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Punjabi University

In research, Punjabi University stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,767 of 10,521 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#2,488 of 12,888 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#1,494 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Computer Networks and Communications — Computer Networks and Communications is 3.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,063
of 28,054 · #3,148 all time
Rank in India
#187
of 1,840
Research works
8.4k
▲ 7% vs 2013–17
Citations
109k
12.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
37%
world 28%

What is Punjabi 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
Social SciencesDomain #1,767 of 10,521 17.8%483 #2179
Physical SciencesDomain #2,488 of 12,888 15.8%857 #2734
Social SciencesField #1,494 of 6,365 17.0%151 #1887
EngineeringField #1,963 of 6,636 17.4%262 #1742
Computer ScienceField #1,402 of 4,667 18.5%307 #1902
Health SciencesDomain #4,256 of 11,982 12.8%190 #3813
Artificial IntelligenceSubfield #1,058 of 1,884 18.7%87 #1486
Information SystemsSubfield #741 of 1,291 19.7%64 #1191
Business, Management and AccountingField #1,505 of 2,578 19.5%153 #1771
Life SciencesDomain #4,886 of 7,800 9.3%278 #3712

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Punjabi 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. Social Sciences#2,179 #1,767
  2. Physical Sciences#2,734 #2,488
  3. Social Sciences#1,887 #1,494
  4. Engineering#1,742 #1,963
  5. Computer Science#1,902 #1,402
  6. Health Sciences#3,813 #4,256
  7. Artificial Intelligence#1,486 #1,058
  8. Information Systems#1,191 #741
  9. Business, Management and Accounting#1,771 #1,505
  10. Life Sciences#3,712 #4,886
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 Punjabi University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Computer Networks and Communications takes 3.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Computer Networks and CommunicationsSubfield · 58.6 works3.6×
← 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: 1.64× its world share, 140 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.92× its world share, 89 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.21× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.96× its world share, 28 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.66× its world share, 17 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.88× its world share, 6 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.84× its world share, 52 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.18× its world share, 307 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.37× its world share, 11 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.55× its world share, 9 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.97× its world share, 262 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.80× its world share, 72 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.35× its world share, 85 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.00× its world share, 21 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.79× its world share, 32 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.74× its world share, 35 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.42× its world share, 146 worksMedicineNursing: 0.63× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.57× its world share, 30 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.62× its world share, 152 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.32× its world share, 40 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.50× its world share, 58 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.94× its world share, 52 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.66× its world share, 151 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 2.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Punjabi University?

Ranked on the composite score, Gurpreet Singh Lehal, Nirmal Singh and Amteshwar Singh Jaggi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Punjabi University.

  1. 1 Gurpreet Singh Lehal India · #69,551 worldwide 374 citations · 27 works
  2. 2 Nirmal Singh India · #93,466 worldwide 291 citations · 38 works
  3. 3 Amteshwar Singh Jaggi India · #148,438 worldwide 238 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 Rajesh Kumar Goel India · #165,449 worldwide 211 citations · 56 works
  5. 5 Simranjit Singh India · #218,153 worldwide 156 citations · 27 works
  6. 6 J.S. Khamba India · #279,022 worldwide 80 citations · 27 works
  7. 7 Chandan Singh India · #303,212 worldwide 189 citations · 49 works
  8. 8 Liaqat Ali India · #355,888 worldwide 99 citations · 24 works
  9. 9 Puneetpal Singh India · #358,793 worldwide 155 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Raj Kamal India · #366,203 worldwide 86 citations · 28 works
All ranked researchers at Punjabi University

Which keywords describe research at Punjabi University?

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

▲ 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 Learning168▲ 2.7×68 topics
  2. Machine Learning145▲ 2.5×68 topics
  3. Sustainability65▲ 1.49×46 topics
  4. Healthcare49▲ 2.4×17 topics
  5. Convolutional Neural Networks45▲ 3.4×13 topics
  6. Neural Networks45▲ 1.60×29 topics
  7. Internet of Things44▲ 2.8×17 topics
  8. Supply Chain Management42▲ 2.5×16 topics
  9. Security37▲ 3.2×21 topics
  10. IoT Security37▲ 6.4×3 topics
  11. Wireless Sensor Networks35▲ 4.3×15 topics
  12. Big Data30▲ 1.84×19 topics
  13. Consumer Behavior29▲ 2.5×12 topics
  14. Biodiversity29▲ 2.1×19 topics
  15. Social Capital29▲ 3.0×10 topics
  16. Development27▲ 4.3×9 topics
  17. Environmental Monitoring26▲ 3.8×9 topics
  18. Feature Extraction25▲ 3.0×8 topics
  19. Classification25▲ 3.0×11 topics
  20. Image Processing24▲ 3.0×10 topics
  21. India24▲ 19×3 topics
  22. Smart Cities24▲ 5.2×5 topics
  23. Cybersecurity23▲ 5.4×4 topics
  24. Environmental Management23▲ 3.2×10 topics
  25. Policy23▲ 5.8×7 topics
  26. IoT22▲ 3.2×14 topics
  27. Anomaly Detection22▲ 4.1×4 topics
  28. DNA Barcoding20▲ 6.7×7 topics
  29. Intrusion Detection19▲ 7.2×4 topics
  30. Phylogeny19▲ 6.9×12 topics
  31. User Satisfaction18▲ 5.2×3 topics
  32. Structural Equation Modeling18▲ 5.0×3 topics
  33. 5G Networks18▲ 4.8×4 topics
  34. Technology Acceptance Model18▲ 6.5×2 topics
  35. Information Systems18▲ 5.7×3 topics
  36. Online Shopping17▲ 5.2×1 topic
  37. Partial Least Squares17▲ 9.7×1 topic
  38. Network Security16▲ 6.8×2 topics
  39. Botnet Detection16▲ 7.0×1 topic
  40. DDoS Attacks16▲ 7.0×1 topic

Which research topics does Punjabi University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Technology Adoption and User Behaviour, Network Security and Intrusion Detection, Agricultural Economics and Practices and IoT and Edge/Fog Computing.

Technology Adoption and …17Technology Adoption and User Behaviour: 17 fractional worksNetwork Security and Int…16Network Security and Intrusion Detection: 16 fractional worksAgricultural Economics and Practices: 13 fractional worksIoT and Edge/Fog Computing: 12 fractional worksBlockchain Technology Applications and Security: 12 fractional worksSmart Agriculture and AI: 11 fractional worksQuality and Supply Management: 11 fractional worksDigital Marketing and So…10Digital Marketing and Social Media: 10 fractional worksAdvanced Malware Detection Techniques: 9 fractional worksOptical Network Technologies: 9 fractional works
Information Systems and ManagementComputer Networks and CommunicationsGeneral Agricultural and Biological SciencesInformation Systems5 others

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

  1. 1 Technology Adoption and User Behaviour Information Systems and Management 17 works
  2. 2 Network Security and Intrusion Detection Computer Networks and Communications 16 works
  3. 3 Agricultural Economics and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 13 works
  4. 4 IoT and Edge/Fog Computing Computer Networks and Communications 12 works
  5. 5 Blockchain Technology Applications and Security Information Systems 12 works
  6. 6 Smart Agriculture and AI Plant Science 11 works
  7. 7 Quality and Supply Management Management Information Systems 11 works
  8. 8 Digital Marketing and Social Media Sociology and Political Science 10 works
  9. 9 Advanced Malware Detection Techniques Signal Processing 9 works
  10. 10 Optical Network Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 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 available37.4%not open62.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.5%domestic only93.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Punjabi University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 7% 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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