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Government of Kerala

In research, Government of Kerala stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,872 of 10,521 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#7,719 of 12,888 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#9,193 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#9,728
of 28,054 · #17,806 all time
Rank in India
#696
of 1,840
Research works
1.1k
▲ 188% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.7k
5.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
59%
world 28%

What is Government of Kerala 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
Social SciencesDomain #5,872 of 10,521 8.6%143 #10107
Physical SciencesDomain #7,719 of 12,888 10.9%177 #13291
Health SciencesDomain #9,193 of 11,982 6.8%124 #15237
Life SciencesDomain #6,188 of 7,800 8.0%78 #11282
MedicineField #8,391 of 10,443 5.7%98 #13681
EngineeringField #5,644 of 6,636 10.6%62 #9970

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Government of Kerala 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. Social Sciences#10,107 #5,872
  2. Physical Sciences#13,291 #7,719
  3. Health Sciences#15,237 #9,193
  4. Life Sciences#11,282 #6,188
  5. Medicine#13,681 #8,391
  6. Engineering#9,970 #5,644
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.

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: 1.56× its world share, 39 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.91× its world share, 25 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.94× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.49× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.66× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.14× its world share, 9 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.72× its world share, 29 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.55× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.83× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.79× its world share, 62 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.18× its world share, 31 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.10× its world share, 20 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.96× its world share, 12 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.49× its world share, 6 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.76× its world share, 7 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.95× its world share, 13 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.97× its world share, 98 worksMedicineNursing: 1.52× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.99× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.51× its world share, 38 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.04× its world share, 17 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.84× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.18× its world share, 13 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.97× its world share, 16 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.83× its world share, 55 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 3.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Government of Kerala?

Ranked on the composite score, K Krishnakumar lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Government of Kerala.

  1. 1 K Krishnakumar India · #1,068,397 worldwide 21 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Government of Kerala

Which keywords describe research at Government of Kerala?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: India, Epidemiology, Economic Reforms, Decentralization, Rural Economy, Gender Bias, Agricultural Livelihoods and Kerala.

▲ 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. Epidemiology33▲ 1.58×85 topics
  2. Climate Change25▲ 1.79×51 topics
  3. Globalization19▲ 1.87×20 topics
  4. Sustainability18▲ 1.39×37 topics
  5. India16▲ 44×4 topics
  6. Deep Learning16◆ 0.90×41 topics
  7. Sustainable Development14▲ 1.72×13 topics
  8. COVID-1914▲ 1.92×16 topics
  9. Economic Reforms14▲ 95×2 topics
  10. Decentralization13▲ 12×4 topics
  11. Rural Economy13▲ 21×2 topics
  12. Gender Bias12▲ 28×2 topics
  13. Human Rights12▲ 2.3×10 topics
  14. Agricultural Livelihoods12▲ 185×1 topic
  15. Kerala12▲ 185×1 topic
  16. Biodiversity10▲ 2.7×17 topics
  17. Identity9▲ 2.5×16 topics
  18. Literature9▲ 3.2×11 topics
  19. Colonialism9▲ 3.5×12 topics
  20. Philosophy9▲ 3.8×5 topics
  21. Conservation8▲ 3.8×16 topics
  22. Biogeography8▲ 6.1×14 topics
  23. Diaspora8▲ 28×3 topics
  24. Music7▲ 29×2 topics
  25. Genetic Diversity7▲ 3.0×12 topics
  26. Phylogeny7▲ 8.8×12 topics
  27. Bollywood7▲ 71×1 topic
  28. Indian cinema7▲ 71×1 topic
  29. Postcolonialism7▲ 10×6 topics
  30. Infectious Diseases6▲ 3.7×8 topics
  31. Intersectionality6▲ 6.7×7 topics
  32. Feminism6▲ 4.2×7 topics
  33. DNA Barcoding6▲ 6.9×8 topics
  34. Environmental Ethics6▲ 18×3 topics
  35. Dalit Politics5▲ 101×1 topic
  36. Partition of India5▲ 101×1 topic
  37. Gandhi5▲ 55×1 topic
  38. Nonviolence5▲ 55×1 topic
  39. Peacebuilding5▲ 14×2 topics
  40. Anthropocene4▲ 15×3 topics

Which research topics does Government of Kerala publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Social and Economic Development in India, South Asian Cinema and Culture, South Asian Studies and Diaspora and Indian History and Philosophy.

Social and Economic Deve…12Social and Economic Development in India: 12 fractional worksSouth Asian Cinema and C…7South Asian Cinema and Culture: 7 fractional worksSouth Asian Studies and …5South Asian Studies and Diaspora: 5 fractional worksIndian History and Philosophy: 5 fractional worksCOVID-19 epidemiological studies: 4 fractional worksEcocriticism and Environ…3Ecocriticism and Environmental Literature: 3 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 3 fractional worksIntellectual Property and Patents: 3 fractional worksIndian and Buddhist Studies: 3 fractional worksSouth Asian Studies and Conflicts: 3 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceVisual Arts and Performing ArtsPhilosophyModeling and Simulation5 others

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

  1. 1 Social and Economic Development in India Sociology and Political Science 12 works
  2. 2 South Asian Cinema and Culture Visual Arts and Performing Arts 7 works
  3. 3 South Asian Studies and Diaspora Philosophy 5 works
  4. 4 Indian History and Philosophy Philosophy 5 works
  5. 5 COVID-19 epidemiological studies Modeling and Simulation 4 works
  6. 6 Ecocriticism and Environmental Literature Literature and Literary Theory 3 works
  7. 7 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 3 works
  8. 8 Intellectual Property and Patents Management of Technology and Innovation 3 works
  9. 9 Indian and Buddhist Studies Religious studies 3 works
  10. 10 South Asian Studies and Conflicts Political Science and International Relations 3 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 available58.8%not open41.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.7%domestic only88.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Government of Kerala's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 188% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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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