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Research in Roorkee

Science Explorer records 2 research institutions in Roorkee, India. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee and National Institute of Hydrology.

Research institutions
2
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
36k
▲ 40% vs 2018-21
Citations
764k
21.4 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
18.8%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1953-2026
74 years on the record
Roorkee

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 Roorkee?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Indian Institute of Technology RoorkeeUniversity 33,386 #675
2National Institute of HydrologyResearch facility 1,185 #13,163

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 Roorkee work in?

In 2022-now, 82% of research in Roorkee is in Physical Sciences, 9% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (41%), Environmental Science (11%), Materials Science (9%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 9,235 fractional works · 82.1% of its workEngineering: 4,608 fractional works · 41.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1,229 fractional works · 10.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 712 fractional works · 6.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 587 fractional works · 5.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 450 fractional works · 4.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 326 fractional works · 2.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 249 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMechanics of Materials: 247 fractional works · 2.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 183 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 167 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 132 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOcean Engineering: 113 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 102 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 56 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 44 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1,226 fractional works · 10.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 284 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 239 fractional works · 2.1% of its workWater Science and Technology: 211 fractional works · 1.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 106 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology: 97 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 91 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPollution: 78 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 57 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 44 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1,004 fractional works · 8.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 497 fractional works · 4.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 166 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiomaterials: 152 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 146 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 44 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 914 fractional works · 8.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 325 fractional works · 2.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 163 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 152 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems: 104 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 63 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSignal Processing: 44 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 41 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 395 fractional works · 3.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 153 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeophysics: 123 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 48 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 24 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 47 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 336 fractional works · 3.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 143 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 64 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 45 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 38 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 324 fractional works · 2.9% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 202 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 53 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpectroscopy: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 39 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 215 fractional works · 1.9% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 174 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 41 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 140 fractional works · 1.2% of its workApplied Mathematics: 36 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematical Physics: 24 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 80 fractional works · 0.7% of its workChemical Engineering: 73 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCatalysis: 36 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 37 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,007 fractional works · 9.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 380 fractional works · 3.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 131 fractional works · 1.2% of its workTransportation: 62 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 36 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 127 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 207 fractional works · 1.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 47 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 41 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAccounting: 33 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 122 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 77 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFinance: 36 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 121 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 38 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhilosophy: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 102 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 45 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 26 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 76 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 57 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 579 fractional works · 5.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 246 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPlant Science: 98 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSoil Science: 44 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 43 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 25 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 36 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 209 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 137 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 72 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 78 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 55 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 26 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 422 fractional works · 3.8% of its workMedicine: 325 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 38 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 37 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 25 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSurgery: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOncology: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 156 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Professions: 65 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 9 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKRoorkee11kfractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences82%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences9%

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. Engineering4,60841.0%
    2. Environmental Science1,22610.9%
    3. Materials Science1,0048.9%
    4. Computer Science9148.1%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences3953.5%
    6. Physics and Astronomy3363.0%
    7. Chemistry3242.9%
    8. Energy2151.9%
    9. Mathematics1401.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering730.6%
    1. Social Sciences3803.4%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting2071.8%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1221.1%
    4. Arts and Humanities1211.1%
    5. Psychology1020.9%
    6. Decision Sciences760.7%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2462.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2091.9%
    3. Neuroscience780.7%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics260.2%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology210.2%
    1. Medicine3252.9%
    2. Health Professions650.6%
    3. Nursing230.2%
    4. Dentistry90.1%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Roorkee strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Roorkee is most concentrated in Civil and Structural Engineering, Energy Engineering and Power Technology and Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality (5.3× the world share in Civil and Structural Engineering).

