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India University Research Rankings

Compare India universities using recent research output, citation impact, growth and a transparent research-performance score.

Research landscape

The current ITS Research Intelligence dataset contains 482 index-ready universities in India. Across those institutions, the average five-year research output is approximately 1,338 works and the average five-year citation count is approximately 3,829. The average publication-growth signal is 78.0%. These figures describe the institutions that pass the public quality gate; they are not intended to represent every tertiary institution in the country.

Country rankings are useful for benchmarking because they reduce some of the structural differences that make global comparisons difficult. They still should not be treated as a complete assessment of institutional quality: teaching, student outcomes, funding levels, research field mix and institutional mission are outside this research-performance score. The value of the page is in seeing who is producing research, how that activity is changing, and where citation visibility is concentrated.

Top research universities in India

RankUniversityCountryScore5-year works5-year citationsGrowth
#1Institute of Medical SciencesIndia66.419,98057,252-35.3%
#2Swami Vivekanand College of PharmacyIndia65.56,76818,894158.0%
#3Hindu College of PharmacyIndia65.47,84415,176143.0%
#4University College for WomenIndia62.05,0509,193157.2%
#5Meenakshi Academy of Higher Education and ResearchIndia62.04,10711,830160.5%
#6Dr. M.G.R. Educational and Research InstituteIndia61.24,07717,54842.2%
#7Government Medical CollegeIndia61.29,73416,09120.9%
#8Maharaja Engineering CollegeIndia61.14,30814,21287.1%
#9Solapur UniversityIndia61.13,1277,857133.2%
#10G Pulla Reddy Dental College & HospitalIndia60.54,10811,839120.6%
#11Odisha University of Agriculture and TechnologyIndia60.14,28519,21947.8%
#12Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open UniversityIndia60.02,36611,604139.9%
#13University of Agricultural Sciences, BangaloreIndia59.54,4258,41948.6%
#14Periyar UniversityIndia58.93,07919,262-4.6%
#15Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of IndiaIndia58.91,8395,253185.7%
#16Institute of Medical Sciences and Sum HospitalIndia58.73,6889,39492.4%
#17KR Mangalam UniversityIndia58.62,60012,100105.7%
#18National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and ResearchIndia58.61,69213,75952.7%
#19Assam Down Town UniversityIndia58.22,2137,744152.8%
#20Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of JammuIndia58.22,56013,05438.7%
#21Government Medical CollegeIndia58.03,6775,85764.9%
#22Maulana Azad Medical CollegeIndia57.93,77310,327-16.2%
#23Sri Krishnadevaraya UniversityIndia57.81,8027,64560.8%
#24Indira Gandhi Agricultural UniversityIndia57.82,7145,244114.7%
#25Swami Vivekanand Subharti UniversityIndia57.81,7215,800177.4%
#26Mahatma Phule Krishi VidyapeethIndia57.82,1022,937170.1%
#27Government Medical CollegeIndia57.73,5428,05646.4%
#28Dr D Y Patil Dental College & HospitalIndia57.73,0648,49769.7%
#29Sri Venkateswara Veterinary UniversityIndia57.73,0344,778124.1%
#30Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani - Goa CampusIndia57.72,25315,42427.1%
#31Kumaun UniversityIndia57.62,52414,0634.9%
#32Yogi Vemana UniversityIndia57.32,0118,42055.4%
#33Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and TechnologyIndia57.32,4709,66733.3%
#34Madan Mohan Malaviya University of TechnologyIndia57.22,45515,44925.7%
#35Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and ResearchIndia57.14,85510,196-46.9%
#36St.John's Medical College HospitalIndia57.02,50914,103-15.7%
#37Jawaharlal Nehru Medical CollegeIndia57.05,00725,372-52.3%
#38Government Medical CollegeIndia57.05,03114,431-32.5%
#39Pandit Ravishankar Shukla UniversityIndia56.91,5876,28556.3%
#40National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and ResearchIndia56.91,44211,66855.2%
#41Vikram UniversityIndia56.71,6802,680137.2%
#42Xavier School of ManagementIndia56.61,1946,432118.8%
#43Vivekananda Institute of Medical SciencesIndia56.61,3182,570180.1%
#44Shri Mata Vaishno Devi UniversityIndia56.62,01421,327-28.3%
#45Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agriculture UniversityIndia56.52,4198,28271.7%
#46Rajarshee Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj Government Medical College and CPR Hospital KolhapurIndia56.59651,844281.9%
#47Bidhan Chandra Krishi ViswavidyalayaIndia56.43,02410,874-17.9%
#48Karnataka Veterinary Animal and Fisheries Sciences UniversityIndia56.31,3391,757153.6%
