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Research in Kottayam

Science Explorer records 5 research institutions in Kottayam, India. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Government Medical College, Mahatma Gandhi University and Rubber Board.

Research institutions
5
4 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
9.2k
▲ 30% vs 2018-21
Citations
127k
13.8 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
10.8%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Kottayam

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 Kottayam?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Mahatma Gandhi UniversityUniversity 6,418 #17,420
2Government Medical CollegeUniversity 3,326 #13,494
3Rubber BoardGovernment institution 449 #18,968
4Caritas HospitalHospital / health system 202 #19,732
5Einstein Institute of ScienceUniversity 69 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.

Mahatma Gandhi University: 61.3%Government Medical College: 31.8%Rubber Board: 4.3%Caritas Hospital: 1.9%1 other listed: 0.7%61%largest
Mahatma Gandhi University6,418 · 61.3%Government Medical College3,326 · 31.8%Rubber Board449 · 4.3%Caritas Hospital202 · 1.9%1 other listed69 · 0.7%

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

Which fields of science does Kottayam work in?

In 2022-now, 52% of research in Kottayam is in Physical Sciences, 21% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (18%), Engineering (15%), Materials Science (12%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 1,790 fractional works · 51.6% of its workEngineering: 520 fractional works · 15.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 152 fractional works · 4.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 125 fractional works · 3.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 49 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 40 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 26 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 24 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 20 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 430 fractional works · 12.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 203 fractional works · 5.8% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 84 fractional works · 2.4% of its workBiomaterials: 80 fractional works · 2.3% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 48 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCeramics and Composites: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 334 fractional works · 9.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 92 fractional works · 2.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 72 fractional works · 2.1% of its workInformation Systems: 62 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 44 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSignal Processing: 23 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 195 fractional works · 5.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 145 fractional works · 4.2% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 27 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSpectroscopy: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 166 fractional works · 4.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 27 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPollution: 24 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology: 21 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnergy: 47 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 44 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 44 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 21 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 19 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 744 fractional works · 21.5% of its workMedicine: 613 fractional works · 17.7% of its workSurgery: 90 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 53 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEpidemiology: 50 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 35 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOncology: 34 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 30 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 24 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 24 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 22 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 21 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHepatology: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRehabilitation: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workUrology: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 68 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth Professions: 75 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 24 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Information Management: 19 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDentistry: 37 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOral Surgery: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPeriodontics: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthodontics: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 479 fractional works · 13.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 205 fractional works · 5.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 78 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEducation: 39 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 27 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety Research: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGender Studies: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 36 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPsychology: 78 fractional works · 2.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 27 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 22 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 67 fractional works · 1.9% of its workManagement Information Systems: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAccounting: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 55 fractional works · 1.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 21 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhilosophy: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 41 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 29 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFinance: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 33 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 23 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 456 fractional works · 13.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 202 fractional works · 5.8% of its workPlant Science: 99 fractional works · 2.9% of its workFood Science: 34 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 24 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAquatic Science: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInsect Science: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 164 fractional works · 4.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 95 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGenetics: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMolecular Medicine: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCell Biology: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiotechnology: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 44 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 20 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 26 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 20 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKKottayam3,469fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences52%Health Sciences21%Social Sciences14%

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. Engineering52015.0%
    2. Materials Science43012.4%
    3. Computer Science3349.6%
    4. Chemistry1955.6%
    5. Environmental Science1664.8%
    6. Energy471.3%
    7. Physics and Astronomy441.3%
    8. Mathematics210.6%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences190.6%
    10. Chemical Engineering130.4%
    1. Medicine61317.7%
    2. Health Professions752.2%
    3. Dentistry371.1%
    4. Nursing170.5%
    5. Veterinary20.1%
    1. Social Sciences2055.9%
    2. Psychology782.2%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting671.9%
    4. Arts and Humanities551.6%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance411.2%
    6. Decision Sciences330.9%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2025.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1644.7%
    3. Neuroscience441.3%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics260.8%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology200.6%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Kottayam strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Kottayam is most concentrated in Polymers and Plastics, Organic Chemistry and Biomaterials (6.1× the world share in Polymers and Plastics).

