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National Informatics Centre

In research, National Informatics Centre stands highest in Computer Science (#4,566 of 6,336 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#12,721 of 17,446 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#12,606 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Computer Science (Computer Science is 5.4× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#18,127
of 22,385 · #17,869 all time
Rank in India
#1,299
of 1,562
Research works
585
▼ 11% vs 2018-21
Citations
6k
10.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.97×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
24%
world 40%
International
8%
world 18%
National Informatics Centre

What is National Informatics Centre known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Computer ScienceField #4,566 of 6,336 4.1%182
Physical SciencesDomain #12,721 of 17,446 4.2%326
Social SciencesDomain #12,606 of 14,833 3.5%127

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where National Informatics 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does National Informatics Centre work in?

In 2022-now, 57% of research at National Informatics Centre is in Physical Sciences, 20% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Computer Science (42%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (12%), Engineering (11%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 54 fractional works · 57.5% of its workComputer Science: 39 fractional works · 41.7% of its workInformation Systems: 12 fractional works · 12.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 12 fractional works · 12.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 7 fractional works · 7.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 5 fractional works · 5.1% of its workSignal Processing: 3 fractional works · 3.6% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 10 fractional works · 10.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 19 fractional works · 20.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 8.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 4.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 3.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 14 fractional works · 15.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 11 fractional works · 12.1% of its workPlant Science: 7 fractional works · 7.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 7 fractional works · 7.2% of its workMedicine: 5 fractional works · 5.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKNationalInformatics…94fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences15%Physical Sciences57%Health Sciences7%Social Sciences20%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Computer Science3941.7%
    2. Engineering1010.5%
    3. Environmental Science33.3%
    4. Mathematics10.6%
    5. Physics and Astronomy00.4%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.4%
    7. Chemistry00.3%
    8. Energy00.2%
    9. Materials Science00.1%
    1. Social Sciences88.4%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting44.8%
    3. Decision Sciences33.0%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance21.8%
    5. Arts and Humanities21.7%
    6. Psychology10.6%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1112.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology22.3%
    3. Neuroscience00.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    1. Medicine55.1%
    2. Health Professions22.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does National Informatics Centre specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Computer Science takes 5.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Computer ScienceField · 39.2 works5.4×
← 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: 2.54× its world share, 11 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.44× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 5.36× its world share, 39 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.70× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.66× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.80× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.26× its world share, 5 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.58× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.49× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.10× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.82× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.67× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Computer Science, 5.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Computer Science5.36×39 works
  2. Decision Sciences3.10×3 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.54×11 works
  4. Business, Management and Accounting1.49×4 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.82×2 works
  6. Health Professions0.80×2 works
  7. Engineering0.70×10 works
  8. Social Sciences0.67×8 works
  9. Environmental Science0.66×3 works
  10. Arts and Humanities0.58×2 works
  11. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.50×0 works
  12. Mathematics0.48×0 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.44×2 works
  14. Medicine0.26×5 works
  15. Immunology and Microbiology0.23×0 works
  16. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.23×0 works
  17. Physics and Astronomy0.20×0 works
  18. Chemistry0.19×0 works
  19. Energy0.19×0 works
  20. Psychology0.19×0 works
  21. Neuroscience0.18×0 works
  22. Materials Science0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at National Informatics Centre?

Ranked on the quality score, Nitin Kumar Tyagi, Ramesh Singh and India. Parliament. Rajya Sabha. Secretariat lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Informatics Centre.

  1. 1 Nitin Kumar Tyagi India · #2,325,761 worldwide 309 citations · 42 works
  2. 2 Ramesh Singh India · #2,757,713 worldwide 392 citations · 21 works
  3. 3 India. Parliament. Rajya Sabha. Secretariat India · #3,100,698 worldwide 11 citations · 46 works
  4. 4 Ramya Rajamanickam India · #3,918,773 worldwide 18 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Shefali S. Dash India · #4,239,160 worldwide 80 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Om Pradyumana Gupta India · #4,476,833 worldwide 19 citations · 20 works
  7. 7 Shailesh Kumar Shrivastava India · #4,884,439 worldwide 24 citations · 18 works
  8. 8 Rama Krushna Das India · #4,886,794 worldwide 215 citations · 39 works
  9. 9 C.S.R. Prabhu India · #5,198,218 worldwide 314 citations · 63 works
  10. 10 New Delhi India · #6,386,826 worldwide 111 citations · 74 works
All ranked researchers at National Informatics Centre

What are the most cited papers from National Informatics Centre?