#49Guru Kashi UniversityIndia56.31,5222,021402.4%
#50Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and TechnologyIndia56.23,6725,90280.1%
#51Bangalore Medical College and Research InstituteIndia56.23,1797,20029.7%
#52Madras Medical CollegeIndia56.22,4983,44864.0%
#53Government Dental College and HospitalIndia56.23,1944,91040.6%
#54Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical SciencesIndia56.22,4069,131-18.0%
#55Islamic University of Science and TechnologyIndia56.21,85519,7123.0%
#56Chaudhary Devi Lal UniversityIndia56.11,72111,40033.1%
#57Institute of Life SciencesIndia56.11,4518,578-4.5%
#58B. J. Medical College & Sassoon HospitalIndia56.12,5575,11235.1%
#59Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Bihar UniversityIndia56.13,1806,96965.8%
#60Doon UniversityIndia55.92,16111,02921.2%
#61Rani Durgavati UniversityIndia55.81,3232,368134.3%
#62Gyan Vihar UniversityIndia55.81,77515,11421.1%
#63Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa VidyalayaIndia55.72,7257,77538.5%
#64Uttarakhand Technical UniversityIndia55.71,6365,88799.3%
#65Shri Ramswaroop Memorial UniversityIndia55.51,8756,68576.5%
#66Bundelkhand UniversityIndia55.51,9575,71245.0%
#67Tilka Manjhi Bhagalpur UniversityIndia55.51,9884,62483.1%
#68JECRC UniversityIndia55.51,7017,31861.6%
#69Central Institute of Fisheries EducationIndia55.31,7958,195-3.2%
#70Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture & TechnologyIndia55.31,9835,29177.2%
#71Shri Venkateshwara UniversityIndia55.13,5558,59128.1%
#72Sikkim Manipal UniversityIndia55.01,8089,15314.6%
#73Government Medical College, AmritsarIndia54.92,2887,5477.0%
#74Amicable Knowledge Solution UniversityIndia54.91,8082,855143.2%
#75Chhattisgarh Swami Vivekanand Technical UniversityIndia54.81,1332,829154.6%
#76Mangalayatan UniversityIndia54.81,2521,790281.5%
#77Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences UniversityIndia54.52,4864,19626.1%
#78Sree Balaji Dental College and HospitalIndia54.52,4334,33958.3%
#79Lady Hardinge Medical CollegeIndia54.52,3085,329-13.1%
#80Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical SciencesIndia54.52,3514,2257.0%
#81Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher LearningIndia54.51,2614,46370.8%
#82Dr Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi VidyapeethIndia54.41,6623,037110.8%
#83International Institute for Population SciencesIndia54.41,97012,511-51.8%
#84Saurashtra UniversityIndia54.41,2384,04241.6%
#85Sri Guru Granth Sahib World UniversityIndia54.47635,14576.3%
#86Government Medical CollegeIndia54.42,4767,114-10.4%
#87Jharkhand Rai UniversityIndia54.41,4291,797277.8%
#88RK UniversityIndia54.31,6604,31687.3%
#89Madhya Pradesh Bhoj Open UniversityIndia54.31,8965,36497.1%
#90Government Medical CollegeIndia54.32,4927,0088.5%
#91Govt. Dental College & HospitalIndia54.32,7653,01239.9%
#92Fakir Mohan UniversityIndia54.22,02910,43715.9%
#93KPC Medical College and HospitalIndia54.22,0643,78738.1%
#94Jaipur National UniversityIndia54.22,1637,07719.8%
#95Chaudhary Sarwan Kumar Himachal Pradesh Krishi VishvavidyalayaIndia54.12,0676,2355.4%
#96M.S. Ramaiah Medical CollegeIndia54.12,0245,22521.4%
#97Meenakshi Medical College Hospital and Research InstituteIndia54.11,0122,310378.3%
#98Government Medical CollegeIndia54.12,8762,94483.5%
#99Gulbarga UniversityIndia54.11,4533,04335.3%
#100Maharaja Ranjit Singh Punjab Technical UniversityIndia54.11,2298,86618.2%
Transparent methodology

What the ITS Research Performance Score measures

The current score is intentionally research-specific. Thirty percent reflects five-year publication output, thirty percent five-year citations, twenty percent h-index, ten percent i10-index and ten percent five-year publication growth. Volume-based indicators are log-normalized before weighting so the largest universities do not dominate simply because of scale. Growth is bounded before entering the score so a tiny starting value cannot create an unrealistic advantage.

The score does not currently claim to measure teaching quality, student satisfaction, reputation, employability or finances. It also does not label the underlying citation totals as field-normalized impact. Future field-normalized modules should be added only when the underlying work-level calculations are available and validated. This separation keeps the ranking interpretable and prevents unsupported claims.

Source data is drawn from OpenAlex and linked to ROR identifiers. Both are open scholarly infrastructures. ITS Research Solution adds value through normalization, quality gates, trend calculations, ranking methodology, benchmarking and readable institution-level analysis.