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Osmania Medical College

In research, Osmania Medical College stands highest in Medicine (#8,176 of 8,541 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#9,616 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism (Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism is 7.3× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#18,417
of 22,385 · #33,389 all time
Rank in India
#1,320
of 1,562
Research works
1.3k
▲ 37% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.4k
3.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.58×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
71%
world 40%
International
10%
world 18%
Osmania Medical College

What is Osmania Medical College known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
MedicineField #8,176 of 8,541 1.5%338 #14073
Health SciencesDomain #9,616 of 9,902 1.7%361 #16315

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Osmania Medical College 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 Osmania Medical College work in?

In 2022-now, 78% of research at Osmania Medical College is in Health Sciences, 11% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (73%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (7%), Psychology (4%). It does 3.3× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 392 fractional works · 78.1% of its workMedicine: 367 fractional works · 73.1% of its workSurgery: 55 fractional works · 11.0% of its workEpidemiology: 29 fractional works · 5.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 24 fractional works · 4.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 21 fractional works · 4.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 20 fractional works · 4.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 18 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 18 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 17 fractional works · 3.4% of its workOncology: 14 fractional works · 2.7% of its workNeurology: 12 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 11 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPhysiology: 11 fractional works · 2.2% of its workNephrology: 11 fractional works · 2.1% of its workRheumatology: 10 fractional works · 2.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 10 fractional works · 2.0% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 10 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOphthalmology: 10 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 8 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDermatology: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workReproductive Medicine: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHematology: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHepatology: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransplantation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 15 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 7 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDentistry: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPeriodontics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 58 fractional works · 11.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 34 fractional works · 6.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 13 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGenetics: 11 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCancer Research: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 9 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 9 fractional works · 1.7% of its workImmunology: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workParasitology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 38 fractional works · 7.5% of its workPsychology: 19 fractional works · 3.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 15 fractional works · 3.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 10 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 14 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKOsmania MedicalCollege501fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences3%Health Sciences78%Social Sciences8%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine36773.1%
    2. Health Professions153.0%
    3. Nursing61.3%
    4. Dentistry30.6%
    5. Veterinary10.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology346.8%
    2. Neuroscience91.9%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology91.7%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences30.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics30.5%
    1. Psychology193.8%
    2. Social Sciences102.0%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance51.0%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting30.5%
    5. Arts and Humanities10.2%
    6. Decision Sciences00.1%
    1. Engineering61.3%
    2. Environmental Science20.4%
    3. Computer Science20.4%
    4. Chemistry10.3%
    5. Mathematics10.2%
    6. Chemical Engineering10.1%
    7. Physics and Astronomy10.1%
    8. Materials Science00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Osmania Medical College specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism takes 7.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Endocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismSubfield · 20.0 works7.3×
← 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: 0.12× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.27× its world share, 34 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.74× its world share, 9 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.14× its world share, 9 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.49× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.23× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.14× its world share, 15 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.80× its world share, 366 worksMedicineNursing: 2.65× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.75× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.45× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.25× its world share, 19 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 10 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.80×366 works
  2. Nursing2.65×6 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology1.74×9 works
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.49×3 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.27×34 works
  6. Psychology1.25×19 works
  7. Dentistry1.23×3 works
  8. Neuroscience1.14×9 works
  9. Health Professions1.14×15 works
  10. Veterinary0.75×0 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.45×5 works
  12. Chemical Engineering0.30×0 works
  13. Mathematics0.19×1 works
  14. Chemistry0.18×1 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.16×2 works
  16. Social Sciences0.15×10 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.12×3 works
  18. Engineering0.09×6 works
  19. Environmental Science0.09×2 works
  20. Decision Sciences0.09×0 works
  21. Arts and Humanities0.08×1 works
  22. Computer Science0.05×2 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.05×0 works
  24. Materials Science0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Osmania Medical College?

Ranked on the quality score, Manisha Sahay, Rakesh Kumar Sahay and Omer Farooq Mohammed lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Osmania Medical College.

  1. 1 Manisha Sahay India · #1,328,693 worldwide 3.5k citations · 235 works
  2. 2 Rakesh Kumar Sahay India · #2,508,649 worldwide 6.4k citations · 433 works
  3. 3 Omer Farooq Mohammed India · #2,759,210 worldwide 1.3k citations · 34 works
  4. 4 Sai Kumar Maley India · #3,486,640 worldwide 149 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Rishi Kumar Shukla India · #3,582,206 worldwide 362 citations · 36 works
  6. 6 Patrick Hehir India · #3,627,609 worldwide 78 citations · 50 works
  7. 7 B K Sahay India · #3,976,021 worldwide 804 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 M. Vishnu Vardhan Reddy India · #4,077,465 worldwide 214 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Kumudini Ram India · #4,210,802 worldwide 24 citations · 23 works
  10. 10 Ramesh Bangaraiahgari India · #4,445,767 worldwide 10 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at Osmania Medical College

What are the most cited papers from Osmania Medical College?

