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Physical Sciences research in India

Indian Institute of Science Bangalore ranks first in India for Physical Sciences research in 2022-now (#147 worldwide), followed by Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur and Indian Institute of Technology Bombay.

India's world rank
#8
of 154 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
682k
Top-10% rate
7.0%
Ranked institutions
60

Research strength only: this says nothing about teaching, admissions or cost.

What is the best university for Physical Sciences in India?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Indian Institute of Science BangaloreBengaluru #14746.27.0%6,337
2Indian Institute of Technology KharagpurKharagpur #22741.58.1%8,033
3Indian Institute of Technology BombayMumbai #27539.46.2%7,441
4Indian Institute of Technology GuwahatiGuwahati #27639.46.9%5,550
5Indian Institute of Technology MadrasChennai #33237.46.1%7,879
6Indian Institute of Technology DelhiNew Delhi #39135.77.6%8,339
7Indian Institute of Technology KanpurKanpur #39635.56.7%5,692
8Indian Institute of Technology RoorkeeRoorkee #39935.49.1%7,630
9Council of Scientific and Industrial ResearchNew Delhi #49633.17.9%9,724
10Indian Institute of Technology RoparRopar #49733.18.7%2,091
11SRM Institute of Science and TechnologyChennai #53332.36.9%14,138
12Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, BhopalBhopal #56031.87.0%1,197
13Indian Institute of Technology HyderabadSangāreddi #60830.97.0%3,914
14Indian Institute of Technology JammuJammu #63530.49.6%1,035
15Banaras Hindu UniversityVaranasi #64530.28.4%5,307
16Birla Institute of Technology and Science, PilaniPilāni #67729.78.7%5,917
17Tata Institute of Fundamental ResearchMumbai #68629.66.7%1,678
18Jadavpur UniversityKolkata #72329.07.0%4,086
19Academy of Scientific and Innovative ResearchGhaziabad #76528.48.4%4,046
20Saveetha UniversityChennai #78128.212.1%10,709
21Indian Institute of Science Education and Research KolkataKolkata #79128.07.3%1,095
22Indian Institute of Technology JodhpurJodhpur #80027.99.6%2,107
23Indian Institute of Technology DhanbadDhanbad #85227.210.2%3,687
24Homi Bhabha National InstituteMumbai #87027.05.1%3,486
25Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific ResearchBengaluru #87627.012.4%549
26Vellore Institute of Technology UniversityVellore #88126.910.8%14,538
27Indian Institute of Technology MandiMandi #89326.78.1%1,635
28University of DelhiNew Delhi #94326.27.0%4,769
29National Institute of Technology RourkelaRourkela #96225.99.2%3,768
30Indian Institute of Technology IndoreIndore #97225.88.8%2,886
31University of Petroleum and Energy StudiesDehradun #98325.711.6%2,456
32National Institute of Technology KurukshetraKurukshetra #99825.59.6%1,971
33Indian Institute of Science Education and Research ThiruvananthapuramThiruvananthapuram #1,03225.25.7%710
34Indian Association for the Cultivation of ScienceKolkata #1,13824.16.0%970
35KPR Institute of Engineering and TechnologyCoimbatore #1,20623.57.0%1,800
36Indian Institute of Science Education and Research PunePune #1,22923.36.9%787
37Jain UniversityBengaluru #1,24623.15.3%3,292
38Amity UniversityNoida #1,28422.86.3%4,165
39National Institute of Technology KarnatakaMangaluru #1,31522.66.3%3,175
40Indian Institute of Technology GandhinagarGandhinagar #1,33322.47.8%1,523
41University of HyderabadHyderabad #1,37522.15.6%1,602
42Indian Institute of Technology BHUVaranasi #1,43121.78.9%1,856
43National Institute Of Technology SilcharSilchar #1,45921.59.9%2,994
44Indian Institute of Technology BhubaneswarBhubaneswar #1,47821.38.2%1,945
45Symbiosis International UniversityPune #1,50521.18.9%3,116
46Indian Institute of Science Education and Research MohaliMohali #1,52221.05.5%910
47Chennai Mathematical InstituteChennai #1,54520.89.5%898
48Indian Institute of Technology PatnaPatna #1,55920.710.4%2,279
49St. Joseph's Institute of TechnologyChennai #1,57220.65.3%1,270
50Aligarh Muslim UniversityAligarh #1,64620.111.1%2,850
51University of KashmirSrinagar #1,68019.910.2%1,238
52National Institute of Technology HamirpurMandi #1,76319.49.7%1,558
53Netaji Subhas University of TechnologyNew Delhi #1,77019.49.7%1,771
54Indian Institute of Technology BhilaiBhilai #1,77319.45.7%878
55Bennett UniversityGreater Noida #1,80619.19.1%1,234
56Indian Institute of Technology PalakkadPalakkad #1,81019.15.2%947
57National Institute of Technology PatnaPatna #1,81619.111.7%2,516
58MIT Art, Design and Technology UniversityPune #1,83219.05.0%775
59SRM University, Andhra PradeshMangalagiri #1,87418.87.4%539
60National Institute of Fashion TechnologyNew Delhi #1,89318.66.1%238

Institutions in India above the floor of 40 fractional works in Physical Sciences, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022-now.

Who are the top Physical Sciences researchers in India?

J. B. Singh, Bedangadas Mohanty and A. Bhasin rank highest among researchers based in India, on their papers in Physical Sciences that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1J. B. Singh#25,292 worldwide overall697.9 of 2,517 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Bedangadas Mohanty#10,904 worldwide overall378.6 of 1,100 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3A. Bhasin#11,069 worldwide overall363.5 of 1,048 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4A. A. P. Suaide#7,734 worldwide overall351.8 of 942 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5R. Raniwala#6,353 worldwide overall299.2 of 751 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Sanjit Mitra#61 worldwide overall259.9 of 409 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7S. Chattopadhyay#26,557 worldwide overall313.3 of 998 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Tejraj Malleshappa Aminabhavi#12,112 worldwide overall301.7 of 841 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Ajay Kumar#12,794 worldwide overall293.4 of 838 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10S. Banerjee#62,005 worldwide overall327.1 of 1,385 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11D. Das#3,858 worldwide overall233.7 of 519 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12P. Raics#53,511 worldwide overall308.4 of 1,072 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13S. Dash#22,038 worldwide overall250.7 of 763 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14Raghunath Sahoo#37,393 worldwide overall283.5 of 890 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15E. Bruna#3,398 worldwide overall211.6 of 454 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in India on their work in Physical Sciences alone: how many more of their papers here reached the world top 10% for their subfield and year than the 10% expected.

How India compares with other countries in Physical Sciences