2018 tables: Institutions - physical sciences

The 2018 tables are based on Nature Index data from 1 January 2017 to 31 December 2017.

Table criteria

# Institution Share 2016 Share 2017 Count 2017 Change in Adjusted Share* 2016–2017
1 Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI), India 48.80 52.47 180 6.3%
2 Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), India 29.70 35.12 176 16.8%
3 Indian Institute of Science (IISc), India 32.75 34.71 91 4.7%
4 Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras), India 6.07 11.10 107 80.8%
5 Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay), India 9.94 9.76 53 -3.0%
6 Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT Delhi), India 3.94 9.68 13 143.1%
7 Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT Kanpur), India 8.52 9.59 17 11.2%
8 Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT Kharagpur), India 7.13 9.26 20 28.3%
9 Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IACS), India 3.93 9.16 36 130.1%
10 Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), India 6.94 7.31 14 4.1%
11 Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India 7.17 6.65 14 -8.4%
12 Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Pune (IISER Pune), India 11.06 6.39 86 -42.9%
13 Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IIT Roorkee), India 2.09 6.03 7 185.1%
14 India Department of Space (DOS), India 7.36 5.72 15 -23.2%
15 Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IIT Guwahati), India 1.44 5.68 27 291.3%
16 University of Hyderabad (UoH), India 2.21 5.36 11 140.3%
17 Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata (IISER Kolkata), India 2.41 5.15 24 111.1%
18 S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences (SNBNCBS), India 3.56 5.03 8 39.4%
19 Jadavpur University (JU), India 4.03 4.70 8 15.2%
20 Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), India 6.61 4.41 98 -34.0%
21 Raman Research Institute (RRI), India 2.44 4.21 7 70.7%
22 University of Delhi (DU), India 4.63 4.13 83 -11.9%
23 Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali (IISER Mohali), India 4.21 4.03 16 -5.5%
24 University of Calcutta (CU), India 3.52 3.92 11 10.3%
25 Indian Institute of Technology Indore (IIT Indore), India 2.58 3.33 21 27.2%
26 Chennai Mathematical Institute (CMI), India 0.52 2.79 19 433.5%
27 Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal (IISER Bhopal), India 1.00 2.55 36 150.7%
28 University of Burdwan, India 2.50 3 N/A
29 Visva-Bharati University, India 3.02 2.28 45 -25.5%
30 Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT), India 4.67 2.20 5 -53.5%
31 Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS Pilani), India 0.10 2.16 5 2037.0%
32 Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), India 2.33 2.13 3 -10.0%
33 Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research Institute, India 0.83 2.00 2 137.2%
34 Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI), India 2.75 1.96 4 -29.6%
35 Indian Institute of Technology Mandi (IIT Mandi), India 3.12 1.88 3 -40.5%
36 Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad (IITH), India 0.26 1.83 21 602.9%
37 Inter-University Accelerator Centre (IUAC), India 1.33 1.78 3 32.6%
38 National Institute of Technology, Srinagar (NITSRI), India 1.50 3 N/A
39 Institute of Nano Science and Technology (INST), India 0.19 1.43 3 653.4%
40 UGC-DAE Consortium for Scientific Research, India 0.67 1.43 2 111.8%
41 Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), India 1.95 1.40 6 -29.3%
42 Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IIT Gandhinagar), India 0.77 1.36 19 75.7%
43 Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram (IISER TVM), India 2.87 1.35 16 -53.4%
44 Dr. B. R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar (NITJ), India 1.33 2 N/A
45 Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), India 0.93 1.25 4 32.6%
45 University of Kalyani, India 1.25 2 N/A
46 Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar (IIT-BBS), India 0.06 1.09 34 1825.9%
47 Dayalbagh Educational Institute (DEI), India 1.07 3 N/A
48 Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), India 8.63 1.06 20 -87.9%
49 Shiv Nadar University (SNU), India 1.06 1.00 3 -6.4%
49 Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT), India 0.67 1.00 1 48.2%
49 National Brain Research Centre (NBRC), India 1.00 1 N/A
49 Dr. Harisingh Gour University (Sagar University), India 1.00 1 N/A
50 Siksha O Anusandhan University (SOA), India 1.33 0.95 2 -29.6%
51 Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA), India 1.69 0.95 5 -44.7%
52 Panjab University (PU), India 0.78 0.93 98 18.4%
53 National Defence Academy (NDA), India 1.38 0.92 2 -34.1%
