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Indian Institute of Technology Bombay vs Massachusetts Institute of Technology

On research quality in 2022-now, Massachusetts Institute of Technology ranks #19 in the world and Indian Institute of Technology Bombay #1,225, of 28,054 institutions. Indian Institute of Technology Bombay stands higher in 6 of the 18 fields both publish in, Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 12.

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

India · Mumbai

World rank, 2022-now
#1,225
#1,125 all time
Works, 2022-now
9.1k
fractional
Top-10% rate
13.2%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
21%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Algebra and Number Theory, Computational Mechanics, Metals and Alloys.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

United States · Cambridge

World rank, 2022-now
#19
#4 all time
Works, 2022-now
13k
fractional
Top-10% rate
27.8%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
36%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Structural Biology, Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics.

Who leads in each field?

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay stands higher in 6 of 18 fields, Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 12. Each bar is that side's standing among all institutions ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay 612 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  1. #1,451Agricultural and Biological Sciences-
  2. #1,230Arts and Humanities-
  3. -Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#24
  4. #1,320Business, Management and Accounting-
  5. #383Chemistry#28
  6. #1,564Computer Science#36
  7. -Decision Sciences#50
  8. #451Earth and Planetary Sciences#36
  9. #411Energy-
  10. #479Engineering#89
  11. #494Environmental Science#78
  12. #1,011Materials Science#66
  13. -Mathematics#8
  14. #5,293Medicine#353
  15. -Neuroscience#19
  16. #621Physics and Astronomy#1
  17. #981Psychology-
  18. #2,312Social Sciences-

Standing is the percentile of world rank within each field, 2022-now; the printed number is the rank itself. A dash means the field is too small there to rank. How sides are compared.

Where does each put its research?

Not who is better, but what each side chooses to work on. A country or institution that puts twice the world's share of its research into a field sits at 2×, whatever its size.

  1. Chemistry3.2× 1.4×
  2. Nursing0.3× 0.1×
  3. Energy2.3× 1.4×
  4. Environmental Science1.4× 0.8×
  5. Engineering2.6× 1.6×
  6. Materials Science2.6× 1.7×
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.7× 0.5×
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.2× 0.2×
  9. Chemical Engineering2.7× 2.2×
  10. Dentistry0.1× 0.1×
  11. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.0× 1.9×
  12. Mathematics2.1× 2.7×
  13. Computer Science1.2× 1.6×
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.4× 0.6×
  15. Arts and Humanities0.3× 0.5×
  16. Psychology0.4× 0.6×
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.8× 1.3×
  18. Decision Sciences0.9× 1.7×
  19. Medicine0.2× 0.3×
  20. Physics and Astronomy2.2× 4.7×
  21. Health Professions0.1× 0.3×
  22. Social Sciences0.2× 0.5×
  23. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.5× 1.1×
  24. Neuroscience0.6× 1.4×
  25. Immunology and Microbiology0.2× 0.8×
  26. Veterinary0.0× 0.2×
Indian Institute of Technology BombayMassachusetts Institute of Technology

Location quotient in 2022-now: the share of each side's research in the field over the world's share. 1× is the world's balance; the axis runs from a quarter of it to four times. Fields where Indian Institute of Technology Bombay leans further are at the top, Massachusetts Institute of Technology's at the bottom. How research profiles are compared.

How has their output grown?

2k4k6kMassachusetts Institute of Technology2,956 in 2025Indian Institute of Technology Bombay2,265 in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works per year. The latest, partial year is left off.

Which publishes more research, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay or Massachusetts Institute of Technology?

Massachusetts Institute of Technology publishes 1.4× as much research as Indian Institute of Technology Bombay in 2022-now (13k against 9.1k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay or Massachusetts Institute of Technology?

27.8% of Massachusetts Institute of Technology's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 13.2% for Indian Institute of Technology Bombay.

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Which is stronger in research, MIT or IIT Bombay?

On research quality in 2022-now, Massachusetts Institute of Technology ranks #19 in the world and Indian Institute of Technology Bombay #1,225, of 28,054 institutions. Indian Institute of Technology Bombay stands higher in 6 of the 18 fields both publish in, Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 12.

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