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Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences

In research, Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences stands highest in Materials Science (#1,743 of 2,276 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#10,178 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Materials Science and Materials Chemistry (Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials is 30.0× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#21,833
of 22,385 · #31,964 all time
Rank in India
#1,529
of 1,562
Research works
674
▲ 5% vs 2018-21
Citations
13k
19.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.88×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
14%
world 40%
International
19%
world 18%
Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences

What is Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences 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
Materials ScienceField #1,743 of 2,276 9.3%64 #2955
Physical SciencesDomain #10,178 of 10,670 7.9%140 #15794

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences 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 Nano and Soft Matter Sciences work in?

In 2022-now, 93% of research at Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences is in Physical Sciences, 5% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Materials Science (42%), Engineering (27%), Chemistry (13%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 157 fractional works · 93.2% of its workMaterials Science: 70 fractional works · 41.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 33 fractional works · 19.7% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 23 fractional works · 13.7% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 8 fractional works · 5.0% of its workBiomaterials: 5 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 45 fractional works · 26.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 28 fractional works · 16.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 10 fractional works · 5.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 22 fractional works · 13.1% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 13 fractional works · 8.0% of its workSpectroscopy: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectrochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 9 fractional works · 5.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 9 fractional works · 5.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 6 fractional works · 3.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 5 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBioengineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCatalysis: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 9 fractional works · 5.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 3.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKCentre for Nanoand Soft Matter…168fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences93%Health Sciences1%Social Sciences0%

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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Materials Science7041.7%
    2. Engineering4526.8%
    3. Chemistry2213.1%
    4. Energy95.3%
    5. Physics and Astronomy63.3%
    6. Chemical Engineering21.4%
    7. Computer Science21.1%
    8. Environmental Science00.3%
    9. Mathematics00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology53.2%
    2. Neuroscience31.6%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.1%
    1. Medicine21.2%
    1. Arts and Humanities00.2%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.1%
    3. Social Sciences00.1%
    4. Decision Sciences00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials takes 30.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Electronic, Optical and Magnetic MaterialsSubfield · 23.0 works30×
  2. Materials ScienceField · 70.2 works12×
  3. Materials ChemistrySubfield · 33.2 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: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.61× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.97× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 3.92× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 8.37× its world share, 22 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 5.72× its world share, 9 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.79× its world share, 45 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 11.94× its world share, 70 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.50× its world share, 6 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Materials Science, 11.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Materials Science11.94×70 works
  2. Chemistry8.37×22 works
  3. Energy5.72×9 works
  4. Chemical Engineering3.92×2 works
  5. Engineering1.79×45 works
  6. Physics and Astronomy1.50×6 works
  7. Neuroscience0.97×3 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.61×5 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.39×0 works
  10. Immunology and Microbiology0.22×0 works
  11. Computer Science0.14×2 works
  12. Mathematics0.11×0 works
  13. Arts and Humanities0.07×0 works
  14. Environmental Science0.06×0 works
  15. Medicine0.06×2 works
  16. Decision Sciences0.04×0 works
  17. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.04×0 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.03×0 works
  19. Social Sciences0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences?

Ranked on the quality score, Ashutosh K. Singh, H. S. S. Ramakrishna Matte and Pralay K. Santra lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences.

  1. 1 Ashutosh K. Singh India · #256,200 worldwide 2.9k citations · 105 works
  2. 2 H. S. S. Ramakrishna Matte India · #339,769 worldwide 8.7k citations · 105 works
  3. 3 Pralay K. Santra India · #436,197 worldwide 3.9k citations · 83 works
  4. 4 Pritha Dutta India · #669,807 worldwide 332 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Rahuldeb Roy India · #914,133 worldwide 350 citations · 22 works
  6. 6 Mukhesh K. Ganesha India · #920,725 worldwide 716 citations · 36 works
  7. 7 Kaifee Sayeed India · #1,670,732 worldwide 138 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Chandraraj Alex India · #1,796,416 worldwide 798 citations · 29 works
  9. 9 Sunil Walia India · #2,126,339 worldwide 520 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 Muhammed Safeer Naduvil Kovilakath India · #2,264,089 worldwide 322 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences

What are the most cited papers from Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences?

