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Nitte University

In research, Nitte University stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,920 of 11,982 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#3,227 of 12,888 worldwide) and Dentistry (#123 of 367 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Periodontics, Oral Surgery and Dentistry — Periodontics is 16.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,334
of 28,054 · #7,233 all time
Rank in India
#205
of 1,840
Research works
3.9k
▲ 95% vs 2013–17
Citations
20k
5.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
53%
world 28%

What is Nitte 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
Health SciencesDomain #1,920 of 11,982 6.9%583 #3776
Physical SciencesDomain #3,227 of 12,888 10.5%905 #6879
DentistryField #123 of 367 6.1%152 #368
EngineeringField #2,238 of 6,636 9.9%334 #5291
MedicineField #3,535 of 10,443 6.6%349 #4754
Computer ScienceField #1,625 of 4,667 9.4%345 #3415
Life SciencesDomain #2,934 of 7,800 12.4%328 #6230
Social SciencesDomain #4,364 of 10,521 14.5%173 #9414
Health ProfessionsField #960 of 1,928 8.8%69 #2149
Artificial IntelligenceSubfield #1,331 of 1,884 10.2%113 #2334

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Nitte 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).

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. Health Sciences#3,776 #1,920
  2. Physical Sciences#6,879 #3,227
  3. Dentistry#368 #123
  4. Engineering#5,291 #2,238
  5. Medicine#4,754 #3,535
  6. Computer Science#3,415 #1,625
  7. Life Sciences#6,230 #2,934
  8. Social Sciences#9,414 #4,364
  9. Health Professions#2,149 #960
  10. Artificial Intelligence#2,334 #1,331
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 Nitte University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Periodontics takes 16.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. PeriodonticsSubfield · 44.5 works16×
  2. Oral SurgerySubfield · 61.4 works16×
  3. DentistryField · 152.0 works16×
  4. OrthodonticsSubfield · 33.3 works15×
  5. Pharmaceutical ScienceSubfield · 24.2 works11×
← 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: 1.00× its world share, 94 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.28× its world share, 136 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.01× its world share, 20 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.12× its world share, 36 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 5.88× its world share, 41 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.53× its world share, 4 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.66× its world share, 52 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.23× its world share, 345 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.79× its world share, 14 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.12× its world share, 334 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.69× its world share, 69 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.03× its world share, 72 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.21× its world share, 5 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.15× its world share, 6 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 15.76× its world share, 152 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.31× its world share, 69 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.91× its world share, 349 worksMedicineNursing: 1.29× its world share, 12 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.63× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.14× its world share, 8 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.60× its world share, 38 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.88× its world share, 17 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.32× its world share, 13 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.75× its world share, 46 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 50 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 15.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Nitte University?

Ranked on the composite score, Indrani Karunasagar, Niranjan N. Chiplunkar and Iddya Karunasagar lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Nitte University.

  1. 1 Indrani Karunasagar India · #293,787 worldwide 146 citations · 19 works
  2. 2 Niranjan N. Chiplunkar India · #363,199 worldwide 68 citations · 24 works
  3. 3 Iddya Karunasagar India · #381,109 worldwide 150 citations · 35 works
  4. 4 Krishna Prasad India · #712,516 worldwide 50 citations · 46 works
  5. 5 Ajit M. Hebbale India · #751,506 worldwide 37 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Rao K India · #791,197 worldwide 21 citations · 22 works
  7. 7 Divya Jyothi India · #878,020 worldwide 3 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Mithra N. Hegde India · #936,826 worldwide 38 citations · 55 works
  9. 9 Amitha Ramesh India · #1,115,047 worldwide 1 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Shishir Shetty India · #1,147,985 worldwide 25 citations · 54 works
All ranked researchers at Nitte University

Which keywords describe research at Nitte University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Neural Networks, Convolutional Neural Networks, Epidemiology, Wireless Sensor Networks, Security and Internet of Things.

