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Aster Medcity

In research, Aster Medcity stands highest in Medicine (#7,401 of 8,541 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#8,916 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Neurology (Neurology is 11.3× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#18,412
of 22,385 · #32,298 all time
Rank in India
#1,319
of 1,562
Research works
633
▲ 18% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.7k
2.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.74×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
70%
world 40%
International
9%
world 18%
Aster Medcity

What is Aster Medcity 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
MedicineField #7,401 of 8,541 2.6%214 #13503
Health SciencesDomain #8,916 of 9,902 2.5%227 #15804

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Aster Medcity 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 fields of science does Aster Medcity work in?

In 2022-now, 84% of research at Aster Medcity is in Health Sciences, 10% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (79%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (5%), Health Professions (3%). It does 3.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 261 fractional works · 83.9% of its workMedicine: 247 fractional works · 79.3% of its workSurgery: 45 fractional works · 14.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 22 fractional works · 7.0% of its workNeurology: 20 fractional works · 6.5% of its workEpidemiology: 17 fractional works · 5.3% of its workRheumatology: 12 fractional works · 3.8% of its workOncology: 11 fractional works · 3.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 10 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 10 fractional works · 3.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 9 fractional works · 2.8% of its workHepatology: 9 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 7 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPhysiology: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGenetics: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workNephrology: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workTransplantation: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHematology: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOphthalmology: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEmergency Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workReproductive Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGastroenterology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 10 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPeriodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 32 fractional works · 10.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 15 fractional works · 4.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMolecular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 8 fractional works · 2.5% of its workImmunology: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 7 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 11 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKAster Medcity311fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences84%Social Sciences2%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine24779.3%
    2. Health Professions103.2%
    3. Nursing20.8%
    4. Dentistry20.6%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology154.9%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology82.5%
    3. Neuroscience72.4%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.4%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.3%
    1. Engineering51.5%
    2. Environmental Science41.2%
    3. Computer Science10.5%
    4. Physics and Astronomy10.3%
    5. Materials Science00.1%
    6. Mathematics00.0%
    7. Chemistry00.0%
    1. Social Sciences31.0%
    2. Psychology10.4%
    3. Arts and Humanities10.3%
    4. Decision Sciences00.2%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Aster Medcity specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Neurology takes 11.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. NeurologySubfield · 20.2 works11×
← 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: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.93× its world share, 15 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.44× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.46× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.08× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.25× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.21× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.22× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.12× its world share, 247 worksMedicineNursing: 1.58× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.79× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine4.12×247 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology2.44×8 works
  3. Nursing1.58×2 works
  4. Neuroscience1.46×7 works
  5. Health Professions1.22×10 works
  6. Dentistry1.21×2 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.08×1 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.93×15 works
  9. Veterinary0.79×0 works
  10. Environmental Science0.25×4 works
  11. Decision Sciences0.17×0 works
  12. Physics and Astronomy0.15×1 works
  13. Psychology0.12×1 works
  14. Arts and Humanities0.11×1 works
  15. Engineering0.10×5 works
  16. Social Sciences0.08×3 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.06×1 works
  18. Computer Science0.06×1 works
  19. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.06×0 works
  20. Materials Science0.02×0 works
  21. Mathematics0.02×0 works
  22. Chemistry0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Aster Medcity?

Ranked on the quality score, Henry R. Askew, Hannah Askew and H. Askew lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Aster Medcity.

  1. 1 Henry R. Askew India · #1,812,185 worldwide 268 citations · 601 works
  2. 2 Hannah Askew India · #2,099,691 worldwide 50 citations · 22 works
  3. 3 H. Askew India · #2,746,149 worldwide 39 citations · 136 works
  4. 4 Charles Panackel India · #3,329,561 worldwide 479 citations · 57 works
  5. 5 Manas Chacko India · #3,890,782 worldwide 152 citations · 28 works
  6. 6 Jacob Baby India · #4,345,922 worldwide 38 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Anup R. Warrier India · #4,552,093 worldwide 765 citations · 68 works
  8. 8 Joe Thomas India · #4,577,768 worldwide 2.9k citations · 89 works
  9. 9 Chetan Ginigeri India · #4,910,829 worldwide 84 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 H. Askew India · #4,913,144 worldwide 247 citations · 161 works
All ranked researchers at Aster Medcity

What are the most cited papers from Aster Medcity?

