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University of the Punjab

In research, University of the Punjab stands highest in Social Sciences (#147 of 6,365 worldwide), Social Sciences (#350 of 10,521 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#552 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Modeling and Simulation and Astronomy and Astrophysics — Statistical and Nonlinear Physics is 5.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#708
of 28,054 · #1,601 all time
Rank in Pakistan
#1
of 241
Research works
16k
▲ 108% vs 2013–17
Citations
210k
13.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
55%
world 28%

What is University of the Punjab 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 SciencesField #147 of 6,365 12.4%909 #217
Social SciencesDomain #350 of 10,521 16.1%1,903 #453
Physical SciencesDomain #552 of 12,888 21.8%2,296 #1633
Management Science and Operations ResearchSubfield #26 of 259 41.4%82 #168
Environmental ScienceField #427 of 3,551 17.4%438 #1072
Plant ScienceSubfield #174 of 1,395 22.6%362 #509
EngineeringField #841 of 6,636 20.8%469 #2079
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #531 of 3,409 19.7%616 #1155
Health SciencesDomain #2,057 of 11,982 10.2%660 #4095
Computer ScienceField #815 of 4,667 22.1%311 #1440

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of the Punjab 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#217 #147
  2. Social Sciences#453 #350
  3. Physical Sciences#1,633 #552
  4. Management Science and Operations Research#168 #26
  5. Environmental Science#1,072 #427
  6. Plant Science#509 #174
  7. Engineering#2,079 #841
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#1,155 #531
  9. Health Sciences#4,095 #2,057
  10. Computer Science#1,440 #815
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 the Punjab specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Statistical and Nonlinear Physics takes 5.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Statistical and Nonlinear PhysicsSubfield · 93.2 works5.0×
  2. Modeling and SimulationSubfield · 34.6 works4.2×
  3. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 113.2 works3.7×
  4. Statistics and ProbabilitySubfield · 45.4 works3.6×
  5. Plant ScienceSubfield · 361.8 works3.5×
  6. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 62.8 works3.4×
← 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: 2.18× its world share, 616 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.16× its world share, 370 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.61× its world share, 37 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.32× its world share, 31 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.97× its world share, 41 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.86× its world share, 18 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.26× its world share, 118 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.67× its world share, 311 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.91× its world share, 85 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.37× its world share, 75 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.53× its world share, 469 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.48× its world share, 438 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.69× its world share, 352 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.74× its world share, 122 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.33× its world share, 309 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.38× its world share, 11 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.62× its world share, 97 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.44× its world share, 509 worksMedicineNursing: 1.34× its world share, 39 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.51× its world share, 4 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.81× its world share, 139 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.57× its world share, 301 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.43× its world share, 140 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.25× its world share, 159 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.40× its world share, 255 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.21× its world share, 909 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 2.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of the Punjab?

Ranked on the composite score, Zikria Saleem, Rukhsana Bajwa and Kanwal Ameen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of the Punjab.

  1. 1 Zikria Saleem Pakistan · #59,462 worldwide 2.6k citations · 26 works
  2. 2 Rukhsana Bajwa Pakistan · #242,790 worldwide 92 citations · 25 works
  3. 3 Kanwal Ameen Pakistan · #285,419 worldwide 57 citations · 36 works
  4. 4 T. Hussain Pakistan · #321,892 worldwide 382 citations · 72 works
  5. 5 Saima Arshed Pakistan · #340,936 worldwide 233 citations · 43 works
  6. 6 Muhammad Akhtar Pakistan · #342,331 worldwide 146 citations · 25 works
  7. 7 Ishfaq Ahmed Pakistan · #348,985 worldwide 175 citations · 30 works
  8. 8 Tahir Jamil Pakistan · #354,119 worldwide 109 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 Jamıl Anwar Pakistan · #354,222 worldwide 81 citations · 32 works
  10. 10 Zahoor H. Farooqi Pakistan · #357,556 worldwide 203 citations · 28 works
All ranked researchers at University of the Punjab

