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Aravind Eye Hospital

In research, Aravind Eye Hospital stands highest in Ophthalmology (#41 of 94 worldwide), Medicine (#4,627 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#6,170 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ophthalmology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Neurology — Ophthalmology is 146.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,903
of 28,054 · #14,304 all time
Rank in India
#892
of 1,840
Research works
2.6k
▲ 235% vs 2013–17
Citations
30k
11.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
69%
world 28%

What is Aravind Eye Hospital known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
OphthalmologySubfield #41 of 94 4.0%351 #87
MedicineField #4,627 of 10,443 3.7%747 #3943
Health SciencesDomain #6,170 of 11,982 3.7%759 #4425
Life SciencesDomain #6,011 of 7,800 3.4%109 #8306
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #3,141 of 3,579 3.5%83 #5024
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingSubfield #510 of 569 5.0%147 #986

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Aravind Eye Hospital sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Ophthalmology#87 #41
  2. Medicine#3,943 #4,627
  3. Health Sciences#4,425 #6,170
  4. Life Sciences#8,306 #6,011
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#5,024 #3,141
  6. Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging#986 #510
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Aravind Eye Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ophthalmology takes 146.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OphthalmologySubfield · 351.0 works147×
  2. Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingSubfield · 147.2 works18×
  3. NeurologySubfield · 33.5 works6.5×
  4. MedicineField · 746.7 works4.3×
  5. Pathology and Forensic MedicineSubfield · 20.0 works4.3×
  6. GeneticsSubfield · 29.7 works4.0×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.73× its world share, 83 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.30× its world share, 12 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.67× its world share, 10 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.05× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.05× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.07× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.76× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.25× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.34× its world share, 747 worksMedicineNursing: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.10× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.15× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Aravind Eye Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Muthiah Srinivasan, Kim Ramasamy and Rengaraj Venkatesh lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Aravind Eye Hospital.

  1. 1 Muthiah Srinivasan India · #91,214 worldwide 232 citations · 26 works
  2. 2 Kim Ramasamy India · #114,771 worldwide 163 citations · 26 works
  3. 3 Rengaraj Venkatesh India · #254,778 worldwide 48 citations · 29 works
  4. 4 Revathi Rajaraman India · #416,148 worldwide 51 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Srinivasan Kavitha India · #609,907 worldwide 25 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 Prajna Lalitha India · #683,273 worldwide 35 citations · 28 works
  7. 7 Meenakshi Ravindran India · #833,685 worldwide 30 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 N. Venkatesh Prajna India · #917,032 worldwide 37 citations · 32 works
  9. 9 Periasamy Sundaresan India · #1,002,180 worldwide 52 citations · 30 works
  10. 10 Thulasiraj Ravilla India · #1,038,796 worldwide 20 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at Aravind Eye Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Aravind Eye Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Glaucoma, Intraocular Pressure, Optical Coherence Tomography, Epidemiology, Optic Nerve, Myopia, Femtosecond Laser and Intraocular Lens Implantation.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Glaucoma166▲ 126×4 topics
  2. Epidemiology137▲ 3.9×62 topics
  3. Intraocular Pressure113▲ 149×2 topics
  4. Optical Coherence Tomography109▲ 118×3 topics
  5. Optic Nerve89▲ 101×2 topics
  6. Myopia80▲ 151×2 topics
  7. Femtosecond Laser76▲ 174×1 topic
  8. Intraocular Lens Implantation76▲ 320×1 topic
  9. Risk Factors76▲ 7.7×10 topics
  10. Retinal Ganglion Cells74▲ 76×2 topics
  11. Neurodegeneration73▲ 27×6 topics
  12. Ocular Hypertension73▲ 158×1 topic
  13. Visual Field Progression73▲ 158×1 topic
  14. Intravitreal Injection72▲ 117×2 topics
  15. Macular Degeneration67▲ 62×3 topics
  16. OCT Imaging58▲ 241×2 topics
  17. Endophthalmitis57▲ 186×2 topics
  18. Inflammation55▲ 2.9×30 topics
  19. Diabetic Retinopathy54▲ 61×2 topics
  20. Macular Hole52▲ 273×1 topic
  21. Vitreoretinal Surgery52▲ 273×1 topic
  22. Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor51▲ 68×4 topics
  23. Oxidative Stress45▲ 3.1×17 topics
  24. Genetic Mutations43▲ 11×15 topics
  25. Corneal Biomechanics40▲ 136×1 topic
  26. Keratoconus40▲ 136×1 topic
  27. Antibiotic Resistance38▲ 11×8 topics
  28. Choroidal Thickness38▲ 80×1 topic
  29. Retinal Pigment Epithelium38▲ 80×1 topic
  30. ACE2 Receptor36▲ 16×3 topics
  31. Ocular Findings35▲ 136×1 topic
  32. Retinal Artery Occlusion35▲ 136×1 topic
  33. Immunosuppressive Therapy35▲ 21×5 topics
  34. Keratitis34▲ 241×1 topic
  35. Ocular Infections34▲ 241×1 topic
  36. Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis34▲ 74×2 topics
  37. Behçet's Disease33▲ 140×1 topic
  38. Uveitis33▲ 140×1 topic
  39. Global Prevalence28▲ 35×2 topics
  40. Wound Healing28▲ 12×6 topics

Which research topics does Aravind Eye Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Intraocular Surgery and Lenses, Glaucoma and retinal disorders, Retinal and Macular Surgery and Corneal surgery and disorders.

Intraocular Surgery and Lenses: 76 fractional worksGlaucoma and retinal disorders: 73 fractional worksRetinal and Macular Surg…52Retinal and Macular Surgery: 52 fractional worksCorneal surgery and diso…40Corneal surgery and disorders: 40 fractional worksRetinal Diseases and Treatments: 38 fractional worksRetinal and Optic Conditions: 35 fractional worksOcular Infections and Tr…34Ocular Infections and Treatments: 34 fractional worksOcular Diseases and Behçet’s Syndrome: 33 fractional worksOphthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies: 28 fractional worksCorneal Surgery and Treatments: 25 fractional works
OphthalmologyRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingEpidemiology

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Intraocular Surgery and Lenses Ophthalmology 76 works
  2. 2 Glaucoma and retinal disorders Ophthalmology 73 works
  3. 3 Retinal and Macular Surgery Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 52 works
  4. 4 Corneal surgery and disorders Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 40 works
  5. 5 Retinal Diseases and Treatments Ophthalmology 38 works
  6. 6 Retinal and Optic Conditions Ophthalmology 35 works
  7. 7 Ocular Infections and Treatments Ophthalmology 34 works
  8. 8 Ocular Diseases and Behçet’s Syndrome Ophthalmology 33 works
  9. 9 Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies Epidemiology 28 works
  10. 10 Corneal Surgery and Treatments Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 25 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world’s own shares — the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available68.9%not open31.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.9%domestic only82.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Aravind Eye Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 235% higher than in 2013–2017.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

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