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Research in New Delhi

Science Explorer records 326 research institutions in New Delhi, India. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are University of Delhi, Jamia Millia Islamia and Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.

Research institutions
326
15 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
363k
▲ 51% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
14.6%
record average 16.5%

A city carries no overall standing here. The composite 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 New Delhi?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of DelhiUniversity 46,892 #355
2All India Institute of Medical SciencesUniversity 46,110 #1,194
3Indian Institute of Technology DelhiUniversity 43,617 #568
4Jawaharlal Nehru UniversityUniversity 17,475 #1,295
5Delhi Technological UniversityUniversity 12,418 #1,170
6Jamia Millia IslamiaUniversity 12,407 #560
7Indian Agricultural Research InstituteResearch facility 11,109 #1,833
8Council of Scientific and Industrial ResearchGovernment institution 7,020 #2,590
9Jamia HamdardUniversity 6,884 #1,472
10Maulana Azad Medical CollegeUniversity 6,877 #8,334
11Netaji Subhas University of TechnologyUniversity 5,269 #2,043
12Indian Council of Agricultural ResearchGovernment institution 5,008 #2,512
13Department of BiotechnologyGovernment institution 4,336 #3,286
14CSIR National Physical Laboratory of IndiaResearch facility 4,211 #5,829
15Government of IndiaGovernment institution 4,058 #3,119
16Lady Hardinge Medical CollegeUniversity 4,025 #10,946
17Indian Council of Medical ResearchGovernment institution 3,427 #3,837
18Sir Ganga Ram HospitalHospital / health system 3,370 #9,663
19Vardhman Mahavir Medical College & Safdarjung HospitalHospital / health system 3,362 #6,087
20Safdarjang HospitalHospital / health system 3,110 #11,210
21Govind Ballabh Pant HospitalHospital / health system 2,576 #13,617
22Defence Research and Development OrganisationGovernment institution 2,544 #6,754
23Indira Gandhi National Open UniversityUniversity 2,542 #7,112
24Indraprastha Apollo HospitalsHospital / health system 2,367 #11,790
25Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University for WomenUniversity 2,262 #6,608
26India Meteorological DepartmentGovernment institution 2,213 #3,889
27Army Hospital Research and ReferralHospital / health system 2,095 #15,855
28School of Planning and Architecture DelhiUniversity 2,076 #8,832
29Inter-University Accelerator CentreResearch facility 2,018 #7,365
30International Management InstituteUniversity 1,927 #4,045
31National Institute of Technology DelhiUniversity 1,869 #5,716
32International Centre for Genetic Engineering and BiotechnologyResearch facility 1,831 #5,335
33Indian Agricultural Statistics Research InstituteResearch facility 1,818 #6,412
34Department of Scientific and Industrial ResearchGovernment institution 1,810 #9,736 all time
35National Institute of ImmunologyGovernment institution 1,755 #9,107
36South Asian UniversityUniversity 1,725 #9,755
37Institute of Liver and Biliary SciencesHospital / health system 1,659 #8,577
38Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Medical Sciences and Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia HospitalFunder 1,595 #15,352
39Institute of Nuclear Medicine & Allied SciencesResearch facility 1,513 #7,018
40Ministry of Earth SciencesGovernment institution 1,434 #3,820
41Energy and Resources InstituteNonprofit 1,417 #8,773
42IBM Research - IndiaResearch facility 1,414 #21,151
43Bharat Heavy Electricals (India)Company 1,401 #19,225
44Ministry of AYUSHGovernment institution 1,395 #9,485
45Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research CentreHospital / health system 1,386 #12,461
46ICAR-National Bureau Of Plant Genetic ResourcesResearch facility 1,373 #8,510
47Central Forensic Science LaboratoryGovernment institution 1,318 #10,164
48Ministry of Law and JusticeGovernment institution 1,299 #25,859
49National Institute of Malaria ResearchResearch facility 1,290 #9,069
50Delhi Pharmaceutical Science and Research UniversityUniversity 1,269 #3,908
51National Institute of Plant Genome ResearchResearch facility 1,198 #7,193
52Public Health Foundation of IndiaNonprofit 1,174 #8,035
53National Council Of Educational Research And TrainingGovernment institution 1,042 #9,401
54Indian Institute of Foreign TradeUniversity 1,006 #13,171
55Institute for Defence Studies and AnalysesGovernment institution 997 #35,822 all time
56Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic ScienceGovernment institution 976 #10,635
57National Institute of Fashion TechnologyUniversity 942 #5,237
58Centre for Science and EnvironmentNonprofit 929 #11,762
59DR. B.R.A. Institute Rotary Cancer HospitalHospital / health system 929 #14,884
60Institute of Economic GrowthResearch facility 919 #19,268

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022–2025. 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.

