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Research in Howrah

Science Explorer records 3 research institutions in Howrah, India. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira and Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur.

Research institutions
3
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
12k
◆ 0% vs 2018-21
Citations
143k
12.1 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
13.8%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Howrah

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 Howrah?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, ShibpurUniversity 9,274 #6,061
2Ramakrishna Mission VidyamandiraInstitution 2,129 #5,393
3Mahesh Bhattacharyya Homeopathic Medical College and HospitalHospital / health system 339 #19,196 all time

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.

Which fields of science does Howrah work in?

In 2022-now, 72% of research in Howrah is in Physical Sciences, 11% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (32%), Computer Science (12%), Medicine (9%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 2,545 fractional works · 71.6% of its workEngineering: 1,122 fractional works · 31.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 323 fractional works · 9.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 137 fractional works · 3.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 136 fractional works · 3.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 126 fractional works · 3.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 99 fractional works · 2.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 58 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 55 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 46 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 35 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBuilding and Construction: 32 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 25 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMedia Technology: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 438 fractional works · 12.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 133 fractional works · 3.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 102 fractional works · 2.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 65 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInformation Systems: 51 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 38 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSignal Processing: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHardware and Architecture: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 211 fractional works · 5.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 43 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 37 fractional works · 1.0% of its workWater Science and Technology: 32 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology: 29 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPollution: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 207 fractional works · 5.8% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 68 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 54 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 40 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 35 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 194 fractional works · 5.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 108 fractional works · 3.0% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 28 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 24 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomaterials: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 109 fractional works · 3.1% of its workModeling and Simulation: 33 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeometry and Topology: 26 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Mathematics: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematical Physics: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 107 fractional works · 3.0% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 62 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpectroscopy: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 66 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOceanography: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 65 fractional works · 1.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 58 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 28 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBioengineering: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCatalysis: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 389 fractional works · 10.9% of its workMedicine: 332 fractional works · 9.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 50 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSurgery: 37 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 24 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 23 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 21 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEpidemiology: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOphthalmology: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 60 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Professions: 34 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 323 fractional works · 9.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 125 fractional works · 3.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 37 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEducation: 25 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 35 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 56 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPhilosophy: 22 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 47 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 38 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 21 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 37 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 20 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 299 fractional works · 8.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 121 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPlant Science: 62 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoil Science: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 117 fractional works · 3.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 60 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGenetics: 28 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCell Biology: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 30 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKHowrah3,556fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences72%Health Sciences11%Social Sciences9%

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. Engineering1,12231.6%
    2. Computer Science43812.3%
    3. Environmental Science2115.9%
    4. Physics and Astronomy2075.8%
    5. Materials Science1945.4%
    6. Mathematics1093.1%
    7. Chemistry1073.0%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences661.9%
    9. Energy651.8%
    10. Chemical Engineering280.8%
    1. Medicine3329.3%
    2. Health Professions341.0%
    3. Dentistry120.3%
    4. Nursing100.3%
    5. Veterinary10.0%
    1. Social Sciences1253.5%
    2. Arts and Humanities561.6%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting471.3%
    4. Decision Sciences381.1%
    5. Psychology371.0%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance200.6%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1213.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1173.3%
    3. Neuroscience300.8%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology170.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics150.4%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Howrah strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Howrah is most concentrated in Modeling and Simulation, Geometry and Topology and Astronomy and Astrophysics (6.6× the world share in Modeling and Simulation).

  1. Modeling and SimulationSubfield · 28.6 works6.6×
  2. Geometry and TopologySubfield · 24.9 works4.9×
  3. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 62.8 works3.9×
  4. Civil and Structural EngineeringSubfield · 126.8 works3.5×
← 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: 0.69× its world share, 102 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.62× its world share, 103 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.48× its world share, 15 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.51× its world share, 25 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.03× its world share, 11 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.28× its world share, 25 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.95× its world share, 95 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.55× its world share, 375 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.21× its world share, 59 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.07× its world share, 59 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.19× its world share, 1,017 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.15× its world share, 177 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.59× its world share, 172 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.64× its world share, 96 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.66× its world share, 184 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.65× its world share, 10 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.35× its world share, 28 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.46× its world share, 275 worksMedicineNursing: 0.60× its world share, 9 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.43× its world share, 39 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.39× its world share, 39 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.03× its world share, 31 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.28× its world share, 18 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.33× its world share, 31 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 105 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 2.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy2.66×184 works
  2. Mathematics2.64×96 works
  3. Chemical Engineering2.28×25 works
  4. Engineering2.19×1,017 works
  5. Energy2.07×59 works
  6. Chemistry1.95×95 works
  7. Materials Science1.59×172 works
  8. Computer Science1.55×375 works
  9. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.21×59 works
  10. Environmental Science1.15×177 works
  11. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.03×11 works
  12. Decision Sciences1.03×31 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.69×102 works
  14. Dentistry0.65×10 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.62×103 works
  16. Nursing0.60×9 works
  17. Neuroscience0.51×25 works
  18. Immunology and Microbiology0.48×15 works
  19. Medicine0.46×275 works
  20. Arts and Humanities0.43×39 works
  21. Business, Management and Accounting0.39×39 works
  22. Health Professions0.35×28 works
  23. Psychology0.33×31 works
  24. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.28×18 works
  25. Social Sciences0.27×105 works
  26. Veterinary0.25×1 works

