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Indian Institute of Remote Sensing

In research, Indian Institute of Remote Sensing stands highest in Physical Sciences (#3,494 of 12,888 worldwide), Environmental Science (#1,257 of 3,551 worldwide) and Earth and Planetary Sciences (#636 of 1,209 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Environmental Engineering — Atmospheric Science is 27.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,445
of 28,054 · #7,165 all time
Rank in India
#385
of 1,840
Research works
1.4k
▲ 111% vs 2013–17
Citations
21k
15.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
33%
world 28%

What is Indian Institute of Remote Sensing 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 #3,494 of 12,888 19.5%336 #4551
Environmental ScienceField #1,257 of 3,551 19.9%176 #1536
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #636 of 1,209 19.0%73 #986
Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield #451 of 535 18.3%62 #899

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Indian Institute of Remote Sensing 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#4,551 #3,494
  2. Environmental Science#1,536 #1,257
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences#986 #636
  4. Global and Planetary Change#899 #451
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 Remote Sensing specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Atmospheric Science takes 27.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 46.7 works28×
  2. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 62.2 works21×
  3. Environmental EngineeringSubfield · 41.0 works20×
  4. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 73.4 works12×
  5. EcologySubfield · 30.1 works10×
← 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: 1.72× its world share, 31 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.85× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.48× its world share, 14 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 12.25× its world share, 73 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.94× its world share, 54 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 9.26× its world share, 176 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 1.50× its world share, 13 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.03× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 12.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Indian Institute of Remote Sensing?

Ranked on the composite score, Praveen K. Thakur, Hari Shanker Srivastava and P. S. Roy lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Indian Institute of Remote Sensing.

  1. 1 Praveen K. Thakur India · #248,852 worldwide 122 citations · 26 works
  2. 2 Hari Shanker Srivastava India · #549,176 worldwide 119 citations · 36 works
  3. 3 P. S. Roy India · #617,448 worldwide 123 citations · 24 works
  4. 4 Sudip Saha India · #627,723 worldwide 110 citations · 25 works
  5. 5 S. K. Srivastav India · #707,104 worldwide 122 citations · 23 works
  6. 6 Arijit Roy India · #836,418 worldwide 73 citations · 25 works
  7. 7 Suresh Kannaujiya India · #865,208 worldwide 62 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Shashi Kumar India · #886,592 worldwide 112 citations · 41 works
  9. 9 Anil Kumar India · #941,248 worldwide 97 citations · 64 works
  10. 10 P. K. Champati Ray India · #951,377 worldwide 67 citations · 29 works
All ranked researchers at Indian Institute of Remote Sensing

Which keywords describe research at Indian Institute of Remote Sensing?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Remote Sensing, Climate Change, Biomass Estimation, Machine Learning, Land Use Change, Hydrological Modeling, Climate and Global Change.

▲ 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. Remote Sensing149▲ 32×30 topics
  2. Climate Change99▲ 9.6×52 topics
  3. Machine Learning50▲ 4.0×16 topics
  4. Biomass Estimation37▲ 64×3 topics
  5. Land Use Change36▲ 31×7 topics
  6. Hydrological Modeling36▲ 40×5 topics
  7. Deep Learning32▲ 2.5×20 topics
  8. Climate30▲ 89×2 topics
  9. Global Change26▲ 26×5 topics
  10. Phenology23▲ 98×1 topic
  11. Vegetation Monitoring23▲ 98×1 topic
  12. Sustainability23▲ 2.5×23 topics
  13. Support Vector Machines20▲ 17×4 topics
  14. Satellite Imagery20▲ 40×4 topics
  15. Hyperspectral Imaging20▲ 18×4 topics
  16. Global Warming20▲ 12×9 topics
  17. Urban Heat Island18▲ 49×2 topics
  18. Ecosystem Services17▲ 12×9 topics
  19. Biodiversity Conservation16▲ 11×6 topics
  20. Satellite Observations16▲ 44×3 topics
  21. Hydrology16▲ 34×3 topics
  22. Data Assimilation16▲ 27×3 topics
  23. Sea Level Rise15▲ 32×3 topics
  24. Disaster Management15▲ 27×3 topics
  25. Hyperspectral15▲ 45×2 topics
  26. Hydrological Cycle15▲ 40×2 topics
  27. Terrestrial Laser Scanning15▲ 31×2 topics
  28. Flood Risk14▲ 48×1 topic
  29. Surface Water Mapping14▲ 50×1 topic
  30. Feature Extraction14▲ 7.9×2 topics
  31. Aboveground Biomass14▲ 40×2 topics
  32. Classification14▲ 7.8×2 topics
  33. Change Detection14▲ 51×1 topic
  34. Image Analysis14▲ 37×1 topic
  35. Soil Properties14▲ 21×5 topics
  36. Ocean Circulation13▲ 27×3 topics
  37. Air Quality13▲ 18×4 topics
  38. Urbanization12▲ 7.8×3 topics
  39. GIS-based Modeling12▲ 36×2 topics
  40. Water Resources12▲ 13×7 topics

Which research topics does Indian Institute of Remote Sensing publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Remote Sensing in Agriculture, Flood Risk Assessment and Management, Remote-Sensing Image Classification and Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications.

Remote Sensing in Agricu…23Remote Sensing in Agriculture: 23 fractional worksFlood Risk Assessment an…14Flood Risk Assessment and Management: 14 fractional worksRemote-Sensing Image Classification: 14 fractional worksRemote Sensing and LiDAR Applications: 12 fractional worksLand Use and Ecosystem Services: 11 fractional worksLandslides and related hazards: 11 fractional worksSynthetic Aperture Radar…11Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Applications and Techniques: 11 fractional worksRemote Sensing and Land Use: 10 fractional worksCryospheric studies and observations: 9 fractional worksClimate variability and …8Climate variability and models: 8 fractional works
EcologyGlobal and Planetary ChangeMedia TechnologyEnvironmental Engineering3 others

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

  1. 1 Remote Sensing in Agriculture Ecology 23 works
  2. 2 Flood Risk Assessment and Management Global and Planetary Change 14 works
  3. 3 Remote-Sensing Image Classification Media Technology 14 works
  4. 4 Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications Environmental Engineering 12 works
  5. 5 Land Use and Ecosystem Services Global and Planetary Change 11 works
  6. 6 Landslides and related hazards Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 11 works
  7. 7 Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Applications and Techniques Aerospace Engineering 11 works
  8. 8 Remote Sensing and Land Use Atmospheric Science 10 works
  9. 9 Cryospheric studies and observations Atmospheric Science 9 works
  10. 10 Climate variability and models 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 available32.9%not open67.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.7%domestic only90.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Indian Institute of Remote Sensing's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 111% 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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