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Mother Hospital

In research, Mother Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#4,891 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#4,419 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health (Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health is 9.6× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#11,506
of 22,385 · #12,053 all time
Rank in India
#765
of 1,562
Research works
1.1k
▲ 101% vs 2018-21
Citations
16k
14.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.81×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
51%
world 40%
International
50%
world 18%
Mother Hospital

What is Mother Hospital 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 #4,891 of 9,902 3.9%207 #4585
MedicineField #4,419 of 8,541 4.2%183 #4339

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Mother 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Mother Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 69% of research at Mother Hospital is in Health Sciences, 13% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (61%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (7%), Social Sciences (7%). It does 2.9× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 273 fractional works · 69.5% of its workMedicine: 240 fractional works · 61.2% of its workSurgery: 40 fractional works · 10.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 28 fractional works · 7.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 19 fractional works · 4.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 19 fractional works · 4.8% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 15 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEpidemiology: 14 fractional works · 3.7% of its workReproductive Medicine: 9 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 8 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOncology: 7 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRheumatology: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workUrology: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNeurology: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHematology: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNephrology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 21 fractional works · 5.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 10 fractional works · 2.6% of its workHealth Information Management: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 8 fractional works · 2.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 7 fractional works · 1.9% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 52 fractional works · 13.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 26 fractional works · 6.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 7 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEducation: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCultural Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 15 fractional works · 3.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 7 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 47 fractional works · 12.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 27 fractional works · 6.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 11 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGenetics: 10 fractional works · 2.6% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 8 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSensory Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 7 fractional works · 1.7% of its workImmunology: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 21 fractional works · 5.3% of its workEngineering: 8 fractional works · 2.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKMother Hospital392fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences5%Health Sciences69%Social Sciences13%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine24061.2%
    2. Health Professions215.4%
    3. Nursing82.2%
    4. Veterinary20.5%
    5. Dentistry10.2%
    1. Social Sciences266.6%
    2. Psychology153.8%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting41.1%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance30.9%
    5. Arts and Humanities30.8%
    6. Decision Sciences00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology276.8%
    2. Neuroscience81.9%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology71.7%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences41.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.5%
    1. Engineering82.1%
    2. Computer Science61.4%
    3. Environmental Science30.7%
    4. Materials Science10.3%
    5. Chemistry10.2%
    6. Energy10.2%
    7. Physics and Astronomy10.1%
    8. Mathematics00.1%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Mother Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health takes 9.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSubfield · 28.3 works9.6×
← 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: 0.24× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.28× its world share, 27 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.67× its world share, 7 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.18× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.52× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.18× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.14× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.15× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.05× its world share, 21 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.19× its world share, 240 worksMedicineNursing: 4.41× its world share, 8 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.38× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.26× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.35× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.40× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.24× its world share, 15 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.52× its world share, 26 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 4.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing4.41×8 works
  2. Veterinary3.38×2 works
  3. Medicine3.19×240 works
  4. Health Professions2.05×21 works
  5. Immunology and Microbiology1.67×7 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.52×2 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.28×27 works
  8. Psychology1.24×15 works
  9. Neuroscience1.18×8 works
  10. Social Sciences0.52×26 works
  11. Dentistry0.42×1 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.40×3 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.35×4 works
  14. Arts and Humanities0.26×3 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.24×4 works
  16. Energy0.19×1 works
  17. Computer Science0.18×6 works
  18. Environmental Science0.15×3 works
  19. Chemistry0.14×1 works
  20. Engineering0.14×8 works
  21. Materials Science0.09×1 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.07×1 works
  23. Decision Sciences0.06×0 works
  24. Mathematics0.05×0 works
  25. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Mother Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Geevar Zachariah, Geevar A. Zachariah and C. R. Whitfield lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Mother Hospital.

  1. 1 Geevar Zachariah India · #461,900 worldwide 3.4k citations · 30 works
  2. 2 Geevar A. Zachariah India · #1,413,535 worldwide 17k citations · 21 works
  3. 3 C. R. Whitfield India · #2,727,004 worldwide 1.2k citations · 68 works
  4. 4 James Willocks India · #2,727,893 worldwide 1.3k citations · 54 works
  5. 5 Helen A. Baston India · #2,766,188 worldwide 1k citations · 92 works
  6. 6 Nalini Mahajan India · #3,084,462 worldwide 1.3k citations · 68 works
  7. 7 Z. Ait Said India · #3,644,649 worldwide 344 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Margaret B. McNay India · #3,885,274 worldwide 1.1k citations · 35 works
  9. 9 M. M. Kerr India · #4,014,902 worldwide 453 citations · 31 works
  10. 10 Donald D. Moir India · #4,191,667 worldwide 1.4k citations · 74 works
All ranked researchers at Mother Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Mother Hospital?

