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Indian Maritime University

In research, Indian Maritime University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#6,574 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#12,870
of 22,385 · #25,272 all time
Rank in India
#867
of 1,562
Research works
249
▲ 241% vs 2018-21
Citations
855
3.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.90×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
55%
world 40%
International
20%
world 18%
Indian Maritime University

What is Indian Maritime University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #6,574 of 10,670 4.3%95 #12755

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Indian Maritime University 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Indian Maritime University work in?

In 2022-now, 64% of research at Indian Maritime University is in Physical Sciences, 24% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (34%), Environmental Science (12%), Business, Management and Accounting (8%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 114 fractional works · 64.1% of its workEngineering: 60 fractional works · 34.0% of its workOcean Engineering: 12 fractional works · 6.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 10 fractional works · 5.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 7 fractional works · 3.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 2.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 5 fractional works · 2.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMechanics of Materials: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 21 fractional works · 11.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 9 fractional works · 5.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 6 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 10 fractional works · 5.4% of its workInformation Systems: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 9 fractional works · 4.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 3.1% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnergy: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCatalysis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 42 fractional works · 23.8% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 14 fractional works · 7.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 10 fractional works · 5.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workTransportation: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 3.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 15 fractional works · 8.5% of its workMedicine: 12 fractional works · 6.8% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Information Management: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 3.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKIndian MaritimeUniversity178fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences64%Health Sciences9%Social Sciences24%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering6034.0%
    2. Environmental Science2111.6%
    3. Computer Science105.4%
    4. Materials Science94.9%
    5. Energy52.6%
    6. Chemical Engineering42.0%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences21.4%
    8. Physics and Astronomy21.1%
    9. Chemistry10.6%
    10. Mathematics10.5%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting147.8%
    2. Social Sciences105.7%
    3. Psychology63.6%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance63.6%
    5. Decision Sciences42.5%
    6. Arts and Humanities10.5%
    1. Medicine126.8%
    2. Health Professions31.6%
    3. Nursing00.1%
    4. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences31.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology21.4%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.3%
    4. Neuroscience00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.38× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 5.78× its world share, 4 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.70× its world share, 10 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.87× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.80× its world share, 5 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.27× its world share, 60 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.33× its world share, 21 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.41× its world share, 9 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.49× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.61× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.35× its world share, 12 worksMedicineNursing: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.41× its world share, 14 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.61× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.70× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.19× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.45× its world share, 10 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemical Engineering, 5.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Chemical Engineering5.78×4 works
  2. Energy2.80×5 works
  3. Decision Sciences2.61×4 works
  4. Business, Management and Accounting2.41×14 works
  5. Environmental Science2.33×21 works
  6. Engineering2.27×60 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.70×6 works
  8. Materials Science1.41×9 works
  9. Psychology1.19×6 works
  10. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.87×2 works
  11. Computer Science0.70×10 works
  12. Health Professions0.61×3 works
  13. Physics and Astronomy0.49×2 works
  14. Mathematics0.45×1 works
  15. Social Sciences0.45×10 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.38×3 works
  17. Chemistry0.37×1 works
  18. Medicine0.35×12 works
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.26×2 works
  20. Immunology and Microbiology0.26×0 works
  21. Nursing0.18×0 works
  22. Arts and Humanities0.17×1 works
  23. Dentistry0.08×0 works
  24. Neuroscience0.07×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Indian Maritime University?

Ranked on the quality score, Suresh Chandra Misra, Milton Kumar Das and S. Thangalakshmi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Indian Maritime University.

  1. 1 Suresh Chandra Misra India · #2,885,853 worldwide 47 citations · 17 works
  2. 2 Milton Kumar Das India · #4,590,051 worldwide 68 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 S. Thangalakshmi India · #4,627,399 worldwide 93 citations · 33 works
  4. 4 K. V. K. R. K. Patnaik India · #4,640,643 worldwide 122 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Sheeja Janardhanan India · #4,817,450 worldwide 54 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 K. Sivasami India · #4,843,462 worldwide 58 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 C. D. Balaji India · #4,920,492 worldwide 11 citations · 19 works
  8. 8 Shabnam Parveen India · #5,061,777 worldwide 49 citations · 21 works
  9. 9 P. Sirisha India · #5,091,020 worldwide 94 citations · 25 works
  10. 10 U. S. Ramesh India · #5,284,241 worldwide 202 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Indian Maritime University

What are the most cited papers from Indian Maritime University?

