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Caritas Hospital

In research, Caritas Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#11,023 of 16,688 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#19,732
of 22,385 · #26,645 all time
Rank in India
#1,395
of 1,562
Research works
202
▲ 274% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.4k
6.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.90×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
52%
world 40%
International
38%
world 18%
Caritas Hospital

What is Caritas Hospital known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Health SciencesDomain #11,023 of 16,688 4.8%127

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Caritas 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Caritas Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 62% of research at Caritas Hospital is in Health Sciences, 17% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (53%), Social Sciences (10%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (7%). It does 2.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 58 fractional works · 61.7% of its workMedicine: 50 fractional works · 53.0% of its workSurgery: 11 fractional works · 11.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 7 fractional works · 7.8% of its workOncology: 4 fractional works · 4.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInternal Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 7 fractional works · 7.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workResearch and Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 16 fractional works · 17.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 9.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 4.3% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 4.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 13 fractional works · 13.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 7.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 3.4% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workForestry: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workDrug Discovery: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 7 fractional works · 7.1% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKCaritas Hospital95fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences14%Physical Sciences7%Health Sciences62%Social Sciences17%

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. Medicine5053.0%
    2. Health Professions77.2%
    3. Nursing11.5%
    1. Social Sciences99.8%
    2. Psychology44.1%
    3. Arts and Humanities11.2%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting11.2%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.7%
    6. Decision Sciences00.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology77.3%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences32.7%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics21.9%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology11.3%
    5. Neuroscience10.6%
    1. Engineering21.6%
    2. Environmental Science11.5%
    3. Computer Science11.0%
    4. Materials Science11.0%
    5. Chemistry10.6%
    6. Mathematics00.5%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.3%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.2%
    9. Energy00.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.57× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.36× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.26× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 5.50× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 2.73× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.76× its world share, 50 worksMedicineNursing: 3.04× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.35× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.77× its world share, 9 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 5.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics5.50×2 works
  2. Nursing3.04×1 works
  3. Medicine2.76×50 works
  4. Health Professions2.73×7 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.36×7 works
  6. Psychology1.35×4 works
  7. Immunology and Microbiology1.26×1 works
  8. Social Sciences0.77×9 works
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.57×3 works
  10. Mathematics0.45×0 works
  11. Decision Sciences0.44×0 works
  12. Chemistry0.41×1 works
  13. Arts and Humanities0.40×1 works
  14. Neuroscience0.37×1 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.36×1 works
  16. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.34×1 works
  17. Environmental Science0.31×1 works
  18. Materials Science0.29×1 works
  19. Chemical Engineering0.25×0 works
  20. Energy0.19×0 works
  21. Physics and Astronomy0.16×0 works
  22. Computer Science0.13×1 works
  23. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.12×0 works
  24. Engineering0.11×2 works

Who are the top researchers at Caritas Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Johny Joseph, Deepak Davidson and Deepak Madhu lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Caritas Hospital.

  1. 1 Johny Joseph India · #1,083,460 worldwide 511 citations · 25 works
  2. 2 Deepak Davidson India · #2,351,482 worldwide 286 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 Deepak Madhu India · #3,648,875 worldwide 359 citations · 65 works
  4. 4 Murali Appukuttan India · #3,836,319 worldwide 98 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 Lijo James India · #4,210,200 worldwide 312 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Caritas Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Caritas Hospital?

The most cited paper from Caritas Hospital is "Presentation, management, and outcomes of 25 748 acute coronary syndrome admissions in Kerala, India: results from the Kerala ACS Registry" (Padinhare Purayil Mohanan, Rony Mathew, Sadasivan Harikrishnan et al., 2012), with 303 citations. Next come "Beta-keto amphetamines: studies on the metabolism of the designer drug mephedrone and toxicological detection of mephedrone, butylone, and methylone in urine using gas chromatography–mass spectrometry" (272) and "Foreign Body Granulomas after All Injectable Dermal Fillers: Part 1. Possible Causes" (263).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Presentation, management, and outcomes of 25 748 acute coronary syndrome admissions in Kerala, India: results from the Kerala ACS Registry Padinhare Purayil Mohanan, Rony Mathew, Sadasivan Harikrishnan et al. · European Heart Journal Open access 7 Sep 2012 303
2 Beta-keto amphetamines: studies on the metabolism of the designer drug mephedrone and toxicological detection of mephedrone, butylone, and methylone in urine using gas chromatography–mass spectrometry Markus R. Meyer, Jens Wilhelm, Frank T. Peters et al. · Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry 23 Mar 2010 272
3 Foreign Body Granulomas after All Injectable Dermal Fillers: Part 1. Possible Causes Gottfried H. Lemperle, Nelly Gauthier-Hazan, Marianne Wolters et al. · Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Open access 27 May 2009 263
4 Point of Care Ultrasound: A WFUMB Position Paper Christoph Frank Dietrich, Adrian Goudie, Liliana Chiorean et al. · Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology 27 Jul 2016 214
5 Differentiation of focal nodular hyperplasia and hepatocellular adenoma by contrast-enhanced ultrasound Christoph Frank Dietrich, Gudrun Schuessler, Jörg Trojan et al. · British Journal of Radiology 26 Jul 2005 189
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Caritas Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Clinical Practice Guidelines, Epidemiology, Treatment, Quality of Life, Chemotherapy, Inflammation, Cancer and Diagnosis.

