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

316 researchers in India whose main field is Biology are in the 2026 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list: 4.5% of all listed authors in India, and 7th of 104 countries in the field. 125 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). Aligarh Muslim University has the most (14), followed by ICAR - Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi (11) and University of Delhi (11). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.

Listed authors
316
4.5% of all in India
In the global top 100,000
125
39.6% of them
Country rank in the field
#7
of 104 countries in Biology
Highest-ranked
#1,269
Ahmad, Parvaiz
#InstitutionListed authorsTop 100kRank worldwideHighest-ranked author
1Aligarh Muslim University149#129Hayat, Shamsul #15,732
2ICAR - Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi116#190Chinnusamy, Viswanathan #33,185
3University of Delhi116#191Prasad, Manoj Kumar #38,139
4Banaras Hindu University94#244Singh, Jamuna Sharan #26,923
5Panjab University62#376Nayyar, Harsh #18,834
6Amity University63#383Tripathi, Durgesh Kumar #25,641
7Indian Institute of Science62#384Sukumar, Raman #27,297
8National Institute for Plant Genome Research India63#394Giri, Jitender #35,618
9Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR)60#418Nagegowda, Dinesh A. #131,752
10Jamia Hamdard53#462Khan, M. Iqbal R. #25,646
11Lovely Professional University51#464Koul, Bhupendra #28,316
12University of Calcutta51#491Acharya, Krishnendu #64,252
13Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir41#538Wani, Shabir H. #11,297
14University of Allahabad43#589Prasad, Sheo Mohan #54,786
15Tamil Nadu Agricultural University41#590Djanaguiraman, M. #56,526
16Punjab Agricultural University42#591Kalia, Anu #56,535
17ICAR-National Rice Research Institute42#601Lal, Milan Kumar #69,823
18International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics41#614Pandey, Manish K. #86,038
19University of Hyderabad41#616Muthamilarasan, Mehanathan #88,624
20ICAR - National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, New Delhi40#630Singh, Gyanendra Pratap #122,803
21Guru Nanak Dev University31#708Bhardwaj, Renu S. #34,855
22Central University of Haryana31#727Deshmukh, Rupesh Kailasrao #45,613
23Central Salt & Marine Chemicals Research Institute33#744Jha, Bhavanath #55,890
24ICAR - Central Potato Research Institute, Shimla31#754Sharma, S. K. #63,271
25Central University of Kerala31#771Jogaiah, Sudisha #76,274
26National Institute for Plant Biotechnology31#781Sharma, Tilak Raj #80,677
27ICAR - Indian Institute of Sugarcane Research, Lucknow31#795Tiwari, Rahul Kumar #96,230
28University of Lucknow30#802Omkar #105,332
29ICAR - Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Bengaluru30#830Behera, Tusar Kanti #193,748
30Chandigarh University30#833Raja, Vaseem #215,360
31H.N.B.Garhwal University30#834Maikhuri, Rakesh Kumar #233,138

