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Health Sciences research in India

Council of Scientific and Industrial Research ranks first in India for Health Sciences research in 2022-now (#582 worldwide), followed by Indian Institute of Technology Madras and Indian Institute of Science Bangalore.

India's world rank
#30
of 158 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
308k
Top-10% rate
5.0%
Ranked institutions
60

This ranks research output and citation impact, not the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.

What is the best university for Health Sciences in India?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Council of Scientific and Industrial ResearchNew Delhi #58230.811.7%1,532
2Indian Institute of Technology MadrasChennai #68429.08.2%473
3Indian Institute of Science BangaloreBengaluru #73428.39.4%483
4Indian Institute of Technology DelhiNew Delhi #74628.111.9%590
5Academy of Scientific and Innovative ResearchGhaziabad #86826.513.7%739
6Indian Institute of Technology KanpurKanpur #92325.811.2%260
7International Institute for Population SciencesMumbai #1,10423.819.4%330
8Indian Institute of Technology BombayMumbai #1,26222.47.3%332
9Indian Institute of Technology KharagpurKharagpur #1,28522.214.7%484
10Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative MedicineBengaluru #1,34521.714.9%104
11Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, BhopalBhopal #1,53720.213.3%73
12Jadavpur UniversityKolkata #1,55020.211.0%495
13Indian Institute of Technology GuwahatiGuwahati #1,56120.19.6%383
14Indian Institute of Technology RoparRopar #1,67019.411.3%98
15Indian Council of Medical ResearchNew Delhi #1,72419.011.3%2,031
16Jawaharlal Nehru UniversityNew Delhi #1,77418.710.7%412
17National Institute of Technology RourkelaRourkela #1,80718.513.4%297
18University of HyderabadHyderabad #1,88718.08.5%280
19Cancer Institute (WIA)Chennai #1,93017.84.5%624
20Birla Institute of Technology and Science, PilaniPilāni #1,96117.614.7%560
21Homi Bhabha National InstituteMumbai #2,05517.17.4%1,029
22Public Health Foundation of IndiaNew Delhi #2,09616.916.4%157
23Regional Centre for BiotechnologyFaridabad #2,19016.414.6%107
24Indian Institute of Technology RoorkeeRoorkee #2,25216.114.6%346
25L V Prasad Eye InstituteHyderabad #2,32915.77.6%1,114
26Asian Institute of GastroenterologyHyderabad #2,33715.710.5%355
27University of Petroleum and Energy StudiesDehradun #2,34815.614.2%302
28Tata Institute of Fundamental ResearchMumbai #2,36915.67.0%109
29Indian Institute of Science Education and Research PunePune #2,45615.17.3%73
30Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic ScienceNew Delhi #2,48715.04.0%230
31Vellore Institute of Technology UniversityVellore #2,49815.013.5%1,892
32Indian Institute of Science Education and Research KolkataKolkata #2,60514.59.7%67
33Translational Health Science and Technology InstituteGurgaon #2,65114.312.0%118
34Dr. Mohan's Diabetes Specialities CentreChennai #2,82713.611.2%80
35SRM Institute of Science and TechnologyChennai #2,83113.67.8%2,718
36Manipal Academy of Higher EducationManipal #3,13212.57.8%4,659
37National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and ManagementSonīpat #3,20312.319.5%118
38Madras Diabetes Research FoundationChennai #3,34611.811.4%89
39Indian Institute of Technology JodhpurJodhpur #3,44211.513.6%133
40Institute of Liver and Biliary SciencesNew Delhi #3,50611.37.3%512
41Indian Institute of Technology HyderabadSangāreddi #3,53611.28.6%256
42Tata Memorial HospitalMumbai #3,62410.95.6%1,516
43Indian Institute of Technology IndoreIndore #3,62910.917.6%186
44Indian Institute of Science Education and Research MohaliMohali #3,63910.910.8%61
45Indian Institute of Technology BHUVaranasi #3,69310.79.7%212
46Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University for WomenNew Delhi #3,81210.47.9%124
47Christian Medical College, VelloreVellore #3,83010.34.3%2,002
48Symbiosis International UniversityPune #3,87610.29.6%749
49Centre of Biomedical ResearchLucknow #3,92210.16.4%64
50Amity UniversityNoida #3,9879.97.4%1,056
51Indian Institute of Public Health GandhinagarGandhinagar #3,9899.99.6%138
52Bennett UniversityGreater Noida #4,0049.810.9%211
53Indian Institute of Technology MandiMandi #4,0299.813.8%110
54National Institute of ImmunologyNew Delhi #4,0339.89.6%64
55Institute of Public Health BengaluruBengaluru #4,0879.69.9%116
56Delhi Pharmaceutical Science and Research UniversityNew Delhi #4,1349.510.5%268
57Shoolini UniversitySolan #4,1929.319.6%119
58Centre for SightNew Delhi #4,2139.34.3%150
59Indian Institute of Technology BhilaiBhilai #4,2579.28.5%109
60National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research - AhmedabadAhmedabad #4,3758.919.2%291

Institutions in India above the floor of 40 fractional works in Health Sciences, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022-now.

Who are the top Health Sciences researchers in India?

Viswanathan Mohan, Vivekanand Jha and Shiv Kumar Sarin rank highest among researchers based in India, on their papers in Health Sciences that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Viswanathan Mohan#64,166 worldwide overall288.5 of 1,228 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Vivekanand Jha#53,909 worldwide overall207.5 of 812 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Shiv Kumar Sarin#141,082 worldwide overall209.5 of 1,020 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Dorairaj Prabhakaran#50,268 worldwide overall150.9 of 564 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Denis Xavier#6,609 worldwide overall87.6 of 170 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Anoop Misra#114,541 worldwide overall125.4 of 413 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Sheila Nainan Myatra#18,092 worldwide overall88.5 of 224 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Padukudru Anand Mahesh#22,077 worldwide overall88.9 of 242 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Anuradha Chowdhary#19,141 worldwide overall93.7 of 196 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Chittaranjan Sakerlal Yajnik#38,763 worldwide overall83.4 of 266 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11Jagadish Rao Padubidri#4,438 worldwide overall69.4 of 126 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12Gagandeep Kang#81,193 worldwide overall93.8 of 384 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13Ranjit Mohan Anjana#75,985 worldwide overall78.1 of 291 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14Nikhil Tandon#181,450 worldwide overall98.0 of 493 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15Rajeev Gupta#63,008 worldwide overall75.2 of 272 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in India on their work in Health Sciences alone: how many more of their papers here reached the world top 10% for their subfield and year than the 10% expected.

How India compares with other countries in Health Sciences