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Research in Aligarh

Science Explorer records 2 research institutions in Aligarh, India. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Aligarh Muslim University and Mangalayatan University.

Research institutions
2
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
26k
▲ 17% vs 2018-21
Citations
436k
16.5 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
18.4%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record

A city carries no overall standing here. The quality score is built for institutions and countries, the units its floors and field normalisation were designed around. An empty rank on this page is a statement about the measure, not about the place.

Which research institutions are in Aligarh?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Aligarh Muslim UniversityUniversity 25,912 #2,777
2Mangalayatan UniversityUniversity 547 #6,403

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022-now. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.

Which fields of science does Aligarh work in?

In 2022-now, 45% of research in Aligarh is in Physical Sciences, 20% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (17%), Engineering (13%), Computer Science (9%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 3,331 fractional works · 45.1% of its workEngineering: 944 fractional works · 12.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 269 fractional works · 3.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 144 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 131 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 78 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBuilding and Construction: 67 fractional works · 0.9% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 63 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 33 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 31 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 29 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOcean Engineering: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 654 fractional works · 8.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 187 fractional works · 2.5% of its workInformation Systems: 159 fractional works · 2.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 83 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 81 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 81 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSignal Processing: 27 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 36 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 496 fractional works · 6.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 78 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcology: 67 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 62 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 59 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPollution: 56 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 55 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 46 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 37 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 353 fractional works · 4.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 220 fractional works · 3.0% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 49 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomaterials: 37 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 35 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 340 fractional works · 4.6% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 95 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeometry and Topology: 72 fractional works · 1.0% of its workApplied Mathematics: 52 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics and Probability: 39 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNumerical Analysis: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematical Physics: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workModeling and Simulation: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 212 fractional works · 2.9% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 99 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 39 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 28 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpectroscopy: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 134 fractional works · 1.8% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 73 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 90 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 79 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 83 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 40 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemical Engineering: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 1,473 fractional works · 19.9% of its workMedicine: 1,223 fractional works · 16.6% of its workSurgery: 169 fractional works · 2.3% of its workOncology: 86 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 85 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEpidemiology: 78 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 70 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 65 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysiology: 58 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 49 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 49 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 45 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 45 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 39 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 37 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 36 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 35 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDermatology: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 171 fractional works · 2.3% of its workHealth Professions: 112 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 46 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Information Management: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 44 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDentistry: 82 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOral Surgery: 36 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPeriodontics: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 49 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 45 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,363 fractional works · 18.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 574 fractional works · 7.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 189 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 115 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEducation: 93 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGender Studies: 29 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 93 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 212 fractional works · 2.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 51 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAccounting: 41 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMarketing: 32 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 31 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 27 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 172 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 125 fractional works · 1.7% of its workFinance: 28 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 163 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPhilosophy: 41 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 37 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 43 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 147 fractional works · 2.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 55 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 54 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 95 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 61 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 1,224 fractional works · 16.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 634 fractional works · 8.6% of its workPlant Science: 380 fractional works · 5.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 57 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFood Science: 50 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInsect Science: 43 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSoil Science: 32 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 29 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAquatic Science: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 426 fractional works · 5.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 242 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGenetics: 53 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMolecular Medicine: 27 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCancer Research: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiotechnology: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 82 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 31 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 29 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 50 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 32 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKAligarh7,391fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences17%Physical Sciences45%Health Sciences20%Social Sciences18%

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 city does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering94412.8%
    2. Computer Science6548.8%
    3. Environmental Science4966.7%
    4. Materials Science3534.8%
    5. Mathematics3404.6%
    6. Chemistry2122.9%
    7. Physics and Astronomy1341.8%
    8. Energy901.2%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences831.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering260.3%
  1. Health Sciences1,47319.9%
    1. Medicine1,22316.6%
    2. Health Professions1121.5%
    3. Dentistry821.1%
    4. Nursing490.7%
    5. Veterinary70.1%
  2. Social Sciences1,36318.4%
    1. Social Sciences5747.8%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting2122.9%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1722.3%
    4. Arts and Humanities1632.2%
    5. Psychology1472.0%
    6. Decision Sciences951.3%
  3. Life Sciences1,22416.6%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences6348.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4265.8%
    3. Neuroscience821.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology500.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics320.4%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Aligarh strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Aligarh is most concentrated in Algebra and Number Theory, Geometry and Topology and Numerical Analysis (21.5× the world share in Algebra and Number Theory).

  1. Algebra and Number TheorySubfield · 90.1 works22×
  2. Geometry and TopologySubfield · 67.9 works6.4×
  3. Numerical AnalysisSubfield · 25.4 works4.6×
  4. MathematicsField · 314.8 works4.1×
  5. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 69.5 works3.4×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient against the world baseline. Inside a single field a city is a meaningful unit, which is why this is where a city is measured at all.

