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National Centre for Biological Sciences

In research, National Centre for Biological Sciences stands highest in Life Sciences (#4,128 of 7,800 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#9,214 of 12,888 worldwide) and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (#2,642 of 3,579 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Genetics — Genetics is 8.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,928
of 28,054 · #6,696 all time
Rank in India
#630
of 1,840
Research works
1.5k
▲ 19% vs 2013–17
Citations
46k
30.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
62%
world 28%

What is National Centre for Biological Sciences 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 #4,128 of 7,800 18.6%190 #2900
Physical SciencesDomain #9,214 of 12,888 16.8%80 #9860
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,642 of 3,579 17.6%121 #2368
Molecular BiologySubfield #1,962 of 2,175 16.1%70 #2119

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where National Centre for Biological Sciences 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. Life Sciences#2,900 #4,128
  2. Physical Sciences#9,860 #9,214
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#2,368 #2,642
  4. Molecular Biology#2,119 #1,962
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 National Centre for Biological Sciences specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Genetics takes 8.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. GeneticsSubfield · 24.0 works8.9×
← 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: 2.71× its world share, 42 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7.00× its world share, 121 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.70× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 4.01× its world share, 21 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.80× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.24× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.68× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.27× its world share, 13 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.05× its world share, 33 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.72× its world share, 8 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.55× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.80× its world share, 6 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.58× its world share, 36 worksMedicineNursing: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.69× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 7.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at National Centre for Biological Sciences?

Ranked on the composite score, Mahesh Sankaran, Sanjay P. Sane and Sumantra Chattarji lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Centre for Biological Sciences.

  1. 1 Mahesh Sankaran · #117,231 worldwide 583 citations · 21 works
  2. 2 Sanjay P. Sane · #216,781 worldwide 251 citations · 20 works
  3. 3 Sumantra Chattarji · #224,987 worldwide 243 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Satyajit Mayor · #253,119 worldwide 119 citations · 25 works
  5. 5 Jayant B. Udgaonkar · #683,456 worldwide 90 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 Uma Ramakrishnan · #694,648 worldwide 167 citations · 54 works
  7. 7 Ajith Kumar · #894,568 worldwide 67 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Zeeshan A. Mirza · #935,167 worldwide 12 citations · 19 works
  9. 9 Upinder S. Bhalla · #1,106,096 worldwide 51 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 Krushnamegh Kunte · #1,330,651 worldwide 44 citations · 32 works
All ranked researchers at National Centre for Biological Sciences

Which keywords describe research at National Centre for Biological Sciences?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biodiversity, Invasive Species, Climate Change, Population Dynamics, Habitat Fragmentation, Evolution, Global Change and Metabolic Regulation.

▲ 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 Change22▲ 2.6×36 topics
  2. Biodiversity19▲ 7.8×15 topics
  3. Invasive Species13▲ 9.6×12 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress13▲ 2.4×28 topics
  5. Cancer11▲ 2.6×26 topics
  6. Population Dynamics11▲ 13×9 topics
  7. Habitat Fragmentation11▲ 15×4 topics
  8. Evolution10▲ 13×10 topics
  9. Global Change10▲ 11×4 topics
  10. Gene Expression9▲ 4.7×18 topics
  11. Genomics9▲ 9.2×11 topics
  12. Metabolic Regulation9▲ 16×4 topics
  13. Genetics9▲ 3.8×12 topics
  14. Insulin Signaling8▲ 31×3 topics
  15. Conservation8▲ 5.9×11 topics
  16. Neuronal Circuits8▲ 33×2 topics
  17. Neuroscience8▲ 8.2×4 topics
  18. Drosophila8▲ 56×2 topics
  19. Genetic Diversity7▲ 5.1×11 topics
  20. Olfactory System7▲ 35×2 topics
  21. Population Genetics7▲ 16×4 topics
  22. Prediction7▲ 28×2 topics
  23. Protein7▲ 18×2 topics
  24. Conservation Biology7▲ 21×4 topics
  25. Membrane Proteins7▲ 30×3 topics
  26. Ecosystem Services7▲ 5.5×6 topics
  27. DNA Barcoding7▲ 12×7 topics
  28. Ionotropic Receptors7▲ 80×1 topic
  29. Memory Formation7▲ 80×1 topic
  30. Gene Regulation6▲ 22×4 topics
  31. Transcription Factors6▲ 16×4 topics
  32. Molecular Dynamics6▲ 12×3 topics
  33. Phylogenetic Analysis6▲ 6.3×8 topics
  34. Natural Selection6▲ 34×2 topics
  35. Epigenetic Regulation6▲ 8.2×5 topics
  36. Force Field6▲ 52×1 topic
  37. Plant-Animal Interactions6▲ 21×1 topic
  38. Pollinator Decline6▲ 21×1 topic
  39. Structure6▲ 39×1 topic
  40. Signal Transduction6▲ 12×5 topics

Which research topics does National Centre for Biological Sciences publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research, Protein Structure and Dynamics, Plant and animal studies and Cellular transport and secretion.

Neurobiology and Insect …7Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research: 7 fractional worksProtein Structure and Dy…6Protein Structure and Dynamics: 6 fractional worksPlant and animal studies: 6 fractional worksCellular transport and secretion: 5 fractional worksCRISPR and Genetic Engineering: 4 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and Climate Change: 4 fractional worksInsect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior: 4 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Con…4Wildlife Ecology and Conservation: 4 fractional worksVibrio bacteria research studies: 4 fractional worksEvolution and Genetic Dynamics: 4 fractional works
Cellular and Molecular NeuroscienceMolecular BiologyEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsCell Biology4 others

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

  1. 1 Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 7 works
  2. 2 Protein Structure and Dynamics Molecular Biology 6 works
  3. 3 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 6 works
  4. 4 Cellular transport and secretion Cell Biology 5 works
  5. 5 CRISPR and Genetic Engineering Molecular Biology 4 works
  6. 6 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 4 works
  7. 7 Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior Genetics 4 works
  8. 8 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 4 works
  9. 9 Vibrio bacteria research studies Endocrinology 4 works
  10. 10 Evolution and Genetic Dynamics Genetics 4 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 available62.5%not open37.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors27.3%domestic only72.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has National Centre for Biological Sciences's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 19% 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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