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Research in Guwahati

Science Explorer records 15 research institutions in Guwahati, India. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Assam Down Town University and Assam Don Bosco University.

Research institutions
15
13 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
41k
▲ 46% vs 2018-21
Citations
558k
13.6 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
14.1%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1951-2026
76 years on the record
Guwahati

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 Guwahati?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Indian Institute of Technology GuwahatiUniversity 22,540 #544
2Gauhati UniversityUniversity 7,711 #10,708
3Government Ayurvedic College and HospitalHospital / health system 1,855 #10,685
4Cotton UniversityUniversity 1,377 #7,507
5Indian Institute of Information Technology GuwahatiUniversity 1,225 #8,233
6Institute of Advanced Study in Science and TechnologyUniversity 1,221 #12,287
7Assam Don Bosco UniversityUniversity 1,197 #6,172
8Assam Down Town UniversityUniversity 995 #5,603
9Animal Husbandry & VeterinaryGovernment institution 898 #19,488
10National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and ResearchUniversity 797 #10,466
11Bhubaneswar Borooah Cancer InstituteHospital / health system 583 #13,643
12National Law University and Judicial AcademyUniversity 236 #13,974
13ICAR-National Research Centre on PigResearch facility 193 #20,605
14Krishna Kanta Handiqui State Open UniversityUniversity 127 #33,518 all time
15i3gb FoundationResearch facility 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.

Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati: 55.0%Gauhati University: 18.8%Government Ayurvedic College and Hospital: 4.5%Cotton University: 3.4%11 others listed: 18.2%55%largest
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati23k · 55.0%Gauhati University7,711 · 18.8%Government Ayurvedic College and Hospital1,855 · 4.5%Cotton University1,377 · 3.4%11 others listed7,473 · 18.2%

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

Which fields of science does Guwahati work in?

In 2022-now, 57% of research in Guwahati is in Physical Sciences, 18% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (22%), Medicine (15%), Computer Science (8%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 9,598 fractional works · 57.4% of its workEngineering: 3,671 fractional works · 21.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 862 fractional works · 5.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 737 fractional works · 4.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 493 fractional works · 2.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 350 fractional works · 2.1% of its workComputational Mechanics: 275 fractional works · 1.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 188 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 183 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMechanics of Materials: 138 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 133 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 115 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 72 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 45 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 41 fractional works · 0.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 38 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 1,354 fractional works · 8.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 425 fractional works · 2.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 226 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 216 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 144 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems: 136 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSignal Processing: 80 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHardware and Architecture: 55 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 46 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 28 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1,145 fractional works · 6.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 625 fractional works · 3.7% of its workBiomaterials: 190 fractional works · 1.1% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 170 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 118 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 42 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1,020 fractional works · 6.1% of its workWater Science and Technology: 190 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 139 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPollution: 124 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 116 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 111 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology: 110 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 86 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 54 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 43 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 34 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 830 fractional works · 5.0% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 489 fractional works · 2.9% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 126 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSpectroscopy: 91 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 56 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 44 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 669 fractional works · 4.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 200 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 187 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 144 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 78 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 39 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 361 fractional works · 2.2% of its workApplied Mathematics: 79 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeometry and Topology: 60 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 44 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematical Physics: 44 fractional works · 0.3% of its workModeling and Simulation: 40 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStatistics and Probability: 38 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 57 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 228 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 199 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 29 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 214 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 70 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeophysics: 61 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 83 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemical Engineering: 105 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Sciences: 2,939 fractional works · 17.6% of its workMedicine: 2,585 fractional works · 15.5% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 462 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSurgery: 300 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEpidemiology: 155 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacology: 146 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 137 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 121 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOncology: 114 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 110 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 106 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 93 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 91 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 88 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 60 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 54 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 49 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 47 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 40 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 39 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry: 36 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRehabilitation: 35 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 301 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth Professions: 192 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 83 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 109 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNursing: 98 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 96 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDentistry: 50 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 14 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 2,587 fractional works · 15.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1,071 fractional works · 6.4% of its workPlant Science: 455 fractional works · 2.7% of its workFood Science: 151 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 101 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSoil Science: 100 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 77 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInsect Science: 58 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 47 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 38 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAquatic Science: 34 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 990 fractional works · 5.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 597 fractional works · 3.6% of its workGenetics: 132 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiotechnology: 56 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 47 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCancer Research: 47 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMolecular Medicine: 35 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 75 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 233 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPharmacology: 120 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 60 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDrug Discovery: 39 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 170 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 80 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 34 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 56 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 121 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology: 64 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 57 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,604 fractional works · 9.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 644 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 178 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 165 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEducation: 74 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 227 fractional works · 1.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 276 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPhilosophy: 92 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 49 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReligious studies: 35 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 99 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 267 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 84 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 82 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 62 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 40 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 151 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 150 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 103 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFinance: 38 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 116 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 71 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 45 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKGuwahati17kfractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences15%Physical Sciences57%Health Sciences18%Social Sciences10%

