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Gujarat University

In research, Gujarat University stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,229 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#1,375 of 6,365 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#3,695 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Accounting and Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics — Accounting is 3.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,084
of 28,054 · #8,045 all time
Rank in India
#277
of 1,840
Research works
5.1k
▲ 78% vs 2013–17
Citations
44k
8.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
52%
world 28%

What is Gujarat 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
Social SciencesDomain #2,229 of 10,521 7.5%534 #5601
Social SciencesField #1,375 of 6,365 7.2%182 #3688
Health SciencesDomain #3,695 of 11,982 8.8%352 #9392
Physical SciencesDomain #4,228 of 12,888 7.8%659 #5751
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #1,137 of 3,409 14.3%198 #2827
Life SciencesDomain #3,078 of 7,800 14.0%392 #6772
MedicineField #4,906 of 10,443 9.2%279 #10083
Plant ScienceSubfield #963 of 1,395 16.7%111 #1947
EngineeringField #4,666 of 6,636 7.3%147 #7622
Computer ScienceField #3,417 of 4,667 9.1%149 #5677

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Gujarat 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. Social Sciences#5,601 #2,229
  2. Social Sciences#3,688 #1,375
  3. Health Sciences#9,392 #3,695
  4. Physical Sciences#5,751 #4,228
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#2,827 #1,137
  6. Life Sciences#6,772 #3,078
  7. Medicine#10,083 #4,906
  8. Plant Science#1,947 #963
  9. Engineering#7,622 #4,666
  10. Computer Science#5,677 #3,417
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 Gujarat University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Accounting takes 3.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. AccountingSubfield · 45.9 works3.9×
  2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and PharmaceuticsField · 23.5 works3.5×
← 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: 2.15× its world share, 198 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.37× its world share, 142 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.65× its world share, 13 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.49× its world share, 16 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.45× its world share, 24 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.61× its world share, 11 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.63× its world share, 80 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.99× its world share, 149 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.87× its world share, 26 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.73× its world share, 13 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.51× its world share, 147 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.05× its world share, 101 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.59× its world share, 108 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.52× its world share, 12 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.28× its world share, 12 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.06× its world share, 19 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.78× its world share, 40 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.75× its world share, 279 worksMedicineNursing: 1.37× its world share, 13 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.12× its world share, 63 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.92× its world share, 120 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.09× its world share, 39 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.87× its world share, 77 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.89× its world share, 53 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.74× its world share, 182 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Gujarat University?

Ranked on the composite score, C. G. Khatri, Upendra Dave and V. K. Jain lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Gujarat University.

  1. 1 C. G. Khatri India · #106,841 worldwide 298 citations · 37 works
  2. 2 Upendra Dave India · #226,623 worldwide 143 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 V. K. Jain India · #377,727 worldwide 394 citations · 118 works
  4. 4 Ramtej J. Verma India · #449,506 worldwide 76 citations · 28 works
  5. 5 Alpesh Patel India · #458,713 worldwide 35 citations · 25 works
  6. 6 Y. K. Agrawal India · #477,189 worldwide 296 citations · 89 works
  7. 7 Nita H. Shah India · #705,560 worldwide 158 citations · 79 works
  8. 8 Shailesh R. Dave India · #774,233 worldwide 98 citations · 27 works
  9. 9 Hitesh Solanki India · #786,575 worldwide 36 citations · 35 works
  10. 10 Shobhana K. Menon India · #805,314 worldwide 93 citations · 30 works
All ranked researchers at Gujarat University

Which keywords describe research at Gujarat University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Medicinal Plants, Machine Learning, Antioxidant, Antioxidant Activity, Herbal Medicine, Financial Performance, Flavonoids and Philosophy.

▲ 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. Machine Learning87▲ 1.37×56 topics
  2. Epidemiology60▼ 0.78×88 topics
  3. Deep Learning60◆ 0.90×59 topics
  4. Climate Change56◆ 1.07×70 topics
  5. Sustainability52◆ 1.10×55 topics
  6. Antioxidant47▲ 3.6×45 topics
  7. Oxidative Stress47▲ 1.49×51 topics
  8. Medicinal Plants46▲ 6.0×18 topics
  9. Cancer45▲ 1.74×46 topics
  10. Nanoparticles44▲ 1.82×33 topics
  11. Environmental Impact42▲ 1.29×41 topics
  12. Antioxidant Activity41▲ 3.4×27 topics
  13. Globalization40◆ 1.06×38 topics
  14. Financial Performance37▲ 3.3×12 topics
  15. Corporate Governance33▲ 2.3×14 topics
  16. Philosophy33▲ 3.8×5 topics
  17. Herbal Medicine30▲ 5.3×11 topics
  18. Social Capital30▲ 2.9×9 topics
  19. Flavonoids28▲ 5.5×10 topics
  20. Antioxidants27▲ 3.1×13 topics
  21. Regulation27▲ 2.5×18 topics
  22. Ethnicity26▲ 3.6×9 topics
  23. Risk Management26▲ 2.8×11 topics
  24. Diabetes26▲ 2.7×18 topics
  25. Anti-inflammatory26▲ 4.8×25 topics
  26. Drug Discovery25▲ 5.8×12 topics
  27. Cancer Therapy24▲ 2.2×18 topics
  28. Bioactive Compounds24▲ 4.8×13 topics
  29. Medicinal Chemistry24▲ 4.4×11 topics
  30. Development23▲ 3.4×13 topics
  31. Synthesis22▲ 3.1×25 topics
  32. Poverty Reduction20▲ 8.0×4 topics
  33. Policy20▲ 4.6×7 topics
  34. India19▲ 14×4 topics
  35. Modernization18▲ 5.2×2 topics
  36. Anticancer16▲ 5.4×14 topics
  37. Conflict16▲ 5.1×7 topics
  38. Oxidative Damage15▲ 17×2 topics
  39. Alpha-Glucosidase Inhibitors14▲ 17×1 topic
  40. Environmental Ethics14▲ 12×4 topics

Which research topics does Gujarat University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies, Legal and Regulatory Analysis, Military Technology and Strategies and Natural Antidiabetic Agents Studies.

Linguistic, Cultural, an…14Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 14 fractional worksLegal and Regulatory Ana…14Legal and Regulatory Analysis: 14 fractional worksMilitary Technology and Strategies: 14 fractional worksNatural Antidiabetic Age…14Natural Antidiabetic Agents Studies: 14 fractional worksIndian History and Philo…13Indian History and Philosophy: 13 fractional worksTechnology Adoption and User Behaviour: 12 fractional worksMicrofinance and Financial Inclusion: 12 fractional worksFinTech, Crowdfunding, D…12FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance: 12 fractional worksPlant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity: 11 fractional worksComputational Drug Discovery Methods: 10 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceTransportationAerospace EngineeringEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism6 others

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

  1. 1 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 14 works
  2. 2 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 14 works
  3. 3 Military Technology and Strategies Aerospace Engineering 14 works
  4. 4 Natural Antidiabetic Agents Studies Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 14 works
  5. 5 Indian History and Philosophy Philosophy 13 works
  6. 6 Technology Adoption and User Behaviour Information Systems and Management 12 works
  7. 7 Microfinance and Financial Inclusion Economics and Econometrics 12 works
  8. 8 FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance Management Information Systems 12 works
  9. 9 Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity Plant Science 11 works
  10. 10 Computational Drug Discovery Methods Computational Theory and Mathematics 10 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 available52.3%not open47.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.0%domestic only92.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Gujarat University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 78% 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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