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Fergusson College

In research, Fergusson College stands highest in Physical Sciences (#9,370 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#12,968
of 22,385 · #18,722 all time
Rank in India
#880
of 1,562
Research works
522
▲ 65% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.3k
8.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.86×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
53%
world 40%
International
11%
world 18%
Fergusson College

What is Fergusson College 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 #9,370 of 10,670 5.1%98 #13769

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Fergusson College 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 Fergusson College work in?

In 2022-now, 49% of research at Fergusson College is in Physical Sciences, 20% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Computer Science (16%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (13%), Engineering (12%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 122 fractional works · 49.1% of its workComputer Science: 39 fractional works · 15.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 12 fractional works · 4.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 8 fractional works · 3.4% of its workInformation Systems: 6 fractional works · 2.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSignal Processing: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 31 fractional works · 12.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 10 fractional works · 4.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 17 fractional works · 6.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 11 fractional works · 4.3% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 16 fractional works · 6.3% of its workEcology: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 8 fractional works · 3.2% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBioengineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 49 fractional works · 19.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 19 fractional works · 7.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 8 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 12 fractional works · 4.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 6 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPhilosophy: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 48 fractional works · 19.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 31 fractional works · 12.6% of its workPlant Science: 12 fractional works · 4.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAquatic Science: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workFood Science: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSoil Science: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 11 fractional works · 4.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 29 fractional works · 11.7% of its workMedicine: 21 fractional works · 8.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmall Animals: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKFergusson College248fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences20%Physical Sciences49%Health Sciences12%Social Sciences20%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Computer Science3915.7%
    2. Engineering3112.3%
    3. Materials Science176.7%
    4. Environmental Science166.3%
    5. Chemistry83.2%
    6. Energy41.4%
    7. Physics and Astronomy31.4%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences21.0%
    9. Chemical Engineering20.7%
    10. Mathematics10.4%
    1. Social Sciences197.6%
    2. Arts and Humanities124.9%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance52.0%
    4. Psychology52.0%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting41.7%
    6. Decision Sciences41.4%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences3112.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology114.6%
    3. Neuroscience51.9%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Medicine218.6%
    2. Health Professions31.4%
    3. Nursing20.7%
    4. Veterinary20.6%
    5. Dentistry10.4%
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: 2.64× its world share, 31 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.86× its world share, 11 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.16× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.00× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.06× its world share, 8 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.01× its world share, 39 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.64× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.53× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.82× its world share, 31 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.26× its world share, 16 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.92× its world share, 17 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.62× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.83× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.53× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.45× its world share, 22 worksMedicineNursing: 1.37× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 4.45× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.71× its world share, 12 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.53× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.46× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.95× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.66× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.60× its world share, 19 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary4.45×2 works
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.64×31 works
  3. Chemistry2.06×8 works
  4. Computer Science2.01×39 works
  5. Chemical Engineering2.00×2 works
  6. Materials Science1.92×17 works
  7. Arts and Humanities1.71×12 works
  8. Energy1.53×4 works
  9. Decision Sciences1.46×4 works
  10. Nursing1.37×2 works
  11. Environmental Science1.26×16 works
  12. Neuroscience1.16×5 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.95×5 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.86×11 works
  15. Dentistry0.83×1 works
  16. Engineering0.82×31 works
  17. Psychology0.66×5 works
  18. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.64×2 works
  19. Physics and Astronomy0.62×3 works
  20. Social Sciences0.60×19 works
  21. Health Professions0.53×4 works
  22. Business, Management and Accounting0.53×4 works
  23. Medicine0.45×22 works
  24. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.41×0 works
  25. Immunology and Microbiology0.35×1 works
  26. Mathematics0.34×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Fergusson College?

Ranked on the quality score, D. D. Kosambi, S. L. Laware and Kishor M. Sonawane lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Fergusson College.

  1. 1 D. D. Kosambi India · #1,237,688 worldwide 7.5k citations · 80 works
  2. 2 S. L. Laware India · #2,743,950 worldwide 768 citations · 22 works
  3. 3 Kishor M. Sonawane India · #3,815,747 worldwide 483 citations · 27 works
  4. 4 Kavita Khobragade India · #4,221,471 worldwide 21 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Pradeep Kumar Sarkar India · #4,306,632 worldwide 119 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 S. R. Kulkarni India · #4,829,487 worldwide 195 citations · 31 works
  7. 7 Prashant M. Kakade India · #4,947,071 worldwide 118 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 A.D. More India · #5,048,524 worldwide 32 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 J. Mona India · #5,148,173 worldwide 244 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 M. S. Zambare India · #5,179,829 worldwide 88 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Fergusson College

What are the most cited papers from Fergusson College?

