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Research in Nainital

Science Explorer records 2 research institutions in Nainital, India. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Kumaun University and Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences.

Research institutions
2
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
4.3k
▲ 25% vs 2018-21
Citations
57k
13.3 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
16.4%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Nainital

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 Nainital?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Kumaun UniversityUniversity 3,098 #9,129
2Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational SciencesResearch facility 557 #22,098

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 Nainital work in?

In 2022-now, 46% of research in Nainital is in Physical Sciences, 31% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (20%), Environmental Science (14%), Physics and Astronomy (9%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 581 fractional works · 45.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 179 fractional works · 14.1% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 34 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 33 fractional works · 2.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 25 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEcology: 23 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 14 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 13 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPollution: 11 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcological Modeling: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 115 fractional works · 9.0% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 81 fractional works · 6.3% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 14 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInstrumentation: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 81 fractional works · 6.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 19 fractional works · 1.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 16 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMechanics of Materials: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 56 fractional works · 4.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 26 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeophysics: 19 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOceanography: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 51 fractional works · 4.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 18 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInformation Systems: 11 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 42 fractional works · 3.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 23 fractional works · 1.8% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomaterials: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemistry: 24 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 15 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 20 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeometry and Topology: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Mathematics: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 395 fractional works · 31.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 252 fractional works · 19.8% of its workPlant Science: 94 fractional works · 7.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 34 fractional works · 2.7% of its workAquatic Science: 29 fractional works · 2.3% of its workFood Science: 23 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 20 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInsect Science: 14 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 12 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSoil Science: 12 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workForestry: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 95 fractional works · 7.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 57 fractional works · 4.5% of its workGenetics: 14 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysiology: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCancer Research: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiotechnology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 28 fractional works · 2.2% of its workImmunology: 19 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMicrobiology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workParasitology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 14 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPharmacology: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 176 fractional works · 13.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 73 fractional works · 5.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 25 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 15 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEducation: 12 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 27 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPhilosophy: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 27 fractional works · 2.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAccounting: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 19 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 17 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 15 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 14 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 12 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 123 fractional works · 9.6% of its workMedicine: 103 fractional works · 8.1% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 14 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 14 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEpidemiology: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Professions: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKNainital1,275fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences31%Physical Sciences46%Health Sciences10%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. Environmental Science17914.1%
    2. Physics and Astronomy1159.0%
    3. Engineering816.3%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences564.4%
    5. Computer Science514.0%
    6. Materials Science423.3%
    7. Chemistry241.9%
    8. Mathematics201.6%
    9. Energy100.8%
    10. Chemical Engineering20.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences25219.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology957.4%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology282.2%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics141.1%
    5. Neuroscience70.5%
    1. Social Sciences735.8%
    2. Arts and Humanities272.1%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting272.1%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance191.5%
    5. Psychology151.1%
    6. Decision Sciences141.1%
    1. Medicine1038.1%
    2. Health Professions100.8%
    3. Nursing80.7%
    4. Veterinary10.1%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Nainital strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Nainital is most concentrated in Aquatic Science, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Nature and Landscape Conservation (13.6× the world share in Aquatic Science).

  1. Aquatic ScienceSubfield · 27.9 works14×
  2. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 75.8 works13×
  3. Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 32.6 works12×
  4. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 32.1 works6.1×
← 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: 4.25× its world share, 227 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.42× its world share, 85 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.31× its world share, 26 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.30× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.74× its world share, 11 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.54× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.24× its world share, 22 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.51× its world share, 45 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.89× its world share, 51 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.81× its world share, 8 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.43× its world share, 73 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.89× its world share, 162 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.93× its world share, 37 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.33× its world share, 18 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 4.28× its world share, 107 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.31× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.40× its world share, 87 worksMedicineNursing: 1.43× its world share, 8 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.74× its world share, 24 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.57× its world share, 21 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.19× its world share, 13 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.68× its world share, 16 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.29× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.41× its world share, 59 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy4.28×107 works
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences4.25×227 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.89×51 works
  4. Environmental Science2.89×162 works
  5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.74×11 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology2.31×26 works
  7. Nursing1.43×8 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.42×85 works
  9. Mathematics1.33×18 works
  10. Chemistry1.24×22 works
  11. Decision Sciences1.19×13 works
  12. Materials Science0.93×37 works
  13. Energy0.81×8 works
  14. Arts and Humanities0.74×24 works
  15. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.68×16 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.57×21 works
  17. Chemical Engineering0.54×2 works
  18. Computer Science0.51×45 works
  19. Veterinary0.44×1 works
  20. Engineering0.43×73 works
  21. Social Sciences0.41×59 works
  22. Medicine0.40×87 works
  23. Health Professions0.31×9 works
  24. Neuroscience0.30×5 works
  25. Psychology0.29×10 works
  26. Dentistry0.07×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Nainital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Biodiversity, Medicinal Plants, Invasive Species, Aquaculture, Conservation, Habitat Fragmentation and Antioxidant.

