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University of Karachi

In research, University of Karachi stands highest in Physical Sciences (#2,396 of 12,888 worldwide), Life Sciences (#1,933 of 7,800 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#2,640 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Aquatic Science and Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics — Aquatic Science is 5.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,754
of 28,054 · #5,335 all time
Rank in Pakistan
#23
of 241
Research works
11k
▲ 78% vs 2013–17
Citations
108k
9.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
51%
world 28%

What is University of Karachi 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
Physical SciencesDomain #2,396 of 12,888 11.9%705 #4655
Life SciencesDomain #1,933 of 7,800 12.9%538 #3405
Social SciencesDomain #2,640 of 10,521 9.4%851 #3155
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #893 of 3,409 16.9%233 #1644
Social SciencesField #2,132 of 6,365 9.3%335 #1919
Health SciencesDomain #5,617 of 11,982 7.8%469 #7039
Plant ScienceSubfield #660 of 1,395 19.9%115 #1032
MedicineField #5,201 of 10,443 7.8%377 #6678
EngineeringField #3,629 of 6,636 14.0%134 #4746
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,997 of 3,579 10.4%210 #2776

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Karachi 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. Physical Sciences#4,655 #2,396
  2. Life Sciences#3,405 #1,933
  3. Social Sciences#3,155 #2,640
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#1,644 #893
  5. Social Sciences#1,919 #2,132
  6. Health Sciences#7,039 #5,617
  7. Plant Science#1,032 #660
  8. Medicine#6,678 #5,201
  9. Engineering#4,746 #3,629
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#2,776 #1,997
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 Karachi specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Aquatic Science takes 5.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Aquatic ScienceSubfield · 24.5 works5.3×
  2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and PharmaceuticsField · 40.7 works4.5×
← 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: 1.91× its world share, 233 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.54× its world share, 210 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.89× its world share, 23 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.76× its world share, 32 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4.51× its world share, 41 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.09× its world share, 10 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.28× its world share, 92 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.63× its world share, 126 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.59× its world share, 24 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.02× its world share, 24 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.35× its world share, 134 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.31× its world share, 167 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.93× its world share, 84 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.64× its world share, 19 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.44× its world share, 25 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.62× its world share, 8 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.73× its world share, 49 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.76× its world share, 377 worksMedicineNursing: 2.64× its world share, 33 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.66× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.32× its world share, 24 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.48× its world share, 205 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.66× its world share, 41 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.30× its world share, 126 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.54× its world share, 120 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.03× its world share, 335 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Karachi?

Ranked on the composite score, M. Ajmal Khan, Sarfraz Ahmad Nawaz and Abdul Malik lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Karachi.

  1. 1 M. Ajmal Khan Pakistan · #84,004 worldwide 309 citations · 32 works
  2. 2 Sarfraz Ahmad Nawaz Pakistan · #210,584 worldwide 126 citations · 21 works
  3. 3 Abdul Malik Pakistan · #233,632 worldwide 93 citations · 47 works
  4. 4 Bina S. Siddiqui Pakistan · #258,918 worldwide 125 citations · 62 works
  5. 5 Salimuzzaman Siddiqui Pakistan · #301,324 worldwide 52 citations · 22 works
  6. 6 Shazia Anjum Pakistan · #347,541 worldwide 77 citations · 32 works
  7. 7 Shaista Alam Pakistan · #426,303 worldwide 63 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Farzana Shaheen Pakistan · #431,258 worldwide 76 citations · 32 works
  9. 9 Syed Jalaluddin Haider Pakistan · #442,334 worldwide 35 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Syed Ehteshamul‐Haque Pakistan · #460,426 worldwide 86 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at University of Karachi

Which keywords describe research at University of Karachi?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Antioxidant, Risk Management, Oxidative Stress, Antioxidant Activity, Mental Health, Stress, Financial Stability and Finance.

