2020 tables: Institutions - physical sciences

The 2020 tables are based on Nature Index data from 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2019.

Table criteria

# Institution Share 2018 Share 2019 Count 2019 Change in Adjusted Share* 2018–2019
1 Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI), India 38.82 45.20 173 14.8%
2 Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), India 32.94 37.73 179 12.9%
3 Indian Institute of Science (IISc), India 30.31 26.58 128 -13.5%
4 Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras), India 9.42 13.54 137 41.7%
5 Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT Kanpur), India 13.55 13.09 23 -4.8%
6 Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay), India 12.53 11.83 50 -6.9%
7 India Department of Space (DOS), India 6.03 10.35 24 69.1%
8 Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata (IISER Kolkata), India 5.39 10.06 24 83.9%
9 Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IIT Guwahati), India 3.19 9.22 43 185.3%
10 Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IACS), India 9.20 7.37 31 -21.0%
11 Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Pune (IISER Pune), India 8.83 6.77 86 -24.5%
12 Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS Pilani), India 2.21 6.40 11 185.1%
13 Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), India 1.19 6.18 12 409.7%
14 Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT Kharagpur), India 9.38 6.11 13 -35.8%
15 S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences (SNBNCBS), India 3.21 5.98 12 83.7%
16 Jadavpur University (JU), India 5.78 5.73 10 -2.3%
17 University of Hyderabad (UoH), India 4.90 4.85 23 -2.4%
18 Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IIT Roorkee), India 4.24 4.77 8 10.9%
19 Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur (IIEST Shibpur), India 0.80 4.63 7 471.0%
20 Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), India 0.33 4.17 8 1133.0%
21 University of Delhi (DU), India 5.05 4.12 78 -19.6%
22 Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), India 4.15 3.98 88 -5.5%
23 Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal (IISER Bhopal), India 3.27 3.95 7 19.1%
24 Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali (IISER Mohali), India 3.56 3.83 21 6.1%
25 Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT Delhi), India 7.96 3.58 8 -55.7%
26 Chennai Mathematical Institute (CMI), India 2.17 3.51 14 59.7%
27 Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), India 6.34 3.41 22 -47.0%
28 Ajmal College of Arts and Science, India 2.00 3.33 4 64.3%
29 University of Burdwan, India 0.20 3.00 3 1378.7%
30 UGC-DAE Consortium for Scientific Research, India 2.52 2.96 7 15.8%
31 Indian Institute of Technology Indore (IIT Indore), India 4.97 2.90 21 -42.4%
32 Tezpur University, India 0.54 2.77 5 409.4%
33 Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur (IIT Jodhpur), India 3.20 2.66 6 -17.9%
34 Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IIT Gandhinagar), India 2.31 2.57 16 9.3%
35 SRM Institute of Science and Technology, India 1.00 2.45 6 142.0%
36 Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research Institute, India 1.33 2.37 5 75.3%
37 National Defence Academy (NDA), India 2.16 7 N/A
38 Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA), India 3.97 2.15 10 -46.6%
39 Visva-Bharati University, India 0.03 2.01 37 7273.8%
40 India Ministry of Science and Technology, India 0.09 1.94 4 2118.2%
41 Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI), India 2.34 1.89 4 -20.4%
42 University of North Bengal (NBU), India 0.63 1.88 4 195.7%
43 Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad (IITH), India 3.76 1.82 37 -52.3%
44 Indian Institute of Technology Ropar (IIT Ropar), India 1.28 1.81 4 39.4%
45 Government General Degree College, India 1.67 3 N/A
46 Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi (IIT BHU), India 2.00 1.58 6 -22.2%
47 Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram (IISER TVM), India 1.99 1.56 2 -22.8%
48 Presidency University, India 0.75 1.50 5 96.1%
49 Bharathidasan University (BDU), India 1.38 2 N/A
50 Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST), India 0.13 1.05 4 729.2%
51 University of Calcutta (CU), India 5.08 1.02 2 -80.1%
52 Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India 2.88 1.02 8 -65.1%
53 Mahatma Gandhi University (MG University), India 0.25 1.00 1 294.3%
53 National Institute of Technology Rourkela (NITR), India 1.25 1.00 1 -21.1%
53 Indian Institute of Technology Mandi (IIT Mandi), India 1.47 1.00 1 -32.8%
53 Indira Gandhi National Tribal University (IGNTU), India 1.00 1 N/A
53 Indian Institute of Technology - Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad (IIT-ISM), India 1.00 1 N/A
53 Vidyasagar University, India 1.00 1 N/A
53 Dr. B. R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar (NITJ), India 1.00 1 N/A
53 Hiralal Mazumdar Memorial College for Women (HMMCW), India 1.00 1 N/A
53 Institute of Nano Science and Technology (INST), India 0.25 1.00 1 294.3%
54 Christ University, India 0.04 0.99 2 2627.4%
55 Indian Institute of Technology Patna (IIT Patna), India 0.03 0.93 5 2914.8%
56 Panjab University (PU), India 1.62 0.88 108 -46.4%
