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Research in Gangtok

Science Explorer records 6 research institutions in Gangtok, India. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Sikkim University, Sikkim Manipal University and National Institute of Technology Sikkim.

Research institutions
6
4 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
4.6k
▲ 22% vs 2018-21
Citations
49k
10.6 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
15.6%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1970-2026
57 years on the record
Gangtok

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 Gangtok?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Sikkim Manipal UniversityUniversity 2,188 #5,130
2Sikkim UniversityUniversity 1,397 #4,247
3National Institute of Technology SikkimUniversity 794 #6,444
4Government of SikkimGovernment institution 230 #15,432
5State Council of Science and Technology for SikkimGovernment institution 12 not ranked
6Department of Animal Husbandry Livestock, Fisheries & VeterinaryGovernment institution 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.

Sikkim Manipal University: 47.3%Sikkim University: 30.2%National Institute of Technology Sikkim: 17.2%Government of Sikkim: 5.0%2 others listed: 0.3%47%largest
Sikkim Manipal University2,188 · 47.3%Sikkim University1,397 · 30.2%National Institute of Technology Sikkim794 · 17.2%Government of Sikkim230 · 5.0%2 others listed13 · 0.3%

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

Which fields of science does Gangtok work in?

In 2022-now, 55% of research in Gangtok is in Physical Sciences, 18% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (20%), Computer Science (16%), Medicine (10%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 1,179 fractional works · 55.3% of its workEngineering: 427 fractional works · 20.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 169 fractional works · 7.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 54 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 42 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 36 fractional works · 1.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 34 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 17 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 15 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedia Technology: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 331 fractional works · 15.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 108 fractional works · 5.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 69 fractional works · 3.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 55 fractional works · 2.6% of its workInformation Systems: 49 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSignal Processing: 21 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 17 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 149 fractional works · 7.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 25 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 20 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEcology: 19 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 18 fractional works · 0.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 17 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPollution: 15 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEcological Modeling: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 72 fractional works · 3.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 45 fractional works · 2.1% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomaterials: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 66 fractional works · 3.1% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 24 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 20 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 44 fractional works · 2.1% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 25 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpectroscopy: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 40 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAtmospheric Science: 22 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeophysics: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 25 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 21 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 19 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeometry and Topology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workModeling and Simulation: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 380 fractional works · 17.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 156 fractional works · 7.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 53 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 34 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEducation: 16 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDemography: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 60 fractional works · 2.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAccounting: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 50 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 18 fractional works · 0.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 15 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 49 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 39 fractional works · 1.8% of its workFinance: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 42 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPhilosophy: 17 fractional works · 0.8% of its workReligious studies: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDecision Sciences: 22 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 15 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 298 fractional works · 14.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 154 fractional works · 7.2% of its workPlant Science: 73 fractional works · 3.4% of its workFood Science: 24 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 19 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSoil Science: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 96 fractional works · 4.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 61 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGenetics: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiotechnology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 24 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 16 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 276 fractional works · 13.0% of its workMedicine: 214 fractional works · 10.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 18 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 17 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 16 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEpidemiology: 16 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Informatics: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurgery: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeurology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 32 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 41 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 22 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Information Management: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 15 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKGangtok2,132fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences14%Physical Sciences55%Health Sciences13%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. Engineering42720.0%
    2. Computer Science33115.5%
    3. Environmental Science1497.0%
    4. Materials Science723.4%
    5. Physics and Astronomy663.1%
    6. Chemistry442.1%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences401.9%
    8. Energy251.2%
    9. Mathematics190.9%
    10. Chemical Engineering60.3%
    1. Social Sciences1567.3%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting602.8%
    3. Psychology502.3%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance492.3%
    5. Arts and Humanities422.0%
    6. Decision Sciences221.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1547.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology964.5%
    3. Neuroscience241.1%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics160.8%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology90.4%
    1. Medicine21410.0%
    2. Health Professions411.9%
    3. Nursing150.7%
    4. Dentistry40.2%
    5. Veterinary10.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Gangtok strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Gangtok is most concentrated in Computer Networks and Communications and Electrical and Electronic Engineering (3.8× the world share in Computer Networks and Communications).

