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University of Calcutta

In research, University of Calcutta stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,032 of 12,888 worldwide), Environmental Science (#672 of 3,551 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#2,097 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Organic Chemistry, Chemistry and Astronomy and Astrophysics — Organic Chemistry is 4.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,411
of 28,054 · #1,915 all time
Rank in India
#56
of 1,840
Research works
23k
▲ 7% vs 2013–17
Citations
293k
12.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
26%
world 28%

What is University of Calcutta 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 #1,032 of 12,888 13.2%2,039 #1443
Environmental ScienceField #672 of 3,551 17.8%339 #1153
Social SciencesDomain #2,097 of 10,521 12.6%658 #2390
Life SciencesDomain #1,783 of 7,800 14.3%759 #2815
EngineeringField #1,614 of 6,636 10.9%499 #1104
Materials ScienceField #727 of 2,468 15.6%255 #1397
Social SciencesField #1,986 of 6,365 14.3%258 #2074
Plant ScienceSubfield #458 of 1,395 22.7%166 #632
Health SciencesDomain #3,996 of 11,982 14.5%436 #4813
Materials ChemistrySubfield #522 of 1,556 18.4%136 #1078

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Calcutta 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#1,443 #1,032
  2. Environmental Science#1,153 #672
  3. Social Sciences#2,390 #2,097
  4. Life Sciences#2,815 #1,783
  5. Engineering#1,104 #1,614
  6. Materials Science#1,397 #727
  7. Social Sciences#2,074 #1,986
  8. Plant Science#632 #458
  9. Health Sciences#4,813 #3,996
  10. Materials Chemistry#1,078 #522
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 Calcutta specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Organic Chemistry takes 4.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Organic ChemistrySubfield · 130.1 works4.4×
  2. ChemistryField · 202.5 works3.3×
  3. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 63.2 works3.1×
← 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: 1.82× its world share, 336 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.47× its world share, 306 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.96× its world share, 38 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.87× its world share, 55 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.76× its world share, 24 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.23× its world share, 17 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 3.32× its world share, 202 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.89× its world share, 268 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.70× its world share, 104 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.30× its world share, 46 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.85× its world share, 499 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.75× its world share, 339 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.88× its world share, 255 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.11× its world share, 97 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.44× its world share, 211 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.44× its world share, 8 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.46× its world share, 47 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.47× its world share, 354 worksMedicineNursing: 1.31× its world share, 25 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.93× its world share, 104 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.56× its world share, 70 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.92× its world share, 35 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.38× its world share, 115 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.64× its world share, 76 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.52× its world share, 258 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemistry, 3.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Calcutta?

Ranked on the composite score, Parongama Sen, S.K. Ghosh and Susanta Hazra lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Calcutta.

  1. 1 Parongama Sen India · #121,091 worldwide 425 citations · 51 works
  2. 2 S.K. Ghosh India · #123,324 worldwide 287 citations · 31 works
  3. 3 Susanta Hazra India · #158,130 worldwide 124 citations · 24 works
  4. 4 Amit Kundu India · #196,157 worldwide 133 citations · 32 works
  5. 5 Geeta Talukder India · #221,125 worldwide 67 citations · 39 works
  6. 6 M. Kanoria India · #229,968 worldwide 145 citations · 30 works
  7. 7 Gopal Chakrabarti India · #236,035 worldwide 301 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Ashutosh Ghosh India · #246,814 worldwide 281 citations · 65 works
  9. 9 Binay K. Dutta India · #252,863 worldwide 160 citations · 30 works
  10. 10 Soumya Sen India · #256,032 worldwide 133 citations · 41 works
All ranked researchers at University of Calcutta

Which keywords describe research at University of Calcutta?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Biomedical Applications, Nanomaterials, Oxidative Stress, Deep Learning, Remote Sensing, Invasive Species and Antioxidant.

