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Research in Bengaluru

Science Explorer records 11 research institutions in Bengaluru. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Global Academy of Technology, R.V. College of Engineering and HKBK College of Engineering.

Research institutions
11
5 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
3.6k
▲ 51% vs 2018-21
Citations
25k
6.9 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
10.6%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1972-2026
55 years on the record
Bengaluru

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 Bengaluru?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1R.V. College of EngineeringUniversity 1,854 #8,366
2Global Academy of TechnologyUniversity 627 #6,705
3MVJ College of EngineeringUniversity 520 #12,990
4HKBK College of EngineeringUniversity 301 #10,264
5Xavier Institute of Management and EntrepreneurshipUniversity 130 #20,307
6B.M.S. College of EngineeringUniversity 90 not ranked
7Sri Shankara Cancer Hospital and Research CenterHospital / health system 48 not ranked
8Dr. B. R. Ambedkar School of Economics UniversityUniversity 11 not ranked
9Presidency UniversityUniversity 7 not ranked
10Patel Institute of Science and ManagementUniversity 1 not ranked
11Ignite Life Science FoundationNonprofit 0 not ranked

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.

How concentrated the city is

The same institutions as shares of everything the list accounts for. A city that is one university and a city that is twelve read alike as a table and not at all alike here.

R.V. College of Engineering: 51.7%Global Academy of Technology: 17.5%MVJ College of Engineering: 14.5%HKBK College of Engineering: 8.4%6 others listed: 8.0%52%largest
R.V. College of Engineering1,854 · 51.7%Global Academy of Technology627 · 17.5%MVJ College of Engineering520 · 14.5%HKBK College of Engineering301 · 8.4%6 others listed287 · 8.0%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which fields of science does Bengaluru work in?

In 2022-now, 73% of research in Bengaluru is in Physical Sciences, 11% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Computer Science (33%), Engineering (30%), Medicine (7%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 1,145 fractional works · 72.9% of its workComputer Science: 520 fractional works · 33.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 146 fractional works · 9.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 108 fractional works · 6.8% of its workInformation Systems: 102 fractional works · 6.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 86 fractional works · 5.5% of its workSignal Processing: 28 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 18 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHardware and Architecture: 16 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoftware: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 472 fractional works · 30.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 141 fractional works · 9.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 53 fractional works · 3.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 43 fractional works · 2.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 42 fractional works · 2.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 40 fractional works · 2.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 28 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 25 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMedia Technology: 22 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 21 fractional works · 1.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 17 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 55 fractional works · 3.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 18 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 12 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 45 fractional works · 2.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 19 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomaterials: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 14 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 12 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 12 fractional works · 0.8% of its workChemistry: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 174 fractional works · 11.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 54 fractional works · 3.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 24 fractional works · 1.5% of its workTransportation: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEducation: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDemography: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 46 fractional works · 2.9% of its workManagement Information Systems: 16 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMarketing: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 26 fractional works · 1.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 17 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 25 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 20 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 21 fractional works · 1.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 156 fractional works · 10.0% of its workMedicine: 108 fractional works · 6.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 25 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOncology: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurgery: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReproductive Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOphthalmology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 32 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHealth Professions: 45 fractional works · 2.9% of its workHealth Information Management: 38 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 95 fractional works · 6.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 41 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPlant Science: 25 fractional works · 1.6% of its workFood Science: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 32 fractional works · 2.0% of its workNeurology: 21 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 20 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKBengaluru1,571fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences73%Health Sciences10%Social Sciences11%

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. Computer Science52033.1%
    2. Engineering47230.1%
    3. Environmental Science553.5%
    4. Materials Science452.9%
    5. Energy140.9%
    6. Physics and Astronomy120.8%
    7. Chemistry100.6%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences60.4%
    9. Mathematics60.4%
    10. Chemical Engineering40.2%
    1. Social Sciences543.4%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting462.9%
    3. Decision Sciences261.7%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance251.6%
    5. Psychology211.3%
    6. Arts and Humanities30.2%
    1. Medicine1086.9%
    2. Health Professions452.9%
    3. Dentistry20.2%
    4. Nursing10.1%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences412.6%
    2. Neuroscience322.0%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology201.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology20.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Bengaluru strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Bengaluru is most concentrated in Health Information Management, Signal Processing and Computer Networks and Communications (10.0× the world share in Health Information Management).

