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Public Health Foundation of India

In research, Public Health Foundation of India stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,251 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#3,988 of 10,443 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#6,922 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in General Health Professions — General Health Professions is 7.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,035
of 28,054 · #9,266 all time
Rank in India
#571
of 1,840
Research works
1.2k
▼ 19% vs 2013–17
Citations
37k
31.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
72%
world 28%

What is Public Health Foundation of India 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 #3,251 of 11,982 24.0%157 #3143
MedicineField #3,988 of 10,443 22.5%102 #3737
Social SciencesDomain #6,922 of 10,521 23.1%67 #6101

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Public Health Foundation of India 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Health Sciences#3,143 #3,251
  2. Medicine#3,737 #3,988
  3. Social Sciences#6,101 #6,922
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Public Health Foundation of India specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: General Health Professions takes 7.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. General Health ProfessionsSubfield · 27.8 works7.5×
← 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: 0.70× its world share, 9 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.32× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.39× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.49× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.13× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.00× its world share, 13 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.84× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsDentistry: 5.07× its world share, 7 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 5.72× its world share, 40 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.98× its world share, 102 worksMedicineNursing: 6.10× its world share, 8 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.02× its world share, 9 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.52× its world share, 14 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.22× its world share, 18 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.71× its world share, 24 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 6.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Public Health Foundation of India?

Ranked on the composite score, Dorairaj Prabhakaran, Monika Arora and Sanjay Zodpey lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Public Health Foundation of India.

  1. 1 Dorairaj Prabhakaran India · #239 worldwide 3k citations · 134 works
  2. 2 Monika Arora India · #5,187 worldwide 1.2k citations · 71 works
  3. 3 Sanjay Zodpey India · #12,319 worldwide 3.8k citations · 44 works
  4. 4 Manu Raj Mathur India · #25,427 worldwide 3k citations · 35 works
  5. 5 Giridhara R. Babu India · #40,771 worldwide 538 citations · 32 works
  6. 6 Chandrakant Lahariya India · #149,459 worldwide 213 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 Sutapa Agrawal India · #180,964 worldwide 3.6k citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Preet K. Dhillon India · #459,399 worldwide 95 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 GVS Murthy India · #503,301 worldwide 82 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Rahul Shidhaye India · #535,751 worldwide 80 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Public Health Foundation of India

Which keywords describe research at Public Health Foundation of India?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Public Health, Epidemiology, COVID-19, Mental Health, Cardiovascular Disease, Depression, Global Burden of Disease and Maternal Mortality.

▲ 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. Epidemiology34▲ 3.2×67 topics
  2. Public Health28▲ 7.3×34 topics
  3. Mental Health18▲ 4.5×27 topics
  4. COVID-1917▲ 4.7×21 topics
  5. Cardiovascular Disease16▲ 5.3×25 topics
  6. Depression14▲ 6.0×15 topics
  7. Risk Factors14▲ 4.7×22 topics
  8. Quality of Life13▲ 3.4×25 topics
  9. Pandemic13▲ 4.4×11 topics
  10. Global Burden of Disease12▲ 18×4 topics
  11. Maternal Mortality12▲ 20×4 topics
  12. Health Inequalities12▲ 37×5 topics
  13. Primary Care11▲ 11×7 topics
  14. Health Effects10▲ 6.4×11 topics
  15. Metabolic Syndrome10▲ 4.8×14 topics
  16. Community Health Workers10▲ 45×2 topics
  17. Child Mortality10▲ 53×1 topic
  18. Health Systems10▲ 53×1 topic
  19. Non-Communicable Diseases10▲ 12×3 topics
  20. Obesity10▲ 4.8×11 topics
  21. Chronic Disease10▲ 20×4 topics
  22. Child Development9▲ 8.1×6 topics
  23. Diabetes8▲ 6.2×10 topics
  24. Global Burden8▲ 5.5×12 topics
  25. Mortality8▲ 5.0×10 topics
  26. Global Trade8▲ 15×2 topics
  27. Social Support8▲ 5.2×11 topics
  28. Corporate Political Activity8▲ 82×1 topic
  29. Health In All Policies8▲ 82×1 topic
  30. Infectious Diseases7▲ 8.4×7 topics
  31. Social Determinants7▲ 13×4 topics
  32. Health Outcomes7▲ 9.9×7 topics
  33. Health Promotion7▲ 8.5×9 topics
  34. Adolescents7▲ 6.8×5 topics
  35. Maternal and Child Undernutrition7▲ 30×1 topic
  36. Water Sanitation Hygiene7▲ 30×1 topic
  37. Health System Reform7▲ 35×2 topics
  38. Health Equity6▲ 8.9×5 topics
  39. Low- and Middle-Income Countries6▲ 42×2 topics
  40. Psychological Distress6▲ 8.8×4 topics

Which research topics does Public Health Foundation of India publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Global Maternal and Child Health, Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology, Child Nutrition and Water Access and Healthcare Systems and Reforms.

Global Maternal and Child Health: 10 fractional worksGlobal Public Health Policies and Epidemiology: 8 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Wate…7Child Nutrition and Water Access: 7 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and R…6Healthcare Systems and Reforms: 6 fractional worksSmoking Behavior and Cessation: 4 fractional worksObesity, Physical Activity, Diet: 4 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health4COVID-19 and Mental Health: 4 fractional worksChronic Disease Management Strategies: 4 fractional worksFood Security and Health in Diverse Populations: 3 fractional worksAir Quality and Health Impacts: 3 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementNutrition and DieteticsFinance6 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 10 works
  2. 2 Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 8 works
  3. 3 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 7 works
  4. 4 Healthcare Systems and Reforms Finance 6 works
  5. 5 Smoking Behavior and Cessation Physiology 4 works
  6. 6 Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  7. 7 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 4 works
  8. 8 Chronic Disease Management Strategies Epidemiology 4 works
  9. 9 Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations General Health Professions 3 works
  10. 10 Air Quality and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 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 available71.7%not open28.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors41.4%domestic only58.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Public Health Foundation of India's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 19% lower than in 2013–2017.

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