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Rubber Board

In research, Rubber Board stands highest in Life Sciences (#8,250 of 11,023 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#14,659 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Materials Science (Materials Science is 6.5× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#18,968
of 22,385 · #24,405 all time
Rank in India
#1,350
of 1,562
Research works
449
◆ 1% vs 2018-21
Citations
7.3k
16.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.00×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
23%
world 40%
International
12%
world 18%
Rubber Board

What is Rubber Board known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Life SciencesDomain #8,250 of 11,023 4.5%177
Physical SciencesDomain #14,659 of 17,446 7.1%224

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Rubber Board 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 Rubber Board work in?

In 2022-now, 60% of research at Rubber Board is in Physical Sciences, 30% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Materials Science (23%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (19%), Computer Science (15%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 53 fractional works · 59.8% of its workMaterials Science: 20 fractional works · 22.8% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 13 fractional works · 14.5% of its workBiomaterials: 4 fractional works · 4.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCeramics and Composites: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 13 fractional works · 14.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 3.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHardware and Architecture: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 12 fractional works · 14.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 4 fractional works · 4.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 3.0% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 5.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 27 fractional works · 30.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 17 fractional works · 19.0% of its workPlant Science: 11 fractional works · 12.2% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workForestry: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHorticulture: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 10 fractional works · 11.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 7.1% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 6.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 3 fractional works · 3.4% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKRubber Board88fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences30%Physical Sciences60%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences6%

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. Materials Science2022.8%
    2. Computer Science1314.8%
    3. Engineering1214.0%
    4. Environmental Science55.9%
    5. Chemistry21.8%
    6. Chemical Engineering00.3%
    7. Energy00.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1719.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1011.1%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
    4. Neuroscience00.1%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting22.0%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance21.7%
    3. Social Sciences11.6%
    4. Decision Sciences10.8%
    5. Psychology00.4%
    1. Medicine33.1%
    2. Health Professions00.2%
    3. Dentistry00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Rubber Board specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Materials Science takes 6.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Materials ScienceField · 20.2 works6.5×
← 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: 4.00× its world share, 17 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.07× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.90× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.14× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.90× its world share, 13 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.93× its world share, 12 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.19× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 6.54× its world share, 20 worksMaterials ScienceDentistry: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.16× its world share, 3 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.61× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.80× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.80× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Materials Science, 6.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Materials Science6.54×20 works
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences4.00×17 works
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.07×10 works
  4. Computer Science1.90×13 works
  5. Environmental Science1.19×5 works
  6. Chemistry1.14×2 works
  7. Engineering0.93×12 works
  8. Chemical Engineering0.90×0 works
  9. Decision Sciences0.80×1 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.80×2 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting0.61×2 works
  12. Energy0.27×0 works
  13. Dentistry0.26×0 works
  14. Immunology and Microbiology0.19×0 works
  15. Medicine0.16×3 works
  16. Psychology0.13×0 works
  17. Social Sciences0.12×1 works
  18. Health Professions0.08×0 works
  19. Neuroscience0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Rubber Board?

Ranked on the quality score, Siby Varghese, Baby Kuriakose and Reethamma Joseph lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Rubber Board.

  1. 1 Siby Varghese India · #1,439,128 worldwide 2.6k citations · 76 works
  2. 2 Baby Kuriakose India · #2,533,130 worldwide 1.3k citations · 46 works
  3. 3 Reethamma Joseph India · #3,147,125 worldwide 554 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 B. D. Porritt India · #3,312,771 worldwide 21 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 T Siju India · #3,721,346 worldwide 7 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Thakurdas Saha India · #3,900,361 worldwide 408 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 James Jacob India · #3,965,668 worldwide 1k citations · 59 works
  8. 8 T. Gireesh India · #3,994,261 worldwide 264 citations · 21 works
  9. 9 Jacob Mathew India · #4,146,308 worldwide 112 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Padmanabhan Mallinath Priyadarshan India · #4,321,743 worldwide 1.1k citations · 74 works
All ranked researchers at Rubber Board

What are the most cited papers from Rubber Board?

