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Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati

In research, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati stands highest in Physical Sciences (#412 of 12,888 worldwide), Engineering (#410 of 6,636 worldwide) and Environmental Science (#241 of 3,551 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Organic Chemistry, Hardware and Architecture and Nuclear and High Energy Physics — Organic Chemistry is 5.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#623
of 28,054 · #1,181 all time
Rank in India
#18
of 1,840
Research works
23k
▲ 51% vs 2013–17
Citations
404k
17.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
18%
world 28%

What is Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati 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 #412 of 12,888 15.6%5,550 #872
EngineeringField #410 of 6,636 14.1%2,481 #679
Environmental ScienceField #241 of 3,551 21.6%487 #628
Water Science and TechnologySubfield #27 of 295 24.7%120 #89
Biomedical EngineeringSubfield #185 of 1,568 16.9%438 #382
Materials ScienceField #321 of 2,468 14.8%703 #785
ChemistryField #180 of 1,330 15.4%455 #389
Mechanical EngineeringSubfield #190 of 1,351 14.2%361 #375
Computer ScienceField #678 of 4,667 12.1%620 #989
Health SciencesDomain #1,898 of 11,982 21.1%383 #4235

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati 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#872 #412
  2. Engineering#679 #410
  3. Environmental Science#628 #241
  4. Water Science and Technology#89 #27
  5. Biomedical Engineering#382 #185
  6. Materials Science#785 #321
  7. Chemistry#389 #180
  8. Mechanical Engineering#375 #190
  9. Computer Science#989 #678
  10. Health Sciences#4,235 #1,898
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 Guwahati specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Organic Chemistry takes 5.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Organic ChemistrySubfield · 284.9 works5.4×
  2. Hardware and ArchitectureSubfield · 35.9 works4.5×
  3. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 100.0 works4.5×
  4. ChemistryField · 454.7 works4.1×
  5. Inorganic ChemistrySubfield · 66.8 works3.8×
  6. Computational MechanicsSubfield · 151.9 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: 0.64× its world share, 214 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.06× its world share, 396 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.45× its world share, 32 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.51× its world share, 58 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.72× its world share, 18 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.73× its world share, 67 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 4.13× its world share, 455 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.13× its world share, 620 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.85× its world share, 94 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.26× its world share, 146 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.36× its world share, 2,481 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.40× its world share, 487 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.87× its world share, 703 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.63× its world share, 135 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.32× its world share, 363 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.23× its world share, 8 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.16× its world share, 30 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.24× its world share, 324 worksMedicineNursing: 0.60× its world share, 21 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.21× its world share, 42 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.21× its world share, 48 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.67× its world share, 45 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.31× its world share, 46 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.33× its world share, 70 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 118 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemistry, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

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

Ranked on the composite score, Ajaikumar B. Kunnumakkara, Vaibhav V. Goud and Pallab Ghosh lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati.

  1. 1 Ajaikumar B. Kunnumakkara India · #22,808 worldwide 1.1k citations · 37 works
  2. 2 Vaibhav V. Goud India · #41,554 worldwide 848 citations · 35 works
  3. 3 Pallab Ghosh India · #60,307 worldwide 474 citations · 34 works
  4. 4 Shyam Biswas India · #89,622 worldwide 857 citations · 24 works
  5. 5 Santosha K. Dwivedy India · #99,713 worldwide 384 citations · 45 works
  6. 6 Aloke Kumar Ghoshal India · #131,713 worldwide 385 citations · 23 works
  7. 7 Biman B. Mandal India · #150,640 worldwide 188 citations · 30 works
  8. 8 Biranchi Panda India · #166,423 worldwide 339 citations · 36 works
  9. 9 Pinakeswar Mahanta India · #178,084 worldwide 295 citations · 45 works
  10. 10 Subhash C. Mishra India · #189,228 worldwide 304 citations · 51 works
All ranked researchers at Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati

Which keywords describe research at Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biomedical Applications, Nanomaterials, Mechanical Properties, Deep Learning, Nanocomposites, Graphene, Bioimaging and Heat Transfer.

