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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 (#2,614 of 10,670 worldwide), Physics and Astronomy (#614 of 1,417 worldwide) and Materials Science (#1,046 of 2,276 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Condensed Matter Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Nuclear and High Energy Physics (Condensed Matter Physics is 34.5× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#6,476
of 22,385 · #4,493 all time
Rank in India
#308
of 1,562
Research works
3k
▲ 4% vs 2018-21
Citations
53k
17.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.83×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
42%
world 40%
International
16%
world 18%
S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences

What is S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences 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
Physical SciencesDomain #2,614 of 10,670 5.6%481 #2170
Physics and AstronomyField #614 of 1,417 4.2%207 #677
Materials ScienceField #1,046 of 2,276 6.4%112 #1248
Materials ChemistrySubfield #902 of 1,473 6.4%64 #1106
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsSubfield #406 of 547 5.7%77 #623
EngineeringField #5,001 of 5,901 4.6%63 #4598

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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Physical Sciences#2,170 #2,614
  2. Physics and Astronomy#677 #614
  3. Materials Science#1,248 #1,046
  4. Materials Chemistry#1,106 #902
  5. Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics#623 #406
  6. Engineering#4,598 #5,001
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences work in?

In 2022-now, 87% of research at S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences is in Physical Sciences, 10% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Physics and Astronomy (37%), Materials Science (21%), Engineering (11%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 528 fractional works · 87.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 226 fractional works · 37.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 85 fractional works · 14.1% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 42 fractional works · 6.9% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 35 fractional works · 5.9% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 33 fractional works · 5.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 26 fractional works · 4.4% of its workInstrumentation: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 124 fractional works · 20.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 71 fractional works · 11.7% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 45 fractional works · 7.5% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 68 fractional works · 11.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 39 fractional works · 6.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 18 fractional works · 3.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workChemistry: 35 fractional works · 5.8% of its workSpectroscopy: 12 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 8 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 7 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workElectrochemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 30 fractional works · 5.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 19 fractional works · 3.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 11 fractional works · 1.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 11 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 10 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 10 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCatalysis: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 9 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEcology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeometry and Topology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 59 fractional works · 9.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 49 fractional works · 8.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 41 fractional works · 6.8% of its workCell Biology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 11 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMedicine: 11 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKS.N. BoseNational Centre…604fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences87%Health Sciences2%Social Sciences1%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Physics and Astronomy22637.4%
    2. Materials Science12420.5%
    3. Engineering6811.3%
    4. Chemistry355.8%
    5. Computer Science305.0%
    6. Energy111.8%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences101.7%
    8. Chemical Engineering101.6%
    9. Environmental Science91.5%
    10. Mathematics50.9%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology498.2%
    2. Neuroscience40.7%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences30.6%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.2%
    1. Medicine111.8%
    2. Nursing00.0%
    3. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance30.4%
    2. Decision Sciences20.3%
    3. Social Sciences10.1%
    4. Psychology00.1%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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 34.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Condensed Matter PhysicsSubfield · 33.3 works34×
  2. Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsSubfield · 85.4 works20×
  3. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 35.5 works19×
  4. Physics and AstronomyField · 225.6 works17×
  5. Electronic, Optical and Magnetic MaterialsSubfield · 45.2 works16×
  6. Statistical and Nonlinear PhysicsSubfield · 26.5 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: 0.12× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.53× its world share, 49 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.40× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.61× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 4.52× its world share, 10 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 3.68× its world share, 35 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.64× its world share, 30 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.06× its world share, 10 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.00× its world share, 11 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.76× its world share, 68 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.30× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 5.87× its world share, 124 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.76× its world share, 5 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 16.80× its world share, 226 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: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.20× its world share, 3 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, 16.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy16.80×226 works
  2. Materials Science5.87×124 works
  3. Chemical Engineering4.52×10 works
  4. Chemistry3.68×35 works
  5. Energy2.00×11 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.53×49 works
  7. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.06×10 works
  8. Engineering0.76×68 works
  9. Mathematics0.76×5 works
  10. Computer Science0.64×30 works
  11. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.61×1 works
  12. Neuroscience0.40×4 works
  13. Environmental Science0.30×9 works
  14. Decision Sciences0.26×2 works
  15. Immunology and Microbiology0.24×2 works
  16. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.20×3 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.12×3 works
  18. Medicine0.10×11 works
  19. Nursing0.02×0 works
  20. Psychology0.02×0 works
  21. Dentistry0.01×0 works
  22. Arts and Humanities0.01×0 works
  23. Social Sciences0.01×1 works

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

Ranked on the quality score, Rupa Sarkar, Susmita Mondal and Avanti Chakraborty lead among researchers whose main affiliation is S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences.

  1. 1 Rupa Sarkar India · #431,161 worldwide 5.2k citations · 52 works
  2. 2 Susmita Mondal India · #436,527 worldwide 3.3k citations · 182 works
  3. 3 Avanti Chakraborty India · #507,289 worldwide 744 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Priya Mahadevan India · #534,324 worldwide 8.9k citations · 271 works
  5. 5 Rabin Banerjee India · #711,493 worldwide 2.9k citations · 94 works
  6. 6 Gobinda Gopal Khan India · #739,242 worldwide 3.6k citations · 78 works
  7. 7 Sujoy K. Modak India · #801,920 worldwide 1.2k citations · 56 works
  8. 8 Bikash Mishra India · #846,435 worldwide 937 citations · 25 works
  9. 9 Saurav Samanta India · #950,160 worldwide 1.2k citations · 36 works
  10. 10 Urna Basu India · #970,437 worldwide 1.2k citations · 84 works
All ranked researchers at S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences

What are the most cited papers from S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences?