▲ 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. Epidemiology96◆ 0.94×111 topics
  2. Machine Learning86◆ 1.03×61 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress82▲ 1.95×58 topics
  4. Climate Change80▲ 1.17×78 topics
  5. Mental Health74▲ 1.96×34 topics
  6. Antioxidant70▲ 4.0×51 topics
  7. Inflammation65▲ 1.21×79 topics
  8. Globalization63▲ 1.26×54 topics
  9. Environmental Impact61▲ 1.40×42 topics
  10. Risk Management58▲ 4.6×11 topics
  11. Nanoparticles56▲ 1.74×33 topics
  12. Biomedical Applications55▲ 1.80×28 topics
  13. Antioxidant Activity54▲ 3.4×32 topics
  14. Supply Chain Management53▲ 2.2×16 topics
  15. Economic Growth51▲ 2.3×26 topics
  16. Depression50▲ 2.2×21 topics
  17. Corporate Governance50▲ 2.6×13 topics
  18. Stress45▲ 4.8×11 topics
  19. Leadership45▲ 3.6×14 topics
  20. Medicinal Plants43▲ 4.2×20 topics
  21. Antioxidants40▲ 3.5×14 topics
  22. Job Satisfaction39▲ 3.5×13 topics
  23. Financial Stability37▲ 7.2×7 topics
  24. Finance37▲ 7.4×3 topics
  25. Islamic Banking36▲ 3.4×3 topics
  26. Performance Analysis36▲ 6.4×4 topics
  27. Global Financial Crisis34▲ 9.5×2 topics
  28. Ethical Identity34▲ 10×1 topic
  29. Shariah Supervision34▲ 10×1 topic
  30. Anti-inflammatory33▲ 4.7×29 topics
  31. Organizational Performance33▲ 5.2×9 topics
  32. Health Benefits32▲ 3.8×15 topics
  33. Conflict32▲ 7.6×6 topics
  34. Flavonoids31▲ 4.7×12 topics
  35. Anticancer Agents28▲ 7.0×12 topics
  36. Nation-Building24▲ 17×2 topics
  37. State-Building24▲ 25×2 topics
  38. Central Asia24▲ 13×2 topics
  39. Afghanistan24▲ 37×1 topic
  40. Pakistan24▲ 37×1 topic

Which research topics does University of Karachi publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Islamic Finance and Banking Studies, Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East, Technology Adoption and User Behaviour and Digital Marketing and Social Media.

Islamic Finance and Banking Studies: 34 fractional worksPolitics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East: 24 fractional worksTechnology Adoption and …21Technology Adoption and User Behaviour: 21 fractional worksDigital Marketing and So…17Digital Marketing and Social Media: 17 fractional worksFish Biology and Ecology Studies: 15 fractional worksJob Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior: 15 fractional worksOrganizational and Emplo…14Organizational and Employee Performance: 14 fractional worksEducation and Islamic St…14Education and Islamic Studies: 14 fractional worksComputational Drug Disco…12Computational Drug Discovery Methods: 12 fractional worksCOVID-19 Pandemic Impacts12COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts: 12 fractional works
AccountingPolitical Science and International RelationsInformation Systems and ManagementSociology and Political Science6 others

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

  1. 1 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 34 works
  2. 2 Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East Political Science and International Relations 24 works
  3. 3 Technology Adoption and User Behaviour Information Systems and Management 21 works
  4. 4 Digital Marketing and Social Media Sociology and Political Science 17 works
  5. 5 Fish Biology and Ecology Studies Aquatic Science 15 works
  6. 6 Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 15 works
  7. 7 Organizational and Employee Performance Artificial Intelligence 14 works
  8. 8 Education and Islamic Studies Education 14 works
  9. 9 Computational Drug Discovery Methods Computational Theory and Mathematics 12 works
  10. 10 COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Economics and Econometrics 12 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 available51.0%not open49.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.8%domestic only75.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Karachi's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 78% 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.

Other research institutions in Karachi

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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.