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Microsoft Research (India)

In research, Microsoft Research (India) stands highest in Computer Science (#1,020 of 4,667 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#6,019 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science — Artificial Intelligence is 12.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,495
of 28,054 · #4,998 all time
Rank in India
#746
of 1,840
Research works
908
▲ 8% vs 2013–17
Citations
42k
46.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
25.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
35%
world 28%

What is Microsoft Research (India) 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
Computer ScienceField #1,020 of 4,667 25.5%96 #402
Physical SciencesDomain #6,019 of 12,888 25.4%109 #3205

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Microsoft Research (India) 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).

What does Microsoft Research (India) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Artificial Intelligence takes 12.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Artificial IntelligenceSubfield · 47.4 works13×
  2. Computer ScienceField · 95.6 works8.0×
← 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: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.88× its world share, 2 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 8.00× its world share, 96 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.45× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.55× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.55× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.18× its world share, 5 worksMedicineNursing: 0.68× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.99× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.18× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.99× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.55× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.84× its world share, 16 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Computer Science, 8.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Microsoft Research (India)?

Ranked on the composite score, Kentaro Toyama, Aditya V. Nori and G. Ramalingam lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Microsoft Research (India).

  1. 1 Kentaro Toyama India · #49,553 worldwide 534 citations · 65 works
  2. 2 Aditya V. Nori India · #78,398 worldwide 290 citations · 28 works
  3. 3 G. Ramalingam India · #104,269 worldwide 187 citations · 25 works
  4. 4 William Thies India · #139,832 worldwide 241 citations · 25 works
  5. 5 Andrew Birrell India · #192,734 worldwide 286 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 Manik Varma India · #288,740 worldwide 447 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Vipul Goyal India · #296,177 worldwide 261 citations · 59 works
  8. 8 Kapil Vaswani India · #303,397 worldwide 111 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Jacki O’Neill India · #346,997 worldwide 132 citations · 20 works
  10. 10 Monojit Choudhury India · #471,206 worldwide 161 citations · 72 works
All ranked researchers at Microsoft Research (India)

Which keywords describe research at Microsoft Research (India)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Neural Networks, Machine Learning, Information Retrieval, Text Classification, Neural Machine Translation, Statistical Machine Translation and Machine Translation.

▲ 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 Learning25▲ 4.8×49 topics
  2. Machine Learning20▲ 4.1×37 topics
  3. Neural Networks20▲ 8.5×20 topics
  4. Information Retrieval10▲ 28×4 topics
  5. Text Classification8▲ 34×2 topics
  6. Social Media7▲ 3.3×12 topics
  7. Neural Machine Translation7▲ 48×1 topic
  8. Statistical Machine Translation7▲ 48×1 topic
  9. Machine Translation7▲ 26×1 topic
  10. Word Representation7▲ 36×1 topic
  11. Anomaly Detection6▲ 12×4 topics
  12. Distributed Systems6▲ 22×5 topics
  13. Big Data4▲ 3.2×11 topics
  14. Classification4▲ 6.4×7 topics
  15. Data Mining4▲ 3.7×6 topics
  16. Security4▲ 4.0×8 topics
  17. Deep Neural Networks4▲ 23×3 topics
  18. IoT Security4▲ 7.6×3 topics
  19. Parallel Computing4▲ 19×2 topics
  20. Semi-Supervised Learning3▲ 20×3 topics
  21. Feature Selection3▲ 9.8×3 topics
  22. Community Health Workers3▲ 24×2 topics
  23. High-Performance Computing3▲ 25×2 topics
  24. Meta-Learning3▲ 25×2 topics
  25. Mobile Technology3▲ 141×1 topic
  26. Rural Communities3▲ 38×1 topic
  27. Representation Learning3▲ 14×3 topics
  28. Surveillance3▲ 7.0×3 topics
  29. Virtualization3▲ 24×2 topics
  30. Natural Language Processing3▲ 7.7×3 topics
  31. Hyperparameter Optimization2▲ 39×2 topics
  32. Automated Testing2▲ 62×1 topic
  33. Code Clone Detection2▲ 40×1 topic
  34. GPU Computing2▲ 42×1 topic
  35. Performance Optimization2▲ 25×1 topic
  36. Refactoring2▲ 40×1 topic
  37. Software Fault Localization2▲ 62×1 topic
  38. Adversarial Examples2▲ 30×1 topic
  39. Log Analysis2▲ 40×1 topic
  40. Performance Prediction2▲ 23×1 topic

Which research topics does Microsoft Research (India) publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Natural Language Processing Techniques, Topic Modeling, ICT in Developing Communities and Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques.

Natural Language Process…7Natural Language Processing Techniques: 7 fractional worksTopic Modeling7Topic Modeling: 7 fractional worksICT in Developing Communities: 3 fractional worksParallel Computing and Optimization Techniques: 2 fractional worksSoftware Testing and Debugging Techniques: 2 fractional worksSoftware Engineering Research: 2 fractional worksSoftware System Performance and Reliability: 2 fractional worksAdversarial Robustness in Machine Learning: 2 fractional worksPrivacy-Preserving Technologies in Data: 2 fractional worksMultimodal Machine Learning Applications: 2 fractional works
Artificial IntelligenceInformation SystemsHardware and ArchitectureSoftware2 others

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

  1. 1 Natural Language Processing Techniques Artificial Intelligence 7 works
  2. 2 Topic Modeling Artificial Intelligence 7 works
  3. 3 ICT in Developing Communities Information Systems 3 works
  4. 4 Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques Hardware and Architecture 2 works
  5. 5 Software Testing and Debugging Techniques Software 2 works
  6. 6 Software Engineering Research Information Systems 2 works
  7. 7 Software System Performance and Reliability Computer Networks and Communications 2 works
  8. 8 Adversarial Robustness in Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  9. 9 Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  10. 10 Multimodal Machine Learning Applications Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 2 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 available35.1%not open64.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors60.3%domestic only39.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Microsoft Research (India)'s research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 8% 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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