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Armed Forces Medical College

In research, Armed Forces Medical College stands highest in Surgery (#1,412 of 1,532 worldwide), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (#2,902 of 2,964 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#6,272 of 6,403 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ophthalmology, Dermatology and Hematology (Ophthalmology is 10.5× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#20,299
of 22,385 · #34,802 all time
Rank in India
#1,437
of 1,562
Research works
4.3k
▼ 4% vs 2018-21
Citations
34k
7.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
1.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.42×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
76%
world 40%
International
7%
world 18%
Armed Forces Medical College

What is Armed Forces Medical College known for in research?

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

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
SurgerySubfield #1,412 of 1,532 1.7%93 #3168
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,902 of 2,964 1.0%69 #5733
Life SciencesDomain #6,272 of 6,403 1.2%121 #10919
MedicineField #8,445 of 8,541 1.3%622 #14454
Health SciencesDomain #9,826 of 9,902 1.6%707 #16606
Social SciencesDomain #9,521 of 9,585 1.2%67 #14773

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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

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

  1. Surgery#3,168 #1,412
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#5,733 #2,902
  3. Life Sciences#10,919 #6,272
  4. Medicine#14,454 #8,445
  5. Health Sciences#16,606 #9,826
  6. Social Sciences#14,773 #9,521
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

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

Which fields of science does Armed Forces Medical College work in?

In 2022-now, 75% of research at Armed Forces Medical College is in Health Sciences, 13% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (67%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (7%), Health Professions (4%). It does 3.2× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 782 fractional works · 75.2% of its workMedicine: 693 fractional works · 66.6% of its workSurgery: 104 fractional works · 10.0% of its workEpidemiology: 53 fractional works · 5.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 45 fractional works · 4.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 44 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 38 fractional works · 3.7% of its workRheumatology: 31 fractional works · 2.9% of its workOphthalmology: 29 fractional works · 2.8% of its workNeurology: 26 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPhysiology: 25 fractional works · 2.4% of its workHematology: 24 fractional works · 2.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 23 fractional works · 2.2% of its workDermatology: 22 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 21 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 19 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 18 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOncology: 17 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 17 fractional works · 1.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 13 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 12 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 12 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGenetics: 11 fractional works · 1.1% of its workUrology: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacology: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workReproductive Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNephrology: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHepatology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGastroenterology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workFamily Practice: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 45 fractional works · 4.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 16 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Information Management: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacy: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 33 fractional works · 3.2% of its workOral Surgery: 16 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOrthodontics: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPeriodontics: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Dentistry: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmall Animals: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 135 fractional works · 12.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 77 fractional works · 7.4% of its workGenetics: 29 fractional works · 2.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 27 fractional works · 2.6% of its workCancer Research: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCell Biology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMolecular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 25 fractional works · 2.4% of its workImmunology: 13 fractional works · 1.2% of its workParasitology: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVirology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 16 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 12 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFood Science: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPlant Science: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 77 fractional works · 7.4% of its workPsychology: 29 fractional works · 2.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 18 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 21 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEducation: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 13 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFinance: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 47 fractional works · 4.5% of its workEngineering: 16 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workModeling and Simulation: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKArmed ForcesMedical College1,041fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences75%Social Sciences7%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine69366.6%
    2. Health Professions454.3%
    3. Dentistry333.2%
    4. Nursing90.8%
    5. Veterinary20.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology777.4%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology252.4%
    3. Neuroscience161.5%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences121.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics40.4%
    1. Psychology292.8%
    2. Social Sciences212.0%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance131.3%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting60.6%
    5. Decision Sciences40.4%
    6. Arts and Humanities20.2%
    1. Engineering161.6%
    2. Environmental Science90.9%
    3. Computer Science80.8%
    4. Mathematics70.7%
    5. Chemistry20.2%
    6. Materials Science20.2%
    7. Physics and Astronomy10.1%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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 · 29.1 works10×
  2. DermatologySubfield · 22.5 works8.2×
  3. HematologySubfield · 23.7 works7.5×
← 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: 0.24× its world share, 12 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.39× its world share, 77 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.39× its world share, 25 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.95× its world share, 16 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.17× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.10× its world share, 16 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.18× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.59× its world share, 7 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 6.52× its world share, 33 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.64× its world share, 45 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.46× its world share, 693 worksMedicineNursing: 1.73× its world share, 9 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.72× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.19× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.44× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.60× its world share, 14 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.93× its world share, 29 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 21 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 6.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Dentistry6.52×33 works
  2. Medicine3.46×693 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology2.39×25 works
  4. Nursing1.73×9 works
  5. Veterinary1.72×2 works
  6. Health Professions1.64×45 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.39×77 works
  8. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.17×4 works
  9. Neuroscience0.95×16 works
  10. Psychology0.93×29 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.60×14 works
  12. Mathematics0.59×7 works
  13. Decision Sciences0.44×4 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.24×12 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.19×6 works
  16. Environmental Science0.18×9 works
  17. Social Sciences0.16×21 works
  18. Chemistry0.13×2 works
  19. Computer Science0.10×8 works
  20. Engineering0.10×16 works
  21. Arts and Humanities0.08×2 works
  22. Materials Science0.05×2 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.05×1 works
  24. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Armed Forces Medical College?