  1. Civil and Structural EngineeringSubfield · 619.9 works5.3×
  2. Energy Engineering and Power TechnologySubfield · 40.9 works3.9×
  3. Safety, Risk, Reliability and QualitySubfield · 89.7 works3.8×
  4. Geochemistry and PetrologySubfield · 38.1 works3.8×
  5. Environmental EngineeringSubfield · 200.7 works3.8×
  6. Water Science and TechnologySubfield · 178.9 works3.5×
  7. Electronic, Optical and Magnetic MaterialsSubfield · 149.0 works3.3×
← 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: 0.45× its world share, 210 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.35× its world share, 185 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.17× its world share, 16 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.42× its world share, 67 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.47× its world share, 16 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.82× its world share, 63 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.80× its world share, 279 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.00× its world share, 765 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.11× its world share, 326 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.18× its world share, 198 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.83× its world share, 4,181 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.10× its world share, 1,026 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.57× its world share, 885 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.07× its world share, 124 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.39× its world share, 304 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.12× its world share, 6 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.22× its world share, 56 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.15× its world share, 275 worksMedicineNursing: 0.38× its world share, 18 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.35× its world share, 99 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.57× its world share, 182 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.66× its world share, 62 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.51× its world share, 108 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.26× its world share, 79 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 324 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 2.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Engineering2.83×4,181 works
  2. Materials Science2.57×885 works
  3. Energy2.18×198 works
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.11×326 works
  5. Environmental Science2.10×1,026 works
  6. Chemical Engineering1.82×63 works
  7. Chemistry1.80×279 works
  8. Physics and Astronomy1.39×304 works
  9. Mathematics1.07×124 works
  10. Computer Science1.00×765 works
  11. Decision Sciences0.66×62 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting0.57×182 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.51×108 works
  14. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.47×16 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.45×210 works
  16. Neuroscience0.42×67 works
  17. Nursing0.38×18 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.35×185 works
  19. Arts and Humanities0.35×99 works
  20. Psychology0.26×79 works
  21. Social Sciences0.26×324 works
  22. Health Professions0.22×56 works
  23. Immunology and Microbiology0.17×16 works
  24. Medicine0.15×275 works
  25. Dentistry0.12×6 works
  26. Veterinary0.03×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Roorkee?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Remote Sensing, Climate Change, Mechanical Properties, Power Electronics, Hydrological Modeling, Deep Learning, Renewable Energy Integration 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. Climate Change667▲ 2.2×89 topics
  2. Deep Learning568▲ 1.46×81 topics
  3. Remote Sensing519▲ 3.8×35 topics
  4. Machine Learning506▲ 1.35×87 topics
  5. Mechanical Properties418▲ 3.8×36 topics
  6. Renewable Energy342▲ 2.1×49 topics
  7. Environmental Impact334▲ 1.74×54 topics
  8. Sustainability331▲ 1.20×75 topics
  9. Biomedical Applications310▲ 2.3×35 topics
  10. Power Electronics288▲ 8.0×8 topics
  11. Nanomaterials274▲ 2.3×20 topics
  12. Neural Networks274▲ 1.58×38 topics
  13. Nanocomposites252▲ 2.8×21 topics
  14. Renewable Energy Integration241▲ 6.5×6 topics
  15. Hydrological Modeling240▲ 8.9×5 topics
  16. Nanoparticles240▲ 1.69×41 topics
  17. Graphene223▲ 3.0×11 topics
  18. Energy Storage215▲ 3.0×12 topics
  19. Microstructure208▲ 3.6×19 topics
  20. Artificial Neural Networks199▲ 3.9×8 topics
  21. Heat Transfer198▲ 3.6×18 topics
  22. Water Resources180▲ 6.5×8 topics
  23. Land Use Change166▲ 4.9×6 topics
  24. Global Warming153▲ 3.2×13 topics
  25. Sediment Transport146▲ 8.1×6 topics
  26. Smart Grid Applications124▲ 8.5×2 topics
  27. Disaster Management119▲ 6.9×4 topics
  28. Decentralized Control117▲ 8.8×2 topics
  29. Satellite Imagery114▲ 7.7×4 topics
  30. Energy Storage Systems114▲ 7.3×2 topics
  31. Model Evaluation106▲ 7.4×2 topics
  32. Flood Risk105▲ 12×2 topics
  33. Flood Inundation Modeling105▲ 12×1 topic
  34. Surface Water Mapping105▲ 12×1 topic
  35. Distributed Power Generation105▲ 9.1×1 topic
  36. Microgrid Control105▲ 9.1×1 topic
  37. Global Hydrology103▲ 14×1 topic
  38. Uncertainty Assessment103▲ 14×1 topic
  39. Liquefaction101▲ 11×2 topics
  40. Tunnel101▲ 11×2 topics

What research is done in Roorkee?

Microgrid Control and Op…101Microgrid Control and Optimization: 101 fractional worksFlood Risk Assessment an…88Flood Risk Assessment and Management: 88 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering…84Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures: 84 fractional worksHydrology and Watershed …83Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies: 83 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization: 65 fractional worksLandslides and related hazards: 63 fractional worksMultilevel Inverters and…51Multilevel Inverters and Converters: 51 fractional worksAdvanced DC-DC Converters: 49 fractional worksSupercapacitor Materials and Fabrication: 48 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering…46Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis: 46 fractional works
Control and Systems EngineeringGlobal and Planetary ChangeCivil and Structural EngineeringWater Science and Technology4 others

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

  1. 1 Microgrid Control and Optimization Control and Systems Engineering 101 works
  2. 2 Flood Risk Assessment and Management Global and Planetary Change 88 works
  3. 3 Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures Civil and Structural Engineering 84 works
  4. 4 Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies Water Science and Technology 83 works
  5. 5 Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization Civil and Structural Engineering 65 works
  6. 6 Landslides and related hazards Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 63 works
  7. 7 Multilevel Inverters and Converters Electrical and Electronic Engineering 51 works
  8. 8 Advanced DC-DC Converters Electrical and Electronic Engineering 49 works
  9. 9 Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 48 works
  10. 10 Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 46 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
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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 counting20%40%Roorkee17.4% 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 31.6% in 2008.

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