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Raman Research Institute

In research, Raman Research Institute stands highest in Physics and Astronomy (#1,008 of 1,417 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#8,225 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Physics and Astronomy and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (Astronomy and Astrophysics is 29.5× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#15,125
of 22,385 · #9,861 all time
Rank in India
#1,059
of 1,562
Research works
2.6k
▲ 19% vs 2018-21
Citations
57k
22.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.80×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
37%
world 40%
International
18%
world 18%
Raman Research Institute

What is Raman Research Institute known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physics and AstronomyField #1,008 of 1,417 3.4%128 #979
Physical SciencesDomain #8,225 of 10,670 4.1%285 #4385

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Raman Research Institute 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Raman Research Institute work in?

In 2022-now, 88% of research at Raman Research Institute is in Physical Sciences, 7% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Physics and Astronomy (38%), Engineering (19%), Materials Science (11%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 312 fractional works · 87.8% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 135 fractional works · 38.0% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 54 fractional works · 15.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 39 fractional works · 10.9% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 20 fractional works · 5.6% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 12 fractional works · 3.3% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInstrumentation: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 67 fractional works · 18.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 20 fractional works · 5.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 17 fractional works · 4.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 7 fractional works · 1.9% of its workComputational Mechanics: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 40 fractional works · 11.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 21 fractional works · 5.9% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 14 fractional works · 4.0% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 32 fractional works · 9.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 16 fractional works · 4.6% of its workInformation Systems: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 20 fractional works · 5.7% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 9 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSpectroscopy: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeophysics: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMathematical Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 25 fractional works · 6.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 16 fractional works · 4.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 11 fractional works · 3.0% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMolecular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPlant Science: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 12 fractional works · 3.4% of its workMedicine: 10 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKRaman ResearchInstitute355fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences88%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences2%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Physics and Astronomy13538.0%
    2. Engineering6718.8%
    3. Materials Science4011.2%
    4. Computer Science329.1%
    5. Chemistry205.7%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences51.3%
    7. Mathematics41.2%
    8. Environmental Science41.1%
    9. Energy30.9%
    10. Chemical Engineering20.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology164.5%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences51.5%
    3. Neuroscience20.5%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.4%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    1. Medicine102.7%
    2. Health Professions20.5%
    3. Nursing00.1%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Decision Sciences20.6%
    2. Social Sciences20.5%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting10.4%
    4. Psychology10.2%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Raman Research Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Astronomy and Astrophysics takes 29.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 54.5 works30×
  2. Physics and AstronomyField · 135.0 works17×
  3. Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsSubfield · 38.6 works15×
← 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: 0.32× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.85× its world share, 16 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.07× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.25× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 3.66× its world share, 20 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.18× its world share, 32 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.84× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.94× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.25× its world share, 67 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.23× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 3.20× its world share, 40 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.06× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 17.09× its world share, 135 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.14× its world share, 10 worksMedicineNursing: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.92× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.59× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 17.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy17.09×135 works
  2. Chemistry3.66×20 works
  3. Materials Science3.20×40 works
  4. Chemical Engineering1.25×2 works
  5. Engineering1.25×67 works
  6. Computer Science1.18×32 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.07×1 works
  8. Mathematics1.06×4 works
  9. Energy0.94×3 works
  10. Veterinary0.92×0 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.85×16 works
  12. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.84×5 works
  13. Decision Sciences0.59×2 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.32×5 works
  15. Neuroscience0.28×2 works
  16. Nursing0.26×0 works
  17. Environmental Science0.23×4 works
  18. Health Professions0.18×2 works
  19. Medicine0.14×10 works
  20. Business, Management and Accounting0.12×1 works
  21. Immunology and Microbiology0.07×0 works
  22. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.07×0 works
  23. Psychology0.07×1 works
  24. Social Sciences0.04×2 works

Who are the top researchers at Raman Research Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, A. Gopakumar, Bala R. Iyer and K. S. Srivani lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Raman Research Institute.

  1. 1 A. Gopakumar India · #1,072 worldwide 66k citations · 125 works
  2. 2 Bala R. Iyer India · #1,748 worldwide 100k citations · 448 works
  3. 3 K. S. Srivani India · #342,240 worldwide 5.7k citations · 91 works
  4. 4 Saurabh Singh India · #455,532 worldwide 2.9k citations · 86 works
  5. 5 Sanjib Sabhapandit India · #481,933 worldwide 2.5k citations · 102 works
  6. 6 N. Udaya Shankar India · #559,314 worldwide 5.9k citations · 138 works
  7. 7 T. Prabu India · #713,087 worldwide 8.8k citations · 147 works
  8. 8 Shovan Dutta India · #879,677 worldwide 803 citations · 61 works
  9. 9 Pramod A. Pullarkat India · #1,120,560 worldwide 1.8k citations · 57 works
  10. 10 Dibyendu Roy India · #1,227,240 worldwide 2.4k citations · 113 works
All ranked researchers at Raman Research Institute

What are the most cited papers from Raman Research Institute?