Ranked on the quality score, Anil Shankar Menon, Rohit Vashisht and Swati Bajaj lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Armed Forces Medical College.

  1. 1 Anil Shankar Menon India · #1,470,668 worldwide 2.3k citations · 102 works
  2. 2 Rohit Vashisht India · #4,044,792 worldwide 912 citations · 84 works
  3. 3 Swati Bajaj India · #4,382,723 worldwide 463 citations · 20 works
  4. 4 Celine Raphael India · #4,431,868 worldwide 300 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 UN Panda India · #4,639,685 worldwide 285 citations · 367 works
  6. 6 Sudeep Kumar India · #4,864,290 worldwide 310 citations · 20 works
  7. 7 Kapil Pandya India · #5,021,954 worldwide 398 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Biju M. John India · #5,081,981 worldwide 999 citations · 38 works
  9. 9 Nitin Bajaj India · #5,117,677 worldwide 673 citations · 75 works
  10. 10 P. Suresh Menon India · #5,128,806 worldwide 534 citations · 30 works
All ranked researchers at Armed Forces Medical College

What are the most cited papers from Armed Forces Medical College?

The most cited paper from Armed Forces Medical College is "A draft map of the human proteome" (Min‐Sik Kim et al., 2014), with 2,319 citations. Next come "World report on road traffic injury prevention" (2,188) and "Kaplan and Sadock's Comprehensive Text Book of Psychiatry" (1,171).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A draft map of the human proteome Min‐Sik Kim et al. · Nature Open access 27 May 2014 2,319
2 World report on road traffic injury prevention AK Jindal, Sandip Mukherji · Medical Journal Armed Forces India Open access 2005 2,188
3 Kaplan and Sadock's Comprehensive Text Book of Psychiatry Daniel Saldanha · Medical Journal Armed Forces India Open access Jul 2005 1,171
4 Bioreduction of AuCl4− Ions by the Fungus, Verticillium sp. and Surface Trapping of the Gold Nanoparticles Formed D.M. and S.S. thank the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Government of India, for financial assistance. Priyabrata Mukherjee, Absar Ahmad, Dindyal Mandal et al. · Angewandte Chemie International Edition Oct 2001 840
5 Intracellular synthesis of gold nanoparticles by a novel alkalotolerant actinomycete, Rhodococcus species Absar Ahmad, Satyajyoti Senapati, M. Islam Khan et al. · Nanotechnology Open access 6 Jun 2003 697
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Armed Forces Medical College?

