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Research in Kolkata

Science Explorer records 102 research institutions in Kolkata, India. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Jadavpur University, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata and Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science.

Research institutions
102
15 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
185k
▲ 30% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.6M
14.1 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
12.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Kolkata

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 Kolkata?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Jadavpur UniversityUniversity 32,534 #993
2University of CalcuttaUniversity 25,509 #3,880
3Indian Statistical InstituteUniversity 12,900 #5,177
4Indian Association for the Cultivation of ScienceUniversity 10,863 #1,876
5Presidency UniversityUniversity 7,137 #3,129
6Saha Institute of Nuclear PhysicsResearch facility 6,132 #7,875
7Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology, West BengalUniversity 4,786 #8,423
8Botanical Survey of IndiaGovernment institution 4,469 #22,046
9Zoological Survey of IndiaGovernment institution 4,299 #12,355
10Bose InstituteResearch facility 4,229 #8,313
11Indian Institute of Science Education and Research KolkataUniversity 4,099 #1,143
12Institute of Child HealthHospital / health system 4,043 #10,860
13Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and ResearchUniversity 3,939 #17,269
14Geological Survey of IndiaGovernment institution 3,760 #10,845
15Medical College and Hospital, KolkataUniversity 3,606 #17,177
16University of Engineering & ManagementUniversity 3,509 #7,977
17S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic SciencesResearch facility 3,026 #6,476
18Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research InstituteUniversity 2,444 #5,910
19Techno India UniversityUniversity 2,406 #6,758
20Indian Institute of Management CalcuttaUniversity 2,238 #6,575
21Bangur Institute of NeurosciencesHospital / health system 2,237 #17,808
22KPC Medical College and HospitalUniversity 1,989 #12,730
23Government of West BengalGovernment institution 1,671 #9,089
24Calcutta Research GroupInstitution 1,593 #8,538
25Aliah UniversityUniversity 1,402 #7,486
26West Bengal State UniversityUniversity 1,382 #9,001
27Institute of Molecular MedicineResearch facility 1,339 #5,413
28West Bengal University of Animal and Fishery SciencesUniversity 1,331 #10,314
29Calcutta National Medical College and HospitalUniversity 1,295 #16,989
30The Sanskrit College and UniversityUniversity 1,241 #7,666
31Adamas UniversityUniversity 1,220 #5,802
32Chittaranjan National Cancer InstituteHospital / health system 1,171 #13,337
33Nightingale HospitalHospital / health system 1,016 #12,549
34Tata Medical CenterFunder 962 #15,549
35Vivekananda Institute of Medical SciencesUniversity 877 #5,835
36Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College and HospitalUniversity 776 #16,614
37South Eastern RailwayGovernment institution 727 #14,420
38Institute of Reproductive MedicineHospital / health system 627 #20,884
39National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and ResearchUniversity 582 #10,985
40Apollo Gleneagles HospitalsHospital / health system 577 #20,631
41West Bengal National University of Juridical SciencesUniversity 565 #13,047
42Dr. R. Ahmed Dental College and HospitalUniversity 561 #15,372
43All India Institute of Hygiene and Public HealthGovernment institution 542 #17,039
44Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian StudiesResearch facility 529 #13,861
45Center for Interdisciplinary StudiesResearch facility 523 #7,004
46Anthropological Survey of IndiaGovernment institution 453 #20,816 all time
47Centre for Studies in Social Sciences CalcuttaResearch facility 442 #20,893
48AMRI HospitalsHospital / health system 442 #18,608
49Institute of Neurosciences KolkataHospital / health system 441 #17,647
50College of Medicine & Sagore Dutta HospitalHospital / health system 417 #16,748
51Rabindranath Tagore International Institute of Cardiac SciencesHospital / health system 356 #19,899
52Rabindra Bharati UniversityUniversity 353 #11,720
53Techno India Group (India)Company 271 #12,390
54Netaji Subhas Open UniversityUniversity 270 #11,133
55Fortis HospitalHospital / health system 258 #20,512
56Indian Centre for Space PhysicsNonprofit 258 #33,697 all time
57Institute of Environmental Studies & Wetland ManagementResearch facility 257 #17,675
58Saroj Gupta Cancer Centre & Research InstituteHospital / health system 255 #30,428 all time
59Peerless Hospital & B.K.Roy Research CentreHospital / health system 248 #19,951
60Kolkata Municipal CorporationInstitution 242 #19,888

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.

