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Research in Patna

Science Explorer records 20 research institutions in Patna, India. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are National Institute of Technology Patna, Indian Institute of Technology Patna and Patna University.

Research institutions
20
12 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
19k
▲ 58% vs 2018-21
Citations
188k
9.8 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
15.6%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Patna

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 Patna?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Indian Institute of Technology PatnaUniversity 6,162 #2,926
2National Institute of Technology PatnaUniversity 5,255 #2,881
3Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical SciencesUniversity 1,735 #18,439
4Patna UniversityUniversity 1,707 #8,825
5Patna Medical College and HospitalUniversity 1,262 #16,010
6Regional Research Institute of Unani MedicineGovernment institution 778 #12,131
7Nalanda Medical College and HospitalUniversity 485 #18,161
8Patliputra UniversityUniversity 321 #11,984
9Aryabhatta Knowledge UniversityUniversity 248 #13,105
10Mahavir Cancer Institute and Research CentreHospital / health system 234 #19,246
11Chanakya National Law UniversityUniversity 205 #18,503
12Chandragupt Institute of ManagementUniversity 186 #15,949
13Indian Institute of Business Management PatnaUniversity 71 not ranked
14Ford Hospital and Research CentreHospital / health system 69 not ranked
15Asian Development Research InstituteInstitution 58 not ranked
16Nalanda Open UniversityUniversity 58 not ranked
17Balaji Utthan SansthanNonprofit 51 not ranked
18Maulana Mazharul Haque Arabic and Persian UniversityUniversity 36 not ranked
19NidanNonprofit 15 not ranked
20Koshish Charitable TrustInstitution 1 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.

Indian Institute of Technology Patna: 32.5%National Institute of Technology Patna: 27.7%Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences: 9.2%Patna University: 9.0%16 others listed: 21.5%33%largest
Indian Institute of Technology Patna6,162 · 32.5%National Institute of Technology Patna5,255 · 27.7%Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences1,735 · 9.2%Patna University1,707 · 9.0%16 others listed4,078 · 21.5%

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

Which fields of science does Patna work in?

In 2022-now, 60% of research in Patna is in Physical Sciences, 21% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (29%), Medicine (18%), Computer Science (13%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 5,960 fractional works · 60.2% of its workEngineering: 2,917 fractional works · 29.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 841 fractional works · 8.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 446 fractional works · 4.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 411 fractional works · 4.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 264 fractional works · 2.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 224 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 169 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 116 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 100 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 80 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 74 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 62 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedia Technology: 58 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 40 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 1,241 fractional works · 12.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 429 fractional works · 4.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 285 fractional works · 2.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 179 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInformation Systems: 160 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSignal Processing: 72 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 67 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 49 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 553 fractional works · 5.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 301 fractional works · 3.0% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 114 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 55 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomaterials: 39 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCeramics and Composites: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 499 fractional works · 5.0% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 85 fractional works · 0.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 83 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 69 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 51 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 50 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 46 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 41 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 37 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 212 fractional works · 2.1% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 128 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 56 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 185 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 98 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 24 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 42 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 131 fractional works · 1.3% of its workApplied Mathematics: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workModeling and Simulation: 24 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStatistics and Probability: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNumerical Analysis: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 37 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 107 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 89 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 82 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 53 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemical Engineering: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 2,072 fractional works · 20.9% of its workMedicine: 1,812 fractional works · 18.3% of its workSurgery: 280 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 129 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEpidemiology: 118 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 118 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 97 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 82 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 74 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOncology: 68 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 67 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 62 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 57 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 51 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 50 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOphthalmology: 48 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 42 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 42 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 42 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 42 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 25 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNephrology: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 132 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 141 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 69 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Information Management: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 50 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDentistry: 72 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOral Surgery: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPeriodontics: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 40 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 38 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,091 fractional works · 11.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 409 fractional works · 4.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 128 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 58 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEducation: 43 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 101 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 174 fractional works · 1.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 45 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAccounting: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 24 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMarketing: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 161 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPhilosophy: 40 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 33 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 56 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 153 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 55 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 46 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 117 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 82 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFinance: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 78 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 39 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 775 fractional works · 7.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 296 fractional works · 3.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 168 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGenetics: 57 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 70 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 264 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPlant Science: 131 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSoil Science: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 55 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 110 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 46 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 55 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 34 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 50 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKPatna9,898fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences60%Health Sciences21%Social Sciences11%

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. Engineering2,91729.5%
    2. Computer Science1,24112.5%
    3. Materials Science5535.6%
    4. Environmental Science4995.0%
    5. Chemistry2122.1%
    6. Physics and Astronomy1851.9%
    7. Mathematics1311.3%
    8. Energy1071.1%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences820.8%
    10. Chemical Engineering320.3%
  2. Health Sciences2,07220.9%
    1. Medicine1,81218.3%
    2. Health Professions1411.4%
    3. Dentistry720.7%
    4. Nursing400.4%
    5. Veterinary70.1%
  3. Social Sciences1,09111.0%
    1. Social Sciences4094.1%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting1741.8%
    3. Arts and Humanities1611.6%
    4. Psychology1531.5%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1171.2%
    6. Decision Sciences780.8%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2963.0%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2642.7%
    3. Neuroscience1101.1%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics550.6%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology500.5%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Patna strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Patna is most concentrated in Civil and Structural Engineering, Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality and Complementary and alternative medicine (4.0× the world share in Civil and Structural Engineering).

