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Punjab Remote Sensing Centre

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World rank, 2022-now
#21,253
of 22,385 · #30,257 all time
Rank in India
#1,489
of 1,562
Research works
173
▲ 52% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.8k
21.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.03×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
32%
world 40%
International
11%
world 18%
Punjab Remote Sensing Centre

Which fields of science does Punjab Remote Sensing Centre work in?

In 2022-now, 68% of research at Punjab Remote Sensing Centre is in Physical Sciences, 20% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (47%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (18%), Engineering (9%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 49 fractional works · 68.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 34 fractional works · 47.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 11 fractional works · 14.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 9 fractional works · 12.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 6 fractional works · 8.3% of its workEcology: 5 fractional works · 7.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEngineering: 7 fractional works · 9.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5 fractional works · 7.0% of its workAtmospheric Science: 3 fractional works · 4.0% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 15 fractional works · 20.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 13 fractional works · 17.9% of its workPlant Science: 6 fractional works · 8.1% of its workSoil Science: 3 fractional works · 4.6% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 5 fractional works · 6.7% of its workMedicine: 4 fractional works · 5.0% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 4.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workALL ITS WORKPunjab RemoteSensing Centre72fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences20%Physical Sciences68%Health Sciences7%Social Sciences5%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science3447.1%
    2. Engineering79.4%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences57.0%
    4. Computer Science23.0%
    5. Chemistry11.5%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.3%
    7. Materials Science00.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1317.9%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.9%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
    1. Medicine45.0%
    2. Health Professions10.9%
    3. Dentistry00.7%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    1. Social Sciences22.9%
    2. Psychology00.7%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting00.5%
    4. Decision Sciences00.5%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Punjab Remote Sensing Centre specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Environmental Science takes 9.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Environmental ScienceField · 33.8 works9.5×
← 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: 3.76× its world share, 13 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.92× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.94× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4.47× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.62× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 9.48× its world share, 34 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.43× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.26× its world share, 4 worksMedicineNursing: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 9.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science9.48×34 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences4.47×5 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences3.76×13 works
  4. Dentistry1.43×0 works
  5. Chemistry0.94×1 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.92×0 works
  7. Engineering0.62×7 works
  8. Decision Sciences0.48×0 works
  9. Computer Science0.39×2 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.35×1 works
  11. Health Professions0.35×1 works
  12. Medicine0.26×4 works
  13. Nursing0.24×0 works
  14. Immunology and Microbiology0.23×0 works
  15. Psychology0.23×0 works
  16. Social Sciences0.23×2 works
  17. Physics and Astronomy0.15×0 works
  18. Business, Management and Accounting0.14×0 works
  19. Materials Science0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Punjab Remote Sensing Centre?

Ranked on the quality score, Raj Kumar Setia, Koyel Sur and Vipan Kumar Verma lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Punjab Remote Sensing Centre.

  1. 1 Raj Kumar Setia India · #550,400 worldwide 3.8k citations · 138 works
  2. 2 Koyel Sur India · #895,161 worldwide 622 citations · 45 works
  3. 3 Vipan Kumar Verma India · #971,810 worldwide 545 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 Ajay Mathur India · #1,068,099 worldwide 3.7k citations · 44 works
  5. 5 Brijendra Pateriya India · #1,074,049 worldwide 1.4k citations · 92 works
  6. 6 Sashikanta Sahoo India · #1,213,972 worldwide 754 citations · 32 works
  7. 7 Pradeep Kumar Litoria India · #1,886,526 worldwide 486 citations · 25 works
  8. 8 Aarti Kochhar India · #2,108,370 worldwide 242 citations · 19 works
  9. 9 V. K. Verma India · #2,646,071 worldwide 405 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Harpinder Singh India · #3,204,171 worldwide 193 citations · 30 works
All ranked researchers at Punjab Remote Sensing Centre

What are the most cited papers from Punjab Remote Sensing Centre?

The most cited paper from Punjab Remote Sensing Centre is "Copper bioavailability, uptake, toxicity and tolerance in plants: A comprehensive review" (Vinod Kumar, Shevita Pandita, Gagan Preet Singh Sidhu et al., 2020), with 611 citations. Next come "Heat transfer and friction factor correlations for a solar air heater duct roughened artificially with multiple v-ribs" (421) and "The use of small training sets containing mixed pixels for accurate hard image classification: Training on mixed spectral responses for classification by a SVM" (413).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Copper bioavailability, uptake, toxicity and tolerance in plants: A comprehensive review Vinod Kumar, Shevita Pandita, Gagan Preet Singh Sidhu et al. · Chemosphere Aug 2020 611
2 Heat transfer and friction factor correlations for a solar air heater duct roughened artificially with multiple v-ribs V.S. Hans, Rajeshwer Prasad Saini, Jaswinder Singh Saini · Solar Energy 25 Mar 2010 421
3 The use of small training sets containing mixed pixels for accurate hard image classification: Training on mixed spectral responses for classification by a SVM Giles M. Foody, Ajay Mathur · Remote Sensing of Environment 23 Jun 2006 413
4 Multiclass and Binary SVM Classification: Implications for Training and Classification Users Ajay Mathur, Giles M. Foody · IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters Apr 2008 392
5 Training set size requirements for the classification of a specific class Giles M. Foody, Ajay Mathur, Carolina Sanchez‐Hernandez et al. · Remote Sensing of Environment 8 Aug 2006 293
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Punjab Remote Sensing Centre?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Remote Sensing, Climate Change, Land Use Change, Hydrological Modeling, GIS, Groundwater Potential, Machine Learning Models and Sustainability.

