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Physical Research Laboratory

In research, Physical Research Laboratory stands highest in Physical Sciences (#2,966 of 12,888 worldwide), Earth and Planetary Sciences (#702 of 1,209 worldwide) and Physics and Astronomy (#1,151 of 1,646 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Physics and Astronomy — Astronomy and Astrophysics is 50.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,269
of 28,054 · #3,912 all time
Rank in India
#373
of 1,840
Research works
4.8k
▲ 11% vs 2013–17
Citations
87k
17.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
36%
world 28%

What is Physical Research Laboratory 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 #2,966 of 12,888 15.7%493 #2441
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #702 of 1,209 13.0%94 #660
Physics and AstronomyField #1,151 of 1,646 17.2%269 #1484
Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield #350 of 443 10.3%149 #567
Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield #244 of 263 37.6%63 #398

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Physical Research Laboratory 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#2,441 #2,966
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences#660 #702
  3. Physics and Astronomy#1,484 #1,151
  4. Astronomy and Astrophysics#567 #350
  5. Nuclear and High Energy Physics#398 #244
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 Physical Research Laboratory specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Astronomy and Astrophysics takes 50.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 149.3 works51×
  2. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 63.4 works36×
  3. Physics and AstronomyField · 268.7 works21×
  4. Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 43.5 works17×
  5. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 93.9 works11×
  6. Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsSubfield · 39.5 works9.8×
← 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: 0.23× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.36× its world share, 11 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.57× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.32× its world share, 12 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.34× its world share, 15 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 10.59× its world share, 94 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.41× its world share, 35 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.95× its world share, 55 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.52× its world share, 10 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 21.36× its world share, 269 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.31× its world share, 34 worksMedicineNursing: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 21.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Physical Research Laboratory?

Ranked on the composite score, G. S. Agarwal, S. Krishnaswami and M.M. Sarin lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Physical Research Laboratory.

  1. 1 G. S. Agarwal · #91,675 worldwide 1.1k citations · 170 works
  2. 2 S. Krishnaswami · #131,179 worldwide 202 citations · 26 works
  3. 3 M.M. Sarin · #134,702 worldwide 322 citations · 36 works
  4. 4 L. K. Sahu · #271,792 worldwide 152 citations · 26 works
  5. 5 B.L.K. Somayajulu · #296,584 worldwide 182 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 A.K. Singhvi · #312,486 worldwide 417 citations · 67 works
  7. 7 Hiranmaya Mishra · #324,801 worldwide 225 citations · 43 works
  8. 8 S. K. Bhattacharya · #373,083 worldwide 184 citations · 28 works
  9. 9 S. Ramachandran · #384,033 worldwide 162 citations · 31 works
  10. 10 Navin Juyal · #410,132 worldwide 222 citations · 30 works
All ranked researchers at Physical Research Laboratory

Which keywords describe research at Physical Research Laboratory?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Solar Wind, Climate Change, Solar System Abundances, Terrestrial Planets, Dark Matter, Mars, Martian Surface and Particle Physics.

▲ 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 Change48▲ 3.2×42 topics
  2. Solar Wind32▲ 61×2 topics
  3. Solar System Abundances30▲ 109×1 topic
  4. Terrestrial Planets30▲ 109×1 topic
  5. Dark Matter29▲ 45×3 topics
  6. Mars28▲ 152×1 topic
  7. Martian Surface28▲ 152×1 topic
  8. Particle Physics26▲ 61×2 topics
  9. Remote Sensing22▲ 3.1×18 topics
  10. Air Quality18▲ 17×4 topics
  11. Higgs Boson18▲ 61×1 topic
  12. High-Energy Collider18▲ 61×1 topic
  13. Holocene17▲ 26×3 topics
  14. Coronal Mass Ejections17▲ 80×1 topic
  15. Solar Dynamics Observatory17▲ 80×1 topic
  16. Sea Level16▲ 29×2 topics
  17. Electron Acceleration16▲ 41×2 topics
  18. Ionosphere15▲ 48×1 topic
  19. Magnetosphere15▲ 48×1 topic
  20. Cosmic Rays15▲ 53×2 topics
  21. Neutrinos15▲ 53×2 topics
  22. Supernovae15▲ 32×2 topics
  23. Paleoclimatology14▲ 31×2 topics
  24. Glacial Cycles14▲ 37×1 topic
  25. Monsoon Dynamics14▲ 37×1 topic
  26. Black Holes13▲ 25×3 topics
  27. Galactic Center13▲ 52×2 topics
  28. Accretion Disks13▲ 48×2 topics
  29. Magnetic Fields13▲ 35×2 topics
  30. Cosmology12▲ 33×3 topics
  31. Gravitational Waves12▲ 38×2 topics
  32. Ozone Depletion12▲ 69×1 topic
  33. Stratospheric Water Vapor12▲ 69×1 topic
  34. Chemical Composition12▲ 21×2 topics
  35. Atmospheric Aerosols11▲ 36×1 topic
  36. Black Carbon11▲ 36×1 topic
  37. Star Formation11▲ 36×2 topics
  38. General Relativity10▲ 27×2 topics
  39. Lattice QCD10▲ 31×2 topics
  40. Particulate Matter10▲ 12×2 topics

Which research topics does Physical Research Laboratory publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Astro and Planetary Science, Planetary Science and Exploration, Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies and Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics.

Astro and Planetary Science: 30 fractional worksPlanetary Science and Exploration: 28 fractional worksParticle physics theoret…18Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies: 18 fractional worksSolar and Space Plasma D…17Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics: 17 fractional worksIonosphere and magnetosphere dynamics: 15 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimatology Research: 14 fractional worksAtmospheric Ozone and Cl…12Atmospheric Ozone and Climate: 12 fractional worksAtmospheric chemistry and aerosols: 11 fractional worksStellar, planetary, and galactic studies: 10 fractional worksCosmology and Gravitation Theories: 9 fractional works
Astronomy and AstrophysicsNuclear and High Energy PhysicsAtmospheric Science

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

  1. 1 Astro and Planetary ScienceAstronomy and Astrophysics 30 works
  2. 2 Planetary Science and ExplorationAstronomy and Astrophysics 28 works
  3. 3 Particle physics theoretical and experimental studiesNuclear and High Energy Physics 18 works
  4. 4 Solar and Space Plasma DynamicsAstronomy and Astrophysics 17 works
  5. 5 Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamicsAstronomy and Astrophysics 15 works
  6. 6 Geology and Paleoclimatology ResearchAtmospheric Science 14 works
  7. 7 Atmospheric Ozone and ClimateAtmospheric Science 12 works
  8. 8 Atmospheric chemistry and aerosolsAtmospheric Science 11 works
  9. 9 Stellar, planetary, and galactic studiesAstronomy and Astrophysics 10 works
  10. 10 Cosmology and Gravitation TheoriesAstronomy and Astrophysics 9 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 available36.2%not open63.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.3%domestic only81.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Physical Research Laboratory's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 11% 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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