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Research in Kharagpur

Science Explorer records 1 research institutions in Kharagpur, India. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur.

Research institutions
1
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
47k
▲ 17% vs 2018-21
Citations
986k
21.1 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
17.9%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1952-2026
75 years on the record
Kharagpur

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 Kharagpur?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Indian Institute of Technology KharagpurUniversity 46,693 #473

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 Kharagpur work in?

In 2022-now, 77% of research in Kharagpur is in Physical Sciences, 10% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (33%), Computer Science (11%), Materials Science (9%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 8,949 fractional works · 76.8% of its workEngineering: 3,903 fractional works · 33.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 884 fractional works · 7.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 659 fractional works · 5.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 519 fractional works · 4.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 289 fractional works · 2.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 282 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 255 fractional works · 2.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 252 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMechanics of Materials: 234 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 137 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOcean Engineering: 132 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBuilding and Construction: 103 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 63 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 54 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 38 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 1,290 fractional works · 11.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 460 fractional works · 3.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 212 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 157 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 151 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems: 126 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSignal Processing: 77 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHardware and Architecture: 44 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 63 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 1,006 fractional works · 8.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 510 fractional works · 4.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 173 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 141 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomaterials: 117 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 26 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 39 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 951 fractional works · 8.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 218 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 177 fractional works · 1.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 150 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEcology: 95 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 77 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 68 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 60 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 55 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 393 fractional works · 3.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 229 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 64 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpectroscopy: 25 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 25 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 369 fractional works · 3.2% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 134 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 86 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 62 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 41 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 35 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 365 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGeophysics: 112 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtmospheric Science: 109 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOceanography: 50 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 37 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 33 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 339 fractional works · 2.9% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 68 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeometry and Topology: 66 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Mathematics: 52 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematical Physics: 49 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 40 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 64 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnergy: 242 fractional works · 2.1% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 216 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 26 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 91 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCatalysis: 26 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 34 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,194 fractional works · 10.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 416 fractional works · 3.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 145 fractional works · 1.2% of its workTransportation: 61 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 54 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrban Studies: 25 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 131 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 278 fractional works · 2.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 74 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAccounting: 44 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 43 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 35 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 33 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 198 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 136 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 34 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFinance: 28 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 133 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 62 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 39 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 109 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 62 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 27 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 61 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLife Sciences: 967 fractional works · 8.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 463 fractional works · 4.0% of its workPlant Science: 177 fractional works · 1.5% of its workFood Science: 117 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSoil Science: 56 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 37 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 29 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 47 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 352 fractional works · 3.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 233 fractional works · 2.0% of its workBiotechnology: 25 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 95 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeuroscience: 104 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 67 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 37 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology: 24 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 16 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 543 fractional works · 4.7% of its workMedicine: 410 fractional works · 3.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 45 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 39 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 36 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 35 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 27 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEpidemiology: 26 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 170 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 71 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 51 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 50 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 10 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKKharagpur12kfractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences77%Health Sciences5%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. Engineering3,90333.5%
    2. Computer Science1,29011.1%
    3. Materials Science1,0068.6%
    4. Environmental Science9518.2%
    5. Chemistry3933.4%
    6. Physics and Astronomy3693.2%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences3653.1%
    8. Mathematics3392.9%
    9. Energy2422.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering910.8%
  2. Social Sciences1,19410.2%
    1. Social Sciences4163.6%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting2782.4%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1981.7%
    4. Psychology1331.1%
    5. Decision Sciences1090.9%
    6. Arts and Humanities610.5%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences4634.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3523.0%
    3. Neuroscience1040.9%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology320.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics160.1%
    1. Medicine4103.5%
    2. Health Professions710.6%
    3. Nursing510.4%
    4. Dentistry100.1%
    5. Veterinary10.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Kharagpur strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Kharagpur is most concentrated in Algebra and Number Theory, Computational Mechanics and Geometry and Topology (9.0× the world share in Algebra and Number Theory).

  1. Algebra and Number TheorySubfield · 59.8 works9.0×
  2. Computational MechanicsSubfield · 258.8 works4.3×
  3. Geometry and TopologySubfield · 61.4 works3.6×
  4. Hardware and ArchitectureSubfield · 39.6 works3.4×
  5. Electronic, Optical and Magnetic MaterialsSubfield · 158.7 works3.4×
  6. Fluid Flow and Transfer ProcessesSubfield · 26.8 works3.3×
← 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: 0.82× its world share, 404 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.56× its world share, 312 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.28× its world share, 29 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.56× its world share, 95 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.39× its world share, 14 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.22× its world share, 80 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.13× its world share, 346 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.46× its world share, 1,174 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.90× its world share, 308 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.25× its world share, 214 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.29× its world share, 3,555 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.59× its world share, 817 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.50× its world share, 905 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.49× its world share, 304 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.43× its world share, 328 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.17× its world share, 9 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.24× its world share, 64 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.18× its world share, 366 worksMedicineNursing: 0.86× its world share, 44 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.16× its world share, 46 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.71× its world share, 237 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.89× its world share, 89 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.71× its world share, 156 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.36× its world share, 113 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 348 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Materials Science, 2.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Materials Science2.50×905 works
  2. Mathematics2.49×304 works
  3. Engineering2.29×3,555 works
  4. Energy2.25×214 works
  5. Chemical Engineering2.22×80 works
  6. Chemistry2.13×346 works
  7. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.90×308 works
  8. Environmental Science1.59×817 works
  9. Computer Science1.46×1,174 works
  10. Physics and Astronomy1.43×328 works
  11. Decision Sciences0.89×89 works
  12. Nursing0.86×44 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.82×404 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.71×237 works
  15. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.71×156 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.56×312 works
  17. Neuroscience0.56×95 works
  18. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.39×14 works
  19. Psychology0.36×113 works
  20. Immunology and Microbiology0.28×29 works
  21. Social Sciences0.27×348 works
  22. Health Professions0.24×64 works
  23. Medicine0.18×366 works
  24. Dentistry0.17×9 works
  25. Arts and Humanities0.16×46 works
  26. Veterinary0.05×1 works

