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National Tuberculosis Institute

In research, National Tuberculosis Institute stands highest in Health Sciences (#14,194 of 16,688 worldwide) and Medicine (#13,558 of 14,558 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#31,913
of 34,923
Rank in India
#1,553
of 1,754
Research works
270
▲ 66% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.8k
10.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.78×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
53%
world 40%
International
39%
world 18%
National Tuberculosis Institute

What is National Tuberculosis Institute known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Health SciencesDomain #14,194 of 16,688 7.4%205
MedicineField #13,558 of 14,558 7.0%181

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where National Tuberculosis Institute 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 National Tuberculosis Institute work in?

In 2022-now, 64% of research at National Tuberculosis Institute is in Health Sciences, 18% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (56%), Arts and Humanities (9%), Immunology and Microbiology (5%). It does 2.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 46 fractional works · 63.7% of its workMedicine: 41 fractional works · 56.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 14 fractional works · 19.6% of its workSurgery: 7 fractional works · 9.6% of its workEpidemiology: 5 fractional works · 6.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 3 fractional works · 4.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 3.9% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 13 fractional works · 18.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 6 fractional works · 8.8% of its workHistory: 3 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 4.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 9 fractional works · 12.0% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 5.0% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workToxicology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 4 fractional works · 6.0% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKNationalTuberculosis…72fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences6%Health Sciences64%Social Sciences18%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine4156.3%
    2. Health Professions33.9%
    3. Nursing23.1%
    4. Dentistry00.2%
    5. Veterinary00.2%
    1. Arts and Humanities68.8%
    2. Social Sciences34.0%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance22.1%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting11.8%
    5. Decision Sciences10.8%
    6. Psychology10.7%
    1. Immunology and Microbiology45.0%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences22.6%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology22.3%
    4. Neuroscience11.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics11.0%
    1. Chemistry11.9%
    2. Computer Science11.6%
    3. Engineering11.3%
    4. Physics and Astronomy00.7%
    5. Materials Science00.3%
    6. Environmental Science00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.55× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.43× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.95× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.66× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.74× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 1.23× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.48× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.93× its world share, 41 worksMedicineNursing: 6.37× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.13× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.06× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.78× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.99× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 6.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing6.37×2 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology4.95×4 works
  3. Arts and Humanities3.06×6 works
  4. Medicine2.93×41 works
  5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.74×1 works
  6. Health Professions1.48×3 works
  7. Chemistry1.23×1 works
  8. Veterinary1.13×0 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.99×2 works
  10. Decision Sciences0.78×0 works
  11. Neuroscience0.66×1 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting0.56×1 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.55×2 works
  14. Dentistry0.51×0 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.43×2 works
  16. Social Sciences0.32×3 works
  17. Physics and Astronomy0.31×0 works
  18. Psychology0.24×0 works
  19. Computer Science0.21×1 works
  20. Engineering0.09×1 works
  21. Materials Science0.08×0 works
  22. Environmental Science0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at National Tuberculosis Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, Vineet Kumar Chadha, Somashekar Narasimhaiah and Prahlad Kumar lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Tuberculosis Institute.

  1. 1 Vineet Kumar Chadha India · #1,057,886 worldwide 2.4k citations · 90 works
  2. 2 Somashekar Narasimhaiah India · #1,083,752 worldwide 843 citations · 24 works
  3. 3 Prahlad Kumar India · #3,214,194 worldwide 949 citations · 26 works
  4. 4 Dirgh Singh Bam India · #3,841,945 worldwide 248 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 Pesingi Pavan Kumar India · #4,547,789 worldwide 525 citations · 44 works
  6. 6 P. Jagota India · #4,865,067 worldwide 59 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 P Czanik India · #5,095,780 worldwide 23 citations · 18 works
  8. 8 Lakshminarayana India · #5,252,885 worldwide 122 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 W Tysarowski India · #5,351,141 worldwide 11 citations · 23 works
  10. 10 A Tomcsányi India · #5,506,781 worldwide 26 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at National Tuberculosis Institute

What are the most cited papers from National Tuberculosis Institute?

