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Central Ground Water Board

In research, Central Ground Water Board stands highest in Environmental Science (#2,343 of 3,334 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#9,079 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Environmental Engineering, Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science (Environmental Engineering is 36.5× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#19,500
of 22,385 · #15,024 all time
Rank in India
#1,383
of 1,562
Research works
654
▲ 5% vs 2018-21
Citations
11k
16.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.97×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
24%
world 40%
International
16%
world 18%
Central Ground Water Board

What is Central Ground Water Board 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
Environmental ScienceField #2,343 of 3,334 5.2%60 #2330
Physical SciencesDomain #9,079 of 10,670 5.5%115 #6973

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Central Ground Water Board 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 Central Ground Water Board work in?

In 2022-now, 94% of research at Central Ground Water Board is in Physical Sciences, 2% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (50%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (23%), Engineering (15%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 127 fractional works · 94.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 68 fractional works · 50.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 27 fractional works · 19.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 19 fractional works · 13.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 7 fractional works · 5.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 3.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPollution: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 31 fractional works · 22.7% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 18 fractional works · 13.4% of its workGeophysics: 7 fractional works · 5.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 20 fractional works · 14.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 9 fractional works · 6.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 6 fractional works · 4.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMetals and Alloys: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnatomy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKCentral GroundWater Board135fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences94%Health Sciences2%Social Sciences2%

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 18 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science6850.2%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences3122.7%
    3. Engineering2014.7%
    4. Computer Science42.8%
    5. Energy21.7%
    6. Materials Science21.2%
    7. Physics and Astronomy10.7%
    8. Chemistry00.2%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Medicine21.8%
    2. Health Professions10.6%
    3. Nursing00.1%
    1. Social Sciences21.5%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting10.6%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.2%
    4. Arts and Humanities00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Central Ground Water Board specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Environmental Engineering takes 36.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Environmental EngineeringSubfield · 26.6 works36×
  2. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 30.6 works14×
  3. Environmental ScienceField · 67.8 works10×
← 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: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemical Engineering: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.36× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 14.45× its world share, 31 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.81× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.98× its world share, 20 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 10.10× its world share, 68 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksMedicineNursing: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 14.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 18 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences14.45×31 works
  2. Environmental Science10.10×68 works
  3. Energy1.81×2 works
  4. Engineering0.98×20 works
  5. Computer Science0.36×4 works
  6. Materials Science0.33×2 works
  7. Physics and Astronomy0.33×1 works
  8. Nursing0.25×0 works
  9. Chemical Engineering0.24×0 works
  10. Health Professions0.23×1 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting0.17×1 works
  12. Chemistry0.16×0 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.15×1 works
  14. Social Sciences0.12×2 works
  15. Medicine0.09×2 works
  16. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.09×0 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.04×0 works
  18. Arts and Humanities0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Central Ground Water Board?

Ranked on the quality score, Suresh Kumar, Amlanjyoti Kar and Dipankar Saha lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Central Ground Water Board.

  1. 1 Suresh Kumar India · #1,395,830 worldwide 1.8k citations · 51 works
  2. 2 Amlanjyoti Kar India · #2,518,698 worldwide 801 citations · 31 works
  3. 3 Dipankar Saha India · #2,678,103 worldwide 3.3k citations · 240 works
  4. 4 P. N. Rao India · #2,736,429 worldwide 407 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 Pradeep Kumar Naik India · #2,832,026 worldwide 1.3k citations · 50 works
  6. 6 Joe Edds India · #3,027,481 worldwide 103 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 Paul W. Westerfield India · #3,062,135 worldwide 63 citations · 25 works
  8. 8 Mohanavelu Senthilkumar India · #3,285,301 worldwide 510 citations · 23 works
  9. 9 Rakesh Dewangan India · #3,491,329 worldwide 231 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Saksham Kumar Srivastava India · #3,742,471 worldwide 737 citations · 39 works
All ranked researchers at Central Ground Water Board

What are the most cited papers from Central Ground Water Board?

