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Top institutions in India for Applied Physics

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Which institutions in India have the most top-cited scientists in Applied Physics?

450 researchers in India whose main subfield is Applied Physics are in the 2026 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list: 6.5% of all listed authors in India, and 3rd of 91 countries in the subfield. 71 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). Indian Institute of Science has the most (18), followed by CSIR-National Physical Laboratory (8) and Banaras Hindu University (8). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.

Listed authors
450
6.5% of all in India
In the global top 100,000
71
15.8% of them
Country rank in the subfield
#3
of 91 countries in Applied Physics
Highest-ranked
#4,098
Dasgupta, Chandan I.
#InstitutionListed authorsTop 100kRank worldwideHighest-ranked author
1Indian Institute of Science183#38Dasgupta, Chandan I. #4,098
2CSIR-National Physical Laboratory82#165Kotnala, Ravinder Kumar #65,516
3Banaras Hindu University80#176Rai, Shyam Bahadur #176,687
4Shivaji University72#181Patil, Pramod Shankarrao #12,882
5Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee72#202Kumar Kaushik, Brajesh Kumar #71,786
6Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR)71#207Saini, Parveen K. #91,907
7Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur70#212Chauhan, Yogesh Singh #145,846
8Bhabha Atomic Research Centre70#213Dutta, Dimple P. #152,450
9Siksha O Anusandhan (Deemed to be University)62#258Ray, Sekhar Chandra #76,785
10Maharshi Dayanand University52#320Kumar, Mukesh Suresh Yogendra #71,511
11Vellore Institute of Technology51#322Shobana, M. K. #75,468
12Saveetha School of Engineering51#323Jothi Arunachalam, S. Jothi #77,977
13Indian Institute of Technology Bombay51#324Jain, Ankit #82,726
14SRM Institute of Science and Technology50#338Navaneethan, M. #107,871
15Institute of Chemical Technology50#339Naik, Ramakanta #108,451
16Savitribai Phule Pune University50#346Pathan, H. M. #137,657
17Delhi Technological University50#348Rao, Allam Srinivasa #145,917
18Jadavpur University50#355Chattopadhyay, Kalyan Kumar #169,736
19University of Petroleum and Energy Studies41#403Kumar, Shalendra Karthick #38,076
20Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science41#404Ghosh, Aswini #38,786
21Karpagam Academy of Higher Education41#419Manikandan, Ayyar #53,512
22Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai41#445John Kennedy, Lourdusamy #95,073
23Guru Nanak Dev University40#458Narang, Sukhleen Bindra #128,582
24Indian Institute of Technology Delhi40#470Singh, Trilok B.N. #161,069
25Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University40#472Shirsat, Mahendara Dasharath #168,363
26Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research32#491Rao, Chintamani Nagesa Ramachandra #4,103
27Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati33#525Meyyappan, Meyya #25,728
28Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani31#555Shekhar, Chandra #46,687
29Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology31#556Murugadoss, Govindhasamy #47,426
30Bharathiar University32#585Ponpandian, N. #76,124
31S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences31#589Saha-Dasgupta, Tanusri #79,456
32National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli31#590Karthikeyan, Balasubramanian #79,602
33Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad31#593Rai, Vineet Kumar #82,975
34Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur31#595Kumar, Mahesh Bharath #83,544
35Alagappa University31#606Ravi, Ganesan #97,680
36Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amaravati Campus30#626Jayasankar, Chalicheemalapalli Kulala #128,888
37Indian Institute of Technology Indore30#632Devan, Rupesh S. #142,023
38Raman Research Institute30#633Pancharatnam, S. #142,833
39University of Hyderabad30#634Soma, Venugopal Rao #143,215
40Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminence deemed to be University30#637Kumar, Vijay L. #147,035
41GLA University, Mathura30#645Kumar, Anjan #154,598
42SSN College of Engineering, Kalavakkam30#660Senthil Pandian, Muthu #168,329
43Manipal University Jaipur30#665Gupta, Vinay #177,264
44Chandigarh University30#666Chahal, Surjeet #179,416
45Annamalai University30#673Jothibas, M. #187,854
46Aligarh Muslim University30#677Raza, Waseem #190,362
47Homi Bhabha National Institute30#682Nayak, Ajaya Kumar #206,040
48Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur30#688Ray, Samit K. #218,613
49Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences30#693Balasubramani, V. #232,910
50Indian Institute of Technology Patna30#696Kar, Manoranjan #238,078
51Netaji Subhas University of Technology30#709Sanger, Amit #293,371

