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South Asian University

In research, South Asian University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#5,188 of 10,670 worldwide), Social Sciences (#4,803 of 9,585 worldwide) and Computer Science (#2,487 of 4,417 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Mathematics (Mathematics is 5.9× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#6,141
of 22,385 · #7,006 all time
Rank in India
#284
of 1,562
Research works
1.7k
▲ 6% vs 2018-21
Citations
16k
9.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.86×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
33%
world 40%
International
16%
world 18%
South Asian University

What is South Asian University 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 #5,188 of 10,670 6.0%247 #4615
Social SciencesDomain #4,803 of 9,585 9.1%209 #5147
Computer ScienceField #2,487 of 4,417 6.5%110 #2047
Social SciencesField #3,986 of 5,988 7.3%123 #4173

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where South Asian 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 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#4,615 #5,188
  2. Social Sciences#5,147 #4,803
  3. Computer Science#2,047 #2,487
  4. Social Sciences#4,173 #3,986
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 South Asian University work in?

In 2022-now, 44% of research at South Asian University is in Physical Sciences, 38% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (22%), Computer Science (19%), Engineering (10%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 279 fractional works · 44.1% of its workComputer Science: 122 fractional works · 19.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 53 fractional works · 8.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 17 fractional works · 2.7% of its workInformation Systems: 15 fractional works · 2.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 14 fractional works · 2.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 14 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSignal Processing: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSoftware: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 63 fractional works · 9.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 23 fractional works · 3.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 10 fractional works · 1.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 7 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematics: 44 fractional works · 6.9% of its workNumerical Analysis: 18 fractional works · 2.8% of its workModeling and Simulation: 10 fractional works · 1.6% of its workApplied Mathematics: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeometry and Topology: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics and Probability: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematical Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 19 fractional works · 3.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 16 fractional works · 2.6% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 11 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 7 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 241 fractional works · 38.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 142 fractional works · 22.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 51 fractional works · 8.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 46 fractional works · 7.2% of its workAnthropology: 8 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEducation: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDemography: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workTransportation: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGender Studies: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLaw: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrban Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopment: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 28 fractional works · 4.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 21 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 26 fractional works · 4.0% of its workPhilosophy: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHistory: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReligious studies: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 22 fractional works · 3.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 8 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAccounting: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 15 fractional works · 2.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 13 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 8 fractional works · 1.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 72 fractional works · 11.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 45 fractional works · 7.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 28 fractional works · 4.5% of its workCancer Research: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 21 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPlant Science: 10 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSoil Science: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVirology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 40 fractional works · 6.4% of its workMedicine: 30 fractional works · 4.7% of its workEpidemiology: 8 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 9 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKSouth AsianUniversity633fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences44%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences38%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Computer Science12219.3%
    2. Engineering639.9%
    3. Mathematics446.9%
    4. Environmental Science193.0%
    5. Physics and Astronomy162.6%
    6. Chemistry71.1%
    7. Materials Science50.8%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.3%
    9. Energy20.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Social Sciences14222.5%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance284.4%
    3. Arts and Humanities264.0%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting223.5%
    5. Decision Sciences152.4%
    6. Psychology81.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology457.2%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences213.3%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology50.7%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.1%
    5. Neuroscience10.1%
    1. Medicine304.7%
    2. Health Professions91.4%
    3. Nursing20.3%
    4. Veterinary00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does South Asian University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Mathematics takes 5.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. MathematicsField · 43.8 works5.9×
← 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: 0.69× its world share, 21 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.34× its world share, 45 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.71× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.68× its world share, 7 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.48× its world share, 122 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.66× its world share, 63 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.60× its world share, 19 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.24× its world share, 5 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 5.87× its world share, 44 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.17× its world share, 16 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.53× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.24× its world share, 30 worksMedicineNursing: 0.56× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.40× its world share, 26 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.10× its world share, 22 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.46× its world share, 15 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.07× its world share, 28 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.42× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.78× its world share, 142 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 5.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Mathematics5.87×44 works
  2. Computer Science2.48×122 works
  3. Decision Sciences2.46×15 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.07×28 works
  5. Social Sciences1.78×142 works
  6. Arts and Humanities1.40×26 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.34×45 works
  8. Physics and Astronomy1.17×16 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting1.10×22 works
  10. Immunology and Microbiology0.71×4 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.69×21 works
  12. Chemistry0.68×7 works
  13. Engineering0.66×63 works
  14. Environmental Science0.60×19 works
  15. Nursing0.56×2 works
  16. Health Professions0.53×9 works
  17. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.42×1 works
  18. Psychology0.42×8 works
  19. Veterinary0.31×0 works
  20. Energy0.27×2 works
  21. Materials Science0.24×5 works
  22. Medicine0.24×30 works
  23. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.16×2 works
  24. Neuroscience0.08×1 works
  25. Chemical Engineering0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at South Asian University?

