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University of Dhaka

In research, University of Dhaka stands highest in Social Sciences (#367 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#289 of 6,365 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#1,091 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Modeling and Simulation, Pollution and Soil Science — Modeling and Simulation is 4.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#949
of 28,054 · #2,237 all time
Rank in Bangladesh
#1
of 135
Research works
14k
▲ 65% vs 2013–17
Citations
155k
10.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
67%
world 28%

What is University of Dhaka 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 #367 of 10,521 25.3%1,591 #779
Social SciencesField #289 of 6,365 25.0%845 #555
Physical SciencesDomain #1,091 of 12,888 18.7%1,735 #2581
Environmental ScienceField #394 of 3,551 19.7%439 #828
Health SciencesDomain #1,552 of 11,982 19.2%690 #3369
Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField #230 of 1,775 27.6%213 #710
EducationSubfield #293 of 1,892 34.5%116 #778
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #446 of 2,578 24.9%292 #765
Political Science and International RelationsSubfield #210 of 1,201 25.0%194 #541
Business, Management and AccountingField #467 of 2,578 26.9%246 #837

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Dhaka 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#779 #367
  2. Social Sciences#555 #289
  3. Physical Sciences#2,581 #1,091
  4. Environmental Science#828 #394
  5. Health Sciences#3,369 #1,552
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance#710 #230
  7. Education#778 #293
  8. Sociology and Political Science#765 #446
  9. Political Science and International Relations#541 #210
  10. Business, Management and Accounting#837 #467
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 Dhaka specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Modeling and Simulation takes 4.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Modeling and SimulationSubfield · 30.8 works4.7×
  2. PollutionSubfield · 64.8 works3.5×
  3. Soil ScienceSubfield · 42.4 works3.0×
  4. Aquatic ScienceSubfield · 25.6 works3.0×
← 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: 1.54× its world share, 344 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.95× its world share, 239 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.85× its world share, 40 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.39× its world share, 30 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.79× its world share, 30 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.62× its world share, 10 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.16× its world share, 86 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.87× its world share, 320 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.82× its world share, 61 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.20× its world share, 52 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.66× its world share, 464 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.88× its world share, 439 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.11× its world share, 182 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.28× its world share, 71 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.48× its world share, 50 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.51× its world share, 12 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.94× its world share, 116 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.56× its world share, 507 worksMedicineNursing: 2.26× its world share, 52 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.49× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.62× its world share, 84 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.62× its world share, 246 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.32× its world share, 60 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.12× its world share, 213 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.00× its world share, 143 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.42× its world share, 844 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 2.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Dhaka?

Ranked on the composite score, Md. Abdul Moktadir, Mohammad Mamun Ur Rashid and Md. Monirul Islam lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Dhaka.

  1. 1 Md. Abdul Moktadir Bangladesh · #206,495 worldwide 216 citations · 21 works
  2. 2 Mohammad Mamun Ur Rashid Bangladesh · #242,078 worldwide 178 citations · 73 works
  3. 3 Md. Monirul Islam Bangladesh · #242,882 worldwide 94 citations · 22 works
  4. 4 Md. Latiful Bari Bangladesh · #277,426 worldwide 95 citations · 24 works
  5. 5 Saikat Mitra Bangladesh · #288,435 worldwide 412 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 A. S. Islam Bangladesh · #298,242 worldwide 93 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 Md. Abdur Razzaque Bangladesh · #304,022 worldwide 124 citations · 29 works
  8. 8 Md. Mominul Islam Bangladesh · #322,058 worldwide 134 citations · 21 works
  9. 9 M. A. Hossain Bangladesh · #335,815 worldwide 202 citations · 36 works
  10. 10 Nazmul Ahsan Bangladesh · #357,197 worldwide 59 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at University of Dhaka

Which keywords describe research at University of Dhaka?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Human Rights, Climate Change, Environmental Impact, COVID-19, Democracy, Governance, Violence and Sustainability.

▲ 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 Change223▲ 1.76×84 topics
  2. Sustainability171▲ 1.50×72 topics
  3. Epidemiology168◆ 0.91×109 topics
  4. Machine Learning167◆ 1.09×79 topics
  5. Human Rights162▲ 3.4×41 topics
  6. Environmental Impact157▲ 1.97×50 topics
  7. COVID-19144▲ 2.2×27 topics
  8. Globalization142▲ 1.54×70 topics
  9. Pandemic119▲ 2.4×13 topics
  10. Renewable Energy108▲ 1.60×39 topics
  11. Mental Health101▲ 1.47×35 topics
  12. Democracy90▲ 5.4×10 topics
  13. Economic Growth88▲ 2.2×22 topics
  14. Governance86▲ 5.5×11 topics
  15. Ethnicity81▲ 4.6×10 topics
  16. Consumer Behavior81▲ 2.7×15 topics
  17. Identity79▲ 2.3×25 topics
  18. Risk Management74▲ 3.3×13 topics
  19. Social Capital74▲ 3.0×16 topics
  20. Violence71▲ 10×5 topics
  21. Politics70▲ 5.5×12 topics
  22. Digital Transformation70▲ 2.8×16 topics
  23. Heat Transfer67▲ 2.9×12 topics
  24. Vulnerability66▲ 6.2×8 topics
  25. Conflict65▲ 8.5×9 topics
  26. Infectious Diseases64▲ 4.2×9 topics
  27. Medicinal Plants64▲ 3.4×18 topics
  28. Bangladesh63▲ 73×3 topics
  29. Islamism57▲ 259×1 topic
  30. indigenous people57▲ 259×1 topic
  31. Heavy Metals53▲ 4.8×7 topics
  32. Poverty Reduction50▲ 8.0×5 topics
  33. Finance48▲ 5.3×4 topics
  34. Community Health Workers46▲ 11×2 topics
  35. Food Supply Chain44▲ 7.8×2 topics
  36. Financial Markets44▲ 7.0×2 topics
  37. business impact44▲ 9.5×1 topic
  38. economic effects44▲ 9.5×1 topic
  39. Health Inequalities41▲ 7.3×4 topics
  40. Child Mortality39▲ 12×1 topic

Which research topics does University of Dhaka publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Bangladesh Politics, Society, and Development, COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts, Global Maternal and Child Health and Islamic Finance and Banking Studies.

Bangladesh Politics, Soc…57Bangladesh Politics, Society, and Development: 57 fractional worksCOVID-19 Pandemic Impacts44COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts: 44 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Chil…39Global Maternal and Child Health: 39 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Bank…38Islamic Finance and Banking Studies: 38 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 35 fractional worksLinguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 33 fractional worksAsian Geopolitics and Et…28Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography: 28 fractional worksLegal and Regulatory Analysis: 26 fractional worksMilitary Technology and Strategies: 26 fractional worksWater Quality and Pollut…26Water Quality and Pollution Assessment: 26 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsEconomics and EconometricsPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthAccounting5 others

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

  1. 1 Bangladesh Politics, Society, and Development Political Science and International Relations 57 works
  2. 2 COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Economics and Econometrics 44 works
  3. 3 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 39 works
  4. 4 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 38 works
  5. 5 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 35 works
  6. 6 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 33 works
  7. 7 Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography Political Science and International Relations 28 works
  8. 8 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 26 works
  9. 9 Military Technology and Strategies Aerospace Engineering 26 works
  10. 10 Water Quality and Pollution Assessment Water Science and Technology 26 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 available67.0%not open33.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.4%domestic only78.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Dhaka's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 65% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Other research institutions in Dhaka

All research institutions in Dhaka

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.