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Tamil University

In research, Tamil University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#7,196 of 12,888 worldwide), Social Sciences (#7,785 of 10,521 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#7,116 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#11,249
of 28,054 · #15,434 all time
Rank in India
#800
of 1,840
Research works
1.4k
▲ 64% vs 2013–17
Citations
11k
7.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
60%
world 28%

What is Tamil 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
Physical SciencesDomain #7,196 of 12,888 9.5%162 #9660
Social SciencesDomain #7,785 of 10,521 5.3%113 #12246
Life SciencesDomain #7,116 of 7,800 4.7%81 #12370
MedicineField #9,852 of 10,443 4.1%103 #15920
Health SciencesDomain #11,348 of 11,982 3.9%130 #18353

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Tamil 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. Physical Sciences#9,660 #7,196
  2. Social Sciences#12,246 #7,785
  3. Life Sciences#12,370 #7,116
  4. Medicine#15,920 #9,852
  5. Health Sciences#18,353 #11,348
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.

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: 1.99× its world share, 46 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.76× its world share, 20 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.42× its world share, 7 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.68× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.69× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.16× its world share, 9 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.84× its world share, 32 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.26× its world share, 6 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.65× its world share, 48 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.65× its world share, 16 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.15× its world share, 36 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.05× its world share, 11 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.47× its world share, 19 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.11× its world share, 103 worksMedicineNursing: 2.30× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.89× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.33× its world share, 33 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.56× its world share, 9 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.66× its world share, 8 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.82× its world share, 12 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.81× its world share, 50 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 2.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Tamil University?

Ranked on the composite score, M Jegadeesan, N. Rajesh and K. Ravikumar lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Tamil University.

  1. 1 M Jegadeesan India · #798,724 worldwide 11 citations · 18 works
  2. 2 N. Rajesh India · #1,400,946 worldwide 3 citations · 20 works
  3. 3 K. Ravikumar India · #1,501,733 worldwide 24 citations · 20 works
  4. 4 R. Munirathnam India · #1,617,763 worldwide 12 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Tamil University

Which keywords describe research at Tamil University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Philosophy, Human Rights, Conflict, Ethnicity, Religion, Epidemiology, Elderly and Quality of Life.

▲ 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. Epidemiology28▲ 1.45×60 topics
  2. Deep Learning20▲ 1.20×43 topics
  3. Human Rights20▲ 3.9×8 topics
  4. Machine Learning19▲ 1.21×40 topics
  5. Quality of Life18▲ 2.6×18 topics
  6. Philosophy18▲ 8.5×5 topics
  7. Nanoparticles15▲ 2.5×23 topics
  8. Religion14▲ 6.1×4 topics
  9. Nanomaterials14▲ 2.7×13 topics
  10. Conflict14▲ 17×3 topics
  11. Ethnicity13▲ 7.2×3 topics
  12. Mental Health13▲ 1.82×7 topics
  13. History12▲ 3.7×3 topics
  14. Environmental Impact12▲ 1.46×19 topics
  15. Healthcare11▲ 2.1×11 topics
  16. Social Support11▲ 4.1×3 topics
  17. Elderly11▲ 8.9×3 topics
  18. Stress10▲ 5.7×5 topics
  19. Nanostructures10▲ 5.1×8 topics
  20. Culture9▲ 3.4×3 topics
  21. Buddhism8▲ 114×1 topic
  22. South Asia8▲ 114×1 topic
  23. Political Transition8▲ 31×2 topics
  24. Self-Efficacy8▲ 6.0×3 topics
  25. Myanmar8▲ 107×1 topic
  26. state building8▲ 107×1 topic
  27. Genetic Diversity8▲ 3.5×12 topics
  28. Synthesis8▲ 4.2×14 topics
  29. Toxicity7▲ 3.5×10 topics
  30. Job Stress7▲ 23×1 topic
  31. Nucleosynthesis7▲ 28×2 topics
  32. Nursing7▲ 7.4×1 topic
  33. Green Synthesis6▲ 6.7×3 topics
  34. Decentralization6▲ 5.7×3 topics
  35. Gandhi5▲ 68×1 topic
  36. Nonviolence5▲ 68×1 topic
  37. Federalism5▲ 16×1 topic
  38. Kashmir5▲ 48×1 topic
  39. Cytotoxicity5▲ 7.6×4 topics
  40. Hermeneutics5▲ 12×2 topics

Which research topics does Tamil University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Indian and Buddhist Studies, Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography, Health and Well-being Studies and Indian History and Philosophy.

Indian and Buddhist Stud…8Indian and Buddhist Studies: 8 fractional worksAsian Geopolitics and Et…8Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography: 8 fractional worksHealth and Well-being St…7Health and Well-being Studies: 7 fractional worksIndian History and Philo…5Indian History and Philosophy: 5 fractional worksSouth Asian Studies and Conflicts: 5 fractional worksNanoparticles: synthesis and applications: 4 fractional worksFish Biology and Ecology…4Fish Biology and Ecology Studies: 4 fractional worksHermeneutics and Narrative Identity: 4 fractional worksAging, Elder Care, and Social Issues: 4 fractional worksHealth, Medicine and Soc…4Health, Medicine and Society: 4 fractional works
Religious studiesPolitical Science and International RelationsClinical PsychologyPhilosophy3 others

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

  1. 1 Indian and Buddhist Studies Religious studies 8 works
  2. 2 Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography Political Science and International Relations 8 works
  3. 3 Health and Well-being Studies Clinical Psychology 7 works
  4. 4 Indian History and Philosophy Philosophy 5 works
  5. 5 South Asian Studies and Conflicts Political Science and International Relations 5 works
  6. 6 Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications Materials Chemistry 4 works
  7. 7 Fish Biology and Ecology Studies Aquatic Science 4 works
  8. 8 Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity Philosophy 4 works
  9. 9 Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues General Health Professions 4 works
  10. 10 Health, Medicine and Society General Health Professions 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 available60.5%not open39.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.3%domestic only87.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Tamil University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 64% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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