Science Explorer Interactive view Map
Hospital / health system · Kochi · India

Lourdes Hospital

In research, Lourdes Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#11,107 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#9,819 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025.

lourdeshospital.inROR OpenAlex
World rank, 2022–2025
#25,948
of 28,054 · #37,870 all time
Rank in India
#1,730
of 1,840
Research works
321
▲ 57% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.8k
5.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
64%
world 28%

What is Lourdes 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
Health SciencesDomain #11,107 of 11,982 2.7%94 #19037
MedicineField #9,819 of 10,443 2.5%89 #16685

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Lourdes 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: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.21× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.90× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.04× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.94× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.07× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.98× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.94× its world share, 89 worksMedicineNursing: 1.01× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.04× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.07× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 2 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.

Which keywords describe research at Lourdes Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Management, Guidelines, Surgical Management, Pandemic and Antibiotic 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 2022–2025 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. Epidemiology21▲ 4.5×61 topics
  2. Treatment9▲ 6.5×26 topics
  3. Diagnosis9▲ 8.1×26 topics
  4. Inflammation6▲ 2.5×22 topics
  5. Pandemic6▲ 4.5×6 topics
  6. Management6▲ 6.0×17 topics
  7. COVID-195▲ 3.1×10 topics
  8. Guidelines5▲ 9.0×9 topics
  9. Surgical Management5▲ 9.6×11 topics
  10. Cardiovascular Disease4▲ 3.3×15 topics
  11. Depression4▲ 4.1×7 topics
  12. Quality of Life4▲ 2.4×17 topics
  13. Antibiotic Resistance4▲ 8.3×7 topics
  14. Anxiety4▲ 6.6×4 topics
  15. Pathogenesis4▲ 6.1×14 topics
  16. Immunotherapy4▲ 4.2×9 topics
  17. Liver Transplantation4▲ 25×4 topics
  18. Heart Failure3▲ 6.7×8 topics
  19. Risk Factors3▲ 2.6×11 topics
  20. Atherosclerosis3▲ 9.4×5 topics
  21. Diabetes3▲ 5.3×5 topics
  22. Graft Survival3▲ 31×2 topics
  23. Complications3▲ 4.8×11 topics
  24. Pathophysiology3▲ 7.8×5 topics
  25. Virulence3▲ 38×3 topics
  26. Clinical Practice Guidelines3▲ 4.1×8 topics
  27. Meta-Analysis3▲ 3.8×5 topics
  28. Prevention3▲ 5.3×9 topics
  29. Healthcare Workers2▲ 8.6×2 topics
  30. Cognitive Impairment2▲ 8.0×4 topics
  31. Psychological Impact2▲ 6.4×1 topic
  32. Quarantine2▲ 13×1 topic
  33. Rehabilitation2▲ 5.1×8 topics
  34. Vaccine Development2▲ 7.7×5 topics
  35. Kidney Transplantation2▲ 30×2 topics
  36. Renal Function2▲ 18×3 topics
  37. Angioplasty2▲ 27×2 topics
  38. Cholangiocarcinoma2▲ 20×2 topics
  39. Hepatic Encephalopathy2▲ 29×1 topic
  40. Liver Cirrhosis2▲ 29×1 topic

Which research topics does Lourdes Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: COVID-19 and Mental Health, Liver Disease and Transplantation, Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes and Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics.

COVID-19 and Mental Health2COVID-19 and Mental Health: 2 fractional worksLiver Disease and Transp…2Liver Disease and Transplantation: 2 fractional worksOrgan Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksCoronary Interventions and Diagnostics: 2 fractional worksBurkholderia infections and melioidosis: 2 fractional worksPeripheral Artery Disease Management: 1 fractional worksGallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders: 1 fractional worksRenal Transplantation Ou…1Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments: 1 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 1 fractional worksLipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health: 1 fractional works
Clinical PsychologyHepatologySurgeryEpidemiology3 others

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

  1. 1 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 2 works
  2. 2 Liver Disease and Transplantation Hepatology 2 works
  3. 3 Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes Surgery 2 works
  4. 4 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Surgery 2 works
  5. 5 Burkholderia infections and melioidosis Epidemiology 2 works
  6. 6 Peripheral Artery Disease Management Surgery 1 works
  7. 7 Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  8. 8 Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments Transplantation 1 works
  9. 9 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 1 works
  10. 10 Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health Surgery 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 available64.5%not open35.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.2%domestic only88.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Lourdes Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 57% higher than in 2013–2017.

20002005201020152020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Other research institutions in Kochi

All research institutions in Kochi

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.