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Medical Research Institute

In research, Medical Research Institute stands highest in Health Sciences (#9,191 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#20,639
of 22,385 · #14,433 all time
Rank in Sri Lanka
#32
of 36
Research works
620
▲ 14% vs 2018-21
Citations
9.4k
15.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.89×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
51%
world 40%
International
43%
world 18%
Medical Research Institute

What is Medical Research Institute 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 #9,191 of 9,902 2.7%61 #8350

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Medical Research Institute 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 Medical Research Institute work in?

In 2022-now, 60% of research at Medical Research Institute is in Health Sciences, 22% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (53%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (10%), Environmental Science (6%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 67 fractional works · 60.5% of its workMedicine: 59 fractional works · 52.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 12 fractional works · 11.0% of its workEpidemiology: 9 fractional works · 8.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 6 fractional works · 5.6% of its workSurgery: 5 fractional works · 4.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 4 fractional works · 3.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNursing: 4 fractional works · 3.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 4 fractional works · 3.3% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 25 fractional works · 22.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 12 fractional works · 10.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 4.9% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 6 fractional works · 5.7% of its workParasitology: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workVirology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 5.1% of its workFood Science: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 12 fractional works · 11.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 7 fractional works · 6.0% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 6.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKMedical ResearchInstitute112fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences22%Physical Sciences11%Health Sciences60%Social Sciences6%

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. Medicine5952.9%
    2. Nursing43.3%
    3. Health Professions43.3%
    4. Veterinary10.6%
    5. Dentistry00.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1210.4%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology65.7%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences65.1%
    4. Neuroscience10.8%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.3%
    1. Environmental Science76.0%
    2. Engineering21.6%
    3. Chemistry21.3%
    4. Materials Science11.3%
    5. Mathematics00.3%
    6. Energy00.2%
    7. Computer Science00.2%
    8. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    1. Social Sciences22.1%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance21.8%
    3. Psychology11.2%
    4. Arts and Humanities10.6%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting10.5%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 1.07× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.96× its world share, 12 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 5.71× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.72× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.86× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.22× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.77× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.24× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.75× its world share, 59 worksMedicineNursing: 6.72× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 4.51× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.85× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 6.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing6.72×4 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology5.71×6 works
  3. Veterinary4.51×1 works
  4. Medicine2.75×59 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.96×12 works
  6. Health Professions1.24×4 works
  7. Environmental Science1.22×7 works
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.07×6 works
  9. Chemistry0.86×2 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.85×2 works
  11. Dentistry0.77×0 works
  12. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.72×0 works
  13. Neuroscience0.46×1 works
  14. Psychology0.40×1 works
  15. Materials Science0.36×1 works
  16. Mathematics0.25×0 works
  17. Arts and Humanities0.21×1 works
  18. Energy0.19×0 works
  19. Social Sciences0.17×2 works
  20. Business, Management and Accounting0.15×1 works
  21. Engineering0.10×2 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.06×0 works
  23. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.05×0 works
  24. Computer Science0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Medical Research Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, Adhyana I. K. Mahanama, Buddhini Samaraweera and Janaki Indira Abeynayake lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Medical Research Institute.

  1. 1 Adhyana I. K. Mahanama Sri Lanka · #435,907 worldwide 3.8k citations · 26 works
  2. 2 Buddhini Samaraweera Sri Lanka · #558,109 worldwide 3.7k citations · 28 works
  3. 3 Janaki Indira Abeynayake Sri Lanka · #1,811,655 worldwide 867 citations · 37 works
  4. 4 Sujatha Pathirage Sri Lanka · #1,986,020 worldwide 1.7k citations · 33 works
  5. 5 L. S. M. Sigera Sri Lanka · #2,427,719 worldwide 206 citations · 25 works
  6. 6 Lucius Nicholls Sri Lanka · #3,068,038 worldwide 364 citations · 75 works
  7. 7 Renuka Jayatissa Sri Lanka · #3,130,348 worldwide 980 citations · 88 works
  8. 8 Geethani Galagoda Sri Lanka · #3,280,922 worldwide 264 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 Sunethra Gunasena Sri Lanka · #3,717,305 worldwide 757 citations · 38 works
  10. 10 Dhanushka Dasanayake Sri Lanka · #3,881,033 worldwide 81 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Medical Research Institute

What are the most cited papers from Medical Research Institute?

