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Medical Research Institute

In research, Medical Research Institute stands highest in Health Sciences (#11,608 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#23,985
of 28,054 · #21,472 all time
Rank in Sri Lanka
#32
of 37
Research works
620
▲ 30% vs 2013–17
Citations
9.4k
15.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
51%
world 28%

What is Medical Research Institute 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
Health SciencesDomain #11,608 of 11,982 5.1%61 #13930

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

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: 0.92× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.75× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 5.98× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.55× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.74× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.95× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.91× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.34× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.93× its world share, 53 worksMedicineNursing: 7.74× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.96× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.01× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.19× 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, 7.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Medical Research Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, Lucius Nicholls lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Medical Research Institute.

  1. 1 Lucius Nicholls Sri Lanka · #1,004,045 worldwide 10 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Medical Research Institute

Which keywords describe research at Medical Research Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Vaccine Development, Diagnosis, Immune Response, Vaccine, Pathogenesis, SARS-CoV-2 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 2022–2025 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. Epidemiology26▲ 6.9×61 topics
  2. Vaccine Development7▲ 30×8 topics
  3. Diagnosis6▲ 7.3×16 topics
  4. Immune Response6▲ 11×11 topics
  5. Vaccine6▲ 15×10 topics
  6. Pathogenesis6▲ 11×15 topics
  7. Inflammation5▲ 2.8×28 topics
  8. Public Health5▲ 3.5×18 topics
  9. Antifungal Therapy4▲ 46×3 topics
  10. Pandemic4▲ 3.9×6 topics
  11. SARS-CoV-24▲ 13×3 topics
  12. Vector Control4▲ 31×3 topics
  13. Pathogenicity3▲ 54×4 topics
  14. Host Immune Response3▲ 58×2 topics
  15. Virulence Factors3▲ 24×5 topics
  16. Metabolic Syndrome3▲ 4.1×10 topics
  17. ACE2 Receptor3▲ 14×2 topics
  18. Child Development3▲ 7.6×2 topics
  19. Diabetes3▲ 6.2×8 topics
  20. Zoonotic Disease3▲ 124×2 topics
  21. Global Burden3▲ 5.6×9 topics
  22. Global Burden of Disease3▲ 12×3 topics
  23. Viral Pathogenesis3▲ 48×3 topics
  24. Viral Transmission3▲ 20×3 topics
  25. Genetic Diversity3▲ 6.6×5 topics
  26. Maternal and Child Undernutrition3▲ 34×1 topic
  27. Pathophysiology3▲ 9.8×7 topics
  28. Water Sanitation Hygiene3▲ 34×1 topic
  29. Virulence2▲ 42×3 topics
  30. Prevention2▲ 6.1×9 topics
  31. Food Safety2▲ 8.6×4 topics
  32. Molecular Genetics2▲ 51×2 topics
  33. Zoonotic Infections2▲ 43×2 topics
  34. Zoonotic Transmission2▲ 34×3 topics
  35. Arboviral Diseases2▲ 34×1 topic
  36. Fungal Pathogens2▲ 17×2 topics
  37. Global Morbidity2▲ 250×1 topic
  38. Leptospira2▲ 250×1 topic
  39. Zika Virus2▲ 34×1 topic
  40. Immunocompromised Patients2▲ 36×2 topics

Which research topics does Medical Research Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Child Nutrition and Water Access, Leptospirosis research and findings, Mosquito-borne diseases and control and Virology and Viral Diseases.

Child Nutrition and Wate…3Child Nutrition and Water Access: 3 fractional worksLeptospirosis research a…2Leptospirosis research and findings: 2 fractional worksMosquito-borne diseases and control: 2 fractional worksVirology and Viral Disea…2Virology and Viral Diseases: 2 fractional worksViral Infections and Vec…2Viral Infections and Vectors: 2 fractional worksAntifungal resistance and susceptibility: 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 DieteticsParasitologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthEpidemiology1 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 Leptospirosis research and findings Parasitology 2 works
  3. 3 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  4. 4 Virology and Viral Diseases Epidemiology 2 works
  5. 5 Viral Infections and Vectors Infectious Diseases 2 works
  6. 6 Antifungal resistance and susceptibility 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Medical Research Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 30% 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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