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National Brain Research Centre

In research, National Brain Research Centre stands highest in Life Sciences (#4,626 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Neuroscience — Neuroscience is 15.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#11,365
of 28,054 · #11,667 all time
Rank in India
#806
of 1,840
Research works
660
▲ 3% vs 2013–17
Citations
20k
30.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
52%
world 28%

What is National Brain Research Centre 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
Life SciencesDomain #4,626 of 7,800 13.4%77 #4504

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where National Brain Research Centre 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 National Brain Research Centre specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Neuroscience takes 15.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. NeuroscienceField · 34.2 works16×
← 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: 0.52× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4.61× its world share, 33 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.48× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 15.79× its world share, 34 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.83× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.72× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.49× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.17× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.64× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.27× its world share, 32 worksMedicineNursing: 1.32× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.84× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.51× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 15.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at National Brain Research Centre?

Ranked on the composite score, Arpan Banerjee, Nandini Chatterjee Singh and Nihar Ranjan Jana lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Brain Research Centre.

  1. 1 Arpan Banerjee India · #458,175 worldwide 72 citations · 32 works
  2. 2 Nandini Chatterjee Singh India · #634,191 worldwide 66 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Nihar Ranjan Jana India · #653,633 worldwide 111 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Pankaj Seth India · #696,586 worldwide 84 citations · 27 works
  5. 5 Anirban Basu India · #874,805 worldwide 96 citations · 49 works
All ranked researchers at National Brain Research Centre

Which keywords describe research at National Brain Research Centre?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Oxidative Stress, Neurological Disorders, Neuroinflammation, Neurodegeneration, Brain Development, Innate Immunity, Aging and Cancer.

▲ 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. Oxidative Stress13▲ 5.8×23 topics
  2. Neurological Disorders10▲ 12×10 topics
  3. Neurodegeneration9▲ 23×7 topics
  4. Neuroinflammation9▲ 24×4 topics
  5. Epidemiology9▲ 1.66×18 topics
  6. Brain Development9▲ 37×4 topics
  7. Inflammation9▲ 3.1×24 topics
  8. Cancer8▲ 4.7×17 topics
  9. Innate Immunity8▲ 20×7 topics
  10. Aging7▲ 10.0×7 topics
  11. Cytokines7▲ 18×2 topics
  12. Microglia7▲ 45×2 topics
  13. Functional Connectivity6▲ 37×3 topics
  14. Ischemic Stroke5▲ 26×2 topics
  15. Working Memory5▲ 44×3 topics
  16. Neuronal Oscillations5▲ 49×2 topics
  17. Synchronization5▲ 31×3 topics
  18. Astrocytes5▲ 66×1 topic
  19. Synaptic Pruning5▲ 66×1 topic
  20. Vaccine Development5▲ 14×3 topics
  21. Biomarkers5▲ 5.2×5 topics
  22. Default Mode Network5▲ 50×1 topic
  23. Resting-State fMRI5▲ 50×1 topic
  24. Neuroimaging4▲ 12×6 topics
  25. Mitochondrial Dysfunction4▲ 11×6 topics
  26. Arboviral Diseases4▲ 49×1 topic
  27. Zika Virus4▲ 49×1 topic
  28. Depression4▲ 3.4×7 topics
  29. Cortical Networks4▲ 48×1 topic
  30. Gamma Rhythms4▲ 48×1 topic
  31. Synaptic Plasticity4▲ 12×3 topics
  32. Apoptosis4▲ 8.6×8 topics
  33. Cell Death4▲ 11×5 topics
  34. Mitochondrial Function3▲ 25×4 topics
  35. Alzheimer's Disease3▲ 8.4×4 topics
  36. Neurobiology3▲ 8.3×6 topics
  37. Proteostasis3▲ 59×2 topics
  38. Dendritic Spines3▲ 26×2 topics
  39. Immune Activation3▲ 25×2 topics
  40. Biogenesis3▲ 11×3 topics

Which research topics does National Brain Research Centre publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms, Functional Brain Connectivity Studies, Mosquito-borne diseases and control and Neural dynamics and brain function.

Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms: 5 fractional worksFunctional Brain Connectivity Studies: 5 fractional worksMosquito-borne diseases …4Mosquito-borne diseases and control: 4 fractional worksNeural dynamics and brai…4Neural dynamics and brain function: 4 fractional worksGenetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms: 2 fractional worksDementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 2 fractional worksNeuroscience and Neuroph…2Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research: 2 fractional worksAlzheimer's disease research and treatments: 2 fractional worksNeurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms: 2 fractional worksEEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces: 2 fractional works
NeurologyCognitive NeurosciencePublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthAging4 others

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

  1. 1 Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms Neurology 5 works
  2. 2 Functional Brain Connectivity Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 5 works
  3. 3 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  4. 4 Neural dynamics and brain function Cognitive Neuroscience 4 works
  5. 5 Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms Aging 2 works
  6. 6 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 2 works
  7. 7 Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 2 works
  8. 8 Alzheimer's disease research and treatments Physiology 2 works
  9. 9 Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms Developmental Neuroscience 2 works
  10. 10 EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces Cognitive Neuroscience 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 available51.8%not open48.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.6%domestic only81.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has National Brain Research Centre's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 3% higher than in 2013–2017.

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