The most cited paper from Indian Maritime University is "Deep learning framework for recognition of cattle using muzzle point image pattern" (Santosh Kumar, Santosh Kumar, Amit Pandey et al., 2017), with 202 citations. Next come "Multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs)-reinforced ceramic nanocomposites for aerospace applications: a review" (151) and "Classification of tropical precipitating systems and associated Z‐R relationships" (131).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Deep learning framework for recognition of cattle using muzzle point image pattern Santosh Kumar, Santosh Kumar, Amit Pandey et al. · Measurement 28 Oct 2017 202
2 Multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs)-reinforced ceramic nanocomposites for aerospace applications: a review Karthikeyan Ramachandran, Vignesh Boopalan, Joseph C. Bear et al. · Journal of Materials Science Open access 13 Dec 2021 151
3 Classification of tropical precipitating systems and associated Z‐R relationships Thota Narayana Rao, D. Narayana Rao, Kurakalva Rama Mohan et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres Open access Aug 2001 131
4 East India Coastal Current induced eddies and their interaction with tropical storms over Bay of Bengal K. V. K. R. K. Patnaik, K. Maneesha, Y. Sadhuram et al. · Journal of Operational Oceanography Feb 2014 58
5 Facile preparation of immobilised visible light active W–TiO2/rGO composite photocatalyst by plasma electrolytic oxidation process P. Manojkumar, E. Lokeshkumar, C. Premchand et al. · Physica B Condensed Matter 12 Jan 2022 39
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Indian Maritime University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Environmental Impact, Emissions, Maritime Transportation, Renewable Energy, Fuel Consumption, Air Quality, Sustainability and Ship Propulsion.

▲ 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-now 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. Environmental Impact20▲ 6.5×17 topics
  2. Emissions14▲ 41×3 topics
  3. Climate Change13▲ 2.7×18 topics
  4. Sustainability13▲ 3.0×17 topics
  5. Maritime Transportation13▲ 130×2 topics
  6. Renewable Energy12▲ 4.5×21 topics
  7. Fuel Consumption9▲ 69×2 topics
  8. Air Quality8▲ 25×2 topics
  9. Ship Propulsion8▲ 192×1 topic
  10. Shipping8▲ 91×1 topic
  11. Supply Chain Management8▲ 4.8×9 topics
  12. Risk Assessment6▲ 5.0×5 topics
  13. Sustainable Development6▲ 2.1×18 topics
  14. Mechanical Properties5▲ 3.1×16 topics
  15. Numerical Simulation5▲ 11×9 topics
  16. Collision Avoidance5▲ 14×1 topic
  17. Logistics5▲ 17×2 topics
  18. Unmanned Surface Vehicles5▲ 84×1 topic
  19. India4▲ 35×4 topics
  20. Container Terminals4▲ 95×1 topic
  21. Heat Transfer4▲ 5.0×9 topics
  22. Operations Research4▲ 15×1 topic
  23. Marine Pollution4▲ 108×2 topics
  24. Additive Manufacturing4▲ 6.3×5 topics
  25. Biodiesel3▲ 22×2 topics
  26. Chemical Kinetics3▲ 20×2 topics
  27. Catalyst3▲ 28×1 topic
  28. Social Entrepreneurship3▲ 18×2 topics
  29. Transesterification3▲ 45×1 topic
  30. Biofuels3▲ 19×2 topics
  31. Combustion3▲ 27×1 topic
  32. Ecosystem-Based Management3▲ 52×1 topic
  33. Entrepreneurial Orientation3▲ 21×1 topic
  34. Fluid-Structure Interaction3▲ 11×4 topics
  35. Marine Spatial Planning3▲ 52×1 topic
  36. Opportunity Recognition3▲ 21×1 topic
  37. Soot Formation3▲ 37×1 topic
  38. Control Strategies3▲ 11×5 topics
  39. Economic Analysis3▲ 11×2 topics
  40. Offshore Decommissioning3▲ 167×1 topic

Which research topics does Indian Maritime University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Maritime Transport Emissions and Efficiency, Maritime Navigation and Safety, Maritime Ports and Logistics and Biodiesel Production and Applications.

Maritime Transport Emiss…8Maritime Transport Emissions and Efficiency: 8 fractional worksMaritime Navigation and Safety: 5 fractional worksMaritime Ports and Logis…4Maritime Ports and Logistics: 4 fractional worksBiodiesel Production and…3Biodiesel Production and Applications: 3 fractional worksAdvanced Combustion Engine Technologies: 3 fractional worksEntrepreneurship Studies and Influences: 3 fractional worksCoastal and Marine Manag…3Coastal and Marine Management: 3 fractional worksMarine and Offshore Engineering Studies: 3 fractional worksShip Hydrodynamics and Maneuverability: 2 fractional worksCruise Tourism Development and Management: 2 fractional works
Environmental EngineeringOcean EngineeringIndustrial and Manufacturing EngineeringBiomedical Engineering4 others

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

  1. 1 Maritime Transport Emissions and Efficiency Environmental Engineering 8 works
  2. 2 Maritime Navigation and Safety Ocean Engineering 5 works
  3. 3 Maritime Ports and Logistics Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 4 works
  4. 4 Biodiesel Production and Applications Biomedical Engineering 3 works
  5. 5 Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes 3 works
  6. 6 Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences Management of Technology and Innovation 3 works
  7. 7 Coastal and Marine Management Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 3 works
  8. 8 Marine and Offshore Engineering Studies Ocean Engineering 3 works
  9. 9 Ship Hydrodynamics and Maneuverability Ocean Engineering 2 works
  10. 10 Cruise Tourism Development and Management Transportation 2 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 available55.2%not open44.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.5%domestic only79.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Indian Maritime University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 241% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Indian Maritime University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00073% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Indian Maritime University0.00082% in 202520102020

Fractional works of Indian Maritime University over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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