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Research in Thrissur

Science Explorer records 9 research institutions in Thrissur, India. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Universal Engineering College, Kerala Agricultural University and Kerala University of Health Sciences.

Research institutions
9
7 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
11k
▲ 40% vs 2018-21
Citations
89k
8.4 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
6.7%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1951-2026
76 years on the record
Thrissur

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 Thrissur?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Kerala Agricultural UniversityUniversity 3,103 #10,121
2Mother HospitalHospital / health system 1,107 #11,506
3Amala Institute of Medical SciencesUniversity 1,058 #16,246
4Jubilee Mission Medical College and Research InstituteUniversity 647 #15,392
5Kerala University of Health SciencesUniversity 616 #11,247
6Kerala Forest Research InstituteResearch facility 580 #20,122
7Universal Engineering CollegeUniversity 531 #9,944
8Trichur Heart HospitalHospital / health system 84 not ranked
9Kerala KalamandalamUniversity 21 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.

Kerala Agricultural University: 40.1%Mother Hospital: 14.3%Amala Institute of Medical Sciences: 13.7%Jubilee Mission Medical College and Research Institute: 8.4%5 others listed: 23.6%40%largest
Kerala Agricultural University3,103 · 40.1%Mother Hospital1,107 · 14.3%Amala Institute of Medical Sciences1,058 · 13.7%Jubilee Mission Medical College and Research Institute647 · 8.4%5 others listed1,832 · 23.6%

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

Which fields of science does Thrissur work in?

In 2022-now, 35% of research in Thrissur is in Life Sciences, 29% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (25%), Medicine (24%), Engineering (9%). It does 2.6× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 1,493 fractional works · 34.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1,060 fractional works · 24.7% of its workPlant Science: 544 fractional works · 12.7% of its workSoil Science: 108 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 100 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 85 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInsect Science: 74 fractional works · 1.7% of its workFood Science: 71 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 38 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAquatic Science: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workForestry: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHorticulture: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 303 fractional works · 7.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 154 fractional works · 3.6% of its workGenetics: 69 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCell Biology: 24 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiotechnology: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCancer Research: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 30 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeuroscience: 48 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 42 fractional works · 1.0% of its workImmunology: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 40 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacology: 27 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 1,223 fractional works · 28.5% of its workMedicine: 1,037 fractional works · 24.2% of its workSurgery: 146 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 77 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEpidemiology: 70 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 65 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 49 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 43 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOncology: 39 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 39 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysiology: 38 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 37 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 37 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 34 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 31 fractional works · 0.7% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 29 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRheumatology: 29 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 26 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 26 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDermatology: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 45 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 99 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 50 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Information Management: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 44 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 40 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 38 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOral Surgery: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPeriodontics: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1,079 fractional works · 25.2% of its workEngineering: 395 fractional works · 9.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 84 fractional works · 2.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 71 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 50 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 36 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 31 fractional works · 0.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 25 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 236 fractional works · 5.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 60 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 56 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems: 45 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 26 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 212 fractional works · 4.9% of its workEcology: 40 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 40 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 25 fractional works · 0.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 102 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 42 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomaterials: 32 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 55 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 23 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 28 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnergy: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 493 fractional works · 11.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 201 fractional works · 4.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 87 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEducation: 31 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 60 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPsychology: 90 fractional works · 2.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 41 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 26 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 76 fractional works · 1.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAccounting: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 48 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 40 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 44 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhilosophy: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 32 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKThrissur4,288fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences35%Physical Sciences25%Health Sciences29%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. Life Sciences1,49334.8%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1,06024.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3037.1%
    3. Neuroscience481.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology421.0%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics400.9%
  2. Health Sciences1,22328.5%
    1. Medicine1,03724.2%
    2. Health Professions992.3%
    3. Nursing441.0%
    4. Dentistry380.9%
    5. Veterinary50.1%
    1. Engineering3959.2%
    2. Computer Science2365.5%
    3. Environmental Science2124.9%
    4. Materials Science1022.4%
    5. Chemistry551.3%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences280.7%
    7. Energy170.4%
    8. Mathematics150.4%
    9. Physics and Astronomy130.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering70.2%
    1. Social Sciences2014.7%
    2. Psychology902.1%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting761.8%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance481.1%
    5. Arts and Humanities441.0%
    6. Decision Sciences320.8%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Thrissur strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Thrissur is most concentrated in Soil Science, Plant Science and Insect Science (8.1× the world share in Soil Science).

