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Jawaharlal Nehru University

In research, Jawaharlal Nehru University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,054 of 12,888 worldwide), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#327 of 3,409 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#1,380 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Visual Arts and Performing Arts, Political Science and International Relations and Philosophy — Visual Arts and Performing Arts is 6.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,295
of 28,054 · #1,825 all time
Rank in India
#49
of 1,840
Research works
17k
▲ 37% vs 2013–17
Citations
259k
14.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
28%
world 28%

What is Jawaharlal Nehru University 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 #1,054 of 12,888 16.8%1,438 #1564
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #327 of 3,409 32.5%235 #564
Social SciencesDomain #1,380 of 10,521 17.8%1,489 #1415
Life SciencesDomain #1,062 of 7,800 22.4%611 #1692
Environmental ScienceField #623 of 3,551 22.6%269 #827
Social SciencesField #1,150 of 6,365 18.1%939 #1249
Political Science and International RelationsSubfield #221 of 1,201 20.1%325 #426
EngineeringField #1,339 of 6,636 17.8%296 #1665
Plant ScienceSubfield #319 of 1,395 37.6%119 #490
MedicineField #2,470 of 10,443 21.5%333 #4192

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Jawaharlal Nehru 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 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#1,564 #1,054
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#564 #327
  3. Social Sciences#1,415 #1,380
  4. Life Sciences#1,692 #1,062
  5. Environmental Science#827 #623
  6. Social Sciences#1,249 #1,150
  7. Political Science and International Relations#426 #221
  8. Engineering#1,665 #1,339
  9. Plant Science#490 #319
  10. Medicine#4,192 #2,470
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 Jawaharlal Nehru University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Visual Arts and Performing Arts takes 6.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Visual Arts and Performing ArtsSubfield · 40.7 works6.2×
  2. Political Science and International RelationsSubfield · 325.3 works5.5×
  3. PhilosophySubfield · 88.0 works5.2×
  4. DevelopmentSubfield · 20.2 works5.1×
  5. AnthropologySubfield · 53.7 works4.8×
  6. Gender StudiesSubfield · 50.1 works3.5×
  7. General Economics, Econometrics and FinanceSubfield · 33.0 works3.3×
← 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: 1.25× its world share, 235 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.38× its world share, 291 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.63× its world share, 25 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.74× its world share, 47 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.89× its world share, 12 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.55× its world share, 8 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.27× its world share, 79 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.15× its world share, 354 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.17× its world share, 72 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.15× its world share, 42 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.50× its world share, 296 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.37× its world share, 269 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.45× its world share, 201 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.52× its world share, 24 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.07× its world share, 94 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.56× its world share, 58 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.44× its world share, 333 worksMedicineNursing: 1.01× its world share, 20 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.77× its world share, 202 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.51× its world share, 64 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.57× its world share, 22 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.31× its world share, 195 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.55× its world share, 66 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.88× its world share, 939 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 2.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Jawaharlal Nehru University?

Ranked on the composite score, Dinesh Mohan, Sudhir K. Sopory and Umesh Chandra Kulshrestha lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Jawaharlal Nehru University.

  1. 1 Dinesh Mohan India · #10,082 worldwide 1.8k citations · 49 works
  2. 2 Sudhir K. Sopory India · #59,617 worldwide 335 citations · 41 works
  3. 3 Umesh Chandra Kulshrestha India · #83,075 worldwide 292 citations · 42 works
  4. 4 Sudipta Kaviraj India · #84,431 worldwide 161 citations · 28 works
  5. 5 Amit Bhaduri India · #129,012 worldwide 108 citations · 37 works
  6. 6 Deepak Nayyar India · #131,230 worldwide 162 citations · 36 works
  7. 7 B. S. Chimni India · #159,759 worldwide 104 citations · 22 works
  8. 8 R. K. Agrawal India · #168,226 worldwide 266 citations · 42 works
  9. 9 Satish Chandra Garkoti India · #177,055 worldwide 80 citations · 23 works
  10. 10 Rana P. Singh India · #180,732 worldwide 281 citations · 58 works
All ranked researchers at Jawaharlal Nehru University

Which keywords describe research at Jawaharlal Nehru University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Human Rights, Conflict, Colonialism, Ethnicity, Climate Change, Democracy and India.

