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Government General Hospital

In research, Government General Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#8,563 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#10,248 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 7.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#22,682
of 28,054 · #30,502 all time
Rank in India
#1,517
of 1,840
Research works
1.1k
▲ 71% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.5k
5.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
64%
world 28%

What is Government General 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
MedicineField #8,563 of 10,443 2.5%211 #10899
Health SciencesDomain #10,248 of 11,982 2.5%223 #13863

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does Government General Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 7.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 48.0 works7.4×
← 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, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.81× its world share, 12 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.71× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.28× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.32× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.82× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.87× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.96× its world share, 211 worksMedicineNursing: 1.48× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.89× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.71× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.58× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.11× 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.

Who are the top researchers at Government General Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Patrick Yesudian, G Sentamilselvi and V R Janaki lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Government General Hospital.

  1. 1 Patrick Yesudian India · #528,554 worldwide 29 citations · 18 works
  2. 2 G Sentamilselvi India · #641,006 worldwide 6 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 V R Janaki India · #930,085 worldwide 10 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 S. Premalatha India · #1,043,548 worldwide 16 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 R. Kannan India · #1,251,044 worldwide 17 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Thorakkal Shamim India · #1,326,066 worldwide 8 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Government General Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Government General Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Complications, Treatment, Surgical Management, Guidelines, Inflammation and 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. Epidemiology43▲ 3.9×96 topics
  2. Diagnosis20▲ 7.9×34 topics
  3. Complications18▲ 13×16 topics
  4. Treatment18▲ 5.2×40 topics
  5. Inflammation16▲ 2.7×49 topics
  6. Quality of Life12▲ 2.9×29 topics
  7. Management11▲ 5.2×22 topics
  8. Risk Factors11▲ 3.6×25 topics
  9. Cardiovascular Disease11▲ 3.5×26 topics
  10. Chemotherapy10▲ 5.3×15 topics
  11. Guidelines10▲ 7.7×11 topics
  12. Surgical Management10▲ 8.6×15 topics
  13. Clinical Practice Guidelines7▲ 4.7×13 topics
  14. Children7▲ 11×6 topics
  15. Metabolic Syndrome7▲ 3.0×16 topics
  16. Pathophysiology7▲ 8.1×8 topics
  17. Surgery6▲ 6.5×7 topics
  18. Prognostic Factors6▲ 5.0×9 topics
  19. Chronic Pain6▲ 9.7×3 topics
  20. Diabetes6▲ 4.3×12 topics
  21. Laparoscopic Repair6▲ 51×2 topics
  22. Global Burden6▲ 3.7×11 topics
  23. Immune Response5▲ 3.4×13 topics
  24. Pathogenesis5▲ 3.8×15 topics
  25. Insulin Resistance5▲ 4.1×7 topics
  26. Hernia Repair5▲ 67×1 topic
  27. Mesh Techniques5▲ 67×1 topic
  28. Mortality5▲ 3.2×8 topics
  29. Imaging5▲ 6.7×4 topics
  30. Cardiovascular Risk5▲ 5.4×9 topics
  31. Review4▲ 13×2 topics
  32. SARS-CoV-24▲ 4.8×6 topics
  33. Neuroimaging4▲ 5.3×9 topics
  34. Surgical Treatment4▲ 7.1×6 topics
  35. Elderly4▲ 5.5×5 topics
  36. Adults4▲ 22×2 topics
  37. Intussusception4▲ 36×1 topic
  38. Meckel's Diverticulum4▲ 36×1 topic
  39. CT Imaging3▲ 32×2 topics
  40. Postoperative Complications3▲ 9.2×4 topics

Which research topics does Government General Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Hernia repair and management, Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments, Abdominal Trauma and Injuries and Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management.

Hernia repair and management: 5 fractional worksGastrointestinal disorders and treatments: 4 fractional worksAbdominal Trauma and Injuries: 3 fractional worksAppendicitis Diagnosis and Management: 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 worksBone fractures and treatments: 2 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and Reforms: 2 fractional worksSarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional works
SurgeryEmergency MedicineEpidemiologyPlant Science3 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 Abdominal Trauma and Injuries Surgery 3 works
  4. 4 Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management Emergency Medicine 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 Bone fractures and treatments Epidemiology 2 works
  9. 9 Healthcare Systems and Reforms Finance 2 works
  10. 10 Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Government General Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 71% higher 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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