Ziauddin University
In research, Ziauddin University stands highest in Social Sciences (#7,759 of 9,585 worldwide), Life Sciences (#5,207 of 6,403 worldwide) and Medicine (#7,109 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and Dentistry (Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism is 5.4× its share of world research).
- World rank, 2022-now
- #9,768 of 22,385 · #20,594 all time
- Rank in Pakistan
- #115 of 231
- Research works
- 2.3k ▲ 76% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 14k 6.2 per fractional work
- Top-10% rate
- 5.0% all institutions 10.0%
- vs its own fields
- 0.63× 1.00× is exactly expected
- Open access
- 74% world 40%
- International
- 21% world 18%
What is Ziauddin University known for in research?
The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.
| Field | World rank | Where that sits | Top-10% rate | Works | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social SciencesDomain | #7,759 of 9,585 | 7.1% | 233 | #12171 | |
| Life SciencesDomain | #5,207 of 6,403 | 6.2% | 110 | #9895 | |
| MedicineField | #7,109 of 8,541 | 3.1% | 439 | #12565 | |
| Health SciencesDomain | #8,585 of 9,902 | 3.2% | 525 | #14644 | |
| Social SciencesField | #5,472 of 5,988 | 6.3% | 128 | #8127 | |
| Physical SciencesDomain | #10,332 of 10,670 | 7.4% | 79 | #16659 |
Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ziauddin University 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).
Which of those standings moved
The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.
- Social Sciences#12,171 #7,759
- Life Sciences#9,895 #5,207
- Medicine#12,565 #7,109
- Health Sciences#14,644 #8,585
- Social Sciences#8,127 #5,472
- Physical Sciences#16,659 #10,332
A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.
Which fields of science does Ziauddin University work in?
In 2022-now, 55% of research at Ziauddin University is in Health Sciences, 26% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (46%), Social Sciences (14%), Psychology (5%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Health Sciences.
Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.
Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
- Health Sciences64354.6%
- Medicine54246.0%
- Health Professions554.7%
- Dentistry272.3%
- Nursing181.5%
- Veterinary10.1%
- Social Sciences30125.6%
- Social Sciences16714.2%
- Psychology605.1%
- Business, Management and Accounting383.2%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance181.5%
- Arts and Humanities131.1%
- Decision Sciences50.4%
- Life Sciences12910.9%
- Physical Sciences1069.0%
- Engineering342.9%
- Computer Science342.8%
- Environmental Science201.7%
- Mathematics60.5%
- Materials Science60.5%
- Chemistry40.3%
- Energy10.1%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences10.1%
- Physics and Astronomy00.0%
- Chemical Engineering00.0%
What does Ziauddin University specialise in?
Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism takes 5.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.
- Endocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismSubfield · 34.4 works5.4×
- DentistryField · 26.7 works4.7×
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 4.7×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Dentistry4.67×27 works
- Nursing3.10×18 works
- Medicine2.39×542 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.82×8 works
- Health Professions1.76×55 works
- Psychology1.67×60 works
- Immunology and Microbiology1.12×13 works
- Social Sciences1.12×167 works
- Business, Management and Accounting1.00×38 works
- Neuroscience0.99×19 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.95×59 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.71×18 works
- Veterinary0.66×1 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.53×30 works
- Mathematics0.42×6 works
- Decision Sciences0.42×5 works
- Arts and Humanities0.39×13 works
- Computer Science0.37×34 works
- Environmental Science0.34×20 works
- Chemistry0.22×4 works
- Engineering0.19×34 works
- Materials Science0.14×6 works
- Energy0.11×1 works
- Chemical Engineering0.08×0 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences0.04×1 works
- Physics and Astronomy0.02×0 works
- Dentistry 4.7×
- Nursing 3.1×
- Medicine 2.4×
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 1.8×
- Health Professions 1.8×
- Psychology 1.7×
- Immunology and Microbiology 1.1×
- Social Sciences 1.1×
- Business, Management and Accounting 1.0×
- Neuroscience 1.0×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 0.9×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 0.7×
- Veterinary 0.7×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.5×
- Mathematics 0.4×
- Decision Sciences 0.4×
- Arts and Humanities 0.4×
- Computer Science 0.4×
- Environmental Science 0.3×
- Chemistry 0.2×
- Engineering 0.2×
- Materials Science 0.1×
- Energy 0.1×
- Chemical Engineering 0.1×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 0.0×
- Physics and Astronomy 0.0×
Who are the top researchers at Ziauddin University?
Ranked on the quality score, Shazia Alam, Madiha Hashmi and Zohaib Akram lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ziauddin University.
