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National Chemical Laboratory

In research, National Chemical Laboratory stands highest in Physical Sciences (#2,429 of 12,888 worldwide), Life Sciences (#4,140 of 7,800 worldwide) and Chemistry (#735 of 1,330 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Organic Chemistry, Chemistry and Inorganic Chemistry — Organic Chemistry is 25.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,662
of 28,054 · #1,377 all time
Rank in India
#234
of 1,840
Research works
12k
▼ 45% vs 2013–17
Citations
374k
30.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
16%
world 28%

What is National Chemical Laboratory 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
Physical SciencesDomain #2,429 of 12,888 10.5%551 #941
Life SciencesDomain #4,140 of 7,800 18.2%123 #3983
ChemistryField #735 of 1,330 7.8%185 #276
EngineeringField #3,711 of 6,636 13.5%133 #2283
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,113 of 3,579 16.0%78 #2180
Materials ScienceField #1,673 of 2,468 10.2%132 #648
Materials ChemistrySubfield #1,183 of 1,556 9.8%80 #486
Organic ChemistrySubfield #476 of 615 7.3%140 #253

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where National Chemical Laboratory 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. Physical Sciences#941 #2,429
  2. Life Sciences#3,983 #4,140
  3. Chemistry#276 #735
  4. Engineering#2,283 #3,711
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#2,180 #2,113
  6. Materials Science#648 #1,673
  7. Materials Chemistry#486 #1,183
  8. Organic Chemistry#253 #476
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 Chemical Laboratory specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Organic Chemistry takes 25.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Organic ChemistrySubfield · 139.9 works26×
  2. ChemistryField · 185.1 works16×
  3. Inorganic ChemistrySubfield · 28.8 works16×
  4. Chemical EngineeringField · 29.4 works12×
← 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: 0.77× its world share, 26 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.05× its world share, 78 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.55× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.68× its world share, 9 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 11.73× its world share, 29 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 16.45× its world share, 185 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 5.45× its world share, 36 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.23× its world share, 132 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.60× its world share, 21 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 5.28× its world share, 132 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.52× its world share, 8 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.28× its world share, 39 worksMedicineNursing: 0.77× its world share, 3 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPsychology1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemistry, 16.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at National Chemical Laboratory?

Ranked on the composite score, Murali Sastry, Rahul Banerjee and Absar Ahmad lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Chemical Laboratory.

  1. 1 Murali Sastry India · #8,902 worldwide 1.4k citations · 66 works
  2. 2 Rahul Banerjee India · #18,001 worldwide 1.2k citations · 45 works
  3. 3 Absar Ahmad India · #62,060 worldwide 967 citations · 29 works
  4. 4 Dattatray J. Late India · #80,818 worldwide 556 citations · 48 works
  5. 5 D. Srinivas India · #82,216 worldwide 332 citations · 39 works
  6. 6 L. K. Doraiswamy India · #84,793 worldwide 336 citations · 35 works
  7. 7 Vaidyanathan Jayaraman India · #92,413 worldwide 290 citations · 29 works
  8. 8 Rajiv Kumar India · #105,328 worldwide 732 citations · 126 works
  9. 9 S. R. Sainkar India · #127,492 worldwide 228 citations · 27 works
  10. 10 Satishchandra Ogale India · #128,993 worldwide 503 citations · 71 works
All ranked researchers at National Chemical Laboratory

Which keywords describe research at National Chemical Laboratory?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Catalysis, Nanomaterials, Green Chemistry, Hydrogenation, Metal-Organic Frameworks, Biomedical Applications, Ionic Liquids and Nanocomposites.

▲ 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. Catalysis91▲ 19×25 topics
  2. Nanomaterials54▲ 7.2×16 topics
  3. Green Chemistry43▲ 34×10 topics
  4. Hydrogenation41▲ 33×5 topics
  5. Biomedical Applications41▲ 4.8×28 topics
  6. Nanocomposites35▲ 6.0×18 topics
  7. Nanoparticles35▲ 3.9×30 topics
  8. Metal-Organic Frameworks34▲ 11×6 topics
  9. Ionic Liquids31▲ 15×10 topics
  10. Energy Storage31▲ 6.6×6 topics
  11. Synthesis31▲ 12×28 topics
  12. Water Splitting30▲ 11×4 topics
  13. Heterogeneous Catalysts29▲ 43×3 topics
  14. Transition Metal Catalysis29▲ 48×4 topics
  15. Organic Synthesis28▲ 34×11 topics
  16. Medicinal Chemistry28▲ 14×12 topics
  17. Electrocatalysis27▲ 13×5 topics
  18. Graphene26▲ 5.4×10 topics
  19. Cathode Materials26▲ 9.3×3 topics
  20. Enantioselective Synthesis26▲ 58×7 topics
  21. Catalytic25▲ 30×6 topics
  22. Drug Delivery23▲ 6.0×14 topics
  23. Oxidation23▲ 20×3 topics
  24. Drug Discovery23▲ 14×11 topics
  25. Transition Metal Complexes21▲ 33×4 topics
  26. Catalysts21▲ 15×3 topics
  27. Heterocycles20▲ 31×8 topics
  28. Renewable Resources19▲ 16×4 topics
  29. Carbon Dioxide19▲ 17×3 topics
  30. Rechargeable Batteries19▲ 9.7×2 topics
  31. Selective Oxidation19▲ 19×2 topics
  32. Asymmetric Catalysis18▲ 68×4 topics
  33. Metal-Catalyzed Reactions18▲ 43×3 topics
  34. Chemoselective18▲ 27×4 topics
  35. Visible Light18▲ 10×3 topics
  36. Dehydrogenation17▲ 35×2 topics
  37. CO2 Reduction16▲ 10×2 topics
  38. Enantioselective Reactions16▲ 57×2 topics
  39. C-C Bond Formation16▲ 54×3 topics
  40. Heterogeneous Catalysis16▲ 12×5 topics

Which research topics does National Chemical Laboratory publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Catalysis for Biomass Conversion, Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion, Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods and Catalytic Processes in Materials Science.

Catalysis for Biomass Co…15Catalysis for Biomass Conversion: 15 fractional worksElectrocatalysts for Ene…13Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion: 13 fractional worksCatalytic C–H Functionalization Methods: 13 fractional worksCatalytic Processes in M…12Catalytic Processes in Materials Science: 12 fractional worksAdvanced Photocatalysis …12Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques: 12 fractional worksAsymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis: 12 fractional worksAdvanced battery technologies research: 10 fractional worksNanomaterials for cataly…10Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions: 10 fractional worksAdvancements in Battery Materials: 9 fractional worksSupercapacitor Materials and Fabrication: 9 fractional works
Biomedical EngineeringRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentOrganic ChemistryMaterials Chemistry3 others

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

  1. 1 Catalysis for Biomass Conversion Biomedical Engineering 15 works
  2. 2 Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 13 works
  3. 3 Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods Organic Chemistry 13 works
  4. 4 Catalytic Processes in Materials Science Materials Chemistry 12 works
  5. 5 Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 12 works
  6. 6 Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis Inorganic Chemistry 12 works
  7. 7 Advanced battery technologies research Electrical and Electronic Engineering 10 works
  8. 8 Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions Organic Chemistry 10 works
  9. 9 Advancements in Battery Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 9 works
  10. 10 Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 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 available15.5%not open84.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.4%domestic only90.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has National Chemical Laboratory's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 45% lower 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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