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Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

In research, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee stands highest in Physical Sciences (#341 of 12,888 worldwide), Engineering (#199 of 6,636 worldwide) and Environmental Science (#180 of 3,551 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Civil and Structural Engineering, Energy Engineering and Power Technology and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials — Civil and Structural Engineering is 4.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#500
of 28,054 · #652 all time
Rank in India
#12
of 1,840
Research works
33k
▲ 28% vs 2013–17
Citations
704k
21.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
19%
world 28%

What is Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee 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 #341 of 12,888 17.2%7,630 #487
EngineeringField #199 of 6,636 15.5%3,950 #279
Environmental ScienceField #180 of 3,551 24.3%838 #252
Computer ScienceField #377 of 4,667 17.8%757 #604
Civil and Structural EngineeringSubfield #86 of 896 13.5%523 #215
Materials ScienceField #239 of 2,468 17.8%863 #397
Mechanical EngineeringSubfield #140 of 1,351 14.6%508 #86
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #255 of 2,318 10.9%1,135 #340
Biomedical EngineeringSubfield #193 of 1,568 15.0%397 #429
Life SciencesDomain #1,023 of 7,800 23.5%477 #2309

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee 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#487 #341
  2. Engineering#279 #199
  3. Environmental Science#252 #180
  4. Computer Science#604 #377
  5. Civil and Structural Engineering#215 #86
  6. Materials Science#397 #239
  7. Mechanical Engineering#86 #140
  8. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#340 #255
  9. Biomedical Engineering#429 #193
  10. Life Sciences#2,309 #1,023
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 Roorkee specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Civil and Structural Engineering takes 4.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Civil and Structural EngineeringSubfield · 523.3 works4.8×
  2. Energy Engineering and Power TechnologySubfield · 39.8 works4.0×
  3. Electronic, Optical and Magnetic MaterialsSubfield · 147.9 works3.5×
  4. Safety, Risk, Reliability and QualitySubfield · 77.1 works3.5×
  5. Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield · 1,134.9 works3.4×
  6. Polymers and PlasticsSubfield · 123.1 works3.3×
  7. BiomaterialsSubfield · 127.0 works3.2×
← 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: 0.44× its world share, 195 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.37× its world share, 182 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.17× its world share, 16 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.44× its world share, 67 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.50× its world share, 16 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.90× its world share, 62 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.90× its world share, 277 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.05× its world share, 757 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.85× its world share, 269 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.19× its world share, 188 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.83× its world share, 3,950 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.81× its world share, 838 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.66× its world share, 863 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.13× its world share, 124 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.47× its world share, 304 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.13× its world share, 6 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.22× its world share, 54 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.15× its world share, 269 worksMedicineNursing: 0.38× its world share, 18 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.36× its world share, 97 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.61× its world share, 182 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.69× its world share, 62 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.54× its world share, 107 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.28× its world share, 79 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 321 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 2.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

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

Ranked on the composite score, Vinod Kumar Gupta, J.S. Saini and Kamal Jain lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee.

  1. 1 Vinod Kumar Gupta India · #13,711 worldwide 2.5k citations · 178 works
  2. 2 J.S. Saini India · #27,414 worldwide 727 citations · 39 works
  3. 3 Kamal Jain India · #31,986 worldwide 789 citations · 84 works
  4. 4 Inderjeet Tyagi India · #56,036 worldwide 627 citations · 47 works
  5. 5 Sparsh Mittal India · #59,225 worldwide 403 citations · 60 works
  6. 6 Girish Kumar Singh India · #82,322 worldwide 268 citations · 50 works
  7. 7 M.P. Sharma India · #86,526 worldwide 473 citations · 28 works
  8. 8 Apurbba Kumar Sharma India · #88,276 worldwide 411 citations · 47 works
  9. 9 Chandra Prakash Garg India · #97,383 worldwide 283 citations · 30 works
  10. 10 R.P. Saini India · #100,694 worldwide 495 citations · 44 works
All ranked researchers at Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

Which keywords describe research at Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Power Electronics, Mechanical Properties, Remote Sensing, Renewable Energy Integration, Deep Learning, Climate Change, Renewable Energy and Biomedical Applications.