  1. Health Information ManagementSubfield · 38.0 works10×
  2. Signal ProcessingSubfield · 28.0 works6.2×
  3. Computer Networks and CommunicationsSubfield · 80.8 works6.1×
  4. Computer Vision and Pattern RecognitionSubfield · 102.7 works5.5×
  5. NeurologySubfield · 20.9 works5.1×
  6. Media TechnologySubfield · 20.3 works4.4×
← 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: 0.55× its world share, 39 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.25× its world share, 19 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.27× its world share, 30 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.70× its world share, 4 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.42× its world share, 10 worksChemistryComputer Science: 4.30× its world share, 494 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.01× its world share, 14 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.00× its world share, 443 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.69× its world share, 51 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.79× its world share, 41 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.35× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.34× its world share, 11 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.14× its world share, 44 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.35× its world share, 99 worksMedicineNursing: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.91× its world share, 43 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.76× its world share, 25 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.77× its world share, 24 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.41× its world share, 18 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 49 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Computer Science, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Computer Science4.30×494 works
  2. Engineering2.00×443 works
  3. Decision Sciences1.76×25 works
  4. Neuroscience1.27×30 works
  5. Health Professions1.14×44 works
  6. Energy1.01×14 works
  7. Business, Management and Accounting0.91×43 works
  8. Materials Science0.79×41 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.77×24 works
  10. Chemical Engineering0.70×4 works
  11. Environmental Science0.69×51 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.55×39 works
  13. Chemistry0.42×10 works
  14. Psychology0.41×18 works
  15. Mathematics0.35×6 works
  16. Medicine0.35×99 works
  17. Physics and Astronomy0.34×11 works
  18. Social Sciences0.26×49 works
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.25×19 works
  20. Dentistry0.25×2 works
  21. Veterinary0.25×0 works
  22. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.23×5 works
  23. Nursing0.13×1 works
  24. Immunology and Microbiology0.11×2 works
  25. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.06×0 works
  26. Arts and Humanities0.05×2 works

Which keywords describe research in Bengaluru?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Healthcare, Internet of Things, Convolutional Neural Networks, Security, Neural Networks and IoT.

▲ 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. Deep Learning345▲ 6.4×79 topics
  2. Machine Learning256▲ 4.9×80 topics
  3. Healthcare109▲ 6.1×11 topics
  4. Internet of Things98▲ 7.3×24 topics
  5. Neural Networks94▲ 3.9×34 topics
  6. Convolutional Neural Networks93▲ 8.2×14 topics
  7. Security86▲ 8.2×21 topics
  8. Data Mining68▲ 5.8×14 topics
  9. IoT60▲ 10×16 topics
  10. Feature Extraction57▲ 8.0×10 topics
  11. Wireless Sensor Networks56▲ 8.0×22 topics
  12. Classification54▲ 7.5×9 topics
  13. Artificial Intelligence53▲ 2.4×35 topics
  14. Image Processing49▲ 7.1×12 topics
  15. Supply Chain Management47▲ 3.4×15 topics
  16. Feature Selection47▲ 14×6 topics
  17. Energy Efficiency47▲ 3.2×28 topics
  18. IoT Security47▲ 9.7×3 topics
  19. Big Data Analytics46▲ 14×5 topics
  20. Environmental Monitoring46▲ 7.6×8 topics
  21. Medical Imaging44▲ 5.3×8 topics
  22. Privacy44▲ 9.7×5 topics
  23. Anomaly Detection42▲ 9.4×4 topics
  24. Big Data42▲ 2.8×23 topics
  25. Mechanical Properties41▲ 2.7×27 topics
  26. Smart Cities37▲ 8.9×8 topics
  27. Computer Vision36▲ 8.3×5 topics
  28. Logistic Regression35▲ 24×2 topics
  29. Classification Models35▲ 26×1 topic
  30. Medical Diagnosis35▲ 24×1 topic
  31. Transfer Learning31▲ 10×3 topics
  32. Cloud Computing30▲ 6.6×10 topics
  33. Cybersecurity30▲ 7.6×4 topics
  34. Decentralization28▲ 8.5×2 topics
  35. Blockchain28▲ 7.8×2 topics
  36. 5G Networks28▲ 8.7×5 topics
  37. Cryptocurrencies27▲ 13×1 topic
  38. Smart Contracts27▲ 11×1 topic
  39. Convolutional Neural Network25▲ 10×4 topics
  40. Smart Home25▲ 9.8×4 topics

What research is done in Bengaluru?

Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare: 34 fractional worksBlockchain Technology Applications and Security: 26 fractional worksBrain Tumor Detection an…21Brain Tumor Detection and Classification: 21 fractional worksIoT and Edge/Fog Computing: 20 fractional worksSmart Agriculture and AI: 19 fractional worksIoT-based Smart Home Systems: 17 fractional worksAnomaly Detection Techni…16Anomaly Detection Techniques and Applications: 16 fractional worksNetwork Security and Intrusion Detection: 16 fractional worksAI in cancer detection: 13 fractional worksWater Quality Monitoring…13Water Quality Monitoring Technologies: 13 fractional works
Health Information ManagementInformation SystemsNeurologyComputer Networks and Communications4 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Health Information Management 34 works
  2. 2 Blockchain Technology Applications and Security Information Systems 26 works
  3. 3 Brain Tumor Detection and Classification Neurology 21 works
  4. 4 IoT and Edge/Fog Computing Computer Networks and Communications 20 works
  5. 5 Smart Agriculture and AI Plant Science 19 works
  6. 6 IoT-based Smart Home Systems Electrical and Electronic Engineering 17 works
  7. 7 Anomaly Detection Techniques and Applications Artificial Intelligence 16 works
  8. 8 Network Security and Intrusion Detection Computer Networks and Communications 16 works
  9. 9 AI in cancer detection Artificial Intelligence 13 works
  10. 10 Water Quality Monitoring Technologies Water Science and Technology 13 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
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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 counting5%10%15%Bengaluru10.4% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 14.7% in 2020.

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