CSIR Top Scientific Research Institute in Nature Rankings Index 2020
- The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has ranked first in the Nature Ranking Index-2020.
- The ranking is based on the Nature Index, a database complied by science journal Nature Research.
- The institutes are ranked based on total research output which the institutions have carried out from 1 December 2018 to 30 November 2019.
- The total research output indicates the counts (which mean total citations in numbers) and shares (which mean the sharing percentage per article).
- The top subjects associated with the research work include: Earth and Environmental Sciences, Physical Science, Chemistry, and Life Sciences.
- Top 5 institute in the index
- Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
- Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore,
- Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR-Mumbai)
- Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI)
- Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT-Bombay)