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Zoological Survey of India

In research, Zoological Survey of India stands highest in Life Sciences (#5,637 of 7,800 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#9,413 of 12,888 worldwide) and Environmental Science (#2,624 of 3,551 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Aquatic Science and Ecological Modeling — Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics is 40.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,861
of 28,054 · #18,981 all time
Rank in India
#888
of 1,840
Research works
4.3k
▲ 61% vs 2013–17
Citations
15k
3.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
61%
world 28%

What is Zoological Survey of India 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
Life SciencesDomain #5,637 of 7,800 5.2%531 #9265
Physical SciencesDomain #9,413 of 12,888 6.0%317 #16004
Environmental ScienceField #2,624 of 3,551 5.0%235 #2617
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield #196 of 255 6.1%171 #588
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #2,666 of 3,409 5.2%355 #3148
EcologySubfield #540 of 578 3.0%95 #1189
Insect ScienceSubfield #96 of 102 5.1%68 #479
GeneticsSubfield #467 of 489 5.0%101 #1335
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #3,471 of 3,579 4.5%164 #7115

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Zoological Survey of India 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. Life Sciences#9,265 #5,637
  2. Physical Sciences#16,004 #9,413
  3. Environmental Science#2,617 #2,624
  4. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics#588 #196
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#3,148 #2,666
  6. Ecology#1,189 #540
  7. Insect Science#479 #96
  8. Genetics#1,335 #467
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#7,115 #3,471
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 Zoological Survey of India specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics takes 40.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 171.3 works41×
  2. Aquatic ScienceSubfield · 57.1 works35×
  3. Ecological ModelingSubfield · 21.5 works31×
  4. Insect ScienceSubfield · 68.4 works27×
  5. PaleontologySubfield · 26.6 works25×
  6. Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 49.7 works23×
  7. GeneticsSubfield · 101.5 works14×
  8. EcologySubfield · 95.2 works13×
← 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: 8.32× its world share, 355 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.42× its world share, 164 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.11× its world share, 10 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4.01× its world share, 56 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 12 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 5.26× its world share, 235 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.20× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.11× its world share, 20 worksMedicineNursing: 0.64× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.84× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.15× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.38× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 9 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 8.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Zoological Survey of India?

Ranked on the composite score, S. K. Gupta, Savithramma P. Dinesh‐Kumar and Bikramjit Sinha lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Zoological Survey of India.

  1. 1 S. K. Gupta India · #339,222 worldwide 82 citations · 48 works
  2. 2 Savithramma P. Dinesh‐Kumar India · #652,308 worldwide 112 citations · 41 works
  3. 3 Bikramjit Sinha India · #873,557 worldwide 11 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 John T. D. Caleb India · #897,227 worldwide 17 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 M. L. Roonwal India · #960,872 worldwide 6 citations · 22 works
  6. 6 Rahul Ranjan India · #1,008,279 worldwide 79 citations · 84 works
  7. 7 Kailash Chandra India · #1,011,341 worldwide 74 citations · 132 works
  8. 8 Ramakrishna Ramakrishna India · #1,129,102 worldwide 17 citations · 28 works
  9. 9 Subhrendu Sekhar Mishra India · #1,191,734 worldwide 26 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Anil Mohapatra India · #1,242,388 worldwide 48 citations · 30 works
All ranked researchers at Zoological Survey of India

Which keywords describe research at Zoological Survey of India?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Phylogeny, Biogeography, Invasive Species, DNA Barcoding, Conservation and Taxonomy.

▲ 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. Biodiversity234▲ 35×23 topics
  2. Climate Change175▲ 7.2×48 topics
  3. Phylogeny154▲ 114×17 topics
  4. Biogeography149▲ 64×19 topics
  5. Invasive Species147▲ 38×20 topics
  6. DNA Barcoding140▲ 96×9 topics
  7. Conservation136▲ 35×19 topics
  8. Taxonomy127▲ 109×13 topics
  9. Evolution109▲ 49×15 topics
  10. Phylogenetic Analysis99▲ 36×12 topics
  11. Morphology93▲ 60×7 topics
  12. Population Dynamics86▲ 38×12 topics
  13. Genetic Diversity76▲ 19×11 topics
  14. Biological Control71▲ 53×8 topics
  15. Habitat Fragmentation64▲ 32×5 topics
  16. Molecular Phylogeny64▲ 46×12 topics
  17. Freshwater61▲ 138×2 topics
  18. Cryptic Species59▲ 283×2 topics
  19. Fish51▲ 149×1 topic
  20. Length-Weight Relationships51▲ 149×1 topic
  21. Lepidoptera51▲ 303×1 topic
  22. Molecular Phylogenetics51▲ 303×1 topic
  23. Global Change49▲ 21×5 topics
  24. Conservation Biology41▲ 44×4 topics
  25. Ecology40▲ 29×8 topics
  26. Ecosystem Services38▲ 11×7 topics
  27. Species Delimitation34▲ 87×3 topics
  28. Marine Ecosystems33▲ 70×2 topics
  29. Ecosystem Functioning33▲ 19×7 topics
  30. Plant-Animal Interactions31▲ 41×1 topic
  31. Pollinator Decline31▲ 41×1 topic
  32. Speciation30▲ 87×3 topics
  33. Host Specificity30▲ 30×5 topics
  34. Phylogeography30▲ 97×2 topics
  35. Fisheries28▲ 80×3 topics
  36. Biodiversity Loss28▲ 60×3 topics
  37. Food Authentication26▲ 26×1 topic
  38. Fraud Detection26▲ 21×1 topic
  39. Trophic Cascades24▲ 29×2 topics
  40. Coleoptera24▲ 136×2 topics

Which research topics does Zoological Survey of India publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Fish Biology and Ecology Studies, Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy, Plant and animal studies and Identification and Quantification in Food.

Fish Biology and Ecology Studies: 51 fractional worksLepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy: 51 fractional worksPlant and animal studies31Plant and animal studies: 31 fractional worksIdentification and Quant…26Identification and Quantification in Food: 26 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and Climate Change: 22 fractional worksInsect-Plant Interactions and Control: 21 fractional worksOrthoptera Research and …19Orthoptera Research and Taxonomy: 19 fractional worksIchthyology and Marine Biology: 18 fractional worksHymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny: 17 fractional worksSpider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies: 16 fractional works
Aquatic ScienceGeneticsEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsMolecular Biology3 others

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

  1. 1 Fish Biology and Ecology Studies Aquatic Science 51 works
  2. 2 Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy Genetics 51 works
  3. 3 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 31 works
  4. 4 Identification and Quantification in Food Molecular Biology 26 works
  5. 5 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 22 works
  6. 6 Insect-Plant Interactions and Control Insect Science 21 works
  7. 7 Orthoptera Research and Taxonomy Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 19 works
  8. 8 Ichthyology and Marine Biology Nature and Landscape Conservation 18 works
  9. 9 Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 17 works
  10. 10 Spider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies Genetics 16 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 available61.3%not open38.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.7%domestic only91.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Zoological Survey of India's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 61% 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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