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National Institute of Technology Rourkela

In research, National Institute of Technology Rourkela stands highest in Physical Sciences (#636 of 12,888 worldwide), Engineering (#501 of 6,636 worldwide) and Environmental Science (#296 of 3,551 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Numerical Analysis, Modeling and Simulation and Statistics and Probability — Numerical Analysis is 9.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#869
of 28,054 · #1,588 all time
Rank in India
#28
of 1,840
Research works
15k
▲ 43% vs 2013–17
Citations
281k
18.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
16%
world 28%

What is National Institute of Technology Rourkela 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 #636 of 12,888 16.9%3,768 #1270
EngineeringField #501 of 6,636 13.9%1,891 #704
Environmental ScienceField #296 of 3,551 27.2%302 #753
MathematicsField #143 of 1,053 18.3%165 #615
Materials ScienceField #371 of 2,468 15.1%484 #683
Life SciencesDomain #1,289 of 7,800 30.7%442 #2741
Food ScienceSubfield #87 of 492 37.5%86 #390
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #415 of 2,318 13.0%513 #615
Social SciencesDomain #1,972 of 10,521 36.6%272 #3226
Mechanical EngineeringSubfield #261 of 1,351 10.2%285 #398

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where National Institute of Technology Rourkela 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#1,270 #636
  2. Engineering#704 #501
  3. Environmental Science#753 #296
  4. Mathematics#615 #143
  5. Materials Science#683 #371
  6. Life Sciences#2,741 #1,289
  7. Food Science#390 #87
  8. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#615 #415
  9. Social Sciences#3,226 #1,972
  10. Mechanical Engineering#398 #261
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 Institute of Technology Rourkela specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Numerical Analysis takes 9.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Numerical AnalysisSubfield · 40.4 works9.9×
  2. Modeling and SimulationSubfield · 37.4 works5.6×
  3. Statistics and ProbabilitySubfield · 39.8 works3.9×
  4. Statistical and Nonlinear PhysicsSubfield · 57.2 works3.8×
  5. Mechanics of MaterialsSubfield · 125.1 works3.7×
  6. BiomaterialsSubfield · 69.6 works3.4×
← 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: 0.84× its world share, 192 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.75× its world share, 190 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.13× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.55× its world share, 43 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.67× its world share, 11 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.55× its world share, 26 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.48× its world share, 111 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.23× its world share, 458 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.10× its world share, 83 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.75× its world share, 121 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.64× its world share, 1,890 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.27× its world share, 302 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.90× its world share, 484 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.93× its world share, 164 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.21× its world share, 129 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.30× its world share, 7 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.24× its world share, 30 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.24× its world share, 218 worksMedicineNursing: 1.72× its world share, 40 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 9 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.51× its world share, 79 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.78× its world share, 36 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.56× its world share, 58 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.21× its world share, 30 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 61 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 2.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at National Institute of Technology Rourkela?

Ranked on the composite score, Sujit K. Bhutia, Rohan Dhiman and S. Murugan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Institute of Technology Rourkela.

  1. 1 Sujit K. Bhutia India · #102,099 worldwide 374 citations · 33 works
  2. 2 Rohan Dhiman India · #110,498 worldwide 336 citations · 28 works
  3. 3 S. Murugan India · #154,293 worldwide 253 citations · 40 works
  4. 4 Sambit Bakshi India · #156,273 worldwide 125 citations · 38 works
  5. 5 Jalandhar Pradhan India · #185,192 worldwide 271 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Dillip K. Pradhan India · #185,646 worldwide 230 citations · 31 works
  7. 7 Banshidhar Majhi India · #186,489 worldwide 231 citations · 64 works
  8. 8 P. Balasubramanian India · #196,575 worldwide 160 citations · 35 works
  9. 9 Santosh Kumar Nanda India · #202,332 worldwide 157 citations · 24 works
  10. 10 B. B. V. L. Deepak India · #212,573 worldwide 117 citations · 31 works
All ranked researchers at National Institute of Technology Rourkela

Which keywords describe research at National Institute of Technology Rourkela?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Mechanical Properties, Power Electronics, Renewable Energy Integration, Biomedical Applications, Nanomaterials, Renewable Energy and Machine Learning.

