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Geological Survey of India

In research, Geological Survey of India stands highest in Physical Sciences (#3,059 of 12,888 worldwide), Earth and Planetary Sciences (#628 of 1,209 worldwide) and Environmental Science (#2,180 of 3,551 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Geophysics, Geochemistry and Petrology and Earth and Planetary Sciences — Geophysics is 59.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,345
of 28,054 · #7,681 all time
Rank in India
#380
of 1,840
Research works
3.8k
▲ 36% vs 2013–17
Citations
43k
11.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
24%
world 28%

What is Geological Survey of India 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 #3,059 of 12,888 11.1%592 #4751
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #628 of 1,209 10.0%258 #1292
Environmental ScienceField #2,180 of 3,551 16.9%106 #2707
GeophysicsSubfield #159 of 237 7.9%141 #445
EngineeringField #5,320 of 6,636 11.4%93 #8119
Artificial IntelligenceSubfield #1,825 of 1,884 5.3%65 #2757
Computer ScienceField #4,592 of 4,667 5.4%67 #6725

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Geological Survey of India 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#4,751 #3,059
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences#1,292 #628
  3. Environmental Science#2,707 #2,180
  4. Geophysics#445 #159
  5. Engineering#8,119 #5,320
  6. Artificial Intelligence#2,757 #1,825
  7. Computer Science#6,725 #4,592
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 Geological Survey of India specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Geophysics takes 59.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. GeophysicsSubfield · 141.3 works59×
  2. Geochemistry and PetrologySubfield · 36.4 works52×
  3. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 258.1 works24×
  4. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 39.1 works11×
← 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: 0.79× its world share, 26 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.39× its world share, 14 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.73× its world share, 8 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.27× its world share, 67 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 24.07× its world share, 258 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.88× its world share, 6 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.91× its world share, 93 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.13× its world share, 106 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.35× its world share, 8 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.91× its world share, 44 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.36× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.09× its world share, 11 worksMedicineNursing: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.42× its world share, 8 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 20 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 24.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Geological Survey of India?

Ranked on the composite score, B. R. Arora, Jefferson Hunter and Sujit Dasgupta lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Geological Survey of India.

  1. 1 B. R. Arora India · #481,869 worldwide 108 citations · 30 works
  2. 2 Jefferson Hunter India · #519,481 worldwide 7 citations · 22 works
  3. 3 Sujit Dasgupta India · #534,026 worldwide 83 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 S. V. Singh India · #692,792 worldwide 72 citations · 32 works
  5. 5 Ratan Kar India · #768,198 worldwide 77 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 S. Alex India · #797,244 worldwide 28 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 G. S. Lakhina India · #816,337 worldwide 147 citations · 110 works
  8. 8 B. P. Radhakrishna India · #878,786 worldwide 45 citations · 61 works
  9. 9 J. R. Kayal India · #973,023 worldwide 112 citations · 24 works
  10. 10 B. M. Pathan India · #1,016,330 worldwide 19 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Geological Survey of India

Which keywords describe research at Geological Survey of India?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Remote Sensing, Plate Tectonics, Geological Mapping, Tectonics, Support Vector Machines, Hyperspectral Imaging, Compositional Data Analysis and Mineral Prospectivity.

▲ 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. Remote Sensing125▲ 15×24 topics
  2. Machine Learning83▲ 3.7×20 topics
  3. Climate Change70▲ 3.8×49 topics
  4. Plate Tectonics69▲ 66×3 topics
  5. Geological Mapping64▲ 113×2 topics
  6. Tectonics64▲ 79×3 topics
  7. Support Vector Machines64▲ 29×3 topics
  8. Hyperspectral Imaging62▲ 32×4 topics
  9. Compositional Data Analysis61▲ 131×1 topic
  10. Mineral Prospectivity61▲ 131×1 topic
  11. Thermodynamic Modeling53▲ 69×3 topics
  12. Geochronology53▲ 113×1 topic
  13. Zircon53▲ 113×1 topic
  14. Geodetic Measurements45▲ 61×2 topics
  15. Subduction43▲ 86×3 topics
  16. Earthquakes42▲ 108×1 topic
  17. Plate Boundaries42▲ 108×1 topic
  18. Solar Wind30▲ 47×2 topics
  19. Rare Earth Elements26▲ 26×4 topics
  20. Geochemistry20▲ 50×4 topics
  21. Risk Assessment20▲ 4.4×6 topics
  22. GIS-based Modeling20▲ 34×2 topics
  23. Toxicity20▲ 6.6×8 topics
  24. Environmental Impacts19▲ 10×6 topics
  25. Ionosphere18▲ 48×1 topic
  26. Magnetosphere18▲ 48×1 topic
  27. Tomography17▲ 14×2 topics
  28. Manganese Oxides17▲ 83×1 topic
  29. Sedimentary Rocks17▲ 83×1 topic
  30. Heavy Metals17▲ 10×7 topics
  31. Hazard16▲ 34×1 topic
  32. Landslide16▲ 34×1 topic
  33. Holocene16▲ 20×3 topics
  34. GIS15▲ 31×3 topics
  35. Pore Structure15▲ 17×2 topics
  36. Sea Level14▲ 20×2 topics
  37. Paleoclimatology13▲ 24×2 topics
  38. Glacial Cycles12▲ 27×1 topic
  39. Monsoon Dynamics12▲ 27×1 topic
  40. Shale Gas12▲ 14×2 topics

Which research topics does Geological Survey of India publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, Geological and Geochemical Analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies and Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics.

Geochemistry and Geologi…61Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 61 fractional worksGeological and Geochemic…53Geological and Geochemical Analysis: 53 fractional worksearthquake and tectonic studies: 42 fractional worksIonosphere and magnetosphere dynamics: 18 fractional worksGeochemistry and Elemental Analysis: 17 fractional worksLandslides and related hazards: 16 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimatology Research: 12 fractional worksGeophysical and Geoelectrical Methods: 12 fractional worksGroundwater and Watershed Analysis: 12 fractional worksHigh-pressure geophysics and materials: 12 fractional works
Artificial IntelligenceGeophysicsAstronomy and AstrophysicsGeochemistry and Petrology3 others

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

  1. 1 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 61 works
  2. 2 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 53 works
  3. 3 earthquake and tectonic studies Geophysics 42 works
  4. 4 Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 18 works
  5. 5 Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis Geochemistry and Petrology 17 works
  6. 6 Landslides and related hazards Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 16 works
  7. 7 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 12 works
  8. 8 Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods Geophysics 12 works
  9. 9 Groundwater and Watershed Analysis Environmental Engineering 12 works
  10. 10 High-pressure geophysics and materials Geophysics 12 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 available24.5%not open75.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.6%domestic only87.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Geological Survey of India's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 36% 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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