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

624 researchers in India whose main field is Engineering are in the 2026 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list: 9.0% of all listed authors in India, and 6th of 103 countries in the field. 154 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur has the most (24), followed by Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (23) and Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (20). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.

Listed authors
624
9.0% of all in India
In the global top 100,000
154
24.7% of them
Country rank in the field
#6
of 103 countries in Engineering
Highest-ranked
#1,517
Haleem, Abid
#InstitutionListed authorsTop 100kRank worldwideHighest-ranked author
1Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur245#147Singh, Ajay #6,215
2Indian Institute of Technology Delhi238#156Singh, B. P. #5,117
3Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee202#193Harsha, Suraj Prakash #57,773
4Indian Institute of Technology Bombay198#195Jangid, Radhey Shyam #6,037
5Indian Institute of Science184#216Kumar, Jyant #47,619
6Indian Institute of Technology Madras153#266Rajamani, Rajesh #41,771
7Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati133#309Purkait, M. K. #30,951
8Jadavpur University113#365Chakraborty, Shankar #13,626
9Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad112#383Das, Sarat Kumar #82,703
10Indian Institute of Technology Indore82#501Goyal, Manish Kumar #33,784
11Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur81#509Jain, Vijay Kumar #39,683
12Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi72#542Sarkar, Jahar #6,353
13National Institute of Technology Silchar71#593Choubey, Gautam #84,640
14National Institute of Technology Rourkela71#596Mahapatra, Siba Sankar #97,515
15The University of Burdwan64#642Mukhopadhyay, Swati #20,147
16Indian Institute of Technology Patna61#651Singh, T. N. #27,667
17Manipal Institute of Technology61#652Mulky, Lavanya M. #27,951
18Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani61#681Sharma, Bhupendra Kumar #50,911
19Graphic Era (Deemed to be University)61#690Ram, Mangey #66,222
20National Institute of Technology Patna53#723Samui, P. #5,948
21Chandigarh University52#761Singh, Jashanpreet #31,352
22Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur51#768Kumar, Nishant #35,284
23Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur52#782Sandeep, N. #45,365
24National Institute of Technology, Warangal53#794Moghal, Arif Ali Baig #53,584
25Vellore Institute of Technology51#807Bala Anki Reddy, P. #72,517
26National Metallurgical Laboratory India51#822Meshram, Pratima #83,144
27National Institute of Technology, Durgapur50#845Bera, Tushar Kanti #250,826
28Jamia Millia Islamia42#849Haleem, Abid #1,517
29National Institute of Technology Calicut41#889Mangalathu, Sujith #24,790
30Manipal University Jaipur43#903Sangwan, Kuldip Singh #33,087
31Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology42#912Mittal, Alok #38,416
32International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad41#930Bhat, Sanjay P. #47,767
33Visva-Bharati University42#932Pal, Dulal #47,869
34Indian Institute of Technology Ropar41#933Das, Ranjan #49,418
35Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar41#934Mishra, Barada Kanta #49,454
36National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli42#947Ponalagusamy, R. #58,944
37Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur41#956Wasewar, Kailas Lachchhuram #67,676
38Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad41#977Vidyasagar, Mathuicumalli #86,390
39Christ University40#1,012Singhal, Abhinav #137,556
40Amity University40#1,013Kumar, Ravinder #143,555
41Indian Institute of Technology Mandi40#1,023Pathak, Himanshu #175,727
42Delhi Technological University40#1,032Kumar, Mayank #258,910
43S. V. National Institute of Technology31#1,038Rao, Ravipudi Venkata #1,661
44Institute of Chemical Technology33#1,042Gogate, Parag R. #2,978
45Davangere University32#1,087Prasannakumara, B. C. #20,281
46K.R. Mangalam University32#1,202Kumar, Kaushal #87,343
47Dr. B.R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology31#1,218Sharma, Vishal S. #98,923
48Zakir Husain College of Engineering and Technology30#1,234Tariq, Mohd Zeeshan #113,423
49Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Bhubaneswar30#1,264Sahoo, Ashok Kumar #137,207
50National Institute of Technical Teachers' Training & Research, Kolkata30#1,281Kaki, Venkata Rao #151,036
51Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR)30#1,307Sasmal, Saptarshi #199,733
52VSS University of Technology30#1,311Mohanty, Banaja #217,737
53Tata Steel30#1,321Agrawal, Shrey #269,654
54Dr. D. Y. Patil Institute of Technology30#1,331Kurhade, Anant Sidhappa #1,388,397

