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Vidyasagar University

In research, Vidyasagar University stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,675 of 10,521 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#2,262 of 12,888 worldwide) and Environmental Science (#860 of 3,551 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Management Science and Operations Research, Global and Planetary Change and Soil Science — Management Science and Operations Research is 6.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,977
of 28,054 · #5,405 all time
Rank in India
#182
of 1,840
Research works
4.9k
▲ 67% vs 2013–17
Citations
73k
15.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
37%
world 28%

What is Vidyasagar 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
Social SciencesDomain #1,675 of 10,521 24.1%487 #2278
Physical SciencesDomain #2,262 of 12,888 22.0%704 #4745
Environmental ScienceField #860 of 3,551 23.8%227 #1652
Social SciencesField #1,641 of 6,365 15.4%168 #2553
Business, Management and AccountingField #754 of 2,578 42.8%82 #1074
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #1,156 of 3,409 19.8%169 #2025
Life SciencesDomain #3,328 of 7,800 16.7%286 #5156
EngineeringField #2,872 of 6,636 25.8%117 #3320
Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField #950 of 1,775 26.6%102 #1944
Computer ScienceField #2,707 of 4,667 23.9%134 #3325

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Vidyasagar 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. Social Sciences#2,278 #1,675
  2. Physical Sciences#4,745 #2,262
  3. Environmental Science#1,652 #860
  4. Social Sciences#2,553 #1,641
  5. Business, Management and Accounting#1,074 #754
  6. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#2,025 #1,156
  7. Life Sciences#5,156 #3,328
  8. Engineering#3,320 #2,872
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance#1,944 #950
  10. Computer Science#3,325 #2,707
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 Vidyasagar University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Management Science and Operations Research takes 6.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Management Science and Operations ResearchSubfield · 50.1 works6.1×
  2. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 63.9 works5.1×
  3. Soil ScienceSubfield · 20.9 works4.2×
← 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: 2.15× its world share, 169 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.98× its world share, 87 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.77× its world share, 13 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.29× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.59× its world share, 9 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.03× its world share, 6 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.35× its world share, 35 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.04× its world share, 134 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.37× its world share, 36 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.25× its world share, 19 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.47× its world share, 117 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.76× its world share, 227 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.97× its world share, 56 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.19× its world share, 43 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.90× its world share, 33 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.61× its world share, 26 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.40× its world share, 127 worksMedicineNursing: 2.66× its world share, 22 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.16× its world share, 56 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.55× its world share, 82 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.68× its world share, 59 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.87× its world share, 102 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.40× its world share, 20 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.81× its world share, 168 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Vidyasagar University?

Ranked on the composite score, Kaushık Bose, Ajay Misra and Debidas Ghosh lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Vidyasagar University.

  1. 1 Kaushık Bose India · #196,492 worldwide 68 citations · 38 works
  2. 2 Ajay Misra India · #358,044 worldwide 131 citations · 29 works
  3. 3 Debidas Ghosh India · #404,379 worldwide 109 citations · 37 works
  4. 4 Piyali Sengupta India · #407,539 worldwide 108 citations · 25 works
  5. 5 Madhumangal Pal India · #595,398 worldwide 154 citations · 70 works
  6. 6 Manoranjan Maiti India · #596,510 worldwide 301 citations · 61 works
  7. 7 Manas Kumar Maiti India · #604,374 worldwide 131 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Samiran Bisai India · #634,174 worldwide 45 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Keshab Chandra Mondal India · #671,696 worldwide 135 citations · 41 works
  10. 10 Amitava Pal India · #680,327 worldwide 27 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Vidyasagar University

Which keywords describe research at Vidyasagar University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Land Use Change, Remote Sensing, Fuzzy Sets, Sustainability, Ecosystem Services, Analytic Hierarchy Process and India.

