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Central Water and Power Research Station

In research, Central Water and Power Research Station stands highest in Physical Sciences (#10,130 of 12,888 worldwide) and Engineering (#6,543 of 6,636 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Civil and Structural Engineering and Earth and Planetary Sciences — Civil and Structural Engineering is 12.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#20,129
of 28,054 · #24,145 all time
Rank in India
#1,336
of 1,840
Research works
520
▼ 3% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.6k
6.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
23%
world 28%

What is Central Water and Power Research Station 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 #10,130 of 12,888 4.7%149 #13061
EngineeringField #6,543 of 6,636 3.7%61 #10771

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Central Water and Power Research Station 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 Water and Power Research Station specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Civil and Structural Engineering takes 12.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Civil and Structural EngineeringSubfield · 24.8 works13×
  2. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 32.3 works13×
← 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: 0.82× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 0.36× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 12.65× its world share, 32 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.51× its world share, 61 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 6.00× its world share, 48 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksDentistryMedicine: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksMedicineNursing: 0.84× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 12.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Central Water and Power Research Station?

Ranked on the composite score, S. V. Chitale, I.D. Gupta and Medha Wyawahare lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Central Water and Power Research Station.

  1. 1 S. V. Chitale India · #1,232,638 worldwide 44 citations · 18 works
  2. 2 I.D. Gupta India · #1,364,595 worldwide 19 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Medha Wyawahare India · #1,587,185 worldwide 12 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 N. Vivekanandan India · #1,602,542 worldwide 7 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Central Water and Power Research Station

Which keywords describe research at Central Water and Power Research Station?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Remote Sensing, Sediment Transport, Wave Modeling, Hydrological Modeling, Water Resources, Sea-Level Rise and Coastal Dynamics.

▲ 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. Climate Change36▲ 8.3×16 topics
  2. Remote Sensing35▲ 17×14 topics
  3. Sediment Transport26▲ 100×4 topics
  4. Wave Modeling17▲ 202×2 topics
  5. Hydrological Modeling16▲ 42×4 topics
  6. Sea-Level Rise15▲ 82×2 topics
  7. Water Resources15▲ 39×4 topics
  8. Coastal Dynamics14▲ 294×1 topic
  9. Shoreline Change14▲ 294×1 topic
  10. Sustainability11▲ 2.7×8 topics
  11. Free-Surface Flows10▲ 143×2 topics
  12. Global Warming10▲ 15×3 topics
  13. Two-Phase Flow9▲ 71×2 topics
  14. Turbulence8▲ 58×2 topics
  15. Hydraulic Engineering8▲ 333×1 topic
  16. Scale Effects8▲ 354×1 topic
  17. Flood Risk8▲ 60×1 topic
  18. Land Use Change8▲ 15×3 topics
  19. Surface Water Mapping8▲ 63×1 topic
  20. Environmental Impact7▲ 2.5×14 topics
  21. Global Hydrology7▲ 61×1 topic
  22. Model Evaluation7▲ 32×1 topic
  23. Reservoir Operation6▲ 110×1 topic
  24. Water Demand6▲ 110×1 topic
  25. Drought6▲ 36×3 topics
  26. Evapotranspiration5▲ 43×2 topics
  27. Tropical Cyclones5▲ 59×2 topics
  28. Hydrological5▲ 101×1 topic
  29. Monitoring5▲ 34×1 topic
  30. Optimization5▲ 6.6×3 topics
  31. Riparian Vegetation4▲ 96×1 topic
  32. River Restoration4▲ 66×1 topic
  33. Numerical Simulation4▲ 9.0×5 topics
  34. Seismic Analysis4▲ 72×2 topics
  35. Hydrology4▲ 19×3 topics
  36. Embankment Dams4▲ 127×1 topic
  37. Fluid-Structure Interaction4▲ 15×4 topics
  38. Internal Erosion4▲ 127×1 topic
  39. Sensor Networks4▲ 9.4×2 topics
  40. Control Strategies4▲ 16×3 topics

Which research topics does Central Water and Power Research Station publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Coastal and Marine Dynamics, Hydraulic flow and structures, Flood Risk Assessment and Management and Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies.

Coastal and Marine Dynam…14Coastal and Marine Dynamics: 14 fractional worksHydraulic flow and structures: 8 fractional worksFlood Risk Assessment an…8Flood Risk Assessment and Management: 8 fractional worksHydrology and Watershed …7Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies: 7 fractional worksWater resources management and optimization: 6 fractional worksHydrology and Drought Analysis: 5 fractional worksHydrology and Sediment T…4Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes: 4 fractional worksDam Engineering and Safety: 4 fractional worksWater Systems and Optimization: 4 fractional worksGroundwater and Watershed Analysis: 3 fractional works
Earth-Surface ProcessesCivil and Structural EngineeringGlobal and Planetary ChangeWater Science and Technology3 others

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

  1. 1 Coastal and Marine Dynamics Earth-Surface Processes 14 works
  2. 2 Hydraulic flow and structures Civil and Structural Engineering 8 works
  3. 3 Flood Risk Assessment and Management Global and Planetary Change 8 works
  4. 4 Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies Water Science and Technology 7 works
  5. 5 Water resources management and optimization Ocean Engineering 6 works
  6. 6 Hydrology and Drought Analysis Global and Planetary Change 5 works
  7. 7 Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes Ecology 4 works
  8. 8 Dam Engineering and Safety Civil and Structural Engineering 4 works
  9. 9 Water Systems and Optimization Civil and Structural Engineering 4 works
  10. 10 Groundwater and Watershed Analysis Environmental Engineering 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 available22.8%not open77.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors4.4%domestic only95.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Central Water and Power Research Station's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 3% 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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