The most cited paper from Rubber Board is "Crop yield forecasting on the Canadian Prairies using MODIS NDVI data" (M.S. Mkhabela, Paul Bullock, Shammi Raj et al., 2011), with 515 citations. Next come "The mechanical performance of hybrid phenol-formaldehyde-based composites reinforced with glass and oil palm fibres" (483) and "Oil Palm Fibre Reinforced Phenol Formaldehyde Composites: Influence of Fibre Surface Modifications on the Mechanical Performance" (482).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Crop yield forecasting on the Canadian Prairies using MODIS NDVI data M.S. Mkhabela, Paul Bullock, Shammi Raj et al. · Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 8 Jan 2011 515
2 The mechanical performance of hybrid phenol-formaldehyde-based composites reinforced with glass and oil palm fibres M. S. Sreekala, Jayamol George, M. G. Kumaran et al. · Composites Science and Technology Feb 2002 483
3 Oil Palm Fibre Reinforced Phenol Formaldehyde Composites: Influence of Fibre Surface Modifications on the Mechanical Performance M. S. Sreekala, M. G. Kumaran, Seena Joseph et al. · Applied Composite Materials Nov 2000 482
4 Oil palm fibers: Morphology, chemical composition, surface modification, and mechanical properties M. S. Sreekala, M. G. Kumaran, Sabu Thomas · Journal of Applied Polymer Science 31 Oct 1997 479
5 Progress in polymers and polymer composites used as efficient materials for EMI shielding Ján Kruželák, Andrea Kvasničáková, Klaudia Hložeková et al. · Nanoscale Advances Open access 10 Nov 2020 426
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Rubber Board?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Nanocomposites, Nanoparticles, Biodegradable Polymers, Polymer, Layered Silicate, Preparation, Biomedical Applications and Genetic Diversity.

▲ 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. Nanocomposites12▲ 16×12 topics
  2. Nanoparticles9▲ 7.7×3 topics
  3. Biomedical Applications6▲ 5.5×12 topics
  4. Deep Learning6▲ 1.86×21 topics
  5. Biodegradable Polymers6▲ 36×4 topics
  6. Polymer5▲ 84×2 topics
  7. Layered Silicate5▲ 193×1 topic
  8. Preparation5▲ 193×1 topic
  9. Environmental Impact5▲ 3.4×9 topics
  10. Machine Learning4▲ 1.48×16 topics
  11. Mechanical Properties4▲ 4.9×7 topics
  12. Genetic Diversity4▲ 9.1×7 topics
  13. Phylogenetic Analysis4▲ 13×4 topics
  14. Conducting Polymers3▲ 27×2 topics
  15. Recycling3▲ 9.3×4 topics
  16. Rheology3▲ 18×2 topics
  17. Polymer Composites3▲ 12×5 topics
  18. Isoprenoid Pathway3▲ 105×1 topic
  19. Metabolic Engineering3▲ 33×2 topics
  20. Terpenoid Biosynthesis3▲ 105×1 topic
  21. Tissue Engineering3▲ 5.2×7 topics
  22. Host Specificity3▲ 27×2 topics
  23. Land Use Change3▲ 10×2 topics
  24. Polyhydroxyalkanoates3▲ 41×1 topic
  25. Polylactic Acid3▲ 41×1 topic
  26. Polymer Blends3▲ 53×1 topic
  27. Polymer Crystallization3▲ 141×1 topic
  28. Security3▲ 4.6×7 topics
  29. Fungal Pathogens2▲ 22×2 topics
  30. Rhizosphere Interactions2▲ 32×2 topics
  31. Endophytic Fungi2▲ 29×1 topic
  32. Genomic Characterization2▲ 21×1 topic
  33. Shape Memory Polymers2▲ 33×2 topics
  34. Plant Immunity2▲ 27×2 topics
  35. Renewable Resources2▲ 14×2 topics
  36. Self-Healing2▲ 63×1 topic
  37. Supramolecular Polymers2▲ 63×1 topic
  38. Microbial Pathogens2▲ 41×1 topic
  39. Pattern Recognition Receptors2▲ 18×1 topic
  40. Biodiversity Conservation2▲ 6.1×3 topics

Which research topics does Rubber Board publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Polymer Nanocomposites and Properties, Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis, biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties and Polymer crystallization and properties.

Polymer Nanocomposites a…5Polymer Nanocomposites and Properties: 5 fractional worksPlant biochemistry and biosynthesis: 3 fractional worksbiodegradable polymer sy…3biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties: 3 fractional worksPolymer crystallization …3Polymer crystallization and properties: 3 fractional worksPlant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases: 2 fractional worksPolymer composites and self-healing: 2 fractional worksPlant-Microbe Interactio…2Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity: 2 fractional worksAgricultural and Food Sciences: 2 fractional worksConservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management: 2 fractional worksConsumer Retail Behavior Studies: 1 fractional works
Polymers and PlasticsMolecular BiologyBiomaterialsCell Biology4 others

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

  1. 1 Polymer Nanocomposites and Properties Polymers and Plastics 5 works
  2. 2 Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis Molecular Biology 3 works
  3. 3 biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties Biomaterials 3 works
  4. 4 Polymer crystallization and properties Polymers and Plastics 3 works
  5. 5 Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases Cell Biology 2 works
  6. 6 Polymer composites and self-healing Polymers and Plastics 2 works
  7. 7 Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity Plant Science 2 works
  8. 8 Agricultural and Food Sciences Forestry 2 works
  9. 9 Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  10. 10 Consumer Retail Behavior Studies Marketing 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 available22.7%not open77.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.9%domestic only88.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Rubber Board's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 1% lower 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 Rubber Board as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00048% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Rubber Board0.00036% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Rubber Board over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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