The whole field profile

All 26 fields at once: above the ring is more than a place this size would be expected to do. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1.79× its world share, 556 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.05× its world share, 366 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.68× its world share, 45 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.68× its world share, 73 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.14× its world share, 26 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.02× its world share, 23 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.91× its world share, 196 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.13× its world share, 574 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.66× its world share, 67 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.38× its world share, 83 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.88× its world share, 864 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.28× its world share, 417 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.39× its world share, 317 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 4.09× its world share, 315 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.84× its world share, 122 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.39× its world share, 76 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.57× its world share, 98 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.87× its world share, 1,098 worksMedicineNursing: 1.35× its world share, 43 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.70× its world share, 6 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.65× its world share, 122 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.91× its world share, 192 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.33× its world share, 84 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.11× its world share, 156 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.65× its world share, 129 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.59× its world share, 490 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Mathematics4.09×315 works
  2. Dentistry2.39×76 works
  3. Chemistry1.91×196 works
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.79×556 works
  5. Materials Science1.39×317 works
  6. Energy1.38×83 works
  7. Nursing1.35×43 works
  8. Decision Sciences1.33×84 works
  9. Environmental Science1.28×417 works
  10. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.14×26 works
  11. Computer Science1.13×574 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.11×156 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.05×366 works
  14. Chemical Engineering1.02×23 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.91×192 works
  16. Engineering0.88×864 works
  17. Medicine0.87×1,098 works
  18. Physics and Astronomy0.84×122 works
  19. Veterinary0.70×6 works
  20. Immunology and Microbiology0.68×45 works
  21. Neuroscience0.68×73 works
  22. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.66×67 works
  23. Arts and Humanities0.65×122 works
  24. Psychology0.65×129 works
  25. Social Sciences0.59×490 works
  26. Health Professions0.57×98 works

Which keywords describe research in Aligarh?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Learning, Nanomaterials, Oxidative Stress, Deep Learning, Toxicity, Environmental Impact, Green Synthesis and Nanoparticles.

▲ 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-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this city'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. Machine Learning300▲ 1.22×86 topics
  2. Deep Learning287◆ 1.13×76 topics
  3. Epidemiology246▼ 0.84×123 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress220▲ 1.81×60 topics
  5. Environmental Impact201▲ 1.59×48 topics
  6. Climate Change193◆ 0.96×82 topics
  7. Nanomaterials187▲ 2.4×18 topics
  8. Sustainability182◆ 1.01×76 topics
  9. Globalization158◆ 1.09×72 topics
  10. Nanoparticles156▲ 1.68×42 topics
  11. Biomedical Applications134▲ 1.53×35 topics
  12. Renewable Energy132▲ 1.23×40 topics
  13. Toxicity127▲ 4.0×19 topics
  14. Antioxidant109▲ 2.1×51 topics
  15. Gene Expression93▲ 2.0×19 topics
  16. Security92▲ 1.86×21 topics
  17. Antioxidants88▲ 2.7×15 topics
  18. Green Synthesis83▲ 6.0×5 topics
  19. Reactive Oxygen Species82▲ 2.7×12 topics
  20. Renewable Energy Integration78▲ 3.2×5 topics
  21. Antimicrobial74▲ 3.5×14 topics
  22. Power Electronics73▲ 3.1×8 topics
  23. Biological Control71▲ 6.3×8 topics
  24. Antioxidant Properties62▲ 5.9×7 topics
  25. Adsorption61▲ 3.9×7 topics
  26. Conflict60▲ 5.0×9 topics
  27. Cytotoxicity57▲ 5.6×7 topics
  28. Molecular Docking56▲ 6.1×4 topics
  29. Biosynthesis56▲ 4.8×9 topics
  30. India55▲ 10×3 topics
  31. Abiotic Stress53▲ 9.4×2 topics
  32. Molecular Pathology53▲ 6.9×3 topics
  33. Phylogenetic Relationships48▲ 9.3×4 topics
  34. Biological Synthesis48▲ 8.6×1 topic
  35. Silver48▲ 8.6×1 topic
  36. Cohomology48▲ 16×2 topics
  37. Deformations46▲ 27×1 topic
  38. Hom-Lie Algebras46▲ 27×1 topic
  39. Plant Responses46▲ 7.7×2 topics
  40. Nematodes44▲ 12×3 topics

What research is done in Aligarh?

  1. 1 Advanced Topics in Algebra Algebra and Number Theory 44 works
  2. 2 Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications Materials Chemistry 44 works
  3. 3 Nematode management and characterization studies Plant Science 37 works
  4. 4 Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance Plant Science 36 works
  5. 5 Rings, Modules, and Algebras Algebra and Number Theory 30 works
  6. 6 Algebraic structures and combinatorial models Geometry and Topology 29 works
  7. 7 Fixed Point Theorems Analysis Geometry and Topology 28 works
  8. 8 South Asian Studies and Conflicts Political Science and International Relations 24 works
  9. 9 Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications Inorganic Chemistry 24 works
  10. 10 Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal Water Science and Technology 24 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%Aligarh16.8% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 20.8% in 2020.

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