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Madras Diabetes Research Foundation

In research, Madras Diabetes Research Foundation stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,346 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#3,512 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism (Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism is 29.6× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#12,785
of 22,385 · #12,986 all time
Rank in India
#861
of 1,562
Research works
755
▲ 10% vs 2018-21
Citations
25k
32.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.98×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
48%
world 40%
International
23%
world 18%
Madras Diabetes Research Foundation

What is Madras Diabetes Research Foundation known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #3,346 of 9,902 11.4%89 #3686
MedicineField #3,512 of 8,541 11.5%77 #3701

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Madras Diabetes Research Foundation 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 Madras Diabetes Research Foundation work in?

In 2022-now, 62% of research at Madras Diabetes Research Foundation is in Health Sciences, 22% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (54%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (14%), Environmental Science (5%). It does 2.6× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 98 fractional works · 62.0% of its workMedicine: 86 fractional works · 54.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 25 fractional works · 16.0% of its workSurgery: 10 fractional works · 6.5% of its workPhysiology: 7 fractional works · 4.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 7 fractional works · 4.3% of its workEpidemiology: 6 fractional works · 3.8% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workOphthalmology: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAnatomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 3.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Information Management: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workDentistry: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPeriodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Dentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 34 fractional works · 21.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 22 fractional works · 13.7% of its workGenetics: 11 fractional works · 7.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 3.9% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 6 fractional works · 3.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSensory Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 3.1% of its workAquatic Science: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 14 fractional works · 8.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 7 fractional works · 4.6% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 12 fractional works · 7.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKMadras DiabetesResearch…158fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences22%Physical Sciences9%Health Sciences62%Social Sciences8%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine8654.2%
    2. Health Professions53.4%
    3. Nursing42.7%
    4. Dentistry31.7%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2213.7%
    2. Neuroscience63.6%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences53.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.9%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.3%
    1. Environmental Science74.6%
    2. Computer Science31.7%
    3. Engineering21.1%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.4%
    5. Chemistry10.4%
    6. Mathematics10.3%
    7. Materials Science00.1%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    9. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    1. Social Sciences53.0%
    2. Psychology42.2%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting21.3%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.7%
    5. Arts and Humanities10.4%
    6. Decision Sciences00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Madras Diabetes Research Foundation specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism takes 29.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Endocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismSubfield · 25.3 works30×
← 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: 0.66× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.56× its world share, 22 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.94× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.20× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.80× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.21× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.92× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 3.55× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.30× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.82× its world share, 86 worksMedicineNursing: 5.48× its world share, 4 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.74× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing5.48×4 works
  2. Dentistry3.55×3 works
  3. Medicine2.82×86 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.56×22 works
  5. Neuroscience2.20×6 works
  6. Health Professions1.30×5 works
  7. Immunology and Microbiology0.94×2 works
  8. Environmental Science0.92×7 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.80×0 works
  10. Psychology0.74×4 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.66×5 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting0.39×2 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.31×1 works
  14. Mathematics0.27×0 works
  15. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.25×1 works
  16. Social Sciences0.24×5 works
  17. Chemistry0.23×1 works
  18. Computer Science0.21×3 works
  19. Arts and Humanities0.15×1 works
  20. Chemical Engineering0.14×0 works
  21. Decision Sciences0.12×0 works
  22. Engineering0.07×2 works
  23. Materials Science0.03×0 works
  24. Physics and Astronomy0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Madras Diabetes Research Foundation?

Ranked on the quality score, Rajendra Pradeepa, Mohan Deepa and Viswanathan Mohan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Madras Diabetes Research Foundation.

  1. 1 Rajendra Pradeepa India · #55,917 worldwide 38k citations · 273 works
  2. 2 Mohan Deepa India · #56,077 worldwide 25k citations · 136 works
  3. 3 Viswanathan Mohan India · #64,166 worldwide 141k citations · 1,961 works
  4. 4 Ranjit Mohan Anjana India · #75,985 worldwide 28k citations · 447 works
  5. 5 Wesley Hannah India · #80,921 worldwide 1.5k citations · 50 works
  6. 6 Mohan Deepa India · #242,763 worldwide 12k citations · 64 works
  7. 7 Radhakrishnan Subashini India · #273,557 worldwide 3.8k citations · 24 works
  8. 8 Ranjit Unnikrishnan India · #389,041 worldwide 8.9k citations · 238 works
  9. 9 Ramachandran Rajalakshmi India · #395,732 worldwide 2.4k citations · 73 works
  10. 10 Elangovan Nirmal India · #420,649 worldwide 4.1k citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Madras Diabetes Research Foundation

What are the most cited papers from Madras Diabetes Research Foundation?

