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.
• The 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.