  1. Soil ScienceSubfield · 88.1 works8.1×
  2. Plant ScienceSubfield · 470.1 works7.4×
  3. Insect ScienceSubfield · 59.3 works5.8×
  4. General Agricultural and Biological SciencesSubfield · 91.6 works5.7×
  5. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 919.2 works5.3×
  6. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 72.7 works4.3×
← 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: 5.33× its world share, 919 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.34× its world share, 260 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.94× its world share, 34 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.66× its world share, 39 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.54× its world share, 32 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.53× its world share, 7 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.84× its world share, 48 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.66× its world share, 185 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.46× its world share, 26 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.38× its world share, 13 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.64× its world share, 349 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.00× its world share, 181 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.66× its world share, 83 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.33× its world share, 14 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.14× its world share, 11 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.94× its world share, 34 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.86× its world share, 82 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.26× its world share, 878 worksMedicineNursing: 2.12× its world share, 38 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.73× its world share, 4 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.25× its world share, 26 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.56× its world share, 66 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.78× its world share, 28 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.55× its world share, 42 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.64× its world share, 71 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 159 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 5.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences5.33×919 works
  2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.54×32 works
  3. Nursing2.12×38 works
  4. Dentistry1.94×34 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.34×260 works
  6. Medicine1.26×878 works
  7. Environmental Science1.00×181 works
  8. Immunology and Microbiology0.94×34 works
  9. Health Professions0.86×82 works
  10. Chemistry0.84×48 works
  11. Decision Sciences0.78×28 works
  12. Veterinary0.73×4 works
  13. Neuroscience0.66×39 works
  14. Computer Science0.66×185 works
  15. Materials Science0.66×83 works
  16. Engineering0.64×349 works
  17. Psychology0.64×71 works
  18. Business, Management and Accounting0.56×66 works
  19. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.55×42 works
  20. Chemical Engineering0.53×7 works
  21. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.46×26 works
  22. Energy0.38×13 works
  23. Social Sciences0.35×159 works
  24. Mathematics0.33×14 works
  25. Arts and Humanities0.25×26 works
  26. Physics and Astronomy0.14×11 works

Which keywords describe research in Thrissur?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Food Security, India, Climate Change, Sustainability, Antioxidant, Agriculture, Drought Tolerance and Genetic Diversity.

▲ 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 Change233▲ 2.0×84 topics
  2. Epidemiology224▲ 1.31×130 topics
  3. Sustainability204▲ 1.95×71 topics
  4. Deep Learning200▲ 1.35×69 topics
  5. Machine Learning152◆ 1.07×77 topics
  6. Food Security148▲ 6.4×19 topics
  7. Antioxidant130▲ 4.4×48 topics
  8. India118▲ 38×3 topics
  9. Genetic Diversity102▲ 5.5×21 topics
  10. Agriculture100▲ 6.1×9 topics
  11. Genetics91▲ 3.0×26 topics
  12. Development91▲ 5.9×13 topics
  13. Drought Tolerance89▲ 15×9 topics
  14. Biodiversity88▲ 2.7×31 topics
  15. Sustainable Agriculture86▲ 6.5×13 topics
  16. Policy83▲ 9.0×6 topics
  17. Soil Fertility82▲ 8.6×8 topics
  18. Antioxidant Activity82▲ 3.1×31 topics
  19. Technology80▲ 3.6×10 topics
  20. Economic Analysis75▲ 12×5 topics
  21. Production75▲ 21×2 topics
  22. Plant Growth71▲ 15×6 topics
  23. QTL Mapping66▲ 13×6 topics
  24. Ecosystem Services61▲ 3.7×11 topics
  25. Breeding57▲ 18×5 topics
  26. Anti-inflammatory56▲ 4.6×27 topics
  27. Biological Control55▲ 8.4×10 topics
  28. Agricultural Practices55▲ 32×4 topics
  29. Nutritional Quality55▲ 18×4 topics
  30. Water Management54▲ 9.9×5 topics
  31. Nutrient Uptake53▲ 18×3 topics
  32. Crop Productivity52▲ 18×3 topics
  33. Drought Resistance51▲ 12×3 topics
  34. Domestication47▲ 22×3 topics
  35. Economic Reforms44▲ 34×2 topics
  36. Biofertilizers42▲ 23×3 topics
  37. Yield Potential42▲ 18×2 topics
  38. Rice42▲ 18×2 topics
  39. Aerobic Rice Systems42▲ 29×1 topic
  40. Root Traits42▲ 29×1 topic

What research is done in Thrissur?

Agricultural Economics a…68Agricultural Economics and Practices: 68 fractional worksRice Cultivation and Yield Improvement: 37 fractional worksAgricultural Science and…35Agricultural Science and Fertilization: 35 fractional worksSocial and Economic Deve…33Social and Economic Development in India: 33 fractional worksBanana Cultivation and Research: 29 fractional worksAgricultural pest management studies: 22 fractional worksPlant-Microbe Interactio…21Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity: 21 fractional worksSmart Agriculture and AI: 20 fractional worksPlant tissue culture and regeneration: 20 fractional worksAgricultural Practices and Plant Genetics: 19 fractional works
General Agricultural and Biological SciencesPlant ScienceSoil ScienceSociology and Political Science1 others

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

  1. 1 Agricultural Economics and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 68 works
  2. 2 Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement Plant Science 37 works
  3. 3 Agricultural Science and Fertilization Soil Science 35 works
  4. 4 Social and Economic Development in India Sociology and Political Science 33 works
  5. 5 Banana Cultivation and Research Plant Science 29 works
  6. 6 Agricultural pest management studies Plant Science 22 works
  7. 7 Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity Plant Science 21 works
  8. 8 Smart Agriculture and AI Plant Science 20 works
  9. 9 Plant tissue culture and regeneration Molecular Biology 20 works
  10. 10 Agricultural Practices and Plant Genetics Plant Science 19 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 counting20%40%all institutions10.0% in 2025Thrissur7.1% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 32.6% in 1998.

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