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Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

In research, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay stands highest in Physical Sciences (#490 of 12,888 worldwide), Engineering (#502 of 6,636 worldwide) and Materials Science (#236 of 2,468 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Algebra and Number Theory, Computational Mechanics and Organic Chemistry — Algebra and Number Theory is 6.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#683
of 28,054 · #625 all time
Rank in India
#22
of 1,840
Research works
40k
▲ 29% vs 2013–17
Citations
701k
17.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
21%
world 28%

What is Indian Institute of Technology Bombay 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 #490 of 12,888 12.4%7,439 #445
EngineeringField #502 of 6,636 12.2%3,502 #249
Materials ScienceField #236 of 2,468 8.9%821 #431
Computer ScienceField #451 of 4,667 11.2%815 #501
ChemistryField #162 of 1,330 12.2%458 #241
Social SciencesDomain #1,300 of 10,521 21.0%700 #1932
Environmental ScienceField #460 of 3,551 18.9%616 #486
Materials ChemistrySubfield #242 of 1,556 8.3%545 #344
Mechanical EngineeringSubfield #220 of 1,351 13.1%472 #215
Organic ChemistrySubfield #102 of 615 14.4%300 #142

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Indian Institute of Technology Bombay 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#445 #490
  2. Engineering#249 #502
  3. Materials Science#431 #236
  4. Computer Science#501 #451
  5. Chemistry#241 #162
  6. Social Sciences#1,932 #1,300
  7. Environmental Science#486 #460
  8. Materials Chemistry#344 #242
  9. Mechanical Engineering#215 #220
  10. Organic Chemistry#142 #102
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 Technology Bombay specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Algebra and Number Theory takes 6.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Algebra and Number TheorySubfield · 35.8 works6.2×
  2. Computational MechanicsSubfield · 264.9 works5.0×
  3. Organic ChemistrySubfield · 300.5 works4.4×
  4. Condensed Matter PhysicsSubfield · 56.8 works3.9×
  5. BioengineeringSubfield · 22.9 works3.8×
  6. Fluid Flow and Transfer ProcessesSubfield · 26.3 works3.7×
← 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: 0.25× its world share, 106 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.75× its world share, 360 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.20× its world share, 19 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.55× its world share, 81 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.69× its world share, 22 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.73× its world share, 86 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 3.22× its world share, 458 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.16× its world share, 815 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.99× its world share, 282 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.34× its world share, 195 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.58× its world share, 3,502 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.37× its world share, 616 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.60× its world share, 821 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.06× its world share, 219 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.20× its world share, 444 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.09× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.13× its world share, 30 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.16× its world share, 284 worksMedicineNursing: 0.29× its world share, 13 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.29× its world share, 75 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.44× its world share, 130 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.94× its world share, 82 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.45× its world share, 87 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.37× its world share, 101 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 224 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemistry, 3.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Indian Institute of Technology Bombay?

Ranked on the composite score, Aditya Joshi, Soumen Chakrabarti and Sanjay P. Bhat lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Indian Institute of Technology Bombay.

  1. 1 Aditya Joshi India · #14,893 worldwide 892 citations · 50 works
  2. 2 Soumen Chakrabarti India · #21,534 worldwide 718 citations · 61 works
  3. 3 Sanjay P. Bhat India · #34,226 worldwide 1.3k citations · 32 works
  4. 4 Sunita Sarawagi India · #48,517 worldwide 472 citations · 42 works
  5. 5 Girish Kumar India · #60,755 worldwide 378 citations · 46 works
  6. 6 Krithi Ramamritham India · #67,661 worldwide 766 citations · 129 works
  7. 7 Y. K. Gambhir India · #70,457 worldwide 287 citations · 28 works
  8. 8 Dulal Panda India · #91,504 worldwide 312 citations · 31 works
  9. 9 B. D. Padalia India · #92,401 worldwide 301 citations · 41 works
  10. 10 Bhaskaran Raman India · #93,529 worldwide 253 citations · 31 works
All ranked researchers at Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

Which keywords describe research at Indian Institute of Technology Bombay?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Heat Transfer, Mechanical Properties, Remote Sensing, Machine Learning, Climate Change, Power Electronics, Thermal Management and Deep Learning.

