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Indian Statistical Institute

In research, Indian Statistical Institute stands highest in Physical Sciences (#3,963 of 10,670 worldwide), Computer Science (#2,137 of 4,417 worldwide) and Mathematics (#546 of 1,051 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Statistics and Probability, Algebra and Number Theory and Mathematical Physics (Statistics and Probability is 26.8× its share of world research).

World rank, 2022-now
#5,177
of 22,385 · #3,970 all time
Rank in India
#196
of 1,562
Research works
13k
◆ 1% vs 2018-21
Citations
225k
17.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.83×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
25%
world 40%
International
18%
world 18%

What is Indian Statistical Institute 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 #3,963 of 10,670 6.6%1,241 #2484
Computer ScienceField #2,137 of 4,417 7.6%474 #1168
MathematicsField #546 of 1,051 5.2%345 #840
Environmental ScienceField #1,881 of 3,334 8.8%73 #2723
Artificial IntelligenceSubfield #1,191 of 1,862 5.2%183 #898
Life SciencesDomain #4,409 of 6,403 6.8%134 #7510
Decision SciencesField #545 of 751 3.9%65 #985
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,252 of 2,964 4.7%69 #4362
Computer Vision and Pattern RecognitionSubfield #733 of 963 7.9%91 #588
Physics and AstronomyField #1,118 of 1,417 8.9%104 #1552

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Indian Statistical Institute 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 of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Physical Sciences#2,484 #3,963
  2. Computer Science#1,168 #2,137
  3. Mathematics#840 #546
  4. Environmental Science#2,723 #1,881
  5. Artificial Intelligence#898 #1,191
  6. Life Sciences#7,510 #4,409
  7. Decision Sciences#985 #545
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#4,362 #2,252
  9. Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition#588 #733
  10. Physics and Astronomy#1,552 #1,118
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Indian Statistical Institute work in?

