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Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research

In research, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research stands highest in Physical Sciences (#2,245 of 12,888 worldwide), Materials Science (#809 of 2,468 worldwide) and Engineering (#2,957 of 6,636 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Inorganic Chemistry and Materials Chemistry — Inorganic Chemistry is 16.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,029
of 28,054 · #1,525 all time
Rank in India
#270
of 1,840
Research works
8.1k
▼ 28% vs 2013–17
Citations
135k
16.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
14%
world 28%

What is Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research 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 #2,245 of 12,888 6.1%808 #1028
Materials ScienceField #809 of 2,468 6.6%224 #363
EngineeringField #2,957 of 6,636 6.3%360 #1106
Materials ChemistrySubfield #1,083 of 1,556 6.0%163 #410
Mechanical EngineeringSubfield #1,127 of 1,351 4.1%125 #476
ChemistryField #1,236 of 1,330 4.1%65 #1622

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research 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#1,028 #2,245
  2. Materials Science#363 #809
  3. Engineering#1,106 #2,957
  4. Materials Chemistry#410 #1,083
  5. Mechanical Engineering#476 #1,127
  6. Chemistry#1,622 #1,236
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 Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Inorganic Chemistry takes 16.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Inorganic ChemistrySubfield · 34.6 works16×
  2. Materials ChemistrySubfield · 163.3 works9.7×
← 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: 0.11× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.14× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 7.18× its world share, 22 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 4.83× its world share, 65 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.23× its world share, 15 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.19× its world share, 16 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.20× its world share, 10 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.79× its world share, 360 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.17× its world share, 50 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 7.48× its world share, 224 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.37× its world share, 45 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.39× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.09× its world share, 15 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.11× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.48× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Materials Science, 7.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research?

Ranked on the composite score, T. Jayakumar, Baldev Raj and John Philip lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research.

  1. 1 T. Jayakumar India · #17,395 worldwide 586 citations · 72 works
  2. 2 Baldev Raj India · #45,964 worldwide 658 citations · 105 works
  3. 3 John Philip India · #64,941 worldwide 1.1k citations · 114 works
  4. 4 B.B. Lahiri India · #89,131 worldwide 496 citations · 24 works
  5. 5 A.K. Bhaduri India · #109,483 worldwide 295 citations · 59 works
  6. 6 T. G. Srinivasan India · #115,883 worldwide 268 citations · 39 works
  7. 7 Mathew Joseph India · #131,943 worldwide 308 citations · 39 works
  8. 8 R. Sandhya India · #151,483 worldwide 221 citations · 39 works
  9. 9 P. R. Vasudeva Rao India · #156,228 worldwide 458 citations · 85 works
  10. 10 D. K. Bhattacharya India · #156,509 worldwide 211 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research

Which keywords describe research at Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Microstructure, Mechanical Properties, Hydrogen Embrittlement, Oxidation Resistance, Adsorption, Density Functional Theory, High Temperature Behavior and Accident Tolerant Fuels.

▲ 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. Microstructure69▲ 15×17 topics
  2. Mechanical Properties66▲ 7.9×21 topics
  3. Hydrogen Embrittlement60▲ 83×3 topics
  4. Oxidation Resistance47▲ 51×3 topics
  5. Adsorption46▲ 26×6 topics
  6. Density Functional Theory41▲ 46×4 topics
  7. High Temperature Behavior41▲ 80×2 topics
  8. Accident Tolerant Fuels39▲ 124×1 topic
  9. Fuel Cladding39▲ 124×1 topic
  10. Actinides38▲ 84×2 topics
  11. Nanomaterials36▲ 3.9×15 topics
  12. Extraction32▲ 29×3 topics
  13. Bioremediation30▲ 28×4 topics
  14. Coordination Chemistry30▲ 54×3 topics
  15. Lanthanides30▲ 78×2 topics
  16. Sorption30▲ 72×1 topic
  17. Uranium30▲ 99×1 topic
  18. Molten Salt26▲ 94×1 topic
  19. Nuclear Reactor26▲ 94×1 topic
  20. Grain Refinement26▲ 26×4 topics
  21. Grain Boundary Engineering24▲ 45×2 topics
  22. Nanostructures24▲ 7.0×12 topics
  23. Corrosion Behavior23▲ 32×2 topics
  24. Phase Stability23▲ 38×2 topics
  25. Numerical Simulation22▲ 8.4×9 topics
  26. Lithium-ion Batteries20▲ 5.5×3 topics
  27. High-Temperature Alloys20▲ 121×1 topic
  28. Superalloys20▲ 121×1 topic
  29. Sustainable Technology20▲ 21×2 topics
  30. Pitting Corrosion19▲ 45×2 topics
  31. Passive Films19▲ 68×1 topic
  32. Stainless Steels19▲ 68×1 topic
  33. Microstructural Evolution19▲ 15×4 topics
  34. Metal Recovery18▲ 11×3 topics
  35. Raman Spectroscopy18▲ 10×6 topics
  36. Safety Assessment17▲ 49×2 topics
  37. Crystal Growth17▲ 7.1×12 topics
  38. Rare Earth Elements17▲ 14×4 topics
  39. Material Characterization16▲ 16×2 topics
  40. Oxidation Behavior16▲ 31×2 topics

Which research topics does Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Nuclear Materials and Properties, Radioactive element chemistry and processing, Nuclear reactor physics and engineering and High Temperature Alloys and Creep.

Nuclear Materials and Properties: 39 fractional worksRadioactive element chemistry and processing: 30 fractional worksNuclear reactor physics …26Nuclear reactor physics and engineering: 26 fractional worksHigh Temperature Alloys …20High Temperature Alloys and Creep: 20 fractional worksHydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metals: 19 fractional worksMicrostructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels: 16 fractional worksExtraction and Separatio…16Extraction and Separation Processes: 16 fractional worksFatigue and fracture mechanics: 14 fractional worksChemical Synthesis and Characterization: 13 fractional worksNuclear Engineering Thermal-Hydraulics: 13 fractional works
Materials ChemistryInorganic ChemistryAerospace EngineeringMechanical Engineering3 others

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

  1. 1 Nuclear Materials and Properties Materials Chemistry 39 works
  2. 2 Radioactive element chemistry and processing Inorganic Chemistry 30 works
  3. 3 Nuclear reactor physics and engineering Aerospace Engineering 26 works
  4. 4 High Temperature Alloys and Creep Mechanical Engineering 20 works
  5. 5 Hydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metals Metals and Alloys 19 works
  6. 6 Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels Mechanical Engineering 16 works
  7. 7 Extraction and Separation Processes Mechanical Engineering 16 works
  8. 8 Fatigue and fracture mechanics Mechanics of Materials 14 works
  9. 9 Chemical Synthesis and Characterization Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 13 works
  10. 10 Nuclear Engineering Thermal-Hydraulics Aerospace Engineering 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 available14.5%not open85.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.7%domestic only94.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 28% lower than in 2013–2017.

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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.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.