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Annamalai University

In research, Annamalai University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#2,049 of 12,888 worldwide), Engineering (#1,490 of 6,636 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#2,542 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Aquatic Science, Plant Science and Soil Science — Aquatic Science is 4.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,585
of 28,054 · #2,677 all time
Rank in India
#145
of 1,840
Research works
17k
▲ 16% vs 2013–17
Citations
265k
15.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
47%
world 28%

What is Annamalai University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #2,049 of 12,888 7.6%2,207 #2437
EngineeringField #1,490 of 6,636 6.7%841 #1890
Social SciencesDomain #2,542 of 10,521 11.0%565 #3025
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #1,193 of 3,409 6.4%567 #833
Life SciencesDomain #2,744 of 7,800 7.1%844 #2022
Arts and HumanitiesField #736 of 1,998 15.3%69 #1951
Health SciencesDomain #4,872 of 11,982 7.9%491 #5571
Materials ScienceField #1,075 of 2,468 8.6%241 #1280
Plant ScienceSubfield #628 of 1,395 7.2%309 #398
Social SciencesField #2,899 of 6,365 17.1%196 #1983

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Annamalai 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Physical Sciences#2,437 #2,049
  2. Engineering#1,890 #1,490
  3. Social Sciences#3,025 #2,542
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#833 #1,193
  5. Life Sciences#2,022 #2,744
  6. Arts and Humanities#1,951 #736
  7. Health Sciences#5,571 #4,872
  8. Materials Science#1,280 #1,075
  9. Plant Science#398 #628
  10. Social Sciences#1,983 #2,899
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

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

What does Annamalai University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Aquatic Science takes 4.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Aquatic ScienceSubfield · 34.5 works4.6×
  2. Plant ScienceSubfield · 309.3 works4.3×
  3. Soil ScienceSubfield · 52.2 works4.2×
  4. Management Science and Operations ResearchSubfield · 72.7 works3.6×
← 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: 2.91× its world share, 567 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.71× its world share, 156 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.41× its world share, 17 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.94× its world share, 63 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.90× its world share, 42 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.41× its world share, 20 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.59× its world share, 167 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.73× its world share, 552 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.51× its world share, 33 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.88× its world share, 109 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.36× its world share, 841 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.97× its world share, 198 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.68× its world share, 241 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.69× its world share, 34 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.14× its world share, 12 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.70× its world share, 14 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.88× its world share, 95 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.46× its world share, 367 worksMedicineNursing: 0.69× its world share, 14 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.58× its world share, 69 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.75× its world share, 99 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.20× its world share, 87 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.68× its world share, 59 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.43× its world share, 53 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 196 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 2.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Annamalai University?

Ranked on the composite score, K. Kathiresan, Venugopal P. Menon and R. Panneerselvam lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Annamalai University.

  1. 1 K. Kathiresan India · #50,524 worldwide 468 citations · 32 works
  2. 2 Venugopal P. Menon India · #82,380 worldwide 303 citations · 31 works
  3. 3 R. Panneerselvam India · #105,046 worldwide 325 citations · 29 works
  4. 4 Cheruth Abdul Jaleel India · #139,698 worldwide 367 citations · 22 works
  5. 5 V. Balakrishnan India · #166,042 worldwide 135 citations · 44 works
  6. 6 V. Ramalingam India · #178,124 worldwide 162 citations · 23 works
  7. 7 Leelavinothan Pari India · #206,599 worldwide 178 citations · 26 works
  8. 8 C. Muralidharan India · #285,605 worldwide 91 citations · 29 works
  9. 9 K. Kathiresan India · #287,331 worldwide 122 citations · 22 works
  10. 10 M. Kavitha India · #302,542 worldwide 136 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Annamalai University

Which keywords describe research at Annamalai University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Wireless Sensor Networks, Mechanical Properties, Convolutional Neural Networks, Nanomaterials, Environmental Monitoring and Feature Extraction.