The most cited paper from Osmania Medical College is "Global burden of 292 causes of death in 204 countries and territories and 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023" (Mohsen Naghavi et al., 2025), with 500 citations. Next come "Prevalence of hypothyroidism in adults: An epidemiological study in eight cities of India" (423) and "Tracking the international spread of SARS-CoV-2 lineages B.1.1.7 and B.1.351/501Y-V2 with grinch" (229).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Global burden of 292 causes of death in 204 countries and territories and 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023 Mohsen Naghavi et al. · The Lancet Open access2,463 authors Oct 2025 500
2 Prevalence of hypothyroidism in adults: An epidemiological study in eight cities of India AmbikaGopalakrishnan Unnikrishnan, Sanjay Kalra, Rakesh Kumar Sahay et al. · Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism Open access 2013 423
3 Tracking the international spread of SARS-CoV-2 lineages B.1.1.7 and B.1.351/501Y-V2 with grinch Aine Niamh O’Toole et al. · Wellcome Open Research Open access 17 Sep 2021 229
4 Diabetes and Ramadan: Practical guidelines 2021 Mohamed M. Hassanein et al. · Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice Open access 8 Jan 2022 224
5 Tracking the international spread of SARS-CoV-2 lineages B.1.1.7 and B.1.351/501Y-V2 Aine Niamh O’Toole et al. · Wellcome Open Research Open access 19 May 2021 210
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Osmania Medical College?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Cardiovascular Disease, Inflammation, Treatment, Metabolic Syndrome, Surgical Management and Complications.

▲ 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. Epidemiology70▲ 3.5×101 topics
  2. Inflammation32▲ 3.0×53 topics
  3. Cardiovascular Disease26▲ 4.5×34 topics
  4. Diagnosis25▲ 5.3×33 topics
  5. Treatment24▲ 3.9×37 topics
  6. Metabolic Syndrome20▲ 5.0×20 topics
  7. Quality of Life18▲ 2.5×30 topics
  8. Risk Factors17▲ 3.0×26 topics
  9. Oxidative Stress16▲ 1.99×27 topics
  10. COVID-1916▲ 2.5×18 topics
  11. Surgical Management15▲ 7.5×18 topics
  12. Depression15▲ 3.4×15 topics
  13. Pandemic15▲ 3.0×7 topics
  14. Management14▲ 3.5×21 topics
  15. Public Health13▲ 1.84×31 topics
  16. Complications13▲ 5.2×14 topics
  17. Mental Health13▲ 1.80×18 topics
  18. Obesity12▲ 3.1×19 topics
  19. Diabetes12▲ 4.8×14 topics
  20. Genetic Mutations12▲ 5.4×22 topics
  21. Chemotherapy12▲ 3.3×22 topics
  22. Genetics11▲ 3.2×19 topics
  23. Insulin Resistance11▲ 4.7×9 topics
  24. Maternal Mortality11▲ 9.4×5 topics
  25. Guidelines10▲ 4.3×12 topics
  26. Immune Response10▲ 3.5×16 topics
  27. Pathogenesis10▲ 3.8×18 topics
  28. Prognostic Factors10▲ 4.4×14 topics
  29. Anxiety9▲ 3.9×7 topics
  30. Heart Failure9▲ 4.0×12 topics
  31. Chronic Kidney Disease9▲ 7.0×8 topics
  32. Surgery8▲ 4.7×10 topics
  33. Clinical Guidelines8▲ 5.4×9 topics
  34. Cardiovascular Risk8▲ 5.0×9 topics
  35. SARS-CoV-28▲ 5.1×6 topics
  36. ACE2 Receptor8▲ 6.7×3 topics
  37. Endothelial Dysfunction8▲ 6.6×6 topics
  38. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes7▲ 7.0×6 topics
  39. Preeclampsia6▲ 16×2 topics
  40. Pregnancy Complications6▲ 16×2 topics

Which research topics does Osmania Medical College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies, COVID-19 and Mental Health, Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment and Anesthesia and Pain Management.

Pregnancy and preeclamps…5Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies: 5 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health4COVID-19 and Mental Health: 4 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 4 fractional worksAnesthesia and Pain Management: 3 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 3 fractional worksReconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques: 3 fractional worksRenal Diseases and Glomerulopathies: 3 fractional worksOvarian cancer diagnosis…3Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment: 3 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 3 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 3 fractional works
Obstetrics and GynecologyClinical PsychologyEpidemiologySurgery4 others

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

  1. 1 Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies Obstetrics and Gynecology 5 works
  2. 2 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 4 works
  3. 3 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 4 works
  4. 4 Anesthesia and Pain Management Surgery 3 works
  5. 5 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 3 works
  6. 6 Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques Surgery 3 works
  7. 7 Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies Nephrology 3 works
  8. 8 Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment Reproductive Medicine 3 works
  9. 9 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 3 works
  10. 10 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 3 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 available71.2%not open28.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.6%domestic only90.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Osmania Medical College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 37% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Osmania Medical College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0019% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Osmania Medical College0.0017% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Osmania Medical College over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Osmania Medical College2.8% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 4.3% in 2013.

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