Ranking of Indian universities for their research output and quality using a new performance index.

In this article, the author discusses a rational procedure to rank the research performance of universities in India, through identification of correlated indicators. It cites an approach for ranking of research performance based on quantum of output as well as quality from different Indian universities with a procedure that uses a composite indicator combining quality and quantity. The author says that there is a reasonably high correlation between the quality and quantity of a research paper.