Ranked on the quality score, Rahul Nath, Jagdish Chand Bansal and Sunil Kumar lead among researchers whose main affiliation is South Asian University.

  1. 1 Rahul Nath India · #539,438 worldwide 4.1k citations · 71 works
  2. 2 Jagdish Chand Bansal India · #749,666 worldwide 5.1k citations · 170 works
  3. 3 Sunil Kumar India · #1,139,153 worldwide 1.3k citations · 71 works
  4. 4 Amit K. Shukla India · #1,235,827 worldwide 3.1k citations · 78 works
  5. 5 Senthil Kumar Venugopal India · #1,237,621 worldwide 4.3k citations · 88 works
  6. 6 Ekta Walia India · #1,322,717 worldwide 3.6k citations · 70 works
  7. 7 Kalyan Sanyal India · #1,341,461 worldwide 1.5k citations · 18 works
  8. 8 Pranab Kumar Muhuri India · #1,408,674 worldwide 3.3k citations · 153 works
  9. 9 Soumita Basu India · #1,606,824 worldwide 589 citations · 45 works
  10. 10 Kishor Pant India · #1,744,406 worldwide 784 citations · 36 works
All ranked researchers at South Asian University

What are the most cited papers from South Asian University?

The most cited paper from South Asian University is "Spider Monkey Optimization algorithm for numerical optimization" (Jagdish Chand Bansal, Harish Kumar Sharma, Shimpi Singh Jadon et al., 2013), with 594 citations. Next come "Industry 4.0: A bibliometric analysis and detailed overview" (552) and "Oligonucleotide therapy: An emerging focus area for drug delivery in chronic inflammatory respiratory diseases" (399).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Spider Monkey Optimization algorithm for numerical optimization Jagdish Chand Bansal, Harish Kumar Sharma, Shimpi Singh Jadon et al. · Memetic Computing 31 Dec 2013 594
2 Industry 4.0: A bibliometric analysis and detailed overview Pranab Kumar Muhuri, Amit K. Shukla, Ajith Abraham · Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence 12 Dec 2018 552
3 Oligonucleotide therapy: An emerging focus area for drug delivery in chronic inflammatory respiratory diseases Meenu Mehta, Deeksha, Devesh Tewari et al. · Chemico-Biological Interactions Open access 25 May 2019 399
4 Metaheuristics: a comprehensive overview and classification along with bibliometric analysis Absalom El-Shamir Ezugwu, Amit K. Shukla, Rahul Nath et al. · Artificial Intelligence Review 15 Mar 2021 305
5 Comprehensive review on twin support vector machines M. Tanveer, T. Rajani, Reshma Rastogi et al. · Annals of Operations Research Open access 8 Mar 2022 297
All 62 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at South Asian University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Human Rights, Globalization, Conflict, Feature Selection, Colonialism, Machine Learning, Evolutionary Algorithms and Ethnicity.

