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Research in Kozhikode

Science Explorer records 13 research institutions in Kozhikode, India. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, National Institute of Technology Calicut and Kerala School of Mathematics.

Research institutions
13
10 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
17k
▲ 30% vs 2018-21
Citations
208k
12.2 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
10.9%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record

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 Kozhikode?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1National Institute of Technology CalicutUniversity 8,046 #8,006
2National HospitalHospital / health system 2,422 #14,167
3Government Medical CollegeUniversity 1,766 #15,670
4Indian Institute of Management KozhikodeUniversity 1,140 #5,941
5Malabar Medical College Hospital and Research CentreHospital / health system 482 #15,740
6Baby Memorial HospitalHospital / health system 437 #20,356
7Kerala School of MathematicsUniversity 386 #11,055
8Malabar Institute of Medical SciencesHospital / health system 350 #19,096
9Centre for Water Resources Development and ManagementResearch facility 325 #21,010
10Centre For Environment Architecture & Human SettlementsInstitution 177 #24,604 all time
11KMCT Group of Educational InstitutionsUniversity 156 #19,753
12Calicut University Employees UnionUniversity 20 not ranked
13Kerala Institute for Research, Training and Development Studies of Scheduled Castes and TribesGovernment institution 5 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.

National Institute of Technology Calicut: 51.2%National Hospital: 15.4%Government Medical College: 11.2%Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode: 7.3%9 others listed: 14.9%51%largest
National Institute of Technology Calicut8,046 · 51.2%National Hospital2,422 · 15.4%Government Medical College1,766 · 11.2%Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode1,140 · 7.3%9 others listed2,338 · 14.9%

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

Which fields of science does Kozhikode work in?

In 2022-now, 55% of research in Kozhikode is in Physical Sciences, 22% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (28%), Medicine (19%), Computer Science (9%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 3,288 fractional works · 55.0% of its workEngineering: 1,657 fractional works · 27.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 456 fractional works · 7.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 208 fractional works · 3.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 201 fractional works · 3.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 194 fractional works · 3.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 157 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 74 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 73 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 69 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputational Mechanics: 60 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMechanics of Materials: 53 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 37 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 27 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 517 fractional works · 8.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 145 fractional works · 2.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 109 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 83 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInformation Systems: 55 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 54 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSignal Processing: 33 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHardware and Architecture: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 335 fractional works · 5.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 77 fractional works · 1.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 66 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 61 fractional works · 1.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 30 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 27 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 313 fractional works · 5.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 170 fractional works · 2.8% of its workBiomaterials: 42 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 42 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 40 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 123 fractional works · 2.1% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 64 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpectroscopy: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 102 fractional works · 1.7% of its workApplied Mathematics: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeometry and Topology: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematical Physics: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workModeling and Simulation: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 27 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 92 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 81 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 74 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 23 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 49 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 30 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemical Engineering: 27 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Sciences: 1,306 fractional works · 21.8% of its workMedicine: 1,119 fractional works · 18.7% of its workSurgery: 180 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 94 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEpidemiology: 77 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 62 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 56 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 50 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 46 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOncology: 45 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 43 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 41 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRheumatology: 39 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 36 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 36 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 27 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReproductive Medicine: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 91 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 105 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 45 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 48 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDentistry: 58 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOral Surgery: 28 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPeriodontics: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 815 fractional works · 13.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 268 fractional works · 4.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 115 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 27 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEducation: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGender Studies: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 52 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 219 fractional works · 3.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 52 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAccounting: 39 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 39 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 33 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 30 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 106 fractional works · 1.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 38 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 36 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 97 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 68 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFinance: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 86 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 57 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 40 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLife Sciences: 572 fractional works · 9.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 224 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPlant Science: 115 fractional works · 1.9% of its workFood Science: 36 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 23 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSoil Science: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 223 fractional works · 3.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 115 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGenetics: 45 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCell Biology: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCancer Research: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 38 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 66 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 36 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 29 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 31 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 23 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 28 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKKozhikode5,981fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences55%Health Sciences22%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. Engineering1,65727.7%
    2. Computer Science5178.6%
    3. Environmental Science3355.6%
    4. Materials Science3135.2%
    5. Chemistry1232.1%
    6. Mathematics1021.7%
    7. Energy921.5%
    8. Physics and Astronomy741.2%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences490.8%
    10. Chemical Engineering270.5%
  1. Health Sciences1,30621.8%
    1. Medicine1,11918.7%
    2. Health Professions1051.8%
    3. Dentistry581.0%
    4. Nursing210.4%
    5. Veterinary20.0%
    1. Social Sciences2684.5%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting2193.7%
    3. Psychology1061.8%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance971.6%
    5. Decision Sciences861.4%
    6. Arts and Humanities400.7%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2243.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2233.7%
    3. Neuroscience661.1%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics310.5%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology280.5%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Kozhikode strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Kozhikode is most concentrated in Civil and Structural Engineering, Oral Surgery and Control and Systems Engineering (3.1× the world share in Civil and Structural Engineering).

