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Research in Ranchi

Science Explorer records 11 research institutions in Ranchi, India. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Indian Institute of Management Ranchi, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra and Birsa Agricultural University.

Research institutions
11
9 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
17k
▲ 54% vs 2018-21
Citations
175k
10.2 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
16.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Ranchi

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 Ranchi?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Birla Institute of Technology, MesraUniversity 8,650 #4,726
2Ranchi UniversityUniversity 1,797 #7,461
3Central University of JharkhandUniversity 1,415 #8,885
4Rajendra Institute of Medical SciencesHospital / health system 1,266 #12,991
5Indian Institute of Management RanchiUniversity 807 #4,333
6Birsa Agricultural UniversityUniversity 783 #7,459
7Central Institute of PsychiatryHospital / health system 702 #16,819
8Jharkhand Rai UniversityUniversity 538 #9,098
9National University of Study and Research in LawUniversity 245 #25,295 all time
10Central Tasar Research & Training InstituteResearch facility 146 #34,178 all time
11Sai Nath UniversityUniversity 126 #19,803

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.

Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra: 52.5%Ranchi University: 10.9%Central University of Jharkhand: 8.6%Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences: 7.7%7 others listed: 20.3%53%largest
Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra8,650 · 52.5%Ranchi University1,797 · 10.9%Central University of Jharkhand1,415 · 8.6%Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences1,266 · 7.7%7 others listed3,347 · 20.3%

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

Which fields of science does Ranchi work in?

In 2022-now, 49% of research in Ranchi is in Physical Sciences, 18% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (20%), Medicine (13%), Computer Science (10%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 3,617 fractional works · 49.5% of its workEngineering: 1,432 fractional works · 19.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 433 fractional works · 5.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 217 fractional works · 3.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 199 fractional works · 2.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 114 fractional works · 1.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 77 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 67 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMechanics of Materials: 58 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 53 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 48 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 47 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 37 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 34 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 29 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 728 fractional works · 10.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 225 fractional works · 3.1% of its workInformation Systems: 143 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 137 fractional works · 1.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 104 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSignal Processing: 45 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 38 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 35 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 560 fractional works · 7.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 103 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 98 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 82 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcology: 63 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPollution: 60 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 37 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 36 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 35 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 372 fractional works · 5.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 200 fractional works · 2.7% of its workBiomaterials: 62 fractional works · 0.8% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 51 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 46 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 139 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 81 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 36 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 116 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 40 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 91 fractional works · 1.2% of its workModeling and Simulation: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNumerical Analysis: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 49 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 77 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAtmospheric Science: 37 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 74 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 65 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 28 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,332 fractional works · 18.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 434 fractional works · 5.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 160 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 60 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEducation: 57 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGender Studies: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 81 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 386 fractional works · 5.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 93 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAccounting: 63 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMarketing: 62 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 56 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 54 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 28 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness and International Management: 27 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 146 fractional works · 2.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 57 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 44 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 27 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 145 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 104 fractional works · 1.4% of its workFinance: 31 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 114 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPhilosophy: 32 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 31 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 51 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDecision Sciences: 107 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 58 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 41 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 1,185 fractional works · 16.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 673 fractional works · 9.2% of its workPlant Science: 288 fractional works · 3.9% of its workFood Science: 83 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSoil Science: 65 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInsect Science: 52 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 50 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 46 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 43 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAquatic Science: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 310 fractional works · 4.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 182 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGenetics: 45 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiotechnology: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCancer Research: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 51 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeuroscience: 107 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 50 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 31 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 49 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 46 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 27 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 1,176 fractional works · 16.1% of its workMedicine: 941 fractional works · 12.9% of its workSurgery: 112 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 70 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEpidemiology: 61 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 57 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 57 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 56 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 55 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 41 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 39 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 35 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 33 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 31 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 29 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 159 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHealth Professions: 116 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 42 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Information Management: 42 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 31 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 63 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPeriodontics: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOral Surgery: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 49 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 47 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 8 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKRanchi7,310fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences16%Physical Sciences49%Health Sciences16%Social Sciences18%

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. Engineering1,43219.6%
    2. Computer Science72810.0%
    3. Environmental Science5607.7%
    4. Materials Science3725.1%
    5. Chemistry1391.9%
    6. Physics and Astronomy1161.6%
    7. Mathematics911.2%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences771.1%
    9. Energy741.0%
    10. Chemical Engineering280.4%
  2. Social Sciences1,33218.2%
    1. Social Sciences4345.9%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting3865.3%
    3. Psychology1462.0%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1452.0%
    5. Arts and Humanities1141.6%
    6. Decision Sciences1071.5%
  3. Life Sciences1,18516.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences6739.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3104.2%
    3. Neuroscience1071.5%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics490.7%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology460.6%
  4. Health Sciences1,17616.1%
    1. Medicine94112.9%
    2. Health Professions1161.6%
    3. Dentistry630.9%
    4. Nursing490.7%
    5. Veterinary80.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Ranchi strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Ranchi is most concentrated in Business and International Management, Soil Science and Water Science and Technology (3.8× the world share in Business and International Management).

