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American College, Madurai

In research, American College, Madurai stands highest in Physical Sciences (#9,204 of 10,670 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#9,171 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Arts and Humanities (Arts and Humanities is 4.1× its share of world research).

World rank, 2022-now
#10,109
of 22,385 · #15,042 all time
Rank in India
#641
of 1,562
Research works
984
▲ 64% vs 2018-21
Citations
7.6k
7.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.83×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
49%
world 40%
International
13%
world 18%

What is American College, Madurai 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 #9,204 of 10,670 4.3%196 #14124
Social SciencesDomain #9,171 of 9,585 2.1%101 #14405

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where American College, Madurai 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 American College, Madurai work in?

In 2022-now, 49% of research at American College, Madurai is in Physical Sciences, 30% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (13%), Arts and Humanities (12%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (9%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 227 fractional works · 49.4% of its workEngineering: 58 fractional works · 12.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 16 fractional works · 3.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 14 fractional works · 3.1% of its workBuilding and Construction: 7 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 41 fractional works · 9.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 22 fractional works · 4.7% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 9 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomaterials: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 40 fractional works · 8.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 12 fractional works · 2.7% of its workInformation Systems: 9 fractional works · 1.9% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 7 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 34 fractional works · 7.3% of its workEcology: 11 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPollution: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 25 fractional works · 5.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 14 fractional works · 3.0% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpectroscopy: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectrochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 8 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeometry and Topology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 8 fractional works · 1.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 8 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 8 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 137 fractional works · 29.8% of its workArts and Humanities: 54 fractional works · 11.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 18 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPhilosophy: 14 fractional works · 3.0% of its workReligious studies: 9 fractional works · 1.9% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 8 fractional works · 1.8% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 38 fractional works · 8.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 11 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEducation: 7 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDemography: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCultural Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCommunication: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLinguistics and Language: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 16 fractional works · 3.4% of its workMarketing: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Information Systems: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 12 fractional works · 2.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 10 fractional works · 2.2% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPsychology: 11 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 7 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 68 fractional works · 14.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 42 fractional works · 9.1% of its workPlant Science: 17 fractional works · 3.6% of its workFood Science: 7 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAquatic Science: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSoil Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInsect Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workForestry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 19 fractional works · 4.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 11 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiotechnology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 28 fractional works · 6.2% of its workMedicine: 20 fractional works · 4.3% of its workPharmacology: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOncology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Information Management: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKAmerican College,Madurai460fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences15%Physical Sciences49%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences30%

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. Engineering5812.7%
    2. Materials Science419.0%
    3. Computer Science408.7%
    4. Environmental Science347.3%
    5. Chemistry255.5%
    6. Mathematics81.8%
    7. Energy81.8%
    8. Physics and Astronomy81.7%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.5%
    10. Chemical Engineering20.3%
    1. Arts and Humanities5411.8%
    2. Social Sciences388.2%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting163.4%
    4. Decision Sciences122.5%
    5. Psychology112.4%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance71.4%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences429.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology194.2%
    3. Neuroscience30.6%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology20.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.4%
    1. Medicine204.3%
    2. Health Professions61.3%
    3. Dentistry20.3%
    4. Nursing10.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does American College, Madurai specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Arts and Humanities takes 4.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Arts and HumanitiesField · 54.4 works4.1×
← 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: 1.92× its world share, 42 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.79× its world share, 19 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.44× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.34× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.10× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.96× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 3.48× its world share, 25 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.12× its world share, 40 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.97× its world share, 8 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.85× its world share, 58 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.48× its world share, 34 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.58× its world share, 42 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.56× its world share, 8 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.76× its world share, 8 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.70× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.50× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.22× its world share, 20 worksMedicineNursing: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 4.09× its world share, 54 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.05× its world share, 16 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.63× its world share, 12 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.67× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.79× its world share, 11 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.65× its world share, 38 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities4.09×54 works
  2. Chemistry3.48×25 works
  3. Decision Sciences2.63×12 works
  4. Materials Science2.58×42 works
  5. Energy1.97×8 works
  6. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.92×42 works
  7. Mathematics1.56×8 works
  8. Environmental Science1.48×34 works
  9. Computer Science1.12×40 works
  10. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.10×2 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting1.05×16 works
  12. Chemical Engineering0.96×2 works
  13. Engineering0.85×58 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.79×19 works
  15. Psychology0.79×11 works
  16. Physics and Astronomy0.76×8 works
  17. Dentistry0.70×2 works
  18. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.67×7 works
  19. Social Sciences0.65×38 works
  20. Health Professions0.50×6 works
  21. Nursing0.45×1 works
  22. Immunology and Microbiology0.44×2 works
  23. Neuroscience0.34×3 works
  24. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.32×2 works
  25. Medicine0.22×20 works

Who are the top researchers at American College, Madurai?

Ranked on the quality score, Ashok Kumar S, Jeyaraj Dhaveethu Raja and J. Immanuel Suresh lead among researchers whose main affiliation is American College, Madurai.

  1. 1 Ashok Kumar S India · #2,456,181 worldwide 836 citations · 47 works
  2. 2 Jeyaraj Dhaveethu Raja India · #3,096,052 worldwide 2.4k citations · 67 works
  3. 3 J. Immanuel Suresh India · #3,471,100 worldwide 33 citations · 20 works
  4. 4 R. P. Riesz India · #4,384,641 worldwide 201 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 T. Balakumar India · #4,726,025 worldwide 315 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Mariadhas Jarvin India · #4,799,694 worldwide 363 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 P. R. Anbudurai India · #4,885,485 worldwide 477 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 A. David Christopher India · #5,368,581 worldwide 19 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 Daniel Rani Rosaline India · #5,404,606 worldwide 474 citations · 23 works
  10. 10 Paulraj Adwin Jose India · #5,409,404 worldwide 557 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at American College, Madurai

What are the most cited papers from American College, Madurai?