The most cited paper from S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences is "‘Green’ synthesis of metals and their oxide nanoparticles: applications for environmental remediation" (Jagpreet Singh, Tanushree Dutta, Ki‐Hyun Kim et al., 2018), with 2,699 citations. Next come "Electronic structure, chemical bonding, and optical properties of paraelectric BaTiO 3" (1,290) and "Small-world properties of the Indian railway network" (599).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 ‘Green’ synthesis of metals and their oxide nanoparticles: applications for environmental remediation Jagpreet Singh, Tanushree Dutta, Ki‐Hyun Kim et al. · Journal of Nanobiotechnology Open access 29 Oct 2018 2,699
2 Electronic structure, chemical bonding, and optical properties of paraelectric BaTiO 3 Sonali Saha, T.P. Sinha, Abhijit Mookerjee · Physical review. B, Condensed matter Oct 2000 1,290
3 Small-world properties of the Indian railway network Parongama Sen, Subinay Dasgupta, Arnab Chatterjee et al. · Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics Open access 14 Mar 2003 599
4 The 2021 Magnonics Roadmap Anjan Barman et al. · Journal of Physics Condensed Matter Open access 4 Mar 2021 580
5 Advances in Magnetics Roadmap on Spin-Wave Computing Andrii V. Chumak et al. · IEEE Transactions on Magnetics Open access116 authors 7 Feb 2022 473
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

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

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

▲ 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. Electronic Structure36▲ 33×8 topics
  2. Quantum Gravity32▲ 63×4 topics
  3. Entanglement31▲ 34×4 topics
  4. Nanoparticles28▲ 3.7×29 topics
  5. Spintronics27▲ 35×4 topics
  6. Black Holes26▲ 44×3 topics
  7. Room Temperature24▲ 27×3 topics
  8. Two-Dimensional Materials22▲ 16×4 topics
  9. Graphene21▲ 5.2×9 topics
  10. Superconductivity21▲ 20×9 topics
  11. Quantum Entanglement21▲ 54×2 topics
  12. Molecular Dynamics20▲ 19×6 topics
  13. Quantum Information19▲ 27×3 topics
  14. String Theory19▲ 56×2 topics
  15. Field Theories19▲ 69×1 topic
  16. Holographic19▲ 69×1 topic
  17. Supernovae18▲ 38×2 topics
  18. Superconducting Circuits18▲ 43×2 topics
  19. Dark Energy17▲ 43×2 topics
  20. Catalysis17▲ 4.2×15 topics
  21. General Relativity17▲ 41×2 topics
  22. Cosmic Microwave Background16▲ 50×1 topic
  23. Cosmological Parameters16▲ 50×1 topic
  24. Hydrogen Bonding16▲ 30×5 topics
  25. Topological Order15▲ 53×2 topics
  26. Topological Insulators15▲ 51×2 topics
  27. Semiconductor14▲ 7.2×6 topics
  28. Optoelectronic Devices14▲ 25×2 topics
  29. Nanocrystals14▲ 8.7×5 topics
  30. Photoluminescence14▲ 28×2 topics
  31. Ferroelectricity13▲ 24×4 topics
  32. Thin Films13▲ 11×8 topics
  33. Semiconducting Transition Metal Dichalcogenides13▲ 32×1 topic
  34. Van der Waals Heterostructures13▲ 32×1 topic
  35. Semiconductors12▲ 7.1×3 topics
  36. Quantum Spin Hall Effect12▲ 57×1 topic
  37. Superconductors12▲ 57×1 topic
  38. Bell Inequality12▲ 55×1 topic
  39. Decoherence12▲ 55×1 topic
  40. Perovskite Oxides12▲ 31×2 topics

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

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

Black Holes and Theoreti…19Black Holes and Theoretical Physics: 19 fractional worksCosmology and Gravitatio…16Cosmology and Gravitation Theories: 16 fractional works2D Materials and Applications: 13 fractional worksTopological Materials and Phenomena: 12 fractional worksQuantum Mechanics and Applications: 12 fractional worksNoncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories: 12 fractional worksQuantum Information and Cryptography: 11 fractional worksMagnetic properties of t…11Magnetic properties of thin films: 11 fractional worksMultiferroics and related materials: 10 fractional worksPhysics of Superconductivity and Magnetism: 10 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 19 works
  2. 2 Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Astronomy and Astrophysics 16 works
  3. 3 2D Materials and Applications Materials Chemistry 13 works
  4. 4 Topological Materials and Phenomena Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 12 works
  5. 5 Quantum Mechanics and Applications Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 12 works
  6. 6 Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 12 works
  7. 7 Quantum Information and Cryptography Artificial Intelligence 11 works
  8. 8 Magnetic properties of thin films Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 11 works
  9. 9 Multiferroics and related materials Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 10 works
  10. 10 Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism Condensed Matter Physics 10 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 4% 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 S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0025% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences0.0023% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences 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 2025S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences8.1% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.0% in 2012.

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