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. Engineering3,67121.9%
    2. Computer Science1,3548.1%
    3. Materials Science1,1456.8%
    4. Environmental Science1,0206.1%
    5. Chemistry8305.0%
    6. Physics and Astronomy6694.0%
    7. Mathematics3612.2%
    8. Energy2281.4%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences2141.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering1050.6%
  2. Health Sciences2,93917.6%
    1. Medicine2,58515.5%
    2. Health Professions1921.1%
    3. Nursing980.6%
    4. Dentistry500.3%
    5. Veterinary140.1%
  3. Life Sciences2,58715.5%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1,0716.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology9905.9%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2331.4%
    4. Neuroscience1701.0%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology1210.7%
    1. Social Sciences6443.8%
    2. Arts and Humanities2761.6%
    3. Psychology2671.6%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting1510.9%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1500.9%
    6. Decision Sciences1160.7%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Guwahati strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Guwahati is most concentrated in Complementary and alternative medicine, Algebra and Number Theory and Organic Chemistry (8.7× the world share in Complementary and alternative medicine).

  1. Complementary and alternative medicineSubfield · 368.0 works8.7×
  2. Algebra and Number TheorySubfield · 39.2 works4.2×
  3. Organic ChemistrySubfield · 419.5 works3.8×
  4. PharmacologySubfield · 100.0 works3.7×
  5. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 166.2 works3.6×
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and PharmaceuticsField · 176.1 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: 1.34× its world share, 924 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.11× its world share, 858 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.71× its world share, 103 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.61× its world share, 144 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.44× its world share, 176 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.93× its world share, 98 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 3.19× its world share, 726 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.06× its world share, 1,195 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.82× its world share, 187 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.49× its world share, 199 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.54× its world share, 3,354 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.24× its world share, 892 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.01× its world share, 1,018 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.85× its world share, 315 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.79× its world share, 579 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.60× its world share, 42 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.44× its world share, 169 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.77× its world share, 2,138 worksMedicineNursing: 1.17× its world share, 83 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.57× its world share, 11 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.50× its world share, 208 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.27× its world share, 126 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.69× its world share, 98 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.43× its world share, 135 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.50× its world share, 222 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 515 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics3.44×176 works
  2. Chemistry3.19×726 works
  3. Materials Science2.01×1,018 works
  4. Chemical Engineering1.93×98 works
  5. Mathematics1.85×315 works
  6. Physics and Astronomy1.79×579 works
  7. Engineering1.54×3,354 works
  8. Energy1.49×199 works
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.34×924 works
  10. Environmental Science1.24×892 works
  11. Nursing1.17×83 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.11×858 works
  13. Computer Science1.06×1,195 works
  14. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.82×187 works
  15. Medicine0.77×2,138 works
  16. Immunology and Microbiology0.71×103 works
  17. Decision Sciences0.69×98 works
  18. Neuroscience0.61×144 works
  19. Dentistry0.60×42 works
  20. Veterinary0.57×11 works
  21. Arts and Humanities0.50×208 works
  22. Psychology0.50×222 works
  23. Health Professions0.44×169 works
  24. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.43×135 works
  25. Social Sciences0.28×515 works
  26. Business, Management and Accounting0.27×126 works

Which keywords describe research in Guwahati?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Antioxidant, Neuroprotective, Biomedical Applications, Traditional Medicine, Therapeutic Applications, Heat Transfer, Immunomodulatory and Cancer.