  1. Civil and Structural EngineeringSubfield · 190.4 works3.1×
  2. Oral SurgerySubfield · 27.4 works2.7×
  3. Control and Systems EngineeringSubfield · 145.8 works2.6×
← 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, 204 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.68× its world share, 191 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.43× its world share, 22 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.67× its world share, 57 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.41× its world share, 26 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.35× its world share, 25 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.33× its world share, 109 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.12× its world share, 456 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.50× its world share, 40 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.73× its world share, 83 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.90× its world share, 1,491 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.08× its world share, 280 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.51× its world share, 276 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.35× its world share, 83 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.55× its world share, 64 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.17× its world share, 55 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.67× its world share, 92 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.96× its world share, 967 worksMedicineNursing: 0.73× its world share, 19 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.21× its world share, 32 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.11× its world share, 187 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.37× its world share, 69 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.77× its world share, 86 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.56× its world share, 89 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 215 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 2.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Dentistry2.17×55 works
  2. Engineering1.90×1,491 works
  3. Energy1.73×83 works
  4. Materials Science1.51×276 works
  5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.41×26 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.37×69 works
  7. Chemical Engineering1.35×25 works
  8. Mathematics1.35×83 works
  9. Chemistry1.33×109 works
  10. Computer Science1.12×456 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting1.11×187 works
  12. Environmental Science1.08×280 works
  13. Medicine0.96×967 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.82×204 works
  15. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.77×86 works
  16. Nursing0.73×19 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.68×191 works
  18. Neuroscience0.67×57 works
  19. Health Professions0.67×92 works
  20. Psychology0.56×89 works
  21. Physics and Astronomy0.55×64 works
  22. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.50×40 works
  23. Immunology and Microbiology0.43×22 works
  24. Social Sciences0.32×215 works
  25. Veterinary0.27×2 works
  26. Arts and Humanities0.21×32 works

Which keywords describe research in Kozhikode?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Power Electronics, Deep Learning, Renewable Energy Integration, Machine Learning, Mechanical Properties, Epidemiology, Nanomaterials and Nanocomposites.

▲ 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 Learning285▲ 1.38×76 topics
  2. Machine Learning228◆ 1.14×81 topics
  3. Epidemiology215◆ 0.90×128 topics
  4. Climate Change162◆ 1.00×88 topics
  5. Sustainability147◆ 1.01×70 topics
  6. Power Electronics132▲ 6.9×8 topics
  7. Mechanical Properties131▲ 2.2×32 topics
  8. Neural Networks130▲ 1.41×37 topics
  9. Environmental Impact130▲ 1.27×53 topics
  10. Renewable Energy125▲ 1.45×40 topics
  11. Nanomaterials124▲ 1.99×19 topics
  12. Renewable Energy Integration122▲ 6.2×5 topics
  13. Biomedical Applications108▲ 1.52×35 topics
  14. Nanoparticles105▲ 1.40×40 topics
  15. Nanocomposites101▲ 2.1×22 topics
  16. Remote Sensing93▲ 1.27×31 topics
  17. Graphene91▲ 2.3×12 topics
  18. Treatment85▲ 1.16×51 topics
  19. Energy Efficiency83▲ 1.51×32 topics
  20. Convolutional Neural Networks72▲ 1.65×14 topics
  21. Optimization68▲ 2.5×22 topics
  22. Model Predictive Control67▲ 4.4×6 topics
  23. Microstructure65▲ 2.1×19 topics
  24. Heat Transfer65▲ 2.2×16 topics
  25. Energy Storage63▲ 1.62×11 topics
  26. Artificial Neural Networks58▲ 2.1×9 topics
  27. Thermal Management55▲ 2.8×6 topics
  28. Fault Tolerance51▲ 5.5×7 topics
  29. Electric Vehicles50▲ 2.9×4 topics
  30. Hydrological Modeling49▲ 3.5×5 topics
  31. Electric Vehicle Charging48▲ 9.6×2 topics
  32. DC-DC Converters43▲ 13×1 topic
  33. High-Frequency Power Conversion43▲ 13×1 topic
  34. Photovoltaic Systems40▲ 7.9×3 topics
  35. Energy Storage Systems40▲ 4.8×2 topics
  36. Smart Grid Applications38▲ 4.9×2 topics
  37. Multilevel Converters37▲ 12×1 topic
  38. Voltage Source Inverters37▲ 12×1 topic
  39. Decentralized Control36▲ 5.1×2 topics
  40. India32▲ 7.5×4 topics

What research is done in Kozhikode?

  1. 1 Advanced DC-DC Converters Electrical and Electronic Engineering 41 works
  2. 2 Multilevel Inverters and Converters Electrical and Electronic Engineering 35 works
  3. 3 Microgrid Control and Optimization Control and Systems Engineering 27 works
  4. 4 Concrete and Cement Materials Research Civil and Structural Engineering 26 works
  5. 5 Advanced Battery Technologies Research Automotive Engineering 25 works
  6. 6 Innovative concrete reinforcement materials Civil and Structural Engineering 22 works
  7. 7 Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization Civil and Structural Engineering 20 works
  8. 8 Flood Risk Assessment and Management Global and Planetary Change 19 works
  9. 9 Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies Water Science and Technology 16 works
  10. 10 Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 16 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%Kozhikode10.3% 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 19.5% in 2010.

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