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Visva-Bharati University

In research, Visva-Bharati University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,992 of 12,888 worldwide), Social Sciences (#2,891 of 10,521 worldwide) and Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#1,220 of 3,409 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Soil Science, Organic Chemistry and General Agricultural and Biological Sciences — Soil Science is 7.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,641
of 28,054 · #3,327 all time
Rank in India
#153
of 1,840
Research works
6.7k
▲ 32% vs 2013–17
Citations
96k
14.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
34%
world 28%

What is Visva-Bharati 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 #1,992 of 12,888 17.2%857 #2642
Social SciencesDomain #2,891 of 10,521 18.2%294 #4197
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #1,220 of 3,409 12.6%289 #1761
Environmental ScienceField #1,352 of 3,551 25.8%148 #2010
Life SciencesDomain #3,386 of 7,800 14.5%403 #4030
Organic ChemistrySubfield #298 of 615 24.3%96 #475
EngineeringField #3,376 of 6,636 15.4%165 #5953
ChemistryField #697 of 1,330 20.5%134 #820
Social SciencesField #4,012 of 6,365 16.0%114 #4786
Health SciencesDomain #7,598 of 11,982 15.3%144 #10973

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Visva-Bharati 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#2,642 #1,992
  2. Social Sciences#4,197 #2,891
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#1,761 #1,220
  4. Environmental Science#2,010 #1,352
  5. Life Sciences#4,030 #3,386
  6. Organic Chemistry#475 #298
  7. Engineering#5,953 #3,376
  8. Chemistry#820 #697
  9. Social Sciences#4,786 #4,012
  10. Health Sciences#10,973 #7,598
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 Visva-Bharati University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Soil Science takes 7.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Soil ScienceSubfield · 39.7 works7.8×
  2. Organic ChemistrySubfield · 96.3 works7.5×
  3. General Agricultural and Biological SciencesSubfield · 39.6 works5.3×
  4. ChemistryField · 133.6 works5.0×
  5. Statistical and Nonlinear PhysicsSubfield · 25.7 works4.8×
  6. Plant ScienceSubfield · 131.4 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: 3.58× its world share, 289 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.96× its world share, 87 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.48× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.29× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.86× its world share, 11 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.93× its world share, 11 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 5.01× its world share, 134 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.68× its world share, 89 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.79× its world share, 21 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.15× its world share, 18 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.65× its world share, 165 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.75× its world share, 148 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.58× its world share, 94 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.41× its world share, 48 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 3.41× its world share, 129 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.65× its world share, 29 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.31× its world share, 100 worksMedicineNursing: 1.48× its world share, 12 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.28× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.16× its world share, 57 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.45× its world share, 25 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.39× its world share, 23 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.22× its world share, 44 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.61× its world share, 32 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.53× its world share, 114 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemistry, 5.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Visva-Bharati University?

Ranked on the composite score, Paramartha Dutta, Rajib Roychowdhury and Shib Sankar Sana lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Visva-Bharati University.

  1. 1 Paramartha Dutta India · #175,122 worldwide 370 citations · 70 works
  2. 2 Rajib Roychowdhury India · #175,827 worldwide 397 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 Shib Sankar Sana India · #197,121 worldwide 327 citations · 54 works
  4. 4 Dulal Pal India · #233,375 worldwide 353 citations · 55 works
  5. 5 Prasanta Chatterjee India · #619,206 worldwide 145 citations · 53 works
  6. 6 Gopinath Mandal India · #730,327 worldwide 133 citations · 20 works
  7. 7 Manas Ghosh India · #796,954 worldwide 99 citations · 45 works
  8. 8 Goutam Kumar Ghosh India · #816,360 worldwide 77 citations · 27 works
  9. 9 Goutam Brahmachari India · #834,985 worldwide 117 citations · 79 works
  10. 10 Alakananda Hajra India · #843,217 worldwide 147 citations · 55 works
All ranked researchers at Visva-Bharati University

Which keywords describe research at Visva-Bharati University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Food Security, Climate Change, Heat Transfer, Sustainability, Agriculture, India, Organic Synthesis and Medicinal Chemistry.

