Nature Index 2020: Index of Scientific Research

Council of Scientific & Industrial Research

It was established by the Government of India in September 1942 as an autonomous body. It comes under the Ministry of Science & Technology. It is known for its cutting-edge research and development knowledge base in diverse science and technology areas. It has been ranked first in the Nature Ranking Index-2020.

Nature Index 2020: Index of Scientific Research

Recently, a journal of science i.e. the Nature Research, has released the Nature Index 2020.

The Nature Index provides a database of high-quality research output and collaboration at the institutional, national and regional level of institutions from different countries.

The top three countries in the index are US, China and Germany respectively.
Criteria for the Ranking
- Sectors: Academic and Corporate.
- Subjects: Chemistry, Earth and Environmental Science, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences.
- Journal Group: Nature and Science.
The overall ranking of India is 12^th in the index.
Top 3 Ranking of Institutions from india:
- Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
- Indian Institute of Sciences (IISc)
- Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR)

The Nature Index

The Nature Index is a database of author affiliation information collated from research articles published in an independently selected group of 82 high-quality science journals.
The database is compiled by Nature Research.
Nature research is a part of Springer Nature which is an American German academic publishing company based in Germany.
The Index is updated monthly and also releases annual tables of countries.

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