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Institute for Human Development

In research, Institute for Human Development stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,592 of 9,585 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#4,300 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Economics and Econometrics and Economics, Econometrics and Finance (Economics and Econometrics is 10.3× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#8,476
of 22,385 · #12,255 all time
Rank in India
#489
of 1,562
Research works
744
▲ 8% vs 2018-21
Citations
7k
9.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.08×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
39%
world 40%
International
19%
world 18%
Institute for Human Development

What is Institute for Human Development 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
Social SciencesDomain #4,592 of 9,585 6.6%134 #4604
Social SciencesField #4,300 of 5,988 3.1%66 #5455

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institute for Human Development 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 Institute for Human Development work in?

In 2022-now, 67% of research at Institute for Human Development is in Social Sciences, 14% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (35%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (21%), Medicine (5%). It does 2.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 156 fractional works · 67.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 81 fractional works · 34.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 32 fractional works · 13.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 11 fractional works · 4.8% of its workEducation: 8 fractional works · 3.5% of its workSafety Research: 7 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGender Studies: 6 fractional works · 2.5% of its workUrban Studies: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workDemography: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDevelopment: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 49 fractional works · 21.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 38 fractional works · 16.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 8 fractional works · 3.2% of its workFinance: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 13 fractional works · 5.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 6 fractional works · 2.7% of its workAccounting: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBusiness and International Management: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 10 fractional works · 4.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 33 fractional works · 14.1% of its workComputer Science: 11 fractional works · 4.6% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 9 fractional works · 4.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 2.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workModeling and Simulation: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 29 fractional works · 12.5% of its workMedicine: 13 fractional works · 5.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 12 fractional works · 5.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 11 fractional works · 4.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 15 fractional works · 6.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 10 fractional works · 4.2% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSoil Science: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workParasitology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKInstitute forHuman Development232fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences14%Health Sciences12%Social Sciences67%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences8134.7%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance4921.2%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting135.4%
    4. Psychology104.1%
    5. Arts and Humanities31.2%
    6. Decision Sciences10.4%
    1. Computer Science114.6%
    2. Environmental Science94.0%
    3. Engineering62.5%
    4. Mathematics31.1%
    5. Materials Science20.8%
    6. Energy10.6%
    7. Chemistry10.3%
    8. Physics and Astronomy10.2%
    1. Medicine135.5%
    2. Health Professions125.1%
    3. Nursing41.7%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences104.2%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology20.9%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology20.9%
    4. Neuroscience10.4%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Institute for Human Development specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Economics and Econometrics takes 10.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Economics and EconometricsSubfield · 38.1 works10×
  2. Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField · 49.3 works9.9×
← 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: 0.88× its world share, 10 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.87× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.59× its world share, 11 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.62× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.16× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.81× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.96× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.94× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.28× its world share, 13 worksMedicineNursing: 3.53× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.06× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.43× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.68× its world share, 13 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 9.90× its world share, 49 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.36× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.74× its world share, 81 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 9.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance9.90×49 works
  2. Nursing3.53×4 works
  3. Social Sciences2.74×81 works
  4. Health Professions1.94×12 works
  5. Business, Management and Accounting1.68×13 works
  6. Psychology1.36×10 works
  7. Veterinary1.06×0 works
  8. Mathematics0.96×3 works
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.88×10 works
  10. Immunology and Microbiology0.87×2 works
  11. Environmental Science0.81×9 works
  12. Energy0.62×1 works
  13. Computer Science0.59×11 works
  14. Arts and Humanities0.43×3 works
  15. Decision Sciences0.43×1 works
  16. Medicine0.28×13 works
  17. Neuroscience0.23×1 works
  18. Materials Science0.23×2 works
  19. Chemistry0.20×1 works
  20. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.16×2 works
  21. Engineering0.16×6 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.10×0 works
  23. Dentistry0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Institute for Human Development?

Ranked on the quality score, Vaughn J. Crandall, Nagesh Kumar and Ravi Srivastava lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institute for Human Development.

  1. 1 Vaughn J. Crandall India · #454,357 worldwide 2.7k citations · 44 works
  2. 2 Nagesh Kumar India · #779,449 worldwide 3.2k citations · 138 works
  3. 3 Ravi Srivastava India · #817,061 worldwide 764 citations · 45 works
  4. 4 Virginius Xaxa India · #1,297,372 worldwide 392 citations · 53 works
  5. 5 Balwant Singh Mehta India · #1,363,922 worldwide 386 citations · 94 works
  6. 6 Ajit K. Ghose India · #1,530,305 worldwide 955 citations · 58 works
  7. 7 Charu C. Garg India · #1,613,909 worldwide 2.7k citations · 36 works
  8. 8 Sandip Sarkar India · #1,722,173 worldwide 443 citations · 69 works
  9. 9 Aasha Kapur Mehta India · #1,952,807 worldwide 623 citations · 44 works
  10. 10 Alakh N. Sharma India · #2,096,034 worldwide 479 citations · 28 works
All ranked researchers at Institute for Human Development

What are the most cited papers from Institute for Human Development?

