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Noorul Islam College of Dental Science

In research, Noorul Islam College of Dental Science stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,923 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#5,128 of 10,443 worldwide) and Dentistry (#275 of 367 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oral Surgery, Orthodontics and Dentistry — Oral Surgery is 90.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#13,018
of 28,054 · #21,510 all time
Rank in India
#898
of 1,840
Research works
877
▲ 22% vs 2013–17
Citations
6.3k
7.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
78%
world 28%

What is Noorul Islam College of Dental Science 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 #3,923 of 11,982 4.5%220 #6616
MedicineField #5,128 of 10,443 5.3%78 #8174
DentistryField #275 of 367 3.9%118 #529

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Noorul Islam College of Dental Science 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. Health Sciences#6,616 #3,923
  2. Medicine#8,174 #5,128
  3. Dentistry#529 #275
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 Noorul Islam College of Dental Science specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oral Surgery takes 90.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Oral SurgerySubfield · 52.6 works91×
  2. OrthodonticsSubfield · 28.0 works83×
  3. DentistryField · 118.3 works81×
  4. PeriodonticsSubfield · 25.3 works62×
← 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: 0.36× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.60× its world share, 26 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.95× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.41× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.14× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.29× its world share, 13 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.19× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.42× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 81.07× its world share, 118 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.94× its world share, 23 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.34× its world share, 78 worksMedicineNursing: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.82× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.45× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.42× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 81.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Noorul Islam College of Dental Science?

Ranked on the composite score, Vinod Krishnan and R Pillai lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Noorul Islam College of Dental Science.

  1. 1 Vinod Krishnan India · #651,875 worldwide 24 citations · 19 works
  2. 2 R Pillai India · #1,438,491 worldwide 3 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Noorul Islam College of Dental Science

Which keywords describe research at Noorul Islam College of Dental Science?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Quality of Life, Epidemiology, Dental Caries, Bone Regeneration, Psychological Factors, Virtual Reality, Periodontal Disease and Dental Implants.

▲ 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. Epidemiology38▲ 3.2×33 topics
  2. Quality of Life33▲ 7.7×13 topics
  3. Dental Caries18▲ 60×2 topics
  4. COVID-1916▲ 4.0×11 topics
  5. Artificial Intelligence16▲ 3.9×8 topics
  6. Bone Regeneration15▲ 42×2 topics
  7. Risk Factors15▲ 4.4×6 topics
  8. Psychological Factors14▲ 21×3 topics
  9. Virtual Reality13▲ 8.6×2 topics
  10. Periodontal Disease13▲ 71×2 topics
  11. Clinical Trials13▲ 6.2×7 topics
  12. Dental Implants13▲ 84×1 topic
  13. Peri-implant Diseases13▲ 84×1 topic
  14. Dental Practice12▲ 95×1 topic
  15. Orthognathic Surgery12▲ 85×2 topics
  16. Transmission Routes12▲ 95×1 topic
  17. Cone-Beam CT12▲ 80×1 topic
  18. Dental Imaging12▲ 80×1 topic
  19. Mineral Trioxide Aggregate12▲ 105×1 topic
  20. Revascularization12▲ 26×2 topics
  21. Root Canal Irrigants12▲ 105×1 topic
  22. Diabetes Mellitus12▲ 19×4 topics
  23. Dental Materials11▲ 69×1 topic
  24. Restorative Dentistry11▲ 69×1 topic
  25. Surgical Management11▲ 9.1×7 topics
  26. Prevention11▲ 8.8×5 topics
  27. Dental Esthetics11▲ 95×1 topic
  28. Orthodontic Tooth Movement11▲ 95×1 topic
  29. Oral Health10▲ 57×2 topics
  30. Oral Microbiome10▲ 57×1 topic
  31. Periodontal Diseases10▲ 57×1 topic
  32. Biomaterials9▲ 13×3 topics
  33. Global Burden9▲ 5.7×5 topics
  34. Fluoride9▲ 56×2 topics
  35. Diagnostic Criteria8▲ 12×4 topics
  36. Regenerative Medicine8▲ 11×3 topics
  37. Social Determinants8▲ 13×2 topics
  38. Dental Anxiety8▲ 120×1 topic
  39. Local Anesthetics8▲ 120×1 topic
  40. Remineralization8▲ 65×1 topic

Which research topics does Noorul Islam College of Dental Science publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Dental Implant Techniques and Outcomes, Dental Research and COVID-19, Dental Radiography and Imaging and Endodontics and Root Canal Treatments.

Dental Implant Technique…13Dental Implant Techniques and Outcomes: 13 fractional worksDental Research and COVI…12Dental Research and COVID-19: 12 fractional worksDental Radiography and Imaging: 12 fractional worksEndodontics and Root Can…12Endodontics and Root Canal Treatments: 12 fractional worksDental materials and res…11Dental materials and restorations: 11 fractional worksOrthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics: 11 fractional worksOral microbiology and periodontitis research: 10 fractional worksDental Anxiety and Anest…8Dental Anxiety and Anesthesia Techniques: 8 fractional worksDental Health and Care Utilization: 8 fractional worksOral and Maxillofacial Pathology: 8 fractional works
Oral SurgeryGeneral DentistryOrthodonticsPeriodontics

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

  1. 1 Dental Implant Techniques and Outcomes Oral Surgery 13 works
  2. 2 Dental Research and COVID-19 General Dentistry 12 works
  3. 3 Dental Radiography and Imaging Oral Surgery 12 works
  4. 4 Endodontics and Root Canal Treatments Oral Surgery 12 works
  5. 5 Dental materials and restorations Orthodontics 11 works
  6. 6 Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics Orthodontics 11 works
  7. 7 Oral microbiology and periodontitis research Periodontics 10 works
  8. 8 Dental Anxiety and Anesthesia Techniques Oral Surgery 8 works
  9. 9 Dental Health and Care Utilization Periodontics 8 works
  10. 10 Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology Oral Surgery 8 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 available77.9%not open22.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.9%domestic only90.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Noorul Islam College of Dental Science's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 22% 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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