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Madras Medical College

In research, Madras Medical College stands highest in Medicine (#6,099 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#7,437 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#7,096 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery and Neurology — Surgery is 6.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#14,479
of 28,054 · #21,827 all time
Rank in India
#998
of 1,840
Research works
3k
▲ 53% vs 2013–17
Citations
16k
5.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
66%
world 28%

What is Madras Medical College 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 #6,099 of 10,443 2.0%560 #7540
Health SciencesDomain #7,437 of 11,982 2.0%603 #9533
Life SciencesDomain #7,096 of 7,800 2.5%101 #11989
SurgerySubfield #1,694 of 1,816 1.5%117 #3509

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Madras Medical 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Medicine#7,540 #6,099
  2. Health Sciences#9,533 #7,437
  3. Life Sciences#11,989 #7,096
  4. Surgery#3,509 #1,694
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Madras Medical College specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 6.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 117.2 works6.3×
  2. NeurologySubfield · 27.3 works6.0×
← 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: 0.52× its world share, 20 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.09× its world share, 46 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.36× its world share, 11 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.03× its world share, 13 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.96× its world share, 11 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.64× its world share, 8 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.13× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 14 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.21× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.24× its world share, 7 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.35× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.04× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.25× its world share, 26 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.66× its world share, 560 worksMedicineNursing: 2.21× its world share, 9 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.71× its world share, 4 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.14× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.37× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.74× its world share, 18 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 11 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Madras Medical College?

Ranked on the composite score, B Ramamurthi, Maya Menon and Indumathy Santhanam lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Madras Medical College.

  1. 1 B Ramamurthi India · #257,016 worldwide 69 citations · 47 works
  2. 2 Maya Menon India · #384,523 worldwide 43 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 Indumathy Santhanam India · #405,924 worldwide 6 citations · 26 works
  4. 4 C Janaki India · #490,207 worldwide 32 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Ramachandran India · #866,006 worldwide 27 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 K. Meenakshi India · #1,094,181 worldwide 63 citations · 34 works
  7. 7 D. Muthukumar India · #1,140,799 worldwide 33 citations · 20 works
  8. 8 N. Dorairajan India · #1,246,777 worldwide 6 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 O Somasundaram India · #1,264,767 worldwide 10 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Prema Sembulingam India · #1,289,522 worldwide 11 citations · 207 works
All ranked researchers at Madras Medical College

Which keywords describe research at Madras Medical College?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Treatment, Diagnosis, Complications, Inflammation, Surgical Management, Prognostic Factors and Cardiovascular Disease.

▲ 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. Epidemiology117▲ 3.7×113 topics
  2. Treatment52▲ 5.4×44 topics
  3. Diagnosis47▲ 6.3×36 topics
  4. Inflammation45▲ 2.7×65 topics
  5. Complications33▲ 8.4×16 topics
  6. Quality of Life31▲ 2.7×40 topics
  7. Oxidative Stress30▲ 2.3×43 topics
  8. Cardiovascular Disease29▲ 3.3×32 topics
  9. Surgical Management27▲ 8.2×19 topics
  10. Chemotherapy24▲ 4.3×20 topics
  11. Risk Factors23▲ 2.6×27 topics
  12. Prognostic Factors22▲ 6.3×14 topics
  13. Management21▲ 3.4×27 topics
  14. Immunotherapy20▲ 3.5×18 topics
  15. Metabolic Syndrome20▲ 3.0×21 topics
  16. Immune Response17▲ 3.8×18 topics
  17. Neurological Disorders17▲ 3.7×17 topics
  18. Genetic Mutations17▲ 4.9×21 topics
  19. Clinical Practice Guidelines16▲ 3.8×14 topics
  20. Guidelines16▲ 4.5×12 topics
  21. Mortality16▲ 3.5×12 topics
  22. Diabetes16▲ 4.0×14 topics
  23. Insulin Resistance15▲ 4.2×9 topics
  24. Vaccine14▲ 4.5×11 topics
  25. Children14▲ 7.6×6 topics
  26. Surgery13▲ 4.7×9 topics
  27. Prognosis13▲ 5.0×9 topics
  28. Imaging13▲ 6.4×6 topics
  29. Pathophysiology13▲ 5.3×9 topics
  30. Radiotherapy12▲ 4.1×11 topics
  31. Chronic Kidney Disease12▲ 6.2×9 topics
  32. Liver Transplantation12▲ 12×5 topics
  33. Genetic Factors11▲ 21×3 topics
  34. Review11▲ 11×2 topics
  35. Nutritional Support11▲ 14×3 topics
  36. Adults10▲ 21×2 topics
  37. Hepatocellular Carcinoma10▲ 6.2×3 topics
  38. Intussusception10▲ 36×1 topic
  39. Meckel's Diverticulum10▲ 36×1 topic
  40. Prenatal Diagnosis10▲ 8.6×7 topics

Which research topics does Madras Medical College publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments, Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment, Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment and Pediatric Hepatobiliary Diseases and Treatments.

Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments: 10 fractional worksPancreatitis Pathology and Treatment: 9 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis …8Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 8 fractional worksPediatric Hepatobiliary …5Pediatric Hepatobiliary Diseases and Treatments: 5 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 5 fractional worksGastrointestinal Tumor Research and Treatment: 5 fractional worksReconstructive Surgery a…5Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques: 5 fractional worksPancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 5 fractional worksLiver Disease and Transplantation: 4 fractional worksDialysis and Renal Disea…4Dialysis and Renal Disease Management: 4 fractional works
SurgeryEpidemiologyInfectious DiseasesGastroenterology3 others

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

  1. 1 Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments Surgery 10 works
  2. 2 Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment Surgery 9 works
  3. 3 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 8 works
  4. 4 Pediatric Hepatobiliary Diseases and Treatments Surgery 5 works
  5. 5 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 5 works
  6. 6 Gastrointestinal Tumor Research and Treatment Gastroenterology 5 works
  7. 7 Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques Surgery 5 works
  8. 8 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 5 works
  9. 9 Liver Disease and Transplantation Hepatology 4 works
  10. 10 Dialysis and Renal Disease Management Nephrology 4 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 available65.5%not open34.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Madras Medical College's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 53% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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