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University of Burdwan

In research, University of Burdwan stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,841 of 12,888 worldwide), Environmental Science (#516 of 3,551 worldwide) and Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#774 of 3,409 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Pollution, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Soil Science — Pollution is 5.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,670
of 28,054 · #3,795 all time
Rank in India
#156
of 1,840
Research works
7.1k
▲ 44% vs 2013–17
Citations
104k
14.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
30%
world 28%

What is University of Burdwan 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 #1,841 of 12,888 16.8%953 #2514
Environmental ScienceField #516 of 3,551 27.4%246 #1004
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #774 of 3,409 19.5%240 #1506
Social SciencesDomain #3,584 of 10,521 21.6%321 #6235
Life SciencesDomain #2,887 of 7,800 16.9%360 #4806
EngineeringField #2,767 of 6,636 15.6%196 #3073
Plant ScienceSubfield #634 of 1,395 19.9%102 #1002
Business, Management and AccountingField #1,667 of 2,578 35.0%75 #2369
Computer ScienceField #3,165 of 4,667 12.0%108 #4475
Social SciencesField #4,565 of 6,365 14.1%134 #6500

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Burdwan 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#2,514 #1,841
  2. Environmental Science#1,004 #516
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#1,506 #774
  4. Social Sciences#6,235 #3,584
  5. Life Sciences#4,806 #2,887
  6. Engineering#3,073 #2,767
  7. Plant Science#1,002 #634
  8. Business, Management and Accounting#2,369 #1,667
  9. Computer Science#4,475 #3,165
  10. Social Sciences#6,500 #4,565
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 University of Burdwan specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pollution takes 5.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. PollutionSubfield · 36.7 works5.3×
  2. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 42.0 works4.6×
  3. Soil ScienceSubfield · 23.2 works4.4×
  4. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 36.2 works4.4×
← 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: 2.86× its world share, 240 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.97× its world share, 91 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.69× its world share, 12 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.37× its world share, 10 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.01× its world share, 6 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.07× its world share, 7 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.52× its world share, 70 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.78× its world share, 108 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.00× its world share, 28 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.13× its world share, 18 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.74× its world share, 196 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.80× its world share, 246 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.74× its world share, 107 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.85× its world share, 59 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.90× its world share, 114 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.33× its world share, 15 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.31× its world share, 107 worksMedicineNursing: 1.04× its world share, 9 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.57× its world share, 29 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.31× its world share, 75 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.17× its world share, 20 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.26× its world share, 48 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.29× its world share, 16 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.60× its world share, 134 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 2.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Burdwan?

Ranked on the composite score, Goutam Chandra, Ali Akbar Shaikh and Rabin Chakrabortty lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Burdwan.

  1. 1 Goutam Chandra India · #131,923 worldwide 148 citations · 37 works
  2. 2 Ali Akbar Shaikh India · #182,378 worldwide 290 citations · 47 works
  3. 3 Rabin Chakrabortty India · #201,054 worldwide 277 citations · 29 works
  4. 4 Asoke Kumar Bhunia India · #201,455 worldwide 265 citations · 46 works
  5. 5 Subodh Chandra Pal India · #234,854 worldwide 407 citations · 71 works
  6. 6 G. C. Bhar India · #250,816 worldwide 137 citations · 29 works
  7. 7 M. A. Choudhuri India · #268,028 worldwide 270 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Soumyananda Dinda India · #273,587 worldwide 176 citations · 33 works
  9. 9 Rajarshi Ghosh India · #299,226 worldwide 198 citations · 50 works
  10. 10 Pabitra Chattopadhyay India · #386,194 worldwide 276 citations · 66 works
All ranked researchers at University of Burdwan

Which keywords describe research at University of Burdwan?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Environmental Impact, Heat Transfer, Toxicity, Land Use Change, Experimental Investigation, General Relativity 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. Climate Change134▲ 2.8×67 topics
  2. Environmental Impact78▲ 2.6×39 topics
  3. Sustainability64▲ 1.48×47 topics
  4. Heat Transfer47▲ 5.3×9 topics
  5. Remote Sensing45▲ 2.1×20 topics
  6. Toxicity44▲ 5.7×14 topics
  7. Oxidative Stress43▲ 1.50×39 topics
  8. Nanomaterials39▲ 2.1×15 topics
  9. Land Use Change33▲ 6.2×6 topics
  10. Food Security32▲ 3.3×14 topics
  11. Biodiversity31▲ 2.3×24 topics
  12. Risk Management29▲ 3.5×9 topics
  13. Experimental Investigation28▲ 15×2 topics
  14. Hydrological Modeling28▲ 6.6×5 topics
  15. General Relativity26▲ 22×2 topics
  16. Agriculture25▲ 3.5×7 topics
  17. Ecosystem Services24▲ 3.5×9 topics
  18. India24▲ 19×3 topics
  19. Development23▲ 3.7×12 topics
  20. Vulnerability21▲ 5.2×6 topics
  21. Policy20▲ 5.2×6 topics
  22. Conflict19▲ 6.7×6 topics
  23. Green Synthesis19▲ 5.5×4 topics
  24. Thermal Conductivity19▲ 6.9×3 topics
  25. Essential Oils18▲ 9.1×2 topics
  26. Review17▲ 8.0×2 topics
  27. Viscosity17▲ 14×3 topics
  28. Biosynthesis17▲ 6.2×7 topics
  29. Nanofluids17▲ 12×2 topics
  30. Convective Transport17▲ 21×1 topic
  31. Enhancement17▲ 21×1 topic
  32. Cosmology16▲ 14×4 topics
  33. Dark Energy16▲ 14×2 topics
  34. Pesticides16▲ 13×3 topics
  35. Black Holes16▲ 9.6×3 topics
  36. Supernovae16▲ 11×2 topics
  37. Cosmic Microwave Background16▲ 16×1 topic
  38. Cosmological Parameters16▲ 16×1 topic
  39. Information Sharing15▲ 12×2 topics
  40. Genetic Characterization15▲ 18×2 topics

Which research topics does University of Burdwan publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer, Cosmology and Gravitation Theories, Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications and Flood Risk Assessment and Management.

Nanofluid Flow and Heat …17Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer: 17 fractional worksCosmology and Gravitatio…16Cosmology and Gravitation Theories: 16 fractional worksNanoparticles: synthesis and applications: 14 fractional worksFlood Risk Assessment and Management: 13 fractional worksSupply Chain and Inventory Management: 12 fractional worksInsect Pest Control Strategies: 12 fractional worksSustainable Supply Chain Management: 12 fractional worksFluid Dynamics and Turbu…12Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows: 12 fractional worksHeat Transfer Mechanisms: 11 fractional worksSouth Asian Studies and Conflicts: 11 fractional works
Biomedical EngineeringAstronomy and AstrophysicsMaterials ChemistryGlobal and Planetary Change6 others

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

  1. 1 Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer Biomedical Engineering 17 works
  2. 2 Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Astronomy and Astrophysics 16 works
  3. 3 Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications Materials Chemistry 14 works
  4. 4 Flood Risk Assessment and Management Global and Planetary Change 13 works
  5. 5 Supply Chain and Inventory Management Management Information Systems 12 works
  6. 6 Insect Pest Control Strategies Plant Science 12 works
  7. 7 Sustainable Supply Chain Management Strategy and Management 12 works
  8. 8 Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows Computational Mechanics 12 works
  9. 9 Heat Transfer Mechanisms Mechanical Engineering 11 works
  10. 10 South Asian Studies and Conflicts Political Science and International Relations 11 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 available29.9%not open70.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.5%domestic only91.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Burdwan's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 44% 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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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.