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M S Swaminathan Research Foundation

In research, M S Swaminathan Research Foundation stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#1,868 of 5,126 worldwide), Life Sciences (#4,742 of 11,023 worldwide) and Plant Science (#1,485 of 2,489 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Plant Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences (Plant Science is 11.4× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#14,344
of 22,385 · #13,317 all time
Rank in India
#998
of 1,562
Research works
592
▼ 33% vs 2018-21
Citations
9k
15.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.04×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
29%
world 40%
International
11%
world 18%
M S Swaminathan Research Foundation

What is M S Swaminathan Research Foundation known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #1,868 of 5,126 5.9%248
Life SciencesDomain #4,742 of 11,023 5.7%320
Plant ScienceSubfield #1,485 of 2,489 4.0%121

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where M S Swaminathan Research Foundation 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 M S Swaminathan Research Foundation work in?

In 2022-now, 44% of research at M S Swaminathan Research Foundation is in Life Sciences, 20% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (39%), Medicine (14%), Environmental Science (9%). It does 3.0× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 51 fractional works · 44.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 45 fractional works · 39.4% of its workPlant Science: 23 fractional works · 19.9% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 7 fractional works · 6.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 5 fractional works · 4.0% of its workInsect Science: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSoil Science: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 4.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 23 fractional works · 20.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 10 fractional works · 8.6% of its workEcology: 5 fractional works · 4.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 3.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematical Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workProcess Chemistry and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 21 fractional works · 18.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 10 fractional works · 8.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workBusiness and International Management: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 20 fractional works · 17.4% of its workMedicine: 16 fractional works · 14.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 6 fractional works · 5.7% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workTransplantation: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKM S SwaminathanResearch…114fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences44%Physical Sciences20%Health Sciences17%Social Sciences18%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences4539.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology54.2%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.4%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    5. Neuroscience00.1%
    1. Environmental Science108.6%
    2. Engineering43.6%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences22.0%
    4. Computer Science21.5%
    5. Materials Science21.4%
    6. Energy11.0%
    7. Physics and Astronomy10.6%
    8. Mathematics10.6%
    9. Chemistry10.5%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.4%
    1. Social Sciences108.6%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance43.6%
    3. Arts and Humanities32.4%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting32.3%
    5. Psychology11.1%
    6. Decision Sciences00.2%
    1. Medicine1614.1%
    2. Health Professions32.4%
    3. Nursing10.8%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does M S Swaminathan Research Foundation specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Plant Science takes 11.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Plant ScienceSubfield · 22.7 works11×
  2. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 45.0 works8.3×
← 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: 8.30× its world share, 45 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.79× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.00× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.29× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.11× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.24× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.73× its world share, 10 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.90× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.74× its world share, 16 worksMedicineNursing: 1.70× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.83× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.71× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.68× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.68× its world share, 10 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 8.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences8.30×45 works
  2. Environmental Science1.73×10 works
  3. Nursing1.70×1 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.68×4 works
  5. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.29×2 works
  6. Energy1.11×1 works
  7. Chemical Engineering1.00×0 works
  8. Health Professions0.90×3 works
  9. Arts and Humanities0.83×3 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.79×5 works
  11. Medicine0.74×16 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting0.71×3 works
  13. Social Sciences0.68×10 works
  14. Mathematics0.50×1 works
  15. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.41×0 works
  16. Materials Science0.40×2 works
  17. Immunology and Microbiology0.36×0 works
  18. Psychology0.36×1 works
  19. Chemistry0.31×1 works
  20. Physics and Astronomy0.28×1 works
  21. Engineering0.24×4 works
  22. Computer Science0.20×2 works
  23. Decision Sciences0.20×0 works
  24. Dentistry0.10×0 works
  25. Neuroscience0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at M S Swaminathan Research Foundation?

Ranked on the quality score, Gayatri Venkataraman, Jegan Sekar and Girigan Gopi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is M S Swaminathan Research Foundation.

  1. 1 Gayatri Venkataraman India · #1,924,714 worldwide 2.6k citations · 62 works
  2. 2 Jegan Sekar India · #1,926,481 worldwide 480 citations · 27 works
  3. 3 Girigan Gopi India · #2,377,352 worldwide 256 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Parthasarathy Chenna Kesavan India · #2,520,411 worldwide 662 citations · 40 works
  5. 5 Vaiyapuri Ramalingam Prabavathy India · #2,922,668 worldwide 1.4k citations · 54 works
  6. 6 Raj Rengalakshmi India · #3,075,081 worldwide 347 citations · 58 works
  7. 7 Sudha Nair India · #3,115,320 worldwide 1.2k citations · 27 works
  8. 8 Ajay Parida India · #3,282,203 worldwide 796 citations · 19 works
  9. 9 R. Gladis Latha India · #3,292,514 worldwide 450 citations · 27 works
  10. 10 R.V. Bhavani India · #3,330,933 worldwide 730 citations · 69 works
All ranked researchers at M S Swaminathan Research Foundation

What are the most cited papers from M S Swaminathan Research Foundation?