The most cited paper from Institute for Human Development is "Financial Inclusion and Development" (Mandira Sarma, Jesim Pais, 2010), with 1,219 citations. Next come "Effect of payments for health care on poverty estimates in 11 countries in Asia: an analysis of household survey data" (705) and "Catastrophic payments for health care in Asia" (650).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Financial Inclusion and Development Mandira Sarma, Jesim Pais · Journal of International Development 7 May 2010 1,219
2 Effect of payments for health care on poverty estimates in 11 countries in Asia: an analysis of household survey data Eddy K.A. van Doorslaer, Owen O’Donnell, Ravindra Prasan Rannan-Eliya et al. · The Lancet Oct 2006 705
3 Catastrophic payments for health care in Asia Eddy K.A. van Doorslaer et al. · Health Economics Open access 21 Feb 2007 650
4 Agriculture at a Crossroads E. Toby Kiers, Roger R.B. Leakey, Anne-Marie Izac et al. · Science Open access 17 Apr 2008 575
5 Around the world, adolescence is a time of heightened sensation seeking and immature self‐regulation Laurence D. Steinberg et al. · Developmental Science Open access Feb 2017 529
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Institute for Human Development?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, India, Gender Inequality, Economic Growth, Development, Economic Reforms, Political Economy and Economic Development.

▲ 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. Globalization44▲ 9.5×32 topics
  2. India22▲ 128×3 topics
  3. Gender Inequality21▲ 64×5 topics
  4. Economic Growth20▲ 11×14 topics
  5. Development19▲ 23×5 topics
  6. Economic Reforms19▲ 268×2 topics
  7. Political Economy18▲ 30×6 topics
  8. Economic Development17▲ 9.1×9 topics
  9. Policy17▲ 33×4 topics
  10. Industrialization14▲ 109×2 topics
  11. Democracy14▲ 17×4 topics
  12. Information Technology13▲ 12×1 topic
  13. Neo-liberalism13▲ 386×1 topic
  14. Income Inequality12▲ 35×5 topics
  15. Labor Market11▲ 17×5 topics
  16. Mental Health11▲ 3.3×16 topics
  17. Poverty Reduction11▲ 35×3 topics
  18. Innovation10▲ 4.3×7 topics
  19. Sustainable Development10▲ 2.8×11 topics
  20. COVID-1910▲ 3.3×6 topics
  21. Pandemic9▲ 3.8×6 topics
  22. Technology9▲ 7.1×5 topics
  23. Unemployment8▲ 44×3 topics
  24. Social Justice8▲ 5.8×5 topics
  25. Gender Bias7▲ 34×2 topics
  26. Neoliberalism7▲ 8.4×8 topics
  27. Health Outcomes7▲ 11×3 topics
  28. Income Tax7▲ 39×2 topics
  29. Wealth Distribution7▲ 58×2 topics
  30. Capability Approach6▲ 143×1 topic
  31. Conditional Cash Transfers6▲ 75×1 topic
  32. Poverty Measurement6▲ 143×1 topic
  33. School Subsidies6▲ 75×1 topic
  34. Social Networks6▲ 9.8×5 topics
  35. Decentralization6▲ 12×2 topics
  36. Stock Market6▲ 11×2 topics
  37. Agricultural Livelihoods6▲ 164×1 topic
  38. International Trade6▲ 17×2 topics
  39. Kerala6▲ 164×1 topic
  40. Social Policy6▲ 26×2 topics

Which research topics does Institute for Human Development publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Indian Economic and Social Development, Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare, Income, Poverty, and Inequality and Social and Economic Development in India.

Indian Economic and Soci…13Indian Economic and Social Development: 13 fractional worksPoverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 6 fractional worksIncome, Poverty, and Ine…6Income, Poverty, and Inequality: 6 fractional worksSocial and Economic Deve…6Social and Economic Development in India: 6 fractional worksGlobal trade and economics: 5 fractional worksCOVID-19 Pandemic Impacts: 5 fractional worksEmployment and Welfare S…4Employment and Welfare Studies: 4 fractional worksGender, Labor, and Family Dynamics: 4 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 4 fractional worksWork-Family Balance Challenges: 4 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsSafety ResearchSociology and Political ScienceGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance3 others

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

  1. 1 Indian Economic and Social Development Economics and Econometrics 13 works
  2. 2 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 6 works
  3. 3 Income, Poverty, and Inequality Sociology and Political Science 6 works
  4. 4 Social and Economic Development in India Sociology and Political Science 6 works
  5. 5 Global trade and economics General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 5 works
  6. 6 COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Economics and Econometrics 5 works
  7. 7 Employment and Welfare Studies General Health Professions 4 works
  8. 8 Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics Gender Studies 4 works
  9. 9 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 4 works
  10. 10 Work-Family Balance Challenges Sociology and Political Science 4 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 available39.2%not open60.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.8%domestic only81.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Institute for Human Development's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 8% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Institute for Human Development as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00086% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Institute for Human Development0.0012% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Institute for Human Development 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 2025Institute for Human Development4.3% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.9% in 2015.

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