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Population Council

In research, Population Council stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,538 of 16,688 worldwide), Medicine (#4,656 of 14,558 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#7,079 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#17,576
of 22,385 · #7,259 all time
Rank in India
#1,254
of 1,562
Research works
683
▲ 2% vs 2018-21
Citations
23k
33.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.99×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
48%
world 40%
International
57%
world 18%
Population Council

What is Population Council known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Health SciencesDomain #3,538 of 16,688 16.9%335
MedicineField #4,656 of 14,558 17.0%248
Social SciencesDomain #7,079 of 14,833 16.8%243
Social SciencesField #5,081 of 9,330 18.8%171

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Population Council 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 Population Council work in?

In 2022-now, 48% of research at Population Council is in Health Sciences, 35% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (36%), Social Sciences (19%), Psychology (9%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 49 fractional works · 47.9% of its workMedicine: 37 fractional works · 36.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 8 fractional works · 8.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 6 fractional works · 6.4% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 9 fractional works · 9.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 8 fractional works · 8.0% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workResearch and Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 36 fractional works · 35.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 20 fractional works · 19.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 7 fractional works · 6.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychology: 9 fractional works · 9.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 5 fractional works · 4.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 4.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 9 fractional works · 8.6% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGeometry and Topology: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 8 fractional works · 8.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 4.1% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workForestry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKPopulationCouncil102fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences9%Health Sciences48%Social Sciences35%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine3736.0%
    2. Health Professions99.0%
    3. Nursing22.4%
    4. Veterinary00.5%
    5. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Social Sciences2019.2%
    2. Psychology99.1%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance44.3%
    4. Decision Sciences21.8%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting10.8%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.2%
    1. Computer Science32.7%
    2. Mathematics32.5%
    3. Environmental Science21.6%
    4. Engineering11.2%
    5. Materials Science10.5%
    6. Chemistry00.1%
    7. Energy00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences44.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology22.4%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology11.0%
    4. Neuroscience00.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
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: 0.85× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.45× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.04× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.34× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.12× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.42× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.87× its world share, 37 worksMedicineNursing: 4.96× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.37× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.86× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.99× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.97× its world share, 9 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.52× its world share, 20 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 5.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing4.96×2 works
  2. Health Professions3.42×9 works
  3. Veterinary3.37×0 works
  4. Psychology2.97×9 works
  5. Mathematics2.12×2 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.99×4 works
  7. Medicine1.87×37 works
  8. Decision Sciences1.86×2 works
  9. Social Sciences1.52×20 works
  10. Immunology and Microbiology1.04×1 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.85×4 works
  12. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.46×0 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.45×2 works
  14. Computer Science0.34×3 works
  15. Environmental Science0.32×2 works
  16. Neuroscience0.26×0 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.25×1 works
  18. Materials Science0.15×0 works
  19. Dentistry0.15×0 works
  20. Energy0.09×0 works
  21. Engineering0.08×1 works
  22. Arts and Humanities0.08×0 works
  23. Chemistry0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Population Council?

Ranked on the quality score, Sangram Kishor Patel, Annabel S. Erulkar and Shireen J. Jejeebhoy lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Population Council.

  1. 1 Sangram Kishor Patel India · #69,080 worldwide 51k citations · 94 works
  2. 2 Annabel S. Erulkar India · #474,763 worldwide 3k citations · 104 works
  3. 3 Shireen J. Jejeebhoy India · #571,698 worldwide 7k citations · 154 works
  4. 4 Nafissatou Diop India · #816,956 worldwide 1.9k citations · 85 works
  5. 5 Zeba A. Sathar India · #846,938 worldwide 4.2k citations · 104 works
  6. 6 K.G. Santhya India · #890,038 worldwide 2.4k citations · 95 works
  7. 7 Vaishali Sharma Mahendra India · #1,053,365 worldwide 1.2k citations · 20 works
  8. 8 Bidhubhusan Mahapatra India · #1,834,392 worldwide 1.8k citations · 75 works
  9. 9 Sigma Ainul India · #1,843,747 worldwide 249 citations · 28 works
  10. 10 Sandhya Barge India · #1,922,703 worldwide 800 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Population Council

What are the most cited papers from Population Council?

