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University of Swabi

In research, University of Swabi stands highest in Physical Sciences (#3,842 of 12,888 worldwide), Life Sciences (#3,738 of 7,800 worldwide) and Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#1,868 of 3,409 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Plant Science — Plant Science is 3.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,273
of 28,054 · #8,531 all time
Rank in Pakistan
#46
of 241
Research works
988
▲ 498% vs 2013–17
Citations
15k
15.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
72%
world 28%

What is University of Swabi 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 #3,842 of 12,888 23.2%145 #8048
Life SciencesDomain #3,738 of 7,800 20.6%113 #5908
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #1,868 of 3,409 22.1%64 #2338
Health SciencesDomain #7,764 of 11,982 13.1%110 #13298
MedicineField #7,623 of 10,443 13.1%93 #13739
Social SciencesDomain #8,677 of 10,521 8.9%121 #14238
Social SciencesField #6,071 of 6,365 6.6%63 —

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Swabi 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#8,048 #3,842
  2. Life Sciences#5,908 #3,738
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#2,338 #1,868
  4. Health Sciences#13,298 #7,764
  5. Medicine#13,739 #7,623
  6. Social Sciences#14,238 #8,677
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 Swabi specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Plant Science takes 3.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Plant ScienceSubfield · 31.2 works3.7×
← 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: 2.76× its world share, 64 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.17× its world share, 30 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.32× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.60× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4.10× its world share, 7 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.40× its world share, 11 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.80× its world share, 31 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.49× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.75× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.46× its world share, 34 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.85× its world share, 20 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.96× its world share, 16 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 3.38× its world share, 19 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.55× its world share, 6 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.55× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.72× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.99× its world share, 93 worksMedicineNursing: 2.34× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.89× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.68× its world share, 10 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.92× its world share, 14 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.84× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.35× its world share, 14 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.07× its world share, 16 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.02× its world share, 63 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Swabi?

Ranked on the composite score, Shah Nazir, Mukhtar Alam and Abdur Rauf lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Swabi.

  1. 1 Shah Nazir Pakistan · #118,025 worldwide 214 citations · 40 works
  2. 2 Mukhtar Alam Pakistan · #308,328 worldwide 115 citations · 30 works
  3. 3 Abdur Rauf Pakistan · #406,325 worldwide 457 citations · 148 works
  4. 4 Muhammad Adnan Pakistan · #409,143 worldwide 130 citations · 40 works
  5. 5 Abdul Basir Pakistan · #536,658 worldwide 73 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 Zafar Ali Shah Pakistan · #925,055 worldwide 44 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 Shahid Ali Khan Pakistan · #969,156 worldwide 120 citations · 44 works
  8. 8 Sulaiman Khan Pakistan · #1,088,510 worldwide 73 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Hidayat Ullah Pakistan · #1,127,777 worldwide 52 citations · 26 works
  10. 10 Faisal Khan Pakistan · #1,387,818 worldwide 22 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at University of Swabi

Which keywords describe research at University of Swabi?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Conflict, Antioxidant, Medicinal Plants, Nonlinear Equations, Security, Reconstruction, Epidemiology and Anomalous Diffusion.

▲ 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. Epidemiology26▲ 1.34×82 topics
  2. Oxidative Stress17▲ 2.1×41 topics
  3. Antioxidant16▲ 4.7×46 topics
  4. Security14▲ 4.5×13 topics
  5. Conflict14▲ 18×4 topics
  6. Medicinal Plants13▲ 6.7×16 topics
  7. Inflammation13▲ 1.25×54 topics
  8. Antioxidant Activity12▲ 4.0×25 topics
  9. Nonlinear Equations12▲ 19×4 topics
  10. Nanoparticles12▲ 1.94×19 topics
  11. COVID-1911▲ 1.69×19 topics
  12. Nanomaterials10▲ 1.99×12 topics
  13. Reconstruction10▲ 12×4 topics
  14. Anomalous Diffusion10▲ 36×2 topics
  15. Afghanistan10▲ 79×1 topic
  16. Fractional Calculus10▲ 34×1 topic
  17. Homotopy Analysis Method10▲ 43×1 topic
  18. Pakistan10▲ 79×1 topic
  19. Anti-inflammatory9▲ 6.7×28 topics
  20. Toxicity9▲ 4.1×18 topics
  21. Antioxidants8▲ 3.9×13 topics
  22. Infectious Diseases8▲ 5.3×6 topics
  23. Flavonoids8▲ 6.2×11 topics
  24. Herbal Medicine8▲ 5.5×11 topics
  25. Pharmacology7▲ 6.0×18 topics
  26. Ethnicity7▲ 3.6×7 topics
  27. Crop Management7▲ 21×2 topics
  28. Antimicrobial6▲ 4.7×10 topics
  29. Cytotoxicity6▲ 9.5×8 topics
  30. Genetic Improvement6▲ 13×3 topics
  31. Maize Yield5▲ 27×1 topic
  32. Nitrogen Uptake5▲ 27×1 topic
  33. Biological Activities5▲ 6.6×8 topics
  34. Green Synthesis5▲ 5.5×3 topics
  35. Natural Products5▲ 7.2×5 topics
  36. Mathematical Modeling5▲ 11×2 topics
  37. Essential Oils5▲ 8.4×2 topics
  38. Predator-Prey Interactions5▲ 12×2 topics
  39. Stochastic Differential Equations5▲ 14×2 topics
  40. Disease Transmission4▲ 29×1 topic

Which research topics does University of Swabi publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East, Fractional Differential Equations Solutions, Crop Yield and Soil Fertility and Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology Models.

Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East: 10 fractional worksFractional Differential Equations Solutions: 10 fractional worksCrop Yield and Soil Fertility: 5 fractional worksMathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology Models: 4 fractional worksNanoparticles: synthesis and applications: 4 fractional worksSouth Asian Studies and Conflicts: 3 fractional worksNatural Antidiabetic Agents Studies: 3 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Banking Studies: 3 fractional worksJob Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior: 3 fractional worksEssential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity: 3 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsModeling and SimulationAgronomy and Crop SciencePublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health5 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 10 works
  2. 2 Fractional Differential Equations Solutions Modeling and Simulation 10 works
  3. 3 Crop Yield and Soil Fertility Agronomy and Crop Science 5 works
  4. 4 Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology Models Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  5. 5 Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications Materials Chemistry 4 works
  6. 6 South Asian Studies and Conflicts Political Science and International Relations 3 works
  7. 7 Natural Antidiabetic Agents Studies Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 3 works
  8. 8 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 3 works
  9. 9 Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 3 works
  10. 10 Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity Food Science 3 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 available72.3%not open27.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors50.6%domestic only49.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Swabi's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 498% higher than in 2013–2017.

20002005201020152020
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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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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.