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Centre for Science and Environment

In research, Centre for Science and Environment stands highest in Physical Sciences (#5,926 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now.

World rank, 2022-now
#10,643
of 22,385 · #6,928 all time
Rank in India
#686
of 1,562
Research works
929
▲ 74% vs 2018-21
Citations
18k
19.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.05×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
20%
world 40%
International
19%
world 18%

What is Centre for Science and Environment 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
Physical SciencesDomain #5,926 of 10,670 17.8%79 #5695

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Centre for Science and Environment 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 Science and Environment work in?

In 2022-now, 62% of research at Centre for Science and Environment is in Physical Sciences, 17% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (17%), Engineering (17%), Computer Science (13%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 95 fractional works · 61.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 27 fractional works · 17.2% of its workPollution: 5 fractional works · 3.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 26 fractional works · 17.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 8 fractional works · 5.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 5 fractional works · 3.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 20 fractional works · 13.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 6 fractional works · 4.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 5 fractional works · 3.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSignal Processing: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSoftware: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 8 fractional works · 5.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 7 fractional works · 4.7% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiomaterials: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCatalysis: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 26 fractional works · 17.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 15 fractional works · 10.0% of its workPlant Science: 7 fractional works · 4.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workForestry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 4.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 3.2% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMolecular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 17 fractional works · 10.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 4.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 16 fractional works · 10.5% of its workMedicine: 12 fractional works · 7.8% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKCentre forScience and…155fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences17%Physical Sciences62%Health Sciences10%Social Sciences11%

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. Environmental Science2717.2%
    2. Engineering2617.0%
    3. Computer Science2013.0%
    4. Energy85.3%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences42.9%
    6. Materials Science42.6%
    7. Chemistry32.2%
    8. Physics and Astronomy10.9%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.3%
    10. Mathematics00.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1510.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology84.9%
    3. Neuroscience21.3%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.4%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.3%
    1. Social Sciences74.7%
    2. Psychology42.4%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting21.3%
    4. Arts and Humanities21.3%
    5. Decision Sciences10.6%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.6%
    1. Medicine127.8%
    2. Health Professions31.8%
    3. Nursing10.9%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 2.11× its world share, 16 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.92× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.82× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.18× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.89× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.41× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.68× its world share, 20 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.86× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 5.72× its world share, 8 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.13× its world share, 26 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.47× its world share, 27 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.76× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.67× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.40× its world share, 12 worksMedicineNursing: 1.74× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.44× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.41× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.64× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.78× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.37× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Energy, 5.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Energy5.72×8 works
  2. Environmental Science3.47×27 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.11×16 works
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.86×4 works
  5. Nursing1.74×1 works
  6. Computer Science1.68×20 works
  7. Chemistry1.41×3 works
  8. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.18×1 works
  9. Engineering1.13×26 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.92×8 works
  11. Chemical Engineering0.89×0 works
  12. Neuroscience0.82×2 works
  13. Psychology0.78×4 works
  14. Materials Science0.76×4 works
  15. Health Professions0.67×3 works
  16. Decision Sciences0.64×1 works
  17. Arts and Humanities0.44×2 works
  18. Business, Management and Accounting0.41×2 works
  19. Medicine0.40×12 works
  20. Physics and Astronomy0.39×1 works
  21. Social Sciences0.37×7 works
  22. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.28×1 works
  23. Immunology and Microbiology0.27×0 works
  24. Mathematics0.23×0 works
  25. Dentistry0.15×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Centre for Science and Environment?

Ranked on the quality score, Sunita Narain, Philip Race and Marcella D’Souza lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Centre for Science and Environment.

  1. 1 Sunita Narain India · #1,411,708 worldwide 14k citations · 53 works
  2. 2 Philip Race India · #1,868,190 worldwide 827 citations · 33 works
  3. 3 Marcella D’Souza India · #2,174,748 worldwide 644 citations · 38 works
  4. 4 Nick Freeman India · #2,208,998 worldwide 6.5k citations · 287 works
  5. 5 Aparajita Gogoi India · #2,613,934 worldwide 225 citations · 29 works
  6. 6 McCulloch India · #2,813,304 worldwide 440 citations · 93 works
  7. 7 JM McNamara India · #2,943,730 worldwide 1.2k citations · 23 works
  8. 8 Sangeeta M. Sonak India · #3,097,421 worldwide 488 citations · 32 works
  9. 9 J. A. Leach India · #3,620,253 worldwide 66 citations · 21 works
  10. 10 Richard Sheldon India · #3,886,948 worldwide 402 citations · 140 works
All ranked researchers at Centre for Science and Environment

What are the most cited papers from Centre for Science and Environment?

