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Mizoram University

In research, Mizoram University stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#249 of 3,409 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#2,033 of 12,888 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#1,696 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Soil Science, Global and Planetary Change and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics — Soil Science is 5.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,396
of 28,054 · #5,381 all time
Rank in India
#134
of 1,840
Research works
3.2k
▲ 155% vs 2013–17
Citations
34k
10.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
46%
world 28%

What is Mizoram 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 #249 of 3,409 20.9%221 #789
Physical SciencesDomain #2,033 of 12,888 16.6%763 #4564
Life SciencesDomain #1,696 of 7,800 19.7%332 #4234
Environmental ScienceField #1,175 of 3,551 20.1%187 #1756
EngineeringField #2,333 of 6,636 12.7%229 #3962
Social SciencesDomain #3,924 of 10,521 15.3%277 #5172
Social SciencesField #2,680 of 6,365 16.6%153 #2779
Plant ScienceSubfield #649 of 1,395 22.0%90 #1394
Materials ScienceField #1,348 of 2,468 19.6%96 #3414
Health SciencesDomain #7,165 of 11,982 16.1%166 #9461

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Mizoram 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#789 #249
  2. Physical Sciences#4,564 #2,033
  3. Life Sciences#4,234 #1,696
  4. Environmental Science#1,756 #1,175
  5. Engineering#3,962 #2,333
  6. Social Sciences#5,172 #3,924
  7. Social Sciences#2,779 #2,680
  8. Plant Science#1,394 #649
  9. Materials Science#3,414 #1,348
  10. Health Sciences#9,461 #7,165
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 Mizoram University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Soil Science takes 5.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Soil ScienceSubfield · 23.4 works5.1×
  2. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 48.8 works4.2×
  3. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 28.8 works4.0×
← 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: 3.02× its world share, 221 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.88× its world share, 72 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.61× its world share, 9 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.66× its world share, 16 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.50× its world share, 14 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.80× its world share, 4 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.64× its world share, 40 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.85× its world share, 102 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.05× its world share, 25 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.73× its world share, 24 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.99× its world share, 228 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.44× its world share, 187 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.79× its world share, 96 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.24× its world share, 22 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.99× its world share, 34 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.60× its world share, 24 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.43× its world share, 127 worksMedicineNursing: 1.68× its world share, 13 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.58× its world share, 26 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.51× its world share, 26 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.92× its world share, 14 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.72× its world share, 24 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.76× its world share, 36 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.79× its world share, 153 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 3.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Mizoram University?

Ranked on the composite score, Pranjal Swargiary, Arnab Deb and GOLDENSTAR THONGNI lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Mizoram University.

  1. 1 Pranjal Swargiary India · #290,365 worldwide 0 citations · 29 works
  2. 1 Arnab Deb India · #290,365 worldwide 0 citations · 29 works
  3. 1 GOLDENSTAR THONGNI India · #290,365 worldwide 0 citations · 29 works
  4. 4 Hmar Tlawmte Lalremsanga India · #303,350 worldwide 0 citations · 28 works
  5. 4 Rita Roy India · #303,350 worldwide 0 citations · 28 works
  6. 6 Shri Kant Tripathi India · #379,688 worldwide 70 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 Prashant Kumar Singh India · #381,309 worldwide 213 citations · 56 works
  8. 8 Sanath Chandra Bohra India · #427,076 worldwide 0 citations · 32 works
  9. 9 Himjyoti Dutta India · #515,564 worldwide 56 citations · 21 works
  10. 10 V. D. Ambeth Kumar India · #527,830 worldwide 84 citations · 33 works
All ranked researchers at Mizoram University

Which keywords describe research at Mizoram University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Sustainability, Remote Sensing, Medicinal Plants, Antioxidant, Conflict, Biodiversity 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. Climate Change121▲ 2.9×69 topics
  2. Sustainability69▲ 1.85×41 topics
  3. Machine Learning66▲ 1.32×54 topics
  4. Deep Learning58◆ 1.10×54 topics
  5. Remote Sensing53▲ 2.8×27 topics
  6. Nanomaterials45▲ 2.8×17 topics
  7. Antioxidant42▲ 4.0×45 topics
  8. Environmental Impact41▲ 1.57×37 topics
  9. Biodiversity40▲ 3.5×23 topics
  10. Medicinal Plants36▲ 5.9×15 topics
  11. Antioxidant Activity36▲ 3.6×23 topics
  12. Oxidative Stress35▲ 1.41×40 topics
  13. Renewable Energy34▲ 1.55×26 topics
  14. Human Rights34▲ 2.1×16 topics
  15. Toxicity29▲ 4.3×17 topics
  16. Conflict29▲ 11×5 topics
  17. Biodiversity Conservation28▲ 5.0×12 topics
  18. Colonialism27▲ 3.7×8 topics
  19. Land Use Change26▲ 5.6×6 topics
  20. Sustainable Agriculture26▲ 5.2×7 topics
  21. Food Security26▲ 3.0×10 topics
  22. Ethnicity24▲ 4.2×3 topics
  23. India22▲ 20×3 topics
  24. Phylogenetic Analysis22▲ 4.7×13 topics
  25. Anti-inflammatory22▲ 5.1×25 topics
  26. Development22▲ 4.0×9 topics
  27. Federalism21▲ 21×1 topic
  28. Kashmir21▲ 63×1 topic
  29. Habitat Fragmentation21▲ 6.1×5 topics
  30. Policy20▲ 6.0×6 topics
  31. Herbal Medicine20▲ 4.5×8 topics
  32. Bioavailability19▲ 6.2×6 topics
  33. Flavonoids18▲ 4.6×11 topics
  34. Drug Discovery18▲ 5.2×9 topics
  35. Conservation Biology16▲ 10×3 topics
  36. Neuroprotective16▲ 7.1×9 topics
  37. Production16▲ 12×2 topics
  38. Solid-State Lighting16▲ 13×2 topics
  39. Nutritional Value14▲ 8.5×4 topics
  40. Solar Cell Efficiency14▲ 8.7×2 topics

Which research topics does Mizoram University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: South Asian Studies and Conflicts, Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies, Agricultural Economics and Practices and Amphibian and Reptile Biology.

South Asian Studies and …21South Asian Studies and Conflicts: 21 fractional worksEthnobotanical and Medic…13Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies: 13 fractional worksAgricultural Economics and Practices: 12 fractional worksAmphibian and Reptile Biology: 11 fractional worksLandslides and related h…10Landslides and related hazards: 10 fractional worksLuminescence Properties of Advanced Materials: 10 fractional worksConservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management: 10 fractional worksAdvanced Photocatalysis …10Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques: 10 fractional worksDiverse Aspects of Tourism Research: 9 fractional worksAntenna Design and Analysis: 9 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsPlant ScienceGeneral Agricultural and Biological SciencesGlobal and Planetary Change5 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 21 works
  2. 2 Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies Plant Science 13 works
  3. 3 Agricultural Economics and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 12 works
  4. 4 Amphibian and Reptile Biology Global and Planetary Change 11 works
  5. 5 Landslides and related hazards Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 10 works
  6. 6 Luminescence Properties of Advanced Materials Materials Chemistry 10 works
  7. 7 Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management Global and Planetary Change 10 works
  8. 8 Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 10 works
  9. 9 Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research Sociology and Political Science 9 works
  10. 10 Antenna Design and Analysis Aerospace Engineering 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 available45.6%not open54.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Mizoram University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 155% 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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