Pakistan in SCImago Media Rankings
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Foundation: 1983
Mission: The Aga Khan University is committed to the development of human capacities through the discovery and dissemination of knowledge, and application through service. It seeks to prepare individuals for constructive and exemplary leadership roles, and shaping public and private policies, through strength in research and excellence in education, all dedicated to providing meaningful contributions to society. To advance this mission, AKU will: Offer programmes of international quality. Respond to identified needs in the countries and regions which it serves. Prioritise teaching and research which will inform and underpin intellectual innovation and change. Provide service to advance its educational and research mandate. Foster and develop leadership capacity through its education and research programmes. Assess its impact and effectiveness. Promote access and equity by taking positive measures to make the University inclusive of all socio-economic groups, addressing the particular needs and circumstances of the disadvantaged, promoting the welfare and advancement of women. Engage in knowledge networking and emerging technologies. Add value by promoting partnership and networking across the Aga Khan Development Network, and with other national and international institutions.
Vision: The Aga Khan University will be an autonomous, international institution of distinction, primarily serving the developing world and Muslim societies in innovative and enduring ways.
History: www.aku.edu
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The following data gives a quick reading on the scientific performance in the last years. The research ranking refers to the volume, impact and quality of the institution's research output. The innovation ranking is calculated on the number of patent applications of the institution and the citations that its research output receives from patents. Finally, the societal ranking is based on the number of pages of the institution's website and the number of backlinks and mentions from social networks.
The result of the evaluation of the institution can be compared to obtain a view of the country, the region to which it belongs and the institutions of the world, placing it in their respective positions.
We have divided the scientific output of the institution into 19 large areas of knowledge and the following table shows only the ranks in different territorial domains achieved by the institution in each of the areas. For an institution to have a presence in an area, it is necessary that it exceed in the last year a minimum output threshold equivalent to twice the percentage that this area represents in the world. If you need scientific indicators on these areas visit Scopus and/or SciVal.
| Area | World | Asiatic Region | Pakistan |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences + | |||
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 3279th | 952nd | 9th |
| Dentistry | 554th | 110th | 1st |
| Environmental Science | 3632nd | 1236th | 47th |
| Medicine + | 1863rd | 492nd | 3rd |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics | 3328th | 1035th | 22nd |
| Psychology | 1414th | 180th | 6th |
| Social Sciences + | 2003rd | 448th | 20th |
These are the journals used by the institution's researchers to publish their work in the last year. The size of each circle represents the value of the SJR of the publication, and its spatial position represents its subject matter.
This visualizatión allows you to identify the knowledge areas where the institution has published, recognize the prestige of the scientific journals in which the institution knowledge has been published, and identify predominant scientific communities.