The top 100 in Applied Physics in India, in order

  1. 1
    Dasgupta, Chandan I.
    Indian Institute of Science
  2. 2
    Rao, Chintamani Nagesa Ramachandra
    Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research
  3. 3
    Kumar, Ajay Vinod
    Indian Institute of Technology Mandi
  4. 4
    Philip, John
    Cochin University of Science and Technology
  5. 5
    Patil, Pramod Shankarrao
    Shivaji University
  6. 6
    Ahuja, Rajeev B.
    Indian Institute of Technology Ropar
  7. 7
    Lokhande, Chandrakant Dnyandev
    D. Y. Patil University, Kolhapur
  8. 8
    Late, Dattatray J.
    National Chemical Laboratory India
  9. 9
    Meyyappan, Meyya
    Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
  10. 10
    Arya, Sandeep Kumar
    University of Jammu
  11. 11
    Ogale†, S. B.
    Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Pune
  12. 12
    Jayan K, Deepthi
    Rajagiri School of Engineering & Technology
  13. 13
    Pandey, Lalit Mohan
    Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
  14. 14
    Sarma, Dipankar Das
    Indian Institute of Science
  15. 15
    Ajayan, J.
    SR University
  16. 16
    Raj, Balwinder
    Dr. B.R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology
  17. 17
    Verma, Ajay Singh
    Graphic Era (Deemed to be University)
  18. 18
    Kumar, Mamidala Jagadesh
    IETE Technical Review
  19. 19
    Kumar, Shalendra Karthick
    University of Petroleum and Energy Studies
  20. 20
    Ghosh, Aswini
    Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science
  21. 21
    Waghmare, Umesh Vasudeo
    Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research
  22. 22
    Shama, Vishal
    Panjab University
  23. 23
    Bhattarai, Sagar
    Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
  24. 24
    Thomale, Ronny
    Indian Institute of Technology Madras
  25. 25
    Behera, Debidatta
    Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences
  26. 26
    Shekhar, Chandra
    Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani
  27. 27
    Dhoble, S. J.
    Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University
  28. 28
    Murugadoss, Govindhasamy
    Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology
  29. 29
    Manikandan, Ayyar
    Karpagam Academy of Higher Education
  30. 30
    Nagaraju, Ganganagappa
    Siddaganga Institute of Technology
  31. 31
    Aswal, Dinesh K.
    Govt. of India
  32. 32
    Pandey, Rahul
    National Institute of Technology Delhi
  33. 33
    Barshilia, Harish C.
    National Aerospace Laboratories India
  34. 34
    Sumesh, C. K.
    P D Patel Institute of Applied Sciences, Anand
  35. 35
    Madan, Jaya
    Chitkara University, Punjab
  36. 36
    Kotnala, Ravinder Kumar
    CSIR-National Physical Laboratory
  37. 37
    Devi, Pooja
    Central Scientific Instruments Organization Chandigarh
  38. 38
    Singh, Anoop
    G.C.W Parade College
  39. 39
    Kumar, Mukesh Suresh Yogendra
    Maharshi Dayanand University
  40. 40
    Kumar, Ashok S.k.
    Punjabi University
  41. 41
    Kumar Kaushik, Brajesh Kumar
    Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
  42. 42
    Jha, Prafulla K.
    The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
  43. 43
    Shobana, M. K.
    Vellore Institute of Technology
  44. 44
    Ponpandian, N.
    Bharathiar University
  45. 45
    Ray, Sekhar Chandra
    Siksha O Anusandhan (Deemed to be University)
  46. 46
    Jothi Arunachalam, S. Jothi
    Saveetha School of Engineering
  47. 47
    Subramanian, Balasubramanian
    Central Electrochemical Research Institute India
  48. 48
    Choudhary, Ram Naresh Prasad
    Siksha O Anusandhan (Deemed to be University)
  49. 49
    Saha-Dasgupta, Tanusri
    S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences
  50. 50
    Karthikeyan, Balasubramanian
    National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli
  51. 51
    Kalai Selvan, R.
    Bharathiar University
  52. 52
    Pant, Rajendra P.
    CSIR-National Physical Laboratory
