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Social Sciences research in India

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur ranks first in India for Social Sciences research in 2022-now (#777 worldwide), followed by Indian Institute of Technology Bombay and Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati.

India's world rank
#34
of 161 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
178k
Top-10% rate
7.4%
Ranked institutions
60

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

What is the best university for Social Sciences in India?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Indian Institute of Technology KharagpurKharagpur #77727.413.7%990
2Indian Institute of Technology BombayMumbai #83926.68.7%701
3Indian Institute of Technology GuwahatiGuwahati #90425.87.9%369
4Indian Institute of Management AhmedabadAhmedabad #91825.614.9%676
5Indian Institute of Technology DelhiNew Delhi #92425.513.6%855
6Indian Institute of Technology MadrasChennai #93025.49.3%587
7O. P. Jindal Global UniversitySonīpat #1,00424.610.9%1,292
8Indian Institute of Science BangaloreBengaluru #1,09623.67.9%394
9Indian Institute of Technology RoorkeeRoorkee #1,29721.812.3%847
10Jaipuria Institute of ManagementNoida #1,32821.620.1%443
11Symbiosis International UniversityPune #1,43520.710.0%2,628
12Indian Institute of Technology KanpurKanpur #1,58919.610.0%477
13Ministry of CultureDelhi #1,66119.15.2%635
14Tata Institute of Social SciencesMumbai #1,69118.97.8%578
15International Institute for Population SciencesMumbai #1,80618.218.5%295
16University of HyderabadHyderabad #1,88417.77.2%653
17Indian Institute of Technology JammuJammu #1,89217.718.6%178
18Indian Institute of Management BangaloreBengaluru #1,89917.710.9%464
19Jawaharlal Nehru UniversityNew Delhi #2,02617.07.1%1,489
20Management Development InstituteGurgaon #2,08816.619.1%361
21International Management InstituteNew Delhi #2,12616.417.6%449
22University of DelhiNew Delhi #2,28815.65.5%3,578
23Indian Institute of Management CalcuttaKolkata #2,44414.910.0%192
24Jadavpur UniversityKolkata #2,47014.86.7%640
25Indian Institute of Management IndoreIndore #2,52214.612.3%384
26Seva MandirUdaipur #2,53014.57.0%836
27Birla Institute of Technology and Science, PilaniPilāni #2,63514.112.0%903
28Flame UniversityPune #2,67813.910.5%354
29Indian Institute of Management RanchiRanchi #2,72113.721.1%293
30Fore School of ManagementNew Delhi #2,77513.515.9%211
31Woxsen School of BusinessHyderabad #2,78713.512.3%277
32Tata Institute of Fundamental ResearchMumbai #2,89913.07.2%100
33Indian Institute of Management RaipurRaipur #2,92013.018.0%216
34Azim Premji UniversityBengaluru #2,92412.910.4%158
35Indian Institute of Management KozhikodeKozhikode #2,96712.814.5%309
36IMS Unison UniversityDehradun #2,97812.87.7%527
37Xavier School of ManagementJamshedpur #3,04512.515.7%285
38School of Planning and Architecture DelhiNew Delhi #3,05312.53.2%305
39Indira Gandhi National Open UniversityNew Delhi #3,15412.15.4%398
40Indian Institute of Foreign TradeNew Delhi #3,22411.98.6%303
41Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, BhopalBhopal #3,36111.47.0%98
42Indian Institute of Management RohtakRohtak #3,39711.313.1%216
43Indian Institute of Technology HyderabadSangāreddi #3,39811.37.3%402
44Institute of Development StudiesJaipur #3,41611.27.6%189
45Ashoka UniversityDelhi #3,42411.27.2%384
46Amity UniversityNoida #3,45111.16.6%2,392
47Indian Institute of Management LucknowLucknow #3,46011.114.5%427
48Banaras Hindu UniversityVaranasi #3,46711.17.4%1,540
49National Law School of India UniversityBengaluru #3,48311.05.2%159
50English and Foreign Languages UniversityHyderabad #3,73310.33.9%264
51Indian Institute of Management MumbaiMumbai #3,9039.822.7%116
52ICFAI Business SchoolHyderabad #3,9559.711.0%168
53Indian Institute of Technology RoparRopar #3,9809.69.2%134
54SRM Institute of Science and TechnologyChennai #4,0149.57.0%2,055
55Bennett UniversityGreater Noida #4,0609.47.6%343
56Christ UniversityBengaluru #4,0909.36.3%3,039
57Vidyasagar UniversityMedinīpur #4,1159.210.0%492
58Central University of KashmirGāndarbal #4,1359.28.1%204
59Martin Luther Christian UniversityShillong #4,1529.18.2%193
60Indian Institute of Technology DhanbadDhanbad #4,2039.015.5%242

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

Who are the top Social Sciences researchers in India?

Aviral Kumar Tiwari, Satish Kumar and Sachin Kumar Mangla rank highest among researchers based in India, on their papers in Social Sciences that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Aviral Kumar Tiwari#4,356 worldwide overall196.7 of 443 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Satish Kumar#3,289 worldwide overall194.1 of 306 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Sachin Kumar Mangla#416 worldwide overall144.8 of 190 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Sheshadri Chatterjee#2,944 worldwide overall109.9 of 197 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Rakesh D. Raut#7,717 worldwide overall88.4 of 190 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Abhishek Behl#3,892 worldwide overall84.1 of 151 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Rameshwar Dubey#4,818 worldwide overall77.0 of 134 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Zillur Rahman#42,437 worldwide overall78.6 of 197 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Jennifer Seymour Whitaker#91,847 worldwide overall90.8 of 307 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Harish Garg#41,614 worldwide overall103.8 of 211 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11Rajesh Kumar Singh#8,973 worldwide overall61.6 of 104 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12Ravi Shankar#115,394 worldwide overall75.5 of 253 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13Shib Sankar Sana#69,664 worldwide overall68.5 of 189 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14Arpan Kumar Kar#40,140 worldwide overall70.9 of 141 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15Amit Shankar#17,656 worldwide overall62.3 of 100 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in India on their work in Social 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 Social Sciences