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Government of India

In research, Government of India stands highest in Physical Sciences (#2,700 of 12,888 worldwide), Health Sciences (#4,102 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#2,760 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Complementary and alternative medicine — Complementary and alternative medicine is 10.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,119
of 28,054 · #4,958 all time
Rank in India
#192
of 1,840
Research works
4.1k
▲ 85% vs 2013–17
Citations
48k
11.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
40%
world 28%

What is Government 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 #2,700 of 12,888 13.6%610 #4131
Health SciencesDomain #4,102 of 11,982 15.0%254 #6133
Life SciencesDomain #2,760 of 7,800 18.0%242 #4677
MedicineField #4,502 of 10,443 15.0%206 #6508
EngineeringField #2,865 of 6,636 11.3%220 #3013
Social SciencesDomain #5,310 of 10,521 18.9%211 #5492
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #1,728 of 3,409 21.5%126 #2330
Environmental ScienceField #1,895 of 3,551 17.3%126 #2831
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,546 of 3,579 15.0%76 #5192
Social SciencesField #4,822 of 6,365 21.8%67 #4297

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Government 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#4,131 #2,700
  2. Health Sciences#6,133 #4,102
  3. Life Sciences#4,677 #2,760
  4. Medicine#6,508 #4,502
  5. Engineering#3,013 #2,865
  6. Social Sciences#5,492 #5,310
  7. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#2,330 #1,728
  8. Environmental Science#2,831 #1,895
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#5,192 #2,546
  10. Social Sciences#4,297 #4,822
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 Government of India specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Complementary and alternative medicine takes 10.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Complementary and alternative medicineSubfield · 38.3 works10.0×
← 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: 2.02× its world share, 126 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.09× its world share, 76 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.10× its world share, 15 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.42× its world share, 9 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.58× its world share, 17 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.21× its world share, 6 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.74× its world share, 36 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.91× its world share, 93 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.03× its world share, 42 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.38× its world share, 17 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.11× its world share, 220 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.93× its world share, 126 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.97× its world share, 45 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.86× its world share, 13 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.42× its world share, 12 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.47× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.95× its world share, 33 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.81× its world share, 206 worksMedicineNursing: 1.66× its world share, 11 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.85× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.36× its world share, 14 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.84× its world share, 36 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.04× its world share, 13 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.06× its world share, 58 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.58× its world share, 23 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.40× its world share, 67 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Government of India?

Ranked on the composite score, Anoop Singh, Jagdish Kaur and P. Chandrasekhara Rao lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Government of India.

  1. 1 Anoop Singh India · #115,593 worldwide 435 citations · 21 works
  2. 2 Jagdish Kaur India · #274,217 worldwide 360 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 P. Chandrasekhara Rao India · #801,015 worldwide 4 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Vivekanandan Kalaiselvan India · #917,774 worldwide 27 citations · 22 works
  5. 5 T. V. Somanathan India · #997,354 worldwide 8 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Suraj Kumar India · #1,328,316 worldwide 16 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Archana G. Gulati India · #1,525,744 worldwide 1 citations · 20 works
  8. 8 Nupur Vasdev India · #1,626,553 worldwide 11 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Government of India

Which keywords describe research at Government of India?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Herbal Medicine, Machine Learning, Sustainability, Antioxidant, Regulatory Challenges, Food Security and Remote Sensing.

▲ 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. Climate Change81▲ 2.3×73 topics
  2. Machine Learning63▲ 1.46×71 topics
  3. Sustainability55▲ 1.72×55 topics
  4. Epidemiology50◆ 0.95×101 topics
  5. Deep Learning42◆ 0.93×57 topics
  6. Renewable Energy37▲ 1.95×33 topics
  7. Environmental Impact37▲ 1.64×39 topics
  8. Remote Sensing36▲ 2.2×26 topics
  9. Herbal Medicine32▲ 8.4×11 topics
  10. Antioxidant31▲ 3.5×47 topics
  11. Nanoparticles29▲ 1.76×32 topics
  12. Food Security27▲ 3.8×13 topics
  13. Oxidative Stress27▲ 1.24×47 topics
  14. COVID-1926▲ 1.47×22 topics
  15. Cancer24▲ 1.36×43 topics
  16. Pandemic23▲ 1.64×10 topics
  17. Medicinal Plants23▲ 4.3×16 topics
  18. Global Warming22▲ 4.0×9 topics
  19. Agriculture21▲ 4.0×7 topics
  20. Biodiversity20▲ 2.0×25 topics
  21. Regulatory Challenges20▲ 17×4 topics
  22. Adverse Reactions18▲ 24×3 topics
  23. Alternative Medicine18▲ 50×1 topic
  24. Complementary Medicine18▲ 50×1 topic
  25. Antioxidant Activity18▲ 2.1×26 topics
  26. Genetic Diversity17▲ 3.0×18 topics
  27. Vulnerability17▲ 5.8×5 topics
  28. Drug Discovery16▲ 5.6×9 topics
  29. Antioxidants16▲ 2.8×13 topics
  30. Vaccine16▲ 3.0×11 topics
  31. Toxicity16▲ 2.8×18 topics
  32. Development16▲ 3.5×13 topics
  33. Neuroprotective15▲ 7.6×11 topics
  34. Policy14▲ 4.7×7 topics
  35. Traditional Medicine13▲ 6.8×7 topics
  36. India12▲ 12×3 topics
  37. Therapeutic Applications10▲ 14×3 topics
  38. Immunomodulatory10▲ 23×2 topics
  39. Ocimum sanctum9▲ 30×1 topic
  40. Withania somnifera9▲ 30×1 topic

Which research topics does Government of India publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies, Phytochemicals and Medicinal Plants, Agricultural Economics and Practices and Computational Drug Discovery Methods.

Complementary and Altern…18Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies: 18 fractional worksPhytochemicals and Medicinal Plants: 9 fractional worksAgricultural Economics and Practices: 7 fractional worksComputational Drug Discovery Methods: 6 fractional worksMicrogrid Control and Optimization: 6 fractional worksAgricultural risk and resilience: 6 fractional worksCOVID-19 Pandemic Impacts6COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts: 6 fractional worksEthnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies: 6 fractional worksClimate variability and models: 6 fractional worksFlood Risk Assessment an…6Flood Risk Assessment and Management: 6 fractional works
Complementary and alternative medicineGeneral Agricultural and Biological SciencesComputational Theory and MathematicsControl and Systems Engineering4 others

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

  1. 1 Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies Complementary and alternative medicine 18 works
  2. 2 Phytochemicals and Medicinal Plants Complementary and alternative medicine 9 works
  3. 3 Agricultural Economics and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 7 works
  4. 4 Computational Drug Discovery Methods Computational Theory and Mathematics 6 works
  5. 5 Microgrid Control and Optimization Control and Systems Engineering 6 works
  6. 6 Agricultural risk and resilience Soil Science 6 works
  7. 7 COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Economics and Econometrics 6 works
  8. 8 Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies Plant Science 6 works
  9. 9 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 6 works
  10. 10 Flood Risk Assessment and Management Global and Planetary Change 6 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 available39.9%not open60.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.8%domestic only86.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Government of India's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 85% 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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