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Research in Tirunelveli

Science Explorer records 4 research institutions in Tirunelveli, India. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli Medical College and Social Change and Development.

Research institutions
4
4 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
7.6k
▲ 65% vs 2018-21
Citations
75k
9.9 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
8.6%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1965-2026
62 years on the record
Tirunelveli

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 Tirunelveli?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Manonmaniam Sundaranar UniversityUniversity 4,556 #8,755
2Tirunelveli Medical CollegeUniversity 1,527 #9,637
3Social Change and DevelopmentNonprofit 719 #10,285
4Government College of Engineering, TirunelveliUniversity 383 #12,324

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.

Manonmaniam Sundaranar University: 63.4%Tirunelveli Medical College: 21.3%Social Change and Development: 10.0%Government College of Engineering, Tirunelveli: 5.3%63%largest
Manonmaniam Sundaranar University4,556 · 63.4%Tirunelveli Medical College1,527 · 21.3%Social Change and Development719 · 10.0%Government College of Engineering, Tirunelveli383 · 5.3%

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

Which fields of science does Tirunelveli work in?

In 2022-now, 54% of research in Tirunelveli is in Physical Sciences, 18% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (17%), Computer Science (13%), Medicine (12%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 1,765 fractional works · 54.0% of its workEngineering: 559 fractional works · 17.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 148 fractional works · 4.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 71 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 70 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 69 fractional works · 2.1% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 36 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputational Mechanics: 28 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMechanics of Materials: 23 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 22 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 21 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 19 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedia Technology: 19 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 422 fractional works · 12.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 101 fractional works · 3.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 90 fractional works · 2.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 82 fractional works · 2.5% of its workInformation Systems: 67 fractional works · 2.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 53 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSignal Processing: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 314 fractional works · 9.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 162 fractional works · 5.0% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 78 fractional works · 2.4% of its workBiomaterials: 33 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 32 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 140 fractional works · 4.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 28 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 23 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 131 fractional works · 4.0% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 75 fractional works · 2.3% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 20 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpectroscopy: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 67 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeometry and Topology: 22 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workModeling and Simulation: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 66 fractional works · 2.0% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 64 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 27 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 24 fractional works · 0.7% of its workChemical Engineering: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 601 fractional works · 18.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 213 fractional works · 6.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 76 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEducation: 32 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 31 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGender Studies: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 36 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 155 fractional works · 4.7% of its workPhilosophy: 56 fractional works · 1.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 55 fractional works · 1.7% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReligious studies: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 70 fractional works · 2.1% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAccounting: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness and International Management: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 59 fractional works · 1.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 49 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 54 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 23 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 50 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 42 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 480 fractional works · 14.7% of its workMedicine: 378 fractional works · 11.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 51 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSurgery: 36 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOncology: 27 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEpidemiology: 26 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 24 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 20 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOphthalmology: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 65 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth Professions: 80 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 48 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Information Management: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 425 fractional works · 13.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 237 fractional works · 7.2% of its workPlant Science: 98 fractional works · 3.0% of its workAquatic Science: 31 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 23 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 22 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFood Science: 22 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInsect Science: 20 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSoil Science: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 112 fractional works · 3.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 64 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGenetics: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiotechnology: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeuroscience: 38 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNeurology: 20 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 20 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKTirunelveli3,272fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences54%Health Sciences15%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. Engineering55917.1%
    2. Computer Science42212.9%
    3. Materials Science3149.6%
    4. Environmental Science1404.3%
    5. Chemistry1314.0%
    6. Mathematics672.0%
    7. Energy662.0%
    8. Physics and Astronomy270.8%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences240.7%
    10. Chemical Engineering160.5%
    1. Social Sciences2136.5%
    2. Arts and Humanities1554.7%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting702.1%
    4. Decision Sciences591.8%
    5. Psychology541.7%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance501.5%
    1. Medicine37811.6%
    2. Health Professions802.4%
    3. Nursing110.3%
    4. Dentistry90.3%
    5. Veterinary40.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2377.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1123.4%
    3. Neuroscience381.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology200.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics180.5%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Tirunelveli strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Tirunelveli is most concentrated in Computational Theory and Mathematics, Aquatic Science and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials (5.9× the world share in Computational Theory and Mathematics).

