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Centre For Development Studies

In research, Centre For Development Studies stands highest in Social Sciences (#6,216 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Economics, Econometrics and Finance and Economics and Econometrics (Economics, Econometrics and Finance is 10.5× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#12,807
of 22,385 · #8,516 all time
Rank in India
#863
of 1,562
Research works
1.4k
▼ 42% vs 2018-21
Citations
13k
9.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.86×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
32%
world 40%
International
16%
world 18%
Centre For Development Studies

What is Centre For Development Studies 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
Social SciencesDomain #6,216 of 9,585 11.3%113 #2766

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Centre For Development Studies 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 Centre For Development Studies work in?

In 2022-now, 63% of research at Centre For Development Studies is in Social Sciences, 15% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (28%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (22%), Medicine (8%). It does 2.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 133 fractional works · 63.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 59 fractional works · 27.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 31 fractional works · 14.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 9 fractional works · 4.1% of its workGender Studies: 5 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSafety Research: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workUrban Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Administration: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 47 fractional works · 22.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 32 fractional works · 15.1% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 11 fractional works · 5.0% of its workFinance: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 17 fractional works · 7.9% of its workAccounting: 8 fractional works · 3.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workBusiness and International Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% 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 · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 32 fractional works · 15.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 10 fractional works · 4.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 9 fractional works · 4.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 7 fractional works · 3.2% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 28 fractional works · 13.2% of its workMedicine: 17 fractional works · 8.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Professions: 9 fractional works · 4.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 9 fractional works · 4.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 18 fractional works · 8.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 13 fractional works · 6.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSoil Science: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKCentre ForDevelopment…211fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences15%Health Sciences13%Social Sciences63%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences5927.9%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance4722.5%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting177.9%
    4. Arts and Humanities52.6%
    5. Psychology41.8%
    6. Decision Sciences10.5%
    1. Environmental Science104.6%
    2. Engineering94.1%
    3. Computer Science73.2%
    4. Materials Science31.3%
    5. Chemistry10.5%
    6. Mathematics10.5%
    7. Energy10.4%
    8. Physics and Astronomy10.3%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Medicine178.2%
    2. Health Professions94.3%
    3. Nursing10.6%
    4. Dentistry00.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences136.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology31.3%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology10.7%
    4. Neuroscience00.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Centre For Development Studies specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Economics, Econometrics and Finance takes 10.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField · 47.4 works11×
  2. Economics and EconometricsSubfield · 31.7 works9.5×
← 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: 1.33× its world share, 13 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.25× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.67× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.41× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.27× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.93× its world share, 10 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.36× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.62× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.43× its world share, 17 worksMedicineNursing: 1.13× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.89× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.45× its world share, 17 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.52× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 10.51× its world share, 47 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.59× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.20× its world share, 59 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 10.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.51×47 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting2.45×17 works
  3. Social Sciences2.20×59 works
  4. Health Professions1.62×9 works
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.33×13 works
  6. Nursing1.13×1 works
  7. Environmental Science0.93×10 works
  8. Arts and Humanities0.89×5 works
  9. Immunology and Microbiology0.67×1 works
  10. Psychology0.59×4 works
  11. Decision Sciences0.52×1 works
  12. Energy0.44×1 works
  13. Medicine0.43×17 works
  14. Dentistry0.42×0 works
  15. Computer Science0.41×7 works
  16. Mathematics0.40×1 works
  17. Materials Science0.36×3 works
  18. Chemistry0.31×1 works
  19. Engineering0.27×8 works
  20. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.25×3 works
  21. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.15×0 works
  22. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.14×0 works
  23. Neuroscience0.13×0 works
  24. Physics and Astronomy0.13×1 works
  25. Chemical Engineering0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Centre For Development Studies?

Ranked on the quality score, Diana Conyers, Hrushikesh Mallick and K. C. Zachariah lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Centre For Development Studies.

  1. 1 Diana Conyers India · #553,684 worldwide 1k citations · 45 works
  2. 2 Hrushikesh Mallick India · #594,835 worldwide 2.1k citations · 98 works
  3. 3 K. C. Zachariah India · #652,086 worldwide 1.5k citations · 71 works
  4. 4 Mayadhar Sethy India · #743,272 worldwide 22 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Sebastian Irudaya Rajan India · #752,214 worldwide 4.2k citations · 367 works
  6. 6 J. Devika India · #1,039,586 worldwide 1k citations · 66 works
  7. 7 Sandhya Rani Mahapatro India · #1,157,825 worldwide 332 citations · 49 works
  8. 8 Udaya Shankar Mishra India · #1,203,411 worldwide 1.6k citations · 148 works
  9. 9 Sourish Dutta India · #1,331,210 worldwide 2.3k citations · 131 works
  10. 10 Jayaseelan Raj India · #1,754,897 worldwide 108 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Centre For Development Studies

What are the most cited papers from Centre For Development Studies?

