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Manipal Hospital

In research, Manipal Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#3,726 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#4,291 of 11,982 worldwide) and Surgery (#1,398 of 1,816 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine — Surgery is 6.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,790
of 28,054 · #17,547 all time
Rank in India
#769
of 1,840
Research works
2.1k
▲ 126% vs 2013–17
Citations
13k
5.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
61%
world 28%

What is Manipal 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
MedicineField #3,726 of 10,443 4.2%577 #6154
Health SciencesDomain #4,291 of 11,982 4.3%612 #7311
SurgerySubfield #1,398 of 1,816 4.8%126 #3021
Life SciencesDomain #6,199 of 7,800 7.5%91 #10680
Physical SciencesDomain #11,446 of 12,888 10.2%96 #17691
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #1,114 of 1,144 3.2%65 #2590

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Manipal 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).

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#6,154 #3,726
  2. Health Sciences#7,311 #4,291
  3. Surgery#3,021 #1,398
  4. Life Sciences#10,680 #6,199
  5. Physical Sciences#17,691 #11,446
  6. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#2,590 #1,114
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 Manipal Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 6.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 125.6 works6.4×
  2. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 65.5 works5.1×
← 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: 0.23× its world share, 9 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.21× its world share, 54 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.65× its world share, 14 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.94× its world share, 13 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.55× its world share, 36 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.31× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.28× its world share, 35 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.19× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.19× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.26× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.36× its world share, 6 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.02× its world share, 22 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.59× its world share, 577 worksMedicineNursing: 1.30× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.11× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.19× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.24× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.21× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.44× its world share, 11 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 10 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Manipal Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, S. P. Somashekhar, Rohit Kumar and Vijay Ahuja lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Manipal Hospital.

  1. 1 S. P. Somashekhar India · #602,151 worldwide 30 citations · 38 works
  2. 2 Rohit Kumar India · #803,063 worldwide 3 citations · 25 works
  3. 3 Vijay Ahuja India · #1,167,551 worldwide 3 citations · 23 works
  4. 4 Shabber Zaveri India · #1,192,176 worldwide 5 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 K. R. Ashwin India · #1,397,685 worldwide 3 citations · 23 works
  6. 6 Amit Rauthan India · #1,437,136 worldwide 9 citations · 24 works
  7. 7 Bhaskar Shenoy India · #1,510,294 worldwide 4 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at Manipal Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Manipal Hospital?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology108▲ 3.3×110 topics
  2. Treatment48▲ 4.7×44 topics
  3. Diagnosis40▲ 5.2×36 topics
  4. Complications36▲ 8.5×17 topics
  5. Inflammation34▲ 1.94×59 topics
  6. Deep Learning27◆ 0.93×48 topics
  7. Management26▲ 4.0×28 topics
  8. Surgical Management25▲ 7.2×20 topics
  9. Quality of Life24▲ 2.0×40 topics
  10. Oxidative Stress24▲ 1.76×38 topics
  11. Chemotherapy23▲ 3.9×22 topics
  12. Immunotherapy20▲ 3.4×17 topics
  13. Cardiovascular Disease20▲ 2.1×30 topics
  14. Mortality19▲ 4.0×13 topics
  15. Prognostic Factors19▲ 5.3×14 topics
  16. Clinical Practice Guidelines17▲ 3.8×14 topics
  17. Risk Factors17▲ 1.83×24 topics
  18. Genetic Mutations17▲ 4.7×22 topics
  19. Radiotherapy16▲ 4.8×12 topics
  20. Clinical Trials15▲ 2.7×15 topics
  21. Pathogenesis15▲ 3.5×19 topics
  22. Guidelines15▲ 3.8×13 topics
  23. Surgery14▲ 4.8×11 topics
  24. Prognosis14▲ 5.0×9 topics
  25. Rehabilitation14▲ 4.2×10 topics
  26. Heart Failure14▲ 3.8×12 topics
  27. Global Burden13▲ 2.9×12 topics
  28. Mechanical Ventilation12▲ 13×2 topics
  29. Biomechanics12▲ 4.5×6 topics
  30. Clinical Guidelines11▲ 4.6×9 topics
  31. Pathophysiology11▲ 4.3×9 topics
  32. Survival Analysis11▲ 4.7×6 topics
  33. Autoantibodies10▲ 5.4×8 topics
  34. Chronic Kidney Disease10▲ 5.2×8 topics
  35. Kidney Transplantation10▲ 19×2 topics
  36. Robotic Surgery9▲ 7.8×5 topics
  37. Graft Survival9▲ 14×3 topics
  38. Molecular Characterization9▲ 6.2×6 topics
  39. Transplantation9▲ 11×4 topics
  40. Perioperative Care8▲ 8.5×3 topics

Which research topics does Manipal Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Tracheal and airway disorders, Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes, Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments and Respiratory Support and Mechanisms.

Tracheal and airway diso…7Tracheal and airway disorders: 7 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and …6Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 6 fractional worksRenal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments: 5 fractional worksRespiratory Support and Mechanisms: 5 fractional worksAirway Management and Intubation Techniques: 5 fractional worksSpinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques: 5 fractional worksRenal Diseases and Glomerulopathies: 5 fractional worksRenal cell carcinoma tre…5Renal cell carcinoma treatment: 5 fractional worksOrgan Donation and Transplantation: 4 fractional worksHemodynamic Monitoring and Therapy: 4 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineTransplantationAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine3 others

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

  1. 1 Tracheal and airway disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 7 works
  2. 2 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 6 works
  3. 3 Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments Transplantation 5 works
  4. 4 Respiratory Support and Mechanisms Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 5 works
  5. 5 Airway Management and Intubation Techniques Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine 5 works
  6. 6 Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques Surgery 5 works
  7. 7 Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies Nephrology 5 works
  8. 8 Renal cell carcinoma treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 5 works
  9. 9 Organ Donation and Transplantation Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  10. 10 Hemodynamic Monitoring and Therapy Surgery 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 available61.4%not open38.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.5%domestic only89.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Manipal Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 126% 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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