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Social Change and Development

In research, Social Change and Development stands highest in Physical Sciences (#10,714 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#15,621
of 28,054 · #23,071 all time
Rank in India
#1,057
of 1,840
Research works
719
▲ 10% vs 2013–17
Citations
8.3k
11.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
29%
world 28%

What is Social Change and Development 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 #10,714 of 12,888 25.2%75 #18491

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Social Change and Development 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).

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: 1.11× its world share, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.10× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.86× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.98× its world share, 23 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.71× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.60× its world share, 35 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.26× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.55× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.58× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.24× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.33× its world share, 10 worksMedicineNursing: 1.49× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.50× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.91× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.06× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.21× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.79× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.28× its world share, 24 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 2.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Social Change and Development?

Ranked on the composite score, Rosemary McGee, R. Santhana Krishnan and Bas Verschuuren lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Social Change and Development.

  1. 1 Rosemary McGee India · #358,423 worldwide 66 citations · 21 works
  2. 2 R. Santhana Krishnan India · #431,299 worldwide 109 citations · 40 works
  3. 3 Bas Verschuuren India · #1,216,108 worldwide 12 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 R. Santhana Krishnan India · #1,561,780 worldwide 24 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Social Change and Development

Which keywords describe research at Social Change and Development?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, IoT, Internet of Things, Machine Learning, Security, Wireless Sensor Networks, Environmental Monitoring and Convolutional Neural Networks.

▲ 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. Deep Learning25▲ 4.9×47 topics
  2. Machine Learning15▲ 3.1×37 topics
  3. IoT11▲ 20×10 topics
  4. Internet of Things10▲ 7.7×12 topics
  5. Security7▲ 7.6×10 topics
  6. Globalization6▲ 2.1×22 topics
  7. Sustainability6▲ 1.74×22 topics
  8. Wireless Sensor Networks6▲ 9.4×10 topics
  9. Convolutional Neural Networks6▲ 5.5×10 topics
  10. Environmental Monitoring5▲ 9.2×5 topics
  11. COVID-195▲ 2.5×10 topics
  12. Neural Networks5▲ 2.1×17 topics
  13. Smart Home5▲ 19×3 topics
  14. Healthcare5▲ 2.8×12 topics
  15. Image Processing5▲ 7.1×4 topics
  16. Home Automation4▲ 59×1 topic
  17. IoT Security4▲ 9.0×3 topics
  18. Sensors4▲ 22×2 topics
  19. Wireless4▲ 55×1 topic
  20. RFID Technology4▲ 16×3 topics
  21. Colonialism4▲ 5.3×8 topics
  22. Energy Efficiency4▲ 2.5×10 topics
  23. 5G Networks3▲ 11×3 topics
  24. Computer Vision3▲ 8.0×3 topics
  25. Federalism3▲ 34×3 topics
  26. Smart Cities3▲ 8.3×6 topics
  27. Smart Farming3▲ 18×2 topics
  28. Accident Detection3▲ 93×1 topic
  29. Security and Privacy3▲ 9.2×3 topics
  30. Smart Vehicle Safety3▲ 93×1 topic
  31. Edge Computing2▲ 13×2 topics
  32. Health Outcomes2▲ 6.0×6 topics
  33. Mobile Edge Computing2▲ 10×2 topics
  34. Sensor Networks2▲ 6.5×4 topics
  35. Transfer Learning2▲ 8.5×3 topics
  36. Fog Computing2▲ 14×1 topic
  37. Internet of Things (IoT)2▲ 13×1 topic
  38. Plant Disease Detection2▲ 15×1 topic
  39. Food Supply Chain2▲ 12×2 topics
  40. Conflict2▲ 8.3×1 topic

Which research topics does Social Change and Development publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: IoT-based Smart Home Systems, IoT and GPS-based Vehicle Safety Systems, IoT and Edge/Fog Computing and Smart Agriculture and AI.

IoT-based Smart Home Sys…4IoT-based Smart Home Systems: 4 fractional worksIoT and GPS-based Vehicle Safety Systems: 3 fractional worksIoT and Edge/Fog Computing2IoT and Edge/Fog Computing: 2 fractional worksSmart Agriculture and AI2Smart Agriculture and AI: 2 fractional worksSouth Asian Studies and Conflicts: 2 fractional worksFire Detection and Safety Systems: 2 fractional worksWater Quality Monitoring…1Water Quality Monitoring Technologies: 1 fractional worksRemote Sensing and LiDAR Applications: 1 fractional worksCOVID-19 Pandemic Impacts: 1 fractional worksBrain Tumor Detection and Classification: 1 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringMechanical EngineeringComputer Networks and CommunicationsPlant Science6 others

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

  1. 1 IoT-based Smart Home Systems Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4 works
  2. 2 IoT and GPS-based Vehicle Safety Systems Mechanical Engineering 3 works
  3. 3 IoT and Edge/Fog Computing Computer Networks and Communications 2 works
  4. 4 Smart Agriculture and AI Plant Science 2 works
  5. 5 South Asian Studies and Conflicts Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  6. 6 Fire Detection and Safety Systems Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 2 works
  7. 7 Water Quality Monitoring Technologies Water Science and Technology 1 works
  8. 8 Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications Environmental Engineering 1 works
  9. 9 COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  10. 10 Brain Tumor Detection and Classification Neurology 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 available29.4%not open70.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.8%domestic only74.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Social Change and Development's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 10% 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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