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Christian Medical College, Vellore

In research, Christian Medical College, Vellore stands highest in Medicine (#1,082 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#1,397 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#2,613 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Hematology and Infectious Diseases — Hematology is 8.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,611
of 28,054 · #5,681 all time
Rank in India
#327
of 1,840
Research works
10k
▲ 20% vs 2013–17
Citations
134k
12.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
52%
world 28%

What is Christian Medical College, Vellore 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
MedicineField #1,082 of 10,443 6.5%1,372 #1686
Health SciencesDomain #1,397 of 11,982 6.6%1,498 #1887
Life SciencesDomain #2,613 of 7,800 9.0%266 #2896
SurgerySubfield #1,044 of 1,816 4.7%204 #1200
Health ProfessionsField #1,273 of 1,928 6.8%87 #1752
Social SciencesDomain #7,219 of 10,521 11.4%118 #7096
EpidemiologySubfield #771 of 976 7.9%109 #1173
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,834 of 3,579 8.4%141 #3076
Physical SciencesDomain #10,382 of 12,888 9.9%103 #13450
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #989 of 1,144 4.8%122 #1618

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Christian Medical College, Vellore 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. Medicine#1,686 #1,082
  2. Health Sciences#1,887 #1,397
  3. Life Sciences#2,896 #2,613
  4. Surgery#1,200 #1,044
  5. Health Professions#1,752 #1,273
  6. Social Sciences#7,096 #7,219
  7. Epidemiology#1,173 #771
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#3,076 #2,834
  9. Physical Sciences#13,450 #10,382
  10. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#1,618 #989
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 Christian Medical College, Vellore specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Hematology takes 8.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. HematologySubfield · 51.3 works8.5×
  2. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 77.4 works5.7×
← 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, 22 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.34× its world share, 142 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.91× its world share, 58 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.03× its world share, 33 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.74× its world share, 12 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.08× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.13× its world share, 20 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.19× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.15× its world share, 45 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.13× its world share, 13 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.47× its world share, 11 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.30× its world share, 12 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.66× its world share, 87 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.60× its world share, 1,372 worksMedicineNursing: 2.28× its world share, 22 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.48× its world share, 4 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.14× its world share, 8 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.11× its world share, 7 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.37× its world share, 16 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.76× its world share, 46 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 37 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Christian Medical College, Vellore?

Ranked on the composite score, Nihal Thomas, Jeyaraj Pandian and Gagandeep Kang lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Christian Medical College, Vellore.

  1. 1 Nihal Thomas India · #2,004 worldwide 3.5k citations · 75 works
  2. 2 Jeyaraj Pandian India · #7,477 worldwide 2.6k citations · 52 works
  3. 3 Gagandeep Kang India · #24,134 worldwide 543 citations · 81 works
  4. 4 Devasahayam Jesudas Christopher India · #33,412 worldwide 2k citations · 32 works
  5. 5 Santosh Varughese India · #36,398 worldwide 2.4k citations · 31 works
  6. 6 Prathap Tharyan India · #108,930 worldwide 196 citations · 26 works
  7. 7 Anand Date India · #127,446 worldwide 70 citations · 35 works
  8. 8 Abraham Verghese India · #174,614 worldwide 161 citations · 67 works
  9. 9 Savita Rangarajan India · #179,714 worldwide 124 citations · 25 works
  10. 10 Vedantam Rajshekhar India · #207,915 worldwide 85 citations · 38 works
All ranked researchers at Christian Medical College, Vellore

Which keywords describe research at Christian Medical College, Vellore?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Inflammation, Prognostic Factors, Surgical Management, Chemotherapy and Metabolic Syndrome.

▲ 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. Epidemiology295▲ 3.8×122 topics
  2. Inflammation105▲ 2.5×71 topics
  3. Treatment95▲ 4.0×49 topics
  4. Diagnosis88▲ 4.8×40 topics
  5. Quality of Life71▲ 2.5×50 topics
  6. Oxidative Stress61▲ 1.87×46 topics
  7. Cardiovascular Disease59▲ 2.7×36 topics
  8. Metabolic Syndrome58▲ 3.6×22 topics
  9. Public Health55▲ 1.92×48 topics
  10. Chemotherapy55▲ 4.0×24 topics
  11. Management51▲ 3.2×30 topics
  12. Prognostic Factors51▲ 5.9×14 topics
  13. Clinical Practice Guidelines50▲ 4.6×14 topics
  14. Surgical Management50▲ 6.1×20 topics
  15. Risk Factors48▲ 2.2×37 topics
  16. COVID-1947▲ 1.74×21 topics
  17. Pathogenesis45▲ 4.5×24 topics
  18. Complications44▲ 4.4×17 topics
  19. Vaccine42▲ 5.2×11 topics
  20. Immune Response42▲ 3.7×20 topics
  21. Pandemic42▲ 1.96×9 topics
  22. Genetic Mutations41▲ 4.8×23 topics
  23. Immunotherapy41▲ 2.9×17 topics
  24. Obesity37▲ 2.5×23 topics
  25. Genetics35▲ 2.5×20 topics
  26. Mortality32▲ 2.8×13 topics
  27. Radiotherapy32▲ 4.2×12 topics
  28. Prognosis32▲ 4.9×9 topics
  29. Global Burden31▲ 2.9×12 topics
  30. Autoantibodies31▲ 6.6×8 topics
  31. Pathophysiology30▲ 5.0×11 topics
  32. SARS-CoV-228▲ 4.4×6 topics
  33. Antibiotic Resistance28▲ 3.7×14 topics
  34. Drug Resistance25▲ 4.5×7 topics
  35. Infection23▲ 4.8×9 topics
  36. Endoscopic Surgery23▲ 12×3 topics
  37. Antimicrobial Resistance22▲ 5.7×8 topics
  38. Clinical Management21▲ 6.2×8 topics
  39. Antifungal Therapy19▲ 11×3 topics
  40. Mechanical Ventilation19▲ 8.2×2 topics

Which research topics does Christian Medical College, Vellore publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Tracheal and airway disorders, COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies, Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology and Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment.

Tracheal and airway diso…12Tracheal and airway disorders: 12 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Resear…12COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 12 fractional worksTuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 11 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis …11Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 11 fractional worksRenal Diseases and Glome…10Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies: 10 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 10 fractional worksAntifungal resistance and susceptibility: 10 fractional worksInfectious Diseases and …9Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis: 9 fractional worksHead and Neck Surgical Oncology: 9 fractional worksSarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 9 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineInfectious DiseasesEpidemiologyNephrology2 others

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

  1. 1 Tracheal and airway disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 12 works
  2. 2 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 12 works
  3. 3 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 11 works
  4. 4 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 11 works
  5. 5 Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies Nephrology 10 works
  6. 6 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 10 works
  7. 7 Antifungal resistance and susceptibility Infectious Diseases 10 works
  8. 8 Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis Surgery 9 works
  9. 9 Head and Neck Surgical Oncology Surgery 9 works
  10. 10 Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 9 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 available52.1%not open47.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.0%domestic only88.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Christian Medical College, Vellore's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 20% 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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