The most cited paper from Madras Diabetes Research Foundation is "Global Prevalence and Major Risk Factors of Diabetic Retinopathy" (Joanne Wen Yee Yau et al., 2012), with 5,033 citations. Next come "Modifiable risk factors, cardiovascular disease, and mortality in 155 722 individuals from 21 high-income, middle-income, and low-income countries (PURE): a prospective cohort study" (2,054) and "Prognostic value of grip strength: findings from the Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology (PURE) study" (1,905).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Global Prevalence and Major Risk Factors of Diabetic Retinopathy Joanne Wen Yee Yau et al. · Diabetes Care Open access 2 Feb 2012 5,033
2 Modifiable risk factors, cardiovascular disease, and mortality in 155 722 individuals from 21 high-income, middle-income, and low-income countries (PURE): a prospective cohort study Salim Yusuf et al. · The Lancet Open access 3 Sep 2019 2,054
3 Prognostic value of grip strength: findings from the Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology (PURE) study Darryl P. Leong et al. · The Lancet Open access 13 May 2015 1,905
4 The effect of physical activity on mortality and cardiovascular disease in 130 000 people from 17 high-income, middle-income, and low-income countries: the PURE study Scott Alexander Lear et al. · The Lancet Open access 22 Sep 2017 1,390
5 Prevention and management of type 2 diabetes: dietary components and nutritional strategies Sylvia H. Ley, Osama Hamdy, Viswanathan Mohan et al. · The Lancet Open access Jun 2014 1,326
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Madras Diabetes Research Foundation?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cardiovascular Disease, Metabolic Syndrome, Diabetes, Insulin Resistance, Obesity, Glycemic Control, Type 1 Diabetes and Insulin Therapy.

▲ 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. Cardiovascular Disease24▲ 13×22 topics
  2. Metabolic Syndrome23▲ 18×13 topics
  3. Diabetes20▲ 25×13 topics
  4. Epidemiology18▲ 2.8×42 topics
  5. Insulin Resistance14▲ 20×7 topics
  6. Obesity14▲ 12×14 topics
  7. Glycemic Control14▲ 55×4 topics
  8. Type 1 Diabetes13▲ 101×2 topics
  9. Inflammation13▲ 4.0×29 topics
  10. Oxidative Stress12▲ 4.7×18 topics
  11. Insulin Therapy12▲ 58×3 topics
  12. Glucose Metabolism9▲ 58×2 topics
  13. Type 2 Diabetes9▲ 25×6 topics
  14. Lifestyle Intervention8▲ 60×2 topics
  15. Atherosclerosis8▲ 18×4 topics
  16. Diabetes Mellitus8▲ 25×4 topics
  17. Genetics8▲ 7.0×6 topics
  18. Cholesterol8▲ 33×3 topics
  19. Immunotherapy8▲ 6.7×3 topics
  20. Autoimmunity7▲ 33×2 topics
  21. Global Prevalence7▲ 48×2 topics
  22. HLA Genes7▲ 121×1 topic
  23. Insulin Production7▲ 121×1 topic
  24. Quality of Life7▲ 3.0×21 topics
  25. Depression7▲ 4.8×13 topics
  26. Complications6▲ 8.3×4 topics
  27. Continuous Glucose Monitoring6▲ 85×1 topic
  28. Hypoglycemia6▲ 85×1 topic
  29. Pancreatic Islets6▲ 92×1 topic
  30. ß-Cell Dysfunction6▲ 92×1 topic
  31. Hyperglycemia5▲ 29×4 topics
  32. Clinical Guidelines5▲ 10×5 topics
  33. Heart Failure5▲ 6.6×7 topics
  34. Neurological Disorders4▲ 4.9×7 topics
  35. Hepatic Steatosis4▲ 19×2 topics
  36. Weight Loss4▲ 17×4 topics
  37. Hypertension4▲ 8.6×6 topics
  38. Cardiovascular Outcomes4▲ 42×1 topic
  39. Chronic Disease4▲ 14×4 topics
  40. Glucose Control4▲ 42×1 topic

Which research topics does Madras Diabetes Research Foundation publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins, Diabetes and associated disorders, Diabetes Management and Research and Pancreatic function and diabetes.

Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins: 7 fractional worksDiabetes and associated disorders: 7 fractional worksDiabetes Management and …6Diabetes Management and Research: 6 fractional worksPancreatic function and …6Pancreatic function and diabetes: 6 fractional worksDiabetes Treatment and M…4Diabetes Treatment and Management: 4 fractional worksNutritional Studies and …3Nutritional Studies and Diet: 3 fractional worksDiet and metabolism stud…3Diet and metabolism studies: 3 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksDiabetes Management and Education: 2 fractional worksGestational Diabetes Research and Management: 2 fractional works
Endocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismGeneticsSurgeryPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health3 others

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

  1. 1 Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 7 works
  2. 2 Diabetes and associated disorders Genetics 7 works
  3. 3 Diabetes Management and Research Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 6 works
  4. 4 Pancreatic function and diabetes Surgery 6 works
  5. 5 Diabetes Treatment and Management Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 4 works
  6. 6 Nutritional Studies and Diet Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  7. 7 Diet and metabolism studies Physiology 3 works
  8. 8 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 2 works
  9. 9 Diabetes Management and Education Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 2 works
  10. 10 Gestational Diabetes Research and Management Obstetrics and Gynecology 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 available48.0%not open52.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.0%domestic only77.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Madras Diabetes Research Foundation's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 10% 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 Madras Diabetes Research Foundation as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00055% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Madras Diabetes Research Foundation0.00070% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Madras Diabetes Research Foundation over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%Madras Diabetes Research Foundation15.3% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 21.9% in 2013.

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