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Patna Medical College and Hospital

In research, Patna Medical College and Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#7,617 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#7,268 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Dentistry — Dentistry is 14.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#18,095
of 28,054 · #27,828 all time
Rank in India
#1,216
of 1,840
Research works
1.3k
▲ 246% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.9k
3.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
71%
world 28%

What is Patna Medical College and Hospital 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 #7,617 of 11,982 2.5%323 #10723
MedicineField #7,268 of 10,443 2.7%273 #9417

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Patna Medical College and Hospital 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 Patna Medical College and Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Dentistry takes 14.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. DentistryField · 29.0 works15×
← 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: 0.26× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.82× its world share, 18 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.31× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.86× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.40× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.18× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.23× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 14.56× its world share, 29 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.50× its world share, 16 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.46× its world share, 273 worksMedicineNursing: 2.28× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.32× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.28× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.28× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.00× its world share, 12 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 14.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Patna Medical College and Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Anjana Sinha, Tanwir Alam and Animesh Gupta lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Patna Medical College and Hospital.

  1. 1 Anjana Sinha India · #707,596 worldwide 35 citations · 22 works
  2. 2 Tanwir Alam India · #950,919 worldwide 6 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Animesh Gupta India · #1,522,707 worldwide 1 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Patna Medical College and Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Patna Medical College and Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Quality of Life, Treatment, Surgical Management, Diagnosis, Complications, Risk Factors and Management.

▲ 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. Epidemiology56▲ 3.5×100 topics
  2. Quality of Life26▲ 4.4×35 topics
  3. Treatment19▲ 3.9×37 topics
  4. Inflammation19▲ 2.2×49 topics
  5. Risk Factors16▲ 3.7×24 topics
  6. Diagnosis16▲ 4.3×31 topics
  7. Management14▲ 4.5×23 topics
  8. Oxidative Stress14▲ 2.0×32 topics
  9. Complications13▲ 6.4×15 topics
  10. Surgical Management13▲ 7.7×18 topics
  11. Chemotherapy12▲ 4.0×18 topics
  12. Cardiovascular Disease11▲ 2.5×27 topics
  13. COVID-1911▲ 1.94×16 topics
  14. Guidelines9▲ 4.6×10 topics
  15. Metabolic Syndrome8▲ 2.5×18 topics
  16. Maternal Mortality8▲ 9.2×5 topics
  17. Meta-Analysis8▲ 3.5×11 topics
  18. Clinical Practice Guidelines8▲ 3.7×13 topics
  19. Clinical Trials8▲ 2.9×12 topics
  20. Surgery8▲ 5.4×9 topics
  21. Global Burden7▲ 3.3×11 topics
  22. Rehabilitation7▲ 4.3×7 topics
  23. Pain Management7▲ 7.3×8 topics
  24. Pathogenesis7▲ 3.2×16 topics
  25. Genetic Mutations7▲ 3.8×15 topics
  26. Prenatal Diagnosis6▲ 11×7 topics
  27. Prognosis6▲ 4.8×9 topics
  28. Children6▲ 6.3×6 topics
  29. Survival Analysis6▲ 5.4×6 topics
  30. Autoantibodies6▲ 6.1×8 topics
  31. Diagnostic Criteria5▲ 5.9×8 topics
  32. Chronic Pain5▲ 5.8×5 topics
  33. Glaucoma5▲ 8.2×4 topics
  34. Orthognathic Surgery5▲ 25×2 topics
  35. Bone Regeneration5▲ 9.8×2 topics
  36. Antibiotic Therapy5▲ 20×2 topics
  37. Cytoreductive Surgery5▲ 17×2 topics
  38. Dental Esthetics4▲ 30×1 topic
  39. Orthodontic Tooth Movement4▲ 30×1 topic
  40. Optic Nerve4▲ 11×2 topics

Which research topics does Patna Medical College and Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, Dental Implant Techniques and Outcomes, Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management and Ear Surgery and Otitis Media.

Orthodontics and Dentofa…4Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics: 4 fractional worksDental Implant Technique…4Dental Implant Techniques and Outcomes: 4 fractional worksAppendicitis Diagnosis and Management: 3 fractional worksEar Surgery and Otitis Media: 3 fractional worksMaternal and fetal healthcare: 3 fractional worksDental Radiography and Imaging: 3 fractional worksDental Research and COVID-19: 3 fractional worksOvarian cancer diagnosis…3Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment: 3 fractional worksOral and Maxillofacial Pathology: 3 fractional worksVascular Malformations and Hemangiomas: 3 fractional works
OrthodonticsOral SurgeryEmergency MedicineOtorhinolaryngology4 others

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

  1. 1 Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics Orthodontics 4 works
  2. 2 Dental Implant Techniques and Outcomes Oral Surgery 4 works
  3. 3 Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management Emergency Medicine 3 works
  4. 4 Ear Surgery and Otitis Media Otorhinolaryngology 3 works
  5. 5 Maternal and fetal healthcare Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 3 works
  6. 6 Dental Radiography and Imaging Oral Surgery 3 works
  7. 7 Dental Research and COVID-19 General Dentistry 3 works
  8. 8 Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment Reproductive Medicine 3 works
  9. 9 Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology Oral Surgery 3 works
  10. 10 Vascular Malformations and Hemangiomas Surgery 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 available71.0%not open29.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.3%domestic only93.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Patna Medical College and Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 246% 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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