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Takhar University

In research, Takhar University stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,750 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#16,971
of 22,385 · #29,175 all time
Rank in Afghanistan
#17
of 19
Research works
154
▲ 107% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.2k
7.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.99×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
92%
world 40%
International
14%
world 18%
Takhar University

What is Takhar 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
Social SciencesDomain #5,750 of 9,585 13.8%66 -

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Takhar 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 fields of science does Takhar University work in?

In 2022-now, 69% of research at Takhar University is in Social Sciences, 14% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (47%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (11%), Arts and Humanities (8%). It does 2.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 72 fractional works · 68.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 49 fractional works · 46.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 16 fractional works · 15.5% of its workEducation: 13 fractional works · 11.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 9 fractional works · 8.3% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workLinguistics and Language: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 8 fractional works · 8.0% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 4 fractional works · 3.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 3 fractional works · 3.2% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 5.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5 fractional works · 4.5% of its workAccounting: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 4.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 14 fractional works · 13.8% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 5.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 4.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 14 fractional works · 13.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 11 fractional works · 10.7% of its workPlant Science: 3 fractional works · 3.3% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 3 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 4 fractional works · 3.7% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKTakhar University105fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences14%Physical Sciences14%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences69%

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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences4946.6%
    2. Arts and Humanities88.0%
    3. Psychology65.2%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting54.5%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance44.2%
    6. Decision Sciences00.3%
    1. Engineering65.4%
    2. Computer Science44.2%
    3. Environmental Science22.0%
    4. Materials Science10.5%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.5%
    6. Mathematics00.4%
    7. Energy00.3%
    8. Chemistry00.2%
    9. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1110.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology32.9%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    1. Medicine33.0%
    2. Health Professions10.6%
    3. Nursing00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 2.24× its world share, 11 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.55× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Chemistry: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.55× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.36× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.41× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.16× its world share, 3 worksMedicineNursing: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 2.78× its world share, 8 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.38× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.95× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.72× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.68× its world share, 49 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences3.68×49 works
  2. Arts and Humanities2.78×8 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.24×11 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.95×4 works
  5. Psychology1.72×6 works
  6. Business, Management and Accounting1.38×5 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.55×3 works
  8. Computer Science0.55×4 works
  9. Environmental Science0.41×2 works
  10. Engineering0.36×6 works
  11. Mathematics0.36×0 works
  12. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.33×0 works
  13. Decision Sciences0.33×0 works
  14. Energy0.32×0 works
  15. Health Professions0.22×1 works
  16. Nursing0.22×0 works
  17. Medicine0.16×3 works
  18. Materials Science0.15×1 works
  19. Chemistry0.12×0 works
  20. Physics and Astronomy0.07×0 works
  21. Immunology and Microbiology0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Takhar University?

Ranked on the quality score, Sayeed Naqibullah Orfan, Abdul Qawi Noori and Aminuddin Hashemi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Takhar University.

  1. 1 Sayeed Naqibullah Orfan Afghanistan · #191,532 worldwide 523 citations · 37 works
  2. 2 Abdul Qawi Noori Afghanistan · #209,787 worldwide 484 citations · 30 works
  3. 3 Aminuddin Hashemi Afghanistan · #469,075 worldwide 392 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Sayeed Asif Akramy Afghanistan · #913,271 worldwide 225 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Takhar University

What are the most cited papers from Takhar University?

The most cited paper from Takhar University is "The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on students’ learning in higher education in Afghanistan" (Abdul Qawi Noori, 2021), with 125 citations. Next come "Effects of COVID-19 on the academic performance of Afghan students’ and their level of satisfaction with online teaching" (85) and "The use of social media in EFL learning and teaching in higher education of Afghanistan" (68).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on students’ learning in higher education in Afghanistan Abdul Qawi Noori · Heliyon Open access Oct 2021 125
2 Effects of COVID-19 on the academic performance of Afghan students’ and their level of satisfaction with online teaching Aminuddin Hashemi · Cogent Arts and Humanities Open access 2021 85
3 The use of social media in EFL learning and teaching in higher education of Afghanistan Abdul Qawi Noori, Sayeed Naqibullah Orfan, Sayeed Asif Akramy et al. · Cogent Social Sciences Open access 17 Jan 2022 68
4 Online teaching experiences in higher education institutions of Afghanistan during the COVID-19 outbreak: Challenges and opportunities Aminuddin Hashemi · Cogent Arts and Humanities Open access 2021 51
5 Afghan undergraduate students’ attitudes towards learning English Sayeed Naqibullah Orfan · Cogent Arts and Humanities Open access 2020 50
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Takhar University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Security, Central Asia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Teacher Training, Pedagogy and Curriculum Development.

