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Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences

In research, Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences stands highest in Medicine (#9,439 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#11,039 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 5.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#21,327
of 28,054 · #23,935 all time
Rank in India
#1,414
of 1,840
Research works
921
▲ 60% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.3k
5.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
80%
world 28%

What is Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences 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 #9,439 of 10,443 2.8%161 #8210
Health SciencesDomain #11,039 of 11,982 3.0%173 #10792

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences 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 Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 5.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 27.6 works5.4×
← 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: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.23× its world share, 14 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.84× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.64× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.19× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.81× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.48× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.85× its world share, 161 worksMedicineNursing: 1.65× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.49× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.79× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.14× 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, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences?

Ranked on the composite score, Anjana Gopi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences.

  1. 1 Anjana Gopi India · #1,155,790 worldwide 11 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences

Which keywords describe research at Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Global Burden, Pathogenesis, Surgical Management, Treatment, Cardiovascular Disease and Maternal Mortality.

▲ 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. Epidemiology44▲ 5.2×74 topics
  2. Diagnosis14▲ 6.9×25 topics
  3. Inflammation11▲ 2.4×32 topics
  4. Treatment10▲ 3.8×27 topics
  5. Cardiovascular Disease10▲ 3.9×20 topics
  6. Global Burden9▲ 7.9×10 topics
  7. Pathogenesis9▲ 8.1×13 topics
  8. Risk Factors8▲ 3.4×19 topics
  9. Management8▲ 4.5×14 topics
  10. Surgical Management8▲ 8.5×11 topics
  11. Immune Response7▲ 5.8×12 topics
  12. Complications7▲ 6.4×12 topics
  13. Maternal Mortality6▲ 13×4 topics
  14. Cancer6▲ 2.1×15 topics
  15. COVID-196▲ 2.0×15 topics
  16. Vaccine6▲ 6.8×10 topics
  17. Pandemic6▲ 2.4×7 topics
  18. Chronic Pain5▲ 11×5 topics
  19. Vaccination5▲ 33×3 topics
  20. Clinical Practice Guidelines5▲ 4.4×8 topics
  21. Guidelines5▲ 5.0×10 topics
  22. Meta-Analysis5▲ 3.9×7 topics
  23. Genetic Mutations5▲ 5.3×10 topics
  24. Pain Management5▲ 10×5 topics
  25. SARS-CoV-25▲ 7.1×4 topics
  26. Endothelial Dysfunction5▲ 9.2×5 topics
  27. Mortality4▲ 3.5×9 topics
  28. Thrombosis4▲ 7.0×6 topics
  29. Diagnostic Imaging4▲ 17×4 topics
  30. Immunity4▲ 4.5×5 topics
  31. ACE2 Receptor4▲ 6.8×3 topics
  32. Prognosis4▲ 5.0×7 topics
  33. Antimicrobial Resistance4▲ 8.2×5 topics
  34. Clinical Guidelines4▲ 5.5×4 topics
  35. Surgical Treatment4▲ 8.2×4 topics
  36. Prenatal Diagnosis3▲ 11×5 topics
  37. Toxins3▲ 16×3 topics
  38. Transmission3▲ 28×2 topics
  39. Antiretroviral Therapy3▲ 8.8×4 topics
  40. Virus3▲ 15×3 topics

Which research topics does Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Rabies epidemiology and control, Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies, Anesthesia and Pain Management and Shoulder Injury and Treatment.

Rabies epidemiology and …3Rabies epidemiology and control: 3 fractional worksPregnancy and preeclamps…2Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies: 2 fractional worksAnesthesia and Pain Management: 2 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Treatment: 2 fractional worksPneumonia and Respiratory Infections: 2 fractional worksMusculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation: 2 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 2 fractional worksPancreatitis Pathology a…2Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment: 2 fractional worksShoulder and Clavicle Injuries: 2 fractional worksOrthopedic Infections and Treatments: 2 fractional works
VirologyObstetrics and GynecologySurgeryEpidemiology2 others

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

  1. 1 Rabies epidemiology and control Virology 3 works
  2. 2 Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies Obstetrics and Gynecology 2 works
  3. 3 Anesthesia and Pain Management Surgery 2 works
  4. 4 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 2 works
  5. 5 Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections Epidemiology 2 works
  6. 6 Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation Pharmacology 2 works
  7. 7 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 2 works
  8. 8 Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment Surgery 2 works
  9. 9 Shoulder and Clavicle Injuries Epidemiology 2 works
  10. 10 Orthopedic Infections and Treatments 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 available80.2%not open19.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 60% 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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