▲ 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 Change100▲ 2.2×68 topics
  2. Sustainability82▲ 1.99×46 topics
  3. Food Security64▲ 6.9×15 topics
  4. Heat Transfer52▲ 6.2×10 topics
  5. Oxidative Stress44▲ 1.59×38 topics
  6. Agriculture43▲ 6.4×6 topics
  7. India38▲ 32×3 topics
  8. Development36▲ 6.2×11 topics
  9. Organic Synthesis35▲ 18×9 topics
  10. Medicinal Chemistry34▲ 7.3×13 topics
  11. Catalysis33▲ 2.9×25 topics
  12. Technology33▲ 3.7×9 topics
  13. Sustainable Agriculture33▲ 6.1×10 topics
  14. Policy32▲ 8.6×5 topics
  15. Experimental Investigation30▲ 17×2 topics
  16. Soil Fertility28▲ 7.4×6 topics
  17. Production28▲ 19×2 topics
  18. Water Management27▲ 13×4 topics
  19. Economic Analysis27▲ 11×3 topics
  20. Plant Growth25▲ 13×6 topics
  21. Nutrient Uptake25▲ 21×3 topics
  22. Agricultural Practices25▲ 37×3 topics
  23. Drought Resistance24▲ 15×3 topics
  24. QTL Mapping23▲ 12×6 topics
  25. Rice23▲ 24×2 topics
  26. Heterocycles22▲ 14×8 topics
  27. Transition Metal Catalysis22▲ 16×4 topics
  28. Environmental Sustainability22▲ 8.1×4 topics
  29. Thermal Conductivity22▲ 8.3×3 topics
  30. Metal-Catalyzed Reactions22▲ 21×3 topics
  31. Crop Productivity21▲ 18×3 topics
  32. Yield Potential20▲ 20×2 topics
  33. Aerobic Rice Systems19▲ 32×1 topic
  34. Root Traits19▲ 32×1 topic
  35. Biofertilizers19▲ 26×3 topics
  36. Carbon–Carbon Bond Formation19▲ 25×1 topic
  37. C–H Activation19▲ 25×1 topic
  38. Integrated Nutrient Management19▲ 50×1 topic
  39. Organic Manure19▲ 50×1 topic
  40. Viscosity19▲ 16×3 topics

Which research topics does Visva-Bharati University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Agricultural Economics and Practices, Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement, Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods and Agricultural Science and Fertilization.

Agricultural Economics a…26Agricultural Economics and Practices: 26 fractional worksRice Cultivation and Yie…19Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement: 19 fractional worksCatalytic C–H Functionalization Methods: 19 fractional worksAgricultural Science and…19Agricultural Science and Fertilization: 19 fractional worksNanofluid Flow and Heat …18Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer: 18 fractional worksFluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows: 16 fractional worksIndian History and Philosophy: 14 fractional worksRadical Photochemical Re…13Radical Photochemical Reactions: 13 fractional worksHeat Transfer Mechanisms: 12 fractional worksSulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques: 12 fractional works
General Agricultural and Biological SciencesPlant ScienceOrganic ChemistrySoil Science4 others

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

  1. 1 Agricultural Economics and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 26 works
  2. 2 Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement Plant Science 19 works
  3. 3 Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods Organic Chemistry 19 works
  4. 4 Agricultural Science and Fertilization Soil Science 19 works
  5. 5 Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer Biomedical Engineering 18 works
  6. 6 Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows Computational Mechanics 16 works
  7. 7 Indian History and Philosophy Philosophy 14 works
  8. 8 Radical Photochemical Reactions Organic Chemistry 13 works
  9. 9 Heat Transfer Mechanisms Mechanical Engineering 12 works
  10. 10 Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques Organic Chemistry 12 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 available34.0%not open66.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.9%domestic only91.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Visva-Bharati 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.

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.