The most cited paper from American College, Madurai is "Customers response to online food delivery services during COVID‐19 outbreak using binary logistic regression" (Sangeeta Mehrolia, Subburaj Alagarsamy, Vijay Mallikraj Solaikutty, 2020), with 302 citations. Next come "A complete review on biochar: Production, property, multifaceted applications, interaction mechanism and computational approach" (199) and "Green synthesis of gold nanoparticles using Curcuma pseudomontana isolated curcumin: Its characterization, antimicrobial, antioxidant and anti- inflammatory activities" (178).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Customers response to online food delivery services during COVID‐19 outbreak using binary logistic regression Sangeeta Mehrolia, Subburaj Alagarsamy, Vijay Mallikraj Solaikutty · International Journal of Consumer Studies Open access 17 Nov 2020 302
2 A complete review on biochar: Production, property, multifaceted applications, interaction mechanism and computational approach Kadarkaraithangam Jeyasubramanian, Baskaran Thangagiri, Arumugam Sakthivel et al. · Fuel 15 Feb 2021 199
3 Green synthesis of gold nanoparticles using Curcuma pseudomontana isolated curcumin: Its characterization, antimicrobial, antioxidant and anti- inflammatory activities Nalluchamy Muniyappan, M. Pandeeswaran, Augustine Amalraj · Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology Open access 2021 178
4 Invited review: Physics potential of the ICAL detector at the India-based Neutrino Observatory (INO) Arun Kumar et al. · Pramana Open access 26 Apr 2017 177
5 Structural Violence AgainstKothi–Identified Men Who Have Sex with Men in Chennai, India: A Qualitative Investigation Venkatesan Chakrapani, Peter A. Newman, Murali Shunmugam et al. · AIDS Education and Prevention Aug 2007 176
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at American College, Madurai?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Nanomaterials, Philosophy, Machine Learning, Globalization, Graphene, National Identity, Environmental Ethics and Diaspora.

▲ 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 Learning26▲ 1.72×49 topics
  2. Nanomaterials22▲ 4.7×16 topics
  3. Globalization19▲ 2.1×23 topics
  4. Deep Learning19▲ 1.19×43 topics
  5. Sustainability17▲ 1.53×35 topics
  6. Philosophy16▲ 8.0×4 topics
  7. Environmental Impact15▲ 1.93×23 topics
  8. Human Rights13▲ 2.7×5 topics
  9. Biomedical Applications13▲ 2.3×23 topics
  10. Graphene13▲ 4.1×7 topics
  11. Nanoparticles12▲ 2.1×24 topics
  12. Toxicity10▲ 4.8×10 topics
  13. History9▲ 2.9×6 topics
  14. Religion9▲ 4.4×5 topics
  15. National Identity8▲ 16×2 topics
  16. Culture8▲ 3.5×4 topics
  17. Feminism8▲ 6.1×4 topics
  18. Environmental Ethics8▲ 27×3 topics
  19. Nanostructures8▲ 4.4×7 topics
  20. Diaspora8▲ 30×2 topics
  21. Anticancer Agents8▲ 12×9 topics
  22. Bollywood8▲ 88×1 topic
  23. Indian cinema8▲ 88×1 topic
  24. Modernization8▲ 9.1×2 topics
  25. Antimicrobial7▲ 5.7×9 topics
  26. Synthesis7▲ 4.3×23 topics
  27. Buddhism7▲ 82×1 topic
  28. South Asia7▲ 82×1 topic
  29. Medicinal Chemistry7▲ 5.5×8 topics
  30. Gandhi7▲ 82×1 topic
  31. Nonviolence7▲ 82×1 topic
  32. Green Synthesis7▲ 7.5×4 topics
  33. Freshwater Biodiversity6▲ 21×2 topics
  34. Marxism6▲ 29×2 topics
  35. Biosynthesis6▲ 7.9×4 topics
  36. DNA Barcoding6▲ 7.1×5 topics
  37. Density Functional Theory6▲ 12×4 topics
  38. Cultural Hermeneutics5▲ 89×1 topic
  39. Literary Theory5▲ 47×1 topic
  40. Molecular Structure5▲ 11×3 topics

Which research topics does American College, Madurai publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: South Asian Cinema and Culture, Indian and Buddhist Studies, Indian History and Philosophy and Literary Theory and Cultural Hermeneutics.

  1. 1 South Asian Cinema and Culture Visual Arts and Performing Arts 8 works
  2. 2 Indian and Buddhist Studies Religious studies 7 works
  3. 3 Indian History and Philosophy Philosophy 7 works
  4. 4 Literary Theory and Cultural Hermeneutics Literature and Literary Theory 5 works
  5. 5 South Asian Studies and Diaspora Philosophy 5 works
  6. 6 Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology Ecology 4 works
  7. 7 Nonlinear Optical Materials Research Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 4 works
  8. 8 Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications Materials Chemistry 4 works
  9. 9 Synthesis and biological activity Organic Chemistry 4 works
  10. 10 Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 3 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 available48.9%not open51.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.4%domestic only86.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has American College, Madurai's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 64% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 American College, Madurai as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0016% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%American College, Madurai0.0022% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of American College, Madurai over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025American College, Madurai3.3% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 8.5% in 2020.

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