Position in the ranking is based on each scientist’s D-index using data compiled from
OpenAlex and CrossRef by December 21st 2022.
This ranking lists all the best researchers from the Plant Science and Agronomy discipline and
affiliated with Banaras Hindu University.
There are a total of 5 researchers included with 2 of them also being included in the global ranking.
The total sum for the D-index values for the best scientists
in Banaras Hindu University is 249 with a mean value for
the h-index of 49.80. The total sum of
publications for the best scientists in Banaras Hindu University is 1,103 with the
mean value for publications per scientist of 220.60.
Overview
Banaras Hindu University
Banaras Hindu University (BHU) is a public collegiate university situated in the city of Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India. Established in 1916 by the great nationalist leader, Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya, BHU was distinguished as an internationally reputed temple of learning. Likewise, known as a creative and innovative university that has taken a leadership role in promoting new ideas and cultivation of intellect and culture.
Banaras Hindu University Key Statistics
The university has three institutes and 14 faculties/constituted colleges with about 140 departments across different fields of specialization. Some of these faculties include visual arts, education, science, law, and social sciences. Likewise, BHU has four interdisciplinary centers and six centers of advanced studies. It also has a special assistance program with 10 departments.
BHU has more than 15,000 students. About 3% of which are international students from the U.S, Europe, Asia, Middle East, and Africa. It houses more than 1,700 faculty and around 800 non-teaching staff.
The BHU main campus has a total land area of 1,300 acres. It has well-maintained roads, green spaces, and buildings with Indo-Gothic architectural inspiration.
The other Banaras Hindu University key statistics are the wide range of facilities and modernized amenities it provides to the university community. It has sports and recreation facilities, an auditorium, subsidized canteens, a university hospital with a 927-bed capacity, a museum, and a temple.
It is also BHU’s pride that it has produced many great freedom fighters, renowned scholars, artists, scientists, technologists, and builders that contributed to modern India.
Banaras Hindu University Research
Banaras Hindu University research outputs have been consistently high. Its national, regional, and international research reputation has been ascending positively in the last decade.
The university’s top three research fields are chemistry, materials science, and biology. Its researchers have published in publications like ChemInform, Physical Review Letters, and The Lancet. BHU’s researchers had been invited to attend/present papers at prestigious conferences like the Vehicular Networking Conference, International Multi-Conference on Automation, Computing, Communication, Control and Compressed Sensing, and Multimedia Signal Processing.
The most cited research publication of Banaras Hindu University cited is Lee and Ramakrishnan’s (1985) article, “Disordered electronic systems,” published in the Reviews of Modern Physics. To date, it has generated a total of 6,188 citations. The second most cited Banaras Hindu publication is Klionsky et al.’s (2021) report, “Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition).” Published in Autophagy, it has been cited 6,170 times so far. The third most publication is Adcox et al.’s (2005) article,
“Formation of dense partonic matter in relativistic nucleus–nucleus collisions at RHIC: Experimental evaluation by the PHENIX Collaboration,” published in the Nuclear Physics journal with 4,230 citations to date.
The university has 12 specialized research centers. These include the Malaviya Research Centre for Ganga, River Development & Water Resource Management, the Nano Science Technology Unit/Centre, the Hydrogen Energy Center, Interdisciplinary Centre for Life Sciences, the Nepal Study Center, and the DST-Centre for Interdisciplinary Mathematical Sciences.
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D-index
D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in
contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines.
Our research was coordinated by Imed Bouchrika, PhD, a computer scientist with a well-established record
of collaboration on a number of international research projects with different partners from the academic
community. His role was to make sure all data remained unbiased, accurate, and up-to-date.
We list only scientists having D-Index >= 30 within the area of
Plant Science and Agronomy. If you or other scholars are not listed, we appreciate if you can
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