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University of Peshawar

In research, University of Peshawar stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,578 of 12,888 worldwide), Environmental Science (#1,130 of 3,551 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#3,433 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Applied Mathematics — Applied Mathematics is 5.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,492
of 28,054 · #3,162 all time
Rank in Pakistan
#21
of 241
Research works
5k
▲ 105% vs 2013–17
Citations
84k
16.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
51%
world 28%

What is University of Peshawar 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 #1,578 of 12,888 21.0%785 #2122
Environmental ScienceField #1,130 of 3,551 23.5%164 #1275
Social SciencesDomain #3,433 of 10,521 13.9%457 #3994
Health SciencesDomain #4,359 of 11,982 11.4%206 #8944
Social SciencesField #2,340 of 6,365 15.4%269 #2352
EngineeringField #2,475 of 6,636 20.3%188 #3919
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #1,325 of 3,409 20.5%123 #2053
MathematicsField #508 of 1,053 30.5%71 #427
Life SciencesDomain #3,933 of 7,800 17.4%209 #5625
Materials ScienceField #1,280 of 2,468 20.2%109 #2369

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Peshawar 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#2,122 #1,578
  2. Environmental Science#1,275 #1,130
  3. Social Sciences#3,994 #3,433
  4. Health Sciences#8,944 #4,359
  5. Social Sciences#2,352 #2,340
  6. Engineering#3,919 #2,475
  7. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#2,053 #1,325
  8. Mathematics#427 #508
  9. Life Sciences#5,625 #3,933
  10. Materials Science#2,369 #1,280
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 Peshawar specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Applied Mathematics takes 5.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Applied MathematicsSubfield · 26.4 works5.5×
← 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: 1.56× its world share, 123 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.64× its world share, 56 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.58× its world share, 10 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.29× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.05× its world share, 12 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.11× its world share, 12 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.02× its world share, 52 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.63× its world share, 81 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.25× its world share, 58 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.76× its world share, 27 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.76× its world share, 188 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.99× its world share, 164 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.88× its world share, 109 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 3.64× its world share, 71 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.60× its world share, 22 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.70× its world share, 6 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.77× its world share, 34 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.49× its world share, 156 worksMedicineNursing: 1.40× its world share, 11 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.61× its world share, 29 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.55× its world share, 29 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.08× its world share, 17 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.53× its world share, 54 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.17× its world share, 59 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.28× its world share, 269 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Peshawar?

Ranked on the composite score, Yaseen Iqbal, Yaseen Muhammad and Asif Naeem lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Peshawar.

  1. 1 Yaseen Iqbal Pakistan · #82,839 worldwide 267 citations · 32 works
  2. 2 Yaseen Muhammad Pakistan · #172,081 worldwide 496 citations · 65 works
  3. 3 Asif Naeem Pakistan · #291,353 worldwide 163 citations · 31 works
  4. 4 Jan Nisar Pakistan · #319,219 worldwide 176 citations · 22 works
  5. 5 Johar Ali Pakistan · #356,133 worldwide 82 citations · 23 works
  6. 6 Syed Khalid Mustafa Pakistan · #368,465 worldwide 183 citations · 28 works
  7. 7 Mohammad Arfan Pakistan · #376,595 worldwide 67 citations · 32 works
  8. 8 Akbar Zada Pakistan · #380,254 worldwide 94 citations · 35 works
  9. 9 Khan Alam Pakistan · #393,587 worldwide 169 citations · 30 works
  10. 10 Farrukh Hussain Pakistan · #472,068 worldwide 102 citations · 35 works
All ranked researchers at University of Peshawar

Which keywords describe research at University of Peshawar?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Conflict, Nanomaterials, Central Asia, Nation-Building, State-Building, Reconstruction, Afghanistan and Pakistan.

▲ 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 Change78▲ 1.75×77 topics
  2. Nanomaterials75▲ 4.3×18 topics
  3. Remote Sensing64▲ 3.1×29 topics
  4. Conflict63▲ 23×9 topics
  5. Security54▲ 5.0×15 topics
  6. Globalization53▲ 1.62×52 topics
  7. Environmental Impact53▲ 1.87×39 topics
  8. Machine Learning50◆ 0.91×56 topics
  9. Biomedical Applications49▲ 2.5×28 topics
  10. Central Asia46▲ 40×4 topics
  11. Nation-Building46▲ 51×2 topics
  12. State-Building46▲ 75×2 topics
  13. Reconstruction46▲ 16×4 topics
  14. Afghanistan45▲ 108×1 topic
  15. Pakistan45▲ 108×1 topic
  16. Nanocomposites45▲ 3.4×20 topics
  17. Mental Health41▲ 1.68×30 topics
  18. Graphene37▲ 3.2×11 topics
  19. Toxicity37▲ 5.1×19 topics
  20. Nanoparticles36▲ 1.72×35 topics
  21. Heavy Metals31▲ 7.8×6 topics
  22. Tissue Engineering28▲ 2.8×11 topics
  23. Medicinal Plants28▲ 4.2×17 topics
  24. Drug Delivery26▲ 2.9×15 topics
  25. Green Synthesis23▲ 7.2×4 topics
  26. Nanostructures22▲ 3.3×12 topics
  27. Water Splitting21▲ 3.5×4 topics
  28. Adsorption20▲ 5.9×7 topics
  29. Biochar18▲ 6.6×4 topics
  30. Hydrogenation16▲ 5.8×4 topics
  31. Metal Nanoparticles16▲ 5.8×6 topics
  32. Nonlinear Equations16▲ 7.4×4 topics
  33. Geopolitics16▲ 6.1×7 topics
  34. Transport Infrastructure16▲ 11×3 topics
  35. Geological Mapping15▲ 11×2 topics
  36. Compositional Data Analysis14▲ 13×1 topic
  37. Mineral Prospectivity14▲ 13×1 topic
  38. Contaminant Removal14▲ 11×1 topic
  39. Surface Area14▲ 11×1 topic
  40. Chemoselective14▲ 9.1×4 topics

Which research topics does University of Peshawar publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal and Conducting polymers and applications.

Politics and Conflicts i…45Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East: 45 fractional worksGeochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 14 fractional worksAdsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal: 14 fractional worksConducting polymers and …13Conducting polymers and applications: 13 fractional worksFractional Differential Equations Solutions: 13 fractional worksNanomaterials for catalytic reactions: 13 fractional worksAdvanced Photocatalysis …12Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques: 12 fractional worksBelt and Road Initiative: 11 fractional worksSouth Asian Studies and Conflicts: 11 fractional worksAdvanced Sensor and Ener…11Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials: 11 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsArtificial IntelligenceWater Science and TechnologyPolymers and Plastics5 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 45 works
  2. 2 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 14 works
  3. 3 Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal Water Science and Technology 14 works
  4. 4 Conducting polymers and applications Polymers and Plastics 13 works
  5. 5 Fractional Differential Equations Solutions Modeling and Simulation 13 works
  6. 6 Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions Organic Chemistry 13 works
  7. 7 Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 12 works
  8. 8 Belt and Road Initiative Economics and Econometrics 11 works
  9. 9 South Asian Studies and Conflicts Political Science and International Relations 11 works
  10. 10 Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials Biomedical Engineering 11 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 available51.4%not open48.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors33.4%domestic only66.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Peshawar's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 105% 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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