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Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

In research, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi stands highest in Physical Sciences (#442 of 12,888 worldwide), Engineering (#230 of 6,636 worldwide) and Mechanical Engineering (#122 of 1,351 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Energy Engineering and Power Technology, Polymers and Plastics and Electrical and Electronic Engineering — Energy Engineering and Power Technology is 5.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#568
of 28,054 · #714 all time
Rank in India
#17
of 1,840
Research works
44k
▲ 46% vs 2013–17
Citations
881k
20.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
17%
world 28%

What is Indian Institute of Technology Delhi 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 #442 of 12,888 13.6%8,339 #576
EngineeringField #230 of 6,636 13.0%4,367 #300
Mechanical EngineeringSubfield #122 of 1,351 15.4%477 #202
Social SciencesDomain #965 of 10,521 29.0%855 #1022
Computer ScienceField #434 of 4,667 15.0%899 #452
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #234 of 2,318 9.3%1,491 #269
Materials ScienceField #296 of 2,468 12.5%1,019 #597
Environmental ScienceField #462 of 3,551 20.8%528 #611
Business, Management and AccountingField #340 of 2,578 38.1%236 #352
Civil and Structural EngineeringSubfield #130 of 896 14.3%343 #159

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Indian Institute of Technology Delhi 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#576 #442
  2. Engineering#300 #230
  3. Mechanical Engineering#202 #122
  4. Social Sciences#1,022 #965
  5. Computer Science#452 #434
  6. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#269 #234
  7. Materials Science#597 #296
  8. Environmental Science#611 #462
  9. Business, Management and Accounting#352 #340
  10. Civil and Structural Engineering#159 #130
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 Delhi specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Energy Engineering and Power Technology takes 5.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Energy Engineering and Power TechnologySubfield · 57.2 works5.0×
  2. Polymers and PlasticsSubfield · 181.4 works4.3×
  3. Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield · 1,491.2 works4.0×
  4. Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsSubfield · 261.2 works3.5×
  5. Automotive EngineeringSubfield · 191.9 works3.4×
← 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: 0.42× its world share, 211 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.73× its world share, 411 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.20× its world share, 21 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.59× its world share, 100 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.74× its world share, 28 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.78× its world share, 103 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.16× its world share, 357 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.10× its world share, 899 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.72× its world share, 119 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.97× its world share, 288 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.76× its world share, 4,367 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.01× its world share, 528 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.77× its world share, 1,020 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.54× its world share, 192 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.99× its world share, 466 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.16× its world share, 8 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.22× its world share, 61 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.25× its world share, 501 worksMedicineNursing: 0.38× its world share, 20 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.18× its world share, 53 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.69× its world share, 236 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.04× its world share, 106 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.54× its world share, 122 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.30× its world share, 97 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 239 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Energy, 3.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

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

Ranked on the composite score, S.N. Naik, Mukesh Khare and S.C. Kaushik lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.

  1. 1 S.N. Naik India · #8,721 worldwide 1.2k citations · 68 works
  2. 2 Mukesh Khare India · #9,689 worldwide 938 citations · 63 works
  3. 3 S.C. Kaushik India · #11,121 worldwide 1.4k citations · 80 works
  4. 4 Prabhu Babu India · #29,688 worldwide 718 citations · 36 works
  5. 5 Arpan Kumar Kar India · #33,048 worldwide 748 citations · 67 works
  6. 6 Banshi D. Gupta India · #53,347 worldwide 620 citations · 54 works
  7. 7 Shreshth Tuli India · #54,278 worldwide 375 citations · 36 works
  8. 8 K.A. Subramanian India · #56,938 worldwide 519 citations · 49 works
  9. 9 K. L. Chopra India · #58,538 worldwide 825 citations · 98 works
  10. 10 S.G. Deshmukh India · #58,866 worldwide 341 citations · 44 works
All ranked researchers at Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

Which keywords describe research at Indian Institute of Technology Delhi?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Power Electronics, Renewable Energy Integration, Renewable Energy, Biomedical Applications, Mechanical Properties, Nanocomposites, Smart Grid Applications and Energy Storage Systems.

