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Research in Chennai

Science Explorer records 8 research institutions in Chennai. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Rajalakshmi Engineering College, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering and R.M.D. Engineering College.

Research institutions
8
6 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
10k
▲ 54% vs 2018-21
Citations
110k
10.9 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
15.7%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
2001-2026
26 years on the record
Chennai

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 Chennai?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of EngineeringUniversity 5,041 #4,611
2Rajalakshmi Engineering CollegeUniversity 2,503 #2,618
3St. Joseph’s College of EngineeringUniversity 1,046 #5,588
4R.M.D. Engineering CollegeUniversity 977 #5,012
5Jeppiaar Engineering CollegeUniversity 378 #17,703
6Panimalar Medical College Hospital & Research InstituteUniversity 102 #20,455
7Society for Electronic Transactions and SecurityNonprofit 60 not ranked
8Easwari Engineering CollegeUniversity 1 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.

Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering: 49.9%Rajalakshmi Engineering College: 24.8%St. Joseph’s College of Engineering: 10.3%R.M.D. Engineering College: 9.7%4 others listed: 5.4%50%largest
Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering5,041 · 49.9%Rajalakshmi Engineering College2,503 · 24.8%St. Joseph’s College of Engineering1,046 · 10.3%R.M.D. Engineering College977 · 9.7%4 others listed541 · 5.4%

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

Which fields of science does Chennai work in?

In 2022-now, 77% of research in Chennai is in Physical Sciences, 9% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (34%), Computer Science (24%), Materials Science (8%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 3,664 fractional works · 77.2% of its workEngineering: 1,633 fractional works · 34.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 530 fractional works · 11.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 251 fractional works · 5.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 216 fractional works · 4.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 112 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 94 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 84 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 72 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 55 fractional works · 1.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 51 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMedia Technology: 48 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMechanics of Materials: 37 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Mechanics: 32 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 26 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 1,144 fractional works · 24.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 338 fractional works · 7.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 264 fractional works · 5.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 192 fractional works · 4.0% of its workInformation Systems: 169 fractional works · 3.6% of its workSignal Processing: 70 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 38 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 37 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Science Applications: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHardware and Architecture: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 379 fractional works · 8.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 188 fractional works · 4.0% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 80 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 60 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiomaterials: 36 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 181 fractional works · 3.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 52 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 35 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 28 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 110 fractional works · 2.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 101 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 97 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 29 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 23 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 38 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemical Engineering: 37 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCatalysis: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 27 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 431 fractional works · 9.1% of its workMedicine: 321 fractional works · 6.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 81 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOncology: 26 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 23 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurgery: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 87 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth Professions: 98 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHealth Information Management: 69 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 29 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDentistry: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 325 fractional works · 6.9% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 89 fractional works · 1.9% of its workManagement Information Systems: 32 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMarketing: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 27 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 82 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 26 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEducation: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 38 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychology: 75 fractional works · 1.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 30 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 23 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 44 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 33 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 324 fractional works · 6.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 131 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPlant Science: 91 fractional works · 1.9% of its workFood Science: 23 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 117 fractional works · 2.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 59 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNeurology: 53 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 69 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 39 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 30 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKChennai4,744fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences77%Health Sciences9%Social Sciences7%

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. Engineering1,63334.4%
    2. Computer Science1,14424.1%
    3. Materials Science3798.0%
    4. Environmental Science1813.8%
    5. Energy1102.3%
    6. Chemistry972.0%
    7. Physics and Astronomy380.8%
    8. Chemical Engineering370.8%
    9. Mathematics270.6%
    10. Earth and Planetary Sciences180.4%
    1. Medicine3216.8%
    2. Health Professions982.1%
    3. Dentistry80.2%
    4. Nursing40.1%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting891.9%
    2. Social Sciences821.7%
    3. Psychology751.6%
    4. Decision Sciences440.9%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance210.4%
    6. Arts and Humanities150.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1312.8%
    2. Neuroscience1172.5%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology691.4%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics50.1%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology40.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Chennai strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Chennai is most concentrated in Health Information Management, Signal Processing and Computer Networks and Communications (6.0× the world share in Health Information Management).