The top 100 in Biology in India, in order

  1. 1
  2. 2
    Kumar, Sudhir Naresh
    ICAR - Indian Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology, Ranchi
  3. 3
    Husen, Azamal
    Graphic Era (Deemed to be University)
  4. 4
    Dey, Abhijit
    Presidency University, Kolkata
  5. 5
    Nagendra, Harini
    Azim Premji University
  6. 6
    Wani, Shabir H.
    Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir
  7. 7
    Kathiresan, Kandasamy I.
    Annamalai University
  8. 8
    Hayat, Shamsul
    Aligarh Muslim University
  9. 9
    Wahid, Abdul A.
    Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Hyderabad
  10. 10
    Gupta, Pushpendra Kumar
    Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut
  11. 11
    Khan, Nafees Ahmad
    Aligarh Muslim University
  12. 12
    Jain, Mukesh
    Jawaharlal Nehru University
  13. 13
    Gill, Sarvajeet Singh
    Maharshi Dayanand University
  14. 14
    Nayyar, Harsh
    Panjab University
  15. 15
    Roychoudhury, Aryadeep
    Indira Gandhi National Open University
  16. 16
    Senthil-Nathan, Sengottayan
    Manonmaniam Sundaranar University
  17. 17
    Tripathi, Durgesh Kumar
    Amity University
  18. 18
    Khan, M. Iqbal R.
    Jamia Hamdard
  19. 19
    Kala, Chandra Prakash
    Indian Institute of Forest Management
  20. 20
    Singh, Jamuna Sharan
    Banaras Hindu University
  21. 21
    Khan, Mujeebur R.
    Aligarh Muslim University
  22. 22
    Suprasanna, Penna
    Amity University
  23. 23
    Sukumar, Raman
    Indian Institute of Science
  24. 24
    Koul, Bhupendra
    Lovely Professional University
  25. 25
    Antony Ceasar, Stanislaus
    Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences
  26. 26
    Meena, Mukesh K.
    Mohanlal Sukhadia University
  27. 27
    Chinnusamy, Viswanathan
    ICAR - Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi
  28. 28
    Sharma, Hari Chand
    Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry
  29. 29
    Ansari, Mohammad Javed
    Hindu College, Moradabad
  30. 30
    Sankaran, Mahesh
    National Centre for Biological Sciences
  31. 31
    Sairam, Rajkumar
    ICAR - Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi
  32. 32
    Bhardwaj, Renu S.
    Guru Nanak Dev University
  33. 33
    Chintala, Sudhakar Reddy
    Indian Space Research Organisation
  34. 34
    Giri, Jitender
    National Institute for Plant Genome Research India
  35. 35
    Shivanna, Kundaranahalli Ramalingaiah
    Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment
  36. 36
    Kumar, Suresh
    ICAR - Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi
  37. 37
    Isah, Tasiu
    Jamia Hamdard
  38. 38
    Akhtar, Mohd Sayeed
    Gandhi Faiz-e-Aam College
  39. 39
    Prasad, Manoj Kumar
    University of Delhi
  40. 40
    Singh, Harikesh Bahadur
    Banaras Hindu University
  41. 41
    Varma, Ajit Kumar
    Amity University
  42. 42
    Kole, Chittaranjan
    Chittaranjan Kole Foundation for Science and Society
  43. 43
    Ahanger, Mohammad Abass
    G.P.G. College Rajouri
  44. 44
    Karanth, Kota Ullas
    Centre for Wildlife Studies
  45. 45
    Inderjit
    University of Delhi
  46. 46
    Bohra, Abhishek
    ICAR - Indian Institute of Pulses Research, Kanpur
  47. 47
    Kaushik, Prashant
    CCS Haryana Agricultural University
  48. 48
    Dubey, N. K.
    Banaras Hindu University
  49. 49
    Deshmukh, Rupesh Kailasrao
    Central University of Haryana
  50. 50
    Seth, Chandra Shekhar
    University of Delhi
  51. 51
    Radhakrishnan, R.
    Jamal Mohamed College, Tiruchirappalli
  52. 52
    Mukherjee, Soumya
    University of Kalyani
  53. 53
    Jajoo, Anjana
    School of Life Sciences Indore
  54. 54
    Faizan, Mohammad
    Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Hyderabad
  55. 55
    Pandey, Renu Nath
    ICAR - Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi
  56. 56
    Pandey, Girdhar Kumar
    University of Delhi
  57. 57
    Dubey, Rama Shanker
    Banaras Hindu University
  58. 58
  59. 59
    Prasad, Sheo Mohan
    University of Allahabad
  60. 60
    Jha, Bhavanath
    Central Salt & Marine Chemicals Research Institute
  61. 61
    Singh, Narendra Pratap D.
    ICAR - Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi
  62. 62
    Djanaguiraman, M.
    Tamil Nadu Agricultural University
  63. 63
    Kalia, Anu
    Punjab Agricultural University
  64. 64
    Panda, Sanjib Kumar
    Central University of Rajasthan
  65. 65
    Singh, Vijay Pratap
    University of Allahabad, C.M.P. DEGREE College
  66. 66
    Iqbal, Noushina
    Jamia Hamdard
  67. 67
    Sharma, S. K.
    ICAR - Central Potato Research Institute, Shimla
  68. 68
    Acharya, Krishnendu
    University of Calcutta
  69. 69
    Chandra, Sheela R.
    Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra
  70. 70
    Ignacimuthu, Savarimuthu J.
    St.Xavier's College, Palayamkottai
  71. 71
    Baskar, Venkidasamy
    Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences
  72. 72
    Kapoor, Dhriti
    Shoolini University
  73. 73
    Chakrabarty, Debasis
    CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute
  74. 74
    Upadhyay, Santosh Kumar
    Panjab University
  75. 75
  76. 76
    Lata, Charu
    National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources India
  77. 77
    Lal, Milan Kumar
    ICAR-National Rice Research Institute
  78. 78
    Hajam, Younis Ahmad
    Sant Baba Bhag Singh University
  79. 79
    Anjum, Naser A.
    Aligarh Muslim University
  80. 80
    Virk, Harpreet Kaur
    Punjab Agricultural University
  81. 81
    Aftab, Tariq
    Aligarh Muslim University
  82. 82
    Chand, Ramesh
    SIRDA Institute of Engineering Technology
  83. 83
    Pandey, Abhay Kumar
    Tea Research Association, North Bengal Regional R & D Center
  84. 84
    Kumar, Ashwani
    University of Allahabad
  85. 85
    Gadgil, Madhav
    Indian Institute of Science
  86. 86
    Ramamoorthy, Siva
    Vellore Institute of Technology
  87. 87
    Jogaiah, Sudisha
    Central University of Kerala
  88. 88
    Rout, Gyana Ranjan
    Siksha O Anusandhan (Deemed to be University)
  89. 89
    Siddiqui, Zaki Anwar
    Aligarh Muslim University
  90. 90
    Bhatla, Satish Chander
    University of Delhi
  91. 91
    Chaudhary, Parul
    Graphic Era (Deemed to be University)
  92. 92
    Sharma, Tilak Raj
    National Institute for Plant Biotechnology
  93. 93
    Suryanarayanan, T. S.
    University of Madras
  94. 94
    Bhattacharjee, Soumen
    The University of Burdwan
  95. 95
    Gahukar, Ruparao T.
    Arag Biotech Pvt. Ltd.
  96. 96
    Kumar, Vinay
    Savitribai Phule Pune University
  97. 97
    Rai, Manoj K.
    Indira Gandhi National Tribal University
  98. 98
    Gupta, Snehasish Dutta
    Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
  99. 99
    Khan, Mohammed Latif
    Dr. H. S. Gour Vishwavidyalaya Sagar
  100. 100
    Dhyani, Shalini
    National Environmental Engineering Research Institute India

316 listed scientists in Biology 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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