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Hospital / health system · Coimbatore · India

Ganga Hospital

In research, Ganga Hospital stands highest in Surgery (#848 of 1,816 worldwide), Medicine (#5,266 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#6,940 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery and Pathology and Forensic Medicine — Surgery is 20.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#20,140
of 28,054 · #27,124 all time
Rank in India
#1,337
of 1,840
Research works
961
▲ 143% vs 2013–17
Citations
11k
11.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
57%
world 28%

What is Ganga Hospital 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
SurgerySubfield #848 of 1,816 9.2%172 #1428
MedicineField #5,266 of 10,443 8.1%327 #6451
Health SciencesDomain #6,940 of 11,982 7.9%337 #8520

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ganga 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 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. Surgery#1,428 #848
  2. Medicine#6,451 #5,266
  3. Health Sciences#8,520 #6,940
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 Ganga Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 20.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 172.3 works20×
  2. Pathology and Forensic MedicineSubfield · 28.9 works15×
← 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: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.39× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 1.85× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.53× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.70× its world share, 328 worksMedicineNursing: 0.63× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.79× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Ganga Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Ajoy Prasad Shetty, Shanmuganathan Rajasekaran and S. Raja Sabapathy lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ganga Hospital.

  1. 1 Ajoy Prasad Shetty India · #343,414 worldwide 73 citations · 44 works
  2. 2 Shanmuganathan Rajasekaran India · #474,696 worldwide 168 citations · 107 works
  3. 3 S. Raja Sabapathy India · #552,471 worldwide 28 citations · 23 works
  4. 4 Praveen Bhardwaj India · #718,639 worldwide 10 citations · 23 works
  5. 5 Rishi Mugesh Kanna India · #748,806 worldwide 44 citations · 38 works
  6. 6 Jayaramaraju Dheenadhayalan India · #994,000 worldwide 21 citations · 20 works
  7. 7 Hari Venkatramani India · #1,064,395 worldwide 4 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Tuhin Mistry India · #1,224,190 worldwide 4 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Ganga Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Ganga Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Complications, Epidemiology, Degenerative Disc Disease, Surgical Treatment, Biomechanics, Spinal Fusion, Low Back Pain and Surgical 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 2022–2025 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. Epidemiology52▲ 3.7×43 topics
  2. Complications41▲ 23×12 topics
  3. Degenerative Disc Disease36▲ 104×2 topics
  4. Surgical Treatment30▲ 43×6 topics
  5. Biomechanics30▲ 27×6 topics
  6. Spinal Fusion29▲ 84×2 topics
  7. Low Back Pain27▲ 44×3 topics
  8. Surgical Management27▲ 18×14 topics
  9. Clinical Outcomes24▲ 32×2 topics
  10. Pain Management24▲ 29×7 topics
  11. Intervertebral Disc23▲ 95×1 topic
  12. Lumbar Disc Degeneration23▲ 95×1 topic
  13. Chronic Pain22▲ 27×5 topics
  14. Mortality20▲ 9.6×6 topics
  15. Postoperative Pain19▲ 59×3 topics
  16. Rehabilitation19▲ 13×8 topics
  17. Revision Surgery19▲ 42×2 topics
  18. Total Hip Replacement19▲ 42×2 topics
  19. Quality of Life17▲ 3.3×21 topics
  20. Analgesia16▲ 71×2 topics
  21. Perioperative Care16▲ 39×2 topics
  22. Regional Anesthesia16▲ 84×1 topic
  23. Surgical Outcome16▲ 84×1 topic
  24. Pedicle Screw Fixation16▲ 114×1 topic
  25. Vertebroplasty16▲ 114×1 topic
  26. Internal Fixation15▲ 61×2 topics
  27. Patient Satisfaction15▲ 13×4 topics
  28. Arthroplasty14▲ 42×2 topics
  29. Diagnostic Imaging14▲ 35×4 topics
  30. Shoulder Function14▲ 43×2 topics
  31. Anterior Cervical Discectomy12▲ 124×1 topic
  32. Cervical Spine Surgery12▲ 124×1 topic
  33. Functional Recovery12▲ 23×3 topics
  34. Infection Prevention11▲ 36×3 topics
  35. Reconstruction11▲ 18×2 topics
  36. Health-related Quality of Life11▲ 13×2 topics
  37. Elderly Patients11▲ 18×4 topics
  38. Outcomes11▲ 37×1 topic
  39. Total Knee Replacement11▲ 45×1 topic
  40. Distal Radius Fractures10▲ 51×1 topic

Which research topics does Ganga Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology, Anesthesia and Pain Management, Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques and Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy.

Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 23 fractional worksAnesthesia and Pain Management: 16 fractional worksSpinal Fractures and Fix…16Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques: 16 fractional worksCervical and Thoracic My…12Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy: 12 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 11 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 10 fractional worksReconstructive Surgery a…10Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques: 10 fractional worksBone fractures and treat…9Bone fractures and treatments: 9 fractional worksOrthopaedic implants and…8Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty: 8 fractional worksNerve Injury and Rehabil…8Nerve Injury and Rehabilitation: 8 fractional works
Pathology and Forensic MedicineSurgeryEpidemiology

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

  1. 1 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 23 works
  2. 2 Anesthesia and Pain Management Surgery 16 works
  3. 3 Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques Surgery 16 works
  4. 4 Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy Surgery 12 works
  5. 5 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 11 works
  6. 6 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 10 works
  7. 7 Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques Surgery 10 works
  8. 8 Bone fractures and treatments Epidemiology 9 works
  9. 9 Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty Surgery 8 works
  10. 10 Nerve Injury and Rehabilitation Surgery 8 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 available57.3%not open42.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Ganga Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 143% higher than in 2013–2017.

200020102020
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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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