- 1
Shazia Alam
Pakistan · #112,977 worldwide 110k citations · 95 works
- 2
Madiha Hashmi
Pakistan · #170,030 worldwide 4.7k citations · 156 works
- 3
Zohaib Akram
Pakistan · #902,262 worldwide 3.7k citations · 99 works
- 4
Timo Tolppa
Pakistan · #1,441,764 worldwide 1.2k citations · 52 works
- 5
Farah Ahmed
Pakistan · #1,833,876 worldwide 972 citations · 56 works
- 6
Zulfiqar Umrani
Pakistan · #1,859,349 worldwide 592 citations · 17 works
- 7
Arshad Taqi
Pakistan · #2,194,255 worldwide 544 citations · 28 works
- 8
Fahad Azim
Pakistan · #2,367,819 worldwide 384 citations · 30 works
- 9
Ayesha Siddiqui
Pakistan · #2,596,980 worldwide 458 citations · 28 works
- 10
Yasir Khalif Ali
Pakistan · #2,808,608 worldwide 659 citations · 66 works
Which keywords describe research at Ziauddin University?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Disease, Inflammation, Risk Factors, Management, Depression and Islamic Education.
- Interventions
- SARS-CoV-2
- Self-Efficacy
- Infection
- Heart Failure
- Job Satisfaction
- Anxiety
- Immune Response
- Islamic Banking
- Prevention
- Global Burden
- Curriculum Development
- Obesity
- Pandemic
- Oxidative Stress
- Depression
- Mental Health
- COVID-19
- Quality of Life
- Inflammation
- Epidemiology
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Risk Factors
- Management
- Treatment
- Diabetes
- Diagnosis
- Metabolic Syndrome
- Public Health
- Social Media
- Islamic Education
- Insulin Resistance
- Guidelines
- Rehabilitation
- Pathogenesis
- Character Education
- Stress
- Learning Outcomes
- Wound Healing
- Pathophysiology
Size is fractional works in 2022-now 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
- Epidemiology143▲ 3.0×119 topics
- Inflammation49▲ 1.94×74 topics
- Cardiovascular Disease39▲ 2.9×37 topics
- Quality of Life38▲ 2.2×47 topics
- Risk Factors38▲ 2.9×34 topics
- COVID-1935▲ 2.3×22 topics
- Management34▲ 3.6×26 topics
- Mental Health33▲ 1.95×30 topics
- Treatment33▲ 2.3×45 topics
- Depression32▲ 3.1×23 topics
- Diabetes31▲ 5.2×18 topics
- Oxidative Stress31▲ 1.59×47 topics
- Diagnosis30▲ 2.7×39 topics
- Pandemic30▲ 2.6×11 topics
- Metabolic Syndrome28▲ 2.9×23 topics
- Obesity28▲ 3.0×24 topics
- Public Health27▲ 1.60×42 topics
- Curriculum Development27▲ 3.4×10 topics
- Social Media26▲ 1.62×15 topics
- Global Burden24▲ 3.8×12 topics
- Islamic Education23▲ 6.0×4 topics
- Prevention23▲ 4.7×13 topics
- Insulin Resistance21▲ 3.9×9 topics
- Islamic Banking19▲ 4.4×3 topics
- Guidelines19▲ 3.5×13 topics
- Immune Response19▲ 2.9×19 topics
- Rehabilitation19▲ 4.0×11 topics
- Anxiety19▲ 3.3×11 topics
- Pathogenesis19▲ 3.1×22 topics
- Job Satisfaction17▲ 3.4×10 topics
- Character Education17▲ 3.1×6 topics
- Heart Failure17▲ 3.3×14 topics
- Stress17▲ 3.9×10 topics
- Infection17▲ 5.7×9 topics
- Learning Outcomes16▲ 3.4×7 topics
- Self-Efficacy16▲ 5.4×8 topics
- Wound Healing16▲ 5.0×8 topics
- SARS-CoV-215▲ 4.2×6 topics
- Pathophysiology14▲ 4.2×8 topics
- Interventions11▲ 7.6×3 topics
Which research topics does Ziauddin University publish most on?
By volume in 2022-now: Diabetic Foot Ulcer Assessment and Management, Education and Character Development, Islamic Finance and Communication and Islamic Finance and Banking Studies.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Diabetic Foot Ulcer Assessment and Management Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 11 works
- 2 Education and Character Development Education 10 works
- 3 Islamic Finance and Communication Sociology and Political Science 8 works
- 4 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 8 works
- 5 Health and Well-being Studies Clinical Psychology 8 works
- 6 Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation Pharmacology 7 works
- 7 Islamic Studies and Radicalism Sociology and Political Science 7 works
- 8 Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout General Health Professions 7 works
- 9 Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies Biomedical Engineering 7 works
- 10 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 6 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.
World: 40% of research is openly available.
World: 18% is written across borders.
How has Ziauddin University's research output changed?
Output in 2022-2025 was 76% higher than in 2018-2021.
The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.
Its share of all research
Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Ziauddin University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0044% in 2024.
Fractional works of Ziauddin University over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.
How much of it reaches the world top 10%
Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 14.9% in 2010.
Other research institutions in Karachi
- University of Karachi
- Aga Khan University
- Dow University of Health Sciences
- NED University of Engineering and Technology
- Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Center
- Iqra University
- University of Islamic Studies
- Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology
Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners have tabs of their own, above.
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