The top 100 in Engineering in India, in order

  1. 1
    Haleem, Abid
    Jamia Millia Islamia
  2. 2
    Javaid, Mohd
    Jamia Millia Islamia
  3. 3
    Rao, Ravipudi Venkata
    S. V. National Institute of Technology
  4. 4
    Gogate, Parag R.
    Institute of Chemical Technology
  5. 5
    Acharya, Nilankush
    Independent Researcher
  6. 6
    Singh, B. P.
    Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
  7. 7
    Samui, P.
    National Institute of Technology Patna
  8. 8
    Jangid, Radhey Shyam
    Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
  9. 9
    Singh, Ajay
    Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
  10. 10
    Sarkar, Jahar
    Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi
  11. 11
    Veera Krishna, M.
    Rayalaseema University
  12. 12
    Pal, Mahesh
    National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra
  13. 13
    Srivastava, Vimal Chandra
    Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Department of Chemical Engineering
  14. 14
    Chakraborty, Shankar
    Jadavpur University
  15. 15
    Sana, Shib Sankar
    Kishore Bharati Bhagini Nivedita College
  16. 16
    Tripathi, Dharmendra
    National Institute of Technology, Uttarakhand
  17. 17
    Sivakumar, Bellie
    Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
  18. 18
    Goud, B. Shankar
    JNTUH College of Engineering Hyderabad
  19. 19
    Mukhopadhyay, Swati
    The University of Burdwan
  20. 20
    Prasannakumara, B. C.
    Davangere University
  21. 21
    Saha, Sunil
    University of Gour Banga
  22. 22
    Dey, Subhasish
    Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar
  23. 23
    Mangalathu, Sujith
    National Institute of Technology Calicut
  24. 24
    Srivastava, Prashant Kumar
    Banaras Hindu University
  25. 25
    Chakraborty, Souvik
    Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
  26. 26
    Singh, T. N.
    Indian Institute of Technology Patna
  27. 27
    Joshi, Jyeshtharaj B.
    Institute of Chemical Technology
  28. 28
    Mulky, Lavanya M.
    Manipal Institute of Technology
  29. 29
    Sitharam, T. G.
    Indian Institute of Science, Department of Civil Engineering
  30. 30
    Roy, Sankar Kumar
    Vidyasagar University
  31. 31
    Sandeep, N.
    Central University of Karnataka
  32. 32
    Jagabar Sathik, Mohamed Ali
    SRM Institute of Science and Technology
  33. 33
    Purkait, M. K.
    Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
  34. 34
    Singh, Jashanpreet
    Chandigarh University
  35. 35
    Sakthivel, Rathinasamy
    Bharathiar University
  36. 36
    Mishra, Ashish
    Tula's Institute
  37. 37
    Verma, Manvendra
    GLA University, Mathura
  38. 38
    Sangwan, Kuldip Singh
    Manipal University Jaipur
  39. 39
    Tiwari, Manoj Kumar
    Indian Institute of Management Mumbai
  40. 40
    Roy, Swalpa Kumar
    Tezpur University
  41. 41
    Goyal, Manish Kumar
    Indian Institute of Technology Indore
  42. 42
    Ahmad, Rais
    Aligarh Muslim University
  43. 43
    Ajay, Kumar
    Manipal University Jaipur
  44. 44
    Sahoo, Rashmi Rekha
    Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi
  45. 45
    Anantha Kumar, K.
    SV College of Engineering, Tirupati
  46. 46
    Mishra, S. R.
    Siksha O Anusandhan (Deemed to be University)
  47. 47
    Kumar, Nishant
    Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur
  48. 48
    Mishra, Sukumar
    Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
  49. 49
    Roy, Partha Sarthi
    Indian Institute of Remote Sensing
  50. 50
    Nayak, Manoj Kumar
    National Institute of Technology Delhi
  51. 51
    Raja, G. Lloyds
    National Institute of Technology Patna
  52. 52
    Khanna, Navneet
    Institute of Infrastructure, Technology, Research And Management
