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Armed Forces Medical College

In research, Armed Forces Medical College stands highest in Health Sciences (#6,414 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#5,683 of 10,443 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#6,696 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ophthalmology and Hematology — Ophthalmology is 10.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#15,007
of 28,054 · #9,647 all time
Rank in India
#1,029
of 1,840
Research works
4.3k
▲ 56% vs 2013–17
Citations
34k
7.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
76%
world 28%

What is Armed Forces Medical College 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
Health SciencesDomain #6,414 of 11,982 2.0%707 #3279
MedicineField #5,683 of 10,443 1.6%622 #2688
Life SciencesDomain #6,696 of 7,800 1.4%121 #7069
SurgerySubfield #1,726 of 1,816 1.5%93 #3311
Social SciencesDomain #10,243 of 10,521 6.3%67 #12239
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #3,570 of 3,579 0.8%69 #6209

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Armed Forces Medical College 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. Health Sciences#3,279 #6,414
  2. Medicine#2,688 #5,683
  3. Life Sciences#7,069 #6,696
  4. Surgery#3,311 #1,726
  5. Social Sciences#12,239 #10,243
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#6,209 #3,570
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 Armed Forces Medical College specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ophthalmology takes 10.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OphthalmologySubfield · 26.3 works11×
  2. HematologySubfield · 21.5 works7.6×
← 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: 0.23× its world share, 10 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.39× its world share, 69 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.49× its world share, 23 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.95× its world share, 14 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.11× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.10× its world share, 14 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.16× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.62× its world share, 7 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 7.09× its world share, 32 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.72× its world share, 42 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.47× its world share, 622 worksMedicineNursing: 1.64× its world share, 8 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.92× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.14× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.42× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.57× its world share, 12 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.95× its world share, 27 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 18 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 7.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Armed Forces Medical College?

Ranked on the composite score, G. W. G. Bird, Madhuri Kanitkar and S. K. Kaushik lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Armed Forces Medical College.

  1. 1 G. W. G. Bird India · #276,382 worldwide 112 citations · 46 works
  2. 2 Madhuri Kanitkar India · #631,818 worldwide 32 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 S. K. Kaushik India · #817,624 worldwide 15 citations · 23 works
  4. 4 R. Gupta India · #1,046,061 worldwide 19 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Archana Singh India · #1,049,370 worldwide 7 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Puja Dudeja India · #1,066,243 worldwide 7 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 Biju Vasudevan India · #1,171,203 worldwide 27 citations · 37 works
  8. 8 V. S. Chauhan India · #1,188,381 worldwide 26 citations · 23 works
  9. 9 AK Tyagi India · #1,234,698 worldwide 4 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Karuna Datta India · #1,245,799 worldwide 29 citations · 30 works
All ranked researchers at Armed Forces Medical College

Which keywords describe research at Armed Forces Medical College?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Treatment, Diagnosis, Inflammation, COVID-19, Surgical Management, Complications and Quality of Life.

▲ 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. Epidemiology164▲ 4.5×115 topics
  2. Inflammation49▲ 2.5×54 topics
  3. Treatment49▲ 4.3×43 topics
  4. Diagnosis43▲ 5.0×38 topics
  5. COVID-1942▲ 3.3×20 topics
  6. Quality of Life37▲ 2.7×41 topics
  7. Pandemic32▲ 3.2×9 topics
  8. Complications30▲ 6.3×17 topics
  9. Oxidative Stress28▲ 1.87×32 topics
  10. Surgical Management28▲ 7.4×17 topics
  11. Management28▲ 3.8×29 topics
  12. Public Health28▲ 2.0×30 topics
  13. Immune Response25▲ 4.8×16 topics
  14. Risk Factors25▲ 2.4×25 topics
  15. Cardiovascular Disease25▲ 2.4×28 topics
  16. Pathogenesis23▲ 4.8×20 topics
  17. Vaccine19▲ 4.9×10 topics
  18. Genetics18▲ 2.8×18 topics
  19. Prognostic Factors18▲ 4.5×13 topics
  20. SARS-CoV-218▲ 6.0×6 topics
  21. Chemotherapy18▲ 2.7×23 topics
  22. ACE2 Receptor18▲ 7.7×3 topics
  23. Genetic Mutations17▲ 4.2×22 topics
  24. Pathophysiology16▲ 5.7×9 topics
  25. Meta-Analysis16▲ 2.8×11 topics
  26. Clinical Practice Guidelines15▲ 3.0×14 topics
  27. Global Burden15▲ 3.1×11 topics
  28. Antibiotic Resistance15▲ 4.2×12 topics
  29. Infectious Diseases14▲ 4.4×7 topics
  30. Thrombosis13▲ 5.2×6 topics
  31. Vaccine Development12▲ 5.3×6 topics
  32. Autoantibodies12▲ 5.6×8 topics
  33. Anemia12▲ 13×4 topics
  34. Antifungal Therapy11▲ 13×3 topics
  35. Pain Management11▲ 5.2×6 topics
  36. Immunosuppressive Therapy10▲ 5.7×7 topics
  37. Stroke10▲ 5.7×7 topics
  38. Virulence Factors10▲ 6.9×7 topics
  39. Glaucoma9▲ 6.6×3 topics
  40. Optical Coherence Tomography8▲ 8.8×3 topics

Which research topics does Armed Forces Medical College publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies, COVID-19 epidemiological studies, Mosquito-borne diseases and control and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research.

COVID-19 Clinical Resear…8COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 8 fractional worksCOVID-19 epidemiological…6COVID-19 epidemiological studies: 6 fractional worksMosquito-borne diseases and control: 6 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 5 fractional worksOrthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics: 5 fractional worksTracheal and airway disorders: 5 fractional worksHead and Neck Surgical Oncology: 5 fractional worksDental Radiography and I…5Dental Radiography and Imaging: 5 fractional worksIron Metabolism and Disorders: 5 fractional worksAirway Management and Intubation Techniques: 5 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesModeling and SimulationPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthOrthodontics5 others

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

  1. 1 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 8 works
  2. 2 COVID-19 epidemiological studies Modeling and Simulation 6 works
  3. 3 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 6 works
  4. 4 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 5 works
  5. 5 Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics Orthodontics 5 works
  6. 6 Tracheal and airway disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 5 works
  7. 7 Head and Neck Surgical Oncology Surgery 5 works
  8. 8 Dental Radiography and Imaging Oral Surgery 5 works
  9. 9 Iron Metabolism and Disorders Hematology 5 works
  10. 10 Airway Management and Intubation Techniques Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine 5 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 available75.5%not open24.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.1%domestic only92.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Armed Forces Medical College's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 56% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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