Social Sciences research in India
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur ranks first in India for Social Sciences research in 2022-now (#1,031 worldwide), followed by Indian Institute of Technology Bombay and O. P. Jindal Global University.
- India's world rank
- #36 of 148 countries, 2022-now
- Works, 2022-now
- 61k
- Top-10% rate
- 7.2%
- Ranked institutions
- 60
Research strength only: this says nothing about teaching, admissions or cost.
What is the best university for Social Sciences in India?
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?
Jennifer Seymour Whitaker, Satish Kumar and Sheshadri Chatterjee rank highest among researchers based in India, on their papers in Social Sciences that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.
- 1Jennifer Seymour Whitaker#91,847 worldwide overall79.7 of 260 papers here in the top 10%
- 2Satish Kumar#3,289 worldwide overall31.5 of 44 papers here in the top 10%
- 3Sheshadri Chatterjee#2,944 worldwide overall26.3 of 44 papers here in the top 10%
- 4Abhishek Behl#3,892 worldwide overall21.8 of 32 papers here in the top 10%
- 5Arpan Kumar Kar#40,140 worldwide overall29.2 of 52 papers here in the top 10%
- 6Chandni Singh#11,045 worldwide overall20.1 of 25 papers here in the top 10%
- 7Paul Gilroy#111,327 worldwide overall22.7 of 62 papers here in the top 10%
- 8Shalini Srivastava#158,395 worldwide overall23.1 of 41 papers here in the top 10%
- 9Mukta Kulkarni#85,574 worldwide overall18.3 of 36 papers here in the top 10%
- 10T. Muhammad#160,262 worldwide overall26.5 of 50 papers here in the top 10%
- 11Rajesh Sagar#136,596 worldwide overall17.5 of 34 papers here in the top 10%
- 12Amit Shankar#17,656 worldwide overall19.8 of 25 papers here in the top 10%
- 13Zillur Rahman#42,437 worldwide overall16.9 of 34 papers here in the top 10%
- 14Bina Agarwal#40,556 worldwide overall16.7 of 42 papers here in the top 10%
- 15Lavanya Rajamani#51,227 worldwide overall14.4 of 21 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.