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920 researchers in India whose main field is Chemistry are in the 2026 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list: 13.2% of all listed authors in India, and 3rd of 109 countries in the field. 195 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR) has the most (19), followed by Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (16) and Shoolini University (14). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.

Listed authors

920

13.2% of all in India

In the global top 100,000

195

21.2% of them

Country rank in the field

of 109 countries in Chemistry

Highest-ranked

#1,379

Ali, Imran

#	Institution	Listed authors	Top 100k	Rank worldwide	Highest-ranked author
1	Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR)	19	1	#139	Bhardwaj, Neha #83,123
2	Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee	16	1	#185	Maji, Pradip K. #69,084
3	Shoolini University	14	9	#220	Pandey, Sadanand #4,283
4	Jadavpur University	14	3	#224	Roy, Kunal #7,188
5	Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi	13	4	#260	Chandra, Pranjal #11,779
6	Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani	11	4	#345	Roy, Sounak K. #44,326
7	Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science	11	3	#347	Bhaumik, Asim #45,240
8	Jamia Millia Islamia	10	2	#367	Ali, Imran #1,379
9	Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences	10	3	#371	Xavier, Joseph Raj #5,435
10	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	10	3	#374	Pradhan, Narayan C. #8,410
11	Jamia Hamdard	10	0	#413	Husain, Asif Alam #106,959
12	Indian Institute of Science	9	2	#423	Desiraju, Gautam R. #1,406
13	Siksha O Anusandhan (Deemed to be University)	9	3	#437	Parida, Kulamani M. #10,227
14	Indian Institute of Technology Bombay	9	2	#444	Maiti, Debabrata #15,954
15	Institute of Chemical Technology	9	4	#455	Gawande, Manoj B. #23,909
16	Vellore Institute of Technology	9	2	#458	Roopan, S. M. #27,681
17	Aligarh Muslim University	9	2	#476	Siddiqi, Khwaja Salahuddin #65,365
18	Indian Institute of Chemical Technology	9	1	#482	Ashok, Jangam #81,738
19	University of Petroleum and Energy Studies	8	3	#509	Nangia, Ashwini Kumar #18,143
20	Banaras Hindu University	8	2	#530	Misra, Arvind Kumar #41,040
21	Panjab University	8	1	#534	Mehta, Surinder Kumar #43,089
22	Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad	8	3	#536	Madras, G. #43,417
23	Chandigarh University	8	1	#543	Pal, Kaushik #48,493
24	University of Delhi	8	1	#557	Chandra, Ramesh #77,720
25	Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati	8	0	#569	Kumar, Amit Sanjeev #102,278
26	Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research	7	4	#595	Peter, Sebastian C. #9,051
27	Maharshi Dayanand University	7	2	#620	Pundir, Chandrashekhar #36,623
28	SRM Institute of Science and Technology	7	2	#648	Ajayaghosh, Ayyappanpillai #66,607
29	National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Mohali	7	0	#672	Bharatam, Prasad V. #130,816
30	Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata	6	1	#685	Banerjee, Rahul #8,984
31	Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal	6	2	#729	Gupta, Nishesh Kumar #53,642
32	Graphic Era (Deemed to be University)	6	3	#748	Obaidullah, Ahmad J. #83,727
33	Indian Institute of Technology Delhi	6	1	#756	Joshi, Mangala #94,526
34	The Gandhigram Rural Institute	6	0	#760	Sankaran, Meenakshi Suman #103,912
35	Central University of Punjab	6	0	#761	Gill, Baljinder Singh #104,161
36	GLA University, Mathura	6	0	#773	Kumar, Anjan #154,598
37	Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education	6	0	#776	Swaminathan, Meenakshisundaram #164,544
38	Bhabha Atomic Research Centre	5	2	#810	Priyadarsini, K. I. #14,138
