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University of Agriculture Faisalabad

In research, University of Agriculture Faisalabad stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#60 of 3,409 worldwide), Plant Science (#31 of 1,395 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#928 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Agronomy and Crop Science, Plant Science and Animal Science and Zoology — Agronomy and Crop Science is 12.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#917
of 28,054 · #1,961 all time
Rank in Pakistan
#5
of 241
Research works
9.7k
▲ 90% vs 2013–17
Citations
239k
24.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
53%
world 28%

What is University of Agriculture Faisalabad 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 #60 of 3,409 22.7%1,178 #157
Plant ScienceSubfield #31 of 1,395 25.8%646 #96
Physical SciencesDomain #928 of 12,888 22.2%997 #2042
Life SciencesDomain #672 of 7,800 21.0%1,548 #1249
Environmental ScienceField #469 of 3,551 21.6%273 #613
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #730 of 3,579 16.6%282 #1192
Food ScienceSubfield #104 of 492 20.2%122 #242
EngineeringField #1,612 of 6,636 22.0%227 #2802
Health SciencesDomain #3,044 of 11,982 15.8%386 #4526
Materials ScienceField #781 of 2,468 22.8%212 #1837

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Agriculture Faisalabad 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#157 #60
  2. Plant Science#96 #31
  3. Physical Sciences#2,042 #928
  4. Life Sciences#1,249 #672
  5. Environmental Science#613 #469
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,192 #730
  7. Food Science#242 #104
  8. Engineering#2,802 #1,612
  9. Health Sciences#4,526 #3,044
  10. Materials Science#1,837 #781
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 University of Agriculture Faisalabad specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Agronomy and Crop Science takes 12.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 91.4 works12×
  2. Plant ScienceSubfield · 646.5 works12×
  3. Animal Science and ZoologySubfield · 61.0 works8.8×
  4. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 1,178.2 works7.9×
  5. Soil ScienceSubfield · 68.1 works7.2×
  6. Insect ScienceSubfield · 58.7 works6.6×
  7. BiochemistrySubfield · 24.4 works6.3×
  8. Food ScienceSubfield · 122.2 works5.1×
← 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: 7.89× its world share, 1,178 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.68× its world share, 282 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.63× its world share, 52 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.19× its world share, 10 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.39× its world share, 26 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.49× its world share, 5 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.94× its world share, 96 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.25× its world share, 60 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.40× its world share, 20 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.79× its world share, 52 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.48× its world share, 227 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.75× its world share, 273 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.93× its world share, 212 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.57× its world share, 21 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.47× its world share, 33 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.35× its world share, 29 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.47× its world share, 284 worksMedicineNursing: 3.85× its world share, 59 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.73× its world share, 12 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.12× its world share, 11 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.43× its world share, 44 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.50× its world share, 15 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.68× its world share, 46 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.21× its world share, 20 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 75 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 7.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Agriculture Faisalabad?

Ranked on the composite score, S. M. A. Basra, Abdul Wahid and Saif Ullah lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Agriculture Faisalabad.

  1. 1 S. M. A. Basra Pakistan · #19,407 worldwide 533 citations · 48 works
  2. 2 Abdul Wahid Pakistan · #22,388 worldwide 727 citations · 43 works
  3. 3 Saif Ullah Pakistan · #36,165 worldwide 443 citations · 58 works
  4. 4 Muhammad Farooq Pakistan · #45,948 worldwide 1.2k citations · 178 works
  5. 5 Muhammad Ashraf Pakistan · #105,178 worldwide 2.1k citations · 352 works
  6. 6 Masood Sadiq Butt Pakistan · #113,957 worldwide 324 citations · 61 works
  7. 7 Ijaz Ahmad Bhatti Pakistan · #117,552 worldwide 330 citations · 32 works
  8. 8 Abdul Wakeel Pakistan · #119,233 worldwide 217 citations · 30 works
  9. 9 Gulzar Ahmad Pakistan · #123,759 worldwide 131 citations · 34 works
  10. 10 Haq Nawaz Bhatti Pakistan · #125,860 worldwide 609 citations · 71 works
All ranked researchers at University of Agriculture Faisalabad

Which keywords describe research at University of Agriculture Faisalabad?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Food Security, Climate Change, Antioxidants, Antioxidant Activity, Toxicity, Oxidative Stress, Antioxidant and Genetic Diversity.

