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Indian Institute of Management Calcutta

In research, Indian Institute of Management Calcutta stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,170 of 10,521 worldwide), Business, Management and Accounting (#1,752 of 2,578 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#4,339 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Business, Management and Accounting — Business, Management and Accounting is 7.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#18,798
of 28,054 · #15,185 all time
Rank in India
#1,251
of 1,840
Research works
2.2k
▲ 2% vs 2013–17
Citations
34k
15.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
24.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
22%
world 28%

What is Indian Institute of Management Calcutta 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 #5,170 of 10,521 28.9%192 #3353
Business, Management and AccountingField #1,752 of 2,578 32.3%65 #1149
Social SciencesField #4,339 of 6,365 32.3%73 #3256

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Indian Institute of Management Calcutta 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#3,353 #5,170
  2. Business, Management and Accounting#1,149 #1,752
  3. Social Sciences#3,256 #4,339
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 Institute of Management Calcutta specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Business, Management and Accounting takes 7.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Business, Management and AccountingField · 64.6 works7.4×
← 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: 0.41× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.48× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.66× its world share, 14 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.50× its world share, 20 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.44× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.92× its world share, 9 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.64× its world share, 5 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.14× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.10× its world share, 5 worksMedicineNursing: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.64× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 7.36× its world share, 65 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 4.13× its world share, 11 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5.12× its world share, 30 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.06× its world share, 9 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.12× its world share, 73 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 7.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Indian Institute of Management Calcutta?

Ranked on the composite score, Debashis Saha, Ramendra Singh and Jayanta Bandyopadhyay lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Indian Institute of Management Calcutta.

  1. 1 Debashis Saha India · #228,599 worldwide 319 citations · 80 works
  2. 2 Ramendra Singh India · #383,493 worldwide 101 citations · 29 works
  3. 3 Jayanta Bandyopadhyay India · #397,128 worldwide 67 citations · 40 works
  4. 4 I. H. Burkill India · #594,891 worldwide 24 citations · 25 works
  5. 5 Subrata Mitra India · #657,653 worldwide 85 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Victor A. van Bijlert India · #692,854 worldwide 6 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 Ambuj Mahanti India · #798,686 worldwide 77 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Rahul Mukerjee India · #806,378 worldwide 191 citations · 66 works
  9. 9 Surendra Munshi India · #818,326 worldwide 11 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 R. B. Seymour Sewell India · #824,391 worldwide 12 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Indian Institute of Management Calcutta

Which keywords describe research at Indian Institute of Management Calcutta?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Entrepreneurship, Social Capital, Corporate Governance, Sustainability, Institutional Theory, Poverty Alleviation and Innovation.

▲ 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. Globalization20▲ 3.8×34 topics
  2. Sustainability18▲ 2.7×29 topics
  3. Entrepreneurship14▲ 13×8 topics
  4. Social Capital13▲ 9.2×11 topics
  5. Corporate Governance12▲ 6.2×12 topics
  6. Innovation12▲ 4.1×15 topics
  7. Economic Growth10▲ 4.3×15 topics
  8. Social Media9▲ 2.4×17 topics
  9. Institutional Theory9▲ 34×3 topics
  10. Poverty Alleviation9▲ 33×2 topics
  11. Economic Development9▲ 3.9×13 topics
  12. Emerging Markets9▲ 47×2 topics
  13. Social Impact9▲ 8.0×3 topics
  14. Bottom of the Pyramid8▲ 57×1 topic
  15. Consumer Behavior8▲ 4.8×8 topics
  16. Frugal Innovation8▲ 57×1 topic
  17. Risk Management8▲ 6.0×10 topics
  18. Regulation8▲ 5.2×6 topics
  19. Monetary Policy7▲ 11×6 topics
  20. Firm Performance6▲ 12×4 topics
  21. Labor Market6▲ 7.5×4 topics
  22. Neoliberalism6▲ 6.2×11 topics
  23. Environmental Management6▲ 5.4×4 topics
  24. Financial Constraints6▲ 20×2 topics
  25. Organizational Learning6▲ 33×4 topics
  26. Capital Structure5▲ 13×2 topics
  27. Business Ethics5▲ 24×2 topics
  28. Investor Protection5▲ 24×1 topic
  29. Ownership Structure5▲ 24×1 topic
  30. Social Networks5▲ 7.3×7 topics
  31. Market Dynamics5▲ 24×3 topics
  32. Social Movements5▲ 6.0×2 topics
  33. Organizational Change5▲ 24×3 topics
  34. Human Resource Management5▲ 11×4 topics
  35. Decentralization5▲ 7.9×4 topics
  36. Gender Inequality5▲ 12×4 topics
  37. India4▲ 23×3 topics
  38. Institutional Entrepreneurship4▲ 62×1 topic
  39. Sensemaking4▲ 62×1 topic
  40. Economic Reforms4▲ 58×2 topics

Which research topics does Indian Institute of Management Calcutta publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Innovation and Socioeconomic Development, Corporate Finance and Governance, Management and Organizational Studies and Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting.

Innovation and Socioeconomic Development: 8 fractional worksCorporate Finance and Governance: 5 fractional worksManagement and Organizational Studies: 4 fractional worksCorporate Social Responsibility Reporting: 4 fractional worksTextile materials and evaluations: 4 fractional worksSocial and Economic Development in India: 3 fractional worksEmployment and Welfare S…3Employment and Welfare Studies: 3 fractional worksNatural Fiber Reinforced Composites: 3 fractional worksBanking stability, regulation, efficiency: 3 fractional worksInnovation and Knowledge…3Innovation and Knowledge Management: 3 fractional works
Business and International ManagementAccountingOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementStrategy and Management4 others

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

  1. 1 Innovation and Socioeconomic Development Business and International Management 8 works
  2. 2 Corporate Finance and Governance Accounting 5 works
  3. 3 Management and Organizational Studies Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 4 works
  4. 4 Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting Strategy and Management 4 works
  5. 5 Textile materials and evaluations Polymers and Plastics 4 works
  6. 6 Social and Economic Development in India Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  7. 7 Employment and Welfare Studies General Health Professions 3 works
  8. 8 Natural Fiber Reinforced Composites Polymers and Plastics 3 works
  9. 9 Banking stability, regulation, efficiency Finance 3 works
  10. 10 Innovation and Knowledge Management Strategy and Management 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 available21.5%not open78.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.8%domestic only86.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Indian Institute of Management Calcutta's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 2% higher than in 2013–2017.

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