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Indian

Source: Web of Science Index (2010-12)

Annual
Publications
University

WoS-Annual
Publication
Count

Indian Institute of Science
(IISc), Bangalore

University
of
Washington

University
of
Cambridge

University of
California, Los
Angeles

10629

10521

10404

9731

9302

9298

9268

Publications/
Faculty

1053
948
839
837

Banaras Hindu University
(BHU), Varanasi

832

IIT Delhi

793

Jadavpur University, Kolkata

University
of
Pennsylvania

IIT Kharagpur

IIT Madras

University
of Oxford

1115

IIT Bombay

University
of Michigan Ann Arbor

All India Institute of Medical
Sciences, New Delhi

University of Hyderabad,
Hyderabad

Johns
Hopkins
University

1493

698

IIT Kanpur

690

Harvard
University
California Institute
of Technology

9.5

University
of Oxford

6.5

University of
California, San Diego

6.2

Massachusetts
Institute of Technology

6.0

University of
Cambridge

5.8

University of
California, Berkeley

4.9

Jawahar Lal Nehru Centre for
Advanced Scientific Research,
Bangalore

6.68

Stanford
University

4.4

Indian Institute of Science
(IISc), Bangalore

3.07

University of Toronto

3.5

University of Hyderabad,
Hyderabad

2.38

All India Institute of Medical
Sciences, New Delhi

One can understand the aggregate
numbers for India being for below the
global average, since we have a smaller
faculty size, at times one tenth of the
global best (see more on that in the
faculty and student section). But what

10.6

Swiss Federal Institute
of Technology Zurich

high. Harvard, the best university, published over 24,000+ papers every year
and the per faculty productivity too is
at a scorching pace of 11.5 in a year. The
Average per faculty productivity globally is 3 per year.

11.5

2.24

National Institute of
Pharmaceutical Education &
Research (NIPER) Mohali

2.22

University of Madras, Chennai

1.96

IIT Kanpur

1.84

Postgraduate Institute of
Medical Education and
Research, Chandigarh

1.81

IIT Madras

1.55

IIT Bombay

1.49

University

is alarming is the fact that Indian professors also produce much less than their
global peers. The faculty in one of the
best universities, JNCASR, produces
6.7 papers per year. What is interesting
is the fact that this centre was founded
by Prof. CNR Rao, a prolific researcher
with over 1,500 publications to his credit. Most other players produce less than
3 papers a year and 5 out of the top 10
produce less than 2 papers a year. Our
preliminary research informs us that
even this average numbers hide more

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Faculty

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Faculty