▲ 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. Deep Learning344▲ 2.1×70 topics
  2. Machine Learning215▲ 1.37×75 topics
  3. Mechanical Properties209▲ 4.5×35 topics
  4. Biomedical Applications178▲ 3.1×36 topics
  5. Environmental Impact164▲ 2.0×40 topics
  6. Renewable Energy157▲ 2.3×38 topics
  7. Nanomaterials154▲ 3.0×20 topics
  8. Power Electronics140▲ 8.8×8 topics
  9. Nanoparticles139▲ 2.3×42 topics
  10. Renewable Energy Integration135▲ 8.4×5 topics
  11. Nanocomposites123▲ 3.2×22 topics
  12. Energy Efficiency118▲ 2.6×34 topics
  13. Neural Networks108▲ 1.47×36 topics
  14. Heat Transfer106▲ 4.5×18 topics
  15. Microstructure99▲ 4.0×18 topics
  16. Graphene99▲ 3.0×12 topics
  17. Tissue Engineering89▲ 3.0×12 topics
  18. Convolutional Neural Networks80▲ 2.3×14 topics
  19. Drug Delivery71▲ 2.7×16 topics
  20. Nonlinear Equations69▲ 11×6 topics
  21. Smart Grid Applications68▲ 11×2 topics
  22. Artificial Neural Networks68▲ 3.0×9 topics
  23. Optimization66▲ 3.0×17 topics
  24. Decentralized Control65▲ 11×2 topics
  25. Solar Energy62▲ 4.1×5 topics
  26. Energy Storage Systems61▲ 9.2×2 topics
  27. Smart Grid57▲ 3.2×9 topics
  28. Distributed Power Generation56▲ 11×1 topic
  29. Microgrid Control56▲ 11×1 topic
  30. Wavelet Transform55▲ 5.0×7 topics
  31. Composite Materials54▲ 5.6×10 topics
  32. Wireless Communications54▲ 6.4×5 topics
  33. Vibration Analysis51▲ 4.0×8 topics
  34. Electric Vehicle Charging42▲ 10×2 topics
  35. Sintering41▲ 6.5×5 topics
  36. Fractional Calculus40▲ 15×2 topics
  37. Metamaterial38▲ 8.5×2 topics
  38. DC-DC Converters37▲ 13×1 topic
  39. High-Frequency Power Conversion37▲ 13×1 topic
  40. Antenna36▲ 8.9×1 topic

Which research topics does National Institute of Technology Rourkela publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Microgrid Control and Optimization, Advanced DC-DC Converters, Antenna Design and Analysis and Fractional Differential Equations Solutions.

Microgrid Control and Op…56Microgrid Control and Optimization: 56 fractional worksAdvanced DC-DC Converters37Advanced DC-DC Converters: 37 fractional worksAntenna Design and Analy…36Antenna Design and Analysis: 36 fractional worksFractional Differential …35Fractional Differential Equations Solutions: 35 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Technologies Research: 32 fractional worksMultilevel Inverters and Converters: 29 fractional worksAdvanced Photocatalysis …27Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques: 27 fractional worksDifferential Equations and Numerical Methods: 25 fractional worksNatural Fiber Reinforced Composites: 25 fractional worksComposite Structure Anal…24Composite Structure Analysis and Optimization: 24 fractional works
Control and Systems EngineeringElectrical and Electronic EngineeringAerospace EngineeringModeling and Simulation5 others

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

  1. 1 Microgrid Control and Optimization Control and Systems Engineering 56 works
  2. 2 Advanced DC-DC Converters Electrical and Electronic Engineering 37 works
  3. 3 Antenna Design and Analysis Aerospace Engineering 36 works
  4. 4 Fractional Differential Equations Solutions Modeling and Simulation 35 works
  5. 5 Advanced Battery Technologies Research Automotive Engineering 32 works
  6. 6 Multilevel Inverters and Converters Electrical and Electronic Engineering 29 works
  7. 7 Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 27 works
  8. 8 Differential Equations and Numerical Methods Numerical Analysis 25 works
  9. 9 Natural Fiber Reinforced Composites Polymers and Plastics 25 works
  10. 10 Composite Structure Analysis and Optimization Mechanics of Materials 24 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 available16.3%not open83.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.2%domestic only92.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has National Institute of Technology Rourkela's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 43% 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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