World-renowned science journal 'Nature' has accorded top rank to Panjab University (PU) among the leading science institutions in India, the varsity said today.
In the current special issue, 'Nature' identified the leading science institutions by comparing the citation rates in Elsevier's Scopus database of all Indian institutions, which had produced more than 2,000 papers between years 2010 and 2014, a PU release said.
"PU topped the top ten list of Indian Institutions with highest citation impact of 1.4. As many as 4,000 papers from the PU got published in Elsevier's Scopus database during years 2010 to 2014," it said.
"PU is followed by Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai with 1.39 citation impact and 4400 papers. Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IACS), Kolkata with citation impact of 1.28, CSIR Chemistry and Physics (1.18), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay (1.15), Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore (1.11) and IIT, Guwahati (1.07)," it said.
CSIR Industry and Standards with citation impact of 1.07, IIT, Kharagpur with 1.06 and IIT, Madras with 1.03 remained at eighth, ninth, and tenth place respectively.
PU Vice Chancellor Professor Arun Kumar Grover has congratulated the students, research scholars, alumni, staff and faculty members for yet another international recognition to the PU.
He said that the recognition from the top science journal should further motivate the university in further excelling in the field of research and innovation.
PU has been ranked as the top university of the country in the 'Times Higher Education World University Rankings' for the last two years, the release said.