Jadavpur University: 18.3%University of Calcutta: 14.4%Indian Statistical Institute: 7.3%Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science: 6.1%56 others listed: 53.9%18%largest
Jadavpur University33k · 18.3%University of Calcutta26k · 14.4%Indian Statistical Institute13k · 7.3%Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science11k · 6.1%56 others listed96k · 53.9%

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

Which fields of science does Kolkata work in?

In 2022-now, 47% of research in Kolkata is in Physical Sciences, 20% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (17%), Engineering (13%), Computer Science (10%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 23k fractional works · 47.5% of its workEngineering: 6,157 fractional works · 12.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1,955 fractional works · 4.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1,152 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 623 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 386 fractional works · 0.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 379 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 306 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 230 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 208 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 208 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 178 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 163 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 149 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 138 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 82 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 4,612 fractional works · 9.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1,596 fractional works · 3.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 841 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInformation Systems: 721 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 605 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 418 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSignal Processing: 197 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 234 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2,826 fractional works · 5.9% of its workEcology: 519 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 459 fractional works · 1.0% of its workWater Science and Technology: 332 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 298 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 281 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 257 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 183 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 161 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 138 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 138 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 59 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 2,566 fractional works · 5.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1,424 fractional works · 3.0% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 399 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomaterials: 384 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 264 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 96 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2,192 fractional works · 4.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 682 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 560 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 419 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 282 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 170 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 78 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1,788 fractional works · 3.7% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1,040 fractional works · 2.2% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 252 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpectroscopy: 199 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 143 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 106 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 48 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1,055 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGeophysics: 336 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 211 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOceanography: 161 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPaleontology: 110 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 109 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 128 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1,045 fractional works · 2.2% of its workStatistics and Probability: 212 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Mathematics: 207 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeometry and Topology: 186 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematical Physics: 143 fractional works · 0.3% of its workModeling and Simulation: 113 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 99 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 86 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 467 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 424 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 43 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 187 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 9,695 fractional works · 20.1% of its workMedicine: 8,398 fractional works · 17.4% of its workSurgery: 977 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 630 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEpidemiology: 600 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 590 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOncology: 516 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 401 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 391 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 350 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 345 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 306 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 282 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 250 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 236 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 236 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 231 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 210 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 163 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 146 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 139 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 136 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 133 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 129 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 124 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 879 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth Professions: 752 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 318 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Information Management: 184 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 251 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 288 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 279 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 200 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 57 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 9,135 fractional works · 18.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3,963 fractional works · 8.2% of its workPlant Science: 1,671 fractional works · 3.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1,016 fractional works · 2.1% of its workFood Science: 345 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInsect Science: 225 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 186 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAquatic Science: 184 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoil Science: 155 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 181 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3,688 fractional works · 7.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 2,240 fractional works · 4.6% of its workGenetics: 547 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCancer Research: 227 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 194 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiotechnology: 108 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMolecular Medicine: 105 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 268 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 593 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 231 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 149 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 127 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 86 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 504 fractional works · 1.0% of its workImmunology: 312 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 192 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 386 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 181 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 148 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 57 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 6,486 fractional works · 13.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 2,607 fractional works · 5.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 869 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 466 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEducation: 306 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGender Studies: 131 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 118 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDemography: 110 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 607 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 916 fractional works · 1.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 199 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 179 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 158 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 125 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAccounting: 110 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 146 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 902 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPhilosophy: 280 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 144 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 135 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 343 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 798 fractional works · 1.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 281 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 255 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 154 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 109 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 767 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 581 fractional works · 1.2% of its workFinance: 121 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 65 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 496 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 341 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 155 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKKolkata48kfractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences19%Physical Sciences47%Health Sciences20%Social Sciences13%

