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Indian Council of Medical Research

In research, Indian Council of Medical Research stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,370 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#2,365 of 10,443 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#1,996 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Infectious Diseases and Nutrition and Dietetics — Infectious Diseases is 11.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,837
of 28,054 · #6,931 all time
Rank in India
#256
of 1,840
Research works
3.4k
▲ 56% vs 2013–17
Citations
72k
21.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
48%
world 28%

What is Indian Council of Medical Research 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
Health SciencesDomain #2,370 of 11,982 20.9%436 #4177
MedicineField #2,365 of 10,443 21.5%365 #4136
Life SciencesDomain #1,996 of 7,800 20.4%158 #3112
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,032 of 3,579 20.7%83 #3111
Social SciencesDomain #7,021 of 10,521 24.3%65 #10581

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Indian Council of Medical Research 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. Health Sciences#4,177 #2,370
  2. Medicine#4,136 #2,365
  3. Life Sciences#3,112 #1,996
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#3,111 #2,032
  5. Social Sciences#10,581 #7,021
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 Indian Council of Medical Research specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Infectious Diseases takes 11.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 54.6 works11×
  2. Nutrition and DieteticsSubfield · 20.3 works6.6×
← 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: 0.76× its world share, 26 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.17× its world share, 83 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.89× its world share, 35 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.64× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.53× its world share, 6 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.51× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.19× its world share, 11 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.61× its world share, 22 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.12× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.86× its world share, 7 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.90× its world share, 10 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.05× its world share, 39 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.64× its world share, 365 worksMedicineNursing: 5.79× its world share, 20 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.35× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.35× its world share, 8 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.64× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.85× its world share, 13 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.59× its world share, 13 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 25 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 5.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Indian Council of Medical Research?

Ranked on the composite score, Harpreet Singh, Geetha R. Menon and C. Gopalan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Indian Council of Medical Research.

  1. 1 Harpreet Singh India · #130,209 worldwide 276 citations · 40 works
  2. 2 Geetha R. Menon India · #141,557 worldwide 149 citations · 27 works
  3. 3 C. Gopalan India · #146,151 worldwide 210 citations · 72 works
  4. 4 Tanu Anand India · #212,633 worldwide 201 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 Leela Iyengar India · #224,915 worldwide 153 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 S. G. Srikantia India · #349,490 worldwide 64 citations · 20 works
  7. 7 V. N. Patwardhan India · #389,867 worldwide 61 citations · 19 works
  8. 8 Bhavani Belavady India · #420,250 worldwide 84 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 Srikanta Kanungo India · #795,621 worldwide 21 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Samiran Panda India · #808,857 worldwide 73 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at Indian Council of Medical Research

Which keywords describe research at Indian Council of Medical Research?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Vaccine, Immune Response, Vaccine Development, Public Health, Treatment, Cardiovascular Disease and Diagnosis.

▲ 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. Epidemiology157▲ 5.5×107 topics
  2. Public Health43▲ 4.1×41 topics
  3. Treatment36▲ 4.1×34 topics
  4. Vaccine35▲ 12×11 topics
  5. Immune Response35▲ 8.6×18 topics
  6. Vaccine Development35▲ 19×10 topics
  7. Cardiovascular Disease34▲ 4.3×32 topics
  8. Inflammation34▲ 2.3×68 topics
  9. COVID-1934▲ 3.5×20 topics
  10. Diagnosis32▲ 4.9×31 topics
  11. Oxidative Stress31▲ 2.7×44 topics
  12. Pandemic27▲ 3.5×10 topics
  13. Global Burden26▲ 6.8×12 topics
  14. Metabolic Syndrome26▲ 4.5×21 topics
  15. Pathogenesis26▲ 7.0×22 topics
  16. Cancer24▲ 2.5×47 topics
  17. Drug Resistance24▲ 12×8 topics
  18. Antibiotic Resistance23▲ 8.4×15 topics
  19. Risk Factors22▲ 2.8×28 topics
  20. Genetic Diversity21▲ 6.7×11 topics
  21. SARS-CoV-221▲ 8.9×6 topics
  22. Maternal Mortality20▲ 13×5 topics
  23. Global Burden of Disease18▲ 10×4 topics
  24. Vector Control18▲ 21×4 topics
  25. Insulin Resistance16▲ 5.0×10 topics
  26. Child Development16▲ 5.3×5 topics
  27. Infectious Diseases16▲ 6.7×8 topics
  28. Immunity15▲ 5.1×10 topics
  29. Maternal and Child Undernutrition14▲ 24×1 topic
  30. Water Sanitation Hygiene14▲ 24×1 topic
  31. Neurological Manifestations14▲ 26×2 topics
  32. Arboviral Diseases14▲ 30×1 topic
  33. Zika Virus14▲ 30×1 topic
  34. Insecticide Resistance13▲ 24×4 topics
  35. ACE2 Receptor13▲ 7.5×3 topics
  36. Community Health Workers13▲ 21×2 topics
  37. Health Inequalities13▲ 15×3 topics
  38. Child Mortality12▲ 25×1 topic
  39. Health Systems12▲ 25×1 topic
  40. Socio-economic Factors12▲ 16×2 topics

Which research topics does Indian Council of Medical Research publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Child Nutrition and Water Access, Mosquito-borne diseases and control, Global Maternal and Child Health and Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology.

Child Nutrition and Wate…14Child Nutrition and Water Access: 14 fractional worksMosquito-borne diseases …14Mosquito-borne diseases and control: 14 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Chil…12Global Maternal and Child Health: 12 fractional worksTuberculosis Research an…11Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 11 fractional worksMalaria Research and Control: 11 fractional worksAntibiotic Resistance in Bacteria: 8 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 …7SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 7 fractional worksViral Infections and Vec…7Viral Infections and Vectors: 7 fractional worksCOVID-19 epidemiological…7COVID-19 epidemiological studies: 7 fractional worksIron Metabolism and Diso…6Iron Metabolism and Disorders: 6 fractional works
Nutrition and DieteticsPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthInfectious Diseases3 others

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

  1. 1 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 14 works
  2. 2 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 14 works
  3. 3 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 12 works
  4. 4 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 11 works
  5. 5 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 11 works
  6. 6 Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria Molecular Medicine 8 works
  7. 7 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 7 works
  8. 8 Viral Infections and Vectors Infectious Diseases 7 works
  9. 9 COVID-19 epidemiological studies Modeling and Simulation 7 works
  10. 10 Iron Metabolism and Disorders Hematology 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 available48.5%not open51.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.6%domestic only86.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Indian Council of Medical Research's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 56% 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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