top-cited scientists

Top-cited scientists in India

2025 single-year list · 6,954 listed authors · 8th of 170 countries

6,954 researchers whose current affiliation is in India are in the 2025 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the top 2% scientists list. 2,007 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). India has 2.8% of everyone on the list, 8th of 170 countries.

Listed authors
6,954
2.8% of the list
In the global top 100,000
2,007
28.9% of its listed authors
Country rank
#8
of 170 countries by listed authors
Highest-ranked
#126
Sathish, T.

Top institutions in India

  1. Indian Institute of Science1132%
  2. Indian Institute of Technology Delhi1041%
  3. Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur841%
  4. Vellore Institute of Technology781%
  5. Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee731%
  6. Indian Institute of Technology Bombay721%
  7. Indian Institute of Technology Madras611%
  8. All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi611%
  9. Saveetha School of Engineering591%
  10. Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences591%

Top fields

  1. Enabling & Strategic Technologies1,30019%
  2. Clinical Medicine1,25118%
  3. Chemistry92013%
  4. Information & Communication Technologies87213%
  5. Physics & Astronomy68610%
  6. Engineering6249%
  7. Biology3165%
  8. Agriculture, Fisheries & Forestry2724%
  9. Biomedical Research2524%
  10. Earth & Environmental Sciences2043%

6,954 listed scientists in India

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