  53. 53
    Jain, Ankit
    Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
  54. 54
    Rai, Vineet Kumar
    Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad
  55. 55
    Kumar, Mahesh Bharath
    Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur
  56. 56
    Banerjee, Writam
    Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
  57. 57
    Mane, Rajaram S.
    Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University
  58. 58
    Pudukudy, Manoj
    Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr.Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology
  59. 59
    Singh, D.
    Maharshi Dayanand University
  60. 60
    Kumar, Deepak
    Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology
  61. 61
    Saini, Parveen K.
    Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR)
  62. 62
    Sen, Diptiman
    Indian Institute of Science
  63. 63
    Hareesh, K.
    Manipal Institute of Technology Bengaluru
  64. 64
    Kumar, A.
    Pandit Deendayal Energy University
  65. 65
    Swain, Bibhu Prasad
    National Institute of Technology Manipur
  66. 66
    John Kennedy, Lourdusamy
    Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai
  67. 67
    Gupta, Dinesh Chandra
    Jiwaji University
  68. 68
    Ravi, Ganesan
    Alagappa University
  69. 69
    Pataniya, Pratik M.
    P D Patel Institute of Applied Sciences, Anand
  70. 70
    Gautam, Sanjeev
    Panjab University
  71. 71
    Dongale, Tukaram D.
    Shivaji University
  72. 72
    Rai, Dibya Prakash
    Mizoram University
  73. 73
    Sharma, Pankaj
    National Institute of Technical Teachers Training & Research
  74. 74
    Yadav, B. C.
    Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University
  75. 75
    Kulkarni, Sulabha K.
    Centre for Materials for Electronics Technology India
  76. 76
    Dhakate, Sanjay Ranganth
    CSIR-National Physical Laboratory
  77. 77
    Navaneethan, M.
    SRM Institute of Science and Technology
  78. 78
    Kumar, Sandeep
    Lovely Professional University
  79. 79
    Naik, Ramakanta
    Institute of Chemical Technology
  80. 80
    Sood, Ajay Kumar
    Indian Institute of Science
  81. 81
  82. 82
    Das, Debajyoti
    Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science
  83. 83
    Alvi, P. A.
    Banasthali Vidyapith
  84. 84
    Choudhury, Biswajit
    Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR)
  85. 85
    Sharma, Ramesh
    Feroze Gandhi Institute of Engineering & Technology
  86. 86
    Raj, C. Justin
    Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai
  87. 87
    Ravindran, Ponniah
    Central University of Tamil Nadu
  88. 88
    Arya, Anil
    Amity University Punjab
  89. 89
    Ravindranadh, Koutavarapu
    GMR Institute of Technology
  90. 90
    Judith Vijaya, J.
    Loyola College, Chennai
  91. 91
    Hegde, Gurumurthy
    Dayananda Sagar University
  92. 92
    Kumar, Atul
    Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation
  93. 93
    Kumar, Ajay
    Jaypee Institute of Information Technology
  94. 94
    Harish, S.
    SRM Institute of Science and Technology
  95. 95
    Narang, Sukhleen Bindra
    Guru Nanak Dev University
  96. 96
    Prasad, Rajendra
    Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
  97. 97
    Jayasankar, Chalicheemalapalli Kulala
    Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amaravati Campus
  98. 98
    Kumar, Mukesh
    Indian Institute of Technology Ropar
  99. 99
    Joy, P. A.
    Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR)
  100. 100
    Ramachandran, G. N.
    Indian Institute of Science

450 listed scientists in Applied Physics in India

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Data: Ioannidis, John P.A. (2026), ‘August 2026 data-update for “Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators”’, Mendeley Data, v9, doi:10.17632/btchxktzyw.9. 2026 list, ranked by composite citation score (c) excluding self-citations.

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