▲ 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 Learning303▲ 1.26×75 topics
  2. Biomedical Applications275▲ 3.3×35 topics
  3. Nanomaterials219▲ 3.0×19 topics
  4. Machine Learning208◆ 0.91×72 topics
  5. Mechanical Properties195▲ 2.9×36 topics
  6. Environmental Impact185▲ 1.55×46 topics
  7. Sustainability180◆ 1.05×63 topics
  8. Renewable Energy174▲ 1.73×38 topics
  9. Nanoparticles169▲ 1.91×39 topics
  10. Nanocomposites166▲ 2.9×22 topics
  11. Graphene155▲ 3.2×12 topics
  12. Neural Networks147▲ 1.36×35 topics
  13. Catalysis130▲ 2.8×28 topics
  14. Heat Transfer129▲ 3.7×17 topics
  15. Biosensors122▲ 3.4×12 topics
  16. Microstructure110▲ 3.0×18 topics
  17. Tissue Engineering110▲ 2.5×12 topics
  18. Bioimaging103▲ 6.4×6 topics
  19. Energy Storage100▲ 2.2×12 topics
  20. Synthesis98▲ 3.8×31 topics
  21. Drug Delivery95▲ 2.5×16 topics
  22. Additive Manufacturing93▲ 4.3×7 topics
  23. Metal-Organic Frameworks87▲ 3.0×6 topics
  24. Carbon Nanotubes86▲ 3.6×9 topics
  25. Nanostructures85▲ 3.0×17 topics
  26. Self-Assembly79▲ 3.5×12 topics
  27. Biochar79▲ 6.9×4 topics
  28. Power Electronics78▲ 3.3×8 topics
  29. Chemical Sensors76▲ 4.6×3 topics
  30. Numerical Simulation75▲ 3.6×14 topics
  31. Wastewater Treatment75▲ 4.5×10 topics
  32. Lignocellulosic Biomass73▲ 10×2 topics
  33. Hydrogen Production72▲ 3.8×6 topics
  34. Medicinal Chemistry72▲ 3.7×13 topics
  35. Transition Metal Catalysis72▲ 12×4 topics
  36. Heterocycles68▲ 10×9 topics
  37. Metal-Catalyzed Reactions60▲ 14×3 topics
  38. Organic Synthesis56▲ 6.9×11 topics
  39. Dark Matter55▲ 6.8×4 topics
  40. Oxidative Coupling51▲ 15×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods, Biofuel production and bioconversion, Perovskite Materials and Applications and Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection.

Catalytic C–H Functional…46Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods: 46 fractional worksBiofuel production and b…42Biofuel production and bioconversion: 42 fractional worksPerovskite Materials and Applications: 33 fractional worksMolecular Sensors and Ion Detection: 33 fractional worksAdvanced Photocatalysis Techniques: 33 fractional worksThermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes: 31 fractional worksAdditive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies: 31 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering…30Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization: 30 fractional worksConducting polymers and applications: 29 fractional worksLuminescence and Fluorescent Materials: 29 fractional works
Organic ChemistryBiomedical EngineeringElectrical and Electronic EngineeringSpectroscopy5 others

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

  1. 1 Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods Organic Chemistry 46 works
  2. 2 Biofuel production and bioconversion Biomedical Engineering 42 works
  3. 3 Perovskite Materials and Applications Electrical and Electronic Engineering 33 works
  4. 4 Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection Spectroscopy 33 works
  5. 5 Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 33 works
  6. 6 Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes Biomedical Engineering 31 works
  7. 7 Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies Automotive Engineering 31 works
  8. 8 Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization Civil and Structural Engineering 30 works
  9. 9 Conducting polymers and applications Polymers and Plastics 29 works
  10. 10 Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials Materials Chemistry 29 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 available17.8%not open82.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.9%domestic only91.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 51% higher than in 2013–2017.

199520002005201020152020
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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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