The most cited paper from National Tuberculosis Institute is "Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 301 acute and chronic diseases and injuries in 188 countries, 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013" (Theo Vos et al., 2015), with 6,558 citations. Next come "Global, regional, and national incidence and mortality for HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria during 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013" (998) and "In vivo effects of anti-asialo GM1. I. Reduction of NK activity and enhancement of transplanted tumor growth in nude mice." (427).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 301 acute and chronic diseases and injuries in 188 countries, 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 Theo Vos et al. · The Lancet Open access679 authors 7 Jun 2015 6,558
2 Global, regional, and national incidence and mortality for HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria during 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 Christopher J L Murray et al. · The Lancet Open access366 authors 21 Jul 2014 998
3 In vivo effects of anti-asialo GM1. I. Reduction of NK activity and enhancement of transplanted tumor growth in nude mice. S Habu, H Fukui, Kunihiro Shimamura et al. · The Journal of Immunology Jul 1981 427
4 European framework for tuberculosis control and elimination in countries with a low incidence Jaap F. Broekmans, Giovanni Battista Migliori, H. L. Rieder et al. · European Respiratory Journal Open access Apr 2002 311
5 The Tuberculosis Cascade of Care in India’s Public Sector: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Ramnath Subbaraman, Ruvandhi R. Nathavitharana, Srinath Satyanarayana et al. · PLoS Medicine ReviewOpen access 25 Oct 2016 287
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Which keywords describe research at National Tuberculosis Institute?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Treatment, Diagnosis, Immune Response, Vaccine, 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-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. Epidemiology20▲ 7.1×30 topics
  2. Treatment17▲ 19×13 topics
  3. Diagnosis16▲ 24×10 topics
  4. Immune Response14▲ 33×6 topics
  5. Vaccine13▲ 46×6 topics
  6. Drug Resistance12▲ 60×3 topics
  7. Genetic Diversity12▲ 38×2 topics
  8. Mycobacterium tuberculosis12▲ 296×1 topic
  9. Tuberculosis12▲ 314×1 topic
  10. Traditional Medicine4▲ 41×4 topics
  11. Public Health4▲ 3.8×12 topics
  12. PCR Diagnosis4▲ 207×2 topics
  13. Surgery4▲ 14×6 topics
  14. Abdominal Tuberculosis3▲ 238×1 topic
  15. Avicenna3▲ 259×2 topics
  16. Diagnostic Challenges3▲ 238×1 topic
  17. Neuroscience3▲ 15×3 topics
  18. Medical History3▲ 112×2 topics
  19. Ancient Medicine3▲ 512×1 topic
  20. Islamic Medicine3▲ 512×1 topic
  21. Clinical Practice Guidelines3▲ 6.5×4 topics
  22. Cardiovascular Disease2▲ 3.0×9 topics
  23. Antioxidant2▲ 4.7×11 topics
  24. Herbal Medicine2▲ 11×4 topics
  25. Antibiotic Resistance2▲ 7.8×5 topics
  26. Antiretroviral Therapy2▲ 18×4 topics
  27. Child Development2▲ 5.9×1 topic
  28. Global Burden of Disease2▲ 10.0×2 topics
  29. Maternal and Child Undernutrition2▲ 30×1 topic
  30. Antimicrobial Resistance2▲ 12×4 topics
  31. Crohn's Disease2▲ 29×2 topics
  32. Anti-inflammatory2▲ 7.6×8 topics
  33. Community-Acquired Pneumonia2▲ 63×1 topic
  34. Mycobacterium avium2▲ 71×1 topic
  35. Nontuberculous Mycobacteria2▲ 71×1 topic
  36. Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine2▲ 63×1 topic
  37. Respiratory Infections2▲ 20×2 topics
  38. Community Health Workers2▲ 23×2 topics
  39. Maternal Mortality2▲ 9.1×2 topics
  40. Neuroprotective2▲ 14×6 topics

Which research topics does National Tuberculosis Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology, Diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis, History of Medicine Studies and Child Nutrition and Water Access.

Tuberculosis Research an…12Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 12 fractional worksDiagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis: 3 fractional worksHistory of Medicine Studies: 3 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 2 fractional worksMycobacterium research and diagnosis: 2 fractional worksPneumonia and Respiratory Infections: 2 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 1 fractional worksGlobal Health and Epidemiology: 1 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and Reforms: 1 fractional worksDiverse Scientific Research Studies: 1 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesSurgeryHistoryNutrition and Dietetics5 others

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

  1. 1 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 12 works
  2. 2 Diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis Surgery 3 works
  3. 3 History of Medicine Studies History 3 works
  4. 4 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 2 works
  5. 5 Mycobacterium research and diagnosis Epidemiology 2 works
  6. 6 Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections Epidemiology 2 works
  7. 7 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 works
  8. 8 Global Health and Epidemiology Health Information Management 1 works
  9. 9 Healthcare Systems and Reforms Finance 1 works
  10. 10 Diverse Scientific Research Studies General Health Professions 1 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 available53.4%not open46.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors38.6%domestic only61.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has National Tuberculosis Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 66% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is National Tuberculosis Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00022% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%National Tuberculosis Institute0.00033% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of National Tuberculosis Institute over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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