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Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences

In research, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences stands highest in Medicine (#5,914 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#7,321 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#19,007
of 28,054 · #19,880 all time
Rank in India
#1,266
of 1,840
Research works
1.3k
▲ 12% vs 2013–17
Citations
8.6k
6.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
78%
world 28%

What is Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences 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 #5,914 of 10,443 2.1%202 #6778
Health SciencesDomain #7,321 of 11,982 2.1%221 #7279

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences 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).

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: 0.20× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.36× its world share, 23 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.07× its world share, 7 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.69× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.56× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.20× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.17× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.93× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.40× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.05× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.44× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.29× its world share, 202 worksMedicineNursing: 2.28× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 4.49× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.35× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.86× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.55× its world share, 15 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 10 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences?

Ranked on the composite score, Zile Singh, Nayyar Iqbal and Thomas Alexander lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences.

  1. 1 Zile Singh India · #816,464 worldwide 36 citations · 32 works
  2. 2 Nayyar Iqbal India · #959,265 worldwide 37 citations · 26 works
  3. 3 Thomas Alexander India · #1,121,331 worldwide 17 citations · 27 works
  4. 4 Reba Kanungo India · #1,159,373 worldwide 34 citations · 29 works
  5. 5 Aneesh Basheer India · #1,398,244 worldwide 12 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 Magi Murugan India · #1,403,306 worldwide 4 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 A. Velavan India · #1,453,161 worldwide 2 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Rebecca Samson India · #1,476,951 worldwide 5 citations · 24 works
  9. 9 Ravichandran India · #1,584,328 worldwide 8 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Mark Christopher Arokiaraj India · #1,592,033 worldwide 1 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences

Which keywords describe research at Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Treatment, Diagnosis, Inflammation, Pathogenesis, Antibiotic Resistance, Immune Response and Vaccine Development.

▲ 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. Epidemiology54▲ 4.3×80 topics
  2. Treatment21▲ 5.5×36 topics
  3. Inflammation20▲ 2.9×46 topics
  4. Diagnosis17▲ 5.8×26 topics
  5. Pathogenesis12▲ 7.4×17 topics
  6. COVID-1912▲ 2.7×14 topics
  7. Cardiovascular Disease11▲ 3.0×24 topics
  8. Public Health10▲ 2.2×18 topics
  9. Quality of Life10▲ 2.2×17 topics
  10. Pandemic10▲ 2.9×9 topics
  11. Immune Response10▲ 5.3×12 topics
  12. Antibiotic Resistance9▲ 7.6×10 topics
  13. Mortality9▲ 4.8×11 topics
  14. Metabolic Syndrome8▲ 3.2×17 topics
  15. Risk Factors8▲ 2.4×17 topics
  16. Depression8▲ 2.8×14 topics
  17. Vaccine Development8▲ 9.6×6 topics
  18. Global Burden7▲ 4.2×11 topics
  19. Surgical Management7▲ 5.5×11 topics
  20. Complications7▲ 4.4×11 topics
  21. Infectious Diseases7▲ 6.3×6 topics
  22. Vaccine7▲ 5.1×7 topics
  23. Management6▲ 2.5×12 topics
  24. Meta-Analysis6▲ 3.4×11 topics
  25. Clinical Practice Guidelines6▲ 3.6×10 topics
  26. Guidelines6▲ 3.9×10 topics
  27. Pain Management5▲ 7.5×7 topics
  28. ACE2 Receptor5▲ 6.7×3 topics
  29. Drug Resistance5▲ 5.8×4 topics
  30. Genetic Mutations5▲ 3.8×15 topics
  31. Genetic Diversity5▲ 3.5×4 topics
  32. Chronic Kidney Disease5▲ 6.5×8 topics
  33. Psychological Distress5▲ 6.1×4 topics
  34. SARS-CoV-25▲ 4.7×6 topics
  35. Pathophysiology4▲ 4.6×6 topics
  36. Virulence4▲ 21×4 topics
  37. Medical Education4▲ 5.1×8 topics
  38. Chronic Pain4▲ 5.7×5 topics
  39. Virulence Factors4▲ 8.2×4 topics
  40. Type III Secretion System4▲ 20×3 topics

Which research topics does Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Burkholderia infections and melioidosis, Mosquito-borne diseases and control, COVID-19 epidemiological studies and COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies.

Burkholderia infections …3Burkholderia infections and melioidosis: 3 fractional worksMosquito-borne diseases …3Mosquito-borne diseases and control: 3 fractional worksCOVID-19 epidemiological studies: 3 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Resear…3COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 3 fractional worksComplex Systems and Time…3Complex Systems and Time Series Analysis: 3 fractional worksNeural Networks and Applications: 3 fractional worksStatistical Mechanics and Entropy: 3 fractional worksTuberculosis Research an…3Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 3 fractional worksDialysis and Renal Disease Management: 2 fractional worksInnovations in Medical Education: 2 fractional works
EpidemiologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthModeling and SimulationInfectious Diseases4 others

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

  1. 1 Burkholderia infections and melioidosis Epidemiology 3 works
  2. 2 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  3. 3 COVID-19 epidemiological studies Modeling and Simulation 3 works
  4. 4 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 3 works
  5. 5 Complex Systems and Time Series Analysis Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  6. 6 Neural Networks and Applications Artificial Intelligence 3 works
  7. 7 Statistical Mechanics and Entropy Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 3 works
  8. 8 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 3 works
  9. 9 Dialysis and Renal Disease Management Nephrology 2 works
  10. 10 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 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 available78.3%not open21.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.6%domestic only94.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 12% 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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