▲ 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. Globalization15▲ 7.2×14 topics
  2. Security11▲ 16×3 topics
  3. Central Asia11▲ 145×2 topics
  4. Afghanistan10▲ 418×1 topic
  5. Pakistan10▲ 418×1 topic
  6. Teacher Training9▲ 14×3 topics
  7. Pedagogy7▲ 14×4 topics
  8. Curriculum Development6▲ 8.5×2 topics
  9. Islamic Education6▲ 17×2 topics
  10. Madrasa6▲ 82×1 topic
  11. Muslim Students6▲ 82×1 topic
  12. Language Teaching5▲ 19×5 topics
  13. Sustainability5▲ 1.87×9 topics
  14. Climate Change5▲ 1.63×11 topics
  15. Mental Health4▲ 3.0×7 topics
  16. Gender Equality4▲ 14×3 topics
  17. Ethnicity4▲ 9.9×4 topics
  18. Feminism4▲ 12×2 topics
  19. Language Policy4▲ 26×2 topics
  20. Multilingualism4▲ 22×2 topics
  21. Culture4▲ 6.5×3 topics
  22. Islamic reform4▲ 80×1 topic
  23. Middle East4▲ 56×1 topic
  24. Student Perceptions3▲ 18×2 topics
  25. Food Security3▲ 5.8×6 topics
  26. CLIL3▲ 47×1 topic
  27. Content and Language Integrated Learning3▲ 47×1 topic
  28. Higher Education3▲ 5.6×2 topics
  29. Agriculture3▲ 7.3×4 topics
  30. Corrective Feedback3▲ 37×1 topic
  31. Second Language Acquisition3▲ 30×1 topic
  32. Risk Management3▲ 5.3×4 topics
  33. Customer Satisfaction2▲ 7.5×3 topics
  34. Finance2▲ 12×2 topics
  35. Perception2▲ 32×2 topics
  36. Ethical Identity2▲ 18×1 topic
  37. Social Influence2▲ 10×2 topics
  38. Islam2▲ 9.5×1 topic
  39. Policy2▲ 9.5×1 topic
  40. Sharia Law2▲ 14×1 topic

Which research topics does Takhar University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East, Education and Islamic Studies, Islamic Studies and History and Second Language Learning and Teaching.

Politics and Conflicts i…10Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East: 10 fractional worksEducation and Islamic St…6Education and Islamic Studies: 6 fractional worksIslamic Studies and Hist…4Islamic Studies and History: 4 fractional worksSecond Language Learning and Teaching: 3 fractional worksEFL/ESL Teaching and Learning: 3 fractional worksAgricultural Economics a…2Agricultural Economics and Practices: 2 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Banking Studies: 2 fractional worksLinguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 2 fractional worksGender Studies in Language: 2 fractional worksMarriage and Sexual Relationships: 1 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsEducationLiterature and Literary TheoryLanguage and Linguistics4 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 10 works
  2. 2 Education and Islamic Studies Education 6 works
  3. 3 Islamic Studies and History Political Science and International Relations 4 works
  4. 4 Second Language Learning and Teaching Literature and Literary Theory 3 works
  5. 5 EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning Language and Linguistics 3 works
  6. 6 Agricultural Economics and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 works
  7. 7 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 2 works
  8. 8 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  9. 9 Gender Studies in Language Gender Studies 2 works
  10. 10 Marriage and Sexual Relationships Sociology and Political Science 1 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 available91.6%not open8.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.6%domestic only86.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Takhar University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 107% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting2010201520202025
grewheldshrank

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 Takhar University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00046% in 2024.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%Takhar University0.00024% in 202520102020

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

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