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Research in Palakkad

Science Explorer records 1 research institutions in Palakkad, India. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad.

Research institutions
1
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
1.8k
▲ 241% vs 2018-21
Citations
13k
7.0 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
14.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1989-2026
38 years on the record
Palakkad

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 Palakkad?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Indian Institute of Technology PalakkadResearch facility 1,821 #3,105

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 Palakkad work in?

In 2022-now, 77% of research in Palakkad is in Physical Sciences, 9% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (43%), Computer Science (12%), Medicine (8%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 1,069 fractional works · 77.3% of its workEngineering: 594 fractional works · 42.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 131 fractional works · 9.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 86 fractional works · 6.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 79 fractional works · 5.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 68 fractional works · 4.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 68 fractional works · 4.9% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 46 fractional works · 3.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 31 fractional works · 2.2% of its workComputational Mechanics: 23 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 14 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOcean Engineering: 12 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 12 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBuilding and Construction: 11 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 168 fractional works · 12.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 50 fractional works · 3.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 34 fractional works · 2.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 33 fractional works · 2.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 20 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInformation Systems: 11 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSignal Processing: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHardware and Architecture: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 93 fractional works · 6.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 62 fractional works · 4.5% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 18 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomaterials: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 68 fractional works · 4.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 19 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 12 fractional works · 0.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 61 fractional works · 4.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 29 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSpectroscopy: 17 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 27 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 19 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOceanography: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 18 fractional works · 1.3% of its workApplied Mathematics: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeometry and Topology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnergy: 11 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 11 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBioengineering: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 122 fractional works · 8.8% of its workMedicine: 112 fractional works · 8.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 16 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSurgery: 15 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 13 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOncology: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 30 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHealth Professions: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 110 fractional works · 7.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 67 fractional works · 4.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 50 fractional works · 3.6% of its workCell Biology: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 19 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPlant Science: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 15 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 83 fractional works · 6.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 32 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 13 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAnthropology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArts and Humanities: 19 fractional works · 1.4% of its workReligious studies: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhilosophy: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 11 fractional works · 0.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKPalakkad1,384fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences77%Health Sciences9%Social Sciences6%

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. Engineering59442.9%
    2. Computer Science16812.1%
    3. Materials Science936.7%
    4. Environmental Science684.9%
    5. Chemistry614.4%
    6. Physics and Astronomy272.0%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences191.3%
    8. Mathematics181.3%
    9. Energy110.8%
    10. Chemical Engineering100.7%
    1. Medicine1128.1%
    2. Health Professions70.5%
    3. Dentistry10.1%
    4. Nursing10.1%
    5. Veterinary10.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology674.8%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences191.4%
    3. Neuroscience151.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology60.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics30.2%
    1. Social Sciences322.3%
    2. Arts and Humanities191.4%
    3. Psychology110.8%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance70.5%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting70.5%
    6. Decision Sciences70.5%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Palakkad strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Palakkad is most concentrated in Civil and Structural Engineering, Aerospace Engineering and Control and Systems Engineering (4.8× the world share in Civil and Structural Engineering).

  1. Civil and Structural EngineeringSubfield · 67.6 works4.8×
  2. Aerospace EngineeringSubfield · 64.8 works4.6×
  3. Control and Systems EngineeringSubfield · 42.9 works3.3×
  4. Mechanics of MaterialsSubfield · 27.4 works3.2×
← 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: 0.28× its world share, 16 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.98× its world share, 63 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.43× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.66× its world share, 13 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.53× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.05× its world share, 9 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.91× its world share, 55 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.51× its world share, 142 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.78× its world share, 15 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.95× its world share, 10 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.00× its world share, 542 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.91× its world share, 54 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.94× its world share, 82 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.00× its world share, 14 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.88× its world share, 24 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.17× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.40× its world share, 92 worksMedicineNursing: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.29× its world share, 10 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.14× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.44× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.24× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.22× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 24 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 3.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Engineering3.00×542 works
  2. Chemistry2.91×55 works
  3. Chemical Engineering2.05×9 works
  4. Materials Science1.94×82 works
  5. Computer Science1.51×142 works
  6. Mathematics1.00×14 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.98×63 works
  8. Energy0.95×10 works
  9. Environmental Science0.91×54 works
  10. Physics and Astronomy0.88×24 works
  11. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.78×15 works
  12. Neuroscience0.66×13 works
  13. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.53×2 works
  14. Veterinary0.47×1 works
  15. Decision Sciences0.44×5 works
  16. Immunology and Microbiology0.43×5 works
  17. Medicine0.40×92 works
  18. Arts and Humanities0.29×10 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.28×16 works
  20. Dentistry0.24×1 works
  21. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.24×6 works
  22. Psychology0.22×8 works
  23. Health Professions0.17×5 works
  24. Nursing0.16×1 works
  25. Social Sciences0.16×24 works
  26. Business, Management and Accounting0.14×5 works

Which keywords describe research in Palakkad?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Wireless Communications, Metamaterial, Antenna, Microstrip, Bioimaging, Neural Networks and Machine Learning.

