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Plant Science research in India

Council of Scientific and Industrial Research ranks first in India for Plant Science research in 2022-now (#96 worldwide), followed by National Institute of Plant Genome Research and Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research.

India's world rank
#12
of 90 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
54k
Top-10% rate
6.8%
Ranked institutions
60

Research strength only: this says nothing about teaching, admissions or cost.

What is the best university for Plant Science in India?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Council of Scientific and Industrial ResearchNew Delhi #9636.512.1%801
2National Institute of Plant Genome ResearchNew Delhi #13731.516.5%208
3Academy of Scientific and Innovative ResearchGhaziabad #14530.715.0%324
4International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid TropicsPatancheru #19027.016.3%158
5Indian Institute of Technology KharagpurKharagpur #23124.214.8%156
6Indian Institute of Pulses ResearchKanpur #27122.010.2%162
7Indian Council of Agricultural ResearchNew Delhi #29720.77.4%6,088
8Indian Institute of Technology GuwahatiGuwahati #30420.412.6%88
9Banaras Hindu UniversityVaranasi #34818.59.0%569
10Tamil Nadu Agricultural UniversityCoimbatore #40116.53.4%1,721
11Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and ForestrySolan #40716.46.5%406
12Punjab Agricultural UniversityLudhiana #40916.35.9%1,137
13Indian Institute of Technology DelhiNew Delhi #41116.210.6%104
14University of DelhiNew Delhi #44415.19.7%404
15Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa VidyalayaJabalpur #45014.93.0%410
16Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of KashmirSrinagar #45814.76.5%418
17Central Agricultural UniversityImphal #47814.16.7%350
18SRM Institute of Science and TechnologyChennai #50813.36.4%526
19Eternal UniversityRājgarh #52212.916.7%67
20University of HyderabadHyderabad #53712.58.6%91
21Bidhan Chandra Krishi ViswavidyalayaKrishnanagar #54012.43.3%318
22Indian Institute of Technology RoorkeeRoorkee #56311.812.7%81
23Chitkara UniversityChandigarh #56411.812.3%566
24Aligarh Muslim UniversityAligarh #56511.816.1%332
25Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agriculture UniversitySamāstipur #56711.75.1%158
26North Bengal Agricultural UniversityKoch Bihār #57211.63.9%158
27University of Agricultural Sciences, BangaloreBengaluru #57311.62.4%384
28Jawaharlal Nehru UniversityNew Delhi #59511.112.7%119
29Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural UniversityHisar #61910.55.6%540
30Shoolini UniversitySolan #62810.320.3%81
31Amity UniversityNoida #63410.28.6%294
32Bihar Agricultural UniversitySabaur #63510.22.8%201
33Chaudhary Sarwan Kumar Himachal Pradesh Krishi VishvavidyalayaPālampur #64010.14.0%238
34Kerala Agricultural UniversityThrissur #64110.02.6%410
35Raisoni Group of InstitutionsNagpur #6489.98.1%60
36University of KashmirSrinagar #6729.49.6%212
37Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and TechnologyHaldwani #6739.45.7%356
38Kumaun UniversityNainital #6749.318.3%78
39Vellore Institute of Technology UniversityVellore #6849.113.9%428
40Graphic Era UniversityDehradun #6958.99.9%388
41Indian Council of Forestry Research and EducationDehradun #7028.84.5%361
42Tezpur UniversityTezpur #7048.717.7%63
43Saveetha UniversityChennai #7108.613.2%496
44Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of JammuJammu #7148.55.5%204
45Guru Nanak Dev UniversityAmritsar #7258.315.1%136
46Maharshi Dayanand UniversityRohtak #7547.813.3%133
47Anand Agricultural UniversityAnand #7607.73.6%230
48Chandigarh UniversityMohali #7617.67.4%389
49Odisha University of Agriculture and TechnologyBhubaneswar #7717.42.8%289
50National Institute of Technology RourkelaRourkela #7727.413.8%65
51Mizoram UniversityAizawl #7797.312.3%90
52University of Agricultural and Horticultural SciencesShivamogga #7847.24.2%148
53University of CalcuttaKolkata #7887.26.0%175
54Panjab UniversityChandigarh #8036.911.1%182
55Birla Institute of Technology and Science, PilaniPilāni #8076.811.7%103
56Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and TechnologyUdaipur #8156.74.4%118
57Centurion University of Technology and ManagementBhubaneswar #8326.45.3%177
58University of Agricultural Sciences RaichurRāichūr #8376.31.5%225
59Professor Jayashankar Telangana Agricultural UniversityHyderabad #8386.31.7%386
60Symbiosis International UniversityPune #8416.211.2%103

Institutions in India above the floor of 40 fractional works in Plant Science, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022-now.

Who are the top Plant Science researchers in India?

Rajeev Kumar Varshney, Pooran Mal Gaur and Annapurna Chitikineni rank highest among researchers based in India, on their papers in Plant Science that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Rajeev Kumar Varshney#14,037 worldwide overall240.3 of 694 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Pooran Mal Gaur#87,070 worldwide overall53.5 of 176 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Annapurna Chitikineni#25,391 worldwide overall39.3 of 76 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Rupesh Kailasrao Deshmukh#59,153 worldwide overall46.5 of 126 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Nafees A. Khan#315,509 worldwide overall72.0 of 149 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Riyaz Zafar Sayyed#138,807 worldwide overall52.9 of 112 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Mahendar Thudi#50,398 worldwide overall38.9 of 103 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Manish Kumar Pandey#100,731 worldwide overall44.0 of 159 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Vikas Kumar Singh#92,831 worldwide overall35.0 of 84 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Vincent Vadez#160,356 worldwide overall46.7 of 148 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11Manish Roorkiwal#58,865 worldwide overall31.7 of 79 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12Aamir Waseem Khan#48,633 worldwide overall28.5 of 48 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13Himabindu Kudapa#80,368 worldwide overall29.8 of 64 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14Abhishek Rathore#160,074 worldwide overall35.6 of 126 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15Manoj Prasad#184,677 worldwide overall38.4 of 123 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in India on their work in Plant Science alone: how many more of their papers here reached the world top 10% for their subfield and year than the 10% expected.

How India compares with other countries in Plant Science