▲ 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-now 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. Remote Sensing22▲ 24×18 topics
  2. Climate Change18▲ 9.3×28 topics
  3. Land Use Change9▲ 41×5 topics
  4. Hydrological Modeling9▲ 51×5 topics
  5. Machine Learning8▲ 3.2×6 topics
  6. Sustainability7▲ 4.1×11 topics
  7. GIS6▲ 111×3 topics
  8. Groundwater Potential6▲ 289×1 topic
  9. Machine Learning Models6▲ 289×1 topic
  10. Water Resources5▲ 29×3 topics
  11. Biomass Estimation4▲ 38×2 topics
  12. Climate4▲ 61×2 topics
  13. Ecosystem Services4▲ 15×4 topics
  14. Phenology4▲ 83×1 topic
  15. Vegetation Monitoring4▲ 83×1 topic
  16. Sediment Transport4▲ 34×3 topics
  17. Urbanization4▲ 14×2 topics
  18. Biodiversity Conservation4▲ 14×3 topics
  19. Deep Learning4▲ 1.55×5 topics
  20. Model Evaluation4▲ 41×2 topics
  21. Satellite Imagery4▲ 39×2 topics
  22. Flood Risk4▲ 62×1 topic
  23. Surface Water Mapping4▲ 66×1 topic
  24. Global Hydrology3▲ 66×1 topic
  25. Uncertainty Assessment3▲ 66×1 topic
  26. Global Impact3▲ 25×1 topic
  27. Spatial Dynamics3▲ 46×1 topic
  28. Medicinal Plants3▲ 10×8 topics
  29. Hyperspectral Imaging3▲ 14×3 topics
  30. Support Vector Machines3▲ 12×3 topics
  31. Global Warming3▲ 8.9×4 topics
  32. Environmental Monitoring2▲ 8.4×3 topics
  33. Urban Heat Island2▲ 33×2 topics
  34. Citizen Science2▲ 29×2 topics
  35. Precipitation2▲ 59×2 topics
  36. Principal Component Analysis2▲ 21×2 topics
  37. Wireless Sensor Networks2▲ 6.1×3 topics
  38. Groundwater2▲ 26×3 topics
  39. Soil Moisture2▲ 30×3 topics
  40. Water Management2▲ 18×2 topics

Which research topics does Punjab Remote Sensing Centre publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Groundwater and Watershed Analysis, Remote Sensing in Agriculture, Flood Risk Assessment and Management and Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies.

Groundwater and Watershe…6Groundwater and Watershed Analysis: 6 fractional worksRemote Sensing in Agriculture: 4 fractional worksFlood Risk Assessment and Management: 4 fractional worksHydrology and Watershed Management Studies: 3 fractional worksLand Use and Ecosystem Services: 3 fractional worksGeographic Information S…2Geographic Information Systems Studies: 2 fractional worksGroundwater and Isotope Geochemistry: 1 fractional worksWater Quality and Pollution Assessment: 1 fractional worksSmart Agriculture and AI: 1 fractional worksRemote Sensing and Land Use: 1 fractional works
Environmental EngineeringEcologyGlobal and Planetary ChangeWater Science and Technology4 others

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

  1. 1 Groundwater and Watershed Analysis Environmental Engineering 6 works
  2. 2 Remote Sensing in Agriculture Ecology 4 works
  3. 3 Flood Risk Assessment and Management Global and Planetary Change 4 works
  4. 4 Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies Water Science and Technology 3 works
  5. 5 Land Use and Ecosystem Services Global and Planetary Change 3 works
  6. 6 Geographic Information Systems Studies Geography, Planning and Development 2 works
  7. 7 Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry Geochemistry and Petrology 1 works
  8. 8 Water Quality and Pollution Assessment Water Science and Technology 1 works
  9. 9 Smart Agriculture and AI Plant Science 1 works
  10. 10 Remote Sensing and Land Use Atmospheric Science 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 available31.8%not open68.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.2%domestic only88.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Punjab Remote Sensing Centre's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 52% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Punjab Remote Sensing Centre as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00026% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Punjab Remote Sensing Centre0.00027% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Punjab Remote Sensing Centre over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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