  1. Computational Theory and MathematicsSubfield · 71.4 works5.9×
  2. Aquatic ScienceSubfield · 27.1 works5.2×
  3. Electronic, Optical and Magnetic MaterialsSubfield · 66.7 works5.1×
  4. Geometry and TopologySubfield · 20.9 works4.5×
← 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: 1.59× its world share, 215 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.66× its world share, 100 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.60× its world share, 17 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.69× its world share, 32 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.49× its world share, 15 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.38× its world share, 14 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.58× its world share, 115 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.65× its world share, 366 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.48× its world share, 21 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.17× its world share, 57 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.14× its world share, 488 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.88× its world share, 124 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.76× its world share, 275 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.81× its world share, 61 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.37× its world share, 24 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.53× its world share, 7 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.00× its world share, 75 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.60× its world share, 327 worksMedicineNursing: 0.58× its world share, 8 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.43× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.59× its world share, 131 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.61× its world share, 56 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.88× its world share, 52 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.70× its world share, 43 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.52× its world share, 46 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.49× its world share, 178 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Materials Science2.76×275 works
  2. Chemistry2.58×115 works
  3. Energy2.17×57 works
  4. Decision Sciences1.88×52 works
  5. Mathematics1.81×61 works
  6. Computer Science1.65×366 works
  7. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.59×215 works
  8. Arts and Humanities1.59×131 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.49×15 works
  10. Chemical Engineering1.38×14 works
  11. Engineering1.14×488 works
  12. Health Professions1.00×75 works
  13. Environmental Science0.88×124 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.70×43 works
  15. Neuroscience0.69×32 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.66×100 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.61×56 works
  18. Immunology and Microbiology0.60×17 works
  19. Medicine0.60×327 works
  20. Nursing0.58×8 works
  21. Dentistry0.53×7 works
  22. Psychology0.52×46 works
  23. Social Sciences0.49×178 works
  24. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.48×21 works
  25. Veterinary0.43×2 works
  26. Physics and Astronomy0.37×24 works

Which keywords describe research in Tirunelveli?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Nanomaterials, Machine Learning, Nanoparticles, Crystal Growth, Molecular Structure, Antimicrobial and Nanostructures.

▲ 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 Learning249▲ 2.2×73 topics
  2. Machine Learning204▲ 1.87×80 topics
  3. Nanomaterials136▲ 4.0×18 topics
  4. Nanoparticles101▲ 2.4×42 topics
  5. Environmental Impact96▲ 1.72×44 topics
  6. Healthcare74▲ 1.99×18 topics
  7. Biomedical Applications74▲ 1.90×31 topics
  8. Convolutional Neural Networks72▲ 3.0×13 topics
  9. Nanostructures64▲ 4.8×12 topics
  10. Graphene64▲ 2.9×11 topics
  11. Mechanical Properties62▲ 1.93×34 topics
  12. Synthesis60▲ 4.9×29 topics
  13. Antimicrobial60▲ 6.5×13 topics
  14. Crystal Growth60▲ 6.7×11 topics
  15. Internet of Things59▲ 2.1×22 topics
  16. Security56▲ 2.5×20 topics
  17. Molecular Structure55▲ 16×5 topics
  18. Toxicity54▲ 3.8×18 topics
  19. Feature Extraction53▲ 3.6×10 topics
  20. Medical Imaging51▲ 3.0×8 topics
  21. Nonlinear Optical Materials50▲ 39×3 topics
  22. Green Synthesis48▲ 7.8×4 topics
  23. Water Splitting46▲ 3.8×4 topics
  24. Vibrational Spectroscopy45▲ 17×3 topics
  25. Density Functional Theory44▲ 13×6 topics
  26. Second Harmonic Generation44▲ 51×2 topics
  27. Anticancer Agents44▲ 9.0×11 topics
  28. Computational Chemistry43▲ 16×3 topics
  29. Chromophore Design41▲ 94×1 topic
  30. Electro-Optic Modulators41▲ 94×1 topic
  31. Visible Light41▲ 5.4×2 topics
  32. Cytotoxicity41▲ 9.1×9 topics
  33. Nanocrystals41▲ 4.8×5 topics
  34. Medicinal Chemistry40▲ 4.5×9 topics
  35. Biosynthesis38▲ 7.4×7 topics
  36. Biological Synthesis34▲ 14×1 topic
  37. Silver34▲ 14×1 topic
  38. Fuzzy Sets30▲ 17×2 topics
  39. Heterocyclic Compounds30▲ 11×5 topics
  40. India30▲ 13×4 topics

What research is done in Tirunelveli?

Nonlinear Optical Materials Research: 36 fractional worksNanoparticles: synthesis and applications: 31 fractional worksGraph Labeling and Dimen…26Graph Labeling and Dimension Problems: 26 fractional worksSynthesis and biological…22Synthesis and biological activity: 22 fractional worksIndian History and Philosophy: 21 fractional worksAdvanced Photocatalysis Techniques: 21 fractional worksFuzzy and Soft Set Theory20Fuzzy and Soft Set Theory: 20 fractional worksAdvanced Graph Theory Research: 20 fractional worksTiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells: 17 fractional worksBrain Tumor Detection an…16Brain Tumor Detection and Classification: 16 fractional works
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic MaterialsMaterials ChemistryComputational Theory and MathematicsOrganic Chemistry4 others

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

  1. 1 Nonlinear Optical Materials Research Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 36 works
  2. 2 Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications Materials Chemistry 31 works
  3. 3 Graph Labeling and Dimension Problems Computational Theory and Mathematics 26 works
  4. 4 Synthesis and biological activity Organic Chemistry 22 works
  5. 5 Indian History and Philosophy Philosophy 21 works
  6. 6 Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 21 works
  7. 7 Fuzzy and Soft Set Theory Management Science and Operations Research 20 works
  8. 8 Advanced Graph Theory Research Computational Theory and Mathematics 20 works
  9. 9 TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 17 works
  10. 10 Brain Tumor Detection and Classification Neurology 16 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 counting10%20%Tirunelveli11.6% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 18.4% in 2012.

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