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Research in Shillong

Science Explorer records 12 research institutions in Shillong, India. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are National Institute of Technology Meghalaya, Indian Institute of Management Shillong and North Eastern Hill University.

Research institutions
12
8 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
12k
▲ 36% vs 2018-21
Citations
108k
8.7 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
11.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Shillong

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 Shillong?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1North Eastern Hill UniversityUniversity 5,745 #8,826
2National Institute of Technology MeghalayaUniversity 2,537 #6,679
3Animal Husbandry and Veterinary DepartmentGovernment institution 1,184 #14,743
4North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical SciencesUniversity 985 #17,799
5Indian Institute of Management ShillongUniversity 669 #8,510
6North Eastern Space Applications CentreResearch facility 311 #21,198
7Martin Luther Christian UniversityUniversity 297 #10,347
8University of Technology and ManagementUniversity 267 #10,029
9CMJ UniversityUniversity 160 #29,697 all time
10Nazareth HospitalHospital / health system 129 #33,420 all time
11Techno Global UniversityUniversity 83 not ranked
12Dr. H. Gordon Roberts HospitalHospital / health system 48 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.

North Eastern Hill University: 46.3%National Institute of Technology Meghalaya: 20.4%Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Department: 9.5%North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences: 7.9%8 others listed: 15.8%46%largest
North Eastern Hill University5,745 · 46.3%National Institute of Technology Meghalaya2,537 · 20.4%Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Department1,184 · 9.5%North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences985 · 7.9%8 others listed1,964 · 15.8%

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

Which fields of science does Shillong work in?

In 2022-now, 47% of research in Shillong is in Physical Sciences, 21% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (19%), Medicine (12%), Social Sciences (11%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 2,114 fractional works · 47.0% of its workEngineering: 844 fractional works · 18.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 311 fractional works · 6.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 98 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 82 fractional works · 1.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 72 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 52 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 46 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBuilding and Construction: 30 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 28 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 28 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedia Technology: 26 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 24 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 466 fractional works · 10.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 131 fractional works · 2.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 93 fractional works · 2.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 87 fractional works · 1.9% of its workInformation Systems: 80 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSignal Processing: 26 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 283 fractional works · 6.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 57 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEcology: 45 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 41 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 41 fractional works · 0.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 33 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPollution: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 167 fractional works · 3.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 93 fractional works · 2.1% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 29 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomaterials: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 111 fractional works · 2.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 61 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSpectroscopy: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 60 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 28 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeophysics: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 59 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 58 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeometry and Topology: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workModeling and Simulation: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStatistics and Probability: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 54 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 46 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 928 fractional works · 20.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 488 fractional works · 10.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 151 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEducation: 102 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 76 fractional works · 1.7% of its workLaw: 35 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDemography: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnthropology: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 51 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 174 fractional works · 3.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 50 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMarketing: 30 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAccounting: 25 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness and International Management: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 90 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 64 fractional works · 1.4% of its workFinance: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 73 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPhilosophy: 24 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 37 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDecision Sciences: 52 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 24 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 51 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 744 fractional works · 16.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 409 fractional works · 9.1% of its workPlant Science: 136 fractional works · 3.0% of its workFood Science: 64 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 43 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 43 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 36 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 33 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSoil Science: 24 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInsect Science: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAquatic Science: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 224 fractional works · 5.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 131 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGenetics: 36 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiotechnology: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCell Biology: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCancer Research: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 46 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNeurology: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 38 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workParasitology: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 27 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 708 fractional works · 15.7% of its workMedicine: 561 fractional works · 12.5% of its workSurgery: 74 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEpidemiology: 41 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 38 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 34 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOncology: 34 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 34 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 29 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 23 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDermatology: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRheumatology: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOphthalmology: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 91 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth Professions: 78 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 35 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Information Management: 23 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 33 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 32 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVeterinary: 26 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmall Animals: 25 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDentistry: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKShillong4,494fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences17%Physical Sciences47%Health Sciences16%Social Sciences21%

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. Engineering84418.8%
    2. Computer Science46610.4%
    3. Environmental Science2836.3%
    4. Materials Science1673.7%
    5. Chemistry1112.5%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences601.3%
    7. Physics and Astronomy591.3%
    8. Mathematics581.3%
    9. Energy541.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering120.3%
    1. Social Sciences48810.9%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting1743.9%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance902.0%
    4. Arts and Humanities731.6%
    5. Decision Sciences521.2%
    6. Psychology511.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences4099.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2245.0%
    3. Neuroscience461.0%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology380.8%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics270.6%
    1. Medicine56112.5%
    2. Health Professions781.7%
    3. Nursing330.7%
    4. Veterinary260.6%
    5. Dentistry110.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Shillong strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Shillong is most concentrated in Small Animals, Veterinary and Agronomy and Crop Science (4.4× the world share in Small Animals).

