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Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur


Institution type - Education
Year of Establishment - 1951

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT Kharagpur) is a public technical and research university established by the government of India in Kharagpur, West Bengal, India. Established in 1951, the institute is the first of the IITs to be established and is recognised as an Institute of National Importance. In 2019 it was awarded the status of Institute of Eminence by the government of India.The institute was initially established to train scientists and engineers after India attained independence in 1947. However, over the years, the institute's academic capabilities diversified with offerings in management, law, architecture, humanities, etc. IIT Kharagpur has an 8.7-square-kilometre (2,100-acre) campus and has about 22,000 residents.
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Key Indicators (2010-2019)

Total Research Papers 18329
Total Citations 274172
Citations per paper 14.96
h-index 127
g-index 213
ICP proportion 20.23%
Male / Female 1st author
  • Male:  77.99%
  • Female:  22.01%
Open Access availability 14.89%
Altmetric Attention
  • Twitter Coverage:  11.28 %
  • Facebook Coverage:  1.96 %
  • Mendeley Coverage:  20.03 %

Research Output and Citations






Authorship and Collaboration



Research Grants (Domestic)


Major Indian Funding Agencies Thousand $

Gender Distribution


Open Access Availability


Social Media Visibility

Platform-wise values for 2010-2019 period

  • Twitter coverage : 11.28 %
  • Facebook coverage : 1.96 %
  • Mendeley coverage : 20.03 %
  • Twitter average mentions per paper : 7.33
  • Facebook average mentions per paper : 1.54
  • Mendeley average mentions per paper : 442.62

Research Output related to SDGs


Research Portfolio

x-index :  270
x(g)-index :  401

The computation of x -index and x(g) -index is as per the idea proposed in Lathabai, Nandy & Singh (2021).


External Data (Year - 2021)

ARWU rank : 701-800
THE rank : NA
QS rank : 314
Leiden rank : 1
NIRF rank (Overall): NA

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