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S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences

In research, S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences stands highest in Physical Sciences (#2,158 of 12,888 worldwide), Physics and Astronomy (#837 of 1,646 worldwide) and Materials Science (#1,797 of 2,468 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Condensed Matter Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics — Condensed Matter Physics is 33.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,942
of 28,054 · #3,815 all time
Rank in India
#264
of 1,840
Research works
3k
◆ 1% vs 2013–17
Citations
53k
17.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
42%
world 28%

What is S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences 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 #2,158 of 12,888 14.6%481 #2345
Physics and AstronomyField #837 of 1,646 18.7%207 #992
Materials ScienceField #1,797 of 2,468 10.8%112 #2634
Materials ChemistrySubfield #1,313 of 1,556 12.0%64 #1991
EngineeringField #5,603 of 6,636 8.4%63 #6935
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsSubfield #502 of 565 11.5%77 #896

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences 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#2,345 #2,158
  2. Physics and Astronomy#992 #837
  3. Materials Science#2,634 #1,797
  4. Materials Chemistry#1,991 #1,313
  5. Engineering#6,935 #5,603
  6. Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics#896 #502
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 S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Condensed Matter Physics takes 33.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Condensed Matter PhysicsSubfield · 29.6 works34×
  2. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 33.8 works20×
  3. Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsSubfield · 76.7 works19×
  4. Physics and AstronomyField · 206.9 works17×
  5. Electronic, Optical and Magnetic MaterialsSubfield · 40.3 works16×
  6. Statistical and Nonlinear PhysicsSubfield · 24.3 works14×
← 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: 0.13× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.52× its world share, 45 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.44× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.52× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 4.49× its world share, 9 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 3.65× its world share, 32 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.64× its world share, 27 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.14× its world share, 10 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.80× its world share, 9 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.76× its world share, 63 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.31× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 5.80× its world share, 112 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.74× its world share, 5 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 16.89× its world share, 207 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksDentistryMedicine: 0.10× its world share, 11 worksMedicineNursing: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 16.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences?

Ranked on the composite score, Ranjit Biswas, Priya Mahadevan and Rabin Banerjee lead among researchers whose main affiliation is S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences.

  1. 1 Ranjit Biswas India · #58,336 worldwide 516 citations · 58 works
  2. 2 Priya Mahadevan India · #111,809 worldwide 526 citations · 66 works
  3. 3 Rabin Banerjee India · #297,160 worldwide 237 citations · 28 works
  4. 4 A. K. Raychaudhuri India · #381,579 worldwide 294 citations · 46 works
  5. 5 Tanusri Saha‐Dasgupta India · #393,872 worldwide 326 citations · 70 works
  6. 6 Atindra Nath Pal India · #502,829 worldwide 156 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 Rabin Banerjee India · #581,074 worldwide 283 citations · 46 works
  8. 8 Kalyan Mandal India · #616,672 worldwide 231 citations · 57 works
  9. 9 P.K. Mukhopadhyay India · #623,855 worldwide 48 citations · 21 works
  10. 10 Anjan Barman India · #659,786 worldwide 179 citations · 54 works
All ranked researchers at S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences

Which keywords describe research at S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Electronic Structure, Quantum Gravity, Entanglement, Spintronics, Black Holes, Room Temperature, Two-Dimensional Materials and Quantum Entanglement.

▲ 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. Electronic Structure33▲ 33×8 topics
  2. Quantum Gravity29▲ 65×4 topics
  3. Entanglement28▲ 34×4 topics
  4. Nanoparticles26▲ 3.7×28 topics
  5. Spintronics25▲ 35×4 topics
  6. Black Holes24▲ 46×3 topics
  7. Room Temperature23▲ 26×3 topics
  8. Two-Dimensional Materials22▲ 17×4 topics
  9. Graphene20▲ 5.3×9 topics
  10. Quantum Entanglement20▲ 54×2 topics
  11. Superconductivity19▲ 20×9 topics
  12. Molecular Dynamics19▲ 21×6 topics
  13. Quantum Information18▲ 28×3 topics
  14. Supernovae18▲ 39×2 topics
  15. String Theory18▲ 56×2 topics
  16. Field Theories17▲ 69×1 topic
  17. Holographic17▲ 69×1 topic
  18. Dark Energy16▲ 45×2 topics
  19. General Relativity16▲ 42×2 topics
  20. Cosmic Microwave Background16▲ 51×1 topic
  21. Cosmological Parameters16▲ 51×1 topic
  22. Superconducting Circuits16▲ 42×2 topics
  23. Hydrogen Bonding15▲ 31×5 topics
  24. Topological Order14▲ 51×2 topics
  25. Optoelectronic Devices13▲ 27×2 topics
  26. Semiconductor13▲ 7.1×6 topics
  27. Topological Insulators13▲ 52×2 topics
  28. Ferroelectricity13▲ 24×4 topics
  29. Nanocrystals13▲ 8.4×5 topics
  30. Photoluminescence13▲ 30×2 topics
  31. Semiconducting Transition Metal Dichalcogenides12▲ 34×1 topic
  32. Van der Waals Heterostructures12▲ 34×1 topic
  33. Semiconductors12▲ 7.1×3 topics
  34. Thin Films12▲ 11×7 topics
  35. Perovskite Oxides11▲ 30×2 topics
  36. Quantum Spin Hall Effect11▲ 60×1 topic
  37. Superconductors11▲ 60×1 topic
  38. Bell Inequality11▲ 54×1 topic
  39. Decoherence11▲ 54×1 topic
  40. Computation10▲ 26×2 topics

Which research topics does S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Black Holes and Theoretical Physics, Cosmology and Gravitation Theories, 2D Materials and Applications and Topological Materials and Phenomena.

Black Holes and Theoreti…17Black Holes and Theoretical Physics: 17 fractional worksCosmology and Gravitatio…16Cosmology and Gravitation Theories: 16 fractional works2D Materials and Applications: 12 fractional worksTopological Materials and Phenomena: 11 fractional worksQuantum Mechanics and Applications: 11 fractional worksNoncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories: 10 fractional worksMagnetic properties of thin films: 10 fractional worksQuantum Information and …10Quantum Information and Cryptography: 10 fractional worksMultiferroics and related materials: 9 fractional worksPhysics of Superconductivity and Magnetism: 9 fractional works
Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsAstronomy and AstrophysicsMaterials ChemistryAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics4 others

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

  1. 1 Black Holes and Theoretical Physics Nuclear and High Energy Physics 17 works
  2. 2 Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Astronomy and Astrophysics 16 works
  3. 3 2D Materials and Applications Materials Chemistry 12 works
  4. 4 Topological Materials and Phenomena Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 11 works
  5. 5 Quantum Mechanics and Applications Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 11 works
  6. 6 Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 10 works
  7. 7 Magnetic properties of thin films Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 10 works
  8. 8 Quantum Information and Cryptography Artificial Intelligence 10 works
  9. 9 Multiferroics and related materials Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 9 works
  10. 10 Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism Condensed Matter Physics 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 available42.0%not open58.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.5%domestic only83.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 1% 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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