  1. Small AnimalsSubfield · 21.2 works4.4×
  2. VeterinaryField · 21.3 works4.0×
  3. Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 34.9 works3.8×
  4. Animal Science and ZoologySubfield · 30.4 works3.5×
← 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: 1.86× its world share, 345 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.91× its world share, 189 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.82× its world share, 32 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.62× its world share, 39 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.81× its world share, 25 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.78× its world share, 11 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.65× its world share, 102 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.36× its world share, 415 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.84× its world share, 52 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.29× its world share, 47 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.29× its world share, 758 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.19× its world share, 232 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.08× its world share, 148 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.07× its world share, 49 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.58× its world share, 50 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.41× its world share, 8 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.65× its world share, 67 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.64× its world share, 480 worksMedicineNursing: 1.45× its world share, 28 worksNursingVeterinary: 4.01× its world share, 21 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.53× its world share, 60 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.25× its world share, 158 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.17× its world share, 44 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.00× its world share, 83 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.34× its world share, 40 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.87× its world share, 432 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary4.01×21 works
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.86×345 works
  3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.81×25 works
  4. Chemistry1.65×102 works
  5. Nursing1.45×28 works
  6. Computer Science1.36×415 works
  7. Energy1.29×47 works
  8. Engineering1.29×758 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting1.25×158 works
  10. Environmental Science1.19×232 works
  11. Decision Sciences1.17×44 works
  12. Materials Science1.08×148 works
  13. Mathematics1.07×49 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.00×83 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.91×189 works
  16. Social Sciences0.87×432 works
  17. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.84×52 works
  18. Immunology and Microbiology0.82×32 works
  19. Chemical Engineering0.78×11 works
  20. Health Professions0.65×67 works
  21. Medicine0.64×480 works
  22. Neuroscience0.62×39 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.58×50 works
  24. Arts and Humanities0.53×60 works
  25. Dentistry0.41×8 works
  26. Psychology0.34×40 works

Which keywords describe research in Shillong?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Climate Change, Sustainability, Remote Sensing, Human Rights, Renewable Energy and Internet of Things.

▲ 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 Learning288▲ 1.86×74 topics
  2. Machine Learning247▲ 1.65×85 topics
  3. Climate Change175▲ 1.43×86 topics
  4. Sustainability167▲ 1.52×74 topics
  5. Epidemiology143▼ 0.80×120 topics
  6. Remote Sensing118▲ 2.2×34 topics
  7. Renewable Energy107▲ 1.65×40 topics
  8. Globalization99◆ 1.12×72 topics
  9. Human Rights97▲ 2.1×40 topics
  10. Healthcare94▲ 1.82×24 topics
  11. Internet of Things86▲ 2.2×22 topics
  12. Environmental Impact84◆ 1.10×54 topics
  13. Neural Networks82▲ 1.18×35 topics
  14. Sustainable Development78◆ 1.12×60 topics
  15. Antioxidant76▲ 2.5×49 topics
  16. Food Security71▲ 2.9×21 topics
  17. Convolutional Neural Networks70▲ 2.1×14 topics
  18. Security69▲ 2.3×23 topics
  19. Nanoparticles69▲ 1.22×40 topics
  20. Energy Efficiency67▲ 1.62×34 topics
  21. Teacher Training62▲ 2.3×17 topics
  22. Power Electronics60▲ 4.2×8 topics
  23. Biodiversity56▲ 1.63×27 topics
  24. Wireless Sensor Networks52▲ 2.6×18 topics
  25. Colonialism51▲ 2.4×18 topics
  26. Renewable Energy Integration50▲ 3.4×5 topics
  27. Classification50▲ 2.4×13 topics
  28. Feature Extraction50▲ 2.5×10 topics
  29. Ethnicity50▲ 3.0×10 topics
  30. Conflict47▲ 6.5×7 topics
  31. IoT46▲ 2.7×16 topics
  32. Environmental Monitoring44▲ 2.5×14 topics
  33. IoT Security40▲ 2.9×3 topics
  34. Federalism35▲ 12×3 topics
  35. Insurgency35▲ 34×1 topic
  36. Kashmir35▲ 34×1 topic
  37. India33▲ 10×3 topics
  38. Smart Grid Applications30▲ 5.2×2 topics
  39. Legal Theory25▲ 8.2×3 topics
  40. Legal Philosophy25▲ 8.8×2 topics

What research is done in Shillong?

South Asian Studies and …30South Asian Studies and Conflicts: 30 fractional worksEducation and Digital Te…22Education and Digital Technologies: 22 fractional worksBrazilian Legal Issues: 22 fractional worksEducation Pedagogy and Practices: 21 fractional worksMicrogrid Control and Optimization: 20 fractional worksIoT and Edge/Fog Computing: 18 fractional worksSmart Agriculture and AI: 17 fractional worksBlockchain Technology Ap…17Blockchain Technology Applications and Security: 17 fractional worksAgricultural Economics and Practices: 17 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare: 16 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsSociology and Political ScienceLawEducation6 others

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

  1. 1 South Asian Studies and Conflicts Political Science and International Relations 30 works
  2. 2 Education and Digital Technologies Sociology and Political Science 22 works
  3. 3 Brazilian Legal Issues Law 22 works
  4. 4 Education Pedagogy and Practices Education 21 works
  5. 5 Microgrid Control and Optimization Control and Systems Engineering 20 works
  6. 6 IoT and Edge/Fog Computing Computer Networks and Communications 18 works
  7. 7 Smart Agriculture and AI Plant Science 17 works
  8. 8 Blockchain Technology Applications and Security Information Systems 17 works
  9. 9 Agricultural Economics and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 17 works
  10. 10 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Health Information Management 16 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 counting5%10%15%Shillong13.0% 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 13.3% in 2016.

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