▲ 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 Learning255▲ 3.8×75 topics
  2. Machine Learning196▲ 3.0×74 topics
  3. Epidemiology111▲ 1.41×100 topics
  4. Neural Networks82▲ 2.7×30 topics
  5. Quality of Life62▲ 2.2×41 topics
  6. Convolutional Neural Networks61▲ 4.2×14 topics
  7. Nanoparticles60▲ 2.4×33 topics
  8. Healthcare58▲ 2.6×14 topics
  9. Internet of Things54▲ 3.1×22 topics
  10. Artificial Intelligence53▲ 1.96×26 topics
  11. Security51▲ 3.9×18 topics
  12. Wireless Sensor Networks49▲ 5.4×19 topics
  13. Image Processing42▲ 4.8×12 topics
  14. Environmental Monitoring40▲ 5.3×9 topics
  15. Antioxidant38▲ 2.8×42 topics
  16. Feature Extraction36▲ 3.9×10 topics
  17. Data Mining34▲ 2.3×12 topics
  18. Dental Caries33▲ 17×2 topics
  19. IoT31▲ 4.2×16 topics
  20. Medicinal Chemistry28▲ 5.1×10 topics
  21. Classification28▲ 3.1×10 topics
  22. Smart Farming27▲ 12×2 topics
  23. Internet of Things (IoT)26▲ 12×2 topics
  24. IoT Security26▲ 4.1×3 topics
  25. Antibiotic Resistance26▲ 3.4×12 topics
  26. Crop Yield Prediction26▲ 12×1 topic
  27. Plant Disease Detection26▲ 12×1 topic
  28. Privacy24▲ 4.2×7 topics
  29. Smart Cities23▲ 4.6×7 topics
  30. Microbial Ecology23▲ 6.5×4 topics
  31. Diabetes Mellitus22▲ 5.5×6 topics
  32. Bacterial Diversity22▲ 9.5×2 topics
  33. Big Data Analytics22▲ 5.0×4 topics
  34. Oral Microbiome22▲ 19×1 topic
  35. Periodontal Diseases22▲ 19×1 topic
  36. Emotion Recognition21▲ 5.6×4 topics
  37. Periodontal Disease19▲ 16×2 topics
  38. Osteoporosis19▲ 11×3 topics
  39. Cone-Beam CT19▲ 18×1 topic
  40. Dental Imaging19▲ 18×1 topic

Which research topics does Nitte University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Smart Agriculture and AI, Oral microbiology and periodontitis research, Dental Radiography and Imaging and Endodontics and Root Canal Treatments.

Smart Agriculture and AI26Smart Agriculture and AI: 26 fractional worksOral microbiology and pe…22Oral microbiology and periodontitis research: 22 fractional worksDental Radiography and I…19Dental Radiography and Imaging: 19 fractional worksEndodontics and Root Can…15Endodontics and Root Canal Treatments: 15 fractional worksDental materials and restorations: 14 fractional worksDental Research and COVID-19: 13 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence …13Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare: 13 fractional worksSynthesis and biological activity: 12 fractional worksDental Health and Care Utilization: 12 fractional worksIoT and Edge/Fog Computing11IoT and Edge/Fog Computing: 11 fractional works
Plant SciencePeriodonticsOral SurgeryOrthodontics4 others

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

  1. 1 Smart Agriculture and AI Plant Science 26 works
  2. 2 Oral microbiology and periodontitis research Periodontics 22 works
  3. 3 Dental Radiography and Imaging Oral Surgery 19 works
  4. 4 Endodontics and Root Canal Treatments Oral Surgery 15 works
  5. 5 Dental materials and restorations Orthodontics 14 works
  6. 6 Dental Research and COVID-19 General Dentistry 13 works
  7. 7 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Health Information Management 13 works
  8. 8 Synthesis and biological activity Organic Chemistry 12 works
  9. 9 Dental Health and Care Utilization Periodontics 12 works
  10. 10 IoT and Edge/Fog Computing Computer Networks and Communications 11 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 available53.4%not open46.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.9%domestic only87.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Nitte University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 95% higher 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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