Top-cited scientists by field in India

18 fields · 129 subfields · India

In which fields are the top 2% scientists in India?

6,956 researchers whose current affiliation is in India are in the 2025 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list, across 18 fields and 129 subfields. Enabling & Strategic Technologies has the most (1,300, 18.7%), followed by Clinical Medicine (1,252) and Chemistry (920); the largest subfield is Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing (650). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.

Field and subfieldListed authorsShareTop 100kHighest-ranked author
Enabling & Strategic Technologies · 1,300 listed authors (18.7%)
Materials4486.4%120Sathish, T. #126
Energy3675.3%133Agarwal, Avinash Kumar #5,934
Biotechnology1982.8%53Pandey, Ashok #837
Optoelectronics & Photonics981.4%6Kumar, Santosh #13,802
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology721.0%68Sengeni, Anantharaj #3,804
Bioinformatics100.1%5Raghava, Gajendra Pal Singh #44,566
Strategic, Defence & Security Studies90.1%2Samantaray, Sandeep #69,222
Clinical Medicine · 1,252 listed authors (18.0%)
Pharmacology & Pharmacy3715.3%62Kesharwani, Prashant #2,804
General & Internal Medicine1962.8%37Gupta, Rajeev C. #3,568
Oncology & Carcinogenesis721.0%18Sharma, Rajesh S. #8,837
Ophthalmology & Optometry671.0%12Jonas, Jost Bruno #298
Neurology & Neurosurgery490.7%17Balachandar, Vellingiri #9,191
Pediatrics460.7%6Lahariya, Chandrakant #11,453
Gastroenterology & Hepatology430.6%16Sarin, Shiv Kumar #4,594
Dentistry320.5%6Sukumaran, Anil P. #31,548
Surgery260.4%0Garg, Pankaj K. #101,349
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases240.3%2Setia, Maninder Singh #44,124
Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging200.3%1Suri, Jasjit S. #21,474
Tropical Medicine200.3%2Sundar, Santhanam #20,394
Endocrinology & Metabolism190.3%10Mohan, Viswanthan Krishna #3,062
Immunology180.3%6Kondreddy, Vijay Kumar Reddy #20,774
Urology & Nephrology180.3%2Mulay, Shrikant R. #47,647
Legal & Forensic Medicine170.2%2Krishan, Kewal #7,201
Orthopedics170.2%4Rajasekaran, S. B. #22,451
Psychiatry160.2%13Andrade, Chittaranjan #569
Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine150.2%2Bhatla, Neerja #65,782
Cardiovascular System & Hematology140.2%7Kathiresan, Sekar #8,187
Respiratory System110.2%3Salvi, Sundeep Santosh #7,222
Anesthesiology90.1%1Ranganathan, Priya #32,710
Otorhinolaryngology50.1%0Kumar, Vivek #275,800
Arthritis & Rheumatology40.1%1Misra, Durga Prasanna #62,479
Pathology40.1%1Jain, Deepali #73,398
Complementary & Alternative Medicine30.0%0Khuda-Bukhsh, Anisur Rahman #265,169
Emergency & Critical Care Medicine20.0%0Myatra, Sheila Nainan #112,059
Environmental & Occupational Health10.0%1Tiwari, Rajnarayan Ramshankar #96,691
General Clinical Medicine10.0%0Banerjee, Dibyajyoti #885,096
Chemistry · 920 listed authors (13.2%)
Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry2233.2%28Roy, Kunal #7,188
Organic Chemistry1842.6%30Polshettiwar, Vivek #14,048
Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry1652.4%17Desiraju, Gautam R. #1,406
Polymers1642.4%61Sabu, Thomas P. #1,465
Analytical Chemistry961.4%21Ali, Imran #1,379
General Chemistry440.6%4Banerjee, Rahul #8,984
Physical Chemistry190.3%8Pradhan, Narayan C. #8,410
Information & Communication Technologies · 873 listed authors (12.6%)
Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing6509.3%206Garg, Harish #856
Networking & Telecommunications1792.6%39Kumar, Neerai Sathish #5,598
Computer Hardware & Architecture120.2%1Mittal, Sparsh #5,837
Distributed Computing90.1%0Arunkumar, N. #236,363
Information Systems60.1%5Kar, Arpan Kumar #1,727
Software Engineering30.0%1Bhimavarapu, Usharani #97,672
Computation Theory & Mathematics20.0%0Arockiaraj, Micheal #162,462
Medical Informatics10.0%0Kalyan, Katikapalli Subramanyam #110,173
Physics & Astronomy · 686 listed authors (9.9%)
Applied Physics4506.5%71Dasgupta, Chandan I. #4,098
Chemical Physics1051.5%29Gupta, Vinod Kumar A. #2,143
Nuclear & Particle Physics971.4%30Padmanabhan, T. #3,957
General Physics400.6%5Vickram, A. S. #1,141
Fluids & Plasmas270.4%10Ramaswamy, Sriram #7,516
Optics190.3%2Simon, Rajiah #50,775
Acoustics110.2%0Mohanty, A. R. #110,637
Astronomy & Astrophysics80.1%5More, Surhud Shrikant #29,318
