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North Bengal University

In research, North Bengal University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#2,231 of 12,888 worldwide), Social Sciences (#2,238 of 10,521 worldwide) and Environmental Science (#777 of 3,551 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Spectroscopy and Organic Chemistry — Spectroscopy is 8.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,629
of 28,054 · #5,039 all time
Rank in India
#152
of 1,840
Research works
4k
▲ 50% vs 2013–17
Citations
46k
11.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
36%
world 28%

What is North Bengal 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 #2,231 of 12,888 16.2%636 #4012
Social SciencesDomain #2,238 of 10,521 16.2%220 #4245
Environmental ScienceField #777 of 3,551 35.6%127 #2206
Social SciencesField #1,624 of 6,365 21.8%105 #3028
MedicineField #3,172 of 10,443 16.7%133 #8374
Health SciencesDomain #4,044 of 11,982 16.7%165 #10516
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #1,340 of 3,409 16.5%187 #2599
Life SciencesDomain #4,038 of 7,800 14.1%320 #6928
EngineeringField #3,690 of 6,636 20.0%100 #6849
Materials ScienceField #1,503 of 2,468 13.1%106 #3451

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where North Bengal 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. Physical Sciences#4,012 #2,231
  2. Social Sciences#4,245 #2,238
  3. Environmental Science#2,206 #777
  4. Social Sciences#3,028 #1,624
  5. Medicine#8,374 #3,172
  6. Health Sciences#10,516 #4,044
  7. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#2,599 #1,340
  8. Life Sciences#6,928 #4,038
  9. Engineering#6,849 #3,690
  10. Materials Science#3,451 #1,503
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 North Bengal University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Spectroscopy takes 8.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SpectroscopySubfield · 24.1 works8.2×
  2. Organic ChemistrySubfield · 70.7 works7.0×
← 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: 2.93× its world share, 186 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.33× its world share, 95 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.85× its world share, 11 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.25× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4.54× its world share, 22 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 5.49× its world share, 26 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 5.55× its world share, 117 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.44× its world share, 46 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.71× its world share, 15 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.19× its world share, 15 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.50× its world share, 100 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.91× its world share, 127 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.26× its world share, 106 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.13× its world share, 18 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.24× its world share, 67 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.43× its world share, 15 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.52× its world share, 133 worksMedicineNursing: 2.43× its world share, 16 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.19× its world share, 46 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.36× its world share, 16 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.73× its world share, 9 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.12× its world share, 32 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.29× its world share, 12 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.62× its world share, 105 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemistry, 5.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at North Bengal University?

Ranked on the composite score, Anoop Kumar, N. Chaudhuri and Bijan Das lead among researchers whose main affiliation is North Bengal University.

  1. 1 Anoop Kumar India · #112,048 worldwide 190 citations · 38 works
  2. 2 N. Chaudhuri India · #375,229 worldwide 95 citations · 20 works
  3. 3 Bijan Das India · #389,115 worldwide 90 citations · 25 works
  4. 4 Ananda Mukhopadhyay India · #510,250 worldwide 52 citations · 23 works
  5. 5 Mahendra Nath Roy India · #550,503 worldwide 172 citations · 46 works
  6. 6 Jaydip Sen India · #617,491 worldwide 23 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Dipanwita Saha India · #859,789 worldwide 44 citations · 18 works
  8. 8 Pradip Kumar Mandal India · #860,464 worldwide 123 citations · 43 works
  9. 9 Sudhir Kumar Das India · #894,852 worldwide 115 citations · 58 works
  10. 10 B. N. Chakraborty India · #900,841 worldwide 63 citations · 39 works
All ranked researchers at North Bengal University

Which keywords describe research at North Bengal University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Bioimaging, Medicinal Plants, Antioxidant, Antimicrobial, Remote Sensing, Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Discovery.

▲ 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 Change75▲ 2.1×53 topics
  2. Remote Sensing48▲ 2.9×19 topics
  3. Environmental Impact47▲ 2.1×30 topics
  4. Sustainability44▲ 1.36×33 topics
  5. Oxidative Stress41▲ 1.87×43 topics
  6. Nanoparticles41▲ 2.4×24 topics
  7. Antioxidant41▲ 4.4×43 topics
  8. Nanomaterials37▲ 2.6×13 topics
  9. Bioimaging37▲ 12×6 topics
  10. Biomedical Applications36▲ 2.2×23 topics
  11. Medicinal Plants35▲ 6.5×13 topics
  12. Antioxidant Activity33▲ 3.9×27 topics
  13. Catalysis32▲ 3.6×21 topics
  14. Antimicrobial30▲ 8.0×11 topics
  15. Medicinal Chemistry30▲ 8.0×11 topics
  16. Drug Discovery29▲ 9.5×10 topics
  17. Food Security28▲ 3.9×11 topics
  18. Synthesis26▲ 5.2×23 topics
  19. Toxicity26▲ 4.5×17 topics
  20. Reactive Oxygen Species26▲ 4.8×9 topics
  21. Green Chemistry25▲ 10×9 topics
  22. Antioxidants24▲ 4.0×12 topics
  23. Agriculture23▲ 4.4×6 topics
  24. Flavonoids21▲ 6.0×9 topics
  25. Anticancer Agents21▲ 10×10 topics
  26. Anti-inflammatory21▲ 5.6×25 topics
  27. Supramolecular Chemistry20▲ 18×4 topics
  28. India20▲ 21×3 topics
  29. Land Use Change20▲ 4.9×5 topics
  30. Electrochemistry20▲ 6.3×3 topics
  31. Hydrological Modeling20▲ 6.2×4 topics
  32. Organic Synthesis19▲ 13×7 topics
  33. Herbal Medicine19▲ 5.0×11 topics
  34. Neurodegenerative Diseases19▲ 8.7×6 topics
  35. Ionic Liquids19▲ 5.1×9 topics
  36. Cancer Prevention18▲ 5.2×8 topics
  37. Fluorescent Probes17▲ 29×2 topics
  38. Fluorescent Chemosensors17▲ 31×1 topic
  39. Ion Detection17▲ 31×1 topic
  40. Natural Products16▲ 8.0×6 topics

Which research topics does North Bengal University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection, Flood Risk Assessment and Management, Agricultural Economics and Practices and Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials.

Molecular Sensors and Io…17Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection: 17 fractional worksFlood Risk Assessment an…12Flood Risk Assessment and Management: 12 fractional worksAgricultural Economics and Practices: 12 fractional worksLuminescence and Fluorescent Materials: 11 fractional worksNanoparticles: synthesis and applications: 10 fractional worksMosquito-borne diseases and control: 10 fractional worksSouth Asian Studies and Conflicts: 9 fractional worksCosmology and Gravitatio…9Cosmology and Gravitation Theories: 9 fractional worksEssential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity: 8 fractional worksPhytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities: 8 fractional works
SpectroscopyGlobal and Planetary ChangeGeneral Agricultural and Biological SciencesMaterials Chemistry5 others

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

  1. 1 Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection Spectroscopy 17 works
  2. 2 Flood Risk Assessment and Management Global and Planetary Change 12 works
  3. 3 Agricultural Economics and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 12 works
  4. 4 Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials Materials Chemistry 11 works
  5. 5 Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications Materials Chemistry 10 works
  6. 6 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 10 works
  7. 7 South Asian Studies and Conflicts Political Science and International Relations 9 works
  8. 8 Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Astronomy and Astrophysics 9 works
  9. 9 Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity Food Science 8 works
  10. 10 Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities Biochemistry 8 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 available36.3%not open63.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.4%domestic only91.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has North Bengal University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 50% 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.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.