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Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata

In research, Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata stands highest in Medicine (#3,915 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#4,781 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#5,718 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism — Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism is 6.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#11,223
of 28,054 · #16,312 all time
Rank in India
#798
of 1,840
Research works
3.6k
▲ 31% vs 2013–17
Citations
23k
6.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
64%
world 28%

What is Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata 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 #3,915 of 10,443 3.2%660 #5415
Health SciencesDomain #4,781 of 11,982 3.4%709 #6510
Life SciencesDomain #5,718 of 7,800 3.2%113 #8097
SurgerySubfield #1,646 of 1,816 2.4%102 #3192
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #3,530 of 3,579 3.4%65 #7279

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata 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#5,415 #3,915
  2. Health Sciences#6,510 #4,781
  3. Life Sciences#8,097 #5,718
  4. Surgery#3,192 #1,646
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#7,279 #3,530
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 Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism takes 6.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Endocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismSubfield · 33.7 works6.9×
← 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: 0.12× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.35× its world share, 65 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.72× its world share, 25 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.98× its world share, 14 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.35× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.12× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.37× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.63× its world share, 7 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.15× its world share, 27 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.81× its world share, 660 worksMedicineNursing: 2.76× its world share, 12 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.74× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.09× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.30× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.81× its world share, 22 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 17 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata?

Ranked on the composite score, Indrashis Podder, A Rudra and Santanu Guha lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata.

  1. 1 Indrashis Podder India · #71,242 worldwide 238 citations · 33 works
  2. 2 A Rudra India · #396,755 worldwide 16 citations · 21 works
  3. 3 Santanu Guha India · #616,914 worldwide 31 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Chhanda Das India · #785,985 worldwide 6 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Bibhuti Saha India · #919,200 worldwide 19 citations · 23 works
  6. 6 Nilendu Sarma India · #960,231 worldwide 12 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 Mainak Dutta India · #976,664 worldwide 6 citations · 25 works
  8. 8 Supriya Sarkar India · #981,924 worldwide 4 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Arunansu Talukdar India · #986,363 worldwide 33 citations · 20 works
  10. 10 D. Bhattacharyya India · #1,021,570 worldwide 46 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata

Which keywords describe research at Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology142▲ 4.0×114 topics
  2. Inflammation45▲ 2.4×68 topics
  3. Diagnosis44▲ 5.2×39 topics
  4. Treatment41▲ 3.7×47 topics
  5. Cardiovascular Disease39▲ 3.9×33 topics
  6. Chemotherapy32▲ 5.0×22 topics
  7. Quality of Life31▲ 2.4×38 topics
  8. Metabolic Syndrome30▲ 4.1×22 topics
  9. Management30▲ 4.2×28 topics
  10. Oxidative Stress29▲ 1.97×47 topics
  11. Complications28▲ 6.2×16 topics
  12. Public Health27▲ 2.0×32 topics
  13. Prognostic Factors25▲ 6.5×14 topics
  14. COVID-1925▲ 2.0×18 topics
  15. Obesity23▲ 3.4×20 topics
  16. Clinical Practice Guidelines23▲ 4.7×14 topics
  17. Surgical Management21▲ 5.7×19 topics
  18. Radiotherapy20▲ 5.9×13 topics
  19. Pandemic20▲ 2.1×7 topics
  20. Insulin Resistance20▲ 4.8×9 topics
  21. Global Burden20▲ 4.0×11 topics
  22. Immune Response20▲ 3.8×19 topics
  23. Mortality19▲ 3.7×13 topics
  24. Diabetes19▲ 4.2×18 topics
  25. Immunotherapy18▲ 2.8×16 topics
  26. Pathogenesis17▲ 3.7×17 topics
  27. Clinical Trials17▲ 2.8×17 topics
  28. Genetic Mutations16▲ 4.1×22 topics
  29. Guidelines15▲ 3.7×12 topics
  30. Heart Failure15▲ 3.9×12 topics
  31. Metastasis14▲ 4.5×9 topics
  32. Herbal Medicine14▲ 5.3×6 topics
  33. Vaccine Development14▲ 5.9×9 topics
  34. SARS-CoV-213▲ 4.5×6 topics
  35. Thrombosis12▲ 5.0×7 topics
  36. Glycemic Control12▲ 8.9×4 topics
  37. ACE2 Receptor12▲ 5.5×3 topics
  38. Clinical Management11▲ 7.2×8 topics
  39. Pulmonary Hypertension11▲ 8.7×3 topics
  40. Insulin Therapy11▲ 10.0×3 topics

Which research topics does Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies, Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders, Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment and Child Nutrition and Water Access.

Complementary and Altern…9Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies: 9 fractional worksHemoglobinopathies and R…7Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders: 7 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 6 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 6 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 6 fractional worksMosquito-borne diseases and control: 6 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 6 fractional worksDiabetes Treatment and M…6Diabetes Treatment and Management: 6 fractional worksAnesthesia and Pain Management: 5 fractional worksBone fractures and treatments: 5 fractional works
Complementary and alternative medicineGeneticsEpidemiologyNutrition and Dietetics5 others

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

  1. 1 Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies Complementary and alternative medicine 9 works
  2. 2 Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders Genetics 7 works
  3. 3 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 6 works
  4. 4 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 6 works
  5. 5 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 6 works
  6. 6 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 6 works
  7. 7 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 6 works
  8. 8 Diabetes Treatment and Management Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 6 works
  9. 9 Anesthesia and Pain Management Surgery 5 works
  10. 10 Bone fractures and treatments Epidemiology 5 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 available63.7%not open36.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.7%domestic only93.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 31% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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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