▲ 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. Globalization43▲ 3.5×48 topics
  2. Machine Learning38▲ 1.81×46 topics
  3. Human Rights36▲ 5.6×25 topics
  4. Deep Learning31▲ 1.42×42 topics
  5. Conflict26▲ 26×8 topics
  6. Climate Change22▲ 1.26×35 topics
  7. Colonialism21▲ 6.9×11 topics
  8. Feature Selection20▲ 15×6 topics
  9. Neural Networks18▲ 1.85×19 topics
  10. Ethnicity16▲ 6.6×6 topics
  11. Evolutionary Algorithms15▲ 22×5 topics
  12. Economic Development14▲ 2.8×14 topics
  13. Energy Efficiency14▲ 2.4×14 topics
  14. Security14▲ 3.2×14 topics
  15. Global Governance14▲ 8.9×13 topics
  16. Numerical Methods13▲ 25×4 topics
  17. Information Retrieval12▲ 8.7×3 topics
  18. International Law12▲ 5.9×10 topics
  19. Democracy12▲ 5.2×9 topics
  20. Regulation11▲ 3.3×14 topics
  21. Text Classification11▲ 10×3 topics
  22. Convection-Diffusion Problems10▲ 68×1 topic
  23. Singular Perturbation10▲ 68×1 topic
  24. Particle Swarm Optimization10▲ 14×3 topics
  25. Vulnerability10▲ 6.8×6 topics
  26. Nonlinear Equations10▲ 12×5 topics
  27. Politics10▲ 5.8×11 topics
  28. Federalism9▲ 23×2 topics
  29. Support Vector Machines9▲ 4.6×6 topics
  30. Insurgency9▲ 62×1 topic
  31. Kashmir9▲ 62×1 topic
  32. Fractional Calculus8▲ 24×2 topics
  33. Machine Learning Algorithms8▲ 18×2 topics
  34. Multi-label Learning8▲ 45×1 topic
  35. Naive Bayes Classifier8▲ 15×1 topic
  36. Peacebuilding8▲ 18×4 topics
  37. Fuzzy Sets8▲ 23×2 topics
  38. Differential Equations7▲ 51×2 topics
  39. Local Binary Patterns7▲ 18×2 topics
  40. Refugees7▲ 9.2×5 topics

Which research topics does South Asian University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Differential Equations and Numerical Methods, South Asian Studies and Conflicts, Text and Document Classification Technologies and Fractional Differential Equations Solutions.

Differential Equations a…10Differential Equations and Numerical Methods: 10 fractional worksSouth Asian Studies and …9South Asian Studies and Conflicts: 9 fractional worksText and Document Classification Technologies: 8 fractional worksFractional Differential Equations Solutions: 7 fractional worksMulti-Criteria Decision Making: 7 fractional worksNumerical methods for differential equations: 7 fractional worksMetaheuristic Optimization Algorithms Research: 6 fractional worksAdvanced Optical Network…6Advanced Optical Network Technologies: 6 fractional worksAdvanced Numerical Methods in Computational Mathematics: 6 fractional worksFace and Expression Recognition: 5 fractional works
Numerical AnalysisPolitical Science and International RelationsArtificial IntelligenceModeling and Simulation4 others

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

  1. 1 Differential Equations and Numerical Methods Numerical Analysis 10 works
  2. 2 South Asian Studies and Conflicts Political Science and International Relations 9 works
  3. 3 Text and Document Classification Technologies Artificial Intelligence 8 works
  4. 4 Fractional Differential Equations Solutions Modeling and Simulation 7 works
  5. 5 Multi-Criteria Decision Making Management Science and Operations Research 7 works
  6. 6 Numerical methods for differential equations Numerical Analysis 7 works
  7. 7 Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms Research Artificial Intelligence 6 works
  8. 8 Advanced Optical Network Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 6 works
  9. 9 Advanced Numerical Methods in Computational Mathematics Computational Mechanics 6 works
  10. 10 Face and Expression Recognition Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 5 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 available33.3%not open66.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.5%domestic only84.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has South Asian University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 6% 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 South Asian University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0026% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%South Asian University0.0025% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of South Asian University 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 2025South Asian University6.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 13.5% in 2021.

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