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

▲ 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-now 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. Epidemiology179▲ 4.3×117 topics
  2. Inflammation54▲ 2.4×56 topics
  3. Treatment53▲ 4.2×46 topics
  4. Diagnosis47▲ 4.9×38 topics
  5. COVID-1942▲ 3.1×21 topics
  6. Quality of Life40▲ 2.7×41 topics
  7. Pandemic33▲ 3.2×9 topics
  8. Management33▲ 4.0×30 topics
  9. Public Health32▲ 2.1×33 topics
  10. Oxidative Stress32▲ 1.86×34 topics
  11. Complications31▲ 6.0×17 topics
  12. Surgical Management29▲ 6.8×18 topics
  13. Risk Factors29▲ 2.5×26 topics
  14. Cardiovascular Disease28▲ 2.3×29 topics
  15. Immune Response26▲ 4.5×17 topics
  16. Pathogenesis25▲ 4.7×21 topics
  17. Prognostic Factors22▲ 4.9×13 topics
  18. Chemotherapy21▲ 2.8×23 topics
  19. Genetics20▲ 2.7×19 topics
  20. Genetic Mutations19▲ 4.2×22 topics
  21. Vaccine19▲ 4.6×10 topics
  22. SARS-CoV-218▲ 5.8×6 topics
  23. Metabolic Syndrome18▲ 2.1×21 topics
  24. ACE2 Receptor18▲ 7.5×3 topics
  25. Clinical Practice Guidelines18▲ 3.1×14 topics
  26. Pathophysiology18▲ 5.8×10 topics
  27. Global Burden17▲ 2.9×12 topics
  28. Meta-Analysis16▲ 2.7×11 topics
  29. Antibiotic Resistance16▲ 3.8×13 topics
  30. Thrombosis15▲ 5.1×6 topics
  31. Infectious Diseases14▲ 4.2×7 topics
  32. Vaccine Development14▲ 5.4×7 topics
  33. Autoantibodies14▲ 5.6×8 topics
  34. Anemia13▲ 13×4 topics
  35. Antifungal Therapy13▲ 14×3 topics
  36. Pain Management12▲ 4.8×6 topics
  37. Immunosuppressive Therapy11▲ 5.4×7 topics
  38. Glaucoma10▲ 6.7×3 topics
  39. Virulence Factors10▲ 6.6×7 topics
  40. Prenatal Diagnosis10▲ 6.6×7 topics

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

By volume in 2022-now: COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies, Mosquito-borne diseases and control, COVID-19 epidemiological studies and Tracheal and airway disorders.

COVID-19 Clinical Resear…8COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 8 fractional worksMosquito-borne diseases …7Mosquito-borne diseases and control: 7 fractional worksCOVID-19 epidemiological studies: 6 fractional worksTracheal and airway disorders: 6 fractional worksAirway Management and Intubation Techniques: 5 fractional worksOrthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics: 5 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 5 fractional worksIron Metabolism and Diso…5Iron Metabolism and Disorders: 5 fractional worksFungal Infections and Studies: 5 fractional worksHead and Neck Surgical Oncology: 5 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthModeling and SimulationPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine5 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 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 7 works
  3. 3 COVID-19 epidemiological studies Modeling and Simulation 6 works
  4. 4 Tracheal and airway disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 6 works
  5. 5 Airway Management and Intubation Techniques Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine 5 works
  6. 6 Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics Orthodontics 5 works
  7. 7 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 5 works
  8. 8 Iron Metabolism and Disorders Hematology 5 works
  9. 9 Fungal Infections and Studies Epidemiology 5 works
  10. 10 Head and Neck Surgical Oncology Surgery 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 4% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Armed Forces Medical College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0039% in 2024.

still counting0.0025%0.0050%0.0075%Armed Forces Medical College0.0036% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Armed Forces Medical College over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Armed Forces Medical College1.9% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 5.2% in 2005.

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