The most cited paper from Population Council is "Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy" (Mark Ashley Brown, Laura Ann Magee, Louise C. Kenny et al., 2018), with 2,082 citations. Next come "The ratio of 2nd to 4th digit length: a predictor of sperm numbers and concentrations of testosterone, luteinizing hormone and oestrogen" (1,479) and "Sertoli-Sertoli and Sertoli-Germ Cell Interactions and Their Significance in Germ Cell Movement in the Seminiferous Epithelium during Spermatogenesis" (904).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy Mark Ashley Brown, Laura Ann Magee, Louise C. Kenny et al. · Hypertension Open access 13 Jun 2018 2,082
2 The ratio of 2nd to 4th digit length: a predictor of sperm numbers and concentrations of testosterone, luteinizing hormone and oestrogen John T. Manning, Diane Scutt, Jimmy A. Wilson et al. · Human Reproduction Open access Nov 1998 1,479
3 Sertoli-Sertoli and Sertoli-Germ Cell Interactions and Their Significance in Germ Cell Movement in the Seminiferous Epithelium during Spermatogenesis Dolores D. Mruk, C. Yan Cheng · Endocrine Reviews Oct 2004 904
4 Women's Autonomy in India and Pakistan: The Influence of Religion and Region Shireen J. Jejeebhoy, Zeba A. Sathar · Population and Development Review Dec 2001 813
5 Marital violence, human development and women’s property status in India Pradeep Kumar Panda, Bina Agarwal · World Development 11 Mar 2005 653
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Population Council?

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

▲ 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. Mental Health8▲ 5.3×22 topics
  2. Epidemiology7▲ 1.82×44 topics
  3. Maternal Mortality7▲ 32×4 topics
  4. Health Inequalities7▲ 55×3 topics
  5. Community Health Workers7▲ 73×2 topics
  6. Child Mortality6▲ 89×1 topic
  7. Health Systems6▲ 89×1 topic
  8. Public Health5▲ 3.2×23 topics
  9. Risk Factors5▲ 4.2×21 topics
  10. Metabolic Syndrome4▲ 5.5×14 topics
  11. Cardiovascular Disease4▲ 3.2×21 topics
  12. Depression4▲ 4.1×10 topics
  13. Family Planning4▲ 64×2 topics
  14. Poverty Reduction3▲ 20×3 topics
  15. Contraception2▲ 92×1 topic
  16. Reproductive Health2▲ 50×2 topics
  17. Unintended Pregnancy2▲ 92×1 topic
  18. Child Development2▲ 5.8×4 topics
  19. Health Equity2▲ 8.1×4 topics
  20. Vulnerability2▲ 9.9×5 topics
  21. Anxiety2▲ 4.8×5 topics
  22. Gender Inequality2▲ 16×3 topics
  23. Resettlement2▲ 27×2 topics
  24. Social Determinants of Health2▲ 11×4 topics
  25. Health Disparities2▲ 8.4×4 topics
  26. Global Burden of Disease2▲ 8.1×4 topics
  27. Health System Reform2▲ 28×2 topics
  28. Adolescent Health2▲ 22×1 topic
  29. Conditional Cash Transfers2▲ 54×1 topic
  30. Primary Care2▲ 5.1×10 topics
  31. Psychological Distress2▲ 7.7×3 topics
  32. School Subsidies2▲ 54×1 topic
  33. Sexual Behavior2▲ 51×1 topic
  34. Acculturation2▲ 24×2 topics
  35. Mental Disorders2▲ 15×2 topics
  36. Psychopathology2▲ 9.5×3 topics
  37. Trauma2▲ 8.0×3 topics
  38. Health Financing2▲ 44×1 topic
  39. Universal Coverage2▲ 44×1 topic
  40. Maternal and Child Undernutrition2▲ 19×1 topic

Which research topics does Population Council publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Global Maternal and Child Health, Reproductive Health and Contraception, Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare and Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health.

Global Maternal and Chil…6Global Maternal and Child Health: 6 fractional worksReproductive Health and …2Reproductive Health and Contraception: 2 fractional worksPoverty, Education, and …2Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 2 fractional worksAdolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: 2 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and Reforms: 2 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 2 fractional worksMigration, Health and Trauma: 2 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 1 fractional worksDemographic Trends and Gender Preferences: 1 fractional worksHealthcare professionals’ stress and burnout: 1 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSafety ResearchGeneral Health Professions5 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 6 works
  2. 2 Reproductive Health and Contraception Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  3. 3 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 2 works
  4. 4 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health General Health Professions 2 works
  5. 5 Healthcare Systems and Reforms Finance 2 works
  6. 6 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 2 works
  7. 7 Migration, Health and Trauma Clinical Psychology 2 works
  8. 8 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 1 works
  9. 9 Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences Gender Studies 1 works
  10. 10 Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout General Health Professions 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 available47.7%not open52.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors57.0%domestic only43.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Population Council's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 2% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Population Council as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00028% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Population Council0.00056% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Population Council 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 counting10%20%30%Population Council16.4% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 25.3% in 2014.

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