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Central Silk Technological Research Institute

In research, Central Silk Technological Research Institute stands highest in Life Sciences (#3,514 of 6,403 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Insect Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences (Insect Science is 74.5× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#15,937
of 22,385 · #27,341 all time
Rank in India
#1,119
of 1,562
Research works
343
▲ 165% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.5k
7.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.94×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
43%
world 40%
International
10%
world 18%
Central Silk Technological Research Institute

What is Central Silk Technological Research Institute 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
Life SciencesDomain #3,514 of 6,403 4.1%76 #7405

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Central Silk Technological Research Institute 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 Silk Technological Research Institute work in?

In 2022-now, 55% of research at Central Silk Technological Research Institute is in Life Sciences, 32% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (43%), Materials Science (12%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (8%). It does 3.8× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 82 fractional works · 55.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 64 fractional works · 43.4% of its workInsect Science: 31 fractional works · 21.1% of its workPlant Science: 17 fractional works · 11.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 10 fractional works · 6.5% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workForestry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHorticulture: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 12 fractional works · 8.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 4.5% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 47 fractional works · 31.8% of its workMaterials Science: 18 fractional works · 12.5% of its workBiomaterials: 14 fractional works · 9.2% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 12 fractional works · 8.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workBuilding and Construction: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 10 fractional works · 6.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 13 fractional works · 8.5% of its workMedicine: 11 fractional works · 7.8% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 4.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKCentral SilkTechnological…148fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences55%Physical Sciences32%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences4%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences6443.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology128.3%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology32.0%
    4. Neuroscience21.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.6%
    1. Materials Science1812.5%
    2. Engineering128.1%
    3. Computer Science106.5%
    4. Environmental Science42.7%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences21.0%
    6. Chemistry10.4%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.3%
    8. Energy00.1%
    9. Mathematics00.1%
    1. Medicine117.8%
    2. Health Professions10.6%
    3. Nursing00.1%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Social Sciences21.2%
    2. Psychology21.1%
    3. Arts and Humanities10.8%
    4. Decision Sciences10.5%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.4%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting00.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Central Silk Technological Research Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Insect Science takes 74.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Insect ScienceSubfield · 31.2 works75×
  2. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 64.1 works9.1×
← 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: 9.13× its world share, 64 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.55× its world share, 12 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.02× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.73× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.71× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.84× its world share, 10 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.66× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.54× its world share, 12 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.55× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 3.58× its world share, 18 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.40× its world share, 12 worksMedicineNursing: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 9.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences9.13×64 works
  2. Materials Science3.58×18 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology2.02×3 works
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.71×1 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.55×12 works
  6. Computer Science0.84×10 works
  7. Neuroscience0.73×2 works
  8. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.66×2 works
  9. Environmental Science0.55×4 works
  10. Engineering0.54×12 works
  11. Decision Sciences0.48×1 works
  12. Medicine0.40×12 works
  13. Psychology0.37×2 works
  14. Chemistry0.27×1 works
  15. Arts and Humanities0.26×1 works
  16. Health Professions0.22×1 works
  17. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.18×1 works
  18. Physics and Astronomy0.15×0 works
  19. Nursing0.15×0 works
  20. Dentistry0.12×0 works
  21. Energy0.10×0 works
  22. Social Sciences0.10×2 works
  23. Business, Management and Accounting0.09×0 works
  24. Mathematics0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Central Silk Technological Research Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, Brojeswari Das, H. Jayaram and Naveen Vijay Padaki lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Central Silk Technological Research Institute.

  1. 1 Brojeswari Das India · #2,012,713 worldwide 526 citations · 19 works
  2. 2 H. Jayaram India · #2,731,343 worldwide 171 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Naveen Vijay Padaki India · #3,634,874 worldwide 662 citations · 32 works
  4. 4 V. K. Rahmathulla India · #3,711,099 worldwide 228 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 Kunjupillai Vijayan India · #3,716,400 worldwide 632 citations · 34 works
  6. 6 K. Vijayan India · #4,324,241 worldwide 1.4k citations · 48 works
  7. 7 Prashanth A. Sangannavar India · #4,416,423 worldwide 74 citations · 28 works
  8. 8 S. Raje Urs India · #4,643,289 worldwide 494 citations · 28 works
  9. 9 Rajal Debnath India · #4,753,296 worldwide 222 citations · 27 works
  10. 10 G. R. Halagundegowda India · #4,772,772 worldwide 24 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Central Silk Technological Research Institute

What are the most cited papers from Central Silk Technological Research Institute?