  1. Computer Networks and CommunicationsSubfield · 61.9 works3.8×
  2. Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield · 153.6 works2.4×
← 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: 1.54× its world share, 132 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.82× its world share, 80 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.41× its world share, 7 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.69× its world share, 20 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.11× its world share, 14 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.61× its world share, 4 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.36× its world share, 39 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.00× its world share, 282 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.21× its world share, 34 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.44× its world share, 24 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.42× its world share, 385 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.41× its world share, 127 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.94× its world share, 60 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.75× its world share, 16 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.36× its world share, 55 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.38× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.70× its world share, 34 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.50× its world share, 176 worksMedicineNursing: 1.52× its world share, 14 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.58× its world share, 30 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.85× its world share, 50 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.07× its world share, 19 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.06× its world share, 41 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.74× its world share, 41 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.55× its world share, 126 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 2.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.11×14 works
  2. Computer Science2.00×282 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.54×132 works
  4. Nursing1.52×14 works
  5. Energy1.44×24 works
  6. Engineering1.42×385 works
  7. Environmental Science1.41×127 works
  8. Chemistry1.36×39 works
  9. Physics and Astronomy1.36×55 works
  10. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.21×34 works
  11. Decision Sciences1.07×19 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.06×41 works
  13. Materials Science0.94×60 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.85×50 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.82×80 works
  16. Mathematics0.75×16 works
  17. Psychology0.74×41 works
  18. Health Professions0.70×34 works
  19. Neuroscience0.69×20 works
  20. Chemical Engineering0.61×4 works
  21. Arts and Humanities0.58×30 works
  22. Social Sciences0.55×126 works
  23. Medicine0.50×176 works
  24. Immunology and Microbiology0.41×7 works
  25. Dentistry0.38×3 works
  26. Veterinary0.32×1 works

Which keywords describe research in Gangtok?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Climate Change, IoT Security, 5G Networks, Healthcare, Remote Sensing and Power Electronics.

▲ 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 Learning186▲ 2.5×73 topics
  2. Machine Learning151▲ 2.1×74 topics
  3. Climate Change92▲ 1.60×65 topics
  4. Sustainability65▲ 1.25×45 topics
  5. Healthcare59▲ 2.4×14 topics
  6. Neural Networks58▲ 1.77×34 topics
  7. Remote Sensing57▲ 2.2×28 topics
  8. Artificial Intelligence53▲ 1.74×28 topics
  9. Internet of Things50▲ 2.7×17 topics
  10. Renewable Energy49▲ 1.59×31 topics
  11. Convolutional Neural Networks46▲ 3.0×14 topics
  12. Security44▲ 3.1×19 topics
  13. Big Data40▲ 1.96×20 topics
  14. Human Rights38▲ 1.76×20 topics
  15. IoT Security38▲ 5.9×3 topics
  16. Energy Efficiency37▲ 1.87×21 topics
  17. Power Electronics36▲ 5.2×7 topics
  18. Renewable Energy Integration34▲ 4.8×5 topics
  19. 5G Networks34▲ 7.8×5 topics
  20. Classification32▲ 3.3×11 topics
  21. Medical Imaging32▲ 2.8×7 topics
  22. Antioxidant28▲ 1.93×41 topics
  23. Smart Cities28▲ 4.9×7 topics
  24. Feature Extraction27▲ 2.8×10 topics
  25. Security and Privacy26▲ 6.4×3 topics
  26. Conflict26▲ 7.4×6 topics
  27. Anomaly Detection24▲ 3.9×5 topics
  28. India24▲ 15×3 topics
  29. IoT23▲ 2.9×13 topics
  30. Cybersecurity22▲ 4.2×4 topics
  31. Development22▲ 2.9×13 topics
  32. Mobile Edge Computing22▲ 6.5×2 topics
  33. Edge Computing20▲ 7.3×2 topics
  34. Policy20▲ 4.3×8 topics
  35. Fog Computing20▲ 8.0×1 topic
  36. Decentralization18▲ 4.1×3 topics
  37. Federalism18▲ 13×2 topics
  38. Insurgency17▲ 35×1 topic
  39. Kashmir17▲ 35×1 topic
  40. Production15▲ 8.4×2 topics

What research is done in Gangtok?

IoT and Edge/Fog Computing: 18 fractional worksSouth Asian Studies and Conflicts: 15 fractional worksNetwork Security and Intrusion Detection: 11 fractional worksAgricultural Economics and Practices: 10 fractional worksAntenna Design and Analy…10Antenna Design and Analysis: 10 fractional worksAdvanced DC-DC Converters: 10 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 9 fractional worksMicrogrid Control and Op…9Microgrid Control and Optimization: 9 fractional worksMultilevel Inverters and Converters: 9 fractional worksDust and Plasma Wave Phenomena: 9 fractional works
Computer Networks and CommunicationsPolitical Science and International RelationsGeneral Agricultural and Biological SciencesAerospace Engineering4 others

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

  1. 1 IoT and Edge/Fog Computing Computer Networks and Communications 18 works
  2. 2 South Asian Studies and Conflicts Political Science and International Relations 15 works
  3. 3 Network Security and Intrusion Detection Computer Networks and Communications 11 works
  4. 4 Agricultural Economics and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 10 works
  5. 5 Antenna Design and Analysis Aerospace Engineering 10 works
  6. 6 Advanced DC-DC Converters Electrical and Electronic Engineering 10 works
  7. 7 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 9 works
  8. 8 Microgrid Control and Optimization Control and Systems Engineering 9 works
  9. 9 Multilevel Inverters and Converters Electrical and Electronic Engineering 9 works
  10. 10 Dust and Plasma Wave Phenomena Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 9 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 counting10%20%30%Gangtok13.8% 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 24.9% in 2016.

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