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Government General Hospital

In research, Government General Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#7,241 of 8,541 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#8,718 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery (Surgery is 7.5× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#16,706
of 22,385 · #31,360 all time
Rank in India
#1,176
of 1,562
Research works
1.1k
▲ 15% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.5k
5.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.71×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
64%
world 40%
International
8%
world 18%
Government General Hospital

What is Government General Hospital 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 #7,241 of 8,541 1.8%211 #13128
Health SciencesDomain #8,718 of 9,902 1.9%223 #15522

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Government General 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 Government General Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 80% of research at Government General Hospital is in Health Sciences, 11% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (76%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (4%), Health Professions (2%). It does 3.4× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 254 fractional works · 80.5% of its workMedicine: 240 fractional works · 75.9% of its workSurgery: 56 fractional works · 17.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 19 fractional works · 5.9% of its workEpidemiology: 18 fractional works · 5.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 13 fractional works · 4.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 12 fractional works · 3.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 10 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 8 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 8 fractional works · 2.5% of its workRheumatology: 8 fractional works · 2.4% of its workOncology: 7 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 7 fractional works · 2.1% of its workOphthalmology: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPhysiology: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workDermatology: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNeurology: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workReproductive Medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNephrology: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRehabilitation: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGastroenterology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workUrology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHepatology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFamily Practice: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransplantation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 8 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDentistry: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOral Surgery: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPeriodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 34 fractional works · 10.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 14 fractional works · 4.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSensory Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVirology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPlant Science: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workToxicology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 18 fractional works · 5.5% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 11 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKGovernmentGeneral Hospital316fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences3%Health Sciences80%Social Sciences6%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine24075.9%
    2. Health Professions82.4%
    3. Dentistry41.3%
    4. Nursing20.7%
    5. Veterinary00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology144.3%
    2. Neuroscience61.9%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology61.9%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences61.8%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.8%
    1. Psychology62.0%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance41.4%
    3. Social Sciences41.3%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting10.4%
    5. Decision Sciences10.3%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.1%
    1. Engineering31.0%
    2. Environmental Science30.9%
    3. Materials Science20.5%
    4. Computer Science10.3%
    5. Mathematics10.2%
    6. Energy00.2%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    8. Chemistry00.1%
    9. Physics and Astronomy00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Government General Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 7.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 55.6 works7.5×
← 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: 0.37× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.80× its world share, 14 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.88× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.18× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.24× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.18× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.71× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.93× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.95× its world share, 240 worksMedicineNursing: 1.34× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.17× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.65× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.66× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.95×240 works
  2. Dentistry2.71×4 works
  3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.24×2 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology1.88×6 works
  5. Nursing1.34×2 works
  6. Neuroscience1.18×6 works
  7. Veterinary1.17×0 works
  8. Health Professions0.93×8 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.80×14 works
  10. Psychology0.66×6 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.65×4 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.37×6 works
  13. Decision Sciences0.34×1 works
  14. Mathematics0.20×1 works
  15. Environmental Science0.18×3 works
  16. Energy0.17×0 works
  17. Materials Science0.15×2 works
  18. Business, Management and Accounting0.12×1 works
  19. Social Sciences0.10×4 works
  20. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.07×0 works
  21. Engineering0.07×3 works
  22. Chemistry0.04×0 works
  23. Computer Science0.04×1 works
  24. Arts and Humanities0.04×0 works
  25. Physics and Astronomy0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Government General Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, R. E. Wright, H. Kobayashi and Srivilliputtur G. Santhana Krishnan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Government General Hospital.

  1. 1 R. E. Wright India · #3,799,523 worldwide 79 citations · 29 works
  2. 2 H. Kobayashi India · #4,230,430 worldwide 67 citations · 21 works
  3. 3 Srivilliputtur G. Santhana Krishnan India · #4,695,427 worldwide 242 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Rajam Rv India · #5,001,978 worldwide 7 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 R. V. Rajam India · #5,050,008 worldwide 129 citations · 25 works
  6. 6 M. Kabeer India · #5,251,237 worldwide 51 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Lakshmi Narasimha Gunturu India · #5,307,004 worldwide 30 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Gayatri Balachandran India · #5,455,232 worldwide 148 citations · 46 works
  9. 9 P. N. Rangiah India · #5,653,071 worldwide 70 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 RUTH ANNAMALAI India · #5,716,916 worldwide 82 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Government General Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Government General Hospital?

