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Utkal University

In research, Utkal University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#3,507 of 12,888 worldwide), Social Sciences (#3,413 of 10,521 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#4,213 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,150
of 28,054 · #8,949 all time
Rank in India
#286
of 1,840
Research works
3.4k
▲ 32% vs 2013–17
Citations
35k
10.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
40%
world 28%

What is Utkal 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 #3,507 of 12,888 16.0%360 #6016
Social SciencesDomain #3,413 of 10,521 15.1%224 #6010
Health SciencesDomain #4,213 of 11,982 10.5%103 #10903
Environmental ScienceField #2,334 of 3,551 19.7%65 #3458
Life SciencesDomain #5,472 of 7,800 12.6%108 #9890
EngineeringField #4,774 of 6,636 12.6%77 #8079
Computer ScienceField #3,526 of 4,667 12.1%77 #3854
Social SciencesField #4,846 of 6,365 11.0%83 #7366
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #2,733 of 3,409 13.5%62 #4866
MedicineField #9,063 of 10,443 9.7%68 #14551

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Utkal 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#6,016 #3,507
  2. Social Sciences#6,010 #3,413
  3. Health Sciences#10,903 #4,213
  4. Environmental Science#3,458 #2,334
  5. Life Sciences#9,890 #5,472
  6. Engineering#8,079 #4,774
  7. Computer Science#3,854 #3,526
  8. Social Sciences#7,366 #4,846
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#4,866 #2,733
  10. Medicine#14,551 #9,063
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: 1.63× its world share, 62 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.68× its world share, 29 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.44× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.51× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.80× its world share, 8 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.64× its world share, 20 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.25× its world share, 77 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.48× its world share, 18 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.23× its world share, 16 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.65× its world share, 77 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.64× its world share, 65 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.83× its world share, 51 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.79× its world share, 17 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.95× its world share, 17 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.45× its world share, 6 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.95× its world share, 20 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.44× its world share, 68 worksMedicineNursing: 2.40× its world share, 9 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.71× its world share, 39 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.45× its world share, 37 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.08× its world share, 8 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.14× its world share, 36 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.80× its world share, 19 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.83× its world share, 83 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 2.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Utkal University?

Ranked on the composite score, Mrutyunjaya Panda, Chinmay Pradhan and Kailash C. Dash lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Utkal University.

  1. 1 Mrutyunjaya Panda India · #204,944 worldwide 132 citations · 32 works
  2. 2 Chinmay Pradhan India · #313,232 worldwide 89 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 Kailash C. Dash India · #466,490 worldwide 57 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 V. Chakravortty India · #467,965 worldwide 106 citations · 26 works
  5. 5 N. C. Mishra India · #518,996 worldwide 130 citations · 22 works
  6. 6 Hemanta Kumar Patra India · #535,736 worldwide 105 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 Sateesh Kumar Pradhan India · #603,597 worldwide 48 citations · 32 works
  8. 8 Rabindra Kumar Swain India · #604,734 worldwide 2 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 G.B.N. Chainy India · #675,030 worldwide 70 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Pushpa Khare India · #683,104 worldwide 61 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at Utkal University

Which keywords describe research at Utkal University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, India, Sustainability, Philosophy, Nanomaterials, Policy, Machine Learning and Religion.

▲ 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 Change45▲ 2.1×56 topics
  2. Sustainability39▲ 2.0×37 topics
  3. Machine Learning36▲ 1.39×52 topics
  4. Nanomaterials29▲ 3.4×12 topics
  5. Deep Learning29◆ 1.05×48 topics
  6. Environmental Impact27▲ 2.0×33 topics
  7. Globalization26▲ 1.70×31 topics
  8. Philosophy22▲ 6.3×6 topics
  9. India21▲ 36×3 topics
  10. Sustainable Development20▲ 1.62×30 topics
  11. COVID-1920▲ 1.82×17 topics
  12. Biomedical Applications19▲ 2.0×17 topics
  13. Religion18▲ 4.7×9 topics
  14. Food Security17▲ 4.0×8 topics
  15. Graphene17▲ 3.1×6 topics
  16. Human Rights17▲ 2.1×10 topics
  17. Development16▲ 5.8×12 topics
  18. Nanocomposites16▲ 2.5×14 topics
  19. Agriculture16▲ 5.0×6 topics
  20. Policy15▲ 8.9×6 topics
  21. History15▲ 2.7×7 topics
  22. Energy Storage15▲ 2.9×6 topics
  23. Urbanization15▲ 4.5×6 topics
  24. Culture15▲ 3.5×8 topics
  25. Water Splitting14▲ 4.7×4 topics
  26. Modernization12▲ 8.3×2 topics
  27. Buddhism12▲ 101×1 topic
  28. Economic Reforms12▲ 54×2 topics
  29. South Asia12▲ 101×1 topic
  30. Metal-Organic Frameworks12▲ 3.5×5 topics
  31. Environmental Ethics11▲ 23×5 topics
  32. Production11▲ 16×2 topics
  33. Global Burden of Disease10▲ 5.4×4 topics
  34. Social Networks10▲ 4.8×8 topics
  35. Visible Light10▲ 5.4×2 topics
  36. Gender Bias9▲ 14×2 topics
  37. Conflict9▲ 7.0×5 topics
  38. Economic Analysis9▲ 7.7×2 topics
  39. Agricultural Livelihoods8▲ 80×1 topic
  40. Kerala8▲ 80×1 topic

Which research topics does Utkal University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Indian and Buddhist Studies, Agricultural Economics and Practices, Social and Economic Development in India and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques.

Indian and Buddhist Stud…12Indian and Buddhist Studies: 12 fractional worksAgricultural Economics a…9Agricultural Economics and Practices: 9 fractional worksSocial and Economic Development in India: 8 fractional worksAdvanced Photocatalysis Techniques: 8 fractional worksIndian History and Philosophy: 7 fractional worksCOVID-19 Pandemic Impacts: 7 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 7 fractional worksSupercapacitor Materials…6Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication: 6 fractional worksSouth Asian Studies and Conflicts: 6 fractional worksAgricultural risk and resilience: 5 fractional works
Religious studiesGeneral Agricultural and Biological SciencesSociology and Political ScienceRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment6 others

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

  1. 1 Indian and Buddhist Studies Religious studies 12 works
  2. 2 Agricultural Economics and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 9 works
  3. 3 Social and Economic Development in India Sociology and Political Science 8 works
  4. 4 Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 8 works
  5. 5 Indian History and Philosophy Philosophy 7 works
  6. 6 COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Economics and Econometrics 7 works
  7. 7 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 7 works
  8. 8 Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 6 works
  9. 9 South Asian Studies and Conflicts Political Science and International Relations 6 works
  10. 10 Agricultural risk and resilience Soil Science 5 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 available40.3%not open59.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Utkal University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 32% 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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