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Kurukshetra University

In research, Kurukshetra University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,844 of 12,888 worldwide), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#731 of 3,409 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#3,594 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Organic Chemistry, Mechanics of Materials and Chemistry — Organic Chemistry is 6.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,707
of 28,054 · #4,303 all time
Rank in India
#161
of 1,840
Research works
6.8k
▲ 13% vs 2013–17
Citations
81k
11.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
31%
world 28%

What is Kurukshetra 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 #1,844 of 12,888 14.2%865 #3130
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #731 of 3,409 21.0%112 #1409
Social SciencesDomain #3,594 of 10,521 15.5%239 #4560
Social SciencesField #2,483 of 6,365 13.7%97 #3161
EngineeringField #2,821 of 6,636 11.4%232 #3364
Life SciencesDomain #3,469 of 7,800 15.4%227 #3748
Environmental ScienceField #1,685 of 3,551 19.7%116 #3115
ChemistryField #638 of 1,330 17.3%99 #1366
Materials ScienceField #1,448 of 2,468 13.8%138 #2864
Organic ChemistrySubfield #401 of 615 15.2%77 #869

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kurukshetra 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#3,130 #1,844
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#1,409 #731
  3. Social Sciences#4,560 #3,594
  4. Social Sciences#3,161 #2,483
  5. Engineering#3,364 #2,821
  6. Life Sciences#3,748 #3,469
  7. Environmental Science#3,115 #1,685
  8. Chemistry#1,366 #638
  9. Materials Science#2,864 #1,448
  10. Organic Chemistry#869 #401
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 Kurukshetra University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Organic Chemistry takes 6.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Organic ChemistrySubfield · 76.8 works6.9×
  2. Mechanics of MaterialsSubfield · 50.2 works4.8×
  3. ChemistryField · 99.3 works4.3×
← 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: 1.60× its world share, 112 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.04× its world share, 82 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.49× its world share, 7 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.36× its world share, 9 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.27× its world share, 17 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 3.86× its world share, 20 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 4.28× its world share, 99 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.49× its world share, 172 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.43× its world share, 33 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.95× its world share, 13 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.05× its world share, 232 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.58× its world share, 116 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.68× its world share, 138 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.55× its world share, 10 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.98× its world share, 32 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.48× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.42× its world share, 16 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.41× its world share, 116 worksMedicineNursing: 1.66× its world share, 12 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.39× its world share, 17 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.94× its world share, 45 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.59× its world share, 23 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.19× its world share, 38 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.44× its world share, 20 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.52× its world share, 97 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

Who are the top researchers at Kurukshetra University?

Ranked on the composite score, Ritu Mahajan, Om Prakash and Amalendu Pal lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kurukshetra University.

  1. 1 Ritu Mahajan India · #205,209 worldwide 481 citations · 17 works
  2. 2 Om Prakash India · #279,672 worldwide 58 citations · 24 works
  3. 3 Amalendu Pal India · #341,367 worldwide 238 citations · 59 works
  4. 4 Sunil Kumar India · #435,177 worldwide 66 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 Ranjan Gupta India · #448,173 worldwide 91 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 Jitender Sharma India · #466,393 worldwide 85 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 V. K. Mathur India · #514,454 worldwide 110 citations · 25 works
  8. 8 Dinesh K. Gupta India · #515,610 worldwide 14 citations · 27 works
  9. 9 Shiv P. Singh India · #540,332 worldwide 148 citations · 77 works
  10. 10 Chetan Sharma India · #586,596 worldwide 59 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at Kurukshetra University

Which keywords describe research at Kurukshetra University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Anticancer Agents, Medicinal Chemistry, Deep Learning, Synthesis, Biomedical Applications, Antimicrobial, Machine Learning and Nanomaterials.