The most cited paper from Raman Research Institute is "Hydrodynamics of soft active matter" (Maria Cristina Marchetti, Jean‐François Joanny, Sriraṁ Ramaswamy et al., 2013), with 4,254 citations. Next come "Advanced LIGO" (3,511) and "Generalized theory of interference, and its applications" (1,589).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Hydrodynamics of soft active matter Maria Cristina Marchetti, Jean‐François Joanny, Sriraṁ Ramaswamy et al. · Reviews of Modern Physics 19 Jul 2013 4,254
2 Advanced LIGO J. Aasi et al. · Classical and Quantum Gravity Open access701 authors 3 Mar 2015 3,511
3 Generalized theory of interference, and its applications Shanti Pancharatnam · Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences - Section A Nov 1956 1,589
4 Characterization of the LIGO detectors during their sixth science run J. Aasi et al. · Classical and Quantum Gravity Open access870 authors 13 May 2015 1,324
5 The Murchison Widefield Array: The Square Kilometre Array Precursor at Low Radio Frequencies Steven John Tingay et al. · Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia Open access 2013 1,278
All 58 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Raman Research Institute?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Black Holes, Nanoparticles, Entanglement, Cosmic Rays, Neutrinos, High-Energy Astrophysics, Particle Acceleration and Accretion Disks.

▲ 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. Nanoparticles20▲ 4.5×17 topics
  2. Black Holes20▲ 58×3 topics
  3. Entanglement15▲ 29×4 topics
  4. Cosmic Rays15▲ 87×2 topics
  5. Neutrinos15▲ 87×2 topics
  6. High-Energy Astrophysics13▲ 143×1 topic
  7. Particle Acceleration13▲ 143×1 topic
  8. Accretion Disks13▲ 74×2 topics
  9. Magnetic Fields13▲ 56×2 topics
  10. Quantum Information13▲ 31×3 topics
  11. Galactic Center12▲ 73×2 topics
  12. Biomedical Applications12▲ 2.8×14 topics
  13. Colloidal Crystals11▲ 74×2 topics
  14. Radio Astronomy11▲ 145×2 topics
  15. Gravitational Waves11▲ 56×2 topics
  16. Epoch of Reionization11▲ 243×1 topic
  17. Low-Frequency Telescopes11▲ 243×1 topic
  18. Nanostructured Materials10▲ 18×3 topics
  19. Star Formation10▲ 53×2 topics
  20. Self-Assembly10▲ 8.8×10 topics
  21. X-Ray Spectroscopy10▲ 65×2 topics
  22. Event Horizon Telescope10▲ 124×1 topic
  23. Supernovae10▲ 34×2 topics
  24. X-Ray Astronomy10▲ 124×1 topic
  25. Liquid Crystals10▲ 179×1 topic
  26. Self-Organization10▲ 86×1 topic
  27. Cosmology10▲ 40×3 topics
  28. Colloidal Particles10▲ 46×3 topics
  29. Dark Matter10▲ 23×4 topics
  30. Security10▲ 4.0×8 topics
  31. Optical Lattices8▲ 36×3 topics
  32. Polymerization8▲ 24×2 topics
  33. Polymer Films8▲ 32×3 topics
  34. Quantum Simulation8▲ 28×2 topics
  35. Superfluidity8▲ 53×2 topics
  36. Superconducting Circuits8▲ 31×2 topics
  37. Surfactants8▲ 22×3 topics
  38. Galaxies8▲ 72×1 topic
  39. Stellar Populations8▲ 72×1 topic
  40. Cryptography7▲ 16×2 topics

Which research topics does Raman Research Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena, Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology, Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations and Liquid Crystal Research Advancements.

Astrophysics and Cosmic …13Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena: 13 fractional worksRadio Astronomy Observat…11Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology: 11 fractional worksAstrophysical Phenomena …10Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations: 10 fractional worksLiquid Crystal Research …10Liquid Crystal Research Advancements: 10 fractional worksGalaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena: 8 fractional worksQuantum Information and Cryptography: 7 fractional worksCold Atom Physics and Bo…6Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates: 6 fractional worksGamma-ray bursts and supernovae: 6 fractional worksPulsars and Gravitational Waves Research: 6 fractional worksQuantum Mechanics and Applications: 5 fractional works
Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsAstronomy and AstrophysicsElectronic, Optical and Magnetic MaterialsArtificial Intelligence1 others

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

  1. 1 Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena Nuclear and High Energy Physics 13 works
  2. 2 Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology Astronomy and Astrophysics 11 works
  3. 3 Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations Astronomy and Astrophysics 10 works
  4. 4 Liquid Crystal Research Advancements Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 10 works
  5. 5 Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena Astronomy and Astrophysics 8 works
  6. 6 Quantum Information and Cryptography Artificial Intelligence 7 works
  7. 7 Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 6 works
  8. 8 Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae Astronomy and Astrophysics 6 works
  9. 9 Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research Astronomy and Astrophysics 6 works
  10. 10 Quantum Mechanics and Applications Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 5 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 available36.7%not open63.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.2%domestic only81.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Raman Research Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 19% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Raman Research Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0012% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%Raman Research Institute0.0019% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Raman Research Institute over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Raman Research Institute5.7% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 14.8% in 2004.

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