39	Indian Institute of Technology Madras	5	1	#844	Pradeep, T. #36,043
40	Alliance University	5	2	#845	Parameswaranpillai, Jyotishkumar #36,784
41	Saveetha School of Engineering	5	1	#855	Ayyappan, Vinod #47,598
42	Amity University	5	2	#863	Dutta, Saikat K. #58,427
43	Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur	5	1	#893	Singh, Baghendra #92,759
44	National Chemical Laboratory India	5	0	#905	Gopinath, Chinnakonda S. #101,984
45	Indian Institute of Technology Indore	5	0	#922	Singh, Sanjay Kumar #143,940
46	Guru Nanak Dev University	5	0	#943	Singh, Kamajit #277,726
47	Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala	4	1	#946	Sabu, Thomas P. #1,465
48	Savitribai Phule Pune University	4	2	#973	Patwardhan, Bhushan K. #18,580
49	National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology	4	1	#981	Nair Biju, Akkattu Thankappan #23,484
50	Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya	4	1	#1,018	Pal, Dilipkumar #52,206
51	JAIN (Deemed-to-be University)	4	1	#1,057	Keri, Rangappa Sangappa #80,848
52	Guru Jambheshwar University of Science & Technology	4	0	#1,092	Devi, Jai #122,331
53	CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants	4	0	#1,093	Kumar, Ashish Ashwin #122,569
54	University of Hyderabad	4	0	#1,116	Gandhi, Sonu #149,022
55	Chitkara University, Punjab	4	0	#1,122	Kumar, Mohit #163,092
56	University of Kashmir	4	0	#1,138	Dar, Aijaz Ahmad #215,612
57	Saveetha Medical College and Hospital	3	1	#1,157	Mahomoodally, Fawzi M. #5,438
58	Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Pune	3	2	#1,167	Ghosh, Sujit K. #8,934
59	Madurai Kamaraj University	3	2	#1,177	Dhakshinamoorthy, Amarajothi #15,125
60	Visva-Bharati University	3	2	#1,189	Ghosh, Sumit #21,394
61	S. V. National Institute of Technology	3	2	#1,197	Kailasa, Suresh Kumar #27,522
62	Lovely Professional University	3	1	#1,219	Kalia, Susheel #36,237
63	Central University of Jammu	3	2	#1,238	Kumar, Pawan V.Sujith #45,615
64	Indian Institute of Technology Ropar	3	1	#1,243	Srivastava, Rajendra #46,450
65	Manipal University Jaipur	3	1	#1,264	Kumar, Deepak #58,731
66	VSS University of Technology	3	1	#1,269	Biswal, Trinath #61,376
67	Delhi Technological University	3	1	#1,273	Malhotra, Bansi Dhar #64,597
68	Saveetha Dental College And Hospitals	3	1	#1,277	Natesan, Thirumalaivasan #67,976
69	Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Tirupati	3	1	#1,282	Banerjee, Shibdas #74,804
70	SASTRA Deemed University	3	1	#1,291	Maheswari Krishnan, Uma Maheswari #78,767
71	National Institute of Technology Karnataka	3	1	#1,293	Dutta, Saikat #82,941
72	DIT University	3	0	#1,354	Agrawal, Jai Prakash #127,945
73	Homi Bhabha National Institute	3	0	#1,359	Gunanathan, Chidambaram #133,188
74	Uka Tarsadia University	3	0	#1,363	Prajapati, Pintu B. #136,936
75	Punjabi University	3	0	#1,365	Silakari, Om #138,440
76	University of Mysore	3	0	#1,369	Murali, Mahadevamurthy #142,643
77	Central Salt & Marine Chemicals Research Institute	3	0	#1,372	Kumar, Arvind #145,187
78	University of Lucknow	3	0	#1,381	Vashistha, Vinod Kumar #150,541
79	AUH-Gurugram	3	0	#1,392	Vaya, Dipti #160,582
80	University of Kalyani	3	0	#1,425	Islam, Sk Manirul #193,626
81	University of Madras	3	0	#1,435	George, Mary #215,156
82	Banasthali Vidyapith	3	0	#1,438	Sharma, Swapnil K. #218,900
83	Alagappa University	3	0	#1,453	Wilson, J. #258,076
84	Ch. Bansi Lal University	3	0	#1,457	Sharma, Kirti #291,492
85	University of Allahabad	3	0	#1,458	Khatua, Somanjana #293,549
86	Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Bhubaneswar	3	0	#1,463	Dutta, Basudeb #319,602
87	Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences	3	0	#1,464	Singh, Ankit K. #324,037

