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Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

In research, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research stands highest in Physical Sciences (#886 of 12,888 worldwide), Physics and Astronomy (#268 of 1,646 worldwide) and Astronomy and Astrophysics (#90 of 443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Condensed Matter Physics and Astronomy and Astrophysics — Nuclear and High Energy Physics is 34.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,510
of 28,054 · #900 all time
Rank in India
#64
of 1,840
Research works
15k
◆ 1% vs 2013–17
Citations
279k
18.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
36%
world 28%

What is Tata Institute of Fundamental Research 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 #886 of 12,888 17.7%1,201 #640
Physics and AstronomyField #268 of 1,646 24.9%545 #271
Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield #90 of 443 27.9%151 #127
Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield #99 of 263 34.2%161 #70
Life SciencesDomain #3,686 of 7,800 15.7%199 #2869
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsSubfield #298 of 565 15.7%123 #440
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,925 of 3,579 15.3%147 #2142
EngineeringField #3,838 of 6,636 9.6%158 #2654
Materials ScienceField #1,483 of 2,468 9.2%129 #1625
MathematicsField #718 of 1,053 12.4%148 #317

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Tata Institute of Fundamental Research 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#640 #886
  2. Physics and Astronomy#271 #268
  3. Astronomy and Astrophysics#127 #90
  4. Nuclear and High Energy Physics#70 #99
  5. Life Sciences#2,869 #3,686
  6. Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics#440 #298
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#2,142 #1,925
  8. Engineering#2,654 #3,838
  9. Materials Science#1,625 #1,483
  10. Mathematics#317 #718
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 Tata Institute of Fundamental Research specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Nuclear and High Energy Physics takes 34.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 161.3 works34×
  2. Condensed Matter PhysicsSubfield · 47.8 works20×
  3. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 151.1 works19×
  4. Mathematical PhysicsSubfield · 44.7 works19×
  5. Geometry and TopologySubfield · 42.5 works17×
  6. Physics and AstronomyField · 545.0 works16×
← 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: 0.30× its world share, 21 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.83× its world share, 147 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.22× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.04× its world share, 25 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.13× its world share, 6 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.25× its world share, 53 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.88× its world share, 103 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.84× its world share, 20 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.04× its world share, 14 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.70× its world share, 158 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.32× its world share, 24 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.45× its world share, 129 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 8.39× its world share, 148 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 16.29× its world share, 545 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.17× its world share, 50 worksMedicineNursing: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.09× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.60× its world share, 9 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.34× its world share, 11 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.13× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 20 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 16.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Tata Institute of Fundamental Research?

Ranked on the composite score, P. Jindal, D. Lincoln and S. Kesisoglou lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Tata Institute of Fundamental Research.

  1. 1 P. Jindal India · #13,334 worldwide 1k citations · 55 works
  2. 2 D. Lincoln India · #18,256 worldwide 1.1k citations · 77 works
  3. 3 S. Kesisoglou India · #18,704 worldwide 1.5k citations · 121 works
  4. 4 D. Lal India · #23,174 worldwide 722 citations · 40 works
  5. 5 S. Villà India · #24,248 worldwide 516 citations · 66 works
  6. 6 S. Bhattacharya India · #28,751 worldwide 655 citations · 56 works
  7. 7 P. Ajith India · #30,778 worldwide 986 citations · 59 works
  8. 8 J. Thompson India · #33,134 worldwide 829 citations · 48 works
  9. 9 S. Bhattacharya India · #33,315 worldwide 532 citations · 51 works
  10. 10 M. Adams India · #33,870 worldwide 964 citations · 81 works
All ranked researchers at Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

Which keywords describe research at Tata Institute of Fundamental Research?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Dark Matter, Particle Physics, Black Holes, Supernovae, Cosmic Rays, Neutrinos, Gravitational Waves and Superconductivity.

▲ 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. Dark Matter63▲ 36×4 topics
  2. Particle Physics46▲ 41×2 topics
  3. Black Holes43▲ 30×3 topics
  4. Supernovae43▲ 34×2 topics
  5. Cosmic Rays38▲ 50×2 topics
  6. Neutrinos38▲ 50×2 topics
  7. Gravitational Waves36▲ 43×2 topics
  8. Superconductivity35▲ 14×9 topics
  9. Higgs Boson32▲ 41×1 topic
  10. High-Energy Collider32▲ 41×1 topic
  11. Quantum Gravity32▲ 26×4 topics
  12. Electronic Structure31▲ 12×8 topics
  13. Molecular Dynamics31▲ 12×6 topics
  14. Lattice QCD28▲ 32×2 topics
  15. Cosmology28▲ 28×4 topics
  16. Dark Energy27▲ 28×2 topics
  17. Galactic Center27▲ 40×2 topics
  18. General Relativity27▲ 26×2 topics
  19. Entanglement27▲ 12×4 topics
  20. Renormalization Group27▲ 32×2 topics
  21. Cosmic Microwave Background26▲ 31×1 topic
  22. Cosmological Parameters26▲ 31×1 topic
  23. High-Energy Astrophysics23▲ 58×1 topic
  24. Particle Acceleration23▲ 58×1 topic
  25. Nucleosynthesis23▲ 32×3 topics
  26. Topological Insulators23▲ 33×2 topics
  27. Symplectic Geometry23▲ 42×2 topics
  28. Accretion Disks23▲ 33×2 topics
  29. Magnetic Fields23▲ 24×2 topics
  30. Quantum Entanglement22▲ 23×2 topics
  31. Star Formation22▲ 28×2 topics
  32. Topological Order22▲ 30×2 topics
  33. CMOS Technology20▲ 17×5 topics
  34. String Theory20▲ 24×2 topics
  35. Hydrodynamics20▲ 22×3 topics
  36. Cohomology20▲ 31×2 topics
  37. Photon Counting20▲ 19×3 topics
  38. Tropical Geometry20▲ 41×2 topics
  39. Equation of State20▲ 25×2 topics
  40. Modular Forms20▲ 35×3 topics

Which research topics does Tata Institute of Fundamental Research publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies, Cosmology and Gravitation Theories, Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena and Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research.

Particle physics theoret…32Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies: 32 fractional worksCosmology and Gravitatio…26Cosmology and Gravitation Theories: 26 fractional worksAstrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena: 23 fractional worksPulsars and Gravitational Waves Research: 19 fractional worksBlack Holes and Theoretical Physics: 19 fractional worksParticle Detector Development and Performance: 18 fractional worksAlgebraic Geometry and Number Theory: 17 fractional worksGamma-ray bursts and sup…17Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae: 17 fractional worksAdvanced Algebra and Geometry: 16 fractional worksQuantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions: 15 fractional works
Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsAstronomy and AstrophysicsGeometry and TopologyMathematical Physics

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

  1. 1 Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies Nuclear and High Energy Physics 32 works
  2. 2 Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Astronomy and Astrophysics 26 works
  3. 3 Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena Nuclear and High Energy Physics 23 works
  4. 4 Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research Astronomy and Astrophysics 19 works
  5. 5 Black Holes and Theoretical Physics Nuclear and High Energy Physics 19 works
  6. 6 Particle Detector Development and Performance Nuclear and High Energy Physics 18 works
  7. 7 Algebraic Geometry and Number Theory Geometry and Topology 17 works
  8. 8 Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae Astronomy and Astrophysics 17 works
  9. 9 Advanced Algebra and Geometry Mathematical Physics 16 works
  10. 10 Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions Nuclear and High Energy Physics 15 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 available35.8%not open64.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.4%domestic only79.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Tata Institute of Fundamental Research's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 1% 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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