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Earth and Planetary Sciences research in India

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur ranks first in India for Earth and Planetary Sciences research in 2022-now (#215 worldwide), followed by Indian Institute of Technology Bombay and Council of Scientific and Industrial Research.

India's world rank
#23
of 78 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
14k
Top-10% rate
7.0%
Ranked institutions
40

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

What is the best university for Earth and Planetary Sciences in India?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Indian Institute of Technology KharagpurKharagpur #21523.210.3%308
2Indian Institute of Technology BombayMumbai #34916.39.0%282
3Council of Scientific and Industrial ResearchNew Delhi #48411.66.6%673
4Indian Institute of Technology KanpurKanpur #51510.76.0%138
5Indian Institute of Technology MadrasChennai #54210.06.2%219
6Indian Institute of Technology RoorkeeRoorkee #5489.89.8%269
7Indian Institute of Technology DelhiNew Delhi #5519.78.1%119
8Academy of Scientific and Innovative ResearchGhaziabad #5539.77.9%200
9Indian Institute of Science BangaloreBengaluru #5599.56.7%167
10Indian Institute of Technology GuwahatiGuwahati #5958.67.8%94
11Indian Institute of Technology DhanbadDhanbad #6367.78.4%147
12Banaras Hindu UniversityVaranasi #6687.07.3%237
13Ministry of Earth SciencesNew Delhi #6936.45.2%675
14Physical Research LaboratoryAhmedabad #6986.35.6%94
15Jadavpur UniversityKolkata #7545.25.8%104
16Indian Institute of Technology GandhinagarGandhinagar #7635.19.1%74
17University of KashmirSrinagar #7794.821.9%78
18Geological Survey of IndiaKolkata #7884.64.0%258
19Department of SpaceBengaluru #7904.64.7%339
20Wadia Institute of Himalayan GeologyDehra Dūn #8224.04.9%138
21National Institute of Technology KarnatakaMangaluru #8423.74.9%64
22National Centre for Earth Science StudiesTrivandrum #8483.66.1%70
23University of DelhiNew Delhi #8982.74.2%134
24SRM Institute of Science and TechnologyChennai #9142.58.5%139
25National Institute of Technology RourkelaRourkela #9232.39.0%83
26Birla Institute of Technology and Science, PilaniPilāni #9352.214.0%78
27Indian Institute of Technology BhubaneswarBhubaneswar #9531.96.8%81
28Savitribai Phule Pune UniversityPune #9711.64.4%91
29Aligarh Muslim UniversityAligarh #9741.69.8%66
30University of CalcuttaKolkata #9771.55.5%107
31Jawaharlal Nehru UniversityNew Delhi #985142.010.2%72
32Indian Council of Agricultural ResearchNew Delhi #1,013102.09.4%148
33Cochin University of Science and TechnologyErnakulam #1,02290.05.4%102
34Department of Atomic EnergyMumbai #1,02585.05.7%116
35Defence Research and Development OrganisationNew Delhi #1,03276.07.8%78
36Pondicherry UniversityPuducherry #1,04065.02.7%63
37Vellore Institute of Technology UniversityVellore #1,04656.010.3%144
38Saveetha UniversityChennai #1,05544.012.0%71
39Manipal Academy of Higher EducationManipal #1,06037.06.5%66
40Amrita Vishwa VidyapeethamCoimbatore #1,07912.06.9%61

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

Who are the top Earth and Planetary Sciences researchers in India?

Sukanta Bose, Bala R. Iyer and Sanjit Mitra rank highest among researchers based in India, on their papers in Earth and Planetary Sciences that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Sukanta Bose#1,376 worldwide overall31.0 of 56 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Bala R. Iyer#1,748 worldwide overall26.6 of 46 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Sanjit Mitra#61 worldwide overall25.1 of 50 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4S. N. Tripathi#69,141 worldwide overall27.0 of 75 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5C. Mishra#208 worldwide overall21.5 of 32 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6P. Ajith#693 worldwide overall21.8 of 39 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7K. G. Arun#793 worldwide overall20.5 of 32 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Manmohan M. Sarin#135,953 worldwide overall25.4 of 86 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Vimal Kant Mishra#8,468 worldwide overall19.8 of 40 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Manoj Kumar Pandit#366,099 worldwide overall26.5 of 97 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11Mudlappa Jayananda#332,036 worldwide overall22.7 of 71 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12V. V. S. S. Sarma#458,607 worldwide overall29.2 of 127 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13S. J. Kapadia#575 worldwide overall16.6 of 27 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14Puthenveettil Narayana Menon Vinayachandran#202,666 worldwide overall20.8 of 74 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15B. N. Goswami#212,838 worldwide overall21.7 of 85 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in India on their work in Earth and Planetary 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 Earth and Planetary Sciences