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National Geophysical Research Institute

In research, National Geophysical Research Institute stands highest in Physical Sciences (#2,694 of 12,888 worldwide), Geophysics (#113 of 237 worldwide) and Earth and Planetary Sciences (#728 of 1,209 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Geophysics, Geochemistry and Petrology and Earth and Planetary Sciences — Geophysics is 140.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,754
of 28,054 · #8,135 all time
Rank in India
#339
of 1,840
Research works
3.5k
▲ 30% vs 2013–17
Citations
71k
20.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
18%
world 28%

What is National Geophysical Research Institute 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 #2,694 of 12,888 14.1%426 #4775
GeophysicsSubfield #113 of 237 9.6%220 #205
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #728 of 1,209 10.3%272 #1231

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where National Geophysical Research Institute 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#4,775 #2,694
  2. Geophysics#205 #113
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences#1,231 #728
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 Geophysical Research Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Geophysics takes 140.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. GeophysicsSubfield · 220.0 works141×
  2. Geochemistry and PetrologySubfield · 20.6 works45×
  3. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 272.2 works39×
← 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: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.46× its world share, 11 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.80× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.91× its world share, 32 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 38.76× its world share, 272 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.50× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.75× its world share, 50 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.18× its world share, 49 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.25× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.12× its world share, 11 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.01× its world share, 1 worksMedicineNursing: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 38.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at National Geophysical Research Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, V. Balaram, V. S. Singh and T. Harinarayana lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Geophysical Research Institute.

  1. 1 V. Balaram India · #63,402 worldwide 607 citations · 39 works
  2. 2 V. S. Singh India · #234,256 worldwide 130 citations · 32 works
  3. 3 T. Harinarayana India · #298,048 worldwide 123 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 M. Santosh India · #315,708 worldwide 95 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 Bijendra Singh India · #334,567 worldwide 189 citations · 49 works
  6. 6 Kalachand Sain India · #447,130 worldwide 186 citations · 61 works
  7. 7 G. Parthasarathy India · #447,262 worldwide 164 citations · 53 works
  8. 8 K. Gopalan India · #488,965 worldwide 161 citations · 26 works
  9. 9 Мукунд Шарма India · #491,199 worldwide 76 citations · 23 works
  10. 10 Mohan L. Gupta India · #495,425 worldwide 96 citations · 30 works
All ranked researchers at National Geophysical Research Institute

Which keywords describe research at National Geophysical Research Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Plate Tectonics, Geodetic Measurements, Tomography, Subduction, Earthquakes, Plate Boundaries, Tectonics and Thermodynamic Modeling.

▲ 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. Plate Tectonics84▲ 123×3 topics
  2. Geodetic Measurements61▲ 126×2 topics
  3. Tomography59▲ 72×3 topics
  4. Subduction59▲ 179×3 topics
  5. Earthquakes58▲ 226×1 topic
  6. Plate Boundaries58▲ 226×1 topic
  7. Tectonics48▲ 89×3 topics
  8. Thermodynamic Modeling43▲ 84×2 topics
  9. Geochronology42▲ 138×1 topic
  10. Zircon42▲ 138×1 topic
  11. Remote Sensing42▲ 7.6×21 topics
  12. Crystal Structure Prediction35▲ 170×1 topic
  13. Mantle Dynamics35▲ 170×1 topic
  14. Machine Learning35▲ 2.4×15 topics
  15. Climate Change32▲ 2.7×30 topics
  16. Electrical Resistivity Tomography23▲ 196×1 topic
  17. Magnetotelluric Imaging23▲ 196×1 topic
  18. Seismic Noise23▲ 107×1 topic
  19. Surface Wave23▲ 107×1 topic
  20. Support Vector Machines22▲ 16×3 topics
  21. Geological Mapping22▲ 60×2 topics
  22. Ionospheric Anomalies22▲ 127×1 topic
  23. Seismic Electromagnetics22▲ 127×1 topic
  24. Hyperspectral Imaging22▲ 17×2 topics
  25. Compositional Data Analysis21▲ 70×1 topic
  26. Mineral Prospectivity21▲ 70×1 topic
  27. Geophysical Imaging15▲ 64×2 topics
  28. Inverse Problems15▲ 32×2 topics
  29. Full-Waveform Tomography15▲ 80×1 topic
  30. Seismic Waveform Inversion15▲ 80×1 topic
  31. Rare Earth Elements13▲ 19×3 topics
  32. Water Quality12▲ 6.6×4 topics
  33. Magnetic Properties12▲ 39×2 topics
  34. Groundwater11▲ 30×4 topics
  35. Environmental Impacts11▲ 8.9×4 topics
  36. Shale Gas11▲ 19×2 topics
  37. Geomagnetic Field11▲ 108×1 topic
  38. Magnetosome Formation11▲ 108×1 topic
  39. Geochemistry10▲ 38×4 topics
  40. Ground-Penetrating Radar10▲ 50×1 topic

Which research topics does National Geophysical Research Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: earthquake and tectonic studies, Geological and Geochemical Analysis, High-pressure geophysics and materials and Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods.

earthquake and tectonic …58earthquake and tectonic studies: 58 fractional worksGeological and Geochemical Analysis: 42 fractional worksHigh-pressure geophysics and materials: 35 fractional worksGeophysical and Geoelectrical Methods: 23 fractional worksSeismic Waves and Analysis: 23 fractional worksEarthquake Detection and…22Earthquake Detection and Analysis: 22 fractional worksGeochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 21 fractional worksSeismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques: 15 fractional worksGeomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies: 11 fractional worksGeophysical Methods and Applications: 10 fractional works
GeophysicsArtificial IntelligenceMolecular BiologyOcean Engineering

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

  1. 1 earthquake and tectonic studies Geophysics 58 works
  2. 2 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 42 works
  3. 3 High-pressure geophysics and materials Geophysics 35 works
  4. 4 Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods Geophysics 23 works
  5. 5 Seismic Waves and Analysis Geophysics 23 works
  6. 6 Earthquake Detection and Analysis Geophysics 22 works
  7. 7 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 21 works
  8. 8 Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques Geophysics 15 works
  9. 9 Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies Molecular Biology 11 works
  10. 10 Geophysical Methods and Applications Ocean Engineering 10 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 available17.6%not open82.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.4%domestic only88.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has National Geophysical Research Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 30% 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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