▲ 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 Learning94▲ 1.96×73 topics
  2. Machine Learning65▲ 1.41×68 topics
  3. Neural Networks49▲ 2.3×31 topics
  4. Mechanical Properties39▲ 2.9×29 topics
  5. Biomedical Applications34▲ 2.1×29 topics
  6. Nanoparticles34▲ 1.95×33 topics
  7. Wireless Communications32▲ 14×5 topics
  8. Metamaterial30▲ 25×2 topics
  9. Antenna30▲ 27×1 topic
  10. Microstrip30▲ 27×1 topic
  11. Artificial Neural Networks29▲ 4.7×8 topics
  12. Nanomaterials28▲ 1.93×16 topics
  13. Bioimaging28▲ 8.8×6 topics
  14. Biosensors27▲ 4.0×12 topics
  15. Convolutional Neural Networks26▲ 2.6×14 topics
  16. Wavelet Transform24▲ 7.6×7 topics
  17. Power Electronics24▲ 5.3×8 topics
  18. Microstructure23▲ 3.2×12 topics
  19. Additive Manufacturing23▲ 5.4×6 topics
  20. Self-Assembly22▲ 4.9×10 topics
  21. Electrochemistry20▲ 6.5×3 topics
  22. Wearable Sensors20▲ 13×3 topics
  23. Process Parameters19▲ 13×3 topics
  24. Frequency Selective Surfaces18▲ 21×1 topic
  25. Metasurfaces18▲ 21×1 topic
  26. Supramolecular Chemistry17▲ 14×4 topics
  27. Health Monitoring16▲ 5.8×4 topics
  28. Tool Wear16▲ 9.3×3 topics
  29. Channel Modeling16▲ 9.3×5 topics
  30. Soil Reinforcement15▲ 17×2 topics
  31. Molecular Machines15▲ 8.3×2 topics
  32. Fiber Reinforcement15▲ 17×2 topics
  33. Signal Processing15▲ 7.6×6 topics
  34. Fluorescent Probes14▲ 22×2 topics
  35. Geosynthetics14▲ 20×1 topic
  36. Stone Columns14▲ 24×1 topic
  37. Dielectric Properties14▲ 9.8×4 topics
  38. Microwave Filters14▲ 19×1 topic
  39. Substrate Integrated Waveguide14▲ 19×1 topic
  40. Fluorescent Chemosensors13▲ 24×1 topic

What research is done in Palakkad?

Antenna Design and Analy…30Antenna Design and Analysis: 30 fractional worksAdvanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies: 18 fractional worksMicrowave Engineering and Waveguides: 14 fractional worksAdvanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques: 13 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization: 12 fractional worksMolecular Sensors and Ion Detection: 11 fractional worksMicrowave Imaging and Sc…11Microwave Imaging and Scattering Analysis: 11 fractional worksWireless Body Area Networks: 11 fractional worksAdditive Manufacturing Materials and Processes: 10 fractional worksECG Monitoring and Analy…10ECG Monitoring and Analysis: 10 fractional works
Aerospace EngineeringElectrical and Electronic EngineeringMolecular BiologyCivil and Structural Engineering4 others

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

  1. 1 Antenna Design and Analysis Aerospace Engineering 30 works
  2. 2 Advanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies Aerospace Engineering 18 works
  3. 3 Microwave Engineering and Waveguides Electrical and Electronic Engineering 14 works
  4. 4 Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques Molecular Biology 13 works
  5. 5 Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization Civil and Structural Engineering 12 works
  6. 6 Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection Spectroscopy 11 works
  7. 7 Microwave Imaging and Scattering Analysis Biomedical Engineering 11 works
  8. 8 Wireless Body Area Networks Biomedical Engineering 11 works
  9. 9 Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes Mechanical Engineering 10 works
  10. 10 ECG Monitoring and Analysis Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 10 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%Palakkad12.8% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 19.1% in 2020.

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