The most cited paper from Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences is "From colloidal particles to photonic crystals: advances in self-assembly and their emerging applications" (Zhongyu Cai, Zhiwei Li, Serge Ravaine et al., 2021), with 552 citations. Next come "MOF-derived CoP-nitrogen-doped carbon@NiFeP nanoflakes as an efficient and durable electrocatalyst with multiple catalytically active sites for OER, HER, ORR and rechargeable zinc-air batteries" (359) and "Viologen-Based Conjugated Covalent Organic Networks via Zincke Reaction" (318).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 From colloidal particles to photonic crystals: advances in self-assembly and their emerging applications Zhongyu Cai, Zhiwei Li, Serge Ravaine et al. · Chemical Society Reviews Review 2021 552
2 MOF-derived CoP-nitrogen-doped carbon@NiFeP nanoflakes as an efficient and durable electrocatalyst with multiple catalytically active sites for OER, HER, ORR and rechargeable zinc-air batteries E. Vijayakumar, Shanmugam Ramakrishnan, Chinnusamy Sathiskumar et al. · Chemical Engineering Journal 5 Jul 2021 359
3 Viologen-Based Conjugated Covalent Organic Networks via Zincke Reaction Gobinda Das, Tina Škorjanc, Sudhir Kumar Sharma et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society 16 May 2017 318
4 Visibly Transparent Heaters Ritu Gupta, K. D. M. Rao, Shanmugam Kiruthika et al. · ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 13 May 2016 257
5 High-Performance Supercapacitor Electrode Based on Cobalt Oxide–Manganese Dioxide–Nickel Oxide Ternary 1D Hybrid Nanotubes Ashutosh K. Singh, Debasish Sarkar, Keshab Karmakar et al. · ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 19 Jul 2016 242
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Nanoparticles, Nanomaterials, Colloidal Crystals, Energy Storage, Metal-Organic Frameworks, Nanostructures, Nanostructured Materials and Liquid Crystals.

▲ 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. Nanoparticles21▲ 9.8×17 topics
  2. Nanomaterials20▲ 12×12 topics
  3. Colloidal Crystals17▲ 227×2 topics
  4. Energy Storage16▲ 15×7 topics
  5. Metal-Organic Frameworks15▲ 21×5 topics
  6. Nanostructures14▲ 20×11 topics
  7. Nanostructured Materials14▲ 48×3 topics
  8. Liquid Crystals13▲ 499×1 topic
  9. Self-Organization13▲ 241×1 topic
  10. Biomedical Applications12▲ 6.2×19 topics
  11. Self-Assembly12▲ 23×10 topics
  12. Graphene12▲ 11×7 topics
  13. Nanocrystals11▲ 25×5 topics
  14. Nanocomposites10▲ 7.9×14 topics
  15. Chemical Sensors10▲ 26×3 topics
  16. Cathode Materials9▲ 14×3 topics
  17. Semiconductors9▲ 19×3 topics
  18. Catalysis9▲ 8.1×22 topics
  19. Water Splitting8▲ 14×4 topics
  20. Bioimaging8▲ 20×4 topics
  21. Nanofibers8▲ 22×3 topics
  22. Rechargeable Batteries7▲ 17×2 topics
  23. Hydrogels7▲ 20×5 topics
  24. Electrocatalysis6▲ 13×4 topics
  25. Lithium-ion Batteries6▲ 8.3×3 topics
  26. Carbon-Based Materials6▲ 33×1 topic
  27. Electrochemical Capacitors6▲ 33×1 topic
  28. Two-Dimensional Materials6▲ 14×4 topics
  29. Semiconductor5▲ 9.9×4 topics
  30. Drug Delivery5▲ 5.6×9 topics
  31. Room Temperature5▲ 20×2 topics
  32. Fuel Cells5▲ 18×2 topics
  33. Ionic Liquids5▲ 9.9×6 topics
  34. Optical Sensors5▲ 31×2 topics
  35. Crystal Growth4▲ 9.8×7 topics
  36. Gas Sensors4▲ 28×1 topic
  37. Metal Oxide4▲ 28×1 topic
  38. Micelles4▲ 72×2 topics
  39. Photonic Crystals4▲ 22×4 topics
  40. Battery Materials4▲ 16×1 topic

Which research topics does Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Liquid Crystal Research Advancements, Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication, Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors and Advancements in Battery Materials.

Liquid Crystal Research …13Liquid Crystal Research Advancements: 13 fractional worksSupercapacitor Materials and Fabrication: 6 fractional worksGas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors: 4 fractional worksAdvancements in Battery Materials: 4 fractional worksElectrocatalysts for Energy Conversion: 4 fractional worksPhotonic Crystals and Applications: 4 fractional worksSupramolecular Self-Asse…4Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials: 4 fractional worksAdvanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials: 4 fractional worksTransition Metal Oxide Nanomaterials: 4 fractional worksLuminescence and Fluores…4Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials: 4 fractional works
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic MaterialsElectrical and Electronic EngineeringRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics4 others

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

  1. 1 Liquid Crystal Research Advancements Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 13 works
  2. 2 Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 6 works
  3. 3 Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4 works
  4. 4 Advancements in Battery Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4 works
  5. 5 Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 4 works
  6. 6 Photonic Crystals and Applications Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 4 works
  7. 7 Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials Biomaterials 4 works
  8. 8 Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials Biomedical Engineering 4 works
  9. 9 Transition Metal Oxide Nanomaterials Polymers and Plastics 4 works
  10. 10 Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials Materials Chemistry 4 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 available14.3%not open85.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.8%domestic only81.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences'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 Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00067% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences0.00072% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences 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%all institutions10.0% in 2025Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences7.1% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 13.3% in 2001.

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