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Gauhati University

In research, Gauhati University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#2,379 of 12,888 worldwide), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#653 of 3,409 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#2,621 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Computational Mechanics and Mathematics — Nuclear and High Energy Physics is 7.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,610
of 28,054 · #4,909 all time
Rank in India
#150
of 1,840
Research works
6k
▲ 27% vs 2013–17
Citations
64k
10.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
43%
world 28%

What is Gauhati University 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 #2,379 of 12,888 11.4%1,181 #3788
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #653 of 3,409 16.9%252 #1385
Social SciencesDomain #2,621 of 10,521 14.4%357 #5974
Life SciencesDomain #2,248 of 7,800 16.1%398 #4700
Social SciencesField #1,906 of 6,365 18.4%165 #4497
Plant ScienceSubfield #476 of 1,395 20.8%124 #1086
EngineeringField #2,630 of 6,636 9.9%336 #5202
Environmental ScienceField #1,448 of 3,551 14.5%173 #1775
Arts and HumanitiesField #1,113 of 1,998 9.6%66 #2430
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,302 of 3,579 14.2%101 #5106

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Gauhati University 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Physical Sciences#3,788 #2,379
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#1,385 #653
  3. Social Sciences#5,974 #2,621
  4. Life Sciences#4,700 #2,248
  5. Social Sciences#4,497 #1,906
  6. Plant Science#1,086 #476
  7. Engineering#5,202 #2,630
  8. Environmental Science#1,775 #1,448
  9. Arts and Humanities#2,430 #1,113
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#5,106 #2,302
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Gauhati University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Nuclear and High Energy Physics takes 7.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 45.9 works7.0×
  2. Computational MechanicsSubfield · 62.0 works5.2×
  3. MathematicsField · 112.4 works4.6×
← 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: 2.56× its world share, 252 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.92× its world share, 101 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.65× its world share, 14 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.50× its world share, 17 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.94× its world share, 14 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.87× its world share, 14 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.60× its world share, 84 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.03× its world share, 166 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.20× its world share, 39 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.11× its world share, 21 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.08× its world share, 336 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.68× its world share, 173 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.52× its world share, 110 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 4.61× its world share, 112 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.71× its world share, 125 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.38× its world share, 21 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.26× its world share, 104 worksMedicineNursing: 1.07× its world share, 11 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.10× its world share, 66 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.51× its world share, 34 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.26× its world share, 25 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.87× its world share, 39 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.45× its world share, 28 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.63× its world share, 165 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 4.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Gauhati University?

Ranked on the composite score, Krishna G. Bhattacharyya, Susmita Sen Gupta and Bhaswati Bhattacharya lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Gauhati University.

  1. 1 Krishna G. Bhattacharyya India · #53,135 worldwide 473 citations · 38 works
  2. 2 Susmita Sen Gupta India · #174,088 worldwide 323 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 Bhaswati Bhattacharya India · #677,352 worldwide 32 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Ranjit Thakuria India · #694,562 worldwide 114 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 Arabinda Ghosh India · #747,783 worldwide 67 citations · 26 works
  6. 6 Mousmita Sarma India · #748,407 worldwide 8 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 B. V. Senthil Kumar India · #757,692 worldwide 19 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 S. K. Borthakur India · #838,969 worldwide 32 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 Manab Deka India · #842,596 worldwide 52 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 Bipan Hazarika India · #852,284 worldwide 105 citations · 75 works
All ranked researchers at Gauhati University

Which keywords describe research at Gauhati University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Heat Transfer, Experimental Investigation, Thermal Conductivity, Climate Change, Applications, Viscosity, Nanofluids and Review.

▲ 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. Heat Transfer130▲ 13×11 topics
  2. Climate Change112▲ 2.0×67 topics
  3. Machine Learning78◆ 1.14×60 topics
  4. Experimental Investigation77▲ 35×3 topics
  5. Deep Learning75◆ 1.06×63 topics
  6. Sustainability69▲ 1.36×37 topics
  7. Human Rights60▲ 2.8×18 topics
  8. Thermal Conductivity59▲ 18×3 topics
  9. Nanomaterials56▲ 2.6×14 topics
  10. Applications51▲ 8.9×7 topics
  11. Viscosity49▲ 33×2 topics
  12. Nanofluids48▲ 29×2 topics
  13. Remote Sensing48▲ 1.89×26 topics
  14. Review48▲ 19×2 topics
  15. Convective Transport48▲ 51×1 topic
  16. Enhancement48▲ 51×1 topic
  17. Conflict45▲ 13×9 topics
  18. Colonialism45▲ 4.6×18 topics
  19. Food Security45▲ 3.9×11 topics
  20. Antioxidant42▲ 2.9×40 topics
  21. Ethnicity40▲ 5.1×11 topics
  22. Turbulent Flows37▲ 17×2 topics
  23. Vortex Dynamics36▲ 15×2 topics
  24. Large-Eddy Simulation36▲ 8.9×2 topics
  25. Boundary Layer Transition35▲ 24×1 topic
  26. Particle Image Velocimetry35▲ 24×1 topic
  27. Federalism35▲ 26×2 topics
  28. Insurgency34▲ 75×1 topic
  29. Kashmir34▲ 75×1 topic
  30. Agriculture34▲ 4.1×7 topics
  31. Development32▲ 4.4×12 topics
  32. India30▲ 20×3 topics
  33. Medicinal Plants29▲ 3.5×14 topics
  34. Biogeography29▲ 5.4×15 topics
  35. Numerical Modeling29▲ 13×2 topics
  36. Friction Factor28▲ 32×1 topic
  37. Policy28▲ 6.2×4 topics
  38. Solar Air Heater28▲ 32×1 topic
  39. Production24▲ 14×2 topics
  40. Porous Media20▲ 7.2×5 topics

Which research topics does Gauhati University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer, Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows, South Asian Studies and Conflicts and Heat Transfer Mechanisms.

Nanofluid Flow and Heat …48Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer: 48 fractional worksFluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows: 35 fractional worksSouth Asian Studies and Conflicts: 34 fractional worksHeat Transfer Mechanisms: 28 fractional worksAgricultural Economics and Practices: 20 fractional worksIndian History and Philo…16Indian History and Philosophy: 16 fractional worksNatural Language Processing Techniques: 12 fractional worksCosmology and Gravitation Theories: 11 fractional worksConducting polymers and applications: 11 fractional worksApproximation Theory and Sequence Spaces: 11 fractional works
Biomedical EngineeringComputational MechanicsPolitical Science and International RelationsMechanical Engineering6 others

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

  1. 1 Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer Biomedical Engineering 48 works
  2. 2 Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows Computational Mechanics 35 works
  3. 3 South Asian Studies and Conflicts Political Science and International Relations 34 works
  4. 4 Heat Transfer Mechanisms Mechanical Engineering 28 works
  5. 5 Agricultural Economics and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 20 works
  6. 6 Indian History and Philosophy Philosophy 16 works
  7. 7 Natural Language Processing Techniques Artificial Intelligence 12 works
  8. 8 Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Astronomy and Astrophysics 11 works
  9. 9 Conducting polymers and applications Polymers and Plastics 11 works
  10. 10 Approximation Theory and Sequence Spaces Statistics and Probability 11 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 available42.8%not open57.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.3%domestic only92.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Gauhati University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 27% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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