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Population Council Institute

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World rank, all time
#24,264
of 34,923
Rank in India
#1,076
of 1,754
Research works
165
▼ 16% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.8k
23.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.16×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
56%
world 40%
International
41%
world 18%
Population Council Institute

Which fields of science does Population Council Institute work in?

In 2022-now, 52% of research at Population Council Institute is in Health Sciences, 36% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (34%), Social Sciences (22%), Health Professions (15%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 22 fractional works · 51.6% of its workMedicine: 15 fractional works · 34.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 7 fractional works · 16.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 6.2% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 3.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 15.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 10.2% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 15 fractional works · 35.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 21.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 5.7% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 4.5% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 4.4% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 6.1% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 4.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 4.0% of its workBusiness and International Management: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 3.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 6.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 4.0% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 3 fractional works · 6.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKPopulationCouncil Institute43fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences6%Health Sciences52%Social Sciences36%

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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine1534.0%
    2. Health Professions615.1%
    3. Nursing12.4%
    1. Social Sciences921.7%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance36.1%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting24.0%
    4. Psychology13.5%
    5. Decision Sciences00.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences24.0%
    2. Neuroscience01.2%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.8%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.7%
    5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.1%
    1. Environmental Science12.2%
    2. Mathematics11.9%
    3. Computer Science01.0%
    4. Engineering00.6%
    5. Materials Science00.3%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
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: 0.83× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.73× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.72× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.21× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.59× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 5.73× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.77× its world share, 15 worksMedicineNursing: 4.92× its world share, 1 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.25× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.85× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.14× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.72× its world share, 9 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 5.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions5.73×6 works
  2. Nursing4.92×1 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.85×3 works
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.21×0 works
  5. Medicine1.77×15 works
  6. Social Sciences1.72×9 works
  7. Mathematics1.59×1 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting1.25×2 works
  9. Psychology1.14×2 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.83×2 works
  11. Immunology and Microbiology0.73×0 works
  12. Neuroscience0.72×0 works
  13. Environmental Science0.44×1 works
  14. Decision Sciences0.30×0 works
  15. Computer Science0.12×0 works
  16. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.07×0 works
  17. Materials Science0.07×0 works
  18. Engineering0.04×0 works
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Population Council Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, Rajib Acharya, Akash Porwal and Niranjan Saggurti lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Population Council Institute.

  1. 1 Rajib Acharya India · #368,304 worldwide 3.9k citations · 146 works
  2. 2 Akash Porwal India · #630,849 worldwide 911 citations · 42 works
  3. 3 Niranjan Saggurti India · #640,434 worldwide 6.6k citations · 237 works
  4. 4 Nizamuddin Khan India · #913,160 worldwide 778 citations · 51 works
  5. 5 Laili Irani India · #1,023,677 worldwide 1.2k citations · 63 works
  6. 6 Avishek Hazra India · #1,201,463 worldwide 517 citations · 47 works
  7. 7 Sowmya Ramesh India · #1,593,142 worldwide 939 citations · 80 works
  8. 8 Arupendra Mozumdar India · #1,656,273 worldwide 1.8k citations · 83 works
  9. 9 Shveta Kalyanwala India · #1,799,625 worldwide 1.1k citations · 32 works
  10. 10 Sampath Kumar India · #2,024,677 worldwide 456 citations · 32 works
All ranked researchers at Population Council Institute

What are the most cited papers from Population Council Institute?

The most cited paper from Population Council Institute is "Marital violence, human development and women’s property status in India" (Pradeep Kumar Panda, Bina Agarwal, 2005), with 653 citations. Next come "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" (500) and "Disrupting gender norms in health systems: making the case for change" (459).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Marital violence, human development and women’s property status in India Pradeep Kumar Panda, Bina Agarwal · World Development 11 Mar 2005 653
2 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
3 Disrupting gender norms in health systems: making the case for change Katherine Hay et al. · The Lancet Open access 30 May 2019 459
4 Prevalence of child marriage and its effect on fertility and fertility-control outcomes of young women in India: a cross-sectional, observational study Anita Raj, Niranjan Saggurti, Donta Balaiah et al. · The Lancet Open access 10 Mar 2009 453
5 The effect of maternal child marriage on morbidity and mortality of children under 5 in India: cross sectional study of a nationally representative sample Anita Raj, Niranjan Saggurti, Michael R Winter et al. · BMJ Open access 21 Jan 2010 299
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Which keywords describe research at Population Council Institute?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Maternal Mortality, Health Inequalities, Community Health Workers, Child Mortality, Health Systems, Family Planning, Risk Factors and Mental Health.

