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Central Pollution Control Board

In research, Central Pollution Control Board stands highest in Environmental Science (#1,585 of 3,551 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#5,865 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Water Science and Technology and Environmental Science — Water Science and Technology is 18.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#9,606
of 28,054 · #10,442 all time
Rank in India
#684
of 1,840
Research works
825
▲ 103% vs 2013–17
Citations
19k
23.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
31%
world 28%

What is Central Pollution Control Board 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
Environmental ScienceField #1,585 of 3,551 20.3%112 #1883
Physical SciencesDomain #5,865 of 12,888 18.5%183 #6844

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

What does Central Pollution Control Board specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Water Science and Technology takes 18.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Water Science and TechnologySubfield · 21.2 works18×
  2. Environmental ScienceField · 111.7 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: 1.37× its world share, 14 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.48× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.07× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.98× its world share, 7 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.54× its world share, 9 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.84× its world share, 6 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.11× its world share, 37 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 10.07× its world share, 112 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.12× its world share, 9 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.22× its world share, 9 worksMedicineNursing: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 10.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Central Pollution Control Board?

Ranked on the composite score, Sunita Varjani and Ramesha Chandrappa lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Central Pollution Control Board.

  1. 1 Sunita Varjani India · #105,544 worldwide 504 citations · 61 works
  2. 2 Ramesha Chandrappa India · #1,430,623 worldwide 27 citations · 29 works
All ranked researchers at Central Pollution Control Board

Which keywords describe research at Central Pollution Control Board?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Environmental Impact, Climate Change, Recycling, Waste Management, Sustainability, Renewable Energy, Multivariate Statistical Techniques and Water Quality Index.

▲ 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. Environmental Impact39▲ 10×30 topics
  2. Climate Change26▲ 4.3×35 topics
  3. Sustainability23▲ 4.2×26 topics
  4. Recycling19▲ 22×9 topics
  5. Waste Management17▲ 19×6 topics
  6. Renewable Energy17▲ 5.2×16 topics
  7. Multivariate Statistical Techniques13▲ 136×1 topic
  8. Water Quality Index13▲ 136×1 topic
  9. Health Effects12▲ 8.8×15 topics
  10. Toxicity11▲ 12×9 topics
  11. Heavy Metals11▲ 20×8 topics
  12. Pollution10▲ 24×4 topics
  13. Particulate Matter10▲ 30×2 topics
  14. Wastewater Treatment10▲ 18×7 topics
  15. COVID-1910▲ 3.1×4 topics
  16. Remote Sensing9▲ 3.4×14 topics
  17. Pandemic9▲ 3.9×4 topics
  18. Metal Recovery9▲ 20×3 topics
  19. Environmental Impacts9▲ 14×8 topics
  20. Life Cycle Assessment8▲ 13×6 topics
  21. Water Quality8▲ 9.2×11 topics
  22. Waste-to-Energy8▲ 50×2 topics
  23. Air Quality8▲ 18×4 topics
  24. Mortality8▲ 5.8×3 topics
  25. E-Waste7▲ 34×1 topic
  26. Hazardous Substances7▲ 34×1 topic
  27. Air Pollution7▲ 24×2 topics
  28. Environmental Monitoring7▲ 8.0×4 topics
  29. Global Burden of Disease6▲ 11×1 topic
  30. IoT6▲ 7.5×2 topics
  31. Contamination6▲ 30×2 topics
  32. Nutrient Removal6▲ 36×2 topics
  33. Circular Economy6▲ 9.4×6 topics
  34. Human Health6▲ 16×2 topics
  35. Municipal Solid Waste6▲ 46×2 topics
  36. Hydrogen Production6▲ 9.2×6 topics
  37. Remediation6▲ 33×2 topics
  38. Bioavailability5▲ 12×2 topics
  39. Marine Environment5▲ 17×3 topics
  40. Developing Countries5▲ 25×1 topic

Which research topics does Central Pollution Control Board publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Water Quality and Pollution Assessment, Recycling and Waste Management Techniques, Air Quality and Health Impacts and Heavy metals in environment.

Water Quality and Pollut…13Water Quality and Pollution Assessment: 13 fractional worksRecycling and Waste Management Techniques: 7 fractional worksAir Quality and Health Impacts: 6 fractional worksHeavy metals in environment: 5 fractional worksMunicipal Solid Waste Management: 5 fractional worksCOVID-19 impact on air quality: 5 fractional worksMicroplastics and Plasti…4Microplastics and Plastic Pollution: 4 fractional worksHealthcare and Environmental Waste Management: 4 fractional worksAir Quality Monitoring and Forecasting: 4 fractional worksAlgal biology and biofuel production: 3 fractional works
Water Science and TechnologyIndustrial and Manufacturing EngineeringHealth, Toxicology and MutagenesisPollution4 others

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

  1. 1 Water Quality and Pollution Assessment Water Science and Technology 13 works
  2. 2 Recycling and Waste Management Techniques Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 7 works
  3. 3 Air Quality and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 6 works
  4. 4 Heavy metals in environment Pollution 5 works
  5. 5 Municipal Solid Waste Management Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 5 works
  6. 6 COVID-19 impact on air quality Global and Planetary Change 5 works
  7. 7 Microplastics and Plastic Pollution Pollution 4 works
  8. 8 Healthcare and Environmental Waste Management Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  9. 9 Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting Environmental Engineering 4 works
  10. 10 Algal biology and biofuel production Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 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 available31.2%not open68.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.2%domestic only74.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Central Pollution Control Board's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 103% 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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