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South Asian University

In research, South Asian University stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,424 of 10,521 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#7,466 of 12,888 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#4,484 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Mathematics — Mathematics is 6.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#9,755
of 28,054 · #13,468 all time
Rank in India
#699
of 1,840
Research works
1.7k
▲ 35% vs 2013–17
Citations
16k
9.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
33%
world 28%

What is South Asian 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 #5,424 of 10,521 19.1%209 #6819
Physical SciencesDomain #7,466 of 12,888 11.7%247 #9403
Social SciencesField #4,484 of 6,365 16.9%123 #5418
Computer ScienceField #3,501 of 4,667 14.0%110 #3123

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 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#6,819 #5,424
  2. Physical Sciences#9,403 #7,466
  3. Social Sciences#5,418 #4,484
  4. Computer Science#3,123 #3,501
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 South Asian University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Mathematics takes 6.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. MathematicsField · 38.3 works6.0×
← 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: 0.60× its world share, 16 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.24× its world share, 36 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.77× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.52× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.58× its world share, 110 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.69× its world share, 56 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.60× its world share, 16 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.22× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 5.95× its world share, 38 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.22× its world share, 15 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.60× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.22× its world share, 24 worksMedicineNursing: 0.52× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.40× its world share, 22 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.06× its world share, 19 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.64× its world share, 14 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.15× its world share, 25 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.38× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.78× its world share, 123 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 6.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at South Asian University?

Ranked on the composite score, Bijoy Chand Chatterjee, Prashant Gupta and Muhammad Abulaish lead among researchers whose main affiliation is South Asian University.

  1. 1 Bijoy Chand Chatterjee India · #580,546 worldwide 105 citations · 50 works
  2. 2 Prashant Gupta India · #703,433 worldwide 45 citations · 33 works
  3. 3 Muhammad Abulaish India · #735,917 worldwide 96 citations · 31 works
  4. 4 Pankaj Jain India · #770,269 worldwide 43 citations · 38 works
  5. 5 Prabhash Ranjan India · #793,695 worldwide 6 citations · 31 works
  6. 6 Pranab K. Muhuri India · #839,609 worldwide 121 citations · 39 works
  7. 7 Amit Banerjee India · #862,373 worldwide 85 citations · 19 works
  8. 8 Sai Ramani Garimella India · #905,389 worldwide 2 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 Kapil K. Sharma India · #918,374 worldwide 51 citations · 29 works
  10. 10 Mallika Shakya India · #1,057,538 worldwide 3 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at South Asian University

Which keywords describe research at South Asian University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Human Rights, Globalization, Conflict, Feature Selection, Colonialism, Machine Learning, Ethnicity and Evolutionary Algorithms.

▲ 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. Globalization38▲ 3.6×42 topics
  2. Human Rights33▲ 5.9×23 topics
  3. Machine Learning32▲ 1.81×40 topics
  4. Deep Learning26▲ 1.38×36 topics
  5. Conflict24▲ 27×8 topics
  6. Climate Change20▲ 1.32×32 topics
  7. Feature Selection18▲ 15×6 topics
  8. Colonialism18▲ 6.9×10 topics
  9. Neural Networks16▲ 1.89×17 topics
  10. Ethnicity14▲ 6.9×5 topics
  11. Evolutionary Algorithms13▲ 22×5 topics
  12. Economic Development13▲ 2.9×13 topics
  13. Energy Efficiency13▲ 2.5×11 topics
  14. Security13▲ 3.6×13 topics
  15. Numerical Methods12▲ 27×3 topics
  16. Global Governance12▲ 9.8×12 topics
  17. Information Retrieval12▲ 10×3 topics
  18. Democracy11▲ 5.6×8 topics
  19. Text Classification11▲ 12×3 topics
  20. International Law10▲ 6.2×10 topics
  21. Regulation10▲ 3.5×13 topics
  22. Convection-Diffusion Problems10▲ 70×1 topic
  23. Singular Perturbation10▲ 70×1 topic
  24. Politics9▲ 6.0×9 topics
  25. Particle Swarm Optimization9▲ 13×2 topics
  26. Vulnerability9▲ 7.0×6 topics
  27. Nonlinear Equations8▲ 12×5 topics
  28. Federalism8▲ 24×2 topics
  29. Machine Learning Algorithms8▲ 21×2 topics
  30. Multi-label Learning8▲ 50×1 topic
  31. Naive Bayes Classifier8▲ 17×1 topic
  32. Insurgency8▲ 68×1 topic
  33. Kashmir8▲ 68×1 topic
  34. Fuzzy Sets8▲ 25×2 topics
  35. Fractional Calculus8▲ 24×2 topics
  36. Peacebuilding8▲ 21×4 topics
  37. Violence7▲ 8.6×4 topics
  38. Network Dynamics7▲ 12×3 topics
  39. Analytic Hierarchy Process7▲ 21×1 topic
  40. TOPSIS7▲ 28×1 topic

Which research topics does South Asian University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Differential Equations and Numerical Methods, Text and Document Classification Technologies, South Asian Studies and Conflicts and Multi-Criteria Decision Making.

Differential Equations a…10Differential Equations and Numerical Methods: 10 fractional worksText and Document Classi…8Text and Document Classification Technologies: 8 fractional worksSouth Asian Studies and …8South Asian Studies and Conflicts: 8 fractional worksMulti-Criteria Decision …7Multi-Criteria Decision Making: 7 fractional worksFractional Differential Equations Solutions: 6 fractional worksNumerical methods for differential equations: 6 fractional worksAdvanced Numerical Metho…5Advanced Numerical Methods in Computational Mathematics: 5 fractional worksMetaheuristic Optimization Algorithms Research: 5 fractional worksAdvanced Optical Network Technologies: 5 fractional worksClimate Change, Adaptati…5Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration: 5 fractional works
Numerical AnalysisArtificial IntelligencePolitical Science and International RelationsManagement Science and Operations Research4 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 Text and Document Classification Technologies Artificial Intelligence 8 works
  3. 3 South Asian Studies and Conflicts Political Science and International Relations 8 works
  4. 4 Multi-Criteria Decision Making Management Science and Operations Research 7 works
  5. 5 Fractional Differential Equations Solutions Modeling and Simulation 6 works
  6. 6 Numerical methods for differential equations Numerical Analysis 6 works
  7. 7 Advanced Numerical Methods in Computational Mathematics Computational Mechanics 5 works
  8. 8 Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms Research Artificial Intelligence 5 works
  9. 9 Advanced Optical Network Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 5 works
  10. 10 Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration Sociology and Political Science 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has South Asian University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 35% 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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