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Polymers and Plastics research in India

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur ranks first in India for Polymers and Plastics research in 2022-now (#99 worldwide), followed by Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati and Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.

India's world rank
#10
of 46 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
9.2k
Top-10% rate
7.8%
Ranked institutions
25

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

What is the best university for Polymers and Plastics in India?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Indian Institute of Technology KharagpurKharagpur #9917.810.2%123
2Indian Institute of Technology GuwahatiGuwahati #10317.110.6%72
3Indian Institute of Technology DelhiNew Delhi #11315.49.2%181
4Indian Institute of Technology RoorkeeRoorkee #12214.111.9%123
5Indian Institute of Technology MadrasChennai #12513.66.4%105
6Indian Institute of Science BangaloreBengaluru #13312.57.4%90
7Council of Scientific and Industrial ResearchNew Delhi #14511.07.3%202
8Academy of Scientific and Innovative ResearchGhaziabad #1579.68.9%107
9Saveetha UniversityChennai #1708.120.9%280
10Indian Institute of Technology BombayMumbai #1747.73.8%66
11Indian Institute of Technology KanpurKanpur #1807.14.4%62
12SRM Institute of Science and TechnologyChennai #1846.79.8%155
13PSG INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND APPLIED RESEARCHCoimbatore #2005.29.4%110
14Vellore Institute of Technology UniversityVellore #2084.512.2%198
15Birla Institute of Technology and Science, PilaniPilāni #2134.14.1%70
16Institute of Chemical TechnologyMumbai #2193.69.2%100
17Banaras Hindu UniversityVaranasi #2243.24.2%71
18Manipal Academy of Higher EducationManipal #2253.116.7%130
19University of CalicutMalappuram #2292.88.0%77
20University of DelhiNew Delhi #2312.74.1%71
21Chandigarh UniversityMohali #2352.310.2%70
22Amrita Vishwa VidyapeethamCoimbatore #2392.07.5%74
23Anna University, ChennaiChennai #249132.05.5%78
24Defence Research and Development OrganisationNew Delhi #25496.05.2%82
25Lovely Professional UniversityPhagwāra #25961.08.4%69

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

Who are the top Polymers and Plastics researchers in India?

Sabu Thomas, Prashant Kesharwani and Tejraj Malleshappa Aminabhavi rank highest among researchers based in India, on their papers in Polymers and Plastics that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Sabu Thomas#1,312,439 worldwide overall82.5 of 486 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Prashant Kesharwani#35,480 worldwide overall16.5 of 28 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Tejraj Malleshappa Aminabhavi#12,112 worldwide overall16.1 of 92 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Sujoy Kumar Ghosh#56,019 worldwide overall7.3 of 14 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Abir Saha#91,783 worldwide overall6.4 of 12 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Chorappan Pavithran#1,375,003 worldwide overall10.0 of 19 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Kuruvilla Joseph#1,479,440 worldwide overall20.6 of 118 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Satyaranjan Bairagi#62,666 worldwide overall6.2 of 12 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Narendra Kumar Jain#1,502,078 worldwide overall13.7 of 20 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10R. Vijay#445,943 worldwide overall9.5 of 12 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11Umesh Dutta Gupta#648,104 worldwide overall8.8 of 18 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12Bansi Dhar Malhotra#269,043 worldwide overall11.3 of 44 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13Sundeep Kumar Dhawan#342,973 worldwide overall10.5 of 34 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 13Pralay Maiti#754,023 worldwide overall10.2 of 50 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15Akarsh Verma#385,974 worldwide overall11.5 of 20 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in India on their work in Polymers and Plastics 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 Polymers and Plastics