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National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences

In research, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences stands highest in Life Sciences (#867 of 7,800 worldwide), Medicine (#1,862 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#2,337 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Neurology, Psychiatry and Mental health and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience — Neurology is 16.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,553
of 28,054 · #4,896 all time
Rank in India
#144
of 1,840
Research works
9.1k
▲ 52% vs 2013–17
Citations
138k
15.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
52%
world 28%

What is National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences 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
Life SciencesDomain #867 of 7,800 9.4%429 #2032
MedicineField #1,862 of 10,443 7.7%1,045 #2924
Health SciencesDomain #2,337 of 11,982 8.2%1,178 #3056
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #856 of 3,579 8.5%155 #2234
Social SciencesDomain #2,907 of 10,521 15.3%578 #3113
NeuroscienceField #404 of 1,168 9.4%230 #924
PsychologyField #779 of 2,181 13.8%390 #1172
Clinical PsychologySubfield #283 of 738 12.1%222 #409
PhysiologySubfield #311 of 548 16.9%64 #898
Social SciencesField #3,662 of 6,365 18.6%134 #4630

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Life Sciences#2,032 #867
  2. Medicine#2,924 #1,862
  3. Health Sciences#3,056 #2,337
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#2,234 #856
  5. Social Sciences#3,113 #2,907
  6. Neuroscience#924 #404
  7. Psychology#1,172 #779
  8. Clinical Psychology#409 #283
  9. Physiology#898 #311
  10. Social Sciences#4,630 #3,662
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Neurology takes 16.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. NeurologySubfield · 216.5 works17×
  2. Psychiatry and Mental healthSubfield · 136.5 works12×
  3. Cellular and Molecular NeuroscienceSubfield · 70.9 works10×
  4. Clinical PsychologySubfield · 222.2 works9.4×
  5. NeurologySubfield · 56.1 works9.0×
  6. Applied PsychologySubfield · 28.8 works8.9×
← 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: 0.06× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.29× its world share, 155 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.27× its world share, 29 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 6.27× its world share, 230 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.21× its world share, 10 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.11× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 17 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.06× its world share, 20 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.10× its world share, 12 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.48× its world share, 13 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.26× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.05× its world share, 122 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.41× its world share, 1,044 worksMedicineNursing: 0.47× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.22× its world share, 4 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.33× its world share, 22 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.08× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.45× its world share, 10 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.34× its world share, 16 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 5.68× its world share, 390 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.47× its world share, 134 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 6.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences?

Ranked on the composite score, Suvarna Alladi, Kandavel Thennarasu and Pramod Kumar Pal lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences.

  1. 1 Suvarna Alladi India · #43,218 worldwide 466 citations · 37 works
  2. 2 Kandavel Thennarasu India · #104,071 worldwide 109 citations · 34 works
  3. 3 Pramod Kumar Pal India · #112,750 worldwide 368 citations · 79 works
  4. 4 M. M. Srinivas Bharath India · #124,223 worldwide 338 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 John P. John India · #213,657 worldwide 123 citations · 25 works
  6. 6 Anita Mahadevan India · #279,902 worldwide 88 citations · 62 works
  7. 7 Prabha S. Chandra India · #284,052 worldwide 92 citations · 32 works
  8. 8 Ganesan Venkatasubramanian India · #339,366 worldwide 210 citations · 81 works
  9. 9 Janardhanan C. Narayanaswamy India · #344,237 worldwide 80 citations · 37 works
  10. 10 Mathew Varghese India · #365,143 worldwide 70 citations · 43 works
All ranked researchers at National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences

Which keywords describe research at National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Depression, Epidemiology, Neurological Disorders, Mental Health, Psychological Distress, Neurodegeneration, Prevalence and Mitochondrial Dysfunction.

▲ 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. Epidemiology242▲ 2.7×100 topics
  2. Depression204▲ 10×21 topics
  3. Mental Health148▲ 4.5×39 topics
  4. Neurological Disorders140▲ 11×19 topics
  5. Oxidative Stress118▲ 3.2×47 topics
  6. Psychological Distress110▲ 19×5 topics
  7. Neurodegeneration106▲ 16×10 topics
  8. Mitochondrial Dysfunction94▲ 14×11 topics
  9. Prevalence94▲ 10×13 topics
  10. Neuroimaging92▲ 15×11 topics
  11. Quality of Life92▲ 2.8×39 topics
  12. Anxiety86▲ 8.1×12 topics
  13. Emotion Regulation83▲ 12×8 topics
  14. Treatment78▲ 2.9×40 topics
  15. Parkinson's Disease76▲ 14×8 topics
  16. Genetic Mutations75▲ 7.7×19 topics
  17. Neuroinflammation71▲ 11×6 topics
  18. Social Support70▲ 5.6×13 topics
  19. Global Burden66▲ 5.5×12 topics
  20. Diagnostic Criteria64▲ 13×10 topics
  21. Mental Disorders63▲ 25×3 topics
  22. Cognitive Impairment62▲ 11×10 topics
  23. Genetics62▲ 3.9×17 topics
  24. Stigma58▲ 19×5 topics
  25. Adolescents55▲ 6.6×8 topics
  26. Health Services55▲ 28×2 topics
  27. Coping Strategies55▲ 9.8×9 topics
  28. Epilepsy54▲ 22×4 topics
  29. Cognitive Therapy54▲ 23×3 topics
  30. Well-being53▲ 6.2×11 topics
  31. Help-Seeking Behavior52▲ 51×1 topic
  32. Public Attitudes52▲ 51×1 topic
  33. Caregiver Burden47▲ 19×2 topics
  34. Psychopathology46▲ 11×3 topics
  35. Deep Brain Stimulation46▲ 29×3 topics
  36. Prognosis45▲ 6.1×9 topics
  37. Neurobiology44▲ 7.6×9 topics
  38. Treatment-Resistant Depression42▲ 29×2 topics
  39. Radiosurgery41▲ 20×4 topics
  40. Psychiatric Disorders39▲ 13×4 topics

Which research topics does National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Mental Health Treatment and Access, Schizophrenia research and treatment, Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments and Neurological disorders and treatments.

Mental Health Treatment …52Mental Health Treatment and Access: 52 fractional worksSchizophrenia research a…33Schizophrenia research and treatment: 33 fractional worksParkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments: 30 fractional worksNeurological disorders and treatments: 29 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 29 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 28 fractional worksGenetic Neurodegenerative Diseases: 26 fractional worksDigital Mental Health In…25Digital Mental Health Interventions: 25 fractional worksFamily Caregiving in Mental Illness: 24 fractional worksAlzheimer's disease research and treatments: 24 fractional works
Social PsychologyPsychiatry and Mental healthNeurologyClinical Psychology3 others

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

  1. 1 Mental Health Treatment and Access Social Psychology 52 works
  2. 2 Schizophrenia research and treatment Psychiatry and Mental health 33 works
  3. 3 Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments Neurology 30 works
  4. 4 Neurological disorders and treatments Neurology 29 works
  5. 5 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 29 works
  6. 6 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 28 works
  7. 7 Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 26 works
  8. 8 Digital Mental Health Interventions Applied Psychology 25 works
  9. 9 Family Caregiving in Mental Illness Clinical Psychology 24 works
  10. 10 Alzheimer's disease research and treatments Physiology 24 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 available51.6%not open48.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.2%domestic only90.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 52% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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