57 Kumaun University, India 0.88 3 N/A
57 Pondicherry University, India 0.88 2 N/A
58 University of Mumbai, India 3.08 0.83 2 -73.3%
58 CMR University (CMRU), India 0.83 2 N/A
59 Amity University, India 0.79 1 N/A
60 Raman Research Institute (RRI), India 3.75 0.77 3 -79.7%
61 Ashoka University, India 0.75 2 N/A
62 Gauhati University, India 0.04 0.73 16 1535.1%
63 North-Eastern Hill University (NEHU), India 0.67 1 N/A
64 Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine (inStem), India 0.01 0.66 4 6060.2%
65 Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), India 0.14 0.63 1 331.3%
65 Manipur University, India 0.63 1 N/A
66 Shiv Nadar University (SNU), India 0.55 0.53 2 -4.4%
67 Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad (IIT PKD), India 0.33 0.50 1 47.9%
67 Sister Nibedita Government General Degree College for Girls, India 0.50 1 N/A
67 GLA University, India 0.50 1 N/A
67 Gamma Ray Astronomy at PeV EnergieS Phase-3 (GRAPES-3), India 0.50 1 N/A
68 University of Rajasthan, India 0.23 0.41 19 75.3%
69 Bose Institute, India 1.27 0.36 18 -71.8%
70 Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar (IIT-BBS), India 0.31 0.36 48 14.3%
71 Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), India 0.33 0.34 2 1.4%
72 Assam Don Bosco University, India 0.33 0.33 1 -1.4%
72 University of Kalyani, India 1.00 0.33 1 -67.1%
72 Dayalbagh Educational Institute (DEI), India 1.50 0.33 1 -78.1%
72 Muzaffarpur Institute of Technology (MIT Muzaffarpur), India 0.33 1 N/A
73 Tata Group, India 0.60 0.31 5 -49.4%
74 Indian Institute of Technology Goa (IIT Goa), India 0.06 0.30 2 432.3%
75 Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Berhampur (IISER Berhampur), India 0.25 2 N/A
76 Netaji Nagar College for Women, India 1.00 0.25 1 -75.4%
76 Andhra University, India 0.83 0.25 1 -70.4%
76 Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, India 0.25 1 N/A
76 Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra (BIT Mesra), India 0.25 1 N/A
76 GMR Institute of Technology (GMRIT), India 0.25 1 N/A
76 Surendranath College, India 0.25 1 N/A
77 Government College of Engineering and Ceramic Technology (GCECT), India 0.53 0.20 1 -62.4%
77 Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT University), India 0.20 1 N/A
78 University of Jammu, India 0.18 0.20 23 10.6%
79 B.M. Birla Science Centre, India 0.18 2 N/A
80 SASTRA University, India 0.17 2 N/A
81 Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), India 0.33 0.17 1 -50.7%
81 Sri Pratap College (SP College), India 0.17 1 N/A
81 Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU), India 0.17 1 N/A
81 St. Anthony’s College, India 0.17 1 N/A
81 Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (MANIT), India 0.17 1 N/A
81 MVGR College of Engineering, India 0.17 1 N/A
81 St. Stephen's College, India 0.17 1 N/A
82 Banaras Hindu University (BHU), India 1.97 0.17 6 -91.7%
83 India Ministry of Earth Science (MoES), India 0.15 2 N/A
84 Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU), India 0.15 2 N/A
85 Central University of Tamil Nadu (CUTN), India 0.20 0.14 1 -29.6%
85 Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University (SGBAU), India 0.14 1 N/A
86 Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), India 1.37 0.13 18 -90.9%
87 Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University, India 0.00 0.13 1 2684.9%
87 Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Amrita University), India 0.17 0.13 1 -26.1%
87 Imphal College, India 0.13 1 N/A
87 D. M. College of Science, India 0.13 1 N/A
87 Maharshi Dayanand University (MDU), India 0.13 1 N/A
87 Central University of Rajasthan (CURAJ), India 0.13 1 N/A
88 Maharishi Markandeshwar University (MMU), India 0.10 0.11 1 15.0%
89 Bharathiar University, India 0.10 1 N/A
89 K. J. Somaiya College of Engineering (KJSCE), India 0.10 1 N/A
89 Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad (MNNIT), India 0.10 1 N/A
89 Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University (AKTU), India 0.10 1 N/A
90 Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), India 0.05 0.08 1 64.3%
91 Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya (GGU), India 0.07 1 N/A
91 Thiruvalluvar University, India 0.07 1 N/A
91 National Institute of Mental Health and Neuroscience (NIMHANS), India 0.07 1 N/A
91 The University of Trans-disciplinary Health Sciences and Technology (TDU), India 0.07 1 N/A
92 Central University of South Bihar (CUSB), India 0.06 1 N/A
93 Institute for Plasma Research (IPR), India 0.03 0.05 8 77.5%
94 International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials (ARCI), India 0.05 1 N/A
95 Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), India 0.03 0.05 9 86.3%
96 Shoolini University of Biotechnology and Management Sciences, India 0.04 0.04 35 6.5%
97 Bugworks Research India Pvt. Ltd., India 0.04 1 N/A
97 National Institute of Technology, Durgapur (NITDGP), India 0.04 1 N/A
97 All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), India 0.04 1 N/A
98 Jain University (JU), India 0.03 1 N/A
99 Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur (MNIT Jaipur), India 0.02 0.03 6 39.8%
100 Tata Trusts, India 0.03 1 N/A

Footnote

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