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Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Hospital

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Research works
61
▲ 20% vs 2013–17
Citations
422
6.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
59%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Hospital is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.06× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 4.03× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.63× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringMaterials Science: 0.62× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.75× its world share, 7 worksMedicineNursing: 8.90× its world share, 0 worksNursingPsychology: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 8.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Hospital?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Risk Factors, Surgical Management, Pain Management, Complications, Quality of Life, Clinical Outcomes and Chronic Pain.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Epidemiology6▲ 2.5×31 topics
  2. Risk Factors3▲ 4.7×6 topics
  3. Quality of Life3▲ 3.6×8 topics
  4. Surgical Management2▲ 8.2×7 topics
  5. Complications2▲ 7.0×9 topics
  6. Pain Management2▲ 16×4 topics
  7. Treatment2▲ 2.8×8 topics
  8. Clinical Outcomes2▲ 16×3 topics
  9. Chronic Pain2▲ 13×4 topics
  10. Prophylaxis2▲ 21×3 topics
  11. Antioxidant2▲ 4.0×4 topics
  12. Fetal Surgery2▲ 41×2 topics
  13. Postoperative Pain2▲ 28×2 topics
  14. Prenatal Diagnosis2▲ 15×2 topics
  15. Surgical Treatment2▲ 13×3 topics
  16. Clinical Trials2▲ 4.0×7 topics
  17. Stem Cells2▲ 8.2×4 topics
  18. Global Burden1▲ 4.3×3 topics
  19. Hypertension1▲ 6.3×5 topics
  20. Deep Vein Thrombosis1▲ 25×2 topics
  21. Laparoscopic Surgery1▲ 20×2 topics
  22. Pathophysiology1▲ 7.9×4 topics
  23. Recombinant Factor VIIa1▲ 49×2 topics
  24. Factor VIII1▲ 111×1 topic
  25. Hemophilia1▲ 111×1 topic
  26. Low Back Pain1▲ 12×2 topics
  27. Exercise Training1▲ 42×2 topics
  28. Infection Prevention1▲ 20×2 topics
  29. Muscle Strength1▲ 15×2 topics
  30. Regeneration1▲ 10×2 topics
  31. Wnt Signaling1▲ 15×2 topics
  32. ACE Gene1▲ 183×1 topic
  33. ACTN3 Genotype1▲ 183×1 topic
  34. Analgesia1▲ 23×1 topic
  35. Epidermal Niche1▲ 109×1 topic
  36. Hair Follicle1▲ 109×1 topic
  37. Immune Function1▲ 17×2 topics
  38. Inferior Vena Cava1▲ 81×1 topic
  39. Ischemic Stroke1▲ 12×2 topics
  40. Mortality Rates1▲ 17×2 topics

Which research topics does Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Pain Management and Placebo Effect, Pain Management and Opioid Use, Anesthesia and Pain Management and Long-Term Effects of COVID-19.

Pain Management and Placebo Effect: 1 fractional worksPain Management and Opioid Use: 1 fractional worksAnesthesia and Pain Mana…1Anesthesia and Pain Management: 1 fractional worksLong-Term Effects of COV…0Long-Term Effects of COVID-19: 0 fractional worksSodium Intake and Health: 0 fractional worksBlood Pressure and Hypertension Studies: 0 fractional worksRenal function and acid-…0Renal function and acid-base balance: 0 fractional worksMobile Learning in Education: 0 fractional worksPleural and Pulmonary Diseases: 0 fractional worksUltrasound in Clinical A…0Ultrasound in Clinical Applications: 0 fractional works
Cognitive NeuroscienceAnesthesiology and Pain MedicineSurgeryNeurology6 others

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

  1. 1 Pain Management and Placebo Effect Cognitive Neuroscience 1 works
  2. 2 Pain Management and Opioid Use Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine 1 works
  3. 3 Anesthesia and Pain Management Surgery 1 works
  4. 4 Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 Neurology 0 works
  5. 5 Sodium Intake and Health Nutrition and Dietetics 0 works
  6. 6 Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 0 works
  7. 7 Renal function and acid-base balance Nephrology 0 works
  8. 8 Mobile Learning in Education Information Systems 0 works
  9. 9 Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 0 works
  10. 10 Ultrasound in Clinical Applications Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 0 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 available59.2%not open40.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors35.6%domestic only64.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 20% higher than in 2013–2017.

2005201020152020
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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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