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Anna University, Chennai

In research, Anna University, Chennai stands highest in Physical Sciences (#3,153 of 10,670 worldwide), Engineering (#2,022 of 5,901 worldwide) and Computer Science (#1,986 of 4,417 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Computer Networks and Communications, Signal Processing and Polymers and Plastics (Computer Networks and Communications is 5.4× its share of world research).

World rank, 2022-now
#4,559
of 22,385 · #7,046 all time
Rank in India
#163
of 1,562
Research works
25k
▼ 6% vs 2018-21
Citations
413k
16.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.73×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
26%
world 40%
International
10%
world 18%

What is Anna University, Chennai 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 #3,153 of 10,670 5.9%4,020 #4005
EngineeringField #2,022 of 5,901 5.5%1,741 #2062
Computer ScienceField #1,986 of 4,417 6.5%1,136 #2480
Computer Networks and CommunicationsSubfield #493 of 728 8.1%247 #1145
Materials ScienceField #1,559 of 2,276 4.4%465 #1988
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #1,525 of 2,176 4.5%527 #2178
Artificial IntelligenceSubfield #1,353 of 1,862 6.3%311 #1925
Environmental ScienceField #2,460 of 3,334 7.9%289 #2905
Biomedical EngineeringSubfield #1,160 of 1,539 7.4%228 #1610
ChemistryField #1,013 of 1,299 7.1%102 #1778

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Anna University, Chennai 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 of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Physical Sciences#4,005 #3,153
  2. Engineering#2,062 #2,022
  3. Computer Science#2,480 #1,986
  4. Computer Networks and Communications#1,145 #493
  5. Materials Science#1,988 #1,559
  6. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#2,178 #1,525
  7. Artificial Intelligence#1,925 #1,353
  8. Environmental Science#2,905 #2,460
  9. Biomedical Engineering#1,610 #1,160
  10. Chemistry#1,778 #1,013
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Anna University, Chennai work in?

In 2022-now, 77% of research at Anna University, Chennai is in Physical Sciences, 8% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (33%), Computer Science (22%), Materials Science (9%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 4,523 fractional works · 76.8% of its workEngineering: 1,939 fractional works · 32.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 583 fractional works · 9.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 273 fractional works · 4.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 259 fractional works · 4.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 150 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 129 fractional works · 2.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 127 fractional works · 2.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 100 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 87 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 57 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Mechanics: 43 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMedia Technology: 41 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 34 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 28 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 27 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 1,304 fractional works · 22.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 366 fractional works · 6.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 283 fractional works · 4.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 265 fractional works · 4.5% of its workInformation Systems: 201 fractional works · 3.4% of its workSignal Processing: 74 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 44 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 31 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHardware and Architecture: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 516 fractional works · 8.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 236 fractional works · 4.0% of its workBiomaterials: 90 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 86 fractional works · 1.5% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 78 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCeramics and Composites: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 329 fractional works · 5.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 87 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 62 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 43 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 39 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPollution: 31 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 122 fractional works · 2.1% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 113 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 112 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 40 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 27 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 62 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtmospheric Science: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOceanography: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 62 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 50 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeometry and Topology: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Mathematics: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 28 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 498 fractional works · 8.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 213 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPlant Science: 121 fractional works · 2.1% of its workFood Science: 46 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 35 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 151 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 95 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 56 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNeuroscience: 106 fractional works · 1.8% of its workNeurology: 50 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 48 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 9 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 458 fractional works · 7.8% of its workMedicine: 347 fractional works · 5.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 75 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 23 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 122 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHealth Professions: 83 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 50 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 407 fractional works · 6.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 121 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 45 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEducation: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 58 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 112 fractional works · 1.9% of its workManagement Information Systems: 38 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMarketing: 23 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 60 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 52 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 39 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 37 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKAnna University,Chennai5,886fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences77%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences7%

