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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 2022–2025 (#158 worldwide), followed by Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee and University of Kashmir.

India's world rank
#6
of 80 countries, 2022–2025
Works, 2022–2025
14k
Top-10% rate
15.3%
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 #15828.724.8%308
2Indian Institute of Technology RoorkeeRoorkee #18526.518.0%269
3University of KashmirSrinagar #27520.940.0%75
4Banaras Hindu UniversityVaranasi #29819.716.6%234
5Indian Institute of Technology BombayMumbai #30319.518.6%282
6Ministry of Earth SciencesNew Delhi #34817.513.4%300
7Indian Institute of Tropical MeteorologyPune #39815.612.3%134
8Academy of Scientific and Innovative ResearchGhaziabad #40115.620.4%200
9India Meteorological DepartmentNew Delhi #40915.313.3%113
10Vellore Institute of Technology UniversityVellore #43614.418.2%144
11Indian Space Research OrganisationBengaluru #45513.810.3%176
12University of DelhiNew Delhi #46213.618.0%131
13Jawaharlal Nehru UniversityNew Delhi #46513.519.8%72
14Indian Institute of Technology DelhiNew Delhi #48512.917.0%119
15Indian Institute of Technology MadrasChennai #51412.115.0%217
16Indian Institute of Technology DhanbadDhanbad #55511.018.7%147
17Indian Institute of Technology KanpurKanpur #56110.815.0%138
18Wadia Institute of Himalayan GeologyDehra Dūn #56410.713.8%138
19Aligarh Muslim UniversityAligarh #5989.920.5%66
20National Remote Sensing CentreHyderabad #6009.914.0%76
21Indian Institute of Technology GuwahatiGuwahati #6119.616.5%94
22Indian Institute of Science BangaloreBengaluru #6129.613.5%167
23Geological Survey of IndiaKolkata #6289.210.0%258
24Indian Institute of Remote SensingDehra Dūn #6369.119.1%73
25Saveetha UniversityChennai #6718.316.9%71
26SRM Institute of Science and TechnologyChennai #6768.211.9%102
27Indian Institute of Technology GandhinagarGandhinagar #6838.117.6%74
28Indian Institute of Technology BhubaneswarBhubaneswar #6947.816.1%81
29Jadavpur UniversityKolkata #6957.813.6%104
30Physical Research LaboratoryAhmedabad #7027.713.0%94
31National Geophysical Research InstituteHyderabad #7287.210.3%272
32National Institute of Technology RourkelaRourkela #7456.815.5%83
33Amrita Vishwa VidyapeethamCoimbatore #7886.015.3%61
34Savitribai Phule Pune UniversityPune #7896.011.7%80
35University of CalcuttaKolkata #8105.611.1%104
36National Institute of Technology KarnatakaMangaluru #8215.417.1%64
37Cochin University of Science and TechnologyErnakulam #8355.212.8%102
38National Institute of OceanographyPanjim #8405.113.2%179
39National Centre for Earth Science StudiesTrivandrum #9942.821.7%70
40Pondicherry UniversityPuducherry #1,120108.09.2%61

Institutions in India above the floor of 40 fractional works in Earth and Planetary Sciences, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022–2025.

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

K. Krishna Moorthy, Santanu Banerjee and Manoj K. Pandit rank highest among researchers based in India.

  1. 1K. Krishna Moorthy#176,463 worldwide overall403 citations · 40 works
  2. 2Santanu Banerjee#213,640 worldwide overall357 citations · 38 works
  3. 3Manoj K. Pandit#223,385 worldwide overall307 citations · 36 works
  4. 4Anil K. Gupta#260,138 worldwide overall368 citations · 47 works
  5. 5T. Rockwell#280,109 worldwide overall674 citations · 71 works
  6. 6V. V. S. S. Sarma#297,248 worldwide overall281 citations · 41 works
  7. 7A.K. Singhvi#312,486 worldwide overall417 citations · 61 works
  8. 8S. Suresh Babu#339,817 worldwide overall302 citations · 39 works
  9. 9Kalachand Sain#447,130 worldwide overall186 citations · 41 works
  10. 10R. Ramesh#565,147 worldwide overall315 citations · 39 works
  11. 11AL. Ramanathan#708,882 worldwide overall216 citations · 40 works
  12. 12Vineet K. Gahalaut#758,411 worldwide overall117 citations · 36 works
  13. 13Rajesh K. Srivastava#789,275 worldwide overall180 citations · 39 works
  14. 14G. Pandithurai#818,320 worldwide overall166 citations · 38 works
  15. 15Rashmi Sharma#848,634 worldwide overall89 citations · 36 works

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