Observer Research Foundation

Abbreviation: ORF

Location: New Delhi, India

Founded: 1990

TTA Score: 18.50 points (see how this score was calculated)

Rank: # 22 out of 82 (see full ranking)

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Publications & Citations Timeline

Citations before 2023 are not counted.

Note also that not all outputs are collected (e.g., our database generally focuses on English-language reports that are not in a PDF format), and that data collection may be subject to unintended errors and omissions.

Recent Think Tank Publications

May 31, 2025 South Asia’s India-Pakistan Balance: A Historical Overview (Part 1)

May 31, 2025 Malaysia’s ASEAN Chairmanship and Trump 2.0: Challenges and Opportunities

May 31, 2025 Optimising Computing Approaches for India’s National AI Capabilities

May 31, 2025 Eradicating the Ambiguity Around EbA: Upscaling EbA Finance

May 30, 2025 Crisis on Repeat: The IMF, Pakistan, and Failed Reform

Recent Peer-Reviewed Publications

Apr 1, 2025 The Himalayan Barrier: India–China Relations since Galwan WORLD SCIENTIFIC (EUROPE) eBooks

Mar 21, 2025 Building Resilience: Sustainable Agriculture for Food Security in a Changing Climate International Journal of Nutrition and Food Sciences

Jan 28, 2025 China–India hydropolitics on the Brahmaputra: why do hard data need to dominate over existing rhetoric? International Journal of Water Resources Development

Jan 2, 2025 India-Taiwan Economic Ties: Synergies, Challenges, and Strategies Taiwan politics.

Jan 1, 2025 Energy Transition in India's Transport Sector: Current Policies, Key Challenges, and Potential Pathways SSRN Electronic Journal

Top Research Topics

South Asian Studies and Conflicts 29 publications

International Development and Aid 27 publications

International Relations and Foreign Policy 27 publications

Indian Economic and Social Development 26 publications

Complex Systems and Time Series Analysis 19 publications

These data refer only to publications in peer-reviewed journals; the data source is OpenAlex.

Core Activities

Articles (since 2020): 1,041

Authors (since 2020): 501

Citations (since 2023): 133

Academic Metrics

Scholarly Works: 109

Impact Factor (2 years): 1

H-Index: 23

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Harsh V. Pant

Kabir Taneja

Manoj Joshi

Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan

Soumya Bhowmick

Only articles since 2020 are considered.

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