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Akal University

In research, Akal University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#10,532 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Organic Chemistry and Chemistry (Organic Chemistry is 13.7× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#18,270
of 22,385 · #23,838 all time
Rank in India
#1,310
of 1,562
Research works
364
▲ 184% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.6k
7.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.87×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
43%
world 40%
International
15%
world 18%
Akal University

What is Akal University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #10,532 of 10,670 6.2%102 #16254

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Akal University sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Akal University work in?

In 2022-now, 52% of research at Akal University is in Physical Sciences, 25% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Chemistry (12%), Social Sciences (12%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (11%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 133 fractional works · 52.0% of its workChemistry: 31 fractional works · 12.2% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 26 fractional works · 10.3% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 25 fractional works · 9.9% of its workInformation Systems: 7 fractional works · 2.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 7 fractional works · 2.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 17 fractional works · 6.5% of its workDiscrete Mathematics and Combinatorics: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workModeling and Simulation: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeometry and Topology: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNumerical Analysis: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMathematical Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 16 fractional works · 6.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 15 fractional works · 5.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 11 fractional works · 4.3% of its workBiomaterials: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCeramics and Composites: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 13 fractional works · 5.0% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 11 fractional works · 4.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 64 fractional works · 25.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 30 fractional works · 11.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 9 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEducation: 8 fractional works · 3.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychology: 12 fractional works · 4.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 6 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 9 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPhilosophy: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 39 fractional works · 15.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 27 fractional works · 10.6% of its workPlant Science: 17 fractional works · 6.7% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSoil Science: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 3.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workToxicology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 19 fractional works · 7.6% of its workMedicine: 15 fractional works · 5.8% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKAkal University255fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences15%Physical Sciences52%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences25%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Chemistry3112.2%
    2. Computer Science259.9%
    3. Mathematics176.5%
    4. Engineering166.3%
    5. Materials Science155.9%
    6. Environmental Science135.0%
    7. Physics and Astronomy114.5%
    8. Energy31.2%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.2%
    1. Social Sciences3011.6%
    2. Psychology124.5%
    3. Arts and Humanities93.6%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance62.5%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting52.0%
    6. Decision Sciences31.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2710.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology83.0%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.8%
    4. Neuroscience20.7%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
    1. Medicine155.8%
    2. Health Professions41.5%
    3. Nursing10.4%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Akal University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Organic Chemistry takes 13.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Organic ChemistrySubfield · 26.3 works14×
  2. ChemistryField · 31.0 works7.7×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2.24× its world share, 27 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.56× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.44× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.37× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 7.74× its world share, 31 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.27× its world share, 25 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.36× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.42× its world share, 16 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.02× its world share, 13 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.69× its world share, 15 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 5.56× its world share, 17 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.02× its world share, 11 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.56× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.30× its world share, 15 worksMedicineNursing: 0.72× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.24× its world share, 9 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.63× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.02× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.18× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.48× its world share, 12 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.92× its world share, 30 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemistry, 7.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Chemistry7.74×31 works
  2. Mathematics5.56×17 works
  3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.37×2 works
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.24×27 works
  5. Physics and Astronomy2.02×11 works
  6. Materials Science1.69×15 works
  7. Psychology1.48×12 works
  8. Energy1.36×3 works
  9. Computer Science1.27×25 works
  10. Arts and Humanities1.24×9 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.18×6 works
  12. Environmental Science1.02×13 works
  13. Decision Sciences1.02×2 works
  14. Social Sciences0.92×30 works
  15. Nursing0.72×1 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.63×5 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.56×8 works
  18. Health Professions0.56×4 works
  19. Chemical Engineering0.45×0 works
  20. Neuroscience0.44×2 works
  21. Engineering0.42×16 works
  22. Medicine0.30×15 works
  23. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.16×1 works
  24. Dentistry0.12×0 works
  25. Immunology and Microbiology0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Akal University?

Ranked on the quality score, Ravi Kumar Bommisetti, Vajinder Kumar and Birender Kaur lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Akal University.

  1. 1 Ravi Kumar Bommisetti India · #2,167,179 worldwide 205 citations · 28 works
  2. 2 Vajinder Kumar India · #3,202,586 worldwide 461 citations · 36 works
  3. 3 Birender Kaur India · #3,445,764 worldwide 118 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Sandeep Kumar India · #4,112,439 worldwide 907 citations · 47 works
  5. 5 Tirtha Mukherjee India · #4,593,698 worldwide 310 citations · 24 works
  6. 6 Tarik Anowar India · #4,887,568 worldwide 4 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Harsh Kumar India · #5,092,284 worldwide 78 citations · 22 works
  8. 8 Avneesh Kumar India · #5,142,431 worldwide 648 citations · 69 works
  9. 9 Arvinder Singh India · #5,170,518 worldwide 85 citations · 34 works
  10. 10 Upinder Kaur India · #5,404,576 worldwide 93 citations · 28 works
All ranked researchers at Akal University

What are the most cited papers from Akal University?