  1. Polymers and PlasticsSubfield · 74.7 works6.1×
  2. Organic ChemistrySubfield · 131.9 works5.8×
  3. BiomaterialsSubfield · 70.8 works5.5×
  4. ChemistryField · 178.1 works3.8×
← 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: 1.26× its world share, 180 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.90× its world share, 145 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.52× its world share, 16 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.78× its world share, 38 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.99× its world share, 21 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.13× its world share, 12 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 3.76× its world share, 178 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.17× its world share, 275 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 15 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.48× its world share, 41 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.01× its world share, 459 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.95× its world share, 142 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 3.66× its world share, 385 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.54× its world share, 19 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.56× its world share, 38 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.24× its world share, 33 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.81× its world share, 65 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.92× its world share, 534 worksMedicineNursing: 0.96× its world share, 14 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.43× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.46× its world share, 40 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.59× its world share, 58 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.98× its world share, 28 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.56× its world share, 36 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.71× its world share, 65 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.47× its world share, 178 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemistry, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Chemistry3.76×178 works
  2. Materials Science3.66×385 works
  3. Dentistry2.24×33 works
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.99×21 works
  5. Energy1.48×41 works
  6. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.26×180 works
  7. Computer Science1.17×275 works
  8. Chemical Engineering1.13×12 works
  9. Engineering1.01×459 works
  10. Decision Sciences0.98×28 works
  11. Nursing0.96×14 works
  12. Environmental Science0.95×142 works
  13. Medicine0.92×534 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.90×145 works
  15. Health Professions0.81×65 works
  16. Neuroscience0.78×38 works
  17. Psychology0.71×65 works
  18. Business, Management and Accounting0.59×58 works
  19. Physics and Astronomy0.56×38 works
  20. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.56×36 works
  21. Mathematics0.54×19 works
  22. Immunology and Microbiology0.52×16 works
  23. Social Sciences0.47×178 works
  24. Arts and Humanities0.46×40 works
  25. Veterinary0.43×2 works
  26. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.32×15 works

Which keywords describe research in Kottayam?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biomedical Applications, Nanocomposites, Deep Learning, Nanomaterials, Machine Learning, Nanoparticles, Green Synthesis and Tissue Engineering.

▲ 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 Learning208▲ 1.73×74 topics
  2. Biomedical Applications188▲ 4.6×35 topics
  3. Machine Learning174▲ 1.50×75 topics
  4. Nanocomposites138▲ 5.0×21 topics
  5. Epidemiology136◆ 0.99×114 topics
  6. Nanomaterials117▲ 3.2×18 topics
  7. Nanoparticles116▲ 2.6×43 topics
  8. Environmental Impact100▲ 1.70×43 topics
  9. Tissue Engineering79▲ 3.8×13 topics
  10. Graphene74▲ 3.2×11 topics
  11. Neural Networks72▲ 1.34×34 topics
  12. Convolutional Neural Networks62▲ 2.5×14 topics
  13. Green Synthesis61▲ 9.4×4 topics
  14. Healthcare61▲ 1.53×18 topics
  15. Antioxidant60▲ 2.5×47 topics
  16. Catalysis60▲ 2.6×26 topics
  17. Synthesis56▲ 4.3×30 topics
  18. Antimicrobial54▲ 5.5×13 topics
  19. Toxicity51▲ 3.4×18 topics
  20. Drug Delivery50▲ 2.6×16 topics
  21. Biodegradable Polymers46▲ 7.7×4 topics
  22. Bioimaging42▲ 5.3×6 topics
  23. Medicinal Chemistry39▲ 4.1×12 topics
  24. Transition Metal Catalysis39▲ 13×4 topics
  25. Organic Synthesis38▲ 9.4×11 topics
  26. Biomaterials36▲ 4.3×7 topics
  27. Nanofibers34▲ 4.8×3 topics
  28. Decentralization33▲ 4.6×3 topics
  29. Biosynthesis32▲ 5.8×9 topics
  30. Heterocycles30▲ 9.4×9 topics
  31. Cytotoxicity30▲ 6.2×8 topics
  32. Anticancer Agents29▲ 5.6×11 topics
  33. India29▲ 11×3 topics
  34. Solar Cell Efficiency28▲ 8.2×2 topics
  35. Properties25▲ 8.7×4 topics
  36. Luminescent Materials25▲ 10×3 topics
  37. Biological Synthesis25▲ 9.4×1 topic
  38. Silver25▲ 9.4×1 topic
  39. Solid-State Lighting24▲ 9.2×2 topics
  40. Nanocrystal Synthesis24▲ 15×1 topic

What research is done in Kottayam?

Nanoparticles: synthesis…23Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications: 23 fractional worksLuminescence Properties …22Luminescence Properties of Advanced Materials: 22 fractional worksCarbon and Quantum Dots Applications: 20 fractional worksbiodegradable polymer synthesis and properties: 19 fractional worksConducting polymers and applications: 18 fractional worksAdvanced Photocatalysis Techniques: 18 fractional worksSocial and Economic Development in India: 18 fractional worksCatalytic C–H Functional…17Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods: 17 fractional worksPolymer Nanocomposites and Properties: 15 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare: 15 fractional works
Materials ChemistryBiomaterialsPolymers and PlasticsRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment3 others

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

  1. 1 Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications Materials Chemistry 23 works
  2. 2 Luminescence Properties of Advanced Materials Materials Chemistry 22 works
  3. 3 Carbon and Quantum Dots Applications Materials Chemistry 20 works
  4. 4 biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties Biomaterials 19 works
  5. 5 Conducting polymers and applications Polymers and Plastics 18 works
  6. 6 Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 18 works
  7. 7 Social and Economic Development in India Sociology and Political Science 18 works
  8. 8 Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods Organic Chemistry 17 works
  9. 9 Polymer Nanocomposites and Properties Polymers and Plastics 15 works
  10. 10 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Health Information Management 15 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%all institutions10.0% in 2025Kottayam9.7% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 15.7% in 2013.

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