The most cited paper from Medical Research Institute is "Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Physical Principles and Sequence Design" (Robert William Brown, Yu‐Chung N. Cheng, E. Mark Haacke et al., 1999), with 2,719 citations. Next come "Global monitoring of antimicrobial resistance based on metagenomics analyses of urban sewage" (1,232) and "Efficacy of Pamidronate in Reducing Skeletal Events in Patients with Advanced Multiple Myeloma" (1,092).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Physical Principles and Sequence Design Robert William Brown, Yu‐Chung N. Cheng, E. Mark Haacke et al. 15 Jun 1999 2,719
2 Global monitoring of antimicrobial resistance based on metagenomics analyses of urban sewage René S. Hendriksen et al. · Nature Communications Open access128 authors 8 Mar 2019 1,232
3 Efficacy of Pamidronate in Reducing Skeletal Events in Patients with Advanced Multiple Myeloma James R. Berenson, Alan K. Lichtenstein, Lester L. Porter et al. · New England Journal of Medicine 22 Feb 1996 1,092
4 European Society of Hypertension practice guidelines for ambulatory blood pressure monitoring Gianfranco Parati et al. · Journal of Hypertension 30 May 2014 1,030
5 High Temperature and Hospitalizations for Cardiovascular and Respiratory Causes in 12 European Cities Paola Michelozzi et al. · American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 5 Dec 2008 607
All 58 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Medical Research Institute?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Vaccine Development, Diagnosis, Pathogenesis, Immune Response, Vaccine, Public Health and Antifungal 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. Epidemiology28▲ 6.4×68 topics
  2. Vaccine Development8▲ 27×9 topics
  3. Diagnosis7▲ 7.1×19 topics
  4. Public Health6▲ 3.9×20 topics
  5. Pathogenesis6▲ 10×15 topics
  6. Inflammation6▲ 2.5×29 topics
  7. Immune Response6▲ 9.0×11 topics
  8. Vaccine6▲ 13×10 topics
  9. Antifungal Therapy4▲ 45×3 topics
  10. Pandemic4▲ 3.5×6 topics
  11. Pathogenicity4▲ 50×4 topics
  12. SARS-CoV-24▲ 12×3 topics
  13. Metabolic Syndrome4▲ 4.1×10 topics
  14. Vector Control4▲ 28×4 topics
  15. Virulence Factors4▲ 21×5 topics
  16. Diabetes3▲ 6.1×9 topics
  17. Host Immune Response3▲ 49×2 topics
  18. ACE2 Receptor3▲ 12×2 topics
  19. Child Development3▲ 6.5×2 topics
  20. Global Burden3▲ 4.9×9 topics
  21. Toxicity3▲ 6.0×6 topics
  22. Viral Pathogenesis3▲ 41×3 topics
  23. Zoonotic Disease3▲ 105×2 topics
  24. Global Burden of Disease3▲ 10×3 topics
  25. Pathophysiology3▲ 8.7×8 topics
  26. Viral Transmission3▲ 18×3 topics
  27. Virulence3▲ 37×3 topics
  28. Genetic Diversity3▲ 5.6×5 topics
  29. Maternal and Child Undernutrition3▲ 29×1 topic
  30. Water Sanitation Hygiene3▲ 29×1 topic
  31. Zoonotic Infections2▲ 41×2 topics
  32. Zoonotic Transmission2▲ 30×4 topics
  33. Immunocompromised Patients2▲ 38×2 topics
  34. Molecular Genetics2▲ 44×2 topics
  35. Candidiasis2▲ 45×1 topic
  36. Food Safety2▲ 7.4×4 topics
  37. Genomic Analysis2▲ 7.9×5 topics
  38. Invasive Fungal Infections2▲ 56×1 topic
  39. Antimicrobial Resistance2▲ 9.7×7 topics
  40. Fungal Pathogens2▲ 15×2 topics

Which research topics does Medical Research Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Child Nutrition and Water Access, Antifungal resistance and susceptibility, Leptospirosis research and findings and Mosquito-borne diseases and control.

Child Nutrition and Wate…3Child Nutrition and Water Access: 3 fractional worksAntifungal resistance an…2Antifungal resistance and susceptibility: 2 fractional worksLeptospirosis research and findings: 2 fractional worksMosquito-borne diseases …2Mosquito-borne diseases and control: 2 fractional worksVirology and Viral Disea…2Virology and Viral Diseases: 2 fractional worksViral Infections and Vectors: 2 fractional worksFungal Infections and Studies: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Resear…2COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 2 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 2 fractional worksRespiratory viral infections research: 1 fractional works
Nutrition and DieteticsInfectious DiseasesParasitologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health1 others

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

  1. 1 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 3 works
  2. 2 Antifungal resistance and susceptibility Infectious Diseases 2 works
  3. 3 Leptospirosis research and findings Parasitology 2 works
  4. 4 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  5. 5 Virology and Viral Diseases Epidemiology 2 works
  6. 6 Viral Infections and Vectors Infectious Diseases 2 works
  7. 7 Fungal Infections and Studies Epidemiology 2 works
  8. 8 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 2 works
  9. 9 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 2 works
  10. 10 Respiratory viral infections research Epidemiology 1 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 available51.1%not open48.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors43.0%domestic only57.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Medical Research Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 14% 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 Medical Research Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00040% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Medical Research Institute0.00042% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Medical Research Institute 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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Medical Research Institute6.8% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 6.8% in 2025.

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