▲ 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 Change136▲ 3.1×72 topics
  2. Sustainability80▲ 1.97×52 topics
  3. Remote Sensing70▲ 3.4×28 topics
  4. Globalization67▲ 2.1×39 topics
  5. Environmental Impact64▲ 2.3×36 topics
  6. Sustainable Development54▲ 2.1×32 topics
  7. Economic Growth49▲ 3.5×25 topics
  8. Land Use Change48▲ 9.6×7 topics
  9. Ecosystem Services42▲ 6.5×13 topics
  10. Fuzzy Sets42▲ 45×2 topics
  11. Analytic Hierarchy Process36▲ 37×3 topics
  12. India35▲ 30×3 topics
  13. Group Decision Making35▲ 49×1 topic
  14. TOPSIS35▲ 49×1 topic
  15. Food Security35▲ 3.8×14 topics
  16. Supply Chain Management34▲ 2.2×15 topics
  17. Urbanization34▲ 5.0×6 topics
  18. Biodiversity Conservation32▲ 5.2×10 topics
  19. Development31▲ 5.5×12 topics
  20. Sediment Transport31▲ 12×4 topics
  21. Biodiversity30▲ 2.5×23 topics
  22. Hydrological Modeling30▲ 7.6×5 topics
  23. Antioxidant29▲ 2.6×35 topics
  24. Genetic Algorithm26▲ 11×6 topics
  25. Policy26▲ 7.1×7 topics
  26. Economic Reforms25▲ 55×3 topics
  27. Metaheuristic Algorithms22▲ 30×2 topics
  28. Poverty Reduction22▲ 9.9×3 topics
  29. Aggregate Production Planning22▲ 88×1 topic
  30. Fuzzy Goal Programming22▲ 88×1 topic
  31. Global Impact20▲ 7.1×3 topics
  32. Gender Inequality19▲ 8.4×6 topics
  33. Social-Ecological Systems19▲ 8.6×4 topics
  34. Satellite Imagery19▲ 8.6×2 topics
  35. Global Carbon Budget19▲ 16×2 topics
  36. Flood Risk18▲ 14×2 topics
  37. Sea-Level Rise18▲ 9.4×4 topics
  38. Flood Inundation Modeling18▲ 14×1 topic
  39. Surface Water Mapping18▲ 14×1 topic
  40. Human-Nature Interactions17▲ 11×1 topic

Which research topics does Vidyasagar University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Multi-Criteria Decision Making, Optimization and Mathematical Programming, Flood Risk Assessment and Management and Land Use and Ecosystem Services.

Multi-Criteria Decision …35Multi-Criteria Decision Making: 35 fractional worksOptimization and Mathematical Programming: 22 fractional worksFlood Risk Assessment an…18Flood Risk Assessment and Management: 18 fractional worksLand Use and Ecosystem S…17Land Use and Ecosystem Services: 17 fractional worksMicrofinance and Financial Inclusion: 15 fractional worksSocial and Economic Development in India: 13 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Wate…13Child Nutrition and Water Access: 13 fractional worksIndian Economic and Soci…12Indian Economic and Social Development: 12 fractional worksSouth Asian Cinema and C…11South Asian Cinema and Culture: 11 fractional worksEnergy, Environment, Eco…11Energy, Environment, Economic Growth: 11 fractional works
Management Science and Operations ResearchControl and Systems EngineeringGlobal and Planetary ChangeEconomics and Econometrics3 others

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

  1. 1 Multi-Criteria Decision Making Management Science and Operations Research 35 works
  2. 2 Optimization and Mathematical Programming Control and Systems Engineering 22 works
  3. 3 Flood Risk Assessment and Management Global and Planetary Change 18 works
  4. 4 Land Use and Ecosystem Services Global and Planetary Change 17 works
  5. 5 Microfinance and Financial Inclusion Economics and Econometrics 15 works
  6. 6 Social and Economic Development in India Sociology and Political Science 13 works
  7. 7 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 13 works
  8. 8 Indian Economic and Social Development Economics and Econometrics 12 works
  9. 9 South Asian Cinema and Culture Visual Arts and Performing Arts 11 works
  10. 10 Energy, Environment, Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 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 available37.1%not open62.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.3%domestic only90.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Vidyasagar University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 67% 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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