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Ladies College

In research, Ladies College stands highest in Health Sciences (#8,054 of 16,688 worldwide) and Medicine (#9,262 of 14,558 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#17,820
of 22,385 · #18,944 all time
Rank in Sri Lanka
#29
of 36
Research works
263
▲ 81% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.8k
14.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.00×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
62%
world 40%
International
47%
world 18%
Ladies College

What is Ladies College known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Health SciencesDomain #8,054 of 16,688 10.1%155
MedicineField #9,262 of 14,558 10.3%147

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ladies College 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Ladies College work in?

In 2022-now, 56% of research at Ladies College is in Health Sciences, 21% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (53%), Social Sciences (12%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (7%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 52 fractional works · 55.5% of its workMedicine: 49 fractional works · 53.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 15 fractional works · 16.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 9 fractional works · 9.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 5 fractional works · 5.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 19 fractional works · 20.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 11 fractional works · 12.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife-span and Life-course Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Decision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 15 fractional works · 16.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 6.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 4.0% of its workImmunology: 4 fractional works · 3.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDrug Discovery: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 7 fractional works · 7.5% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKLadies College93fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences16%Physical Sciences8%Health Sciences56%Social Sciences21%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine4953.0%
    2. Health Professions21.7%
    3. Nursing10.6%
    4. Dentistry00.3%
    1. Social Sciences1112.3%
    2. Arts and Humanities32.9%
    3. Psychology32.8%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting11.5%
    5. Decision Sciences11.0%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology66.8%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology44.0%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences22.4%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics22.0%
    5. Neuroscience10.9%
    1. Engineering32.8%
    2. Environmental Science11.5%
    3. Chemistry11.4%
    4. Computer Science10.7%
    5. Materials Science00.5%
    6. Mathematics00.3%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.2%
    8. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.50× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.27× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.93× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 5.54× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.91× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.18× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.68× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.63× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.76× its world share, 49 worksMedicineNursing: 1.20× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.99× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.99× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.91× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.97× its world share, 12 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 5.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics5.54×2 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology3.93×4 works
  3. Medicine2.76×49 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.27×6 works
  5. Nursing1.20×0 works
  6. Arts and Humanities0.99×3 works
  7. Decision Sciences0.99×1 works
  8. Social Sciences0.97×12 works
  9. Chemistry0.91×1 works
  10. Psychology0.91×3 works
  11. Dentistry0.68×0 works
  12. Health Professions0.63×2 works
  13. Neuroscience0.57×1 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.50×2 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.48×1 works
  16. Environmental Science0.31×1 works
  17. Mathematics0.23×0 works
  18. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.19×0 works
  19. Engineering0.18×3 works
  20. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.15×0 works
  21. Materials Science0.13×0 works
  22. Computer Science0.09×1 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Ladies College?

Ranked on the quality score, Nanako Iwami, Hirobumi Kamiya and Takeshi Yorimitsu lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ladies College.

  1. 1 Nanako Iwami Sri Lanka · #2,421,780 worldwide 200 citations · 18 works
  2. 2 Hirobumi Kamiya Sri Lanka · #3,206,004 worldwide 221 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Takeshi Yorimitsu Sri Lanka · #4,147,595 worldwide 316 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Akira Tsuda Sri Lanka · #4,818,675 worldwide 32 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Ladies College

What are the most cited papers from Ladies College?

The most cited paper from Ladies College is "Guidelines for obstetrical practice in J apan: J apan S ociety of O bstetrics and G ynecology ( JSOG ) and J apan A ssociation of O bstetricians and G ynecologists ( JAOG ) 2014 edition" (Hisanori Minakami et al., 2014), with 377 citations. Next come "Decline in sex ratio at birth after Kobe earthquake" (332) and "High Survival Rate of Bovine Oocytes Matured In Vitro Following Vitrification" (197).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Guidelines for obstetrical practice in J apan: J apan S ociety of O bstetrics and G ynecology ( JSOG ) and J apan A ssociation of O bstetricians and G ynecologists ( JAOG ) 2014 edition Hisanori Minakami et al. · Journal of obstetrics and gynaecology research Jun 2014 377
2 Decline in sex ratio at birth after Kobe earthquake M. Fukuda, Kiyomi Fukuda, Takashi Shimizu et al. · Human Reproduction Aug 1998 332
3 High Survival Rate of Bovine Oocytes Matured In Vitro Following Vitrification Ri‐Cheng Chian, Masashige Kuwayama, Leonard Tan et al. · Journal of Reproduction and Development Open access 2004 197
4 Minimal ovarian stimulation with clomiphene citrate: a large-scale retrospective study Shokichi Teramoto, Osamu Kato · Reproductive BioMedicine Online 2007 127
5 Minimal ovarian stimulation combined with elective single embryo transfer policy: age-specific results of a large, single-centre, Japanese cohort Keiichi Kato, Y. Takehara, Tomoya Segawa et al. · Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology Open access 2012 127
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Ladies College?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Fertility Preservation, Ovarian Tissue Cryopreservation, Infertility, Cardiovascular Disease, Metabolic Syndrome, Fertility, Obesity and Insulin Resistance.

