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Bhabha Atomic Research Centre

In research, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,145 of 12,888 worldwide), Materials Science (#530 of 2,468 worldwide) and Materials Chemistry (#397 of 1,556 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Radiation, Inorganic Chemistry and Radiological and Ultrasound Technology — Radiation is 26.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,814
of 28,054 · #783 all time
Rank in India
#87
of 1,840
Research works
29k
▼ 30% vs 2013–17
Citations
456k
15.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
13%
world 28%

What is Bhabha Atomic Research Centre 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 #1,145 of 12,888 10.5%2,193 #519
Materials ScienceField #530 of 2,468 9.4%593 #344
Materials ChemistrySubfield #397 of 1,556 9.7%438 #279
ChemistryField #360 of 1,330 8.7%228 #599
EngineeringField #1,840 of 6,636 9.7%738 #676
Physics and AstronomyField #582 of 1,646 16.1%273 #412
Life SciencesDomain #3,599 of 7,800 17.4%283 #3897
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #1,272 of 2,318 10.0%186 #1298
Health SciencesDomain #6,652 of 11,982 10.6%270 #8363
Plant ScienceSubfield #799 of 1,395 25.3%86 #710

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Bhabha Atomic Research Centre 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#519 #1,145
  2. Materials Science#344 #530
  3. Materials Chemistry#279 #397
  4. Chemistry#599 #360
  5. Engineering#676 #1,840
  6. Physics and Astronomy#412 #582
  7. Life Sciences#3,897 #3,599
  8. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#1,298 #1,272
  9. Health Sciences#8,363 #6,652
  10. Plant Science#710 #799
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 Bhabha Atomic Research Centre specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Radiation takes 26.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. RadiationSubfield · 103.0 works27×
  2. Inorganic ChemistrySubfield · 94.3 works14×
  3. Radiological and Ultrasound TechnologySubfield · 43.0 works13×
  4. Materials ChemistrySubfield · 438.3 works8.0×
← 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: 0.94× its world share, 124 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.90× its world share, 134 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.23× its world share, 7 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.10× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.34× its world share, 13 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 5.33× its world share, 52 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 5.21× its world share, 228 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.19× its world share, 41 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.04× its world share, 46 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.27× its world share, 58 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.76× its world share, 738 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.12× its world share, 156 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 6.08× its world share, 593 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.21× its world share, 7 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 4.40× its world share, 273 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.23× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.62× its world share, 46 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.39× its world share, 211 worksMedicineNursing: 0.72× its world share, 10 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.90× its world share, 24 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.03× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.03× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 13 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Materials Science, 6.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Bhabha Atomic Research Centre?

Ranked on the composite score, Vijay K. Rohatgi, Ravi Sethi and Anita Topkar lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Bhabha Atomic Research Centre.

  1. 1 Vijay K. Rohatgi India · #13,346 worldwide 1.3k citations · 44 works
  2. 2 Ravi Sethi India · #22,808 worldwide 873 citations · 38 works
  3. 3 Anita Topkar India · #44,238 worldwide 871 citations · 89 works
  4. 4 A.K. Suri India · #53,884 worldwide 490 citations · 44 works
  5. 5 L. M. Pant India · #65,958 worldwide 678 citations · 64 works
  6. 6 A. K. Mohanty India · #66,052 worldwide 691 citations · 76 works
  7. 7 J. Ν. Mathur India · #73,401 worldwide 273 citations · 33 works
  8. 8 R. K. Choudhury India · #84,520 worldwide 617 citations · 80 works
  9. 9 K. Indira Priyadarsini India · #85,534 worldwide 384 citations · 37 works
  10. 10 S. Kailas India · #96,478 worldwide 575 citations · 92 works
All ranked researchers at Bhabha Atomic Research Centre

Which keywords describe research at Bhabha Atomic Research Centre?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Adsorption, Nanomaterials, Actinides, Ionizing Radiation, Extraction, Nanoparticles, Density Functional Theory and Catalysis.

