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RK University

In research, RK University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#4,814 of 12,888 worldwide), Medicine (#7,392 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#8,502 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, Organic Chemistry and Chemistry — Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics is 12.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#7,783
of 28,054 · #16,700 all time
Rank in India
#557
of 1,840
Research works
1.3k
▲ 77% vs 2013–17
Citations
7.1k
5.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
55%
world 28%

What is RK 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 #4,814 of 12,888 9.8%271 #10438
MedicineField #7,392 of 10,443 6.1%128 #14168
Health SciencesDomain #8,502 of 11,982 7.1%151 #12100
Life SciencesDomain #6,599 of 7,800 12.8%101 #13035
EngineeringField #5,844 of 6,636 5.6%85 #9432
Computer ScienceField #4,341 of 4,667 8.1%66 #5987

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where RK 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#10,438 #4,814
  2. Medicine#14,168 #7,392
  3. Health Sciences#12,100 #8,502
  4. Life Sciences#13,035 #6,599
  5. Engineering#9,432 #5,844
  6. Computer Science#5,987 #4,341
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 RK University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics takes 12.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Pharmacology, Toxicology and PharmaceuticsField · 24.7 works12×
  2. Organic ChemistrySubfield · 44.5 works10×
  3. ChemistryField · 59.2 works6.7×
← 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: 1.16× its world share, 31 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.14× its world share, 34 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.84× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.68× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 12.35× its world share, 25 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.62× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 6.66× its world share, 59 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.50× its world share, 66 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.19× its world share, 6 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.00× its world share, 85 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.61× its world share, 17 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.70× its world share, 34 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.55× its world share, 7 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.72× its world share, 11 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.18× its world share, 128 worksMedicineNursing: 1.63× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.52× its world share, 10 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.10× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.52× its world share, 9 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 15 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 12.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at RK University?

Ranked on the composite score, Sougata Ghosh, Amit Lathigara and Nirav Bhatt lead among researchers whose main affiliation is RK University.

  1. 1 Sougata Ghosh India · #1,102,925 worldwide 64 citations · 59 works
  2. 2 Amit Lathigara India · #1,501,639 worldwide 7 citations · 32 works
  3. 3 Nirav Bhatt India · #1,555,094 worldwide 4 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Paresh Tanna India · #1,588,244 worldwide 9 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Bharti Chourasia India · #1,607,947 worldwide 7 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Bonny Y. Patel India · #1,627,908 worldwide 5 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 Ashish R. Tanna India · #1,631,067 worldwide 18 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at RK University

Which keywords describe research at RK University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Medicinal Chemistry, Anticancer Agents, Deep Learning, Drug Discovery, Synthesis, Machine Learning, Nanoparticles and Heterocyclic Compounds.

▲ 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 Learning41▲ 2.1×48 topics
  2. Machine Learning36▲ 1.92×42 topics
  3. Epidemiology31▲ 1.38×58 topics
  4. Medicinal Chemistry25▲ 16×11 topics
  5. Nanoparticles25▲ 3.5×25 topics
  6. Anticancer Agents22▲ 26×10 topics
  7. Drug Discovery21▲ 17×11 topics
  8. Inflammation20▲ 1.69×39 topics
  9. Synthesis19▲ 9.2×24 topics
  10. Biomedical Applications17▲ 2.6×25 topics
  11. Heterocyclic Compounds17▲ 35×5 topics
  12. Internet of Things17▲ 3.4×15 topics
  13. Antioxidant Activity16▲ 4.5×20 topics
  14. Antioxidant16▲ 4.2×29 topics
  15. Healthcare16▲ 2.5×12 topics
  16. Antimicrobial14▲ 9.0×9 topics
  17. Nanomaterials14▲ 2.4×12 topics
  18. Catalysis14▲ 3.6×18 topics
  19. IoT Security13▲ 7.2×3 topics
  20. Coumarins13▲ 43×2 topics
  21. Tubulin Inhibitors13▲ 48×1 topic
  22. Vascular Targeting Agents13▲ 48×1 topic
  23. Cancer Therapy13▲ 3.9×15 topics
  24. Drug Delivery13▲ 4.1×10 topics
  25. Medicinal Plants13▲ 5.5×10 topics
  26. Toxicity12▲ 4.9×11 topics
  27. Antimicrobial Activity11▲ 12×6 topics
  28. Green Synthesis11▲ 9.8×4 topics
  29. Herbal Medicine10▲ 6.1×10 topics
  30. Pharmacology10▲ 7.0×14 topics
  31. Cytotoxicity10▲ 12×7 topics
  32. Green Chemistry10▲ 9.4×7 topics
  33. Flavonoids9▲ 6.3×8 topics
  34. Organic Synthesis9▲ 14×7 topics
  35. Molecular Docking9▲ 13×4 topics
  36. Biosynthesis8▲ 9.3×6 topics
  37. Anticancer8▲ 9.1×14 topics
  38. Biological Evaluation8▲ 24×4 topics
  39. Heterocycles8▲ 15×7 topics
  40. Multicomponent Reactions8▲ 59×3 topics

Which research topics does RK University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Synthesis and biological activity, Multicomponent Synthesis of Heterocycles, Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications and Drug Solubulity and Delivery Systems.

Synthesis and biological…13Synthesis and biological activity: 13 fractional worksMulticomponent Synthesis…7Multicomponent Synthesis of Heterocycles: 7 fractional worksNanoparticles: synthesis and applications: 7 fractional worksDrug Solubulity and Delivery Systems: 6 fractional worksAnalytical Methods in Pharmaceuticals: 6 fractional worksNetwork Security and Intrusion Detection: 6 fractional worksIoT and Edge/Fog Computing5IoT and Edge/Fog Computing: 5 fractional worksAdvanced Drug Delivery Systems: 5 fractional worksComputational Drug Discovery Methods: 5 fractional worksEssential Oils and Antim…5Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity: 5 fractional works
Organic ChemistryMaterials ChemistryPharmaceutical ScienceAnalytical Chemistry3 others

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

  1. 1 Synthesis and biological activity Organic Chemistry 13 works
  2. 2 Multicomponent Synthesis of Heterocycles Organic Chemistry 7 works
  3. 3 Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications Materials Chemistry 7 works
  4. 4 Drug Solubulity and Delivery Systems Pharmaceutical Science 6 works
  5. 5 Analytical Methods in Pharmaceuticals Analytical Chemistry 6 works
  6. 6 Network Security and Intrusion Detection Computer Networks and Communications 6 works
  7. 7 IoT and Edge/Fog Computing Computer Networks and Communications 5 works
  8. 8 Advanced Drug Delivery Systems Pharmaceutical Science 5 works
  9. 9 Computational Drug Discovery Methods Computational Theory and Mathematics 5 works
  10. 10 Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity Food Science 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 available54.8%not open45.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.9%domestic only89.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has RK University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 77% 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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