▲ 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. Epidemiology7▲ 1.95×45 topics
  2. Inflammation5▲ 2.5×23 topics
  3. Treatment5▲ 4.2×21 topics
  4. Quality of Life4▲ 3.3×22 topics
  5. Clinical Practice Guidelines4▲ 7.3×11 topics
  6. Cancer4▲ 2.9×14 topics
  7. Chemotherapy4▲ 5.3×12 topics
  8. Diagnosis3▲ 3.5×18 topics
  9. Management3▲ 3.5×15 topics
  10. Prognostic Factors2▲ 5.6×7 topics
  11. Depression2▲ 2.6×8 topics
  12. Surgical Management2▲ 5.8×11 topics
  13. Healthcare2▲ 1.98×7 topics
  14. Radiotherapy2▲ 5.6×9 topics
  15. Rehabilitation2▲ 5.7×6 topics
  16. Metabolic Syndrome2▲ 2.7×6 topics
  17. Diabetes2▲ 3.9×8 topics
  18. Immune Response2▲ 3.5×8 topics
  19. Immunotherapy2▲ 2.8×9 topics
  20. Neoadjuvant Therapy2▲ 8.4×5 topics
  21. Breast Cancer2▲ 7.5×4 topics
  22. Herbal Medicine2▲ 6.9×4 topics
  23. Thrombosis2▲ 6.8×7 topics
  24. Patient Care2▲ 15×3 topics
  25. Prevention2▲ 4.3×7 topics
  26. Pathogenesis2▲ 3.3×7 topics
  27. Prevalence2▲ 4.1×6 topics
  28. Prognosis2▲ 5.3×6 topics
  29. Patient Safety1▲ 9.7×4 topics
  30. Cholangiocarcinoma1▲ 16×2 topics
  31. Clinical Management1▲ 7.7×5 topics
  32. Palliative Care1▲ 8.0×3 topics
  33. Reconstruction1▲ 7.2×2 topics
  34. Trauma1▲ 6.1×5 topics
  35. End-of-Life1▲ 13×2 topics
  36. Environmental Ethics1▲ 18×2 topics
  37. Liver Transplantation1▲ 9.4×3 topics
  38. Mammography1▲ 51×1 topic
  39. Ultrasound1▲ 11×1 topic
  40. Outcome Measurement1▲ 106×1 topic

Which research topics does Caritas Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Breast Lesions and Carcinomas, Medical Practices and Rehabilitation, Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications and Religion, Ecology, and Ethics.

Breast Lesions and Carci…1Breast Lesions and Carcinomas: 1 fractional worksMedical Practices and Re…1Medical Practices and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional worksMedical Imaging Techniques and Applications: 1 fractional worksReligion, Ecology, and E…1Religion, Ecology, and Ethics: 1 fractional worksAgricultural and Food Sc…1Agricultural and Food Sciences: 1 fractional worksVasculitis and related conditions: 1 fractional worksSociology and Education Studies: 1 fractional worksGallbladder and Bile Duc…1Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders: 1 fractional worksPalliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 1 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments: 1 fractional works
Pathology and Forensic MedicinePhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and RehabilitationRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingSociology and Political Science4 others

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

  1. 1 Breast Lesions and Carcinomas Pathology and Forensic Medicine 1 works
  2. 2 Medical Practices and Rehabilitation Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation 1 works
  3. 3 Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 1 works
  4. 4 Religion, Ecology, and Ethics Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  5. 5 Agricultural and Food Sciences Forestry 1 works
  6. 6 Vasculitis and related conditions Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  7. 7 Sociology and Education Studies Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  8. 8 Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  9. 9 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  10. 10 Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments Oncology 1 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 available51.6%not open48.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors38.4%domestic only61.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Caritas Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 274% higher 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 Caritas Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00044% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Caritas Hospital0.00054% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Caritas Hospital over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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