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Mohammad Ali Jinnah University

Research output, impact, five-year growth, topic strengths and transparent benchmarking from open scholarly metadata.

ITS Research Score48.8
Global research rank#2,421
Country rank#66
Momentum rank#4,295

Research performance overview

Mohammad Ali Jinnah University is an education institution in Pakistan represented in the ITS Research Intelligence database through OpenAlex and ROR-linked identity data. Over the most recent five-year window available locally, the institution is associated with 719 research works and 2,731 citations. Its current h-index is 83, while the five-year trend is broadly stable in recent publication activity. It currently places #2,421 in the ITS global research-performance ranking. Within Pakistan, its current research-performance position is #66.

Five-year research output and impact

Research works, 5 years719
Citations, 5 years2,731
H-index83
i10-index886
Publication growth-3.4%
Citation growth-92.1%

Recent citation volume is approximately 3.8 citations per five-year work when the two aggregate windows are divided. This is a descriptive ratio rather than a field-normalized citation indicator, because disciplines have very different citation practices. The h-index and i10-index add longer-run visibility context, while the growth metrics show direction of travel rather than historical accumulation alone.

Research trend by year

YearWorksCitations recordedOpen-access works
2010871,43422
2011981,46733
20129171330
20131261,24958
20141322,33866
20151342,05959
2016751,16339
2017541,00332
20186275641
20196790654
20201287,65085
20211243,01477
20221211,44976
2023171622142
2024145497105
2025205155182
202677866

The yearly series runs from 2010 to 2026 in the current local snapshot. Annual research counts should be read as a pattern rather than as an audited financial-style total: scholarly metadata is continually corrected, affiliations can be re-resolved, and citations continue to accumulate after publication.

Research strengths and leading topics

Islamic Finance and Banking StudiesSoftware Engineering ResearchDigital Marketing and Social MediaJob Satisfaction and Organizational BehaviorSemantic Web and OntologiesSoftware Reliability and Analysis ResearchAdaptive Control of Nonlinear SystemsTechnology Adoption and User BehaviourSoftware Testing and Debugging TechniquesCorporate Finance and Governance

The strongest topic signals currently associated with Mohammad Ali Jinnah University include Islamic Finance and Banking Studies, Software Engineering Research and Digital Marketing and Social Media. Topic lists are useful for understanding where an institution is visibly active, but they are not equivalent to a complete departmental census because OpenAlex topics are inferred from the institution’s works rather than from its administrative structure.

National benchmark

Among the 94 index-ready universities currently available for Pakistan, the average five-year output is about 1,971 works and the average five-year citation count is about 9,878. Mohammad Ali Jinnah University is currently below that research-output average and below the citation average. Its own growth signal is -3.4%, compared with a country-set average of 40.3%.

How to interpret this university profile

ITS Research Solution treats this page as research intelligence rather than a prestige label. The score is designed to summarize measurable research activity using recent output, recent citations, h-index, i10-index and five-year publication growth. Size still matters, so the score should be interpreted together with the trend table and topic profile. A smaller institution with strong momentum can therefore look different from a large institution with a much longer publication history.

Rankings are recalculated from the local analytical database after OpenAlex synchronization. The public page is indexable only when the institution has enough recent research activity, at least five active years in the available trend window, and multiple topic signals. This quality gate prevents empty or minimally populated institution records from becoming search-engine pages.

Data sources and verification

The institution identity is linked to the Research Organization Registry (ROR) through the ROR identifier supplied by OpenAlex. Research counts, citation totals, yearly activity, h-index, i10-index and topic signals come from OpenAlex. OpenAlex institution records are themselves grounded in ROR for canonical institution identity. Data can change as scholarly records, affiliations and citation links are corrected, so the page records the latest local synchronization time rather than presenting the figures as permanent.

  • OpenAlex institution ID: I23805111
  • ROR ID: 02xx4jg88
  • Last synchronized: 2026-09-09 18:36:20

Frequently asked questions

What is the research score for Mohammad Ali Jinnah University?

The current ITS Research Performance Score is 48.8 out of 100. It combines recent publication output, citations, h-index, i10-index and five-year publication growth.

How many research works are associated with Mohammad Ali Jinnah University?

The current local five-year window contains 719 works associated with the institution in OpenAlex.

Is this an official university ranking?

No. This is an independent ITS Research Solution research-performance analysis built from open scholarly metadata. It does not represent an official government or accreditation ranking.