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Research in Dharamsala

Science Explorer records 7 research institutions in Dharamsala, India. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Central University of Himachal Pradesh and Arni University.

Research institutions
7
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
1.8k
▲ 170% vs 2018-21
Citations
18k
10.1 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
26.7%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1952-2026
75 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 Dharamsala?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Central University of Himachal PradeshUniversity 1,409 #3,808
2Arni UniversityUniversity 205 #19,324
3Men-Tsee-KhangUniversity 138 #26,570 all time
4Tibetan Children’s VillageUniversity 23 not ranked
5Tibetan Delek HospitalHospital / health system 8 not ranked
6Namgyal Tantric CollegeUniversity 3 not ranked
7Library of Tibetan Works and ArchivesArchive 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.

Central University of Himachal Pradesh: 78.8%Arni University: 11.5%Men-Tsee-Khang: 7.7%Tibetan Children’s Village: 1.3%3 others listed: 0.7%79%largest
Central University of Himachal Pradesh1,409 · 78.8%Arni University205 · 11.5%Men-Tsee-Khang138 · 7.7%Tibetan Children’s Village23 · 1.3%3 others listed12 · 0.7%

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

Which fields of science does Dharamsala work in?

In 2022-now, 47% of research in Dharamsala is in Physical Sciences, 31% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (13%), Engineering (10%), Physics and Astronomy (8%).

Physical Sciences: 508 fractional works · 46.8% of its workEngineering: 113 fractional works · 10.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 33 fractional works · 3.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 28 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 12 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputational Mechanics: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 91 fractional works · 8.3% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 55 fractional works · 5.1% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 15 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 11 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiation: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 89 fractional works · 8.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 28 fractional works · 2.6% of its workInformation Systems: 27 fractional works · 2.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 11 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 70 fractional works · 6.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 46 fractional works · 4.3% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomaterials: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 64 fractional works · 5.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 10 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 10 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPollution: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemistry: 29 fractional works · 2.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 11 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSpectroscopy: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectrochemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 18 fractional works · 1.6% of its workModeling and Simulation: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Mathematics: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeometry and Topology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 16 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 12 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Energy: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 13 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAtmospheric Science: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeophysics: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 332 fractional works · 30.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 143 fractional works · 13.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 56 fractional works · 5.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 25 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEducation: 17 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDemography: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnthropology: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 71 fractional works · 6.5% of its workMarketing: 15 fractional works · 1.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 14 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 10 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBusiness and International Management: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAccounting: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workTourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 38 fractional works · 3.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 28 fractional works · 2.5% of its workFinance: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 37 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPhilosophy: 16 fractional works · 1.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReligious studies: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 25 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 12 fractional works · 1.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 18 fractional works · 1.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 12 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 149 fractional works · 13.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 74 fractional works · 6.8% of its workPlant Science: 29 fractional works · 2.7% of its workFood Science: 11 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 10 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInsect Science: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSoil Science: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAquatic Science: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 51 fractional works · 4.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 34 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGenetics: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMolecular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 10 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 97 fractional works · 9.0% of its workMedicine: 75 fractional works · 6.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 11 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 10 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSurgery: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEpidemiology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth Professions: 16 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 10 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Information Management: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKDharamsala1,086fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences14%Physical Sciences47%Health Sciences9%Social Sciences31%

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. Engineering11310.4%
    2. Physics and Astronomy918.3%
    3. Computer Science898.2%
    4. Materials Science706.4%
    5. Environmental Science645.9%
    6. Chemistry292.6%
    7. Mathematics181.6%
    8. Energy161.4%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences131.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering50.5%
    1. Social Sciences14313.2%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting716.5%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance383.5%
    4. Arts and Humanities373.4%
    5. Psychology252.3%
    6. Decision Sciences181.7%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences746.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology514.7%
    3. Neuroscience100.9%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology80.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics60.6%
    1. Medicine756.9%
    2. Health Professions161.5%
    3. Nursing50.5%
    4. Dentistry10.1%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Dharamsala strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Dharamsala is most concentrated in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Physics and Astronomy (16.8× the world share in Nuclear and High Energy Physics).