The most cited paper from National Informatics Centre is "Genetics and genetic improvement of drought resistance in crop plants" (Jiban Mitra, 2001), with 479 citations. Next come "Rice residue- management options and effects on soil properties and crop productivity" (306) and "Elliptic curve cryptography" (243).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Genetics and genetic improvement of drought resistance in crop plants Jiban Mitra 2001 479
2 Rice residue- management options and effects on soil properties and crop productivity K. G. Mandal, Arun Kumar Misra, K. M. Hati et al. 2004 306
3 Elliptic curve cryptography Vivek Kapoor, Vivek Sonny Abraham, Ramesh Singh May 2008 243
4 Land records on Blockchain for implementation of Land Titling in India Vinay Thakur, M. N. Doja, Yogesh Kumar Dwivedi et al. · International Journal of Information Management 7 Jun 2019 232
5 Microsatellite Tandem Repeats Are Abundant in Human Promoters and Are Associated with Regulatory Elements Sterling M. Sawaya, Andrew Bagshaw, Emmanuel Buschiazzo et al. · PLoS ONE Open access 6 Feb 2013 220
All 58 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at National Informatics Centre?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Learning, Deep Learning, IoT Security, Data Mining, Anomaly Detection, Internet of Things, Healthcare and Cybersecurity.

▲ 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-now 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. Machine Learning23▲ 7.3×36 topics
  2. Deep Learning21▲ 6.6×34 topics
  3. IoT Security9▲ 30×3 topics
  4. Data Mining8▲ 12×6 topics
  5. Healthcare7▲ 6.1×10 topics
  6. Anomaly Detection6▲ 23×4 topics
  7. Internet of Things6▲ 7.6×9 topics
  8. Cybersecurity6▲ 25×3 topics
  9. Security5▲ 8.0×8 topics
  10. Supply Chain Management5▲ 5.9×7 topics
  11. Behavioral Analysis5▲ 44×2 topics
  12. Botnet Detection5▲ 41×1 topic
  13. DDoS Attacks5▲ 41×1 topic
  14. Intrusion Detection5▲ 34×2 topics
  15. Network Security5▲ 39×2 topics
  16. Neural Networks5▲ 3.2×12 topics
  17. Wireless Sensor Networks4▲ 10×8 topics
  18. Image Processing4▲ 9.6×4 topics
  19. Security Analysis4▲ 24×3 topics
  20. Blockchain4▲ 18×2 topics
  21. Decentralization4▲ 18×2 topics
  22. Privacy4▲ 13×3 topics
  23. Detection3▲ 13×2 topics
  24. Smart Farming3▲ 30×2 topics
  25. Cryptocurrencies3▲ 26×1 topic
  26. Smart Contracts3▲ 22×1 topic
  27. Android Malware3▲ 42×1 topic
  28. Internet of Things (IoT)3▲ 28×1 topic
  29. Permission Analysis3▲ 42×1 topic
  30. Plant Disease Detection3▲ 31×1 topic
  31. Big Data3▲ 3.4×11 topics
  32. Ecosystem Functioning3▲ 14×2 topics
  33. Classification3▲ 6.0×6 topics
  34. Feature Selection2▲ 12×5 topics
  35. Digital Divide2▲ 8.4×2 topics
  36. ICT2▲ 16×2 topics
  37. Trust2▲ 7.4×3 topics
  38. Adaptive Transport Networks2▲ 261×1 topic
  39. Natural Language Processing2▲ 8.1×3 topics
  40. Physarum Polycephalum2▲ 261×1 topic

Which research topics does National Informatics Centre publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Network Security and Intrusion Detection, Blockchain Technology Applications and Security, Advanced Malware Detection Techniques and Smart Agriculture and AI.

Network Security and Intrusion Detection: 5 fractional worksBlockchain Technology Applications and Security: 3 fractional worksAdvanced Malware Detecti…3Advanced Malware Detection Techniques: 3 fractional worksSmart Agriculture and AI3Smart Agriculture and AI: 3 fractional worksSlime Mold and Myxomycet…2Slime Mold and Myxomycetes Research: 2 fractional worksSpam and Phishing Detect…2Spam and Phishing Detection: 2 fractional worksICT Impact and Policies1ICT Impact and Policies: 1 fractional worksBiocrusts and Microbial Ecology: 1 fractional worksEdcuational Technology Systems: 1 fractional worksE-Government and Public Services: 1 fractional works
Computer Networks and CommunicationsInformation SystemsSignal ProcessingPlant Science5 others

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

  1. 1 Network Security and Intrusion Detection Computer Networks and Communications 5 works
  2. 2 Blockchain Technology Applications and Security Information Systems 3 works
  3. 3 Advanced Malware Detection Techniques Signal Processing 3 works
  4. 4 Smart Agriculture and AI Plant Science 3 works
  5. 5 Slime Mold and Myxomycetes Research Biomedical Engineering 2 works
  6. 6 Spam and Phishing Detection Information Systems 2 works
  7. 7 ICT Impact and Policies Media Technology 1 works
  8. 8 Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 1 works
  9. 9 Edcuational Technology Systems Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  10. 10 E-Government and Public Services Political Science and International Relations 1 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 available23.5%not open76.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.7%domestic only92.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has National Informatics Centre's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 11% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is National Informatics Centre as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00035% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%National Informatics Centre0.00030% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of National Informatics Centre over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2022National Informatics Centre1.5% in 202220102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 16.6% in 2011.

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