University of Delhi: 14.9%All India Institute of Medical Sciences: 14.7%Indian Institute of Technology Delhi: 13.9%Jawaharlal Nehru University: 5.6%56 others listed: 51.0%15%largest
University of Delhi47k · 14.9%All India Institute of Medical Sciences46k · 14.7%Indian Institute of Technology Delhi44k · 13.9%Jawaharlal Nehru University17k · 5.6%56 others listed160k · 51.0%

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

What is New Delhi strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in New Delhi is most concentrated in Drug Discovery, Complementary and alternative medicine and Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine (4.0× the world share in Drug Discovery).

  1. Drug DiscoverySubfield · 32.6 works4.0×
  2. Complementary and alternative medicineSubfield · 816.5 works2.9×
  3. Anesthesiology and Pain MedicineSubfield · 265.5 works2.5×
  4. Plant ScienceSubfield · 4,092.4 works2.4×
  5. OphthalmologySubfield · 619.0 works2.4×
  6. HorticultureSubfield · 30.0 works2.3×
  7. Soil ScienceSubfield · 567.7 works2.0×
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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.

Which keywords describe research in New Delhi?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Climate Change, Sustainability, Oxidative Stress, India and Treatment.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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. Epidemiology5,243▲ 1.38×140 topics
  2. Deep Learning4,053▲ 1.23×85 topics
  3. Machine Learning3,870▲ 1.23×96 topics
  4. Climate Change2,896◆ 1.12×127 topics
  5. Sustainability2,531◆ 1.08×128 topics
  6. Inflammation2,045◆ 1.02×83 topics
  7. Oxidative Stress2,035▲ 1.29×63 topics
  8. Environmental Impact1,808◆ 1.11×71 topics
  9. Globalization1,758◆ 0.93×166 topics
  10. COVID-191,690▲ 1.29×34 topics
  11. Treatment1,686▲ 1.44×52 topics
  12. Renewable Energy1,626▲ 1.17×58 topics
  13. Nanoparticles1,589▲ 1.31×44 topics
  14. Neural Networks1,559◆ 1.05×42 topics
  15. Cancer1,548▲ 1.20×59 topics
  16. Diagnosis1,467▲ 1.64×41 topics
  17. Biomedical Applications1,463▲ 1.28×36 topics
  18. Nanomaterials1,322▲ 1.30×21 topics
  19. Healthcare1,299▲ 1.20×38 topics
  20. Pandemic1,264▲ 1.23×14 topics
  21. Antioxidant1,242▲ 1.88×51 topics
  22. Cardiovascular Disease1,235▲ 1.16×39 topics
  23. Food Security1,024▲ 1.93×25 topics
  24. Security1,007▲ 1.61×30 topics
  25. Convolutional Neural Networks930▲ 1.32×14 topics
  26. Gene Expression890▲ 1.52×20 topics
  27. Tissue Engineering888▲ 1.51×13 topics
  28. Development867▲ 2.6×22 topics
  29. Immune Response866▲ 1.59×23 topics
  30. Vaccine803▲ 2.1×11 topics
  31. Genetic Diversity798▲ 1.87×22 topics
  32. Surgical Management793▲ 2.0×20 topics
  33. Renewable Energy Integration765▲ 2.4×6 topics
  34. Power Electronics730▲ 2.3×8 topics
  35. India693▲ 10×4 topics
  36. Herbal Medicine686▲ 2.5×13 topics
  37. Policy685▲ 3.3×15 topics
  38. Conflict548▲ 3.5×11 topics
  39. Production428▲ 5.2×2 topics
  40. Economic Reforms374▲ 14×3 topics

What research is done in New Delhi?

  1. 1 Agricultural Economics and PracticesGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences 318 works
  2. 2 South Asian Studies and ConflictsPolitical Science and International Relations 300 works
  3. 3 Blockchain Technology Applications and SecurityInformation Systems 281 works
  4. 4 Microgrid Control and OptimizationControl and Systems Engineering 268 works
  5. 5 COVID-19 Pandemic ImpactsEconomics and Econometrics 263 works
  6. 6 Advanced Battery Technologies ResearchAutomotive Engineering 250 works
  7. 7 Child Nutrition and Water AccessNutrition and Dietetics 235 works
  8. 8 Phytochemicals and Medicinal PlantsComplementary and alternative medicine 231 works
  9. 9 Nanoparticles: synthesis and applicationsMaterials Chemistry 228 works
  10. 10 Complementary and Alternative Medicine StudiesComplementary and alternative medicine 220 works

Research output over time

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