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Indian Council of Social Science Research

In research, Indian Council of Social Science Research stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,923 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#18,819
of 28,054 · #31,192 all time
Rank in India
#1,254
of 1,840
Research works
468
▲ 92% vs 2013–17
Citations
2k
4.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
49%
world 28%

What is Indian Council of Social Science Research 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 #4,923 of 10,521 17.0%91 #8151

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Indian Council of Social Science Research 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).

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: 2.49× its world share, 16 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.49× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.15× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.10× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.62× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.95× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.12× its world share, 3 worksMedicineNursing: 2.28× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.23× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.10× its world share, 12 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.31× its world share, 10 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.05× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5.46× its world share, 16 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.35× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.29× its world share, 40 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 5.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Indian Council of Social Science Research?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Social Capital, COVID-19, India, Food Security, Development, Human Rights and Sustainability.

▲ 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. Globalization12▲ 4.3×22 topics
  2. Sustainability10▲ 3.1×25 topics
  3. COVID-199▲ 5.0×8 topics
  4. Climate Change9▲ 2.4×24 topics
  5. Social Capital8▲ 11×8 topics
  6. Human Rights8▲ 5.5×8 topics
  7. India7▲ 76×3 topics
  8. Food Security7▲ 9.8×11 topics
  9. Pandemic7▲ 4.8×6 topics
  10. Development7▲ 15×7 topics
  11. Policy6▲ 22×6 topics
  12. Philosophy6▲ 11×5 topics
  13. Sustainable Development6▲ 2.9×15 topics
  14. Consumer Behavior6▲ 6.5×5 topics
  15. Vulnerability6▲ 18×4 topics
  16. Economic Development5▲ 4.8×10 topics
  17. History5▲ 5.6×7 topics
  18. Agriculture5▲ 9.6×4 topics
  19. Digital Transformation5▲ 7.2×6 topics
  20. Mental Health5▲ 2.6×11 topics
  21. Economic Reforms5▲ 128×2 topics
  22. Political Economy5▲ 14×8 topics
  23. Resilience5▲ 7.1×5 topics
  24. Colonialism5▲ 7.1×5 topics
  25. Financial Markets4▲ 25×1 topic
  26. business impact4▲ 34×1 topic
  27. Ethnicity4▲ 7.9×4 topics
  28. Conflict4▲ 18×3 topics
  29. Information Technology4▲ 6.0×3 topics
  30. Well-being4▲ 7.3×8 topics
  31. Technology4▲ 5.2×4 topics
  32. Democracy4▲ 7.5×4 topics
  33. Federalism4▲ 39×2 topics
  34. Gandhi3▲ 143×1 topic
  35. Insurgency3▲ 108×1 topic
  36. Kashmir3▲ 108×1 topic
  37. Nonviolence3▲ 143×1 topic
  38. Decentralization3▲ 11×3 topics
  39. Modernization3▲ 12×3 topics
  40. Social Networks3▲ 8.5×3 topics

Which research topics does Indian Council of Social Science Research publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts, South Asian Studies and Conflicts, Indian History and Philosophy and Indian Economic and Social Development.

COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts4COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts: 4 fractional worksSouth Asian Studies and …3South Asian Studies and Conflicts: 3 fractional worksIndian History and Philo…3Indian History and Philosophy: 3 fractional worksIndian Economic and Soci…3Indian Economic and Social Development: 3 fractional worksAgricultural Economics and Practices: 3 fractional worksDisaster Management and Resilience: 2 fractional worksIndian and Buddhist Stud…2Indian and Buddhist Studies: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 epidemiological studies: 2 fractional worksSocial and Economic Development in India: 2 fractional worksAgricultural risk and re…2Agricultural risk and resilience: 2 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsPolitical Science and International RelationsPhilosophyGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences4 others

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

  1. 1 COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Economics and Econometrics 4 works
  2. 2 South Asian Studies and Conflicts Political Science and International Relations 3 works
  3. 3 Indian History and Philosophy Philosophy 3 works
  4. 4 Indian Economic and Social Development Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  5. 5 Agricultural Economics and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 3 works
  6. 6 Disaster Management and Resilience Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  7. 7 Indian and Buddhist Studies Religious studies 2 works
  8. 8 COVID-19 epidemiological studies Modeling and Simulation 2 works
  9. 9 Social and Economic Development in India Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  10. 10 Agricultural risk and resilience Soil Science 2 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 available49.3%not open50.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.7%domestic only93.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Indian Council of Social Science Research's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 92% 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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