  53. 53
    Panigrahi, Bijaya Ketan
    Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
  54. 54
    Mittal, Alok
    Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology
  55. 55
    Kumar Singh, Sudhir Kumar
    University of Allahabad
  56. 56
    Mittal, Jyoti
    Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology
  57. 57
    Jain, Vijay Kumar
    Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
  58. 58
    Borkar, Vivek Shripad
    Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
  59. 59
    Das, Sanatan
    University of Gour Banga
  60. 60
    Rathi, B. Senthil
    SSN College of Engineering, Kalavakkam
  61. 61
    Rajamani, Rajesh
    Indian Institute of Technology Madras
  62. 62
    Jain, Sharad K.
    Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar
  63. 63
    Pandit, Aniruddha Bhalchandra
    Institute of Chemical Technology
  64. 64
    Giri, B. C.
    Jadavpur University
  65. 65
    Mandal, Biman B.
    Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
  66. 66
    Sandeep, N.
    Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur
  67. 67
  68. 68
    Guha, Subhanil
    National Institute of Technology Raipur
  69. 69
    Chhabra, Rajendra Prasad
    Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminence deemed to be University
  70. 70
    Pal, Parimal
    National Institute of Technology
  71. 71
    Kumar, Jyant
    Indian Institute of Science
  72. 72
    Bhat, Sanjay P.
    International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad
  73. 73
    Pal, Dulal
    Visva-Bharati University
  74. 74
    Matsagar, Vasant Annasaheb
    Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
  75. 75
    Das, Ranjan
    Indian Institute of Technology Ropar
  76. 76
    Mishra, Barada Kanta
    Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar
  77. 77
    Shamshuddin, M. D.
    SR University
  78. 78
    Biswas, Nirmalendu
    Jadavpur University
  79. 79
    Das, Sarit K.
    Indian Institute of Technology Madras
  80. 80
    Sharma, Bhupendra Kumar
    Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani
  81. 81
    Bhattad, Atul
    Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation
  82. 82
    Jha, Madan K.
    Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
  83. 83
    Bijwe, Jayashree
    Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
  84. 84
    Moghal, Arif Ali Baig
    National Institute of Technology, Warangal
  85. 85
    Sujatha, E. R.
    SASTRA Deemed University
  86. 86
    Machireddy, Gnaneswara Reddy
    Acharya Nagarjuna University
  87. 87
    Dash, Sujit Kumar
    Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
  88. 88
    Bhattacharyya, Krishnendu
    Banaras Hindu University
  89. 89
    Sridharan, Asuri
    Indian National Science Academy
  90. 90
    Harsha, Suraj Prakash
    Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
  91. 91
    Saha, Sandip K.
    Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
  92. 92
    Ponalagusamy, R.
    National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli
  93. 93
    Basak, Tanmay
    Indian Institute of Technology Madras
  94. 94
    Dutta, Pankaj
    Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
  95. 95
    Shaikh, Ali Akbar
    The University of Burdwan
  96. 96
    Gireesha, Bijjanal Jayanna
    Kuvempu University
  97. 97
    Kalita, Kanak
    Rajalakshmi Institute of Technology
  98. 98
    Gangadhar, Kotha
    Acharya Nagarjuna University
  99. 99
    Chowdhury, Shamik
    Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
  100. 100
    Madhavi Latha, G.
    Indian Institute of Science

624 listed scientists in Engineering 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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