The most cited paper from Aster Medcity is "Multi-ancestry genome-wide association meta-analysis of Parkinson’s disease" (Jonggeol Jeffrey Kim et al., 2023), with 286 citations. Next come "Left bundle branch–optimized cardiac resynchronization therapy (LOT-CRT): Results from an international LBBAP collaborative study group" (244) and "Guillain‐Barré Syndrome following ChAdOx1‐S / nCoV ‐19 Vaccine" (180).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Multi-ancestry genome-wide association meta-analysis of Parkinson’s disease Jonggeol Jeffrey Kim et al. · Nature Genetics ReviewOpen access300 authors 28 Dec 2023 286
2 Left bundle branch–optimized cardiac resynchronization therapy (LOT-CRT): Results from an international LBBAP collaborative study group Marek Jastrzębski, Paweł Moskal, Wim Huybrechts et al. · Heart Rhythm Open access 30 Jul 2021 244
3 Guillain‐Barré Syndrome following ChAdOx1‐S / nCoV ‐19 Vaccine Boby Varkey Maramattom, Parameswaran Krishnan, Reji Paul et al. · Annals of Neurology Open access 11 Jun 2021 180
4 APSIC guidelines for the prevention of surgical site infections Moi Lin Ling, Anucha Apisarnthanarak, Azlina Amir Abbas et al. · Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control Open access 12 Nov 2019 148
5 Rescue left bundle branch area pacing in coronary venous lead failure or nonresponse to biventricular pacing: Results from International LBBAP Collaborative Study Group Pugazhendhi Vijayaraman, Bengt Herweg, Atul Verma et al. · Heart Rhythm Open access 30 Apr 2022 94
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Aster Medcity?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Treatment, Diagnosis, Management, Neurological Disorders, Genetic Mutations, Prognosis and Graft Survival.

▲ 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. Epidemiology37▲ 3.0×72 topics
  2. Treatment22▲ 5.7×35 topics
  3. Diagnosis20▲ 6.8×31 topics
  4. Management16▲ 6.6×23 topics
  5. Inflammation14▲ 2.2×41 topics
  6. Neurological Disorders13▲ 7.4×15 topics
  7. Oxidative Stress12▲ 2.3×25 topics
  8. Genetic Mutations10▲ 7.4×17 topics
  9. Immunotherapy10▲ 4.4×13 topics
  10. Prognosis9▲ 8.5×9 topics
  11. Risk Factors9▲ 2.6×19 topics
  12. Graft Survival8▲ 31×2 topics
  13. Chemotherapy8▲ 3.7×17 topics
  14. Pathophysiology8▲ 8.8×9 topics
  15. Guidelines8▲ 5.2×12 topics
  16. Clinical Practice Guidelines7▲ 4.2×11 topics
  17. Complications7▲ 4.6×15 topics
  18. Kidney Transplantation7▲ 36×2 topics
  19. Surgical Management7▲ 5.6×15 topics
  20. Mortality7▲ 3.9×9 topics
  21. Pathogenesis7▲ 4.4×15 topics
  22. Clinical Trials7▲ 3.3×9 topics
  23. Prognostic Factors7▲ 5.0×11 topics
  24. Liver Transplantation6▲ 16×4 topics
  25. Neuroprotection6▲ 5.4×9 topics
  26. Thrombosis6▲ 6.8×6 topics
  27. Surgery6▲ 5.2×9 topics
  28. Hepatic Encephalopathy6▲ 33×1 topic
  29. Liver Cirrhosis6▲ 33×1 topic
  30. Autoantibodies5▲ 7.2×8 topics
  31. Treatment Guidelines5▲ 7.8×5 topics
  32. Cognitive Impairment5▲ 6.7×5 topics
  33. Critical Care5▲ 6.8×8 topics
  34. Parkinson's Disease5▲ 6.5×7 topics
  35. Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury5▲ 24×2 topics
  36. Robotic Surgery5▲ 10×5 topics
  37. Surgical Treatment4▲ 7.5×5 topics
  38. Biliary Complications4▲ 33×1 topic
  39. Donor Risk Index4▲ 33×1 topic
  40. Stroke4▲ 8.0×7 topics

Which research topics does Aster Medcity publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Liver Disease and Transplantation, Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes, Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments and Organ Donation and Transplantation.

Liver Disease and Transplantation: 6 fractional worksOrgan Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes: 4 fractional worksRenal Transplantation Ou…4Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments: 4 fractional worksOrgan Donation and Trans…3Organ Donation and Transplantation: 3 fractional worksRenal Diseases and Glomerulopathies: 3 fractional worksLong-Term Effects of COVID-19: 3 fractional worksCerebrospinal fluid and …2Cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus: 2 fractional worksAnesthesia and Pain Management: 2 fractional worksThyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksSpine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 2 fractional works
HepatologySurgeryTransplantationPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health5 others

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

  1. 1 Liver Disease and Transplantation Hepatology 6 works
  2. 2 Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes Surgery 4 works
  3. 3 Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments Transplantation 4 works
  4. 4 Organ Donation and Transplantation Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  5. 5 Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies Nephrology 3 works
  6. 6 Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 Neurology 3 works
  7. 7 Cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 2 works
  8. 8 Anesthesia and Pain Management Surgery 2 works
  9. 9 Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 2 works
  10. 10 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 2 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 available70.2%not open29.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.0%domestic only91.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Aster Medcity's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 18% higher than in 2018-2021.

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grewheldshrank

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 Aster Medcity as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0011% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Aster Medcity0.0011% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Aster Medcity 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 2025Aster Medcity1.8% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 3.2% in 2023.

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