Universities by Research h-index in India

Universities and colleges ranked by OpenAlex's institutional h-index, which combines publication volume and citation impact. This is a research metric, not a measure of teaching quality. OpenAlex is an open scholarly index; larger and older institutions tend to have more indexed research.

📅 2026📏 h-index50 entries🇮🇳 See all of this country’s rankings →

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Every dot is one entry, placed by its value (h-index); the vertical bar marks each row’s median.

Tata Institute of Fundamental Research35,442 works

643

University of Delhi86,400 works

506

Panjab University35,012 works

491

Indian Institute of Science Bangalore91,738 works

468

All India Institute of Medical Sciences78,059 works

437

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay67,082 works

408

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur71,816 works

407

Banaras Hindu University66,292 works

399

Indian Institute of Technology Delhi71,680 works

397

Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee50,581 works

382

Aligarh Muslim University40,918 works

373

Indian Institute of Technology Madras69,442 works

371

Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research50,214 works

350

Vellore Institute of Technology University72,486 works

350

Jadavpur University46,376 works

330

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur51,392 works

326

Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research37,536 works

323

Jamia Millia Islamia23,796 works

310

Manipal Academy of Higher Education54,386 works

310

Anna University, Chennai40,672 works

300

Savitribai Phule Pune University35,834 works

289

Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati34,446 works

288

Jamia Hamdard13,473 works

284

University of Jammu8,748 works

283

University of Hyderabad23,984 works

281

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham41,340 works

274

Christian Medical College, Vellore19,631 works

267

Jawaharlal Nehru University31,246 works

266

University of Rajasthan48,473 works

264

Lovely Professional University37,790 works

262

University of Madras21,137 works

262

Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani26,695 works

261

Institute of Chemical Technology13,360 works

261

Annamalai University25,043 works

260

Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Pune8,290 works

259

Guru Nanak Dev University16,919 works

257

Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology17,925 works

257

Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science16,381 works

255

Indian Statistical Institute21,074 works

255

Amity University43,722 works

253

Indian Institute of Technology BHU22,894 works

253

National Institute of Technology Rourkela22,994 works

250

SRM Institute of Science and Technology57,432 works

250

National Institute of Science Education and Research7,458 works

249

Shoolini University6,258 works

247

Saveetha University67,184 works

244

Institute of Medical Sciences12,964 works

238

Pondicherry University17,313 works

238

University of Calcutta38,717 works

238

Indian Institute of Technology Dhanbad22,666 works

234

Highlights

Within India, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research ranks first in 2026 with 643, followed by University of Delhi (506) and Panjab University (491).

Across 50 entries, values run from 643 (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research) to 234 (Indian Institute of Technology Dhanbad), with a median of 278.

Source: OpenAlex, institutional Research h-index, 2026. Unit: h-index.

Source: OpenAlex, institutional Research h-index · CC0 1.0 (OpenAlex) · fetched Oct 17, 2026 — OpenAlex indexes scholarly works and citations. Coverage and citation practices vary by institution and field; this is a research measure, not a ranking of teaching quality.

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Highlights

Within India, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research ranks first in 2026 with 643, followed by University of Delhi (506) and Panjab University (491).

Across 50 entries, values run from 643 (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research) to 234 (Indian Institute of Technology Dhanbad), with a median of 278.

Source: OpenAlex, institutional Research h-index, 2026. Unit: h-index.