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Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science

In research, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,325 of 12,888 worldwide), Chemistry (#470 of 1,330 worldwide) and Materials Science (#949 of 2,468 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Organic Chemistry, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Inorganic Chemistry — Organic Chemistry is 13.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,342
of 28,054 · #1,464 all time
Rank in India
#126
of 1,840
Research works
11k
▼ 11% vs 2013–17
Citations
267k
24.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
14%
world 28%

What is Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science 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 #1,325 of 12,888 14.6%970 #989
ChemistryField #470 of 1,330 10.7%197 #480
Materials ScienceField #949 of 2,468 10.9%316 #589
Materials ChemistrySubfield #676 of 1,556 12.1%205 #442
Life SciencesDomain #3,903 of 7,800 13.9%164 #5342
EngineeringField #3,408 of 6,636 12.9%154 #2051
Physics and AstronomyField #851 of 1,646 27.1%168 #782
Organic ChemistrySubfield #393 of 615 9.8%121 #398
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,297 of 3,579 13.1%137 #3161
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #1,810 of 2,318 11.3%90 #1060

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science 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#989 #1,325
  2. Chemistry#480 #470
  3. Materials Science#589 #949
  4. Materials Chemistry#442 #676
  5. Life Sciences#5,342 #3,903
  6. Engineering#2,051 #3,408
  7. Physics and Astronomy#782 #851
  8. Organic Chemistry#398 #393
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#3,161 #2,297
  10. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#1,060 #1,810
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 Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Organic Chemistry takes 13.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Organic ChemistrySubfield · 121.2 works13×
  2. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 46.7 works12×
  3. Inorganic ChemistrySubfield · 35.4 works12×
  4. ChemistryField · 197.1 works11×
  5. SpectroscopySubfield · 24.9 works9.5×
  6. Materials ChemistrySubfield · 205.4 works8.8×
← 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: 0.12× its world share, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.16× its world share, 137 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.41× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.49× its world share, 9 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.32× its world share, 6 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 5.23× its world share, 22 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 10.53× its world share, 197 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.39× its world share, 36 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.44× its world share, 8 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 4.48× its world share, 49 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.86× its world share, 154 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.19× its world share, 11 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 7.60× its world share, 316 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.60× its world share, 8 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 6.32× its world share, 168 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.19× its world share, 43 worksMedicineNursing: 0.80× its world share, 5 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemistry, 10.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science?

Ranked on the composite score, Debashis Mukherjee, Nikhil R. Jana and Bimalendu Deb lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science.

  1. 1 Debashis Mukherjee India · #63,040 worldwide 580 citations · 78 works
  2. 2 Nikhil R. Jana India · #102,131 worldwide 423 citations · 54 works
  3. 3 Bimalendu Deb India · #180,317 worldwide 410 citations · 52 works
  4. 4 D. Majumdar India · #196,444 worldwide 138 citations · 27 works
  5. 5 Arun K. Guha India · #202,229 worldwide 261 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 Sandipan Chatterjee India · #204,732 worldwide 167 citations · 23 works
  7. 7 Amitava Patra India · #209,268 worldwide 310 citations · 60 works
  8. 8 Tanusree Kar India · #217,479 worldwide 194 citations · 23 works
  9. 9 A. Ghosh India · #223,812 worldwide 414 citations · 65 works
  10. 10 P. K. Mukherjee India · #252,107 worldwide 87 citations · 30 works
All ranked researchers at Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science

Which keywords describe research at Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Catalysis, Bioimaging, Self-Assembly, Biomedical Applications, Nanoparticles, Nanostructures, Nanomaterials and Chemical Sensors.

▲ 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. Biomedical Applications82▲ 5.8×26 topics
  2. Catalysis78▲ 9.9×27 topics
  3. Bioimaging78▲ 28×6 topics
  4. Self-Assembly77▲ 20×11 topics
  5. Nanoparticles73▲ 4.8×28 topics
  6. Nanomaterials65▲ 5.1×15 topics
  7. Nanostructures58▲ 12×13 topics
  8. Nanocomposites49▲ 5.1×17 topics
  9. Chemical Sensors48▲ 17×3 topics
  10. Biosensors48▲ 7.8×11 topics
  11. Metal-Organic Frameworks48▲ 9.5×6 topics
  12. Nanofibers46▲ 18×3 topics
  13. Semiconductors44▲ 12×5 topics
  14. Photodynamic Therapy41▲ 16×3 topics
  15. Electrocatalysis39▲ 12×5 topics
  16. Graphene39▲ 4.8×8 topics
  17. Nanocrystals39▲ 12×5 topics
  18. Efficiency38▲ 10×4 topics
  19. Crystal Growth37▲ 11×8 topics
  20. Synthesis37▲ 8.3×29 topics
  21. Drug Delivery36▲ 5.6×14 topics
  22. Stability35▲ 13×3 topics
  23. Electronic Structure35▲ 16×8 topics
  24. Reactive Oxygen Species35▲ 7.3×9 topics
  25. Semiconductor35▲ 8.5×6 topics
  26. Water Splitting33▲ 7.6×4 topics
  27. Nanotubes33▲ 35×3 topics
  28. Hydrogels32▲ 14×5 topics
  29. Electrochemistry31▲ 11×3 topics
  30. Solar Cells31▲ 13×6 topics
  31. Biomaterials30▲ 11×3 topics
  32. Molecular Machines30▲ 18×2 topics
  33. Two-Dimensional Materials29▲ 10×4 topics
  34. Organic Synthesis28▲ 21×10 topics
  35. Supramolecular28▲ 83×2 topics
  36. Aggregation-Induced Emission28▲ 39×1 topic
  37. Fluorescent Materials28▲ 36×1 topic
  38. Light-Emitting Diodes28▲ 15×3 topics
  39. Organogels28▲ 102×1 topic
  40. Peptide Amphiphiles28▲ 102×1 topic

Which research topics does Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials, Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials, Perovskite Materials and Applications and Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques.

Luminescence and Fluores…28Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials: 28 fractional worksSupramolecular Self-Asse…28Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials: 28 fractional worksPerovskite Materials and…25Perovskite Materials and Applications: 25 fractional worksAdvanced biosensing and …25Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques: 25 fractional worksCosmology and Gravitation Theories: 20 fractional worksDNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry: 18 fractional worksConducting polymers and …18Conducting polymers and applications: 18 fractional worksQuantum Dots Synthesis And Properties: 17 fractional worksRNA Interference and Gene Delivery: 17 fractional worksMolecular Sensors and Io…16Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection: 16 fractional works
Materials ChemistryBiomaterialsElectrical and Electronic EngineeringMolecular Biology3 others

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

  1. 1 Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials Materials Chemistry 28 works
  2. 2 Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials Biomaterials 28 works
  3. 3 Perovskite Materials and Applications Electrical and Electronic Engineering 25 works
  4. 4 Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques Molecular Biology 25 works
  5. 5 Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Astronomy and Astrophysics 20 works
  6. 6 DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry Molecular Biology 18 works
  7. 7 Conducting polymers and applications Polymers and Plastics 18 works
  8. 8 Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties Materials Chemistry 17 works
  9. 9 RNA Interference and Gene Delivery Molecular Biology 17 works
  10. 10 Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection Spectroscopy 16 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 available13.8%not open86.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.4%domestic only90.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 11% 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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