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National Institute of Epidemiology

In research, National Institute of Epidemiology stands highest in Health Sciences (#5,680 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#5,392 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,286
of 28,054 · #21,082 all time
Rank in India
#860
of 1,840
Research works
593
▲ 141% vs 2013–17
Citations
8.2k
13.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
70%
world 28%

What is National Institute of Epidemiology 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 #5,680 of 11,982 13.5%123 #10608
MedicineField #5,392 of 10,443 13.1%100 #9374

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where National Institute of Epidemiology 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: 0.57× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.76× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.30× its world share, 9 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.45× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.14× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.20× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.16× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.21× its world share, 12 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.24× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 5.55× its world share, 5 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.33× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.59× its world share, 100 worksMedicineNursing: 4.87× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.42× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.31× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.93× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.91× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.97× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 5.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at National Institute of Epidemiology?

Ranked on the composite score, Manoj Murhekar, Prabhdeep Kaur and Tarun Bhatnagar lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Institute of Epidemiology.

  1. 1 Manoj Murhekar India · #49,084 worldwide 1.6k citations · 28 works
  2. 2 Prabhdeep Kaur India · #485,199 worldwide 67 citations · 23 works
  3. 3 Tarun Bhatnagar India · #900,899 worldwide 16 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Bhavani Shankara Bagepally India · #1,161,225 worldwide 21 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at National Institute of Epidemiology

Which keywords describe research at National Institute of Epidemiology?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Public Health, Vaccine, Immune Response, Pathogenesis, Pandemic, COVID-19 and Cardiovascular Disease.

▲ 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. Epidemiology47▲ 5.9×71 topics
  2. Public Health17▲ 5.7×26 topics
  3. Vaccine13▲ 16×11 topics
  4. COVID-1913▲ 4.7×15 topics
  5. Pandemic12▲ 5.8×9 topics
  6. Immune Response12▲ 11×13 topics
  7. Pathogenesis11▲ 11×14 topics
  8. Cardiovascular Disease10▲ 4.7×22 topics
  9. Oxidative Stress10▲ 3.1×20 topics
  10. Inflammation10▲ 2.4×27 topics
  11. Diagnosis9▲ 4.6×14 topics
  12. Treatment8▲ 3.3×15 topics
  13. Vaccine Development8▲ 15×7 topics
  14. Risk Factors7▲ 3.3×16 topics
  15. Genetic Diversity7▲ 7.9×3 topics
  16. Quality of Life7▲ 2.3×15 topics
  17. Global Burden7▲ 6.1×11 topics
  18. Infectious Diseases7▲ 10.0×6 topics
  19. SARS-CoV-27▲ 10×4 topics
  20. Cancer6▲ 2.2×18 topics
  21. Mortality6▲ 5.1×10 topics
  22. Metabolic Syndrome6▲ 3.6×12 topics
  23. ACE2 Receptor6▲ 11×3 topics
  24. Global Burden of Disease5▲ 10.0×3 topics
  25. Drug Resistance5▲ 8.3×3 topics
  26. Hypertension4▲ 7.5×7 topics
  27. Vector Control4▲ 17×2 topics
  28. Diabetes Mellitus4▲ 9.7×5 topics
  29. Arboviral Diseases4▲ 28×1 topic
  30. Coronavirus4▲ 8.8×3 topics
  31. Mycobacterium tuberculosis4▲ 34×1 topic
  32. Thrombosis4▲ 6.6×4 topics
  33. Tuberculosis4▲ 35×1 topic
  34. Zika Virus4▲ 28×1 topic
  35. Herbal Medicine4▲ 6.1×6 topics
  36. Clinical Characteristics3▲ 12×1 topic
  37. Cytokine Storm3▲ 14×1 topic
  38. Maternal and Child Undernutrition3▲ 18×1 topic
  39. Water Sanitation Hygiene3▲ 18×1 topic
  40. Zoonotic Infections3▲ 27×2 topics

Which research topics does National Institute of Epidemiology publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Mosquito-borne diseases and control, Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology, Child Nutrition and Water Access and COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies.

Mosquito-borne diseases …4Mosquito-borne diseases and control: 4 fractional worksTuberculosis Research an…4Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 4 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 3 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Resear…3COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 3 fractional worksViral Infections and Vec…3Viral Infections and Vectors: 3 fractional worksCOVID-19 epidemiological studies: 3 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 2 fractional worksPhytochemicals and Medic…2Phytochemicals and Medicinal Plants: 2 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 2 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and Reforms: 2 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthInfectious DiseasesNutrition and DieteticsModeling and Simulation3 others

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

  1. 1 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  2. 2 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 4 works
  3. 3 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 3 works
  4. 4 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 3 works
  5. 5 Viral Infections and Vectors Infectious Diseases 3 works
  6. 6 COVID-19 epidemiological studies Modeling and Simulation 3 works
  7. 7 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  8. 8 Phytochemicals and Medicinal Plants Complementary and alternative medicine 2 works
  9. 9 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 2 works
  10. 10 Healthcare Systems and Reforms Finance 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 available70.0%not open30.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.0%domestic only79.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has National Institute of Epidemiology's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 141% 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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