In 2022-now, 72% of research at Indian Statistical Institute is in Physical Sciences, 15% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Computer Science (27%), Mathematics (20%), Engineering (10%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 1,380 fractional works · 72.3% of its workComputer Science: 525 fractional works · 27.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 206 fractional works · 10.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 98 fractional works · 5.1% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 87 fractional works · 4.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 65 fractional works · 3.4% of its workInformation Systems: 31 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSignal Processing: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHardware and Architecture: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSoftware: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 383 fractional works · 20.1% of its workStatistics and Probability: 109 fractional works · 5.7% of its workMathematical Physics: 76 fractional works · 4.0% of its workApplied Mathematics: 62 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGeometry and Topology: 59 fractional works · 3.1% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 32 fractional works · 1.7% of its workDiscrete Mathematics and Combinatorics: 15 fractional works · 0.8% of its workModeling and Simulation: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNumerical Analysis: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTheoretical Computer Science: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 183 fractional works · 9.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 51 fractional works · 2.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 18 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 17 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMedia Technology: 16 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Mechanics: 16 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 115 fractional works · 6.0% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 34 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 33 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 24 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 84 fractional works · 4.4% of its workEcology: 15 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 52 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGeophysics: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPaleontology: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOceanography: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 26 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 17 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 277 fractional works · 14.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 74 fractional works · 3.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 51 fractional works · 2.7% of its workFinance: 15 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 73 fractional works · 3.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 32 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 71 fractional works · 3.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 37 fractional works · 2.0% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 29 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 31 fractional works · 1.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 17 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLife Sciences: 150 fractional works · 7.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 78 fractional works · 4.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 51 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGenetics: 15 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCancer Research: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 46 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPlant Science: 21 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSoil Science: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 21 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 101 fractional works · 5.3% of its workMedicine: 79 fractional works · 4.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 15 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEpidemiology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 29 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 15 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKIndianStatistical…1,908fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences72%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences15%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Computer Science52527.5%
    2. Mathematics38320.1%
    3. Engineering1839.6%
    4. Physics and Astronomy1156.0%
    5. Environmental Science844.4%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences522.7%
    7. Materials Science261.3%
    8. Chemistry70.4%
    9. Energy40.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.0%
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance743.9%
    2. Social Sciences733.8%
    3. Decision Sciences713.7%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting311.6%
    5. Psychology170.9%
    6. Arts and Humanities120.6%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology784.1%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences462.4%
    3. Neuroscience211.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology30.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.1%
    1. Medicine794.2%
    2. Health Professions150.8%
    3. Nursing60.3%
    4. Dentistry10.1%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Indian Statistical Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Statistics and Probability takes 26.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Statistics and ProbabilitySubfield · 108.9 works27×
  2. Algebra and Number TheorySubfield · 32.3 works26×
  3. Mathematical PhysicsSubfield · 76.4 works25×
  4. Geometry and TopologySubfield · 59.1 works19×
  5. MathematicsField · 382.8 works17×
  6. Applied MathematicsSubfield · 62.1 works11×
← 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: 0.50× its world share, 46 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.77× its world share, 78 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.18× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.69× its world share, 21 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.24× its world share, 7 worksChemistryComputer Science: 3.54× its world share, 525 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.73× its world share, 52 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.23× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.64× its world share, 184 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.89× its world share, 84 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.38× its world share, 26 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 17.05× its world share, 383 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.72× its world share, 115 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.30× its world share, 15 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.22× its world share, 80 worksMedicineNursing: 0.61× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.21× its world share, 12 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.50× its world share, 31 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.85× its world share, 71 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.81× its world share, 74 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.28× its world share, 16 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 73 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 17.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Mathematics17.05×383 works
  2. Decision Sciences3.85×71 works
  3. Computer Science3.54×525 works
  4. Physics and Astronomy2.72×115 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.81×74 works
  6. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.73×52 works
  7. Environmental Science0.89×84 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.77×78 works
  9. Neuroscience0.69×21 works
  10. Engineering0.64×184 works
  11. Nursing0.61×6 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.50×46 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.50×31 works
  14. Materials Science0.38×26 works
  15. Health Professions0.30×15 works
  16. Social Sciences0.30×73 works
  17. Psychology0.28×16 works
  18. Chemistry0.24×7 works
  19. Energy0.23×4 works
  20. Medicine0.22×80 works
  21. Arts and Humanities0.21×12 works
  22. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.19×1 works
  23. Immunology and Microbiology0.18×3 works
  24. Veterinary0.13×0 works
  25. Dentistry0.11×1 works
  26. Chemical Engineering0.08×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Indian Statistical Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, Shouvik Mitra, Swapan Rana and E. Somanathan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Indian Statistical Institute.

  1. 1 Shouvik Mitra India · #153,336 worldwide 5k citations · 50 works
  2. 2 Swapan Rana India · #366,146 worldwide 1.7k citations · 36 works
  3. 3 E. Somanathan India · #371,963 worldwide 3.5k citations · 97 works
  4. 4 Chittaranjan Hens India · #534,592 worldwide 2.2k citations · 143 works
  5. 5 Purba Mukherjee India · #690,963 worldwide 836 citations · 60 works
  6. 6 Swalpa Kumar Roy India · #732,856 worldwide 6.4k citations · 119 works
  7. 7 Bidesh K. Bera India · #801,623 worldwide 2.1k citations · 46 works
  8. 8 Saibal Ghosh India · #808,862 worldwide 1.1k citations · 73 works
  9. 9 Mandar Mitra India · #847,537 worldwide 6.5k citations · 103 works
  10. 10 Partha Pratim Majumder India · #920,378 worldwide 11k citations · 373 works
All ranked researchers at Indian Statistical Institute

What are the most cited papers from Indian Statistical Institute?

