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St Xavier’s College

In research, St Xavier’s College stands highest in Physical Sciences (#4,066 of 12,888 worldwide), Social Sciences (#3,531 of 10,521 worldwide) and Engineering (#2,790 of 6,636 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Plant Science — Plant Science is 3.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,198
of 28,054 · #8,723 all time
Rank in India
#366
of 1,840
Research works
3.6k
▲ 87% vs 2013–17
Citations
34k
9.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
43%
world 28%

What is St Xavier’s College 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 #4,066 of 12,888 11.1%571 #6875
Social SciencesDomain #3,531 of 10,521 10.3%350 #6803
EngineeringField #2,790 of 6,636 14.4%168 #5980
Computer ScienceField #2,170 of 4,667 10.1%154 #3970
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #2,085 of 3,409 14.9%149 #2658
Plant ScienceSubfield #857 of 1,395 20.3%85 #1180
Health SciencesDomain #7,477 of 11,982 11.0%129 #15175
Life SciencesDomain #5,227 of 7,800 12.8%259 #7478
Social SciencesField #4,274 of 6,365 11.1%134 #7013
Business, Management and AccountingField #2,066 of 2,578 12.2%65 #3184

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where St Xavier’s College 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. Physical Sciences#6,875 #4,066
  2. Social Sciences#6,803 #3,531
  3. Engineering#5,980 #2,790
  4. Computer Science#3,970 #2,170
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#2,658 #2,085
  6. Plant Science#1,180 #857
  7. Health Sciences#15,175 #7,477
  8. Life Sciences#7,478 #5,227
  9. Social Sciences#7,013 #4,274
  10. Business, Management and Accounting#3,184 #2,066
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 St Xavier’s College specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Plant Science takes 3.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Plant ScienceSubfield · 85.3 works3.7×
← 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: 2.39× its world share, 149 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.13× its world share, 79 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.77× its world share, 10 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.57× its world share, 12 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.89× its world share, 9 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.57× its world share, 3 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.14× its world share, 23 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.51× its world share, 154 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.67× its world share, 14 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.27× its world share, 15 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.86× its world share, 168 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.04× its world share, 68 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.60× its world share, 73 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.14× its world share, 18 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.22× its world share, 36 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.53× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.63× its world share, 22 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.39× its world share, 98 worksMedicineNursing: 0.91× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.27× its world share, 48 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.54× its world share, 65 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.95× its world share, 25 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.72× its world share, 48 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.77× its world share, 31 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.81× its world share, 134 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 2.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at St Xavier’s College?

Ranked on the composite score, C. Maria Magdalane, Asoke Nath and Sanjeev K. Gupta lead among researchers whose main affiliation is St Xavier’s College.

  1. 1 C. Maria Magdalane India · #625,498 worldwide 215 citations · 15 works
  2. 2 Asoke Nath India · #826,576 worldwide 74 citations · 42 works
  3. 3 Sanjeev K. Gupta India · #877,180 worldwide 187 citations · 89 works
  4. 4 Aryadeep Roychoudhury India · #939,191 worldwide 115 citations · 52 works
  5. 5 Aditya Banerjee India · #956,828 worldwide 64 citations · 24 works
  6. 6 Bharati Bhattacharyya India · #1,113,083 worldwide 15 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 K. Sahayaraj India · #1,127,069 worldwide 43 citations · 30 works
  8. 8 Tapati Dutta India · #1,136,045 worldwide 78 citations · 23 works
  9. 9 Arup Kumar Mitra India · #1,306,286 worldwide 26 citations · 49 works
  10. 10 Dunston P. Ambrose India · #1,435,861 worldwide 10 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at St Xavier’s College

Which keywords describe research at St Xavier’s College?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Environmental Impact, Toxicity, Nanomaterials, Globalization, Climate Change and Sustainability.

▲ 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 Learning88▲ 2.1×67 topics
  2. Deep Learning85▲ 1.89×66 topics
  3. Environmental Impact45▲ 2.0×38 topics
  4. Climate Change44▲ 1.24×65 topics
  5. Sustainability42▲ 1.31×43 topics
  6. Globalization40▲ 1.55×55 topics
  7. Nanomaterials34▲ 2.5×15 topics
  8. Healthcare29▲ 1.97×16 topics
  9. Nanoparticles26▲ 1.60×29 topics
  10. Oxidative Stress26▲ 1.21×40 topics
  11. Biomedical Applications26▲ 1.65×31 topics
  12. Antioxidant25▲ 2.8×38 topics
  13. Toxicity25▲ 4.4×15 topics
  14. Internet of Things24▲ 2.1×15 topics
  15. Artificial Intelligence24▲ 1.31×32 topics
  16. Convolutional Neural Networks22▲ 2.2×13 topics
  17. Graphene21▲ 2.3×11 topics
  18. Security20▲ 2.4×15 topics
  19. Data Mining20▲ 2.0×10 topics
  20. Antioxidant Activity20▲ 2.4×26 topics
  21. Consumer Behavior19▲ 2.2×10 topics
  22. Development18▲ 4.1×8 topics
  23. Colonialism18▲ 2.9×18 topics
  24. Medicinal Plants18▲ 3.4×15 topics
  25. Classification17▲ 2.8×12 topics
  26. Environmental Monitoring16▲ 3.1×10 topics
  27. India15▲ 16×3 topics
  28. IoT15▲ 3.1×12 topics
  29. Antimicrobial15▲ 4.0×12 topics
  30. Anti-inflammatory13▲ 3.6×18 topics
  31. Policy13▲ 4.4×7 topics
  32. Biosynthesis12▲ 5.8×8 topics
  33. Green Synthesis12▲ 4.7×4 topics
  34. Cytotoxicity12▲ 6.5×8 topics
  35. Phylogeny11▲ 5.5×14 topics
  36. Economic Reforms10▲ 27×2 topics
  37. Plant Responses10▲ 9.2×2 topics
  38. Biological Synthesis9▲ 9.4×1 topic
  39. Silver9▲ 9.4×1 topic
  40. Environmental Ethics9▲ 12×3 topics

Which research topics does St Xavier’s College publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications, Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance, South Asian Studies and Conflicts and COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts.

Nanoparticles: synthesis…9Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications: 9 fractional worksPlant Stress Responses a…7Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance: 7 fractional worksSouth Asian Studies and Conflicts: 7 fractional worksCOVID-19 Pandemic Impacts: 7 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare: 6 fractional worksSmart Agriculture and AI: 6 fractional worksNetwork Security and Intrusion Detection: 6 fractional worksIndian Economic and Soci…6Indian Economic and Social Development: 6 fractional worksAgricultural Economics and Practices: 6 fractional worksBlockchain Technology Applications and Security: 6 fractional works
Materials ChemistryPlant SciencePolitical Science and International RelationsEconomics and Econometrics4 others

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

  1. 1 Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications Materials Chemistry 9 works
  2. 2 Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance Plant Science 7 works
  3. 3 South Asian Studies and Conflicts Political Science and International Relations 7 works
  4. 4 COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Economics and Econometrics 7 works
  5. 5 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Health Information Management 6 works
  6. 6 Smart Agriculture and AI Plant Science 6 works
  7. 7 Network Security and Intrusion Detection Computer Networks and Communications 6 works
  8. 8 Indian Economic and Social Development Economics and Econometrics 6 works
  9. 9 Agricultural Economics and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 6 works
  10. 10 Blockchain Technology Applications and Security Information Systems 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 available43.3%not open56.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.1%domestic only87.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has St Xavier’s College's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 87% 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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