The most cited paper from Mother Hospital is "A CRITICAL EVALUATION OF SONAR “CROWN‐RUMP LENGTH” MEASUREMENTS" (Hugh P. Robinson, J. E. E. Fleming, 1975), with 1,424 citations. Next come "Drugs in Pregnancy" (751) and "Neurodevelopment of Children Exposed in Utero to Antidepressant Drugs" (581).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A CRITICAL EVALUATION OF SONAR “CROWN‐RUMP LENGTH” MEASUREMENTS Hugh P. Robinson, J. E. E. Fleming · BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology Sep 1975 1,424
2 Drugs in Pregnancy Gideon Koren, Anne L. Pastuszak, Shinya Ito · New England Journal of Medicine 16 Apr 1998 751
3 Neurodevelopment of Children Exposed in Utero to Antidepressant Drugs Irena Nulman, JOANNE F. ROVET, Donna Eileen Stewart et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 23 Jan 1997 581
4 Perinatal Risks of Untreated Depression during Pregnancy Lori Bonari, Natasha Pinto, Eric S. Ahn et al. · The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry Open access Nov 2004 527
5 A Randomized Trial of Hyperimmune Globulin to Prevent Congenital Cytomegalovirus Maria Grazia Revello, Tiziana Lazzarotto, Brunella Guerra et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 2 Apr 2014 498
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Mother Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Maternal Mortality, Preterm Infants, Prenatal Diagnosis, Neurodevelopmental Outcomes, Metabolic Syndrome, Quality of Life and Child Development.

▲ 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. Epidemiology44▲ 2.8×100 topics
  2. Inflammation14▲ 1.73×40 topics
  3. Quality of Life14▲ 2.5×34 topics
  4. Maternal Mortality12▲ 14×5 topics
  5. Public Health12▲ 2.0×27 topics
  6. Treatment12▲ 2.4×35 topics
  7. Metabolic Syndrome11▲ 3.6×17 topics
  8. Cardiovascular Disease10▲ 2.3×26 topics
  9. Preterm Infants10▲ 21×4 topics
  10. Diagnosis10▲ 2.7×28 topics
  11. Oxidative Stress10▲ 1.52×20 topics
  12. Risk Factors10▲ 2.3×26 topics
  13. Child Development9▲ 5.4×4 topics
  14. Management9▲ 2.8×20 topics
  15. Prenatal Diagnosis8▲ 15×7 topics
  16. Genetic Mutations8▲ 4.7×22 topics
  17. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes8▲ 11×6 topics
  18. Genetics8▲ 2.8×16 topics
  19. Obesity8▲ 2.5×12 topics
  20. Immunotherapy7▲ 2.6×16 topics
  21. Pulmonary Hypertension7▲ 13×3 topics
  22. Complications7▲ 3.5×16 topics
  23. Surgical Management7▲ 4.2×17 topics
  24. Critical Care6▲ 6.8×8 topics
  25. Infertility6▲ 12×4 topics
  26. Respiratory Distress Syndrome6▲ 18×2 topics
  27. Global Trends6▲ 18×2 topics
  28. Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia6▲ 22×2 topics
  29. Lung Stem Cells5▲ 24×1 topic
  30. Pathophysiology5▲ 4.7×10 topics
  31. Surfactant Proteins5▲ 24×1 topic
  32. Endothelial Dysfunction5▲ 5.8×4 topics
  33. Pregnancy Complications5▲ 18×2 topics
  34. Maternal Outcomes5▲ 17×2 topics
  35. Perinatal Outcomes5▲ 17×2 topics
  36. Preeclampsia5▲ 16×2 topics
  37. Fertility4▲ 13×3 topics
  38. Health Inequalities4▲ 9.2×3 topics
  39. Genitourinary Development4▲ 36×1 topic
  40. Urotrauma4▲ 36×1 topic

Which research topics does Mother Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Neonatal Respiratory Health Research, Urological Disorders and Treatments, Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies and Global Maternal and Child Health.

Neonatal Respiratory Hea…5Neonatal Respiratory Health Research: 5 fractional worksUrological Disorders and…4Urological Disorders and Treatments: 4 fractional worksPregnancy and preeclampsia studies: 4 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Chil…4Global Maternal and Child Health: 4 fractional worksMaternal and Perinatal H…4Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions: 4 fractional worksOvarian function and disorders: 3 fractional worksReproductive Biology and Fertility: 3 fractional worksHistory and Cultural Her…3History and Cultural Heritage: 3 fractional worksBirth, Development, and Health: 3 fractional worksInfant Development and Preterm Care: 3 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineUrologyObstetrics and GynecologyPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health3 others

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

  1. 1 Neonatal Respiratory Health Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 5 works
  2. 2 Urological Disorders and Treatments Urology 4 works
  3. 3 Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies Obstetrics and Gynecology 4 works
  4. 4 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 4 works
  5. 5 Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions Obstetrics and Gynecology 4 works
  6. 6 Ovarian function and disorders Reproductive Medicine 3 works
  7. 7 Reproductive Biology and Fertility Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  8. 8 History and Cultural Heritage Cultural Studies 3 works
  9. 9 Birth, Development, and Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 3 works
  10. 10 Infant Development and Preterm Care Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 3 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 available50.6%not open49.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors49.9%domestic only50.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Mother Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 101% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Mother Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0012% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Mother Hospital0.0020% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Mother Hospital 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 2025Mother Hospital4.3% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 7.9% in 2014.

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