Which keywords describe research in Kharagpur?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mechanical Properties, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Biomedical Applications, Climate Change, Nanomaterials, Graphene and Microstructure.

▲ 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 Learning601▲ 1.50×79 topics
  2. Machine Learning594▲ 1.53×87 topics
  3. Climate Change487▲ 1.54×86 topics
  4. Mechanical Properties403▲ 3.5×39 topics
  5. Biomedical Applications360▲ 2.6×35 topics
  6. Sustainability350▲ 1.23×73 topics
  7. Nanomaterials322▲ 2.6×19 topics
  8. Remote Sensing312▲ 2.2×33 topics
  9. Neural Networks271▲ 1.51×40 topics
  10. Nanoparticles266▲ 1.81×43 topics
  11. Nanocomposites265▲ 2.9×22 topics
  12. Graphene265▲ 3.4×12 topics
  13. Environmental Impact249▲ 1.25×57 topics
  14. Renewable Energy246▲ 1.46×49 topics
  15. Microstructure241▲ 4.0×19 topics
  16. Heat Transfer220▲ 3.9×19 topics
  17. Energy Storage212▲ 2.8×12 topics
  18. Energy Efficiency194▲ 1.80×39 topics
  19. Catalysis165▲ 2.1×29 topics
  20. Power Electronics156▲ 4.2×8 topics
  21. Tissue Engineering143▲ 2.0×13 topics
  22. Renewable Energy Integration142▲ 3.7×6 topics
  23. Metal-Organic Frameworks141▲ 2.9×6 topics
  24. Global Warming136▲ 2.7×12 topics
  25. Carbon Nanotubes136▲ 3.5×9 topics
  26. Nanostructures128▲ 2.7×17 topics
  27. Drug Delivery128▲ 2.0×16 topics
  28. Additive Manufacturing121▲ 3.4×8 topics
  29. Numerical Simulation120▲ 3.6×14 topics
  30. Biosensors120▲ 2.1×11 topics
  31. Lithium-ion Batteries118▲ 2.5×4 topics
  32. Land Use Change106▲ 3.0×7 topics
  33. Thermal Management106▲ 2.8×8 topics
  34. Large-Eddy Simulation102▲ 4.7×5 topics
  35. Hydrogen Production102▲ 3.2×6 topics
  36. Hydrological Modeling96▲ 3.5×5 topics
  37. Cryptanalysis94▲ 9.5×4 topics
  38. Sediment Transport88▲ 4.7×6 topics
  39. Fluid-Structure Interaction81▲ 4.6×6 topics
  40. Number Theory61▲ 22×3 topics

What research is done in Kharagpur?

Advanced Photocatalysis …55Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques: 55 fractional worksSupercapacitor Materials…51Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication: 51 fractional worksAdvancements in Battery Materials: 49 fractional worksPolynomial and algebraic computation: 45 fractional worksFluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows: 44 fractional worksConducting polymers and applications: 41 fractional worksMicrogrid Control and Optimization: 41 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Technol…40Advanced Battery Technologies Research: 40 fractional worksAdvanced DC-DC Converters: 39 fractional worksAdvanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials: 38 fractional works
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentElectronic, Optical and Magnetic MaterialsElectrical and Electronic EngineeringComputational Theory and Mathematics5 others

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

  1. 1 Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 55 works
  2. 2 Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 51 works
  3. 3 Advancements in Battery Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 49 works
  4. 4 Polynomial and algebraic computation Computational Theory and Mathematics 45 works
  5. 5 Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows Computational Mechanics 44 works
  6. 6 Conducting polymers and applications Polymers and Plastics 41 works
  7. 7 Microgrid Control and Optimization Control and Systems Engineering 41 works
  8. 8 Advanced Battery Technologies Research Automotive Engineering 40 works
  9. 9 Advanced DC-DC Converters Electrical and Electronic Engineering 39 works
  10. 10 Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials Biomedical Engineering 38 works

Research output over time

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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%30%Kharagpur18.1% 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 26.0% in 2016.

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