▲ 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 Learning476▲ 1.50×79 topics
  2. Climate Change409▲ 1.63×80 topics
  3. Machine Learning386▲ 1.27×85 topics
  4. Remote Sensing351▲ 3.1×33 topics
  5. Mechanical Properties348▲ 3.9×36 topics
  6. Renewable Energy303▲ 2.3×46 topics
  7. Power Electronics276▲ 8.9×8 topics
  8. Biomedical Applications266▲ 2.4×35 topics
  9. Sustainability264▲ 1.16×69 topics
  10. Environmental Impact249▲ 1.57×53 topics
  11. Neural Networks239▲ 1.67×37 topics
  12. Nanomaterials234▲ 2.4×20 topics
  13. Renewable Energy Integration230▲ 7.3×6 topics
  14. Nanocomposites219▲ 2.9×21 topics
  15. Nanoparticles207▲ 1.77×41 topics
  16. Graphene199▲ 3.1×11 topics
  17. Energy Storage197▲ 3.2×12 topics
  18. Microstructure177▲ 3.7×18 topics
  19. Energy Efficiency173▲ 1.97×33 topics
  20. Heat Transfer164▲ 3.5×17 topics
  21. Artificial Neural Networks153▲ 3.5×8 topics
  22. Hydrological Modeling143▲ 6.5×5 topics
  23. Smart Grid124▲ 3.5×10 topics
  24. Optimization122▲ 2.9×22 topics
  25. Smart Grid Applications117▲ 9.7×2 topics
  26. Decentralized Control111▲ 10×2 topics
  27. Energy Storage Systems108▲ 8.3×2 topics
  28. Land Use Change108▲ 3.8×6 topics
  29. Numerical Simulation107▲ 3.9×14 topics
  30. Thermal Management107▲ 3.4×8 topics
  31. Water Resources102▲ 4.5×7 topics
  32. Distributed Power Generation100▲ 10×1 topic
  33. Microgrid Control100▲ 10×1 topic
  34. Sediment Transport88▲ 5.9×6 topics
  35. Distributed Generation86▲ 12×3 topics
  36. Microstructural Evolution84▲ 6.1×4 topics
  37. Liquefaction82▲ 9.7×2 topics
  38. Tunnel82▲ 9.7×2 topics
  39. Pipeline77▲ 7.6×3 topics
  40. Analysis76▲ 8.5×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Microgrid Control and Optimization, Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures, Flood Risk Assessment and Management and Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies.

Microgrid Control and Op…100Microgrid Control and Optimization: 100 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering…72Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures: 72 fractional worksFlood Risk Assessment and Management: 68 fractional worksHydrology and Watershed Management Studies: 56 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization: 56 fractional worksMultilevel Inverters and Converters: 51 fractional worksLandslides and related hazards: 50 fractional worksAdvanced DC-DC Converters49Advanced DC-DC Converters: 49 fractional worksSupercapacitor Materials and Fabrication: 48 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Technologies Research: 45 fractional works
Control and Systems EngineeringCivil and Structural EngineeringGlobal and Planetary ChangeWater Science and Technology4 others

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

  1. 1 Microgrid Control and Optimization Control and Systems Engineering 100 works
  2. 2 Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures Civil and Structural Engineering 72 works
  3. 3 Flood Risk Assessment and Management Global and Planetary Change 68 works
  4. 4 Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies Water Science and Technology 56 works
  5. 5 Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization Civil and Structural Engineering 56 works
  6. 6 Multilevel Inverters and Converters Electrical and Electronic Engineering 51 works
  7. 7 Landslides and related hazards Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 50 works
  8. 8 Advanced DC-DC Converters Electrical and Electronic Engineering 49 works
  9. 9 Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 48 works
  10. 10 Advanced Battery Technologies Research Automotive Engineering 45 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 available19.0%not open81.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.0%domestic only90.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 28% 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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