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Pushpagiri Medical College

In research, Pushpagiri Medical College stands highest in Health Sciences (#4,242 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#6,750 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Dentistry — Dentistry is 15.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#11,318
of 28,054 · #20,754 all time
Rank in India
#804
of 1,840
Research works
922
▲ 25% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.4k
4.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
77%
world 28%

What is Pushpagiri Medical College 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 #4,242 of 11,982 3.5%205 #7300
MedicineField #6,750 of 10,443 2.9%163 #9291

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

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Dentistry takes 15.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. DentistryField · 23.4 works16×
← 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: 0.40× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.09× its world share, 18 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.81× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.70× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.94× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.50× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.30× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.28× its world share, 13 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.26× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.86× its world share, 9 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 15.95× its world share, 23 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.17× its world share, 17 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.79× its world share, 162 worksMedicineNursing: 0.79× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.11× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.87× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.45× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.84× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 13 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 15.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Pushpagiri Medical College?

Ranked on the composite score, Roy Abraham Kallivayalil, Afzal Javed and Mathew George lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Pushpagiri Medical College.

  1. 1 Roy Abraham Kallivayalil India · #1,044,769 worldwide 29 citations · 30 works
  2. 2 Afzal Javed India · #1,190,954 worldwide 24 citations · 22 works
  3. 3 Mathew George India · #1,332,325 worldwide 14 citations · 60 works
  4. 4 Lincy Joseph India · #1,378,276 worldwide 14 citations · 45 works
All ranked researchers at Pushpagiri Medical College

Which keywords describe research at Pushpagiri Medical College?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Treatment, Inflammation, Diagnosis, Tissue Engineering, Surgical Management, Management and Complications.

▲ 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. Epidemiology36▲ 3.0×81 topics
  2. Inflammation17▲ 2.6×39 topics
  3. Treatment14▲ 3.9×30 topics
  4. Diagnosis12▲ 4.3×28 topics
  5. Quality of Life11▲ 2.5×24 topics
  6. Management11▲ 4.6×19 topics
  7. COVID-1910▲ 2.5×13 topics
  8. Tissue Engineering10▲ 5.5×10 topics
  9. Biomedical Applications9▲ 2.6×18 topics
  10. Complications9▲ 6.1×13 topics
  11. Surgical Management9▲ 7.2×13 topics
  12. Nanoparticles9▲ 2.3×14 topics
  13. Risk Factors8▲ 2.5×19 topics
  14. Metabolic Syndrome8▲ 3.1×14 topics
  15. Biomaterials7▲ 11×7 topics
  16. Cardiovascular Disease7▲ 2.1×19 topics
  17. Global Burden7▲ 4.3×10 topics
  18. Bone Regeneration7▲ 19×2 topics
  19. Prognostic Factors6▲ 4.5×9 topics
  20. Diabetes Mellitus6▲ 9.3×5 topics
  21. Genetics6▲ 2.6×10 topics
  22. Vaccine5▲ 4.4×8 topics
  23. Regenerative Medicine5▲ 6.9×5 topics
  24. Angiogenesis5▲ 5.3×8 topics
  25. Clinical Practice Guidelines5▲ 3.1×10 topics
  26. Dental Caries5▲ 17×2 topics
  27. Children4▲ 6.2×5 topics
  28. Rehabilitation4▲ 3.6×8 topics
  29. Treatment Guidelines4▲ 6.7×6 topics
  30. Chronic Kidney Disease4▲ 5.8×6 topics
  31. Osteoporosis4▲ 15×4 topics
  32. Bacterial Diversity4▲ 11×2 topics
  33. Microbial Ecology4▲ 7.0×2 topics
  34. Coronavirus4▲ 5.7×2 topics
  35. Hydroxyapatite4▲ 17×1 topic
  36. Oral Microbiome4▲ 21×1 topic
  37. Periodontal Diseases4▲ 21×1 topic
  38. Scaffolds4▲ 17×1 topic
  39. Periodontal Disease3▲ 18×2 topics
  40. Epidemiological Profile3▲ 25×2 topics

Which research topics does Pushpagiri Medical College publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Oral microbiology and periodontitis research, Bone Tissue Engineering Materials, Dental Radiography and Imaging and Dental Implant Techniques and Outcomes.

Oral microbiology and pe…4Oral microbiology and periodontitis research: 4 fractional worksBone Tissue Engineering …4Bone Tissue Engineering Materials: 4 fractional worksDental Radiography and Imaging: 3 fractional worksDental Implant Technique…3Dental Implant Techniques and Outcomes: 3 fractional worksOral and Maxillofacial P…3Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology: 3 fractional worksDiverse Scientific Research Studies: 3 fractional worksDental Research and COVID-19: 3 fractional worksPeriodontal Regeneration…2Periodontal Regeneration and Treatments: 2 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksElectrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications: 2 fractional works
PeriodonticsBiomedical EngineeringOral SurgeryGeneral Health Professions4 others

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

  1. 1 Oral microbiology and periodontitis research Periodontics 4 works
  2. 2 Bone Tissue Engineering Materials Biomedical Engineering 4 works
  3. 3 Dental Radiography and Imaging Oral Surgery 3 works
  4. 4 Dental Implant Techniques and Outcomes Oral Surgery 3 works
  5. 5 Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology Oral Surgery 3 works
  6. 6 Diverse Scientific Research Studies General Health Professions 3 works
  7. 7 Dental Research and COVID-19 General Dentistry 3 works
  8. 8 Periodontal Regeneration and Treatments Urology 2 works
  9. 9 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 2 works
  10. 10 Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications Biomaterials 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 available76.6%not open23.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.6%domestic only91.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Pushpagiri Medical College's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 25% 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.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.