▲ 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. Nanomaterials140▲ 4.7×19 topics
  2. Adsorption118▲ 20×7 topics
  3. Nanoparticles110▲ 3.1×40 topics
  4. Environmental Impact98▲ 2.0×31 topics
  5. Biomedical Applications92▲ 2.8×34 topics
  6. Actinides90▲ 61×2 topics
  7. Catalysis88▲ 4.8×28 topics
  8. Health Effects84▲ 5.0×17 topics
  9. Ionizing Radiation74▲ 37×3 topics
  10. Nanostructures73▲ 6.5×17 topics
  11. Extraction71▲ 19×5 topics
  12. Density Functional Theory71▲ 24×6 topics
  13. Radionuclides69▲ 65×2 topics
  14. Tomography69▲ 14×5 topics
  15. Coordination Chemistry68▲ 38×4 topics
  16. Hydrogen Embrittlement68▲ 29×3 topics
  17. Bioremediation67▲ 19×7 topics
  18. Toxicity67▲ 5.5×18 topics
  19. Oxidation Resistance66▲ 22×3 topics
  20. Crystal Growth66▲ 8.4×12 topics
  21. Sorption65▲ 49×2 topics
  22. Energy Storage64▲ 3.5×12 topics
  23. Lanthanides64▲ 51×1 topic
  24. Uranium64▲ 66×1 topic
  25. Microstructure62▲ 4.3×18 topics
  26. High Temperature Behavior62▲ 37×2 topics
  27. Accident Tolerant Fuels56▲ 55×1 topic
  28. Fuel Cladding56▲ 55×1 topic
  29. Small-Angle Scattering54▲ 36×2 topics
  30. Data Analysis54▲ 7.1×7 topics
  31. Neutron Activation Analysis52▲ 52×1 topic
  32. Neutron Imaging52▲ 52×1 topic
  33. Ionic Liquids52▲ 6.6×11 topics
  34. Semiconductors51▲ 6.0×5 topics
  35. Chemical Sensors51▲ 7.7×3 topics
  36. Nanocrystals50▲ 6.6×5 topics
  37. Superconductivity48▲ 10×9 topics
  38. Lung Cancer48▲ 10.0×3 topics
  39. Molten Salt45▲ 51×1 topic
  40. Nuclear Reactor45▲ 51×1 topic

Which research topics does Bhabha Atomic Research Centre publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Radioactive element chemistry and processing, Nuclear Materials and Properties, Nuclear Physics and Applications and Nuclear reactor physics and engineering.

Radioactive element chem…64Radioactive element chemistry and processing: 64 fractional worksNuclear Materials and Pr…56Nuclear Materials and Properties: 56 fractional worksNuclear Physics and Appl…52Nuclear Physics and Applications: 52 fractional worksNuclear reactor physics …45Nuclear reactor physics and engineering: 45 fractional worksRadioactivity and Radon Measurements: 40 fractional worksChemical Synthesis and Characterization: 30 fractional worksLuminescence Properties …30Luminescence Properties of Advanced Materials: 30 fractional worksRadioactive contaminatio…29Radioactive contamination and transfer: 29 fractional worksRadiation Detection and …28Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies: 28 fractional worksNuclear materials and ra…26Nuclear materials and radiation effects: 26 fractional works
Inorganic ChemistryMaterials ChemistryRadiationAerospace Engineering3 others

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

  1. 1 Radioactive element chemistry and processing Inorganic Chemistry 64 works
  2. 2 Nuclear Materials and Properties Materials Chemistry 56 works
  3. 3 Nuclear Physics and Applications Radiation 52 works
  4. 4 Nuclear reactor physics and engineering Aerospace Engineering 45 works
  5. 5 Radioactivity and Radon Measurements Radiological and Ultrasound Technology 40 works
  6. 6 Chemical Synthesis and Characterization Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 30 works
  7. 7 Luminescence Properties of Advanced Materials Materials Chemistry 30 works
  8. 8 Radioactive contamination and transfer Global and Planetary Change 29 works
  9. 9 Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies Radiation 28 works
  10. 10 Nuclear materials and radiation effects Materials Chemistry 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 available12.7%not open87.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.8%domestic only93.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Bhabha Atomic Research Centre's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 30% lower 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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