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Kovai Medical Center and Hospital

In research, Kovai Medical Center and Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#4,149 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#5,428 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#16,554
of 28,054 · #28,897 all time
Rank in India
#1,125
of 1,840
Research works
698
▲ 44% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.6k
6.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
70%
world 28%

What is Kovai Medical Center and 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 #4,149 of 10,443 3.5%181 #9378
Health SciencesDomain #5,428 of 11,982 3.6%192 #12113

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kovai Medical Center and 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).

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: 0.38× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.98× its world share, 13 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.53× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.13× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4.38× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.46× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.13× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.24× its world share, 9 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.30× its world share, 3 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 3.61× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.81× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.74× its world share, 181 worksMedicineNursing: 0.81× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.22× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.82× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.53× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 4.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Kovai Medical Center and Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Krishnan Swaminathan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kovai Medical Center and Hospital.

  1. 1 Krishnan Swaminathan India · #1,212,200 worldwide 5 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Kovai Medical Center and Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Kovai Medical Center and Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Treatment, Immunotherapy, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Diagnosis, Chemotherapy, Inflammation and Genetic Mutations.

▲ 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. Epidemiology30▲ 3.0×68 topics
  2. Treatment13▲ 4.1×26 topics
  3. Inflammation12▲ 2.4×37 topics
  4. Immunotherapy10▲ 5.6×15 topics
  5. Diagnosis10▲ 4.2×24 topics
  6. Risk Factors9▲ 3.3×17 topics
  7. Chemotherapy9▲ 5.0×17 topics
  8. Clinical Practice Guidelines9▲ 6.3×13 topics
  9. Metabolic Syndrome8▲ 3.9×11 topics
  10. Clinical Trials8▲ 4.5×15 topics
  11. Management8▲ 3.8×17 topics
  12. Oxidative Stress7▲ 1.80×20 topics
  13. Genetic Mutations7▲ 6.5×13 topics
  14. Cardiovascular Disease7▲ 2.4×15 topics
  15. Cancer6▲ 1.77×17 topics
  16. Insulin Resistance6▲ 5.2×6 topics
  17. Global Burden6▲ 4.1×11 topics
  18. Complications5▲ 4.2×13 topics
  19. Radiotherapy5▲ 5.5×10 topics
  20. Diabetes5▲ 4.2×10 topics
  21. Prognostic Factors5▲ 4.7×11 topics
  22. Surgical Management5▲ 4.9×12 topics
  23. Neuroprotection5▲ 5.7×5 topics
  24. Pathophysiology5▲ 6.5×6 topics
  25. Magnetic Resonance Imaging5▲ 7.4×5 topics
  26. Clinical Guidelines4▲ 6.2×7 topics
  27. Pathogenesis4▲ 3.5×12 topics
  28. Prognosis4▲ 5.3×7 topics
  29. Surgery4▲ 4.5×9 topics
  30. Diagnostic Imaging4▲ 13×3 topics
  31. Functional Recovery4▲ 9.8×3 topics
  32. Molecular Characterization4▲ 8.2×4 topics
  33. Radiation Exposure3▲ 13×2 topics
  34. Clinical Outcomes3▲ 6.0×3 topics
  35. Perfusion Imaging3▲ 17×2 topics
  36. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes3▲ 6.6×6 topics
  37. Prevention Guidelines3▲ 12×2 topics
  38. Reconstruction3▲ 7.0×4 topics
  39. Renal Function3▲ 12×3 topics
  40. Renal Transplantation3▲ 29×2 topics

Which research topics does Kovai Medical Center and Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging, Renal and Vascular Pathologies, Radiation Dose and Imaging and Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment.

Advanced X-ray and CT Im…3Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging: 3 fractional worksRenal and Vascular Patho…3Renal and Vascular Pathologies: 3 fractional worksRadiation Dose and Imaging: 2 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis …2Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksRenal cell carcinoma tre…2Renal cell carcinoma treatment: 2 fractional worksMedical Imaging Techniques and Applications: 2 fractional worksStroke Rehabilitation and Recovery: 2 fractional worksAcute Ischemic Stroke Ma…2Acute Ischemic Stroke Management: 2 fractional worksTraumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances: 2 fractional worksBreast Lesions and Carcinomas: 2 fractional works
Biomedical EngineeringPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingEpidemiology3 others

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

  1. 1 Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging Biomedical Engineering 3 works
  2. 2 Renal and Vascular Pathologies Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  3. 3 Radiation Dose and Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  4. 4 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 2 works
  5. 5 Renal cell carcinoma treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  6. 6 Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  7. 7 Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery Rehabilitation 2 works
  8. 8 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Epidemiology 2 works
  9. 9 Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances Neurology 2 works
  10. 10 Breast Lesions and Carcinomas Pathology and Forensic 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 available70.5%not open29.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.3%domestic only90.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Kovai Medical Center and Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 44% 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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