The most cited paper from Government General Hospital is "Hypothermia for moderate or severe neonatal encephalopathy in low-income and middle-income countries (HELIX): a randomised controlled trial in India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh" (Sudhin Thayyil et al., 2021), with 300 citations. Next come "Risk of Pancreatic Carcinoma in Tropical Calcifying Pancreatitis" (162) and "Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome: Confirmation of Linkage to Chromosome 19p13.3 and Identification of a Potential Second Locus, on 19q13.4" (149).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Hypothermia for moderate or severe neonatal encephalopathy in low-income and middle-income countries (HELIX): a randomised controlled trial in India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh Sudhin Thayyil et al. · The Lancet Global Health Open access160 authors 3 Aug 2021 300
2 Risk of Pancreatic Carcinoma in Tropical Calcifying Pancreatitis Suresh T. Chari, Viswanathan Mohan, C. S. Pitchumoni et al. · Pancreas 1994 162
3 Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome: Confirmation of Linkage to Chromosome 19p13.3 and Identification of a Potential Second Locus, on 19q13.4 Hamid Mehenni, Jean-Louis Blouin, Uppala Radhakrishna et al. · The American Journal of Human Genetics Open access Dec 1997 149
4 Extracellular Vesicles in Glioblastoma Tumor Microenvironment Anuroop Yekula, Anudeep Yekula, Koushik Muralidharan et al. · Frontiers in Immunology Open access 21 Jan 2020 147
5 A pilot study on the clinical efficacy of Solanum xanthocarpum and Solanum trilobatum in bronchial asthma Sajeeth Kumar Keeriyatt Govindan, S. Viswanathan, V. Vijayasekaran et al. · Journal of Ethnopharmacology Aug 1999 144
All 62 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Government General Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Complications, Treatment, Surgical Management, Cardiovascular Disease, Inflammation and Guidelines.

▲ 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. Epidemiology48▲ 3.8×103 topics
  2. Diagnosis23▲ 7.8×34 topics
  3. Complications20▲ 12×16 topics
  4. Treatment19▲ 5.0×41 topics
  5. Inflammation18▲ 2.7×51 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Disease15▲ 4.2×28 topics
  7. Quality of Life13▲ 2.9×30 topics
  8. Management13▲ 5.2×22 topics
  9. Risk Factors12▲ 3.5×26 topics
  10. Surgical Management12▲ 8.9×16 topics
  11. Guidelines11▲ 7.5×11 topics
  12. Chemotherapy11▲ 4.8×16 topics
  13. Oxidative Stress9▲ 1.68×25 topics
  14. Metabolic Syndrome8▲ 3.2×16 topics
  15. Clinical Practice Guidelines8▲ 4.5×13 topics
  16. Children7▲ 10×6 topics
  17. Pathophysiology7▲ 8.0×8 topics
  18. Surgery7▲ 6.4×7 topics
  19. Prognostic Factors7▲ 5.1×10 topics
  20. Diabetes7▲ 4.3×13 topics
  21. Obesity7▲ 2.8×14 topics
  22. Global Burden6▲ 3.8×11 topics
  23. Meta-Analysis6▲ 3.5×10 topics
  24. Chronic Pain6▲ 9.3×4 topics
  25. Mortality6▲ 3.4×10 topics
  26. Pathogenesis6▲ 3.8×17 topics
  27. Insulin Resistance6▲ 4.3×7 topics
  28. Laparoscopic Repair6▲ 48×2 topics
  29. Immune Response6▲ 3.2×13 topics
  30. Hernia Repair5▲ 65×1 topic
  31. Imaging5▲ 7.1×4 topics
  32. Mesh Techniques5▲ 65×1 topic
  33. Cardiovascular Risk5▲ 5.1×9 topics
  34. Review5▲ 13×2 topics
  35. CT Imaging4▲ 33×2 topics
  36. Surgical Treatment4▲ 6.7×6 topics
  37. Postoperative Complications4▲ 9.8×4 topics
  38. Adults4▲ 20×2 topics
  39. Intussusception4▲ 34×1 topic
  40. Meckel's Diverticulum4▲ 34×1 topic

Which research topics does Government General Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Hernia repair and management, Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments, Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management and Abdominal Trauma and Injuries.

Hernia repair and manage…5Hernia repair and management: 5 fractional worksGastrointestinal disorde…4Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments: 4 fractional worksAppendicitis Diagnosis a…3Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management: 3 fractional worksAbdominal Trauma and Inj…3Abdominal Trauma and Injuries: 3 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 3 fractional worksPesticide Exposure and Toxicity: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Resear…2COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 2 fractional worksMinimally Invasive Surgi…2Minimally Invasive Surgical Techniques: 2 fractional worksIntestinal and Peritonea…2Intestinal and Peritoneal Adhesions: 2 fractional worksBone fractures and treat…2Bone fractures and treatments: 2 fractional works
SurgeryEmergency MedicineEpidemiologyPlant Science1 others

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

  1. 1 Hernia repair and management Surgery 5 works
  2. 2 Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments Surgery 4 works
  3. 3 Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management Emergency Medicine 3 works
  4. 4 Abdominal Trauma and Injuries Surgery 3 works
  5. 5 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 3 works
  6. 6 Pesticide Exposure and Toxicity Plant Science 2 works
  7. 7 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 2 works
  8. 8 Minimally Invasive Surgical Techniques Surgery 2 works
  9. 9 Intestinal and Peritoneal Adhesions Surgery 2 works
  10. 10 Bone fractures and treatments Epidemiology 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 available63.5%not open36.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.5%domestic only92.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Government General Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 15% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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 Government General Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0012% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Government General Hospital0.0012% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Government General Hospital 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 2025Government General Hospital4.5% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 4.5% in 2025.

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