▲ 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-now 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. Fertility Preservation12▲ 240×1 topic
  2. Ovarian Tissue Cryopreservation12▲ 240×1 topic
  3. Infertility8▲ 60×3 topics
  4. Cardiovascular Disease8▲ 7.1×10 topics
  5. Epidemiology7▲ 1.98×19 topics
  6. Metabolic Syndrome6▲ 8.2×6 topics
  7. Fertility6▲ 76×3 topics
  8. Insulin Resistance6▲ 14×4 topics
  9. Obesity6▲ 8.6×7 topics
  10. Ovarian Reserve6▲ 135×1 topic
  11. Polycystic Ovary Syndrome6▲ 135×1 topic
  12. Assisted Reproductive Technology4▲ 76×2 topics
  13. Prenatal Diagnosis4▲ 29×5 topics
  14. Decidual NK Cells4▲ 102×1 topic
  15. Regulatory T Cells4▲ 33×1 topic
  16. Oxidative Stress3▲ 2.1×13 topics
  17. Quality of Life3▲ 2.3×7 topics
  18. Psychological Impact3▲ 10×5 topics
  19. Genomic Sequencing2▲ 23×2 topics
  20. Aneuploidy Screening2▲ 100×1 topic
  21. Global Trends2▲ 32×2 topics
  22. In Vitro Fertilization2▲ 120×1 topic
  23. Maternal Plasma DNA Sequencing2▲ 100×1 topic
  24. Twin Pregnancy2▲ 120×1 topic
  25. Breast Cancer2▲ 9.6×7 topics
  26. Gender Differences2▲ 6.5×2 topics
  27. Embryonic Stem Cells2▲ 49×2 topics
  28. Stress2▲ 5.8×2 topics
  29. Access to Care2▲ 51×1 topic
  30. Reproductive Technologies2▲ 51×1 topic
  31. Transcriptional Regulation2▲ 12×3 topics
  32. Herbal Medicine2▲ 6.7×4 topics
  33. Cancer Treatment1▲ 6.5×3 topics
  34. Differentiation1▲ 24×1 topic
  35. Estrogen1▲ 38×2 topics
  36. Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells1▲ 56×1 topic
  37. Ovarian Cancer1▲ 16×3 topics
  38. Pluripotent Stem Cells1▲ 30×2 topics
  39. Menopause1▲ 27×2 topics
  40. Hormone Therapy1▲ 15×2 topics

Which research topics does Ladies College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Reproductive Biology and Fertility, Ovarian function and disorders, Reproductive System and Pregnancy and Assisted Reproductive Technology and Twin Pregnancy.

Reproductive Biology and…12Reproductive Biology and Fertility: 12 fractional worksOvarian function and disorders: 6 fractional worksReproductive System and Pregnancy: 4 fractional worksAssisted Reproductive Technology and Twin Pregnancy: 2 fractional worksPrenatal Screening and D…2Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics: 2 fractional worksReproductive Health and Technologies: 2 fractional worksPluripotent Stem Cells Research: 1 fractional worksCongenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery: 1 fractional worksDrug Solubulity and Delivery Systems: 1 fractional worksMenopause: Health Impacts and Treatments: 1 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthReproductive MedicineImmunologyPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health4 others

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

  1. 1 Reproductive Biology and Fertility Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 12 works
  2. 2 Ovarian function and disorders Reproductive Medicine 6 works
  3. 3 Reproductive System and Pregnancy Immunology 4 works
  4. 4 Assisted Reproductive Technology and Twin Pregnancy Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 2 works
  5. 5 Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 2 works
  6. 6 Reproductive Health and Technologies Reproductive Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 Pluripotent Stem Cells Research Molecular Biology 1 works
  8. 8 Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery Surgery 1 works
  9. 9 Drug Solubulity and Delivery Systems Pharmaceutical Science 1 works
  10. 10 Menopause: Health Impacts and Treatments Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 1 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 available62.2%not open37.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors47.0%domestic only53.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Ladies College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 81% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Ladies College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00048% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Ladies College0.00052% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Ladies College over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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