  1. Business and International ManagementSubfield · 25.4 works3.8×
  2. Soil ScienceSubfield · 54.0 works2.8×
  3. Water Science and TechnologySubfield · 87.2 works2.7×
  4. Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 39.7 works2.6×
  5. PeriodonticsSubfield · 22.5 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: 1.91× its world share, 575 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.81× its world share, 273 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.63× its world share, 41 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.85× its world share, 88 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.80× its world share, 40 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.14× its world share, 25 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.23× its world share, 122 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.26× its world share, 620 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.65× its world share, 65 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.15× its world share, 67 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.36× its world share, 1,297 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.52× its world share, 481 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.50× its world share, 334 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.05× its world share, 79 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.74× its world share, 104 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.85× its world share, 57 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.60× its world share, 101 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.69× its world share, 837 worksMedicineNursing: 1.43× its world share, 44 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.84× its world share, 7 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.44× its world share, 81 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.62× its world share, 332 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.40× its world share, 86 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.96× its world share, 131 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.61× its world share, 119 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.43× its world share, 345 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 1.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.91×575 works
  2. Dentistry1.85×57 works
  3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.80×40 works
  4. Business, Management and Accounting1.62×332 works
  5. Environmental Science1.52×481 works
  6. Materials Science1.50×334 works
  7. Nursing1.43×44 works
  8. Decision Sciences1.40×86 works
  9. Engineering1.36×1,297 works
  10. Computer Science1.26×620 works
  11. Chemistry1.23×122 works
  12. Energy1.15×67 works
  13. Chemical Engineering1.14×25 works
  14. Mathematics1.05×79 works
  15. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.96×131 works
  16. Neuroscience0.85×88 works
  17. Veterinary0.84×7 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.81×273 works
  19. Physics and Astronomy0.74×104 works
  20. Medicine0.69×837 works
  21. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.65×65 works
  22. Immunology and Microbiology0.63×41 works
  23. Psychology0.61×119 works
  24. Health Professions0.60×101 works
  25. Arts and Humanities0.44×81 works
  26. Social Sciences0.43×345 works

Which keywords describe research in Ranchi?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Climate Change, Sustainability, Biomedical Applications, Remote Sensing, Environmental Impact and Nanoparticles.

▲ 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 Learning438▲ 1.74×80 topics
  2. Machine Learning428▲ 1.76×87 topics
  3. Climate Change286▲ 1.44×95 topics
  4. Sustainability260▲ 1.46×81 topics
  5. Epidemiology228▼ 0.78×126 topics
  6. Environmental Impact192▲ 1.54×61 topics
  7. Remote Sensing171▲ 1.91×35 topics
  8. Nanoparticles170▲ 1.85×43 topics
  9. Biomedical Applications169▲ 1.95×35 topics
  10. Healthcare152▲ 1.82×18 topics
  11. Neural Networks142▲ 1.26×37 topics
  12. Renewable Energy132▲ 1.25×47 topics
  13. Mechanical Properties130▲ 1.82×35 topics
  14. Internet of Things128▲ 2.0×25 topics
  15. Nanomaterials125▲ 1.63×20 topics
  16. Supply Chain Management117▲ 1.78×22 topics
  17. Security115▲ 2.4×21 topics
  18. Nanocomposites106▲ 1.84×21 topics
  19. Convolutional Neural Networks106▲ 1.98×14 topics
  20. Antioxidant99▲ 1.97×51 topics
  21. Antioxidant Activity90▲ 1.98×30 topics
  22. Tissue Engineering89▲ 2.0×13 topics
  23. Food Security85▲ 2.1×19 topics
  24. Graphene83▲ 1.69×11 topics
  25. Toxicity82▲ 2.6×19 topics
  26. Genetic Diversity80▲ 2.5×22 topics
  27. Heat Transfer79▲ 2.2×18 topics
  28. Social Capital78▲ 2.0×16 topics
  29. Medicinal Plants76▲ 2.7×19 topics
  30. Classification73▲ 2.2×13 topics
  31. Feature Extraction73▲ 2.2×10 topics
  32. Development68▲ 2.6×14 topics
  33. IoT Security66▲ 2.9×3 topics
  34. Smart Cities63▲ 3.2×7 topics
  35. Privacy62▲ 3.0×7 topics
  36. India62▲ 12×4 topics
  37. Policy59▲ 3.8×9 topics
  38. Heavy Metals58▲ 3.3×8 topics
  39. Big Data Analytics58▲ 3.8×5 topics
  40. Production41▲ 6.9×2 topics

What research is done in Ranchi?

Blockchain Technology Ap…33Blockchain Technology Applications and Security: 33 fractional worksIoT and Edge/Fog Computing29IoT and Edge/Fog Computing: 29 fractional worksAgricultural Economics and Practices: 29 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence …28Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare: 28 fractional worksAntenna Design and Analy…28Antenna Design and Analysis: 28 fractional worksTechnology Adoption and User Behaviour: 26 fractional worksDigital Marketing and Social Media: 25 fractional worksInnovation and Socioecon…23Innovation and Socioeconomic Development: 23 fractional worksMicrowave Engineering and Waveguides: 23 fractional worksWater Quality and Pollution Assessment: 21 fractional works
Information SystemsComputer Networks and CommunicationsGeneral Agricultural and Biological SciencesHealth Information Management6 others

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

  1. 1 Blockchain Technology Applications and Security Information Systems 33 works
  2. 2 IoT and Edge/Fog Computing Computer Networks and Communications 29 works
  3. 3 Agricultural Economics and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 29 works
  4. 4 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Health Information Management 28 works
  5. 5 Antenna Design and Analysis Aerospace Engineering 28 works
  6. 6 Technology Adoption and User Behaviour Information Systems and Management 26 works
  7. 7 Digital Marketing and Social Media Sociology and Political Science 25 works
  8. 8 Innovation and Socioeconomic Development Business and International Management 23 works
  9. 9 Microwave Engineering and Waveguides Electrical and Electronic Engineering 23 works
  10. 10 Water Quality and Pollution Assessment Water Science and Technology 21 works

Research output over time

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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%Ranchi14.6% 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 2023.

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