Mathematical Physics30.0%0Upadhyay, Ranjit Kumar #108,923
Engineering · 624 listed authors (9.0%)
Mechanical Engineering & Transports2433.5%54Rao, Ravipudi Venkata #1,661
Electrical & Electronic Engineering1211.7%12Singh, B. P. #5,117
Chemical Engineering851.2%35Gogate, Parag R. #2,978
Geological & Geomatics Engineering520.7%29Samui, P. #5,948
Environmental Engineering420.6%12Subba Rao, N. V. #5,185
Mining & Metallurgy410.6%3Mishra, Barada Kanta #49,454
Industrial Engineering & Automation360.5%12Chakraborty, Shankar #13,626
Biomedical Engineering250.4%2Mandal, Biman B. #45,299
Operations Research240.3%11Javaid, Mohd #1,578
Civil Engineering220.3%6Jangid, Radhey Shyam #6,037
Aerospace & Aeronautics150.2%0Ratnoo, Ashwini #126,853
Biology · 316 listed authors (4.5%)
Plant Biology & Botany3044.4%120Ahmad, Parvaiz #1,269
Entomology140.2%3Senthil-Nathan, Sengottayan #23,448
Ecology130.2%12Nagendra, Harini #7,212
Marine Biology & Hydrobiology80.1%3Kathiresan, Kandasamy I. #13,455
Zoology80.1%1Kunte, Krushnamegh K. #89,212
Ornithology10.0%0Sundar, K. S.Gopi #352,527
Agriculture, Fisheries & Forestry · 272 listed authors (3.9%)
Food Science1141.6%70Roy, Swarup #2,338
Agronomy & Agriculture931.3%28Pathak, Himanshu K. #8,437
Dairy & Animal Science310.4%6Dhama, Kuldeep #5,122
Fisheries260.4%8Nayak, Sukanta Kumar #24,339
Forestry100.1%2Pandey, Krishna K. #20,948
Veterinary Sciences40.1%0Singh, Balbir Bagicha #130,549
Horticulture20.0%0Sharma, Ram Roshan #128,156
Biomedical Research · 252 listed authors (3.6%)
Microbiology1171.7%39Yadav, Ajar Nath #8,915
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology540.8%8Bhutia, Sujit K. #26,543
Toxicology370.5%7Flora, Swaran Jeet Singh #5,694
Biophysics270.4%1Ahsan, Haseeb #24,684
Virology160.2%2Petrovsky, Nikolai P. #22,962
Nutrition & Dietetics120.2%5Das, Undurti Narasimha #4,240
Mycology & Parasitology110.2%3Govindasamy, Rajakumar #49,124
Anatomy & Morphology80.1%1Ghosh, Sanjib Kumar #46,967
Developmental Biology30.0%1Panda, Amaresh Chandra #41,810
Genetics & Heredity30.0%0Majumder, Partha Pratim #143,798
Physiology10.0%1Sane, Sanjay P. #56,083
Earth & Environmental Sciences · 204 listed authors (2.9%)
Environmental Sciences1682.4%131Varjani, Sunita J. #665
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences210.3%19Mishra, Vimal #4,508
Geology120.2%1Ramkumar, Muthuvairavasamy #74,435
Geochemistry & Geophysics90.1%2Balaram, Vysetti #3,213
Oceanography30.0%2Sarma, V. V.S.S. #39,622
Economics & Business · 126 listed authors (1.8%)
Business & Management650.9%61Chatterjee, Sheshadri #914
Marketing230.3%23Shankar, Amit #13,037
Economics80.1%8Tiwari, Aviral Kumar #1,917
Logistics & Transportation70.1%2Tiwari, Geetam #32,662
Finance40.1%4Pandey, Dharen Kumar #35,275
Sport, Leisure & Tourism20.0%2Dhar, Rajib Lochan #23,962
Development Studies10.0%1Deshpande, Ashwini #56,828
Mathematics & Statistics · 68 listed authors (1.0%)
General Mathematics390.6%5Bhatia, Rajendra #23,159
Applied Mathematics170.2%9Kumar, Sunil #14,367
Numerical & Computational Mathematics130.2%10Das, Pratibhamoy #8,789
Statistics & Probability30.0%3Kundu, Debasis #6,319
Built Environment & Design · 24 listed authors (0.3%)
Building & Construction200.3%15Siddique, Rafat #658
Design Practice & Management50.1%0Das, Indraneel #165,363
Social Sciences · 22 listed authors (0.3%)
Education80.1%5Raman, Raghu #12,250
Information & Library Sciences70.1%0Tandon, Urvashi #111,065
Law40.1%1Singh, Bhupinder #28,348
Political Science & Public Administration30.0%2Bhan, Gautam #63,757
Demography10.0%0Bhagat, Ram B. #101,588
Gender Studies10.0%1Singha, Surjit #99,884
Geography10.0%1Sinha, Rajiv K. #45,776
Public Health & Health Services · 10 listed authors (0.1%)
Public Health120.2%6Mohanty, Sanjay Kumar #47,652
Nursing40.1%0Singh, Suresh Prasad #263,937
Speech-Language Pathology & Audiology30.0%1Stolçke, Andreas #92,877
Health Policy & Services20.0%1Prinja, Shankar #93,820
Historical Studies · 3 listed authors (0.0%)
History20.0%0Guha, Ramachandra #176,747
Anthropology10.0%0Baviskar, Amita #136,579
Archaeology10.0%0Singh, Manager Rajdeo #480,461
Communication & Textual Studies · 3 listed authors (0.0%)
Literary Studies30.0%1Nayar, Pramod K. #85,809
Philosophy & Theology · 1 listed authors (0.0%)
Philosophy10.0%1Setiya, Kieran #80,906

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