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R. G. Kar Medical College and Hospital

In research, R. G. Kar Medical College and Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#7,445 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#7,084 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 5.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#16,416
of 28,054 · #21,356 all time
Rank in India
#1,114
of 1,840
Research works
1.8k
▲ 38% vs 2013–17
Citations
9.6k
5.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
64%
world 28%

What is R. G. Kar Medical College and Hospital 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 #7,445 of 11,982 2.1%309 #7187
MedicineField #7,084 of 10,443 1.9%288 #5492

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where R. G. Kar Medical College and Hospital 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 R. G. Kar Medical College and Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 5.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 53.5 works5.6×
← 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: 0.22× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.18× its world share, 26 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.83× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.71× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.20× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.15× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.19× its world share, 12 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.25× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.66× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.19× its world share, 13 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.69× its world share, 288 worksMedicineNursing: 2.13× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.34× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.41× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.60× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.55× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 10 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at R. G. Kar Medical College and Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Debabrata Bandyopadhyay, Tapas Kumar Sur and Sudip Kumar Ghosh lead among researchers whose main affiliation is R. G. Kar Medical College and Hospital.

  1. 1 Debabrata Bandyopadhyay India · #633,794 worldwide 32 citations · 16 works
  2. 2 Tapas Kumar Sur India · #680,522 worldwide 38 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 Sudip Kumar Ghosh India · #736,637 worldwide 44 citations · 34 works
  4. 4 Sabyasachi Bandyopadhyay India · #890,216 worldwide 26 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Saswata Ghosh India · #988,741 worldwide 22 citations · 23 works
  6. 6 Avik Panigrahi India · #1,065,336 worldwide 8 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Pritam Chatterjee India · #1,093,805 worldwide 2 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Dibyendu Bikash Bhanja India · #1,114,704 worldwide 9 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 Atanu Chandra India · #1,158,489 worldwide 7 citations · 32 works
  10. 10 Abhijit Dutta India · #1,220,376 worldwide 7 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at R. G. Kar Medical College and Hospital

Which keywords describe research at R. G. Kar Medical College and Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Complications, Guidelines, Metabolic Syndrome, Chemotherapy and Management.

▲ 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. Epidemiology62▲ 3.9×101 topics
  2. Diagnosis25▲ 6.6×33 topics
  3. Treatment24▲ 4.8×39 topics
  4. Inflammation15▲ 1.83×45 topics
  5. Cardiovascular Disease14▲ 3.2×28 topics
  6. Complications14▲ 7.1×16 topics
  7. Metabolic Syndrome14▲ 4.3×18 topics
  8. Management13▲ 4.2×21 topics
  9. Chemotherapy13▲ 4.6×17 topics
  10. Quality of Life13▲ 2.2×34 topics
  11. Guidelines13▲ 6.7×11 topics
  12. Public Health12▲ 2.1×22 topics
  13. COVID-1912▲ 2.2×20 topics
  14. Risk Factors12▲ 2.6×21 topics
  15. Oxidative Stress10▲ 1.52×32 topics
  16. Mortality9▲ 3.9×9 topics
  17. Pandemic9▲ 2.1×8 topics
  18. Surgical Management9▲ 5.3×16 topics
  19. Genetic Mutations9▲ 5.0×20 topics
  20. Clinical Practice Guidelines8▲ 3.7×13 topics
  21. Vaccine8▲ 5.0×10 topics
  22. Metastasis8▲ 5.8×7 topics
  23. Immune Response7▲ 3.1×14 topics
  24. Radiotherapy7▲ 4.5×12 topics
  25. Pain Management7▲ 7.5×7 topics
  26. Survival Analysis7▲ 6.2×6 topics
  27. Insulin Resistance7▲ 3.6×8 topics
  28. Surgery7▲ 4.7×10 topics
  29. Pathogenesis6▲ 3.2×15 topics
  30. Chronic Pain6▲ 7.2×5 topics
  31. Heart Failure6▲ 3.6×10 topics
  32. Prognostic Factors6▲ 3.5×11 topics
  33. Type 2 Diabetes6▲ 6.8×5 topics
  34. Postoperative Complications6▲ 11×3 topics
  35. Coronavirus5▲ 6.3×3 topics
  36. Maternal Mortality5▲ 5.9×5 topics
  37. Autoantibodies5▲ 5.3×8 topics
  38. Prenatal Diagnosis5▲ 8.0×6 topics
  39. Cardiac Risk5▲ 14×1 topic
  40. Perioperative5▲ 14×1 topic

Which research topics does R. G. Kar Medical College and Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes, Diverse Scientific Research Studies, Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment and Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment.

Cardiac, Anesthesia and …5Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 5 fractional worksDiverse Scientific Resea…3Diverse Scientific Research Studies: 3 fractional worksOvarian cancer diagnosis and treatment: 3 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 3 fractional worksAnesthesia and Pain Management: 3 fractional worksBirth, Development, and Health: 3 fractional worksDermatological and Skeletal Disorders: 2 fractional worksUrological Disorders and…2Urological Disorders and Treatments: 2 fractional worksBone fractures and treatments: 2 fractional worksHemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders: 2 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineGeneral Health ProfessionsReproductive MedicineEpidemiology4 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 5 works
  2. 2 Diverse Scientific Research Studies General Health Professions 3 works
  3. 3 Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment Reproductive Medicine 3 works
  4. 4 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 3 works
  5. 5 Anesthesia and Pain Management Surgery 3 works
  6. 6 Birth, Development, and Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 3 works
  7. 7 Dermatological and Skeletal Disorders Genetics 2 works
  8. 8 Urological Disorders and Treatments Urology 2 works
  9. 9 Bone fractures and treatments Epidemiology 2 works
  10. 10 Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders Genetics 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 available64.4%not open35.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.5%domestic only94.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has R. G. Kar Medical College and Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 38% 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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