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India Meteorological Department

In research, India Meteorological Department stands highest in Physical Sciences (#2,261 of 12,888 worldwide), Earth and Planetary Sciences (#409 of 1,209 worldwide) and Environmental Science (#1,990 of 3,551 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Earth and Planetary Sciences — Atmospheric Science is 62.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,889
of 28,054 · #6,055 all time
Rank in India
#260
of 1,840
Research works
2.2k
▼ 23% vs 2013–17
Citations
26k
11.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
63%
world 28%

What is India Meteorological Department 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 #2,261 of 12,888 13.4%291 #3745
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #409 of 1,209 13.3%113 #800
Environmental ScienceField #1,990 of 3,551 12.1%126 #2659
Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield #434 of 535 11.9%87 #792
Atmospheric ScienceSubfield #255 of 301 13.1%95 #656

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where India Meteorological Department 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#3,745 #2,261
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences#800 #409
  3. Environmental Science#2,659 #1,990
  4. Global and Planetary Change#792 #434
  5. Atmospheric Science#656 #255
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 India Meteorological Department specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Atmospheric Science takes 62.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 95.3 works62×
  2. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 87.0 works33×
  3. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 112.7 works21×
  4. Environmental EngineeringSubfield · 20.3 works11×
  5. Environmental ScienceField · 126.3 works7.3×
← 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: 2.48× its world share, 41 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.15× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.57× its world share, 15 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 20.69× its world share, 113 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.54× its world share, 28 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 7.32× its world share, 126 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.89× its world share, 7 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.07× its world share, 5 worksMedicineNursing: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.46× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 20.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at India Meteorological Department?

Ranked on the composite score, M. Rajeevan, D. S. Pai and B. K. Bandyopadhyay lead among researchers whose main affiliation is India Meteorological Department.

  1. 1 M. Rajeevan India · #40,673 worldwide 555 citations · 42 works
  2. 2 D. S. Pai India · #231,560 worldwide 271 citations · 22 works
  3. 3 B. K. Bandyopadhyay India · #583,469 worldwide 94 citations · 37 works
  4. 4 K. Ramesh India · #807,571 worldwide 77 citations · 24 works
  5. 5 S. D. Kotal India · #895,179 worldwide 45 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Vijay Kumar Soni India · #911,649 worldwide 70 citations · 26 works
  7. 7 M. Mohapatra India · #1,008,558 worldwide 91 citations · 34 works
  8. 8 S. Jeevananda Reddy India · #1,100,315 worldwide 53 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 S. K. Roy Bhowmik India · #1,242,850 worldwide 75 citations · 30 works
  10. 10 Charan Singh India · #1,257,372 worldwide 26 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at India Meteorological Department

Which keywords describe research at India Meteorological Department?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Global Warming, Hydrological Cycle, Ocean Circulation, Remote Sensing, Data Assimilation, Probabilistic Forecasting and Extreme Events.

▲ 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 Change134▲ 14×40 topics
  2. Global Warming87▲ 61×9 topics
  3. Hydrological Cycle54▲ 164×2 topics
  4. Ocean Circulation48▲ 106×3 topics
  5. Remote Sensing46▲ 11×24 topics
  6. Data Assimilation46▲ 85×3 topics
  7. Probabilistic Forecasting46▲ 67×3 topics
  8. Extreme Events44▲ 147×2 topics
  9. Greenhouse Gas Emissions44▲ 47×2 topics
  10. Climate Modeling44▲ 179×1 topic
  11. Precipitation Extremes44▲ 179×1 topic
  12. Boundary Layer44▲ 102×2 topics
  13. Convective Parameterization41▲ 219×1 topic
  14. Ensemble Kalman Filter41▲ 118×1 topic
  15. Hydrological Modeling34▲ 42×5 topics
  16. Tropical Cyclones26▲ 136×2 topics
  17. Sea Level Rise26▲ 58×3 topics
  18. Machine Learning25▲ 2.2×28 topics
  19. Sustainability23▲ 2.7×12 topics
  20. Air Quality23▲ 36×4 topics
  21. Estimation21▲ 144×2 topics
  22. Hurricanes21▲ 186×1 topic
  23. Storm Surge21▲ 186×1 topic
  24. Validation21▲ 68×2 topics
  25. Food Security21▲ 11×9 topics
  26. Agriculture20▲ 14×5 topics
  27. Spatial Interpolation20▲ 143×2 topics
  28. Precipitation20▲ 122×2 topics
  29. Rainfall19▲ 294×1 topic
  30. Satellite19▲ 294×1 topic
  31. Forecasting15▲ 23×3 topics
  32. Vulnerability15▲ 19×5 topics
  33. Satellite Observations14▲ 41×3 topics
  34. Climate13▲ 44×2 topics
  35. Drought13▲ 40×2 topics
  36. Evapotranspiration13▲ 49×2 topics
  37. Artificial Neural Networks13▲ 7.6×6 topics
  38. Water Resources12▲ 15×7 topics
  39. Monitoring10▲ 32×2 topics
  40. Water Management10▲ 25×4 topics

Which research topics does India Meteorological Department publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Climate variability and models, Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research and Precipitation Measurement and Analysis.

Climate variability and …44Climate variability and models: 44 fractional worksMeteorological Phenomena…41Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations: 41 fractional worksTropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research: 21 fractional worksPrecipitation Measuremen…19Precipitation Measurement and Analysis: 19 fractional worksAtmospheric aerosols and…10Atmospheric aerosols and clouds: 10 fractional worksHydrology and Drought An…10Hydrology and Drought Analysis: 10 fractional worksAgricultural Economics and Practices: 8 fractional worksHydrological Forecasting Using AI: 8 fractional worksClimate change impacts on agriculture: 8 fractional worksFlood Risk Assessment and Management: 8 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeAtmospheric ScienceGeneral Agricultural and Biological SciencesEnvironmental Engineering1 others

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

  1. 1 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 44 works
  2. 2 Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations Atmospheric Science 41 works
  3. 3 Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research Atmospheric Science 21 works
  4. 4 Precipitation Measurement and Analysis Atmospheric Science 19 works
  5. 5 Atmospheric aerosols and clouds Global and Planetary Change 10 works
  6. 6 Hydrology and Drought Analysis Global and Planetary Change 10 works
  7. 7 Agricultural Economics and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 8 works
  8. 8 Hydrological Forecasting Using AI Environmental Engineering 8 works
  9. 9 Climate change impacts on agriculture Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 8 works
  10. 10 Flood Risk Assessment and Management Global and Planetary Change 8 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 available63.4%not open36.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.6%domestic only85.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has India Meteorological Department's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 23% lower 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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