▲ 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 Learning669▲ 1.16×79 topics
  2. Machine Learning570◆ 1.02×86 topics
  3. Antioxidant568▲ 4.9×51 topics
  4. Biomedical Applications520▲ 2.6×36 topics
  5. Cancer481▲ 2.1×59 topics
  6. Epidemiology463▼ 0.69×135 topics
  7. Climate Change448◆ 0.99×101 topics
  8. Sustainability406◆ 0.99×81 topics
  9. Nanomaterials398▲ 2.3×21 topics
  10. Nanoparticles386▲ 1.83×43 topics
  11. Environmental Impact346▲ 1.21×55 topics
  12. Heat Transfer341▲ 4.2×18 topics
  13. Neuroprotective338▲ 13×12 topics
  14. Oxidative Stress310◆ 1.12×61 topics
  15. Traditional Medicine303▲ 12×8 topics
  16. Neural Networks287◆ 1.11×38 topics
  17. Nanocomposites264▲ 2.0×22 topics
  18. Therapeutic Applications258▲ 28×3 topics
  19. Graphene253▲ 2.2×12 topics
  20. Immunomodulatory252▲ 46×2 topics
  21. Ocimum sanctum250▲ 59×1 topic
  22. Withania somnifera250▲ 59×1 topic
  23. Mechanical Properties248▲ 1.51×37 topics
  24. Antioxidant Activity247▲ 2.4×31 topics
  25. Herbal Medicine239▲ 5.1×12 topics
  26. Catalysis229▲ 2.1×28 topics
  27. Tissue Engineering226▲ 2.2×13 topics
  28. Drug Delivery219▲ 2.4×16 topics
  29. Medicinal Plants194▲ 3.0×18 topics
  30. Synthesis185▲ 3.0×34 topics
  31. Biosensors181▲ 2.2×12 topics
  32. Anti-inflammatory180▲ 3.8×29 topics
  33. Toxicity179▲ 2.5×20 topics
  34. Nanostructures172▲ 2.5×17 topics
  35. Applications162▲ 3.5×8 topics
  36. Bioimaging153▲ 4.0×6 topics
  37. Drug Discovery148▲ 4.0×12 topics
  38. Experimental Investigation137▲ 7.9×4 topics
  39. Conflict125▲ 4.6×9 topics
  40. Transition Metal Catalysis100▲ 7.0×4 topics

What research is done in Guwahati?

Phytochemicals and Medic…201Phytochemicals and Medicinal Plants: 201 fractional worksSouth Asian Studies and Conflicts: 78 fractional worksNanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer: 75 fractional worksFluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows: 69 fractional worksComplementary and Alternative Medicine Studies: 58 fractional worksCatalytic C–H Functionalization Methods: 56 fractional worksAdvanced Photocatalysis …52Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques: 52 fractional worksBiofuel production and bioconversion: 51 fractional worksHeat Transfer Mechanisms: 51 fractional worksConducting polymers and applications: 49 fractional works
Complementary and alternative medicinePolitical Science and International RelationsBiomedical EngineeringComputational Mechanics4 others

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

  1. 1 Phytochemicals and Medicinal Plants Complementary and alternative medicine 201 works
  2. 2 South Asian Studies and Conflicts Political Science and International Relations 78 works
  3. 3 Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer Biomedical Engineering 75 works
  4. 4 Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows Computational Mechanics 69 works
  5. 5 Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies Complementary and alternative medicine 58 works
  6. 6 Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods Organic Chemistry 56 works
  7. 7 Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 52 works
  8. 8 Biofuel production and bioconversion Biomedical Engineering 51 works
  9. 9 Heat Transfer Mechanisms Mechanical Engineering 51 works
  10. 10 Conducting polymers and applications Polymers and Plastics 49 works

Research output over time

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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%Guwahati12.7% 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 20.4% in 2010.

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