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University of Science and Technology Chittagong

In research, University of Science and Technology Chittagong stands highest in Physical Sciences (#6,337 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#7,084
of 28,054 · #12,900 all time
Rank in Bangladesh
#52
of 135
Research works
802
▲ 52% vs 2013–17
Citations
12k
15.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
56%
world 28%

What is University of Science and Technology Chittagong 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 #6,337 of 12,888 20.9%107 #11388

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Science and Technology Chittagong 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).

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: 1.30× its world share, 16 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.94× its world share, 12 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.62× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.52× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4.01× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.94× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.06× its world share, 40 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.26× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.11× its world share, 42 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.82× its world share, 10 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.57× its world share, 5 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.35× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.34× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.99× its world share, 48 worksMedicineNursing: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.23× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.79× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.83× its world share, 15 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.69× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.94× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.03× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.40× its world share, 13 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Science and Technology Chittagong?

Ranked on the composite score, Mehedi Hasan and Nurul Absar lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Science and Technology Chittagong.

  1. 1 Mehedi Hasan Bangladesh · #1,198,646 worldwide 40 citations · 23 works
  2. 2 Nurul Absar Bangladesh · #1,276,970 worldwide 27 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at University of Science and Technology Chittagong

Which keywords describe research at University of Science and Technology Chittagong?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Renewable Energy, Neural Networks, Social Media, Environmental Monitoring, Plant Disease Detection and Smart Farming.

▲ 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. Deep Learning33▲ 3.8×51 topics
  2. Machine Learning28▲ 3.4×43 topics
  3. Epidemiology12▲ 1.22×57 topics
  4. Renewable Energy12▲ 3.2×19 topics
  5. Neural Networks11▲ 2.8×21 topics
  6. Social Media9▲ 2.6×13 topics
  7. Convolutional Neural Networks6▲ 3.1×9 topics
  8. Environmental Monitoring6▲ 6.1×5 topics
  9. Image Processing5▲ 4.9×5 topics
  10. Wireless Sensor Networks5▲ 4.8×5 topics
  11. Energy Efficiency5▲ 2.1×15 topics
  12. Medicinal Plants5▲ 4.7×7 topics
  13. Plant Disease Detection5▲ 18×1 topic
  14. Smart Farming5▲ 16×1 topic
  15. Antioxidant Activity4▲ 2.9×15 topics
  16. Social Capital4▲ 3.4×8 topics
  17. Emotion Recognition4▲ 9.1×3 topics
  18. Natural Language Processing4▲ 7.2×5 topics
  19. Energy Management4▲ 9.6×2 topics
  20. Smart Grid4▲ 4.4×4 topics
  21. IoT4▲ 4.2×11 topics
  22. Anti-inflammatory4▲ 5.5×12 topics
  23. Herbal Medicine4▲ 5.0×8 topics
  24. Probabilistic Forecasting4▲ 7.5×3 topics
  25. Short-Term Forecasting4▲ 10×2 topics
  26. Smart Home4▲ 8.6×2 topics
  27. Time Series Analysis4▲ 8.3×2 topics
  28. Detection3▲ 4.5×4 topics
  29. Flavonoids3▲ 5.1×5 topics
  30. Pharmacokinetics3▲ 5.0×8 topics
  31. Text Mining3▲ 9.5×2 topics
  32. Forecasting3▲ 6.5×4 topics
  33. Sentiment Analysis3▲ 11×2 topics
  34. Demand Response3▲ 13×1 topic
  35. Electricity Markets3▲ 13×1 topic
  36. Aspect-based Sentiment Analysis3▲ 20×1 topic
  37. Opinion Mining3▲ 20×1 topic
  38. Electricity Price Forecasting3▲ 14×1 topic
  39. Load Forecasting3▲ 14×1 topic
  40. Cyberbullying3▲ 17×2 topics

Which research topics does University of Science and Technology Chittagong publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Smart Agriculture and AI, Smart Grid Energy Management, Sentiment Analysis and Opinion Mining and Energy Load and Power Forecasting.

Smart Agriculture and AI5Smart Agriculture and AI: 5 fractional worksSmart Grid Energy Manage…3Smart Grid Energy Management: 3 fractional worksSentiment Analysis and Opinion Mining: 3 fractional worksEnergy Load and Power Forecasting: 3 fractional worksHate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection: 3 fractional worksJob Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior: 2 fractional worksComputational Drug Discovery Methods: 2 fractional worksAntenna Design and Analy…2Antenna Design and Analysis: 2 fractional worksEntrepreneurship Studies and Influences: 2 fractional worksAI in cancer detection: 2 fractional works
Plant ScienceElectrical and Electronic EngineeringArtificial IntelligenceOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management3 others

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

  1. 1 Smart Agriculture and AI Plant Science 5 works
  2. 2 Smart Grid Energy Management Electrical and Electronic Engineering 3 works
  3. 3 Sentiment Analysis and Opinion Mining Artificial Intelligence 3 works
  4. 4 Energy Load and Power Forecasting Electrical and Electronic Engineering 3 works
  5. 5 Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection Artificial Intelligence 3 works
  6. 6 Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 2 works
  7. 7 Computational Drug Discovery Methods Computational Theory and Mathematics 2 works
  8. 8 Antenna Design and Analysis Aerospace Engineering 2 works
  9. 9 Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences Management of Technology and Innovation 2 works
  10. 10 AI in cancer detection Artificial Intelligence 2 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 available55.6%not open44.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors30.2%domestic only69.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Science and Technology Chittagong's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 52% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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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