▲ 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. Machine Learning339◆ 1.14×81 topics
  2. Deep Learning320◆ 1.03×75 topics
  3. Climate Change304▲ 1.25×78 topics
  4. Sustainability240◆ 1.09×69 topics
  5. Heat Transfer236▲ 5.2×17 topics
  6. Remote Sensing233▲ 2.1×33 topics
  7. Mechanical Properties224▲ 2.5×38 topics
  8. Renewable Energy221▲ 1.69×41 topics
  9. Neural Networks204▲ 1.46×35 topics
  10. Nanoparticles197▲ 1.73×43 topics
  11. Biomedical Applications195▲ 1.81×34 topics
  12. Nanomaterials192▲ 2.0×20 topics
  13. Energy Efficiency159▲ 1.86×31 topics
  14. Nanocomposites155▲ 2.1×22 topics
  15. Graphene154▲ 2.5×12 topics
  16. Energy Storage142▲ 2.4×12 topics
  17. Power Electronics137▲ 4.5×8 topics
  18. Thermal Management135▲ 4.5×8 topics
  19. Microstructure132▲ 2.8×19 topics
  20. Catalysis121▲ 2.0×29 topics
  21. Optimization119▲ 2.8×22 topics
  22. Biosensors114▲ 2.4×12 topics
  23. Semiconductors112▲ 4.1×6 topics
  24. Renewable Energy Integration110▲ 3.6×6 topics
  25. Additive Manufacturing109▲ 3.9×8 topics
  26. Numerical Simulation107▲ 4.0×14 topics
  27. Self-Assembly102▲ 3.5×12 topics
  28. Nanostructures102▲ 2.8×17 topics
  29. Large-Eddy Simulation98▲ 5.7×5 topics
  30. Semiconductor98▲ 3.2×7 topics
  31. Efficiency94▲ 3.4×8 topics
  32. Model Predictive Control92▲ 3.9×6 topics
  33. Hydrological Modeling90▲ 4.2×5 topics
  34. Materials84▲ 3.9×6 topics
  35. Transition Metal Catalysis84▲ 11×4 topics
  36. Thin Films81▲ 4.7×10 topics
  37. Photovoltaics78▲ 5.2×4 topics
  38. Nanowires75▲ 5.7×5 topics
  39. Multiphase Flow62▲ 7.8×4 topics
  40. Enantioselective Synthesis62▲ 11×7 topics

Which research topics does Indian Institute of Technology Bombay publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Perovskite Materials and Applications, Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods, Advanced Battery Technologies Research and Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows.

Perovskite Materials and…46Perovskite Materials and Applications: 46 fractional worksCatalytic C–H Functional…44Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods: 44 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Technologies Research: 44 fractional worksFluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows: 40 fractional worksAdditive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies: 38 fractional worksAdvanced DC-DC Converters: 38 fractional worksAdvancements in Battery Materials: 38 fractional worksSemiconductor materials …37Semiconductor materials and devices: 37 fractional worksPorphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry: 33 fractional worksAdvanced Memory and Neural Computing: 33 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringOrganic ChemistryAutomotive EngineeringComputational Mechanics1 others

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

  1. 1 Perovskite Materials and Applications Electrical and Electronic Engineering 46 works
  2. 2 Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods Organic Chemistry 44 works
  3. 3 Advanced Battery Technologies Research Automotive Engineering 44 works
  4. 4 Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows Computational Mechanics 40 works
  5. 5 Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies Automotive Engineering 38 works
  6. 6 Advanced DC-DC Converters Electrical and Electronic Engineering 38 works
  7. 7 Advancements in Battery Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 38 works
  8. 8 Semiconductor materials and devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 37 works
  9. 9 Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry Materials Chemistry 33 works
  10. 10 Advanced Memory and Neural Computing Electrical and Electronic Engineering 33 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 available20.6%not open79.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Indian Institute of Technology Bombay's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 29% 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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