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Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Health

In research, Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Health stands highest in Health Sciences (#10,831 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#9,531 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#21,036
of 28,054 · #33,889 all time
Rank in India
#1,393
of 1,840
Research works
574
▲ 47% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.7k
4.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
1.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
75%
world 28%

What is Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Health 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 #10,831 of 11,982 1.5%149 #18639
MedicineField #9,531 of 10,443 1.7%128 #16426

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Health 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).

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: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.62× its world share, 41 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.27× its world share, 7 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.40× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 10.44× its world share, 11 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.19× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.10× its world share, 128 worksMedicineNursing: 3.25× its world share, 3 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 10.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Health?

Ranked on the composite score, Jayalaxmi Shripati Aihole and Vykuntaraju K. Gowda lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Health.

  1. 1 Jayalaxmi Shripati Aihole India · #1,202,731 worldwide 4 citations · 15 works
  2. 2 Vykuntaraju K. Gowda India · #1,465,283 worldwide 8 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Health

Which keywords describe research at Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Health?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Genetic Mutations, Neurological Disorders, Metabolic Disorders, Inflammation, Pathogenesis, Newborn Screening and Mitochondrial Function.

▲ 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. Epidemiology26▲ 3.0×62 topics
  2. Inflammation14▲ 3.1×30 topics
  3. Genetic Mutations12▲ 13×17 topics
  4. Neurological Disorders10▲ 8.6×13 topics
  5. Oxidative Stress10▲ 3.0×21 topics
  6. Metabolic Disorders10▲ 38×3 topics
  7. Treatment10▲ 3.7×23 topics
  8. Newborn Screening9▲ 77×2 topics
  9. Pathogenesis9▲ 8.0×16 topics
  10. Diagnosis9▲ 4.3×21 topics
  11. Cancer8▲ 3.0×16 topics
  12. Mitochondrial Function8▲ 39×3 topics
  13. Biochemical Genetics8▲ 101×1 topic
  14. Carnitine8▲ 101×1 topic
  15. Cardiovascular Disease7▲ 3.0×12 topics
  16. Genetics7▲ 4.8×8 topics
  17. Complications7▲ 6.3×9 topics
  18. Epilepsy6▲ 27×3 topics
  19. Prenatal Diagnosis6▲ 20×6 topics
  20. Mitochondrial Dysfunction6▲ 9.4×7 topics
  21. Surgery6▲ 7.6×7 topics
  22. Clinical Management5▲ 13×6 topics
  23. Preterm Infants5▲ 18×3 topics
  24. Cognitive Impairment5▲ 8.6×5 topics
  25. Diabetes5▲ 4.4×7 topics
  26. Fetal Surgery5▲ 40×3 topics
  27. Surgical Management5▲ 5.2×11 topics
  28. Antiepileptic Drugs4▲ 27×2 topics
  29. Neurodegeneration4▲ 6.6×6 topics
  30. Vaccine4▲ 5.0×9 topics
  31. Parkinson's Disease4▲ 8.0×4 topics
  32. Pulmonary Hypertension4▲ 14×2 topics
  33. Seizures4▲ 32×2 topics
  34. Innate Immunity4▲ 5.9×4 topics
  35. Neuroimaging4▲ 6.8×6 topics
  36. Diabetes Mellitus4▲ 9.0×4 topics
  37. Drug Resistance4▲ 6.5×5 topics
  38. Mitochondria4▲ 14×3 topics
  39. Vitamin B124▲ 53×2 topics
  40. Neural Tube Defects4▲ 42×2 topics

Which research topics does Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Health publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Metabolism and Genetic Disorders, RNA regulation and disease, Lysosomal Storage Disorders Research and Epilepsy research and treatment.

Metabolism and Genetic D…8Metabolism and Genetic Disorders: 8 fractional worksRNA regulation and disease: 3 fractional worksLysosomal Storage Disorders Research: 3 fractional worksEpilepsy research and treatment: 3 fractional worksMitochondrial Function and Pathology: 3 fractional worksFolate and B Vitamins Research: 3 fractional worksCongenital Diaphragmatic…3Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies: 3 fractional worksNeonatal Respiratory Health Research: 3 fractional worksGlycogen Storage Diseases and Myoclonus: 3 fractional worksVascular Malformations a…2Vascular Malformations and Hemangiomas: 2 fractional works
Clinical BiochemistryMolecular BiologyPhysiologyPsychiatry and Mental health3 others

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

  1. 1 Metabolism and Genetic Disorders Clinical Biochemistry 8 works
  2. 2 RNA regulation and disease Molecular Biology 3 works
  3. 3 Lysosomal Storage Disorders Research Physiology 3 works
  4. 4 Epilepsy research and treatment Psychiatry and Mental health 3 works
  5. 5 Mitochondrial Function and Pathology Molecular Biology 3 works
  6. 6 Folate and B Vitamins Research Rheumatology 3 works
  7. 7 Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies Surgery 3 works
  8. 8 Neonatal Respiratory Health Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  9. 9 Glycogen Storage Diseases and Myoclonus Rheumatology 3 works
  10. 10 Vascular Malformations and Hemangiomas Surgery 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 available75.0%not open25.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.4%domestic only93.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Health's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 47% 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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