▲ 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. Maternal Mortality8▲ 79×4 topics
  2. Community Health Workers7▲ 185×2 topics
  3. Health Inequalities7▲ 135×2 topics
  4. Child Mortality7▲ 222×1 topic
  5. Health Systems7▲ 222×1 topic
  6. Mental Health3▲ 4.7×13 topics
  7. Family Planning3▲ 116×2 topics
  8. Risk Factors3▲ 6.0×3 topics
  9. Public Health2▲ 4.0×11 topics
  10. COVID-192▲ 3.7×5 topics
  11. Cardiovascular Disease2▲ 4.1×11 topics
  12. Gender Bias2▲ 52×2 topics
  13. Adolescent Health2▲ 53×2 topics
  14. Epidemiology2◆ 1.13×11 topics
  15. Health System Reform2▲ 65×2 topics
  16. HIV Prevention2▲ 72×1 topic
  17. Sexual Behavior2▲ 119×1 topic
  18. Health Financing2▲ 115×1 topic
  19. Universal Coverage2▲ 115×1 topic
  20. Reproductive Health2▲ 71×2 topics
  21. Contraception1▲ 127×1 topic
  22. Sex Ratios1▲ 193×1 topic
  23. Son Preference1▲ 193×1 topic
  24. Unintended Pregnancy1▲ 127×1 topic
  25. Vulnerability1▲ 13×4 topics
  26. Chronic Disease1▲ 16×3 topics
  27. Infectious Diseases1▲ 8.6×2 topics
  28. Social Media1▲ 2.1×3 topics
  29. Sustainability1▲ 1.17×3 topics
  30. Child Development1▲ 6.2×3 topics
  31. Health Outcomes1▲ 9.1×2 topics
  32. Human Rights1▲ 2.5×4 topics
  33. Maternal Outcomes1▲ 34×2 topics
  34. Perinatal Outcomes1▲ 34×2 topics
  35. COVID-19 Vaccine1▲ 33×1 topic
  36. Emerging Markets1▲ 35×1 topic
  37. Frugal Innovation1▲ 45×1 topic
  38. Non-Communicable Diseases1▲ 8.8×2 topics
  39. Risk Perception1▲ 9.1×2 topics
  40. Vaccine Hesitancy1▲ 36×1 topic

Which research topics does Population Council Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Global Maternal and Child Health, Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health, Healthcare Systems and Reforms and Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences.

Global Maternal and Chil…7Global Maternal and Child Health: 7 fractional worksAdolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: 2 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and Reforms: 2 fractional worksDemographic Trends and G…1Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences: 1 fractional worksReproductive Health and …1Reproductive Health and Contraception: 1 fractional worksInnovation and Socioecon…1Innovation and Socioeconomic Development: 1 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 1 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 1 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 1 fractional worksCOVID-19 Impact on Reproduction: 1 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthGeneral Health ProfessionsFinanceGender Studies6 others

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

  1. 1 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 7 works
  2. 2 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health General Health Professions 2 works
  3. 3 Healthcare Systems and Reforms Finance 2 works
  4. 4 Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences Gender Studies 1 works
  5. 5 Reproductive Health and Contraception Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  6. 6 Innovation and Socioeconomic Development Business and International Management 1 works
  7. 7 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 1 works
  8. 8 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 1 works
  9. 9 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 1 works
  10. 10 COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction Obstetrics and Gynecology 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 available56.3%not open43.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors41.0%domestic only59.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Population Council Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 16% lower 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 Population Council Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00011% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Population Council Institute0.00015% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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