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Netaji Subhas Open University

In research, Netaji Subhas Open University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#9,266 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#16,713
of 28,054 · #33,679 all time
Rank in India
#1,134
of 1,840
Research works
270
▲ 517% vs 2013–17
Citations
883
3.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
48%
world 28%

What is Netaji Subhas Open University 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 #9,266 of 12,888 11.7%82 #18604

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Netaji Subhas Open University 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).

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: 0.99× its world share, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.65× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.55× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.54× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 11.05× its world share, 6 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.15× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.77× its world share, 21 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.73× its world share, 16 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.08× its world share, 16 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.10× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.60× its world share, 5 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.79× its world share, 6 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.27× its world share, 8 worksMedicineNursing: 1.64× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.96× its world share, 8 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.06× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.03× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.75× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.13× its world share, 21 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemical Engineering, 11.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Netaji Subhas Open University?

Ranked on the composite score, Avishek Saha lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Netaji Subhas Open University.

  1. 1 Avishek Saha India · #945,634 worldwide 61 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Netaji Subhas Open University

Which keywords describe research at Netaji Subhas Open University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Sustainability, Poverty Reduction, Hydrogen Bonding, Deep Learning, Land Use Change, Internet of Things 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. Climate Change10▲ 2.4×24 topics
  2. Sustainability9▲ 2.5×19 topics
  3. Deep Learning8▲ 1.47×27 topics
  4. Machine Learning7▲ 1.42×27 topics
  5. Poverty Reduction5▲ 25×4 topics
  6. Remote Sensing5▲ 2.5×12 topics
  7. Renewable Energy5▲ 2.2×12 topics
  8. Artificial Intelligence5▲ 2.2×11 topics
  9. Internet of Things4▲ 3.3×9 topics
  10. Human Rights4▲ 2.2×5 topics
  11. Social Capital3▲ 4.2×5 topics
  12. Hydrogen Bonding3▲ 24×3 topics
  13. Land Use Change3▲ 7.0×6 topics
  14. Crystal Growth3▲ 6.8×3 topics
  15. Crystal Engineering3▲ 16×2 topics
  16. Ionic Liquids3▲ 6.7×6 topics
  17. Crystallization3▲ 33×1 topic
  18. Food Security3▲ 3.1×6 topics
  19. Hydrological Modeling3▲ 7.4×3 topics
  20. Nucleation3▲ 106×1 topic
  21. Environmental Management2▲ 4.2×3 topics
  22. Extraction2▲ 12×2 topics
  23. Gender Inequality2▲ 11×3 topics
  24. Vocational Education2▲ 17×2 topics
  25. Aquaculture2▲ 5.7×4 topics
  26. Density2▲ 129×1 topic
  27. Viscosity2▲ 21×1 topic
  28. Aqueous Two-Phase Systems2▲ 129×1 topic
  29. Gender Equality2▲ 5.0×2 topics
  30. Protein Separation2▲ 129×1 topic
  31. Conditional Cash Transfers2▲ 36×1 topic
  32. Food Supply Chain2▲ 11×2 topics
  33. School Subsidies2▲ 36×1 topic
  34. Disaster Management2▲ 8.6×2 topics
  35. Conflict2▲ 7.5×2 topics
  36. Empowerment2▲ 12×1 topic
  37. Flood Risk2▲ 15×1 topic
  38. Microfinance2▲ 23×1 topic
  39. Surface Water Mapping2▲ 16×1 topic
  40. Network Analysis2▲ 9.8×2 topics

Which research topics does Netaji Subhas Open University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Crystallization and Solubility Studies, Thermodynamic properties of mixtures, Chemical and Physical Properties in Aqueous Solutions and Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare.

Crystallization and Solu…3Crystallization and Solubility Studies: 3 fractional worksThermodynamic properties…2Thermodynamic properties of mixtures: 2 fractional worksChemical and Physical Properties in Aqueous Solutions: 2 fractional worksPoverty, Education, and …2Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 2 fractional worksMicrofinance and Financi…2Microfinance and Financial Inclusion: 2 fractional worksFlood Risk Assessment and Management: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 Pandemic Impacts: 2 fractional worksSouth Asian Studies and …2South Asian Studies and Conflicts: 2 fractional worksGeometric Analysis and Curvature Flows: 1 fractional worksGeometry and complex manifolds: 1 fractional works
Materials ChemistryFluid Flow and Transfer ProcessesFiltration and SeparationSafety Research5 others

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

  1. 1 Crystallization and Solubility Studies Materials Chemistry 3 works
  2. 2 Thermodynamic properties of mixtures Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes 2 works
  3. 3 Chemical and Physical Properties in Aqueous Solutions Filtration and Separation 2 works
  4. 4 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 2 works
  5. 5 Microfinance and Financial Inclusion Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  6. 6 Flood Risk Assessment and Management Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  7. 7 COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  8. 8 South Asian Studies and Conflicts Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  9. 9 Geometric Analysis and Curvature Flows Applied Mathematics 1 works
  10. 10 Geometry and complex manifolds Geometry and Topology 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 available47.5%not open52.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.0%domestic only89.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Netaji Subhas Open University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 517% 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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