54 National Institute of Technology Calicut (NITC), India 0.90 1 N/A
55 SRM Institute of Science and Technology, India 0.75 4 N/A
56 Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur (IIT Jodhpur), India 1.67 0.75 2 -55.5%
56 Indian Institute of Technology Ropar (IIT Ropar), India 0.75 2 N/A
56 Gurukula Kangri Vishwavidyalaya (GKV), India 0.75 1 N/A
57 Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences, India 0.73 2 N/A
58 Banaras Hindu University (BHU), India 1.63 0.68 5 -58.8%
59 University of Kerala, India 0.33 0.67 1 97.7%
60 Raj Kumar Goel Institute of Technology (RKGIT), India 0.50 0.58 2 15.3%
60 Government College of Engineering and Ceramic Technology (GCECT), India 1.25 0.58 2 -53.9%
60 Government General Degree College, India 0.25 0.58 2 130.6%
61 West Bengal State University (WBSU), India 0.42 0.50 1 18.6%
61 Presidency University, India 0.50 1 N/A
62 Diamond Harbour Women’s University (DHWU), India 0.45 2 N/A
63 Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), India 0.42 2 N/A
64 Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), India 0.60 0.41 20 -32.6%
65 Institute for Plasma Research (IPR), India 0.35 0.38 15 6.0%
66 SankhyaSutra Labs Pvt. Ltd., India 0.38 1 N/A
67 Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi (IIT BHU), India 0.53 0.37 2 -31.3%
68 University of Kashmir, India 0.33 0.35 3 3.5%
69 University of North Bengal (NBU), India 0.67 0.34 2 -49.5%
70 Punjabi University, India 0.33 1 N/A
70 National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli (NIT Trichy), India 0.83 0.33 1 -60.5%
70 Krishnath College, India 0.33 1 N/A
70 Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU), India 0.33 1 N/A
71 University of Jammu, India 0.24 0.31 24 27.3%
72 Central University of Himachal Pradesh (CUHP), India 1.00 0.30 1 -70.4%
73 Sikkim Manipal University (SMU), India 0.50 0.26 2 -49.1%
74 Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur (IIEST Shibpur), India 2.08 0.25 1 -88.1%
74 Indian National Science Academy (INSA), India 0.25 1 N/A
74 Ramananda Centenary College, India 0.25 1 N/A
74 Poornaprajna Institute of Scientific Research (PPISR), India 0.25 1 N/A
74 Dharmanand Uniyal Government Degree College Narendranagar (GDCNNGR), India 0.25 1 N/A
75 Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda (MSU), India 0.14 0.20 1 38.4%
76 Central University of Tamil Nadu (CUTN), India 0.17 1 N/A
76 University of Gour Banga (UGB), India 0.17 1 N/A
76 Jain University (JU), India 0.17 1 N/A
77 Indore Professional Studies Academy (IPSA), India 0.14 1 N/A
77 Government Holkar Science College, India 0.14 1 N/A
78 Institute of Engineering and Management (IEM), India 0.13 1 N/A
78 Pandit Deendayal Energy University (PDEU), India 0.13 1 N/A
79 Rani Channamma University, India 0.11 1 N/A
79 Vignan University, India 0.11 1 N/A
80 National Institute of Plant Genome Research (NIPGR), India 0.11 1 N/A
81 Bose Institute, India 1.00 0.10 18 -89.8%
82 Government General Degree College, Kharagpur-II, India 0.10 1 N/A
82 Muhammed Abdurahiman Memorial Orphanage College (MAMOC), India 0.10 1 N/A
82 Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (GGISPU), India 0.10 1 N/A
82 Aliah University, India 0.10 1 N/A
83 Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad (IIT PKD), India 0.33 0.08 1 -75.3%
83 Indian Institute of Technology - Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad (IIT-ISM), India 0.08 1 N/A
83 Barasat Government College (BGC), India 0.33 0.08 1 -75.3%
83 Raniganj Girls’ College, India 0.08 1 N/A
84 Bharathiar University, India 0.08 1 N/A
85 Alagappa University, India 0.07 1 N/A
86 Tata Group, India 0.49 0.07 2 -86.7%
87 Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine (inStem), India 0.06 0.06 2 -1.2%
88 Chaudhary Charan Singh University (CCSU), India 0.05 1 N/A
89 Gauhati University, India 0.04 0.05 16 15.8%
90 India Ministry of Science and Technology, India 0.18 0.04 4 -77.3%
91 Matrivani Institute of Experimental Research and Education, India 0.04 2 N/A
92 Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad (JNTU Hyderabad), India 0.04 1 N/A
92 Mahindra Group, India 0.04 1 N/A
93 Rashtreeya Vidyalaya College of Engineering (RVCE), India 0.04 1 N/A
93 BML Munjal University (BMU), India 0.04 1 N/A
94 University of Rajasthan, India 0.05 0.03 17 -32.0%
95 Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST), India 1.48 0.03 2 -98.0%
96 Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), India 0.02 0.02 4 23.9%
97 Indian Institute of Advanced Research (IIAR), India 0.01 13 N/A
98 Utkal University, India 0.01 0.01 4 30.1%
99 India Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC), India 0.01 1 N/A
99 Himachal Pradesh University (HPU), India 0.01 1 N/A

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