The most cited paper from Central Silk Technological Research Institute is "Genetic diversity and relationships in mulberry (genus Morus) as revealed by RAPD and ISSR marker assays" (Arvind K Awasthi, GM Nagaraja, GV Naik et al., 2004), with 232 citations. Next come "Management of Climatic Factors for Successful Silkworm ( Bombyx mori L.) Crop and Higher Silk Production: A Review" (120) and "Genetic characterization of the silkworm Bombyx mori by simple sequence repeat (SSR)-anchored PCR" (99).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Genetic diversity and relationships in mulberry (genus Morus) as revealed by RAPD and ISSR marker assays Arvind K Awasthi, GM Nagaraja, GV Naik et al. · BMC Genetics Open access 10 Jan 2004 232
2 Management of Climatic Factors for Successful Silkworm ( Bombyx mori L.) Crop and Higher Silk Production: A Review V. K. Rahmathulla · Psyche A Journal of Entomology Open access 2012 120
3 Genetic characterization of the silkworm Bombyx mori by simple sequence repeat (SSR)-anchored PCR K. Damodar Reddy, Javaregowda Nagaraju, Eappen G. Abraham · Heredity Open access 1999 99
4 Genetic variability and association of ISSR markers with some biochemical traits in mulberry (Morus spp.) genetic resources available in India Prasanta Kumar Kar, Prem Prakash Srivastava, Arvind K. Awasthi et al. · Tree Genetics & Genomes 15 May 2007 86
5 Properties of high modulus PEEK yarns for aerospace applications Ramakrishna Indu Shekar, Teggina Math Kotresh, P. Mohan Rao et al. · Journal of Applied Polymer Science 18 Feb 2009 86
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Central Silk Technological Research Institute?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Genetic Diversity, Artificial Diet, Silkworm, Drug Delivery, Genome Sequencing, Tissue Engineering, Biomaterials and Mechanical Properties.

▲ 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. Genetic Diversity23▲ 36×10 topics
  2. Artificial Diet20▲ 2216×1 topic
  3. Silkworm20▲ 2216×1 topic
  4. Drug Delivery14▲ 17×5 topics
  5. Genome Sequencing13▲ 56×5 topics
  6. Tissue Engineering13▲ 14×4 topics
  7. Biomaterials12▲ 34×3 topics
  8. Mechanical Properties12▲ 8.3×4 topics
  9. Biodegradation12▲ 79×2 topics
  10. Silk Fibroin12▲ 393×1 topic
  11. Spider Silk12▲ 393×1 topic
  12. Sustainability11▲ 3.1×12 topics
  13. Deep Learning10▲ 2.0×26 topics
  14. Food Security10▲ 12×6 topics
  15. Climate Change8▲ 1.93×19 topics
  16. Biodiversity7▲ 6.5×9 topics
  17. Environmental Impact7▲ 2.9×5 topics
  18. Machine Learning6▲ 1.31×23 topics
  19. Nutritional Composition6▲ 85×2 topics
  20. Animal Feed5▲ 112×1 topic
  21. Edible Insects5▲ 112×1 topic
  22. Biological Control4▲ 18×8 topics
  23. Antioxidant4▲ 3.9×12 topics
  24. Taxonomy4▲ 18×5 topics
  25. Ecosystem Services4▲ 6.4×5 topics
  26. Antimicrobial3▲ 7.4×3 topics
  27. Coleoptera3▲ 72×2 topics
  28. Wound Healing3▲ 7.0×4 topics
  29. Aquaculture3▲ 7.2×2 topics
  30. Antimicrobial Peptides3▲ 37×2 topics
  31. Cerambycidae3▲ 189×1 topic
  32. Flavonoids3▲ 6.8×5 topics
  33. Host Defense3▲ 30×2 topics
  34. Neotropical Region3▲ 98×1 topic
  35. Breeding2▲ 22×4 topics
  36. Integrated Farming Systems2▲ 108×1 topic
  37. Nutritional Quality2▲ 22×3 topics
  38. Pest Management2▲ 19×4 topics
  39. Rice-Fish Farming2▲ 108×1 topic
  40. Drosophila2▲ 34×2 topics

Which research topics does Central Silk Technological Research Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Silkworms and Sericulture Research, Silk-based biomaterials and applications, Insect Utilization and Effects and Coleoptera: Cerambycidae studies.

Silkworms and Sericultur…20Silkworms and Sericulture Research: 20 fractional worksSilk-based biomaterials …12Silk-based biomaterials and applications: 12 fractional worksInsect Utilization and Effects: 5 fractional worksColeoptera: Cerambycidae studies: 3 fractional worksAgricultural Systems and Practices: 2 fractional worksDyeing and Modifying Textile Fibers: 2 fractional worksAgricultural Practices and Plant Genetics: 2 fractional worksTextile materials and evaluations: 2 fractional worksInvertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms: 2 fractional worksInsect-Plant Interactions and Control: 2 fractional works
Insect ScienceBiomaterialsEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsBuilding and Construction3 others

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

  1. 1 Silkworms and Sericulture Research Insect Science 20 works
  2. 2 Silk-based biomaterials and applications Biomaterials 12 works
  3. 3 Insect Utilization and Effects Insect Science 5 works
  4. 4 Coleoptera: Cerambycidae studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 3 works
  5. 5 Agricultural Systems and Practices Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 2 works
  6. 6 Dyeing and Modifying Textile Fibers Building and Construction 2 works
  7. 7 Agricultural Practices and Plant Genetics Plant Science 2 works
  8. 8 Textile materials and evaluations Polymers and Plastics 2 works
  9. 9 Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms Immunology 2 works
  10. 10 Insect-Plant Interactions and Control Insect Science 2 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 available43.1%not open56.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.1%domestic only89.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Central Silk Technological Research Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 165% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Central Silk Technological Research Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00058% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Central Silk Technological Research Institute0.00071% in 20251990200020102020

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