NUST researchers actively contribute to the publication of their research work in various forms including journal papers / articles, conference papers, monographs, book chapters, and books. These scholarly publications appear in the volumes of reputed publishers worldwide and in collaboration with national and international experts as well as industry professionals.

The overall output, quality, and citations of NUST publications has progressively grown which has led to greater impact, visibility, and also contributed in rankings. In 2019, there were over 1600 publications of which over 1200 were journal publications and around 1000 were ‘impact factor’ journal publications. The average ‘impact factor’ of NUST publications have also grown year-on-year for the last several years indicating the success of NUST faculty and students to have their research works featured in venues of greater citations / visibility.