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. Engineering1,93932.9%
    2. Computer Science1,30422.2%
    3. Materials Science5168.8%
    4. Environmental Science3295.6%
    5. Energy1222.1%
    6. Chemistry1121.9%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences621.0%
    8. Physics and Astronomy621.0%
    9. Mathematics500.9%
    10. Chemical Engineering280.5%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2133.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1512.6%
    3. Neuroscience1061.8%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics190.3%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology90.1%
    1. Medicine3475.9%
    2. Health Professions831.4%
    3. Nursing170.3%
    4. Dentistry100.2%
    1. Social Sciences1212.1%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting1121.9%
    3. Psychology601.0%
    4. Decision Sciences520.9%
    5. Arts and Humanities370.6%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance260.4%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Anna University, Chennai specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Computer Networks and Communications takes 5.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Computer Networks and CommunicationsSubfield · 283.4 works5.4×
  2. Signal ProcessingSubfield · 74.2 works4.2×
  3. Polymers and PlasticsSubfield · 85.6 works3.6×
  4. BiomaterialsSubfield · 89.8 works3.6×
  5. Computer Vision and Pattern RecognitionSubfield · 264.7 works3.6×
  6. Health Information ManagementSubfield · 50.0 works3.3×
  7. NeurologySubfield · 50.2 works3.1×
← 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: 0.76× its world share, 213 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.48× its world share, 151 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.14× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.11× its world share, 106 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.91× its world share, 19 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.35× its world share, 28 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.22× its world share, 112 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.85× its world share, 1,304 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.67× its world share, 62 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.25× its world share, 122 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.20× its world share, 1,939 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.13× its world share, 329 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.51× its world share, 516 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.72× its world share, 50 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.47× its world share, 62 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.34× its world share, 10 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.54× its world share, 84 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.31× its world share, 347 worksMedicineNursing: 0.61× its world share, 18 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.22× its world share, 37 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.59× its world share, 112 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.92× its world share, 52 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.20× its world share, 26 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.33× its world share, 60 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 121 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Computer Science, 2.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Computer Science2.85×1,304 works
  2. Materials Science2.51×516 works
  3. Energy2.25×122 works
  4. Engineering2.20×1,939 works
  5. Chemical Engineering1.35×28 works
  6. Chemistry1.22×112 works
  7. Environmental Science1.13×329 works
  8. Neuroscience1.11×106 works
  9. Decision Sciences0.92×52 works
  10. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.91×19 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.76×213 works
  12. Mathematics0.72×50 works
  13. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.67×62 works
  14. Nursing0.61×18 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.59×112 works
  16. Health Professions0.54×84 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.48×151 works
  18. Physics and Astronomy0.47×62 works
  19. Dentistry0.34×10 works
  20. Psychology0.33×60 works
  21. Medicine0.31×347 works
  22. Arts and Humanities0.22×37 works
  23. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.20×26 works
  24. Social Sciences0.16×121 works
  25. Immunology and Microbiology0.14×8 works

Who are the top researchers at Anna University, Chennai?

Ranked on the quality score, D. Karunanidhi, Ramalingam Velraj and Jeyakumar Rajesh Banu lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Anna University, Chennai.

  1. 1 D. Karunanidhi India · #55,561 worldwide 4.2k citations · 78 works
  2. 2 Ramalingam Velraj India · #81,208 worldwide 16k citations · 274 works
  3. 3 Jeyakumar Rajesh Banu India · #105,803 worldwide 20k citations · 394 works
  4. 4 P. Aravinthasamy India · #109,227 worldwide 2k citations · 24 works
  5. 5 Govindan Nagarajan India · #246,693 worldwide 9.7k citations · 197 works
  6. 6 Thirumalaisamy Subramani India · #278,106 worldwide 6.3k citations · 196 works
  7. 7 Selvarasan Iniyan India · #440,898 worldwide 10k citations · 139 works
  8. 8 V. R. Arun Prakash India · #443,116 worldwide 4k citations · 44 works
  9. 9 S. K. Kavitha India · #504,533 worldwide 7.9k citations · 157 works
  10. 10 T. Arunkumar India · #611,783 worldwide 6k citations · 91 works
All ranked researchers at Anna University, Chennai

What are the most cited papers from Anna University, Chennai?

