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Informatics Institute of Technology

In research, Informatics Institute of Technology stands highest in Computer Science (#4,133 of 4,667 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#12,350 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science — Artificial Intelligence is 8.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#24,002
of 28,054 · #37,960 all time
Rank in Sri Lanka
#33
of 37
Research works
435
▲ 211% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.7k
4.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
26%
world 28%

What is Informatics Institute of Technology 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
Computer ScienceField #4,133 of 4,667 9.3%66 #6155
Physical SciencesDomain #12,350 of 12,888 7.2%91 #20785

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Informatics Institute of Technology 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).

What does Informatics Institute of Technology specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Artificial Intelligence takes 8.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Artificial IntelligenceSubfield · 31.0 works8.9×
  2. Computer ScienceField · 65.7 works5.8×
← 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: 0.49× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.52× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.89× its world share, 2 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 5.85× its world share, 66 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.96× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.64× its world share, 14 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.74× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.88× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.45× its world share, 12 worksMedicineNursing: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.85× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.79× its world share, 8 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.59× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.51× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.41× its world share, 11 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

Which keywords describe research at Informatics Institute of Technology?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Neural Networks, Data Mining, Big Data, Convolutional Neural Networks, Artificial Intelligence and Feature Extraction.

▲ 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 Learning38▲ 7.8×52 topics
  2. Machine Learning30▲ 6.5×40 topics
  3. Neural Networks16▲ 7.2×19 topics
  4. Artificial Intelligence10▲ 4.9×15 topics
  5. Big Data10▲ 7.3×11 topics
  6. Data Mining10▲ 8.9×8 topics
  7. Convolutional Neural Networks9▲ 8.4×12 topics
  8. Feature Extraction8▲ 12×9 topics
  9. Healthcare6▲ 3.6×7 topics
  10. Information Retrieval6▲ 18×3 topics
  11. Text Classification6▲ 24×2 topics
  12. Medical Imaging5▲ 6.8×5 topics
  13. Social Media5▲ 2.4×6 topics
  14. Emotion Recognition5▲ 18×2 topics
  15. Precision Medicine5▲ 7.1×5 topics
  16. Feature Selection5▲ 14×4 topics
  17. Machine Translation5▲ 19×2 topics
  18. Human-Computer Interaction4▲ 18×3 topics
  19. Semantic Similarity4▲ 25×1 topic
  20. Word Representation4▲ 25×1 topic
  21. Anomaly Detection4▲ 8.9×3 topics
  22. Classification4▲ 5.8×9 topics
  23. Corpus Linguistics4▲ 12×2 topics
  24. Organizational Performance3▲ 9.7×3 topics
  25. Text Mining3▲ 18×2 topics
  26. Neural Machine Translation3▲ 24×1 topic
  27. Statistical Machine Translation3▲ 24×1 topic
  28. Talent Management3▲ 59×2 topics
  29. Deep Neural Networks3▲ 21×3 topics
  30. IoT Security3▲ 7.0×3 topics
  31. Natural Language Processing3▲ 9.2×6 topics
  32. Predictive Analytics3▲ 19×2 topics
  33. IoT3▲ 5.6×6 topics
  34. Big Data Analytics3▲ 9.3×3 topics
  35. Face Recognition3▲ 18×2 topics
  36. Sentiment Analysis3▲ 18×2 topics
  37. Employee Turnover3▲ 119×1 topic
  38. Ensemble Methods3▲ 26×2 topics
  39. HR Analytics3▲ 119×1 topic
  40. Cybersecurity3▲ 7.7×2 topics

Which research topics does Informatics Institute of Technology publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Topic Modeling, Natural Language Processing Techniques, AI and HR Technologies and Emotion and Mood Recognition.

Topic Modeling4Topic Modeling: 4 fractional worksNatural Language Process…3Natural Language Processing Techniques: 3 fractional worksAI and HR Technologies3AI and HR Technologies: 3 fractional worksEmotion and Mood Recogni…2Emotion and Mood Recognition: 2 fractional worksSentiment Analysis and Opinion Mining: 2 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 2 fractional worksExplainable Artificial I…2Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI): 2 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare: 2 fractional worksBig Data Technologies and Applications: 2 fractional worksNetwork Security and Int…2Network Security and Intrusion Detection: 2 fractional works
Artificial IntelligenceOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementExperimental and Cognitive PsychologyHealth Informatics3 others

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

  1. 1 Topic Modeling Artificial Intelligence 4 works
  2. 2 Natural Language Processing Techniques Artificial Intelligence 3 works
  3. 3 AI and HR Technologies Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 3 works
  4. 4 Emotion and Mood Recognition Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 2 works
  5. 5 Sentiment Analysis and Opinion Mining Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  6. 6 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 2 works
  7. 7 Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  8. 8 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Health Information Management 2 works
  9. 9 Big Data Technologies and Applications Information Systems and Management 2 works
  10. 10 Network Security and Intrusion Detection Computer Networks and Communications 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 available26.5%not open73.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors27.6%domestic only72.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Informatics Institute of Technology's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 211% higher than in 2013–2017.

2005201020152020
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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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