The most cited paper from Centre For Development Studies is "The causes of land-use and land-cover change: moving beyond the myths" (Éric F. Lambin et al., 2001), with 3,797 citations. Next come "Distribution of vascular plant species richness and endemic richness along the Himalayan elevation gradient in Nepal" (456) and "Analysing wellbeing: a framework for development practice" (426).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The causes of land-use and land-cover change: moving beyond the myths Éric F. Lambin et al. · Global Environmental Change Open access Dec 2001 3,797
2 Distribution of vascular plant species richness and endemic richness along the Himalayan elevation gradient in Nepal Ole R. Vetaas, John‐Arvid Grytnes · Global Ecology and Biogeography Jul 2002 456
3 Analysing wellbeing: a framework for development practice Sarah C. White · Development in Practice 9 Mar 2010 426
4 Handbook of Innovation Systems and Developing Countries: Building Domestic Capabilities in a Global Setting Bengt‐Åke Lundvall, K. J. Joseph, Cristina Charminade et al. 30 Aug 2011 373
5 The role of globalization on the recent evolution of energy demand in India: Implications for sustainable development Muhammad Qaiser Shahbaz, Hrushikesh Mallick, Mantu Kumar Mahalik et al. · Energy Economics 21 Feb 2016 344
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Centre For Development Studies?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Economic Growth, India, Economic Reforms, Economic Development, Sustainable Development, Labor Market and Development.

▲ 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. Globalization26▲ 6.3×24 topics
  2. Economic Growth23▲ 14×18 topics
  3. India16▲ 104×3 topics
  4. Sustainable Development16▲ 4.7×11 topics
  5. Economic Reforms14▲ 224×2 topics
  6. Economic Development14▲ 8.2×12 topics
  7. Labor Market12▲ 20×5 topics
  8. Development12▲ 15×8 topics
  9. Political Economy11▲ 21×10 topics
  10. Gender Bias11▲ 59×2 topics
  11. Community Empowerment10▲ 6.5×4 topics
  12. Gender Inequality10▲ 33×6 topics
  13. Decentralization10▲ 22×2 topics
  14. Rural Economy10▲ 42×2 topics
  15. Sustainability10▲ 1.84×22 topics
  16. Agricultural Livelihoods9▲ 302×1 topic
  17. Kerala9▲ 302×1 topic
  18. Policy9▲ 20×5 topics
  19. Mental Health9▲ 3.0×14 topics
  20. Industrialization9▲ 71×2 topics
  21. Fiscal Policy8▲ 20×4 topics
  22. Monetary Policy8▲ 16×5 topics
  23. Democracy8▲ 11×8 topics
  24. Unemployment8▲ 46×3 topics
  25. Poverty Reduction7▲ 24×3 topics
  26. Corporate Governance6▲ 4.1×5 topics
  27. Health Outcomes6▲ 11×4 topics
  28. Social Capital6▲ 5.6×8 topics
  29. Structural Change6▲ 45×2 topics
  30. Social Networks6▲ 10×4 topics
  31. Food Security6▲ 4.8×8 topics
  32. Financial Constraints5▲ 25×2 topics
  33. Income Inequality5▲ 18×4 topics
  34. Social Determinants of Health5▲ 12×2 topics
  35. Neo-liberalism5▲ 160×1 topic
  36. Human Capital5▲ 15×2 topics
  37. Economic Crisis5▲ 19×1 topic
  38. Precarious Employment5▲ 38×1 topic
  39. Inequality5▲ 9.6×3 topics
  40. Income Tax4▲ 28×2 topics

Which research topics does Centre For Development Studies publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Social and Economic Development in India, Indian Economic and Social Development, Employment and Welfare Studies and Microfinance and Financial Inclusion.

Social and Economic Deve…9Social and Economic Development in India: 9 fractional worksIndian Economic and Social Development: 5 fractional worksEmployment and Welfare Studies: 5 fractional worksMicrofinance and Financial Inclusion: 4 fractional worksCorporate Finance and Governance: 4 fractional worksEconomic Theory and Policy: 4 fractional worksGlobal trade and economics4Global trade and economics: 4 fractional worksIncome, Poverty, and Inequality: 4 fractional worksFiscal Policy and Economic Growth: 3 fractional worksLabor market dynamics an…3Labor market dynamics and wage inequality: 3 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceEconomics and EconometricsGeneral Health ProfessionsAccounting1 others

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

  1. 1 Social and Economic Development in India Sociology and Political Science 9 works
  2. 2 Indian Economic and Social Development Economics and Econometrics 5 works
  3. 3 Employment and Welfare Studies General Health Professions 5 works
  4. 4 Microfinance and Financial Inclusion Economics and Econometrics 4 works
  5. 5 Corporate Finance and Governance Accounting 4 works
  6. 6 Economic Theory and Policy General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 4 works
  7. 7 Global trade and economics General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 4 works
  8. 8 Income, Poverty, and Inequality Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  9. 9 Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  10. 10 Labor market dynamics and wage inequality Economics and Econometrics 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 available32.1%not open67.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.5%domestic only83.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Centre For Development Studies's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 42% lower 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 Centre For Development Studies as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00069% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Centre For Development Studies0.00084% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Centre For Development Studies 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 counting5%10%15%Centre For Development Studies14.5% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 14.5% in 2025.

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