  1. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 48.7 works17×
  2. Physics and AstronomyField · 77.3 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: 1.41× its world share, 62 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.95× its world share, 47 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.68× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.55× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.20× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.60× its world share, 5 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.81× its world share, 26 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.08× its world share, 78 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.75× its world share, 11 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.65× its world share, 14 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.68× its world share, 94 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.16× its world share, 53 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.82× its world share, 59 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.43× its world share, 16 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 3.76× its world share, 77 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.58× its world share, 14 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.31× its world share, 55 worksMedicineNursing: 1.01× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.15× its world share, 31 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.18× its world share, 65 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.84× its world share, 16 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.80× its world share, 36 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.71× its world share, 20 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.04× its world share, 121 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy3.76×77 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting2.18×65 works
  3. Decision Sciences1.84×16 works
  4. Materials Science1.82×59 works
  5. Chemistry1.81×26 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.80×36 works
  7. Energy1.65×14 works
  8. Chemical Engineering1.60×5 works
  9. Mathematics1.43×16 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.41×62 works
  11. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.20×4 works
  12. Environmental Science1.16×53 works
  13. Arts and Humanities1.15×31 works
  14. Computer Science1.08×78 works
  15. Social Sciences1.04×121 works
  16. Nursing1.01×5 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.95×47 works
  18. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.75×11 works
  19. Psychology0.71×20 works
  20. Immunology and Microbiology0.68×6 works
  21. Engineering0.68×94 works
  22. Health Professions0.58×14 works
  23. Neuroscience0.55×8 works
  24. Medicine0.31×55 works
  25. Dentistry0.27×1 works
  26. Veterinary0.15×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Dharamsala?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Nanomaterials, Sustainability, Dark Matter, Particle Physics, Environmental Impact, Internet of Things, Nanoparticles and Graphene.

▲ 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. Sustainability47▲ 1.77×43 topics
  2. Machine Learning37◆ 1.02×53 topics
  3. Nanomaterials35▲ 3.1×16 topics
  4. Environmental Impact34▲ 1.84×39 topics
  5. Climate Change34▲ 1.16×52 topics
  6. Nanoparticles28▲ 2.1×29 topics
  7. Biomedical Applications26▲ 2.0×22 topics
  8. Internet of Things25▲ 2.7×14 topics
  9. Human Rights23▲ 2.1×14 topics
  10. Graphene22▲ 3.0×10 topics
  11. Supply Chain Management22▲ 2.2×11 topics
  12. Consumer Behavior20▲ 3.0×13 topics
  13. Social Capital20▲ 3.5×12 topics
  14. Dark Matter19▲ 15×3 topics
  15. Economic Growth19▲ 2.2×17 topics
  16. Heat Transfer18▲ 3.4×10 topics
  17. Antioxidant18▲ 2.4×41 topics
  18. Toxicity18▲ 3.8×15 topics
  19. Particle Physics18▲ 22×2 topics
  20. Security18▲ 2.4×15 topics
  21. Colonialism17▲ 3.4×12 topics
  22. Philosophy17▲ 3.6×8 topics
  23. Conflict14▲ 7.9×5 topics
  24. Green Synthesis13▲ 6.4×4 topics
  25. Applications13▲ 4.4×7 topics
  26. Higgs Boson12▲ 23×1 topic
  27. High-Energy Collider12▲ 23×1 topic
  28. India12▲ 15×3 topics
  29. Nucleosynthesis12▲ 23×2 topics
  30. Poverty Reduction11▲ 8.1×5 topics
  31. Experimental Investigation11▲ 9.8×2 topics
  32. Environmental Ethics10▲ 14×3 topics
  33. Mediation10▲ 39×2 topics
  34. Nuclear Forces10▲ 50×1 topic
  35. Nuclear Structure10▲ 50×1 topic
  36. Viscosity10▲ 13×2 topics
  37. Sustainable Tourism10▲ 7.8×3 topics
  38. Cosmic Rays10▲ 18×2 topics
  39. Negotiation10▲ 25×2 topics
  40. Neutrinos10▲ 18×2 topics

What research is done in Dharamsala?

  1. 1 Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies Nuclear and High Energy Physics 10 works
  2. 2 Nuclear physics research studies Nuclear and High Energy Physics 10 works
  3. 3 Conflict Management and Negotiation Sociology and Political Science 10 works
  4. 4 Indian History and Philosophy Philosophy 8 works
  5. 5 South Asian Studies and Conflicts Political Science and International Relations 8 works
  6. 6 Neutrino Physics Research Nuclear and High Energy Physics 7 works
  7. 7 Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research Sociology and Political Science 7 works
  8. 8 Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer Biomedical Engineering 7 works
  9. 9 Agricultural Economics and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 7 works
  10. 10 Digital Marketing and Social Media Sociology and Political Science 7 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 counting20%40%Dharamsala19.4% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 37.3% in 2023.

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