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

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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 Learning432▲ 3.1×69 topics
  2. Machine Learning362▲ 2.7×79 topics
  3. Mechanical Properties131▲ 3.3×28 topics
  4. Nanomaterials130▲ 3.0×16 topics
  5. Renewable Energy128▲ 2.2×32 topics
  6. Sustainability126▲ 1.26×49 topics
  7. Environmental Impact123▲ 1.76×46 topics
  8. Convolutional Neural Networks118▲ 3.9×13 topics
  9. Nanoparticles116▲ 2.2×38 topics
  10. Wireless Sensor Networks106▲ 5.7×19 topics
  11. Feature Extraction93▲ 4.9×10 topics
  12. Environmental Monitoring92▲ 5.9×13 topics
  13. Healthcare88▲ 1.91×14 topics
  14. Medical Imaging85▲ 4.0×8 topics
  15. Microstructure80▲ 3.7×16 topics
  16. Renewable Energy Integration79▲ 5.7×5 topics
  17. Graphene78▲ 2.8×9 topics
  18. Image Processing77▲ 4.2×12 topics
  19. Synthesis74▲ 4.8×28 topics
  20. Food Security73▲ 3.2×20 topics
  21. Power Electronics72▲ 5.3×8 topics
  22. Security72▲ 2.7×21 topics
  23. Classification68▲ 3.6×11 topics
  24. Transfer Learning59▲ 7.4×3 topics
  25. Solar Energy57▲ 4.3×5 topics
  26. Plant Growth56▲ 12×6 topics
  27. India56▲ 19×3 topics
  28. Antimicrobial55▲ 4.8×13 topics
  29. Conflict52▲ 7.8×6 topics
  30. Smart Farming51▲ 11×2 topics
  31. Fuzzy Sets50▲ 22×3 topics
  32. QTL Mapping48▲ 10.0×6 topics
  33. Internet of Things (IoT)48▲ 10×3 topics
  34. Crop Yield Prediction46▲ 11×1 topic
  35. Plant Disease Detection46▲ 11×1 topic
  36. Anticancer Agents46▲ 7.3×11 topics
  37. Drought Tolerance44▲ 7.5×8 topics
  38. Nutritional Quality43▲ 14×4 topics
  39. Breeding42▲ 13×5 topics
  40. Water Management42▲ 8.4×6 topics

Which research topics does Annamalai University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Smart Agriculture and AI, South Asian Studies and Conflicts, Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement and Agricultural Economics and Practices.

Smart Agriculture and AI46Smart Agriculture and AI: 46 fractional worksSouth Asian Studies and …41South Asian Studies and Conflicts: 41 fractional worksRice Cultivation and Yield Improvement: 36 fractional worksAgricultural Economics and Practices: 35 fractional worksBrain Tumor Detection and Classification: 33 fractional worksAI in cancer detection: 32 fractional worksMicrogrid Control and Optimization: 30 fractional worksMulti-Criteria Decision …30Multi-Criteria Decision Making: 30 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare: 28 fractional worksNetwork Security and Intrusion Detection: 26 fractional works
Plant SciencePolitical Science and International RelationsGeneral Agricultural and Biological SciencesNeurology5 others

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

  1. 1 Smart Agriculture and AI Plant Science 46 works
  2. 2 South Asian Studies and Conflicts Political Science and International Relations 41 works
  3. 3 Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement Plant Science 36 works
  4. 4 Agricultural Economics and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 35 works
  5. 5 Brain Tumor Detection and Classification Neurology 33 works
  6. 6 AI in cancer detection Artificial Intelligence 32 works
  7. 7 Microgrid Control and Optimization Control and Systems Engineering 30 works
  8. 8 Multi-Criteria Decision Making Management Science and Operations Research 30 works
  9. 9 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Health Information Management 28 works
  10. 10 Network Security and Intrusion Detection Computer Networks and Communications 26 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 available47.2%not open52.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.3%domestic only92.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Annamalai University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 16% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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.

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