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. Engineering6,15712.8%
    2. Computer Science4,6129.6%
    3. Environmental Science2,8265.9%
    4. Materials Science2,5665.3%
    5. Physics and Astronomy2,1924.5%
    6. Chemistry1,7883.7%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences1,0552.2%
    8. Mathematics1,0452.2%
    9. Energy4671.0%
    10. Chemical Engineering1870.4%
  2. Health Sciences9,69520.1%
    1. Medicine8,39817.4%
    2. Health Professions7521.6%
    3. Nursing2880.6%
    4. Dentistry2000.4%
    5. Veterinary570.1%
  3. Life Sciences9,13518.9%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences3,9638.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3,6887.7%
    3. Neuroscience5931.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology5041.0%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics3860.8%
  4. Social Sciences6,48613.5%
    1. Social Sciences2,6075.4%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting9161.9%
    3. Arts and Humanities9021.9%
    4. Psychology7981.7%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance7671.6%
    6. Decision Sciences4961.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Kolkata strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Kolkata is most concentrated in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Algebra and Number Theory and Nuclear and High Energy Physics (4.5× the world share in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics).

  1. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 877.7 works4.5×
  2. Algebra and Number TheorySubfield · 91.5 works3.4×
  3. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 384.7 works2.9×
  4. Organic ChemistrySubfield · 920.9 works2.9×
  5. Physical and Theoretical ChemistrySubfield · 93.9 works2.8×
  6. Pharmaceutical ScienceSubfield · 120.6 works2.7×
  7. ChemistryField · 1,604.0 works2.5×
← 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: 1.75× its world share, 3,481 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.45× its world share, 3,220 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.03× its world share, 432 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.74× its world share, 504 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.21× its world share, 326 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.15× its world share, 168 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.45× its world share, 1,604 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.20× its world share, 3,894 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.34× its world share, 880 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.06× its world share, 408 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.87× its world share, 5,464 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.18× its world share, 2,438 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.54× its world share, 2,247 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.91× its world share, 937 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.11× its world share, 1,958 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.84× its world share, 170 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.60× its world share, 659 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.92× its world share, 7,368 worksMedicineNursing: 1.25× its world share, 256 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.83× its world share, 47 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.59× its world share, 716 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.57× its world share, 762 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.02× its world share, 410 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.76× its world share, 683 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.50× its world share, 640 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.39× its world share, 2,078 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Chemistry2.45×1,604 works
  2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.21×326 works
  3. Physics and Astronomy2.11×1,958 works
  4. Mathematics1.91×937 works
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.75×3,481 works
  6. Materials Science1.54×2,247 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.45×3,220 works
  8. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.34×880 works
  9. Nursing1.25×256 works
  10. Computer Science1.20×3,894 works
  11. Environmental Science1.18×2,438 works
  12. Chemical Engineering1.15×168 works
  13. Energy1.06×408 works
  14. Immunology and Microbiology1.03×432 works
  15. Decision Sciences1.02×410 works
  16. Medicine0.92×7,368 works
  17. Engineering0.87×5,464 works
  18. Dentistry0.84×170 works
  19. Veterinary0.83×47 works
  20. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.76×683 works
  21. Neuroscience0.74×504 works
  22. Health Professions0.60×659 works
  23. Arts and Humanities0.59×716 works
  24. Business, Management and Accounting0.57×762 works
  25. Psychology0.50×640 works
  26. Social Sciences0.39×2,078 works

Which keywords describe research in Kolkata?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Biogeography, Climate Change, Epidemiology, Phylogeny, Antioxidant and Medicinal Plants.