  1. Health Information ManagementSubfield · 65.7 works6.0×
  2. Signal ProcessingSubfield · 65.0 works5.0×
  3. Computer Networks and CommunicationsSubfield · 176.2 works4.6×
  4. Computer Vision and Pattern RecognitionSubfield · 233.7 works4.3×
  5. NeurologySubfield · 47.8 works4.0×
  6. Human-Computer InteractionSubfield · 33.6 works3.8×
← 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: 0.57× its world share, 117 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.27× its world share, 62 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.07× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.53× its world share, 106 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.27× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.29× its world share, 34 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.32× its world share, 89 worksChemistryComputer Science: 3.03× its world share, 1,012 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 16 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.54× its world share, 100 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.34× its world share, 1,504 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.74× its world share, 158 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.30× its world share, 345 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.49× its world share, 25 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.35× its world share, 34 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.30× its world share, 6 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.80× its world share, 90 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.35× its world share, 291 worksMedicineNursing: 0.18× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.10× its world share, 12 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.60× its world share, 84 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.89× its world share, 37 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.22× its world share, 20 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.50× its world share, 65 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 73 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Computer Science, 3.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Computer Science3.03×1,012 works
  2. Energy2.54×100 works
  3. Engineering2.34×1,504 works
  4. Materials Science2.30×345 works
  5. Chemical Engineering2.29×34 works
  6. Neuroscience1.53×106 works
  7. Chemistry1.32×89 works
  8. Decision Sciences0.89×37 works
  9. Health Professions0.80×90 works
  10. Environmental Science0.74×158 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting0.60×84 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.57×117 works
  13. Psychology0.50×65 works
  14. Mathematics0.49×25 works
  15. Physics and Astronomy0.35×34 works
  16. Medicine0.35×291 works
  17. Dentistry0.30×6 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.27×62 works
  19. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.27×4 works
  20. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.23×16 works
  21. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.22×20 works
  22. Nursing0.18×4 works
  23. Social Sciences0.13×73 works
  24. Arts and Humanities0.10×12 works
  25. Immunology and Microbiology0.07×3 works
  26. Veterinary0.03×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Chennai?

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

▲ 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 Learning860▲ 5.3×81 topics
  2. Machine Learning639▲ 4.0×93 topics
  3. Internet of Things223▲ 5.5×26 topics
  4. Neural Networks222▲ 3.0×39 topics
  5. Healthcare215▲ 4.0×15 topics
  6. Convolutional Neural Networks210▲ 6.1×14 topics
  7. Security175▲ 5.5×21 topics
  8. Mechanical Properties169▲ 3.6×36 topics
  9. Wireless Sensor Networks164▲ 7.7×21 topics
  10. IoT155▲ 8.7×17 topics
  11. Nanomaterials152▲ 3.1×18 topics
  12. Renewable Energy148▲ 2.2×34 topics
  13. Feature Extraction144▲ 6.7×10 topics
  14. Artificial Intelligence137▲ 2.0×40 topics
  15. Data Mining135▲ 3.9×19 topics
  16. Image Processing131▲ 6.3×12 topics
  17. Environmental Monitoring128▲ 7.0×14 topics
  18. Medical Imaging128▲ 5.1×8 topics
  19. Graphene119▲ 3.7×11 topics
  20. Renewable Energy Integration115▲ 7.4×5 topics
  21. Energy Efficiency113▲ 2.6×31 topics
  22. IoT Security113▲ 7.7×3 topics
  23. Power Electronics111▲ 7.3×8 topics
  24. Classification106▲ 4.9×10 topics
  25. Big Data Analytics94▲ 9.4×5 topics
  26. Microstructure93▲ 3.8×18 topics
  27. Smart Cities90▲ 7.1×8 topics
  28. Feature Selection86▲ 8.4×6 topics
  29. Transfer Learning79▲ 8.7×3 topics
  30. Anomaly Detection73▲ 5.4×5 topics
  31. Smart Farming71▲ 13×2 topics
  32. Smart Home69▲ 9.0×5 topics
  33. Security and Privacy68▲ 7.6×3 topics
  34. Internet of Things (IoT)65▲ 12×3 topics
  35. Logistic Regression64▲ 14×2 topics
  36. Classification Models64▲ 15×1 topic
  37. Medical Diagnosis64▲ 15×1 topic
  38. Crop Yield Prediction63▲ 13×1 topic
  39. Plant Disease Detection63▲ 13×1 topic
  40. Convolutional Neural Network62▲ 8.2×4 topics

What research is done in Chennai?

Artificial Intelligence …60Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare: 60 fractional worksSmart Agriculture and AI57Smart Agriculture and AI: 57 fractional worksIoT-based Smart Home Systems: 47 fractional worksBrain Tumor Detection an…47Brain Tumor Detection and Classification: 47 fractional worksIoT and Edge/Fog Computing46IoT and Edge/Fog Computing: 46 fractional worksBlockchain Technology Applications and Security: 36 fractional worksNetwork Security and Intrusion Detection: 34 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Technol…32Advanced Battery Technologies Research: 32 fractional worksEEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces: 32 fractional worksAdvanced DC-DC Converters: 31 fractional works
Health Information ManagementPlant ScienceElectrical and Electronic EngineeringNeurology4 others

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

  1. 1 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Health Information Management 60 works
  2. 2 Smart Agriculture and AI Plant Science 57 works
  3. 3 IoT-based Smart Home Systems Electrical and Electronic Engineering 47 works
  4. 4 Brain Tumor Detection and Classification Neurology 47 works
  5. 5 IoT and Edge/Fog Computing Computer Networks and Communications 46 works
  6. 6 Blockchain Technology Applications and Security Information Systems 36 works
  7. 7 Network Security and Intrusion Detection Computer Networks and Communications 34 works
  8. 8 Advanced Battery Technologies Research Automotive Engineering 32 works
  9. 9 EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces Cognitive Neuroscience 32 works
  10. 10 Advanced DC-DC Converters Electrical and Electronic Engineering 31 works

Research output over time

still counting20052010201520202025
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%Chennai14.9% 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 17.4% in 2024.

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