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National Institute of Research in Tuberculosis

In research, National Institute of Research in Tuberculosis stands highest in Medicine (#8,676 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#10,088 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Infectious Diseases — Infectious Diseases is 36.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#16,536
of 28,054 · #15,670 all time
Rank in India
#1,122
of 1,840
Research works
901
▲ 9% vs 2013–17
Citations
21k
23.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
49%
world 28%

What is National Institute of Research in Tuberculosis 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
MedicineField #8,676 of 10,443 16.0%83 #7846
Health SciencesDomain #10,088 of 11,982 15.4%92 #10035

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where National Institute of Research in Tuberculosis 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 National Institute of Research in Tuberculosis specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Infectious Diseases takes 36.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 37.2 works37×
← 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: 0.56× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.97× its world share, 16 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 6.27× its world share, 9 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 5.81× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.92× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.34× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.14× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.46× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.48× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.73× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 1.64× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.91× its world share, 83 worksMedicineNursing: 2.06× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.91× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryDecision Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.79× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

Who are the top researchers at National Institute of Research in Tuberculosis?

Ranked on the composite score, Soumya Swaminathan, Subash Babu and S. Radhakrishna lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Institute of Research in Tuberculosis.

  1. 1 Soumya Swaminathan India · #3,249 worldwide 1.6k citations · 69 works
  2. 2 Subash Babu India · #131,011 worldwide 105 citations · 31 works
  3. 3 S. Radhakrishna India · #202,179 worldwide 73 citations · 23 works
  4. 4 C N Paramasivan India · #275,242 worldwide 78 citations · 34 works
  5. 5 Beena Thomas India · #430,963 worldwide 59 citations · 22 works
  6. 6 Sen Pk India · #518,915 worldwide 32 citations · 25 works
  7. 7 Srikanth Tripathy India · #544,246 worldwide 103 citations · 48 works
  8. 8 Syed Hissar India · #576,698 worldwide 62 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 Sujatha Narayanan India · #634,415 worldwide 34 citations · 20 works
  10. 10 Kannan Thiruvengadam India · #739,072 worldwide 36 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at National Institute of Research in Tuberculosis

Which keywords describe research at National Institute of Research in Tuberculosis?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Treatment, Diagnosis, Vaccine, Immune Response, Drug Resistance, Genetic Diversity and Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

▲ 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. Epidemiology52▲ 8.9×37 topics
  2. Treatment39▲ 22×9 topics
  3. Diagnosis36▲ 26×6 topics
  4. Vaccine35▲ 58×9 topics
  5. Immune Response33▲ 40×12 topics
  6. Drug Resistance30▲ 71×6 topics
  7. Genetic Diversity28▲ 43×4 topics
  8. Mycobacterium tuberculosis28▲ 343×1 topic
  9. Tuberculosis28▲ 363×1 topic
  10. Pandemic8▲ 5.3×7 topics
  11. Antibiotic Resistance8▲ 15×7 topics
  12. Clinical Practice Guidelines8▲ 10×5 topics
  13. Antiretroviral Therapy8▲ 34×6 topics
  14. PCR Diagnosis8▲ 219×2 topics
  15. Abdominal Tuberculosis7▲ 261×1 topic
  16. Diagnostic Challenges7▲ 261×1 topic
  17. Nanoparticles7▲ 3.8×10 topics
  18. COVID-197▲ 3.5×11 topics
  19. SARS-CoV-26▲ 13×6 topics
  20. Cystic Fibrosis6▲ 60×2 topics
  21. Mycobacterium avium6▲ 125×1 topic
  22. Nontuberculous Mycobacteria6▲ 125×1 topic
  23. Cancer6▲ 3.1×25 topics
  24. Antimicrobial Resistance6▲ 20×7 topics
  25. Coronavirus5▲ 16×3 topics
  26. Infectious Diseases5▲ 10×6 topics
  27. HIV Infection4▲ 30×4 topics
  28. Meta-Analysis4▲ 5.2×5 topics
  29. ACE2 Receptor4▲ 12×2 topics
  30. Community-Acquired Pneumonia4▲ 83×1 topic
  31. Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine4▲ 83×1 topic
  32. Respiratory Infections4▲ 24×2 topics
  33. Health4▲ 6.5×3 topics
  34. Medicinal Chemistry4▲ 9.2×5 topics
  35. Diagnostic Imaging4▲ 22×2 topics
  36. Surgical Management4▲ 6.1×2 topics
  37. Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome4▲ 75×2 topics
  38. Herbal Medicine3▲ 8.0×3 topics
  39. Spinal Epidural Abscess3▲ 84×1 topic
  40. Tuberculous Meningitis3▲ 84×1 topic

Which research topics does National Institute of Research in Tuberculosis publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology, Diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis, Mycobacterium research and diagnosis and Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections.

Tuberculosis Research an…28Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 28 fractional worksDiagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis: 7 fractional worksMycobacterium research a…6Mycobacterium research and diagnosis: 6 fractional worksPneumonia and Respirator…4Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections: 4 fractional worksInfectious Diseases and …3Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis: 3 fractional worksImmune responses and vaccinations: 3 fractional worksDiverse Scientific Research Studies: 3 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Resear…3COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 3 fractional worksComputational Drug Discovery Methods: 2 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 2 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesSurgeryEpidemiologyImmunology2 others

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

  1. 1 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 28 works
  2. 2 Diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis Surgery 7 works
  3. 3 Mycobacterium research and diagnosis Epidemiology 6 works
  4. 4 Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections Epidemiology 4 works
  5. 5 Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis Surgery 3 works
  6. 6 Immune responses and vaccinations Immunology 3 works
  7. 7 Diverse Scientific Research Studies General Health Professions 3 works
  8. 8 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 3 works
  9. 9 Computational Drug Discovery Methods Computational Theory and Mathematics 2 works
  10. 10 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 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 available49.4%not open50.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.3%domestic only82.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has National Institute of Research in Tuberculosis's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 9% 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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