▲ 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 Learning80▲ 1.58×57 topics
  2. Machine Learning72▲ 1.50×63 topics
  3. Climate Change62▲ 1.56×52 topics
  4. Biomedical Applications50▲ 2.9×29 topics
  5. Nanomaterials47▲ 3.0×16 topics
  6. Anticancer Agents45▲ 20×11 topics
  7. Nanocomposites42▲ 3.5×19 topics
  8. Environmental Impact42▲ 1.67×30 topics
  9. Nanoparticles41▲ 2.2×33 topics
  10. Medicinal Chemistry40▲ 9.8×10 topics
  11. Synthesis36▲ 6.6×27 topics
  12. Security35▲ 3.6×17 topics
  13. Antioxidant33▲ 3.2×36 topics
  14. Healthcare32▲ 1.93×14 topics
  15. Internet of Things31▲ 2.4×17 topics
  16. Antimicrobial31▲ 7.5×12 topics
  17. Drug Discovery27▲ 8.3×9 topics
  18. Heterocyclic Compounds26▲ 20×5 topics
  19. Catalysis25▲ 2.5×18 topics
  20. Green Chemistry24▲ 9.1×9 topics
  21. Nanostructures24▲ 4.0×9 topics
  22. Metal Complexes22▲ 21×4 topics
  23. Smart Cities22▲ 5.7×8 topics
  24. Molecular Docking20▲ 11×4 topics
  25. Heat Conduction20▲ 38×2 topics
  26. Privacy19▲ 4.4×7 topics
  27. Cloud Computing19▲ 4.5×7 topics
  28. Porous Media18▲ 9.4×3 topics
  29. Fractional Order18▲ 132×1 topic
  30. Thermoelasticity18▲ 132×1 topic
  31. Tubulin Inhibitors18▲ 25×1 topic
  32. Vascular Targeting Agents18▲ 25×1 topic
  33. Green Synthesis17▲ 5.9×4 topics
  34. Drug Development16▲ 12×2 topics
  35. Fracture16▲ 11×3 topics
  36. Cytotoxicity15▲ 7.5×9 topics
  37. Extraction15▲ 7.8×5 topics
  38. Molecular Mechanisms15▲ 12×3 topics
  39. Cisplatin Resistance14▲ 33×1 topic
  40. Platinum-Based Drugs14▲ 33×1 topic

Which research topics does Kurukshetra University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Thermoelastic and Magnetoelastic Phenomena, Synthesis and biological activity, Metal complexes synthesis and properties and IoT and Edge/Fog Computing.

Thermoelastic and Magnet…18Thermoelastic and Magnetoelastic Phenomena: 18 fractional worksSynthesis and biological…18Synthesis and biological activity: 18 fractional worksMetal complexes synthesi…14Metal complexes synthesis and properties: 14 fractional worksIoT and Edge/Fog Computing12IoT and Edge/Fog Computing: 12 fractional worksBiofuel production and bioconversion: 11 fractional worksComputational Drug Discovery Methods: 11 fractional worksNumerical methods in eng…10Numerical methods in engineering: 10 fractional worksNanoparticles: synthesis and applications: 9 fractional worksCloud Computing and Resource Management: 9 fractional worksSynthesis and Characteri…9Synthesis and Characterization of Heterocyclic Compounds: 9 fractional works
Mechanics of MaterialsOrganic ChemistryOncologyComputer Networks and Communications4 others

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

  1. 1 Thermoelastic and Magnetoelastic Phenomena Mechanics of Materials 18 works
  2. 2 Synthesis and biological activity Organic Chemistry 18 works
  3. 3 Metal complexes synthesis and properties Oncology 14 works
  4. 4 IoT and Edge/Fog Computing Computer Networks and Communications 12 works
  5. 5 Biofuel production and bioconversion Biomedical Engineering 11 works
  6. 6 Computational Drug Discovery Methods Computational Theory and Mathematics 11 works
  7. 7 Numerical methods in engineering Mechanics of Materials 10 works
  8. 8 Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications Materials Chemistry 9 works
  9. 9 Cloud Computing and Resource Management Information Systems 9 works
  10. 10 Synthesis and Characterization of Heterocyclic Compounds Organic Chemistry 9 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 available30.8%not open69.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.3%domestic only93.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Kurukshetra University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 13% 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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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.