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Sambalpur University

In research, Sambalpur University stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,687 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#1,052 of 6,365 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#3,928 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,227
of 28,054 · #6,276 all time
Rank in India
#291
of 1,840
Research works
2.8k
▲ 119% vs 2013–17
Citations
29k
10.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
39%
world 28%

What is Sambalpur 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
Social SciencesDomain #1,687 of 10,521 21.8%287 #3258
Social SciencesField #1,052 of 6,365 17.3%116 #1837
Physical SciencesDomain #3,928 of 12,888 13.2%431 #4284
Life SciencesDomain #4,737 of 7,800 16.2%167 #9051
EngineeringField #4,164 of 6,636 12.2%100 #7471
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #2,160 of 3,409 17.3%88 #3129
Environmental ScienceField #2,288 of 3,551 17.1%74 #4366
Health SciencesDomain #8,721 of 11,982 10.5%105 #17307
MedicineField #7,995 of 10,443 10.1%74 #15737
Computer ScienceField #3,693 of 4,667 13.9%72 #5753

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Sambalpur 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. Social Sciences#3,258 #1,687
  2. Social Sciences#1,837 #1,052
  3. Physical Sciences#4,284 #3,928
  4. Life Sciences#9,051 #4,737
  5. Engineering#7,471 #4,164
  6. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#3,129 #2,160
  7. Environmental Science#4,366 #2,288
  8. Health Sciences#17,307 #8,721
  9. Medicine#15,737 #7,995
  10. Computer Science#5,753 #3,693
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.

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: 1.86× its world share, 88 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.09× its world share, 58 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.52× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.46× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.72× its world share, 10 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.59× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.11× its world share, 33 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.94× its world share, 72 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.89× its world share, 14 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.18× its world share, 11 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.68× its world share, 100 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.50× its world share, 74 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.64× its world share, 57 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 3.86× its world share, 45 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.09× its world share, 24 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.42× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.80× its world share, 21 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.39× its world share, 74 worksMedicineNursing: 1.61× its world share, 8 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.93× its world share, 27 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.84× its world share, 59 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.67× its world share, 16 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.20× its world share, 46 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.74× its world share, 22 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.93× its world share, 116 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Sambalpur University?

Ranked on the composite score, Santi Kumari Behera, Prabira Kumar Sethy and B. K. Mishra lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Sambalpur University.

  1. 1 Santi Kumari Behera India · #123,847 worldwide 168 citations · 36 works
  2. 2 Prabira Kumar Sethy India · #191,858 worldwide 181 citations · 39 works
  3. 3 B. K. Mishra India · #352,523 worldwide 226 citations · 51 works
  4. 4 Ajay Kumar Behera India · #495,093 worldwide 72 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Chandan Sahu India · #704,078 worldwide 66 citations · 23 works
  6. 6 Madhab C. Dash India · #748,766 worldwide 55 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Bulu Maharana India · #799,377 worldwide 21 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Banarji Behera India · #833,736 worldwide 152 citations · 47 works
  9. 9 T. R. Routray India · #1,012,986 worldwide 44 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Pravat Kumar Mohapatra India · #1,048,053 worldwide 37 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Sambalpur University

Which keywords describe research at Sambalpur University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Learning, India, Climate Change, Policy, Sustainability, Development, Conflict and Environmental Impact.

▲ 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. Machine Learning54▲ 1.66×55 topics
  2. Climate Change43▲ 1.61×51 topics
  3. Sustainability38▲ 1.59×44 topics
  4. Deep Learning37◆ 1.10×50 topics
  5. Environmental Impact29▲ 1.72×32 topics
  6. Globalization27▲ 1.40×28 topics
  7. Human Rights24▲ 2.3×14 topics
  8. India21▲ 29×3 topics
  9. Remote Sensing21▲ 1.69×17 topics
  10. COVID-1920▲ 1.50×16 topics
  11. Biomedical Applications19▲ 1.65×25 topics
  12. Economic Growth19▲ 2.3×18 topics
  13. Pandemic18▲ 1.75×9 topics
  14. Development18▲ 5.3×7 topics
  15. Food Security18▲ 3.3×11 topics
  16. Policy17▲ 8.0×6 topics
  17. Risk Management16▲ 3.4×10 topics
  18. Antioxidant16▲ 2.4×33 topics
  19. Consumer Behavior15▲ 2.5×11 topics
  20. Social Capital15▲ 2.9×9 topics
  21. Colonialism15▲ 3.1×10 topics
  22. Agriculture15▲ 3.7×4 topics
  23. Antioxidant Activity14▲ 2.3×19 topics
  24. Medicinal Plants14▲ 3.7×13 topics
  25. Conflict14▲ 8.5×6 topics
  26. Herbal Medicine13▲ 4.6×8 topics
  27. Economic Reforms12▲ 43×3 topics
  28. Principal Component Analysis11▲ 7.9×2 topics
  29. Poverty Reduction11▲ 8.2×3 topics
  30. Production10▲ 12×2 topics
  31. Economic Analysis10▲ 6.5×3 topics
  32. Anticancer Agents10▲ 6.4×9 topics
  33. Thin Films10▲ 5.0×7 topics
  34. Ferroelectric Materials9▲ 24×1 topic
  35. Lead-free Piezoceramics9▲ 24×1 topic
  36. Environmental Ethics9▲ 15×4 topics
  37. Federalism9▲ 13×1 topic
  38. Kashmir9▲ 40×1 topic
  39. Ferroelectricity8▲ 8.9×3 topics
  40. Perovskite Oxides8▲ 12×2 topics

Which research topics does Sambalpur University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials, Agricultural Economics and Practices, South Asian Studies and Conflicts and Indian History and Philosophy.

Ferroelectric and Piezoe…9Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials: 9 fractional worksAgricultural Economics a…9Agricultural Economics and Practices: 9 fractional worksSouth Asian Studies and Conflicts: 9 fractional worksIndian History and Philosophy: 8 fractional worksMultiferroics and related materials: 7 fractional worksSmart Agriculture and AI: 7 fractional worksWater Quality and Pollution Assessment: 7 fractional worksCOVID-19 Pandemic Impacts6COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts: 6 fractional worksIndian Economic and Social Development: 6 fractional worksTechnology Adoption and User Behaviour: 6 fractional works
Materials ChemistryGeneral Agricultural and Biological SciencesPolitical Science and International RelationsPhilosophy5 others

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

  1. 1 Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials Materials Chemistry 9 works
  2. 2 Agricultural Economics and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 9 works
  3. 3 South Asian Studies and Conflicts Political Science and International Relations 9 works
  4. 4 Indian History and Philosophy Philosophy 8 works
  5. 5 Multiferroics and related materials Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 7 works
  6. 6 Smart Agriculture and AI Plant Science 7 works
  7. 7 Water Quality and Pollution Assessment Water Science and Technology 7 works
  8. 8 COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Economics and Econometrics 6 works
  9. 9 Indian Economic and Social Development Economics and Econometrics 6 works
  10. 10 Technology Adoption and User Behaviour Information Systems and Management 6 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 available39.0%not open61.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.6%domestic only91.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Sambalpur University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 119% 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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