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Kumaun University

In research, Kumaun University stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#421 of 3,409 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#3,345 of 12,888 worldwide) and Environmental Science (#1,212 of 3,551 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Plant Science — Nature and Landscape Conservation is 10.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,429
of 28,054 · #5,684 all time
Rank in India
#213
of 1,840
Research works
3.1k
▲ 52% vs 2013–17
Citations
41k
13.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
42%
world 28%

What is Kumaun 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
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #421 of 3,409 23.7%161 #617
Physical SciencesDomain #3,345 of 12,888 15.5%344 #4976
Environmental ScienceField #1,212 of 3,551 20.2%106 #2049
Life SciencesDomain #2,898 of 7,800 20.1%232 #4161
Social SciencesDomain #4,774 of 10,521 14.0%136 #9519
Plant ScienceSubfield #676 of 1,395 30.3%78 #1436
Health SciencesDomain #8,984 of 11,982 16.2%81 #14487
MedicineField #7,933 of 10,443 16.5%65 #13195

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kumaun 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. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#617 #421
  2. Physical Sciences#4,976 #3,345
  3. Environmental Science#2,049 #1,212
  4. Life Sciences#4,161 #2,898
  5. Social Sciences#9,519 #4,774
  6. Plant Science#1,436 #676
  7. Health Sciences#14,487 #8,984
  8. Medicine#13,195 #7,933
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 Kumaun University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Nature and Landscape Conservation takes 10.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 20.0 works11×
  2. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 22.3 works6.0×
  3. Plant ScienceSubfield · 78.1 works5.7×
← 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: 4.27× its world share, 161 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.17× its world share, 49 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.88× its world share, 7 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.36× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.54× its world share, 10 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.56× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.59× its world share, 20 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.61× its world share, 38 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.02× its world share, 38 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.03× its world share, 8 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.47× its world share, 56 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.70× its world share, 106 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.26× its world share, 35 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.83× its world share, 17 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.46× its world share, 26 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.42× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.43× its world share, 65 worksMedicineNursing: 1.72× its world share, 7 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.05× its world share, 24 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.79× its world share, 20 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.61× its world share, 12 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.94× its world share, 16 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.37× its world share, 9 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.54× its world share, 54 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Kumaun University?

Ranked on the composite score, Nanda Gopal Sahoo, Surendra Singh Bargali and Jyoti Saxena lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kumaun University.

  1. 1 Nanda Gopal Sahoo India · #130,565 worldwide 441 citations · 39 works
  2. 2 Surendra Singh Bargali India · #341,399 worldwide 140 citations · 24 works
  3. 3 Jyoti Saxena India · #350,588 worldwide 162 citations · 34 works
  4. 4 Nidhi Tiwari India · #475,178 worldwide 28 citations · 31 works
  5. 5 C. S. Mathela India · #556,141 worldwide 80 citations · 37 works
  6. 6 Tushar Joshi India · #558,508 worldwide 56 citations · 23 works
  7. 7 Veena Pande India · #606,413 worldwide 119 citations · 54 works
  8. 8 Bahadur Singh Kotlia India · #651,175 worldwide 119 citations · 27 works
  9. 9 Surendra P. Singh India · #739,358 worldwide 105 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 Ashish Tewari India · #856,419 worldwide 75 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at Kumaun University

Which keywords describe research at Kumaun University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Medicinal Plants, Biodiversity, Antioxidant, Invasive Species, Antioxidant Activity, Conservation and Natural Products.

▲ 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. Climate Change78▲ 3.7×60 topics
  2. Medicinal Plants40▲ 13×15 topics
  3. Sustainability35▲ 1.80×39 topics
  4. Biodiversity34▲ 5.8×19 topics
  5. Antioxidant32▲ 6.0×41 topics
  6. Machine Learning32▲ 1.23×46 topics
  7. Antioxidant Activity30▲ 6.0×25 topics
  8. Remote Sensing29▲ 3.0×24 topics
  9. Invasive Species28▲ 8.3×16 topics
  10. Conservation23▲ 6.8×14 topics
  11. Nanomaterials22▲ 2.6×13 topics
  12. Herbal Medicine19▲ 8.4×10 topics
  13. Natural Products19▲ 17×7 topics
  14. Habitat Fragmentation19▲ 11×4 topics
  15. Global Change19▲ 9.1×6 topics
  16. Anti-inflammatory18▲ 8.0×23 topics
  17. Flavonoids17▲ 8.4×9 topics
  18. Graphene16▲ 3.0×10 topics
  19. Toxicity16▲ 4.5×16 topics
  20. Drug Discovery15▲ 8.6×9 topics
  21. Antioxidants14▲ 4.1×12 topics
  22. Ecosystem13▲ 15×4 topics
  23. Biological Activities13▲ 10×8 topics
  24. Biogeography13▲ 6.2×15 topics
  25. India13▲ 22×3 topics
  26. Antimicrobial Activity13▲ 9.5×5 topics
  27. Essential Oils12▲ 14×2 topics
  28. Ethnobotanical Survey12▲ 51×1 topic
  29. Traditional Ecological Knowledge12▲ 37×1 topic
  30. Medicinal Chemistry12▲ 5.6×10 topics
  31. Policy12▲ 7.0×5 topics
  32. Phylogeny12▲ 9.9×13 topics
  33. Mode of Action12▲ 15×2 topics
  34. Community Ecology11▲ 17×2 topics
  35. Biological Invasions11▲ 15×2 topics
  36. Conflict11▲ 8.2×6 topics
  37. Functional Diversity10▲ 24×1 topic
  38. Species Richness10▲ 21×1 topic
  39. Antibacterial Agents10▲ 14×2 topics
  40. Neuroprotective10▲ 8.6×9 topics

Which research topics does Kumaun University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity and Agricultural Economics and Practices.

Ethnobotanical and Medic…12Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies: 12 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation D…10Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 10 fractional worksEssential Oils and Antim…10Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity: 10 fractional worksAgricultural Economics a…7Agricultural Economics and Practices: 7 fractional worksForest ecology and management: 6 fractional worksSouth Asian Studies and Conflicts: 6 fractional worksComputational Drug Disco…6Computational Drug Discovery Methods: 6 fractional worksAllelopathy and phytotoxic interactions: 6 fractional worksPhytochemistry and Biological Activities: 6 fractional worksGeological and Geochemic…6Geological and Geochemical Analysis: 6 fractional works
Plant ScienceNature and Landscape ConservationFood ScienceGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences3 others

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

  1. 1 Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies Plant Science 12 works
  2. 2 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 10 works
  3. 3 Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity Food Science 10 works
  4. 4 Agricultural Economics and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 7 works
  5. 5 Forest ecology and management Nature and Landscape Conservation 6 works
  6. 6 South Asian Studies and Conflicts Political Science and International Relations 6 works
  7. 7 Computational Drug Discovery Methods Computational Theory and Mathematics 6 works
  8. 8 Allelopathy and phytotoxic interactions Plant Science 6 works
  9. 9 Phytochemistry and Biological Activities Plant Science 6 works
  10. 10 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 6 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 available41.5%not open58.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.1%domestic only90.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Kumaun University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 52% higher 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.

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