open access 5 Sep 2017 447
5 The interaction among gut microbes, the intestinal barrier and short chain fatty acids Jiayu Ma, Xiangshu Piao, Shad Uddin Mahfuz et al. · Animal nutrition Open access 10 Nov 2021 393
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Sylhet Agricultural University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Food Security, Aquaculture, Biodiversity, Genetic Diversity, Climate Change, Environmental Impact, Sustainability and Agriculture.

▲ 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. Climate Change59▲ 3.0×62 topics
  2. Food Security52▲ 14×17 topics
  3. Sustainability51▲ 2.9×41 topics
  4. Aquaculture48▲ 27×8 topics
  5. Epidemiology48▲ 1.69×55 topics
  6. Environmental Impact47▲ 3.9×39 topics
  7. Biodiversity42▲ 7.8×20 topics
  8. Genetic Diversity40▲ 13×16 topics
  9. Machine Learning31▲ 1.31×45 topics
  10. Agriculture29▲ 11×6 topics
  11. Conservation28▲ 9.2×10 topics
  12. Probiotics25▲ 15×3 topics
  13. Gut Microbiota24▲ 9.8×7 topics
  14. Antibiotic Resistance22▲ 8.1×12 topics
  15. Water Management21▲ 24×3 topics
  16. Nutrition21▲ 6.8×8 topics
  17. Phylogenetic Analysis20▲ 8.9×7 topics
  18. Freshwater20▲ 56×2 topics
  19. Sustainable Agriculture20▲ 8.9×13 topics
  20. Biogeography19▲ 9.7×3 topics
  21. Ecosystem Services19▲ 7.0×8 topics
  22. Fish19▲ 71×1 topic
  23. Length-Weight Relationships19▲ 71×1 topic
  24. Fatty Acids17▲ 23×4 topics
  25. Omega-3 Fatty Acids16▲ 32×2 topics
  26. Technology Adoption16▲ 12×4 topics
  27. Fish Feed16▲ 45×1 topic
  28. Sustainable Feeds16▲ 45×1 topic
  29. Innate Immunity16▲ 6.9×7 topics
  30. Nutritional Quality14▲ 28×4 topics
  31. Cytokines14▲ 6.7×3 topics
  32. Stress Response13▲ 31×2 topics
  33. Fish Immunology13▲ 40×1 topic
  34. Viral Diseases13▲ 28×1 topic
  35. Policy13▲ 8.4×5 topics
  36. Antimicrobial Resistance12▲ 8.6×9 topics
  37. India12▲ 24×4 topics
  38. Drought Tolerance12▲ 12×7 topics
  39. Fisheries12▲ 37×3 topics
  40. Breeding12▲ 22×5 topics

Which research topics does Sylhet Agricultural University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Fish Biology and Ecology Studies, Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth, Aquaculture disease management and microbiota and Agricultural Economics and Practices.

  1. 1 Fish Biology and Ecology Studies Aquatic Science 19 works
  2. 2 Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth Aquatic Science 16 works
  3. 3 Aquaculture disease management and microbiota Immunology 13 works
  4. 4 Agricultural Economics and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 11 works
  5. 5 Fisheries and Aquaculture Studies General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 10 works
  6. 6 Agricultural Systems and Practices Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 10 works
  7. 7 Animal Nutrition and Physiology Animal Science and Zoology 8 works
  8. 8 Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement Plant Science 7 works
  9. 9 Smart Agriculture and AI Plant Science 7 works
  10. 10 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 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 available78.9%not open21.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors29.4%domestic only70.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Sylhet Agricultural University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 46% higher 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 Sylhet Agricultural University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0024% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Sylhet Agricultural University0.0033% in 202519801990200020102020

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

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%Sylhet Agricultural University10.5% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 15.0% in 2024.

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