The most cited paper from Anna University, Chennai is "A survey on security issues in service delivery models of cloud computing" (Sundarajan Subashini, V. Kavitha, 2010), with 2,631 citations. Next come "A review of solar photovoltaic technologies" (2,012) and "A review on Fenton and improvements to the Fenton process for wastewater treatment" (1,815).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A survey on security issues in service delivery models of cloud computing Sundarajan Subashini, V. Kavitha · Journal of Network and Computer Applications 16 Jul 2010 2,631
2 A review of solar photovoltaic technologies Bhubaneswari Parida, Selvarasan Iniyan, Ranko Goić · Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 12 Jan 2011 2,012
3 A review on Fenton and improvements to the Fenton process for wastewater treatment Arjunan Babu Ponnusami, Karuppan Muthukumar · Journal of environmental chemical engineering 29 Oct 2013 1,815
4 Solar photocatalytic degradation of azo dye: comparison of photocatalytic efficiency of ZnO and TiO2 Shanmugasundaram Sakthivel, Bernaurdshaw Neppolian, M.V. Shankar et al. · Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 17 Feb 2003 1,682
5 Equilibrium, kinetics, mechanism, and process design for the sorption of methylene blue onto rice husk V. Vadivelan, K. Vasanth Kumar · Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 17 Feb 2005 1,657
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Anna University, Chennai?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Internet of Things, Mechanical Properties, Convolutional Neural Networks, Security, IoT Security and Wireless Sensor Networks.

▲ 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. Deep Learning848▲ 4.2×81 topics
  2. Machine Learning685▲ 3.5×92 topics
  3. Neural Networks234▲ 2.6×39 topics
  4. Mechanical Properties223▲ 3.9×37 topics
  5. Internet of Things219▲ 4.3×27 topics
  6. Healthcare210▲ 3.1×15 topics
  7. Nanomaterials203▲ 3.3×20 topics
  8. Convolutional Neural Networks201▲ 4.7×14 topics
  9. Security195▲ 4.9×20 topics
  10. Biomedical Applications168▲ 2.4×34 topics
  11. Environmental Impact167▲ 1.67×49 topics
  12. Wireless Sensor Networks165▲ 6.2×22 topics
  13. Nanoparticles162▲ 2.2×41 topics
  14. Graphene159▲ 4.0×12 topics
  15. Energy Efficiency158▲ 2.9×35 topics
  16. Renewable Energy158▲ 1.86×36 topics
  17. Data Mining154▲ 3.6×20 topics
  18. IoT Security148▲ 8.2×3 topics
  19. Nanocomposites142▲ 3.0×22 topics
  20. Feature Extraction132▲ 5.0×10 topics
  21. Environmental Monitoring130▲ 5.7×13 topics
  22. IoT128▲ 5.8×17 topics
  23. Classification117▲ 4.4×11 topics
  24. Image Processing116▲ 4.5×13 topics
  25. Medical Imaging114▲ 3.7×9 topics
  26. Smart Cities104▲ 6.7×8 topics
  27. Microstructure103▲ 3.4×18 topics
  28. Anomaly Detection95▲ 5.7×5 topics
  29. 5G Networks95▲ 8.1×5 topics
  30. Cybersecurity94▲ 6.4×4 topics
  31. Privacy94▲ 5.5×7 topics
  32. Security and Privacy84▲ 7.5×3 topics
  33. Transfer Learning77▲ 6.8×3 topics
  34. Big Data Analytics76▲ 6.1×5 topics
  35. Intrusion Detection76▲ 9.0×4 topics
  36. Feature Selection73▲ 5.8×6 topics
  37. Security Analysis72▲ 7.2×4 topics
  38. Mobile Edge Computing68▲ 7.3×2 topics
  39. Edge Computing67▲ 9.0×2 topics
  40. Smart Farming65▲ 9.6×2 topics

Which research topics does Anna University, Chennai publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: IoT and Edge/Fog Computing, Network Security and Intrusion Detection, Smart Agriculture and AI and Blockchain Technology Applications and Security.

  1. 1 IoT and Edge/Fog Computing Computer Networks and Communications 59 works
  2. 2 Network Security and Intrusion Detection Computer Networks and Communications 58 works
  3. 3 Smart Agriculture and AI Plant Science 57 works
  4. 4 Blockchain Technology Applications and Security Information Systems 50 works
  5. 5 Brain Tumor Detection and Classification Neurology 48 works
  6. 6 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Health Information Management 47 works
  7. 7 Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 36 works
  8. 8 Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties Mechanical Engineering 36 works
  9. 9 AI in cancer detection Artificial Intelligence 35 works
  10. 10 Energy Efficient Wireless Sensor Networks Computer Networks and Communications 32 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 available26.0%not open74.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.5%domestic only90.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Anna University, Chennai's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 6% lower 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 Anna University, Chennai as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.023% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%Anna University, Chennai0.022% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Anna University, Chennai 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 2025Anna University, Chennai7.3% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 14.7% in 2005.

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