  1. Civil and Structural EngineeringSubfield · 402.3 works4.0×
  2. Safety, Risk, Reliability and QualitySubfield · 64.2 works3.1×
  3. Complementary and alternative medicineSubfield · 72.8 works2.9×
  4. Numerical AnalysisSubfield · 20.5 works2.8×
  5. Signal ProcessingSubfield · 68.2 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: 0.56× its world share, 228 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.55× its world share, 254 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.47× its world share, 41 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.68× its world share, 95 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.55× its world share, 47 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.96× its world share, 29 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.40× its world share, 189 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.67× its world share, 1,116 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.52× its world share, 70 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.18× its world share, 94 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.05× its world share, 2,642 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.01× its world share, 434 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.64× its world share, 494 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.12× its world share, 114 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.84× its world share, 160 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.40× its world share, 58 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.54× its world share, 122 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.91× its world share, 1,507 worksMedicineNursing: 0.80× its world share, 34 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.37× its world share, 4 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.54× its world share, 133 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.50× its world share, 137 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.76× its world share, 63 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.53× its world share, 98 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.51× its world share, 133 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 316 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 2.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Engineering2.05×2,642 works
  2. Computer Science1.67×1,116 works
  3. Materials Science1.64×494 works
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.55×47 works
  5. Chemistry1.40×189 works
  6. Dentistry1.40×58 works
  7. Energy1.18×94 works
  8. Mathematics1.12×114 works
  9. Environmental Science1.01×434 works
  10. Chemical Engineering0.96×29 works
  11. Medicine0.91×1,507 works
  12. Physics and Astronomy0.84×160 works
  13. Nursing0.80×34 works
  14. Decision Sciences0.76×63 works
  15. Neuroscience0.68×95 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.56×228 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.55×254 works
  18. Health Professions0.54×122 works
  19. Arts and Humanities0.54×133 works
  20. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.53×98 works
  21. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.52×70 works
  22. Psychology0.51×133 works
  23. Business, Management and Accounting0.50×137 works
  24. Immunology and Microbiology0.47×41 works
  25. Veterinary0.37×4 works
  26. Social Sciences0.29×316 works

Which keywords describe research in Patna?

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

▲ 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 Learning771▲ 2.3×80 topics
  2. Machine Learning552▲ 1.67×90 topics
  3. Epidemiology359◆ 0.91×128 topics
  4. Mechanical Properties295▲ 3.0×35 topics
  5. Neural Networks284▲ 1.86×38 topics
  6. Renewable Energy226▲ 1.58×40 topics
  7. Environmental Impact217▲ 1.29×53 topics
  8. Convolutional Neural Networks197▲ 2.7×14 topics
  9. Power Electronics187▲ 5.9×8 topics
  10. Microstructure185▲ 3.6×19 topics
  11. Nanoparticles185▲ 1.48×43 topics
  12. Renewable Energy Integration175▲ 5.4×5 topics
  13. Remote Sensing156▲ 1.29×31 topics
  14. Biomedical Applications150▲ 1.28×34 topics
  15. Energy Efficiency146▲ 1.59×35 topics
  16. Graphene144▲ 2.2×12 topics
  17. Healthcare143▲ 1.27×23 topics
  18. Internet of Things139▲ 1.64×27 topics
  19. Security129▲ 1.94×21 topics
  20. Heat Transfer126▲ 2.6×17 topics
  21. Optimization122▲ 2.8×20 topics
  22. Antioxidant119▲ 1.76×48 topics
  23. Energy Storage119▲ 1.85×11 topics
  24. Artificial Neural Networks106▲ 2.4×9 topics
  25. Image Processing104▲ 2.4×13 topics
  26. Model Predictive Control103▲ 4.1×6 topics
  27. IoT Security102▲ 3.4×3 topics
  28. Wireless Sensor Networks102▲ 2.3×18 topics
  29. Wavelet Transform100▲ 4.4×7 topics
  30. Decentralized Control96▲ 8.2×2 topics
  31. Finite Element Analysis93▲ 4.1×9 topics
  32. Carbon Nanotubes92▲ 2.8×9 topics
  33. Smart Grid Applications84▲ 6.5×2 topics
  34. Energy Storage Systems69▲ 5.0×2 topics
  35. Metamaterials68▲ 4.8×5 topics
  36. Reliability Analysis66▲ 6.7×4 topics
  37. Nanophotonics60▲ 6.3×3 topics
  38. Liquefaction57▲ 6.8×2 topics
  39. Tunnel57▲ 6.8×2 topics
  40. Fiber Reinforcement55▲ 8.9×2 topics

What research is done in Patna?

Microgrid Control and Op…57Microgrid Control and Optimization: 57 fractional worksMultilevel Inverters and…47Multilevel Inverters and Converters: 47 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering and Analysis: 44 fractional worksAdvanced DC-DC Converters: 43 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization: 42 fractional worksIoT and Edge/Fog Computing: 40 fractional worksAluminum Alloys Composites Properties: 39 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering…38Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures: 38 fractional worksBlockchain Technology Applications and Security: 38 fractional worksTopic Modeling37Topic Modeling: 37 fractional works
Control and Systems EngineeringElectrical and Electronic EngineeringSafety, Risk, Reliability and QualityCivil and Structural Engineering4 others

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

  1. 1 Microgrid Control and Optimization Control and Systems Engineering 57 works
  2. 2 Multilevel Inverters and Converters Electrical and Electronic Engineering 47 works
  3. 3 Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 44 works
  4. 4 Advanced DC-DC Converters Electrical and Electronic Engineering 43 works
  5. 5 Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization Civil and Structural Engineering 42 works
  6. 6 IoT and Edge/Fog Computing Computer Networks and Communications 40 works
  7. 7 Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties Mechanical Engineering 39 works
  8. 8 Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures Civil and Structural Engineering 38 works
  9. 9 Blockchain Technology Applications and Security Information Systems 38 works
  10. 10 Topic Modeling Artificial Intelligence 37 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%Patna13.9% 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 2015.

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