Which keywords describe research at University of the Punjab?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Conflict, Nanomaterials, Central Asia, Reconstruction, Nation-Building, State-Building, 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 Change194▲ 1.21×89 topics
  2. Machine Learning174◆ 0.89×86 topics
  3. Nanomaterials170▲ 2.7×19 topics
  4. Environmental Impact156▲ 1.55×51 topics
  5. Mental Health143▲ 1.64×37 topics
  6. Social Media128▲ 1.51×34 topics
  7. Biomedical Applications126▲ 1.78×35 topics
  8. Security118▲ 3.0×23 topics
  9. Conflict117▲ 12×7 topics
  10. Antioxidant Activity108▲ 2.9×30 topics
  11. Toxicity100▲ 3.9×20 topics
  12. Phylogenetic Analysis97▲ 5.4×15 topics
  13. Graphene97▲ 2.4×11 topics
  14. Antioxidant95▲ 2.3×49 topics
  15. Central Asia93▲ 22×4 topics
  16. Reconstruction92▲ 8.9×6 topics
  17. Nation-Building90▲ 28×3 topics
  18. State-Building90▲ 41×2 topics
  19. Afghanistan89▲ 60×1 topic
  20. Pakistan89▲ 60×1 topic
  21. Leadership86▲ 3.0×20 topics
  22. Heavy Metals74▲ 5.2×7 topics
  23. Nonlinear Equations72▲ 9.4×4 topics
  24. General Relativity67▲ 16×2 topics
  25. Fuzzy Sets60▲ 18×2 topics
  26. Supernovae56▲ 11×2 topics
  27. Fungal Pathogens56▲ 7.1×5 topics
  28. Dark Energy56▲ 14×2 topics
  29. Cosmic Microwave Background55▲ 17×1 topic
  30. Cosmological Parameters55▲ 17×1 topic
  31. Host Specificity51▲ 7.6×5 topics
  32. Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation51▲ 15×2 topics
  33. Analytic Hierarchy Process50▲ 14×2 topics
  34. Endophytic Fungi50▲ 9.0×2 topics
  35. Group Decision Making50▲ 19×1 topic
  36. TOPSIS50▲ 19×1 topic
  37. Black Holes49▲ 8.7×3 topics
  38. Mycorrhizal Fungi49▲ 11×2 topics
  39. Taxonomic Revision48▲ 11×2 topics
  40. Community Structure47▲ 9.3×2 topics

Which research topics does University of the Punjab publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East, Cosmology and Gravitation Theories, Multi-Criteria Decision Making and Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases.

Politics and Conflicts i…89Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East: 89 fractional worksCosmology and Gravitatio…55Cosmology and Gravitation Theories: 55 fractional worksMulti-Criteria Decision Making: 50 fractional worksPlant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases: 46 fractional worksNonlinear Waves and Soli…46Nonlinear Waves and Solitons: 46 fractional worksMycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions: 45 fractional worksBlack Holes and Theoretical Physics: 41 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Bank…40Islamic Finance and Banking Studies: 40 fractional worksNonlinear Photonic Systems: 38 fractional worksJob Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior: 32 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsAstronomy and AstrophysicsManagement Science and Operations ResearchCell Biology5 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 89 works
  2. 2 Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Astronomy and Astrophysics 55 works
  3. 3 Multi-Criteria Decision Making Management Science and Operations Research 50 works
  4. 4 Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases Cell Biology 46 works
  5. 5 Nonlinear Waves and Solitons Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 46 works
  6. 6 Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions Plant Science 45 works
  7. 7 Black Holes and Theoretical Physics Nuclear and High Energy Physics 41 works
  8. 8 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 40 works
  9. 9 Nonlinear Photonic Systems Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 38 works
  10. 10 Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 32 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 available55.0%not open45.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.2%domestic only73.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of the Punjab's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 108% 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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