▲ 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 Change191▲ 1.82×93 topics
  2. Deep Learning135◆ 1.01×74 topics
  3. Machine Learning127◆ 1.00×81 topics
  4. Biomedical Applications120▲ 2.6×33 topics
  5. Oxidative Stress100▲ 1.58×56 topics
  6. Nanomaterials99▲ 2.4×20 topics
  7. Environmental Impact91▲ 1.38×47 topics
  8. Remote Sensing89▲ 1.86×34 topics
  9. Sustainability86◆ 0.91×55 topics
  10. Nanoparticles86▲ 1.76×37 topics
  11. Globalization80◆ 1.05×57 topics
  12. Nanocomposites72▲ 2.3×21 topics
  13. Antioxidant69▲ 2.6×46 topics
  14. Biodiversity68▲ 2.3×27 topics
  15. Invasive Species58▲ 3.5×20 topics
  16. Drug Delivery56▲ 2.6×15 topics
  17. Toxicity56▲ 3.3×18 topics
  18. Tissue Engineering55▲ 2.3×12 topics
  19. Graphene55▲ 2.1×11 topics
  20. Antioxidant Activity53▲ 2.1×28 topics
  21. Cancer Therapy52▲ 2.4×19 topics
  22. Catalysis51▲ 1.98×26 topics
  23. Ecosystem Services51▲ 3.4×12 topics
  24. Synthesis46▲ 3.2×32 topics
  25. Reactive Oxygen Species45▲ 2.9×14 topics
  26. Biosensors44▲ 2.2×12 topics
  27. Antimicrobial41▲ 3.7×14 topics
  28. Semiconductor40▲ 3.0×7 topics
  29. Medicinal Chemistry37▲ 3.5×13 topics
  30. Bioimaging37▲ 4.1×6 topics
  31. Green Synthesis36▲ 4.8×5 topics
  32. Population Dynamics34▲ 3.5×12 topics
  33. General Relativity32▲ 12×2 topics
  34. Adsorption32▲ 3.9×7 topics
  35. Conflict31▲ 4.8×9 topics
  36. Sea-Level Rise31▲ 6.9×4 topics
  37. India29▲ 10×3 topics
  38. Organic Synthesis28▲ 6.2×10 topics
  39. Economic Reforms23▲ 22×3 topics
  40. Cosmology23▲ 8.8×3 topics

Which research topics does University of Calcutta publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: South Asian Studies and Conflicts, Advanced Differential Geometry Research, COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts and Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications.

South Asian Studies and …20South Asian Studies and Conflicts: 20 fractional worksAdvanced Differential Ge…18Advanced Differential Geometry Research: 18 fractional worksCOVID-19 Pandemic Impacts: 17 fractional worksNanoparticles: synthesis and applications: 17 fractional worksAdsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal: 16 fractional worksGeometric Analysis and Curvature Flows: 16 fractional worksAdvancements in Semiconductor Devices and Circuit Design: 15 fractional worksCatalytic C–H Functional…15Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods: 15 fractional worksPlant and animal studies: 15 fractional worksCosmology and Gravitation Theories: 14 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsAstronomy and AstrophysicsEconomics and EconometricsMaterials Chemistry5 others

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

  1. 1 South Asian Studies and Conflicts Political Science and International Relations 20 works
  2. 2 Advanced Differential Geometry Research Astronomy and Astrophysics 18 works
  3. 3 COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Economics and Econometrics 17 works
  4. 4 Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications Materials Chemistry 17 works
  5. 5 Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal Water Science and Technology 16 works
  6. 6 Geometric Analysis and Curvature Flows Applied Mathematics 16 works
  7. 7 Advancements in Semiconductor Devices and Circuit Design Electrical and Electronic Engineering 15 works
  8. 8 Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods Organic Chemistry 15 works
  9. 9 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 15 works
  10. 10 Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Astronomy and Astrophysics 14 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 available26.2%not open73.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.0%domestic only91.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Calcutta's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 7% 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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