▲ 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. Climate Change124▲ 3.6×72 topics
  2. Biodiversity55▲ 5.7×23 topics
  3. Epidemiology55◆ 1.08×58 topics
  4. Sustainability50▲ 1.60×48 topics
  5. Remote Sensing48▲ 3.0×26 topics
  6. Medicinal Plants45▲ 9.1×15 topics
  7. Invasive Species42▲ 7.8×18 topics
  8. Aquaculture40▲ 12×7 topics
  9. Antioxidant40▲ 4.5×43 topics
  10. Environmental Impact40▲ 1.82×35 topics
  11. Conservation38▲ 7.0×17 topics
  12. Antioxidant Activity36▲ 4.6×25 topics
  13. Habitat Fragmentation31▲ 11×4 topics
  14. Biogeography25▲ 7.1×15 topics
  15. Genetic Diversity24▲ 4.4×20 topics
  16. Phylogenetic Analysis24▲ 6.0×8 topics
  17. Global Change23▲ 6.9×7 topics
  18. Natural Products23▲ 12×7 topics
  19. Food Security23▲ 3.3×13 topics
  20. Anti-inflammatory23▲ 6.3×24 topics
  21. Genetic Characterization22▲ 39×2 topics
  22. Toxicity21▲ 3.9×18 topics
  23. Herbal Medicine21▲ 5.9×10 topics
  24. Flavonoids19▲ 6.0×9 topics
  25. Magnetic Fields19▲ 23×3 topics
  26. Innate Immunity19▲ 4.6×8 topics
  27. Accretion Disks19▲ 29×2 topics
  28. Exoplanets18▲ 35×1 topic
  29. Stellar Astrophysics18▲ 35×1 topic
  30. Viral Pathogenesis17▲ 21×2 topics
  31. India17▲ 18×3 topics
  32. Ecosystem16▲ 12×4 topics
  33. Policy16▲ 5.9×7 topics
  34. Antimicrobial Activity15▲ 7.3×6 topics
  35. Solar Wind15▲ 13×2 topics
  36. African Swine Fever15▲ 43×1 topic
  37. Foot-and-Mouth Disease15▲ 43×1 topic
  38. Star Formation15▲ 20×2 topics
  39. Essential Oils14▲ 10×2 topics
  40. Fish Immunology14▲ 24×1 topic

What research is done in Nainital?

Stellar, planetary, and …16Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies: 16 fractional worksAquaculture disease mana…14Aquaculture disease management and microbiota: 14 fractional worksFish Biology and Ecology Studies: 13 fractional worksEthnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies: 13 fractional worksAnimal Disease Management and Epidemiology: 12 fractional worksAquaculture Nutrition and Growth: 12 fractional worksViral Infections and Immunology Research: 11 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation D…11Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 11 fractional worksEssential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity: 11 fractional worksFish Ecology and Management Studies: 11 fractional works
Astronomy and AstrophysicsImmunologyAquatic SciencePlant Science4 others

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

  1. 1 Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 16 works
  2. 2 Aquaculture disease management and microbiota Immunology 14 works
  3. 3 Fish Biology and Ecology Studies Aquatic Science 13 works
  4. 4 Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies Plant Science 13 works
  5. 5 Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology Agronomy and Crop Science 12 works
  6. 6 Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth Aquatic Science 12 works
  7. 7 Viral Infections and Immunology Research Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 11 works
  8. 8 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 11 works
  9. 9 Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity Food Science 11 works
  10. 10 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 11 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%30%Nainital17.7% 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 20.9% in 2014.

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