The most cited paper from Indian Statistical Institute is "Environmental Kuznets Curve Hypothesis: A Survey" (Soumyananda Dinda, 2004), with 4,041 citations. Next come "A review on image segmentation techniques" (3,719) and "Gesture Recognition: A Survey" (1,983).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Environmental Kuznets Curve Hypothesis: A Survey Soumyananda Dinda · Ecological Economics 16 Jul 2004 4,041
2 A review on image segmentation techniques Nikhil Ranjan Pal, Sankar Kumar Pal · Pattern Recognition Sep 1993 3,719
3 Gesture Recognition: A Survey Sushmita Mitra, Tinku Acharya · IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics Part C (Applications and Reviews) 24 Apr 2007 1,983
4 HybridSN: Exploring 3-D–2-D CNN Feature Hierarchy for Hyperspectral Image Classification Swalpa Kumar Roy, Gopal Krishna, Shiv Ram Dubey et al. · IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters Open access 12 Jun 2019 1,895
5 Information and the Accuracy Attainable in the Estimation of Statistical Parameters C. Radhakrishna Rao · Springer series in statistics Book chapter 1992 1,867
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Indian Statistical Institute?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Neural Networks, Feature Selection, Cryptanalysis, Bayesian Inference, Convolutional Neural Networks and Principal Component Analysis.

▲ 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. Deep Learning140▲ 2.1×71 topics
  2. Machine Learning124▲ 1.94×75 topics
  3. Neural Networks72▲ 2.5×33 topics
  4. Convolutional Neural Networks46▲ 3.3×12 topics
  5. Feature Selection37▲ 9.0×6 topics
  6. Cryptanalysis33▲ 21×4 topics
  7. Support Vector Machines33▲ 5.4×8 topics
  8. Classification32▲ 3.7×10 topics
  9. Bayesian Inference32▲ 17×5 topics
  10. Principal Component Analysis30▲ 12×5 topics
  11. Cryptography29▲ 13×4 topics
  12. Security Analysis28▲ 8.8×4 topics
  13. Modular Forms28▲ 39×3 topics
  14. Approximation Algorithms26▲ 19×5 topics
  15. Cohomology26▲ 34×2 topics
  16. Model Selection26▲ 16×5 topics
  17. High-Dimensional Data26▲ 8.9×3 topics
  18. Sensitivity Analysis26▲ 14×4 topics
  19. Bayesian Methods25▲ 26×2 topics
  20. Quantum Information24▲ 11×3 topics
  21. L-Functions24▲ 45×2 topics
  22. Synchronization24▲ 10×4 topics
  23. Holomorphic Functions23▲ 46×2 topics
  24. Entanglement22▲ 7.8×3 topics
  25. Clustering22▲ 12×3 topics
  26. Outlier Detection22▲ 8.8×2 topics
  27. Tropical Geometry22▲ 35×2 topics
  28. Regression Analysis21▲ 29×4 topics
  29. Symplectic Geometry21▲ 31×2 topics
  30. Monte Carlo Simulation21▲ 5.6×7 topics
  31. Variable Selection21▲ 12×2 topics
  32. Quantum Groups21▲ 31×2 topics
  33. K-Theory19▲ 39×2 topics
  34. Lasso19▲ 34×1 topic
  35. Regularization19▲ 34×1 topic
  36. Side-Channel Attacks19▲ 19×3 topics
  37. Hardware Implementations18▲ 32×2 topics
  38. Random Matrix Theory18▲ 31×3 topics
  39. Multicollinearity18▲ 48×1 topic
  40. Robust Estimation18▲ 48×1 topic

Which research topics does Indian Statistical Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Statistical Methods and Inference, Advanced Statistical Methods and Models, Statistical Distribution Estimation and Applications and Cryptographic Implementations and Security.

  1. 1 Statistical Methods and Inference Statistics and Probability 19 works
  2. 2 Advanced Statistical Methods and Models Statistics and Probability 18 works
  3. 3 Statistical Distribution Estimation and Applications Statistics and Probability 18 works
  4. 4 Cryptographic Implementations and Security Artificial Intelligence 16 works
  5. 5 Holomorphic and Operator Theory Applied Mathematics 15 works
  6. 6 Coding theory and cryptography Artificial Intelligence 15 works
  7. 7 Algebraic Geometry and Number Theory Geometry and Topology 14 works
  8. 8 Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture Artificial Intelligence 14 works
  9. 9 Advanced Algebra and Geometry Mathematical Physics 13 works
  10. 10 Advanced Statistical Process Monitoring Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 13 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 available24.8%not open75.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.5%domestic only82.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Indian Statistical Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 1% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Indian Statistical Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0073% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%Indian Statistical Institute0.0072% in 202519801990200020102020

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

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Indian Statistical Institute7.2% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.5% in 2002.

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