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Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology

In research, Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology stands highest in Physical Sciences (#3,308 of 12,888 worldwide), Engineering (#1,830 of 6,636 worldwide) and Aerospace Engineering (#511 of 795 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Computational Mechanics and Aerospace Engineering — Computational Mechanics is 8.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,707
of 28,054 · #7,647 all time
Rank in India
#396
of 1,840
Research works
2.5k
▲ 59% vs 2013–17
Citations
25k
10.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
20%
world 28%

What is Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology 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 #3,308 of 12,888 11.0%891 #4826
EngineeringField #1,830 of 6,636 12.4%477 #2525
Aerospace EngineeringSubfield #511 of 795 27.7%88 #1223
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #1,584 of 2,318 6.8%156 #2548
Computer ScienceField #3,932 of 4,667 8.4%102 #5168
Materials ScienceField #2,100 of 2,468 14.5%88 #3567
Physics and AstronomyField #1,498 of 1,646 6.5%84 #3225

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology 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#4,826 #3,308
  2. Engineering#2,525 #1,830
  3. Aerospace Engineering#1,223 #511
  4. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#2,548 #1,584
  5. Computer Science#5,168 #3,932
  6. Materials Science#3,567 #2,100
  7. Physics and Astronomy#3,225 #1,498
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 Space Science and Technology specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Computational Mechanics takes 8.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Computational MechanicsSubfield · 45.5 works8.1×
  2. Aerospace EngineeringSubfield · 88.1 works7.8×
← 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: 0.19× its world share, 9 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.30× its world share, 16 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.36× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 3.00× its world share, 10 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.98× its world share, 15 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.35× its world share, 102 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.13× its world share, 33 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.77× its world share, 7 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.26× its world share, 477 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.07× its world share, 52 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.59× its world share, 88 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.07× its world share, 24 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 3.89× its world share, 84 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.12× its world share, 23 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.25× its world share, 8 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.48× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.15× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology?

Ranked on the composite score, B. S. Manoj, K. B. Jinesh and K. S. Dasgupta lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology.

  1. 1 B. S. Manoj India · #213,341 worldwide 288 citations · 58 works
  2. 2 K. B. Jinesh India · #322,984 worldwide 172 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 K. S. Dasgupta India · #511,288 worldwide 77 citations · 26 works
  4. 4 Kuruvilla Joseph India · #534,767 worldwide 271 citations · 65 works
  5. 5 Aravind Vaidyanathan India · #595,935 worldwide 152 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Basudev Majumder India · #732,330 worldwide 45 citations · 20 works
  7. 7 C. S. Anoop India · #819,847 worldwide 50 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 K. Prabhakaran India · #842,150 worldwide 104 citations · 24 works
  9. 9 Dinesh N. Naik India · #891,685 worldwide 43 citations · 27 works
  10. 10 Chinmoy Saha India · #912,815 worldwide 102 citations · 63 works
All ranked researchers at Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology

Which keywords describe research at Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Remote Sensing, Power Electronics, Renewable Energy Integration, Heat Transfer, Deep Learning, Wireless Communications, Antenna and Microstrip.

▲ 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. Deep Learning55▲ 1.64×55 topics
  2. Remote Sensing52▲ 4.4×22 topics
  3. Power Electronics30▲ 9.3×7 topics
  4. Biomedical Applications29▲ 2.5×25 topics
  5. Renewable Energy Integration29▲ 8.7×4 topics
  6. Heat Transfer28▲ 5.8×13 topics
  7. Neural Networks28▲ 1.84×21 topics
  8. Graphene25▲ 3.8×12 topics
  9. Wireless Communications23▲ 13×5 topics
  10. Nanocomposites23▲ 2.9×18 topics
  11. Biosensors21▲ 4.2×10 topics
  12. Artificial Neural Networks21▲ 4.5×8 topics
  13. Antenna20▲ 24×1 topic
  14. Microstrip20▲ 24×1 topic
  15. Large-Eddy Simulation19▲ 10×5 topics
  16. Carbon Nanotubes17▲ 5.2×8 topics
  17. Frequency Selective Surfaces17▲ 26×1 topic
  18. Metasurfaces17▲ 26×1 topic
  19. Model Predictive Control17▲ 6.6×5 topics
  20. Biomass Estimation16▲ 11×3 topics
  21. Thermal Management15▲ 4.8×6 topics
  22. Adaptive Mesh Refinement15▲ 25×2 topics
  23. Fault Tolerance15▲ 9.7×5 topics
  24. High-Order Schemes15▲ 25×2 topics
  25. Chemical Kinetics14▲ 16×2 topics
  26. Hyperspectral14▲ 17×2 topics
  27. Combustion Instabilities14▲ 23×2 topics
  28. Structured Light14▲ 26×2 topics
  29. Multilevel Converters14▲ 25×1 topic
  30. Sensor Networks14▲ 5.6×5 topics
  31. Voltage Source Inverters14▲ 25×1 topic
  32. Metamaterials13▲ 9.8×4 topics
  33. Climate13▲ 15×2 topics
  34. Nanophotonics13▲ 14×3 topics
  35. Radial Basis Functions13▲ 19×2 topics
  36. Photonic Crystals12▲ 11×4 topics
  37. Electric Vehicle Charging12▲ 14×2 topics
  38. Entanglement12▲ 8.1×4 topics
  39. Adaptive Control12▲ 8.9×6 topics
  40. Thermal Analysis12▲ 9.3×5 topics

Which research topics does Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Antenna Design and Analysis, Advanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies, Multilevel Inverters and Converters and Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications.

Antenna Design and Analysis: 20 fractional worksAdvanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies: 17 fractional worksMultilevel Inverters and…14Multilevel Inverters and Converters: 14 fractional worksMetamaterials and Metasu…11Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications: 11 fractional worksRemote-Sensing Image Classification: 11 fractional worksRemote Sensing in Agriculture: 10 fractional worksSensor Technology and Me…9Sensor Technology and Measurement Systems: 9 fractional worksCombustion and flame dynamics: 9 fractional worksComputational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics: 8 fractional worksAdvanced DC-DC Converters8Advanced DC-DC Converters: 8 fractional works
Aerospace EngineeringElectrical and Electronic EngineeringElectronic, Optical and Magnetic MaterialsMedia Technology3 others

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

  1. 1 Antenna Design and Analysis Aerospace Engineering 20 works
  2. 2 Advanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies Aerospace Engineering 17 works
  3. 3 Multilevel Inverters and Converters Electrical and Electronic Engineering 14 works
  4. 4 Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 11 works
  5. 5 Remote-Sensing Image Classification Media Technology 11 works
  6. 6 Remote Sensing in Agriculture Ecology 10 works
  7. 7 Sensor Technology and Measurement Systems Computer Networks and Communications 9 works
  8. 8 Combustion and flame dynamics Computational Mechanics 9 works
  9. 9 Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics Computational Mechanics 8 works
  10. 10 Advanced DC-DC Converters Electrical and Electronic Engineering 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 available19.8%not open80.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.5%domestic only91.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 59% higher than in 2013–2017.

200020102020
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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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