The most cited paper from Centre for Science and Environment is "Food in the Anthropocene: the EAT–Lancet Commission on healthy diets from sustainable food systems" (Walter Churchill Willett et al., 2019), with 10,973 citations. Next come "The handbook of Chinese psychology" (1,932) and "A future for the world's children? A WHO–UNICEF–Lancet Commission" (1,118).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Food in the Anthropocene: the EAT–Lancet Commission on healthy diets from sustainable food systems Walter Churchill Willett et al. · The Lancet Open access 16 Jan 2019 10,973
2 The handbook of Chinese psychology Nick Freeman, G Habermann · Oxford University Press eBooks Book chapter 1996 1,932
3 A future for the world's children? A WHO–UNICEF–Lancet Commission Helen Clark et al. · The Lancet Open access Feb 2020 1,118
4 Phytoremediation of contaminated soils and groundwater: lessons from the field Jaco Vangronsveld, Rolf Herzig, Nele Weyens et al. · Environmental Science and Pollution Research 25 Jun 2009 960
5 Proceedings of the 26th annual conference of the cognitive science society Kristien Dieussaert, Marilyn Ford, Leon Horsten 2004 845
All 57 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Centre for Science and Environment?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Environmental Impact, Biodiesel, Nutrient Removal, Production, Biofuels and Microalgae.

▲ 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. Deep Learning16▲ 3.0×40 topics
  2. Machine Learning14▲ 2.8×41 topics
  3. Environmental Impact9▲ 3.5×30 topics
  4. Sustainability9▲ 2.3×33 topics
  5. Climate Change9▲ 2.0×42 topics
  6. Renewable Energy7▲ 3.1×18 topics
  7. Biodiesel5▲ 40×2 topics
  8. Nutrient Removal5▲ 47×2 topics
  9. Production5▲ 40×2 topics
  10. Biofuels5▲ 34×1 topic
  11. Microalgae5▲ 67×1 topic
  12. Health Effects4▲ 4.5×13 topics
  13. Remote Sensing4▲ 2.0×16 topics
  14. Environmental Monitoring4▲ 6.2×6 topics
  15. Wireless Sensor Networks4▲ 5.2×8 topics
  16. Feature Extraction4▲ 5.0×8 topics
  17. Lignocellulosic Biomass4▲ 23×2 topics
  18. Recycling4▲ 5.8×6 topics
  19. Waste Management4▲ 5.7×5 topics
  20. Enzymatic Hydrolysis3▲ 22×2 topics
  21. Bioethanol Production3▲ 34×1 topic
  22. Image Processing3▲ 4.3×5 topics
  23. Pretreatment3▲ 34×1 topic
  24. Health Benefits3▲ 5.4×10 topics
  25. IoT3▲ 4.7×8 topics
  26. Wastewater Treatment3▲ 7.1×6 topics
  27. Pollution3▲ 8.8×3 topics
  28. Green Chemistry2▲ 8.8×3 topics
  29. Human-Computer Interaction2▲ 8.7×3 topics
  30. Ionic Liquids2▲ 5.5×6 topics
  31. Biomass2▲ 13×5 topics
  32. Smart Farming2▲ 13×2 topics
  33. Human Health2▲ 8.4×2 topics
  34. Internet of Things (IoT)2▲ 12×1 topic
  35. Particulate Matter2▲ 9.5×2 topics
  36. Plant Disease Detection2▲ 13×1 topic
  37. Bioremediation2▲ 10×6 topics
  38. Marine Environment2▲ 9.1×3 topics
  39. Microplastics2▲ 13×1 topic
  40. Terrestrial Ecosystems2▲ 13×1 topic

Which research topics does Centre for Science and Environment publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Algal biology and biofuel production, Biofuel production and bioconversion, Smart Agriculture and AI and Microplastics and Plastic Pollution.

  1. 1 Algal biology and biofuel production Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 5 works
  2. 2 Biofuel production and bioconversion Biomedical Engineering 3 works
  3. 3 Smart Agriculture and AI Plant Science 2 works
  4. 4 Microplastics and Plastic Pollution Pollution 2 works
  5. 5 Air Quality and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 2 works
  6. 6 Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction Molecular Biology 1 works
  7. 7 Emotion and Mood Recognition Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 1 works
  8. 8 Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization Molecular Biology 1 works
  9. 9 Energy and Environment Impacts Pollution 1 works
  10. 10 Network Security and Intrusion Detection Computer Networks and Communications 1 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 available20.2%not open79.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.9%domestic only81.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Centre for Science and Environment's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 74% 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 Centre for Science and Environment as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00047% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Centre for Science and Environment0.00081% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Centre for Science and Environment 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 counting10%20%30%Centre for Science and Environment10.2% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 28.4% in 2022.

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