▲ 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 Change196▲ 2.3×88 topics
  2. Oxidative Stress145▲ 2.8×57 topics
  3. Environmental Impact130▲ 2.4×47 topics
  4. Sustainability126▲ 1.65×67 topics
  5. Food Security118▲ 6.8×19 topics
  6. Antioxidant Activity113▲ 5.7×31 topics
  7. Antioxidant108▲ 5.0×51 topics
  8. Antioxidants105▲ 7.5×17 topics
  9. Nanomaterials104▲ 3.1×16 topics
  10. Biomedical Applications100▲ 2.7×31 topics
  11. Toxicity97▲ 7.1×20 topics
  12. Gene Expression95▲ 5.0×20 topics
  13. Genetic Diversity89▲ 6.4×21 topics
  14. Drought Tolerance76▲ 17×9 topics
  15. Genetic Improvement71▲ 25×4 topics
  16. Sustainable Agriculture67▲ 6.7×15 topics
  17. Plant Growth66▲ 19×6 topics
  18. Gut Microbiota61▲ 5.6×7 topics
  19. Drought Resistance61▲ 20×4 topics
  20. Antimicrobial60▲ 6.8×13 topics
  21. Crop Management60▲ 30×2 topics
  22. Medicinal Plants59▲ 4.7×19 topics
  23. Health Benefits59▲ 5.7×14 topics
  24. Heavy Metals58▲ 7.7×7 topics
  25. Bioavailability58▲ 9.2×6 topics
  26. Reactive Oxygen Species58▲ 4.5×14 topics
  27. Soil Fertility53▲ 7.4×8 topics
  28. Nutritional Quality52▲ 22×4 topics
  29. Genetic Mapping51▲ 21×6 topics
  30. Abiotic Stress51▲ 23×2 topics
  31. QTL Mapping50▲ 14×6 topics
  32. Green Synthesis50▲ 8.3×4 topics
  33. Flavonoids50▲ 6.1×12 topics
  34. Bioactive Compounds50▲ 6.2×14 topics
  35. Breeding49▲ 20×5 topics
  36. Genome Sequencing48▲ 9.8×9 topics
  37. Maize Yield45▲ 35×1 topic
  38. Nitrogen Uptake45▲ 35×1 topic
  39. Plant Responses45▲ 18×2 topics
  40. Phytochemicals44▲ 13×7 topics

Which research topics does University of Agriculture Faisalabad publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Crop Yield and Soil Fertility, Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance, Plant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects and Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications.

Crop Yield and Soil Fert…45Crop Yield and Soil Fertility: 45 fractional worksPlant Stress Responses a…36Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance: 36 fractional worksPlant Micronutrient Inte…32Plant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects: 32 fractional worksNanoparticles: synthesis…30Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications: 30 fractional worksResearch in Cotton Cultivation: 26 fractional worksInsect Pest Control Strategies: 26 fractional worksHeavy metals in environm…25Heavy metals in environment: 25 fractional worksPlant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases: 23 fractional worksPlant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity: 22 fractional worksAnimal Nutrition and Phy…21Animal Nutrition and Physiology: 21 fractional works
Agronomy and Crop SciencePlant ScienceMaterials ChemistryPollution2 others

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

  1. 1 Crop Yield and Soil Fertility Agronomy and Crop Science 45 works
  2. 2 Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance Plant Science 36 works
  3. 3 Plant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects Plant Science 32 works
  4. 4 Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications Materials Chemistry 30 works
  5. 5 Research in Cotton Cultivation Plant Science 26 works
  6. 6 Insect Pest Control Strategies Plant Science 26 works
  7. 7 Heavy metals in environment Pollution 25 works
  8. 8 Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases Cell Biology 23 works
  9. 9 Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity Plant Science 22 works
  10. 10 Animal Nutrition and Physiology Animal Science and Zoology 21 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 available53.3%not open46.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors37.0%domestic only63.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Agriculture Faisalabad's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 90% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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