The most cited paper from Akal University is "Zinc toxicity in plants: a review" (Harmanjit Kaur, Neera Garg, 2021), with 417 citations. Next come "Re-visiting the Environmental Kuznets curve for ASEAN: A comparison between ecological footprint and carbon dioxide emissions" (212) and "The beneficial roles of trace and ultratrace elements in plants" (201).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Zinc toxicity in plants: a review Harmanjit Kaur, Neera Garg · Planta 27 May 2021 417
2 Re-visiting the Environmental Kuznets curve for ASEAN: A comparison between ecological footprint and carbon dioxide emissions Mohd Arshad Ansari · Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 31 Aug 2022 212
3 The beneficial roles of trace and ultratrace elements in plants Harmanjit Kaur, Harjit Kaur, Harpreet Kaur et al. · Plant Growth Regulation 10 Jun 2022 201
4 Simulation of shielding parameters for TeO2-WO3-GeO2 glasses using FLUKA code Amandeep Sharma, M.I. Sayyed, O. Ağar et al. · Results in Physics Open access 15 Mar 2019 129
5 Impact of Structural Empowerment on Organizational Commitment: The Mediating Role of Women’s Psychological Empowerment Arun Aggarwal, Ran Singh Dhaliwal, Kamrunnisha Nobi · Vision The Journal of Business Perspective 26 Jul 2018 116
All 63 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Akal University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Drug Discovery, Medicinal Chemistry, Catalysis, Green Chemistry, Anticancer Agents, Machine Learning, Organic Synthesis and Heterocyclic Compounds.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in 2022-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Machine Learning16▲ 1.91×39 topics
  2. Deep Learning10▲ 1.19×30 topics
  3. Catalysis10▲ 6.1×14 topics
  4. Drug Discovery10▲ 17×9 topics
  5. Medicinal Chemistry9▲ 13×9 topics
  6. Green Chemistry8▲ 18×7 topics
  7. Anticancer Agents8▲ 21×8 topics
  8. Organic Synthesis8▲ 25×6 topics
  9. Human Rights7▲ 2.8×7 topics
  10. Heterocyclic Compounds7▲ 33×4 topics
  11. Synthesis7▲ 7.4×19 topics
  12. Nanomaterials7▲ 2.5×10 topics
  13. Conflict7▲ 16×4 topics
  14. Food Security6▲ 4.7×8 topics
  15. Asymmetric Synthesis6▲ 46×5 topics
  16. Agriculture6▲ 5.8×3 topics
  17. Security6▲ 3.2×11 topics
  18. Multicomponent Reactions5▲ 86×2 topics
  19. Green Synthesis5▲ 11×4 topics
  20. Nonlinear Equations5▲ 16×3 topics
  21. Heterocyclic Synthesis5▲ 120×1 topic
  22. Nanocatalysts5▲ 31×1 topic
  23. Development4▲ 4.8×4 topics
  24. Cytotoxicity4▲ 12×6 topics
  25. Ethnicity4▲ 4.5×2 topics
  26. Antimicrobial4▲ 5.7×7 topics
  27. Coumarins4▲ 32×2 topics
  28. Oxidation4▲ 10×3 topics
  29. Antimicrobial Activity4▲ 9.5×3 topics
  30. Federalism4▲ 24×1 topic
  31. Kashmir4▲ 67×1 topic
  32. Policy4▲ 7.1×3 topics
  33. Production4▲ 19×2 topics
  34. India4▲ 21×2 topics
  35. Biological Evaluation4▲ 26×5 topics
  36. Tubulin Inhibitors4▲ 31×1 topic
  37. Vascular Targeting Agents4▲ 31×1 topic
  38. Chemoselective4▲ 16×3 topics
  39. Economic Analysis4▲ 9.6×1 topic
  40. Peacebuilding3▲ 19×3 topics

Which research topics does Akal University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Multicomponent Synthesis of Heterocycles, South Asian Studies and Conflicts, Synthesis and biological activity and Agricultural Economics and Practices.

Multicomponent Synthesis…5Multicomponent Synthesis of Heterocycles: 5 fractional worksSouth Asian Studies and …4South Asian Studies and Conflicts: 4 fractional worksSynthesis and biological…4Synthesis and biological activity: 4 fractional worksAgricultural Economics a…4Agricultural Economics and Practices: 4 fractional worksSynthesis and Biological Evaluation: 3 fractional worksNonlinear Waves and Solitons: 3 fractional worksSmart Agriculture and AI3Smart Agriculture and AI: 3 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 2 fractional worksLimits and Structures in Graph Theory: 2 fractional worksFinite Group Theory Rese…2Finite Group Theory Research: 2 fractional works
Organic ChemistryPolitical Science and International RelationsGeneral Agricultural and Biological SciencesStatistical and Nonlinear Physics3 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Multicomponent Synthesis of Heterocycles Organic Chemistry 5 works
  2. 2 South Asian Studies and Conflicts Political Science and International Relations 4 works
  3. 3 Synthesis and biological activity Organic Chemistry 4 works
  4. 4 Agricultural Economics and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 4 works
  5. 5 Synthesis and Biological Evaluation Organic Chemistry 3 works
  6. 6 Nonlinear Waves and Solitons Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 3 works
  7. 7 Smart Agriculture and AI Plant Science 3 works
  8. 8 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 2 works
  9. 9 Limits and Structures in Graph Theory Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics 2 works
  10. 10 Finite Group Theory Research Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics 2 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world's own shares: the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available43.2%not open56.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.9%domestic only85.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Akal University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 184% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting20052010201520202025
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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Akal University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00099% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Akal University0.00091% in 202520102020

Fractional works of Akal University over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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