The most cited paper from M S Swaminathan Research Foundation is "The Asian Tsunami: A Protective Role for Coastal Vegetation" (Finn Danielsen, Mikael Sørensen, Mette Fog Olwig et al., 2005), with 895 citations. Next come "CRISPR for Crop Improvement: An Update Review" (684) and "Trading Volume and Cross‐Autocorrelations in Stock Returns" (667).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Asian Tsunami: A Protective Role for Coastal Vegetation Finn Danielsen, Mikael Sørensen, Mette Fog Olwig et al. · Science 27 Oct 2005 895
2 CRISPR for Crop Improvement: An Update Review Deepa Jaganathan, Karthikeyan Ramasamy, Gothandapani Sellamuthu et al. · Frontiers in Plant Science Open access 17 Jul 2018 684
3 Trading Volume and Cross‐Autocorrelations in Stock Returns Tarun Chordia, Bhaskaran Swaminathan · The Journal of Finance Open access Apr 2000 667
4 Towards quality management of medical information on the internet: evaluation, labelling, and filtering of informationHallmarks for quality of informationQuality on the internetAssuring quality and relevance of internet information in the real world Günther Eysenbach, Julie Anne Gray, Maurizio Bonati et al. · BMJ Open access 28 Nov 1998 463
5 The EAT–Lancet Commission on healthy, sustainable, and just food systems Johan Rockström et al. · The Lancet Open access Oct 2025 449
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at M S Swaminathan Research Foundation?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Food Security, Sustainability, Transplantation, Ethical Considerations, Kidney Transplantation, Sustainable Agriculture and Living Kidney Donors.

▲ 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. Climate Change13▲ 4.1×34 topics
  2. Sustainability10▲ 3.6×23 topics
  3. Food Security8▲ 12×11 topics
  4. Transplantation6▲ 51×3 topics
  5. Ethical Considerations6▲ 15×3 topics
  6. Kidney Transplantation6▲ 79×2 topics
  7. Sustainable Agriculture5▲ 15×7 topics
  8. Living Kidney Donors5▲ 176×1 topic
  9. Organ Donation5▲ 176×1 topic
  10. Globalization5▲ 2.2×11 topics
  11. Ecosystem Services5▲ 11×7 topics
  12. India4▲ 55×2 topics
  13. Genetic Diversity4▲ 8.2×6 topics
  14. Biodiversity4▲ 4.6×10 topics
  15. Nutritional Quality4▲ 48×4 topics
  16. Agriculture4▲ 8.5×4 topics
  17. Smallholder Farmers4▲ 15×3 topics
  18. Drought Resistance4▲ 32×2 topics
  19. Biogeography3▲ 11×10 topics
  20. Water Management3▲ 23×3 topics
  21. Policy3▲ 14×4 topics
  22. Antioxidant Properties3▲ 20×4 topics
  23. Plant Growth3▲ 26×5 topics
  24. Rural Economy3▲ 27×2 topics
  25. Drought Tolerance3▲ 20×6 topics
  26. QTL Mapping3▲ 23×3 topics
  27. Breeding3▲ 33×4 topics
  28. Economic Analysis3▲ 18×2 topics
  29. Climate Change Resilience3▲ 41×2 topics
  30. Political Economy3▲ 9.7×2 topics
  31. Agroecology3▲ 17×1 topic
  32. Development3▲ 6.6×3 topics
  33. Food Sovereignty3▲ 97×1 topic
  34. Philosophy3▲ 5.3×4 topics
  35. Production3▲ 28×1 topic
  36. Rice3▲ 42×1 topic
  37. Yield Potential3▲ 41×1 topic
  38. Biological Control2▲ 14×5 topics
  39. Pest Management2▲ 25×3 topics
  40. Abiotic Stress2▲ 26×2 topics

Which research topics does M S Swaminathan Research Foundation publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Organ Donation and Transplantation, Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development, Agricultural Economics and Practices and Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement.

Organ Donation and Trans…5Organ Donation and Transplantation: 5 fractional worksAgriculture, Land Use, Rural Development: 3 fractional worksAgricultural Economics a…3Agricultural Economics and Practices: 3 fractional worksRice Cultivation and Yie…3Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement: 3 fractional worksSocial and Economic Development in India: 2 fractional worksCoastal wetland ecosystem dynamics: 2 fractional worksAgricultural pest manage…2Agricultural pest management studies: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 Pandemic Impacts: 1 fractional worksInsect Pest Control Strategies: 1 fractional worksPlant Growth Enhancement Techniques: 1 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthGeneral Agricultural and Biological SciencesPlant ScienceSociology and Political Science2 others

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

  1. 1 Organ Donation and Transplantation Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 5 works
  2. 2 Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 3 works
  3. 3 Agricultural Economics and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 3 works
  4. 4 Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement Plant Science 3 works
  5. 5 Social and Economic Development in India Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  6. 6 Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics Ecology 2 works
  7. 7 Agricultural pest management studies Plant Science 2 works
  8. 8 COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  9. 9 Insect Pest Control Strategies Plant Science 1 works
  10. 10 Plant Growth Enhancement Techniques Plant Science 1 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 available29.1%not open70.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.1%domestic only88.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has M S Swaminathan Research Foundation's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 33% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is M S Swaminathan Research Foundation as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00067% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%M S Swaminathan Research Foundation0.00048% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of M S Swaminathan Research Foundation 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 counting10%20%M S Swaminathan Research Foundation15.1% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 16.7% in 2018.

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