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Sikkim University

In research, Sikkim University stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,107 of 10,521 worldwide), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#1,181 of 3,409 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#5,230 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Plant Science — Plant Science is 3.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,035
of 28,054 · #8,512 all time
Rank in India
#357
of 1,840
Research works
1.4k
▲ 206% vs 2013–17
Citations
19k
13.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
50%
world 28%

What is Sikkim 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 #3,107 of 10,521 19.9%188 #5045
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #1,181 of 3,409 18.6%94 #2477
Physical SciencesDomain #5,230 of 12,888 17.4%246 #7448
Life SciencesDomain #4,141 of 7,800 17.5%160 #8256
Social SciencesField #4,131 of 6,365 20.5%82 #6413
Environmental ScienceField #2,709 of 3,551 20.7%64 —
Health SciencesDomain #9,292 of 11,982 13.5%76 #14630

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Sikkim 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#5,045 #3,107
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#2,477 #1,181
  3. Physical Sciences#7,448 #5,230
  4. Life Sciences#8,256 #4,141
  5. Social Sciences#6,413 #4,131
  6. Health Sciences#14,630 #9,292
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 Sikkim University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Plant Science takes 3.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Plant ScienceSubfield · 41.7 works3.6×
← 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: 2.97× its world share, 94 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.46× its world share, 52 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.43× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.96× its world share, 7 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.89× its world share, 20 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.02× its world share, 53 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.58× its world share, 16 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.76× its world share, 5 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.50× its world share, 50 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.91× its world share, 64 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.66× its world share, 15 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.80× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.09× its world share, 16 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.64× its world share, 11 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.42× its world share, 54 worksMedicineNursing: 2.90× its world share, 10 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.67× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.09× its world share, 21 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.48× its world share, 32 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.66× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.94× its world share, 28 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.00× its world share, 20 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.97× its world share, 82 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 3.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Sikkim University?

Ranked on the composite score, Partha Pratim Ray, Jyoti Prakash Tamang and Anil Kumar Verma lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Sikkim University.

  1. 1 Partha Pratim Ray India · #117,601 worldwide 176 citations · 36 works
  2. 2 Jyoti Prakash Tamang India · #452,008 worldwide 113 citations · 26 works
  3. 3 Anil Kumar Verma India · #884,047 worldwide 97 citations · 34 works
  4. 4 Rajesh Kumar India · #1,017,268 worldwide 67 citations · 36 works
  5. 5 Anil Kumar Misra India · #1,122,715 worldwide 51 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Biswajit Roy India · #1,351,954 worldwide 21 citations · 26 works
  7. 7 Ajay Tripathi India · #1,449,918 worldwide 31 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Swarup Roy India · #1,461,579 worldwide 36 citations · 27 works
  9. 9 Archana Tiwari India · #1,467,046 worldwide 44 citations · 22 works
  10. 10 Laxuman Sharma India · #1,491,543 worldwide 11 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Sikkim University

Which keywords describe research at Sikkim University?

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

▲ 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. Climate Change46▲ 2.5×49 topics
  2. Sustainability34▲ 2.1×28 topics
  3. Machine Learning34▲ 1.56×45 topics
  4. Deep Learning25◆ 1.09×41 topics
  5. Artificial Intelligence23▲ 2.5×19 topics
  6. Human Rights22▲ 3.3×16 topics
  7. Food Security18▲ 4.9×10 topics
  8. Remote Sensing18▲ 2.1×22 topics
  9. Big Data17▲ 2.8×14 topics
  10. Healthcare16▲ 2.2×10 topics
  11. Biodiversity16▲ 3.2×15 topics
  12. Development15▲ 6.6×12 topics
  13. Conflict14▲ 13×5 topics
  14. Antioxidant14▲ 3.1×32 topics
  15. India14▲ 29×3 topics
  16. Agriculture13▲ 5.0×5 topics
  17. Ethnicity13▲ 5.1×5 topics
  18. Colonialism13▲ 4.1×6 topics
  19. Medical Imaging12▲ 3.6×6 topics
  20. Production12▲ 21×2 topics
  21. Technology12▲ 3.3×8 topics
  22. Policy11▲ 7.6×5 topics
  23. Federalism11▲ 24×2 topics
  24. Precision Medicine11▲ 3.4×7 topics
  25. Insurgency11▲ 72×1 topic
  26. Kashmir11▲ 72×1 topic
  27. Health Equity10▲ 5.6×4 topics
  28. Health Benefits10▲ 4.6×11 topics
  29. Medicinal Plants10▲ 3.6×12 topics
  30. Prebiotics9▲ 15×2 topics
  31. Biogeography9▲ 5.1×12 topics
  32. Ethical Challenges9▲ 6.8×2 topics
  33. Economic Analysis8▲ 8.4×2 topics
  34. Clinical Decision Support8▲ 8.3×1 topic
  35. Radiology8▲ 9.3×1 topic
  36. Poverty Reduction7▲ 7.9×3 topics
  37. Immune Modulation7▲ 9.7×2 topics
  38. Gut Health7▲ 17×1 topic
  39. Lactic Acid Bacteria7▲ 17×1 topic
  40. Economic Reforms6▲ 34×3 topics

Which research topics does Sikkim University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: South Asian Studies and Conflicts, Agricultural Economics and Practices, Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education and Probiotics and Fermented Foods.

South Asian Studies and Conflicts: 11 fractional worksAgricultural Economics and Practices: 8 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence …8Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 8 fractional worksProbiotics and Fermented…7Probiotics and Fermented Foods: 7 fractional worksIndian History and Philosophy: 5 fractional worksMicrofinance and Financial Inclusion: 4 fractional worksSocial and Economic Deve…4Social and Economic Development in India: 4 fractional worksBiofuel production and bioconversion: 4 fractional worksGenomics and Phylogenetic Studies: 4 fractional worksPlant and animal studies: 4 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsGeneral Agricultural and Biological SciencesHealth InformaticsFood Science6 others

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

  1. 1 South Asian Studies and Conflicts Political Science and International Relations 11 works
  2. 2 Agricultural Economics and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 8 works
  3. 3 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 8 works
  4. 4 Probiotics and Fermented Foods Food Science 7 works
  5. 5 Indian History and Philosophy Philosophy 5 works
  6. 6 Microfinance and Financial Inclusion Economics and Econometrics 4 works
  7. 7 Social and Economic Development in India Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  8. 8 Biofuel production and bioconversion Biomedical Engineering 4 works
  9. 9 Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies Molecular Biology 4 works
  10. 10 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 4 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 available50.1%not open49.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.9%domestic only90.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Sikkim University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 206% 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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