Institutional  Reports

University of Delhi


Institution type - Education
Year of Establishment - 1922

The University of Delhi, informally known as Delhi University (DU), is a collegiate public central university located in New Delhi, India. It was founded in 1922 by an Act of the Central Legislative Assembly and is recognized as an Institute of Eminence (IoE) by the University Grants Commission (UGC). As a collegiate university, its main functions are divided between the academic departments of the university and affiliated colleges. Consisting of three colleges, two faculties, and 750 students at its founding, the University of Delhi has since become India's largest institution of higher learning and among the largest in the world. The university has 16 faculties and 86 departments distributed across its North and South campuses. It has 77 affiliated colleges and five other institutes. The Vice President of India serves as the University chancellor.
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Key Indicators (2010-2019)

Total Research Papers 15134
Total Citations 235350
Citations per paper 15.55
h-index 144
g-index 240
ICP proportion 25.41%
Male / Female 1st author
  • Male:  57.67%
  • Female:  42.33%
Open Access availability 31.65%
Altmetric Attention
  • Twitter Coverage:  23.37 %
  • Facebook Coverage:  5.17 %
  • Mendeley Coverage:  31.77 %

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 : 23.37 %
  • Facebook coverage : 5.17 %
  • Mendeley coverage : 31.77 %
  • Twitter average mentions per paper : 7.90
  • Facebook average mentions per paper : 1.95
  • Mendeley average mentions per paper : 460.61

Research Output related to SDGs


Research Portfolio

x-index :  222
x(g)-index :  350

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 : 601-800
QS rank : 501-510
Leiden rank : 11
NIRF rank (Overall): NA

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