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Central Drug Research Institute

In research, Central Drug Research Institute stands highest in Life Sciences (#2,237 of 7,800 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#5,094 of 12,888 worldwide) and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (#1,653 of 3,579 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Organic Chemistry, Chemistry and Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics — Organic Chemistry is 23.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,881
of 28,054 · #5,685 all time
Rank in India
#345
of 1,840
Research works
7.1k
▼ 37% vs 2013–17
Citations
152k
21.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
16%
world 28%

What is Central Drug Research Institute 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
Life SciencesDomain #2,237 of 7,800 18.7%228 #2601
Physical SciencesDomain #5,094 of 12,888 12.4%167 #4873
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,653 of 3,579 19.2%141 #2284
MedicineField #5,014 of 10,443 23.7%193 #6188
Health SciencesDomain #6,460 of 11,982 23.5%199 #8254
Molecular BiologySubfield #1,494 of 2,175 16.8%101 #1985
Organic ChemistrySubfield #484 of 615 9.5%107 #644
ChemistryField #1,068 of 1,330 9.3%119 #1207

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Central Drug Research Institute 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. Life Sciences#2,601 #2,237
  2. Physical Sciences#4,873 #5,094
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#2,284 #1,653
  4. Medicine#6,188 #5,014
  5. Health Sciences#8,254 #6,460
  6. Molecular Biology#1,985 #1,494
  7. Organic Chemistry#644 #484
  8. Chemistry#1,207 #1,068
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 Central Drug Research Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Organic Chemistry takes 23.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Organic ChemistrySubfield · 107.5 works24×
  2. ChemistryField · 119.4 works13×
  3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and PharmaceuticsField · 25.3 works12×
← 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: 0.85× its world share, 24 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4.42× its world share, 141 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.24× its world share, 26 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.25× its world share, 12 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 12.01× its world share, 25 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 12.72× its world share, 119 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.18× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.12× its world share, 11 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.29× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.81× its world share, 17 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.67× its world share, 193 worksMedicineNursing: 1.09× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.96× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemistry, 12.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Central Drug Research Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, Dhawan Bn, Ashish Arora and B. N. Dhawan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Central Drug Research Institute.

  1. 1 Dhawan Bn India · #60,241 worldwide 314 citations · 31 works
  2. 2 Ashish Arora India · #137,316 worldwide 215 citations · 26 works
  3. 3 B. N. Dhawan India · #150,744 worldwide 147 citations · 29 works
  4. 4 Arvind K. Srivastava India · #205,737 worldwide 168 citations · 38 works
  5. 5 Ram Raghubir India · #232,619 worldwide 192 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 R.C. Srimal India · #246,798 worldwide 172 citations · 40 works
  7. 7 Rakesh Maurya India · #249,818 worldwide 152 citations · 42 works
  8. 8 Vishnu Ji Ram India · #283,106 worldwide 245 citations · 81 works
  9. 9 Man Mohan Singh India · #313,259 worldwide 78 citations · 36 works
  10. 10 Ramendra Pratap India · #317,188 worldwide 156 citations · 49 works
All ranked researchers at Central Drug Research Institute

Which keywords describe research at Central Drug Research Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Oxidative Stress, Medicinal Chemistry, Cancer, Inflammation, Synthesis, Anticancer Agents, Transition Metal Catalysis and Heterocycles.

▲ 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. Oxidative Stress53▲ 5.4×49 topics
  2. Inflammation50▲ 4.1×68 topics
  3. Cancer45▲ 5.6×49 topics
  4. Epidemiology45▲ 1.89×58 topics
  5. Medicinal Chemistry42▲ 25×11 topics
  6. Synthesis34▲ 15×26 topics
  7. Antioxidant26▲ 6.3×44 topics
  8. Anticancer Agents25▲ 28×11 topics
  9. Transition Metal Catalysis25▲ 50×4 topics
  10. Heterocycles25▲ 45×8 topics
  11. Metal-Catalyzed Reactions24▲ 67×2 topics
  12. Drug Discovery23▲ 17×12 topics
  13. Nanoparticles23▲ 3.1×19 topics
  14. Cancer Therapy23▲ 6.7×19 topics
  15. Enantioselective Synthesis21▲ 57×5 topics
  16. Organic Synthesis21▲ 30×10 topics
  17. Apoptosis20▲ 11×17 topics
  18. Treatment19▲ 2.6×21 topics
  19. Antioxidant Activity19▲ 5.0×26 topics
  20. Drug Resistance19▲ 11×8 topics
  21. Anti-inflammatory18▲ 11×25 topics
  22. Immunity18▲ 7.4×9 topics
  23. Diagnosis18▲ 3.2×16 topics
  24. Oxidative Coupling16▲ 55×2 topics
  25. Vaccine Development16▲ 11×8 topics
  26. Anticancer16▲ 17×14 topics
  27. Carbon–Carbon Bond Formation15▲ 58×1 topic
  28. C–H Activation15▲ 58×1 topic
  29. Metabolism15▲ 4.9×25 topics
  30. Heterocyclic Compounds15▲ 28×5 topics
  31. Insulin Resistance15▲ 5.5×9 topics
  32. Pharmacology15▲ 10×17 topics
  33. Medicinal Plants14▲ 5.9×13 topics
  34. Pharmacokinetics13▲ 8.4×11 topics
  35. Flavonoids13▲ 8.1×11 topics
  36. Antimicrobial12▲ 7.0×13 topics
  37. Neuroprotective12▲ 13×11 topics
  38. Antimicrobial Activity12▲ 11×7 topics
  39. Green Chemistry12▲ 11×8 topics
  40. Catalytic11▲ 16×3 topics

Which research topics does Central Drug Research Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods, Cyclopropane Reaction Mechanisms, Synthesis and biological activity and Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions.

Catalytic C–H Functional…15Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods: 15 fractional worksCyclopropane Reaction Me…9Cyclopropane Reaction Mechanisms: 9 fractional worksSynthesis and biological…8Synthesis and biological activity: 8 fractional worksSynthesis and Catalytic …8Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions: 8 fractional worksChemical Synthesis and Analysis: 8 fractional worksComputational Drug Discovery Methods: 7 fractional worksBone Metabolism and Dise…6Bone Metabolism and Diseases: 6 fractional worksResearch on Leishmaniasis Studies: 6 fractional worksSulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques: 6 fractional worksMalaria Research and Con…6Malaria Research and Control: 6 fractional works
Organic ChemistryMolecular BiologyComputational Theory and MathematicsPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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

  1. 1 Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods Organic Chemistry 15 works
  2. 2 Cyclopropane Reaction Mechanisms Organic Chemistry 9 works
  3. 3 Synthesis and biological activity Organic Chemistry 8 works
  4. 4 Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions Organic Chemistry 8 works
  5. 5 Chemical Synthesis and Analysis Molecular Biology 8 works
  6. 6 Computational Drug Discovery Methods Computational Theory and Mathematics 7 works
  7. 7 Bone Metabolism and Diseases Molecular Biology 6 works
  8. 8 Research on Leishmaniasis Studies Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 6 works
  9. 9 Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques Organic Chemistry 6 works
  10. 10 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 6 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 available16.3%not open83.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.2%domestic only93.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Central Drug Research Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 37% lower 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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