▲ 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. Power Electronics419▲ 12×8 topics
  2. Deep Learning414◆ 1.15×78 topics
  3. Renewable Energy Integration397▲ 11×6 topics
  4. Renewable Energy389▲ 2.6×46 topics
  5. Machine Learning372◆ 1.08×86 topics
  6. Biomedical Applications353▲ 2.8×35 topics
  7. Mechanical Properties300▲ 2.9×38 topics
  8. Nanoparticles284▲ 2.1×44 topics
  9. Environmental Impact280▲ 1.56×57 topics
  10. Nanocomposites263▲ 3.1×22 topics
  11. Neural Networks254▲ 1.56×39 topics
  12. Nanomaterials243▲ 2.2×19 topics
  13. Energy Efficiency213▲ 2.1×36 topics
  14. Energy Storage200▲ 2.9×12 topics
  15. Graphene190▲ 2.6×12 topics
  16. Heat Transfer185▲ 3.5×17 topics
  17. Smart Grid172▲ 4.3×9 topics
  18. Electric Vehicles167▲ 5.3×5 topics
  19. Catalysis167▲ 2.4×29 topics
  20. Biosensors166▲ 3.0×12 topics
  21. Thermal Management166▲ 4.7×8 topics
  22. Smart Grid Applications157▲ 11×2 topics
  23. Lithium-ion Batteries156▲ 3.5×4 topics
  24. Energy Storage Systems152▲ 10×2 topics
  25. Decentralized Control148▲ 12×2 topics
  26. Distributed Power Generation141▲ 13×1 topic
  27. Microgrid Control141▲ 13×1 topic
  28. Model Predictive Control137▲ 5.0×6 topics
  29. Solar Energy136▲ 4.0×5 topics
  30. Electric Vehicle Charging134▲ 15×2 topics
  31. Parameter Estimation120▲ 8.9×5 topics
  32. Fault Tolerance114▲ 6.9×7 topics
  33. DC-DC Converters109▲ 18×1 topic
  34. High-Frequency Power Conversion109▲ 18×1 topic
  35. Battery Management Systems104▲ 6.4×1 topic
  36. Thermal Runaway104▲ 6.4×1 topic
  37. Photovoltaic Systems100▲ 11×3 topics
  38. Grid-Connected Inverters95▲ 12×2 topics
  39. Multilevel Converters94▲ 16×1 topic
  40. Voltage Source Inverters94▲ 16×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Microgrid Control and Optimization, Advanced DC-DC Converters, Advanced Battery Technologies Research and Multilevel Inverters and Converters.

Microgrid Control and Optimization: 141 fractional worksAdvanced DC-DC Converters: 109 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Technol…104Advanced Battery Technologies Research: 104 fractional worksMultilevel Inverters and…94Multilevel Inverters and Converters: 94 fractional worksAdvanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials: 64 fractional worksPhotovoltaic System Optimization Techniques: 62 fractional worksSmart Grid Energy Manage…60Smart Grid Energy Management: 60 fractional worksPhotonic and Optical Devices: 50 fractional worksElectric Motor Design and Analysis: 50 fractional worksSensorless Control of Electric Motors: 48 fractional works
Control and Systems EngineeringElectrical and Electronic EngineeringAutomotive EngineeringBiomedical Engineering1 others

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

  1. 1 Microgrid Control and Optimization Control and Systems Engineering 141 works
  2. 2 Advanced DC-DC Converters Electrical and Electronic Engineering 109 works
  3. 3 Advanced Battery Technologies Research Automotive Engineering 104 works
  4. 4 Multilevel Inverters and Converters Electrical and Electronic Engineering 94 works
  5. 5 Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials Biomedical Engineering 64 works
  6. 6 Photovoltaic System Optimization Techniques Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 62 works
  7. 7 Smart Grid Energy Management Electrical and Electronic Engineering 60 works
  8. 8 Photonic and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 50 works
  9. 9 Electric Motor Design and Analysis Electrical and Electronic Engineering 50 works
  10. 10 Sensorless Control of Electric Motors Electrical and Electronic Engineering 48 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 available16.8%not open83.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.9%domestic only88.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 46% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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