The top 100 in Chemistry in India, in order

1
Ali, Imran
Jamia Millia Islamia
2
Desiraju, Gautam R.
Indian Institute of Science
3
Sabu, Thomas P.
Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala
4
Gupta, Vinod Kumar A.
ICAR - National Dairy Research Institute
5
Aminabhavi, Tejraj M.
KLE Technological University
6
Pandey, Sadanand
Shoolini University
7
Xavier, Joseph Raj
Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences
8
Mahomoodally, Fawzi M.
Saveetha Medical College and Hospital
9
Manjunatha, J. G.
Mangalore University
10
Roy, Arpita
Sharda University
11
Roy, Kunal
Jadavpur University
12
Pradhan, Narayan C.
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
13
Ghosh, Sujit K.
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Pune
14
Banerjee, Rahul
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata
15
Peter, Sebastian C.
Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research
16
Mukherjee, Pulok Kumar
Jadavpur University
17
Parida, Kulamani M.
Siksha O Anusandhan (Deemed to be University)
18
Biswas, Kanishka
Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research
19
Raizada, P.
Shoolini University
20
Chandra, Pranjal
Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi
21
Singh, Pardeep
Shoolini University
22
Polshettiwar, Vivek
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai
23
Priyadarsini, K. I.
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
24
Dhakshinamoorthy, Amarajothi
Madurai Kamaraj University
25
Karak, Niranjan
Tezpur University
26
Reddy, Narendra L.
Jyothy Institute of Technology
27
Maiti, Debabrata
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
28
Sharma, Gaurav
Shoolini University
29
Nayak, Sanjay Kumar
Ravenshaw University
30
Nangia, Ashwini Kumar
University of Petroleum and Energy Studies
31
Patwardhan, Bhushan K.
Savitribai Phule Pune University
32
Nayak, Amit Kumar
Siksha O Anusandhan (Deemed to be University)
33
Mittal, Vikas V.
National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra
34
Pandey, Krishna K.
Institute of Wood Science and Technology (IWST), Bangalore
35
Ahmed, Shakeel
Government Postgraduate College Rajouri
36
Ghosh, Sumit
Visva-Bharati University
37
Nair Biju, Akkattu Thankappan
National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology
38
Balasubramanian, Kandasubramanian
Defence Institute of Advanced Technology
39
Kumar, Amit
University of Petroleum and Energy Studies
40
Gawande, Manoj B.
Institute of Chemical Technology
41
Ramesan, Manammel Thankappan
University of Calicut
42
Jayakumar, Rangasamy
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University, Kochi
43
More, Aarti P.
Institute of Chemical Technology
44
Nag, Angshuman
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Pune
45
Yadav, Ganapati D.
Institute of Chemical Technology
46
Swamy, Mallappa Kumara
East West First Grade College of Science
47
Madhu, Puttegowda
Malnad College of Engineering
48
Kailasa, Suresh Kumar
S. V. National Institute of Technology
49
Roopan, S. M.
Vellore Institute of Technology
50
Mithun, Rudrapal
Vignans Foundation for Science Technology and Research University
51
Prabaharan, Mani
Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science
52
Kandambeth, Sharath
Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminence deemed to be University
53
Ghotekar, Suresh Kushinath
Chettinad Academy of Research and Education
54
Anandan, Sambandam
National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli
55
Prakash Maran, Jeganathan
Periyar University
56
Bharate, Sonali S.
Shobhaben Pratapbhai Patel School of Pharmacy & Technology Management
57
Subramani, Raja
Saveetha Engineering College
58
Pradeep, T.
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
59
Kalia, Susheel
Lovely Professional University
60
Brahmachari, Goutam
Visva-Bharati University
61
Pundir, Chandrashekhar
Maharshi Dayanand University
62
Parameswaranpillai, Jyotishkumar
Alliance University
63
Doble, Mukesh
Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences
64
Singh, Baljit
Himachal Pradesh University
65
Narayanankutty, Arunaksharan
St. Joseph's College, Devagiri
66
Mukherjee, Santanu
Shoolini University
67
Misra, Arvind Kumar
Banaras Hindu University
68
Mehta, Surinder Kumar
Panjab University
69
Deep, Akash
Institute of Nanoscience and Technology (INST)
70
Madras, G.
Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad
71
Roy, Sounak K.
Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani
72
Bhaumik, Asim
Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science
73
Kumar, Pawan V.Sujith
Central University of Jammu
74
Edison, Thomas Nesakumar Jebakumar Immanuel
Sethu Institute of Technology
75
Rajeshkumar, G.
PSG Institute of Technology and Applied Research
76
Srivastava, Rajendra
Indian Institute of Technology Ropar
77
Venkatesan, Jayachandran
Malla Reddy Vishwavidyapeeth
78
Ayyappan, Vinod
Saveetha School of Engineering
79
Pachfule, Pradip
S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences
80
Pal, Kaushik
Chandigarh University
81
Mohanty, Smita
CIPET:SARP-LARPM, Bhubaneswar
82
Kumar, Anuj
Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi
83
Das, Narayan Chandra
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
84
Pal, Tapan Kumar
Pandit Deendayal Energy University
85
Rao, Pasupuleti Visweswara
REVA University
86
Pal, Dilipkumar
Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya
87
Chauhan, Dheeraj Singh
AKS University
88
Vaikundamoorthy, Ramalingam
Bharathidasan University
89
Gupta, Nishesh Kumar
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal
90
Yusuf, Mohd
Glocal University
91
Udhayakumari, Duraisamy
Rajalakshmi Engineering College
92
Paria, Santanu
National Institute of Technology Rourkela
93
Choudhury, Arup
Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra
94
Malode, Shweta J.
KLE Technological University
95
Kamal, Ahmed
Osmania University
96
Sudhaik, Anita
Shoolini University
97
Sahoo, Suban K.
S. V. National Institute of Technology
98
Dutta, Saikat K.
Amity University
99
Bhattacharya, Sanjib
West Bengal Medical Services Corporation Ltd.
100
Kumar, Deepak
Manipal University Jaipur

920 listed scientists in Chemistry in India

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