The most cited paper from Central Ground Water Board is "Natural organic matter in sedimentary basins and its relation to arsenic in anoxic ground water: the example of West Bengal and its worldwide implications" (J.M. McArthur, Dhiraj Mohan Banerjee, Karen Ann Hudson-Edwards et al., 2004), with 826 citations. Next come "A proposed new diagram for geochemical classification of natural waters and interpretation of chemical data" (723) and "Sixty years of global progress in managed aquifer recharge" (666).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Natural organic matter in sedimentary basins and its relation to arsenic in anoxic ground water: the example of West Bengal and its worldwide implications J.M. McArthur, Dhiraj Mohan Banerjee, Karen Ann Hudson-Edwards et al. · Applied Geochemistry Open access 13 May 2004 826
2 A proposed new diagram for geochemical classification of natural waters and interpretation of chemical data D. K. Chadha · Hydrogeology Journal Oct 1999 723
3 Sixty years of global progress in managed aquifer recharge Peter Dillon et al. · Hydrogeology Journal Open access 7 Sep 2018 666
4 Impact of Climate Change on Indian Agriculture: A Review Rajesh Kumar Mall, Ranjeet Singh, Akhilesh Gupta et al. · Climatic Change 7 Aug 2006 414
5 Groundwater quality assessment using water quality index (WQI) under GIS framework Arjun Ram, Sarita Tiwari, Hemant Kumar Pandey et al. · Applied Water Science Open access Feb 2021 394
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Central Ground Water Board?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Remote Sensing, Groundwater, Water Quality, GIS, Groundwater Potential, Machine Learning Models and Isotopes.

▲ 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. Climate Change40▲ 11×23 topics
  2. Remote Sensing29▲ 17×12 topics
  3. Groundwater24▲ 188×4 topics
  4. Water Quality19▲ 35×7 topics
  5. GIS18▲ 181×2 topics
  6. Groundwater Potential18▲ 509×1 topic
  7. Machine Learning Models18▲ 509×1 topic
  8. Isotopes17▲ 402×1 topic
  9. Stable17▲ 458×1 topic
  10. Environmental Impact14▲ 6.1×11 topics
  11. Water Resources12▲ 35×5 topics
  12. Sustainability11▲ 3.5×9 topics
  13. Hydrological Modeling10▲ 30×4 topics
  14. Multivariate Statistical Techniques10▲ 176×1 topic
  15. Toxicity10▲ 16×6 topics
  16. Water Quality Index10▲ 176×1 topic
  17. Health Effects8▲ 9.4×8 topics
  18. Contamination7▲ 58×3 topics
  19. Adsorption6▲ 22×5 topics
  20. Water6▲ 86×2 topics
  21. Removal6▲ 122×2 topics
  22. Reservoir Operation6▲ 126×1 topic
  23. Water Demand6▲ 126×1 topic
  24. Groundwater Flow5▲ 157×1 topic
  25. Transport Modeling5▲ 157×1 topic
  26. Support Vector Machines5▲ 12×4 topics
  27. Electrical Resistivity Tomography5▲ 136×1 topic
  28. Magnetotelluric Imaging5▲ 136×1 topic
  29. Sediment Transport5▲ 23×2 topics
  30. Land Use Change5▲ 12×3 topics
  31. Risk Perception4▲ 12×2 topics
  32. Global Hydrology4▲ 47×1 topic
  33. Model Evaluation4▲ 25×2 topics
  34. Uncertainty Assessment4▲ 47×1 topic
  35. Arsenic4▲ 150×1 topic
  36. Flood Risk4▲ 38×1 topic
  37. Speciation4▲ 70×1 topic
  38. Surface Water Mapping4▲ 40×1 topic
  39. Geological Mapping3▲ 32×2 topics
  40. Compositional Data Analysis3▲ 39×1 topic

Which research topics does Central Ground Water Board publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Groundwater and Watershed Analysis, Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry, Water Quality and Pollution Assessment and Water resources management and optimization.

Groundwater and Watershe…18Groundwater and Watershed Analysis: 18 fractional worksGroundwater and Isotope …17Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry: 17 fractional worksWater Quality and Pollution Assessment: 10 fractional worksWater resources management and optimization: 6 fractional worksGroundwater flow and contamination studies: 5 fractional worksGeophysical and Geoelectrical Methods: 5 fractional worksHydrology and Watershed Management Studies: 4 fractional worksArsenic contamination and mitigation: 4 fractional worksFlood Risk Assessment and Management: 4 fractional worksGeochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 3 fractional works
Environmental EngineeringGeochemistry and PetrologyWater Science and TechnologyOcean Engineering4 others

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

  1. 1 Groundwater and Watershed Analysis Environmental Engineering 18 works
  2. 2 Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry Geochemistry and Petrology 17 works
  3. 3 Water Quality and Pollution Assessment Water Science and Technology 10 works
  4. 4 Water resources management and optimization Ocean Engineering 6 works
  5. 5 Groundwater flow and contamination studies Environmental Engineering 5 works
  6. 6 Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods Geophysics 5 works
  7. 7 Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies Water Science and Technology 4 works
  8. 8 Arsenic contamination and mitigation Environmental Chemistry 4 works
  9. 9 Flood Risk Assessment and Management Global and Planetary Change 4 works
  10. 10 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 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 available24.4%not open75.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.7%domestic only84.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Central Ground Water Board's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 5% 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 Central Ground Water Board as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00067% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Central Ground Water Board0.00058% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Central Ground Water Board 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 counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025Central Ground Water Board9.1% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 16.4% in 2019.

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