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Mother Hospital

In research, Mother Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#8,413 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#7,611 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health — Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health is 10.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#19,671
of 28,054 · #15,433 all time
Rank in India
#1,303
of 1,840
Research works
1.1k
▲ 66% vs 2013–17
Citations
16k
14.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
51%
world 28%

What is Mother 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
Health SciencesDomain #8,413 of 11,982 7.0%207 #5998
MedicineField #7,611 of 10,443 6.8%183 #4702

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

What does Mother Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health takes 10.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSubfield · 23.2 works11×
← 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: 0.29× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.31× its world share, 21 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.51× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.02× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.69× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.19× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.12× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.96× its world share, 15 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.22× its world share, 183 worksMedicineNursing: 4.54× its world share, 7 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.52× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.34× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.47× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.11× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.49× its world share, 18 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Mother Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Martin Whittle, James Willocks and Donald D. Moir lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Mother Hospital.

  1. 1 Martin Whittle India · #287,600 worldwide 123 citations · 49 works
  2. 2 James Willocks India · #639,121 worldwide 28 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Donald D. Moir India · #1,138,609 worldwide 32 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Mother Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Mother Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Maternal Mortality, Preterm Infants, Metabolic Syndrome, Prenatal Diagnosis, Quality of Life, Neurodevelopmental Outcomes and Infertility.

▲ 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. Epidemiology34▲ 2.9×91 topics
  2. Quality of Life11▲ 2.5×29 topics
  3. Inflammation10▲ 1.66×35 topics
  4. Maternal Mortality10▲ 15×5 topics
  5. Metabolic Syndrome10▲ 4.0×17 topics
  6. Treatment9▲ 2.6×32 topics
  7. Public Health9▲ 2.1×23 topics
  8. Cardiovascular Disease8▲ 2.5×24 topics
  9. Risk Factors8▲ 2.4×24 topics
  10. Diagnosis8▲ 2.8×26 topics
  11. Preterm Infants7▲ 20×4 topics
  12. Prenatal Diagnosis7▲ 16×6 topics
  13. Management6▲ 2.8×18 topics
  14. Genetic Mutations6▲ 4.9×21 topics
  15. Obesity6▲ 2.8×11 topics
  16. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes6▲ 11×6 topics
  17. Complications6▲ 4.0×15 topics
  18. Infertility6▲ 13×4 topics
  19. Pulmonary Hypertension6▲ 13×3 topics
  20. Critical Care5▲ 7.6×8 topics
  21. Child Development5▲ 3.9×4 topics
  22. Global Trends5▲ 21×2 topics
  23. Surgical Management5▲ 4.0×13 topics
  24. Pregnancy Complications5▲ 20×2 topics
  25. Pathophysiology4▲ 5.1×10 topics
  26. Respiratory Distress Syndrome4▲ 18×2 topics
  27. Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia4▲ 22×2 topics
  28. Endothelial Dysfunction4▲ 6.3×4 topics
  29. Maternal Outcomes4▲ 19×2 topics
  30. Perinatal Outcomes4▲ 19×2 topics
  31. Lung Stem Cells4▲ 24×1 topic
  32. Surfactant Proteins4▲ 24×1 topic
  33. Fertility4▲ 16×3 topics
  34. Genitourinary Development4▲ 42×1 topic
  35. Urotrauma4▲ 42×1 topic
  36. Cardiovascular Health4▲ 6.5×4 topics
  37. Preeclampsia4▲ 17×2 topics
  38. Postoperative Complications4▲ 9.3×3 topics
  39. Health Inequalities4▲ 9.9×3 topics
  40. Hypertensive Disorders3▲ 18×1 topic

Which research topics does Mother Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Neonatal Respiratory Health Research, Urological Disorders and Treatments, Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies and Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions.

Neonatal Respiratory Hea…4Neonatal Respiratory Health Research: 4 fractional worksUrological Disorders and…4Urological Disorders and Treatments: 4 fractional worksPregnancy and preeclampsia studies: 3 fractional worksMaternal and Perinatal Health Interventions: 3 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 3 fractional worksOvarian function and disorders: 3 fractional worksReproductive Biology and Fertility: 3 fractional worksHistory and Cultural Her…3History and Cultural Heritage: 3 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 2 fractional worksBirth, Development, and Health: 2 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineUrologyObstetrics and GynecologyPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health4 others

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

  1. 1 Neonatal Respiratory Health Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  2. 2 Urological Disorders and Treatments Urology 4 works
  3. 3 Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies Obstetrics and Gynecology 3 works
  4. 4 Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions Obstetrics and Gynecology 3 works
  5. 5 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 3 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 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 2 works
  10. 10 Birth, Development, and Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 2 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Mother Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 66% 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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