▲ 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. Globalization322▲ 4.2×87 topics
  2. Climate Change214▲ 2.0×78 topics
  3. Human Rights210▲ 5.2×52 topics
  4. Deep Learning175▲ 1.29×71 topics
  5. Machine Learning166▲ 1.28×74 topics
  6. Colonialism140▲ 7.5×25 topics
  7. Conflict136▲ 21×9 topics
  8. Sustainability120▲ 1.25×51 topics
  9. Ethnicity117▲ 7.8×12 topics
  10. Democracy100▲ 7.1×16 topics
  11. Economic Development87▲ 2.7×23 topics
  12. India86▲ 30×3 topics
  13. Political Economy86▲ 8.4×16 topics
  14. Remote Sensing84▲ 1.73×30 topics
  15. Security84▲ 3.3×22 topics
  16. Development80▲ 5.9×16 topics
  17. Federalism80▲ 31×3 topics
  18. Insurgency77▲ 89×1 topic
  19. Kashmir77▲ 89×1 topic
  20. Philosophy76▲ 4.3×17 topics
  21. Economic Growth74▲ 2.2×21 topics
  22. Social Justice73▲ 3.1×23 topics
  23. Neoliberalism70▲ 5.0×20 topics
  24. Economic Reforms67▲ 62×3 topics
  25. Policy67▲ 7.7×10 topics
  26. Global Governance62▲ 6.9×18 topics
  27. Social Networks60▲ 5.7×10 topics
  28. Peacebuilding55▲ 21×6 topics
  29. Vulnerability54▲ 6.0×8 topics
  30. Decentralization53▲ 6.3×5 topics
  31. Politics50▲ 4.7×16 topics
  32. Diaspora47▲ 22×6 topics
  33. Environmental Ethics44▲ 19×4 topics
  34. National Identity43▲ 9.6×5 topics
  35. Industrialization42▲ 18×2 topics
  36. Conflict Resolution40▲ 27×2 topics
  37. Gandhi40▲ 61×1 topic
  38. Gender Inequality40▲ 7.3×6 topics
  39. Nonviolence40▲ 61×1 topic
  40. Gender Bias39▲ 11×4 topics

Which research topics does Jawaharlal Nehru University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: South Asian Studies and Conflicts, Indian History and Philosophy, Indian Economic and Social Development and South Asian Cinema and Culture.

South Asian Studies and …77South Asian Studies and Conflicts: 77 fractional worksIndian History and Philosophy: 40 fractional worksIndian Economic and Social Development: 38 fractional worksSouth Asian Cinema and Culture: 32 fractional worksSouth Asian Studies and Diaspora: 32 fractional worksSocial and Economic Development in India: 29 fractional worksSoutheast Asian Sociopol…29Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies: 29 fractional worksPolitics and Conflicts i…28Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East: 28 fractional worksAnthropological Studies …22Anthropological Studies and Insights: 22 fractional worksAgricultural risk and re…22Agricultural risk and resilience: 22 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsPhilosophyEconomics and EconometricsVisual Arts and Performing Arts3 others

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

  1. 1 South Asian Studies and Conflicts Political Science and International Relations 77 works
  2. 2 Indian History and Philosophy Philosophy 40 works
  3. 3 Indian Economic and Social Development Economics and Econometrics 38 works
  4. 4 South Asian Cinema and Culture Visual Arts and Performing Arts 32 works
  5. 5 South Asian Studies and Diaspora Philosophy 32 works
  6. 6 Social and Economic Development in India Sociology and Political Science 29 works
  7. 7 Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies Political Science and International Relations 29 works
  8. 8 Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East Political Science and International Relations 28 works
  9. 9 Anthropological Studies and Insights Anthropology 22 works
  10. 10 Agricultural risk and resilience Soil Science 22 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 available28.2%not open71.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.3%domestic only90.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Jawaharlal Nehru University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 37% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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