Which keywords describe research in Howrah?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Renewable Energy, Power Electronics, Renewable Energy Integration, Mechanical Properties, Stochastic Differential Equations and Infectious Diseases.

▲ 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 Learning238▲ 1.94×76 topics
  2. Machine Learning187▲ 1.58×85 topics
  3. Renewable Energy97▲ 1.89×35 topics
  4. Neural Networks89▲ 1.63×38 topics
  5. Climate Change86◆ 0.89×72 topics
  6. Mechanical Properties78▲ 2.2×35 topics
  7. Remote Sensing75▲ 1.72×29 topics
  8. Nanomaterials74▲ 1.98×18 topics
  9. Nanoparticles63▲ 1.40×41 topics
  10. Energy Efficiency60▲ 1.83×33 topics
  11. Security57▲ 2.4×22 topics
  12. Power Electronics55▲ 4.8×8 topics
  13. Renewable Energy Integration55▲ 4.7×5 topics
  14. Convolutional Neural Networks55▲ 2.1×14 topics
  15. Infectious Diseases54▲ 4.6×8 topics
  16. Nanocomposites53▲ 1.88×21 topics
  17. Heat Transfer49▲ 2.8×15 topics
  18. Microstructure49▲ 2.7×18 topics
  19. Graphene49▲ 2.0×11 topics
  20. Population Dynamics42▲ 4.6×9 topics
  21. Image Processing42▲ 2.7×12 topics
  22. Stochastic Differential Equations42▲ 18×2 topics
  23. Predator-Prey Interactions40▲ 14×3 topics
  24. Mathematical Modeling38▲ 12×3 topics
  25. Solar Energy37▲ 3.3×5 topics
  26. Spatial Patterns37▲ 11×3 topics
  27. Numerical Simulation36▲ 3.5×13 topics
  28. Thermal Management36▲ 3.1×7 topics
  29. Global Stability34▲ 19×2 topics
  30. Disease Transmission34▲ 31×1 topic
  31. Epidemic Models34▲ 31×1 topic
  32. Black Holes32▲ 9.2×3 topics
  33. Turbulent Flow31▲ 7.4×4 topics
  34. General Relativity31▲ 13×2 topics
  35. Quantum Gravity30▲ 9.8×4 topics
  36. Supernovae30▲ 10×2 topics
  37. Dark Energy28▲ 12×2 topics
  38. Cosmic Microwave Background27▲ 14×1 topic
  39. Cosmological Parameters27▲ 14×1 topic
  40. Probabilistic Analysis23▲ 8.6×2 topics

What research is done in Howrah?

Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology Models: 30 fractional worksCosmology and Gravitation Theories: 26 fractional worksBlack Holes and Theoretical Physics: 18 fractional worksFixed Point Theorems Analysis: 18 fractional worksEvolution and Genetic Dynamics: 17 fractional worksSeismic Performance and Analysis: 16 fractional worksWind and Air Flow Studies15Wind and Air Flow Studies: 15 fractional worksCOVID-19 epidemiological studies: 15 fractional worksAdvanced DC-DC Converters: 14 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Technol…13Advanced Battery Technologies Research: 13 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthAstronomy and AstrophysicsNuclear and High Energy PhysicsGeometry and Topology6 others

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

  1. 1 Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology Models Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 30 works
  2. 2 Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Astronomy and Astrophysics 26 works
  3. 3 Black Holes and Theoretical Physics Nuclear and High Energy Physics 18 works
  4. 4 Fixed Point Theorems Analysis Geometry and Topology 18 works
  5. 5 Evolution and Genetic Dynamics Genetics 17 works
  6. 6 Seismic Performance and Analysis Civil and Structural Engineering 16 works
  7. 7 Wind and Air Flow Studies Environmental Engineering 15 works
  8. 8 COVID-19 epidemiological studies Modeling and Simulation 15 works
  9. 9 Advanced DC-DC Converters Electrical and Electronic Engineering 14 works
  10. 10 Advanced Battery Technologies Research Automotive Engineering 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 counting10%20%Howrah14.2% 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 19.8% in 2015.

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