The most cited paper from Fergusson College is "Drying of Indian subcontinent by rapid Indian Ocean warming and a weakening land-sea thermal gradient" (Mathew Koll Roxy, Kapoor Ritika, Pascal Terray et al., 2015), with 877 citations. Next come "The Curious Case of Indian Ocean Warming*,+" (531) and "Synthesis of silver nanoparticles using Dioscorea bulbifera tuber extract and evaluation of its synergistic potential in combination with antimicrobial agents" (443).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Drying of Indian subcontinent by rapid Indian Ocean warming and a weakening land-sea thermal gradient Mathew Koll Roxy, Kapoor Ritika, Pascal Terray et al. · Nature Communications Open access 16 Jun 2015 877
2 The Curious Case of Indian Ocean Warming*,+ Mathew Koll Roxy, Kapoor Ritika, Pascal Terray et al. · Journal of Climate 6 Oct 2014 531
3 Synthesis of silver nanoparticles using Dioscorea bulbifera tuber extract and evaluation of its synergistic potential in combination with antimicrobial agents Balu Ananda Chopade, Sougata Ghosh, Patil et al. · International Journal of Nanomedicine Open access Feb 2012 443
4 The Estimation of Map Distances from Recombination Values D. D. Kosambi Book chapter 2016 387
5 Drugs to Minimize Perioperative Blood Loss in Cardiac Surgery Andreas Laupacis, Dean A. Fergusson · Anesthesia & Analgesia Dec 1997 319
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Fergusson College?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Security, Genetic Diversity, Internet of Things, Climate Change, Biodiversity and Synthesis.

▲ 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 Learning20▲ 2.3×41 topics
  2. Machine Learning15▲ 1.85×33 topics
  3. Climate Change11▲ 1.62×31 topics
  4. Sustainability8▲ 1.36×21 topics
  5. Globalization7▲ 1.53×13 topics
  6. Security7▲ 4.4×10 topics
  7. Internet of Things7▲ 3.4×12 topics
  8. Neural Networks7▲ 1.88×16 topics
  9. Nanomaterials7▲ 2.6×12 topics
  10. Biodiversity6▲ 3.5×13 topics
  11. Genetic Diversity6▲ 5.9×9 topics
  12. Artificial Intelligence6▲ 1.78×12 topics
  13. Convolutional Neural Networks5▲ 2.8×11 topics
  14. Healthcare5▲ 1.82×10 topics
  15. Synthesis5▲ 5.2×10 topics
  16. Food Security5▲ 3.4×8 topics
  17. Nanostructures4▲ 4.5×6 topics
  18. Phylogenetic Analysis4▲ 5.4×7 topics
  19. Biogeography4▲ 6.0×9 topics
  20. Conservation4▲ 3.8×7 topics
  21. Privacy4▲ 5.8×4 topics
  22. Green Chemistry4▲ 8.8×9 topics
  23. Classification4▲ 3.4×6 topics
  24. Feature Extraction4▲ 3.3×5 topics
  25. India4▲ 20×2 topics
  26. IoT3▲ 3.6×8 topics
  27. Semiconductors3▲ 4.7×4 topics
  28. Decentralization3▲ 6.2×2 topics
  29. Medicinal Chemistry3▲ 4.8×7 topics
  30. Evolution3▲ 4.6×9 topics
  31. Plant Growth3▲ 11×4 topics
  32. Morphology3▲ 6.6×3 topics
  33. Room Temperature3▲ 7.5×2 topics
  34. Security Analysis3▲ 6.4×3 topics
  35. Domestication3▲ 21×3 topics
  36. Fish2▲ 27×1 topic
  37. Length-Weight Relationships2▲ 27×1 topic
  38. QTL Mapping2▲ 8.7×3 topics
  39. Cosmopolitanism2▲ 8.7×3 topics
  40. Phylogenetic Relationships2▲ 13×3 topics

Which research topics does Fergusson College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Fish Biology and Ecology Studies, Water Quality and Pollution Assessment, Social and Economic Development in India and Chaos-based Image/Signal Encryption.

Fish Biology and Ecology…2Fish Biology and Ecology Studies: 2 fractional worksWater Quality and Pollut…2Water Quality and Pollution Assessment: 2 fractional worksSocial and Economic Development in India: 2 fractional worksChaos-based Image/Signal…2Chaos-based Image/Signal Encryption: 2 fractional worksAdvances in Cucurbitacea…2Advances in Cucurbitaceae Research: 2 fractional worksImbalanced Data Classification Techniques: 2 fractional worksAgricultural Economics and Practices: 2 fractional worksComputational Drug Disco…1Computational Drug Discovery Methods: 1 fractional worksMultiferroics and related materials: 1 fractional worksGas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors: 1 fractional works
Aquatic ScienceWater Science and TechnologySociology and Political ScienceComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition6 others

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

  1. 1 Fish Biology and Ecology Studies Aquatic Science 2 works
  2. 2 Water Quality and Pollution Assessment Water Science and Technology 2 works
  3. 3 Social and Economic Development in India Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  4. 4 Chaos-based Image/Signal Encryption Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 2 works
  5. 5 Advances in Cucurbitaceae Research Genetics 2 works
  6. 6 Imbalanced Data Classification Techniques Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  7. 7 Agricultural Economics and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 works
  8. 8 Computational Drug Discovery Methods Computational Theory and Mathematics 1 works
  9. 9 Multiferroics and related materials Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 1 works
  10. 10 Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors Electrical and Electronic Engineering 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 available52.7%not open47.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.0%domestic only89.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Fergusson College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 65% 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 Fergusson College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00069% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Fergusson College0.00093% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Fergusson College 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 2025Fergusson College3.5% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.9% in 2016.

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