▲ 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. Machine Learning2,412▲ 1.50×97 topics
  2. Deep Learning2,328▲ 1.40×85 topics
  3. Epidemiology1,844◆ 0.96×138 topics
  4. Climate Change1,612▲ 1.23×116 topics
  5. Nanoparticles982▲ 1.62×43 topics
  6. Sustainability963▼ 0.82×105 topics
  7. Biogeography910▲ 6.8×20 topics
  8. Oxidative Stress906◆ 1.14×63 topics
  9. Environmental Impact883◆ 1.07×66 topics
  10. Biomedical Applications881▲ 1.55×36 topics
  11. Inflammation878▼ 0.86×83 topics
  12. Antioxidant850▲ 2.6×51 topics
  13. Neural Networks831◆ 1.12×42 topics
  14. Cancer775▲ 1.20×59 topics
  15. Biodiversity759▲ 2.1×37 topics
  16. Remote Sensing757▲ 1.29×39 topics
  17. Nanomaterials739▲ 1.46×20 topics
  18. Healthcare732▲ 1.33×38 topics
  19. Medicinal Plants662▲ 3.5×21 topics
  20. Convolutional Neural Networks614▲ 1.75×14 topics
  21. Internet of Things598▲ 1.45×30 topics
  22. Security591▲ 1.83×30 topics
  23. Phylogeny575▲ 7.1×17 topics
  24. Invasive Species552▲ 2.7×21 topics
  25. Antioxidant Activity527▲ 1.76×32 topics
  26. Toxicity510▲ 2.4×20 topics
  27. Drug Delivery497▲ 1.88×16 topics
  28. Taxonomy453▲ 6.5×15 topics
  29. Herbal Medicine449▲ 3.3×12 topics
  30. Conservation447▲ 2.2×24 topics
  31. Classification444▲ 2.0×13 topics
  32. Drug Discovery426▲ 4.0×12 topics
  33. Molecular Phylogeny426▲ 5.4×12 topics
  34. Evolution425▲ 3.3×19 topics
  35. Anti-inflammatory378▲ 2.8×29 topics
  36. Medicinal Chemistry372▲ 2.9×13 topics
  37. Bioimaging360▲ 3.3×6 topics
  38. Traditional Ecological Knowledge227▲ 11×2 topics
  39. Ethnobotanical Survey224▲ 14×2 topics
  40. Phytochemical Constituents224▲ 15×2 topics

What research is done in Kolkata?

Ethnobotanical and Medic…214Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies: 214 fractional worksPlant Diversity and Evol…168Plant Diversity and Evolution: 168 fractional worksPlant and Fungal Species Descriptions: 154 fractional worksPlant and animal studies145Plant and animal studies: 145 fractional worksCosmology and Gravitation Theories: 142 fractional worksComputational Drug Discovery Methods: 132 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare: 125 fractional worksBlockchain Technology Ap…123Blockchain Technology Applications and Security: 123 fractional worksIoT and Edge/Fog Computing: 119 fractional worksSmart Agriculture and AI: 119 fractional works
Plant ScienceEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsMolecular BiologyAstronomy and Astrophysics4 others

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

  1. 1 Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies Plant Science 214 works
  2. 2 Plant Diversity and Evolution Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 168 works
  3. 3 Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions Molecular Biology 154 works
  4. 4 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 145 works
  5. 5 Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Astronomy and Astrophysics 142 works
  6. 6 Computational Drug Discovery Methods Computational Theory and Mathematics 132 works
  7. 7 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Health Information Management 125 works
  8. 8 Blockchain Technology Applications and Security Information Systems 123 works
  9. 9 IoT and Edge/Fog Computing Computer Networks and Communications 119 works
  10. 10 Smart Agriculture and AI Plant Science 119 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
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%Kolkata12.3% 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 18.0% in 2010.

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Which research institutes are in Kolkata?

Science Explorer records 102 research institutions in Kolkata, India. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Jadavpur University, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata and Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science.

Which research institutions are in Kolkata?
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