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Ragas Dental College & Hospital

In research, Ragas Dental College & Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,267 of 11,982 worldwide), Dentistry (#156 of 367 worldwide) and Medicine (#5,166 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oral Surgery, Orthodontics and Dentistry — Oral Surgery is 101.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#9,222
of 28,054 · #12,057 all time
Rank in India
#646
of 1,840
Research works
1.8k
▲ 29% vs 2013–17
Citations
18k
10.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
72%
world 28%

What is Ragas Dental College & 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 #2,267 of 11,982 5.3%450 #2938
DentistryField #156 of 367 5.3%250 #217
MedicineField #5,166 of 10,443 5.1%149 #5823
Oral SurgerySubfield #52 of 79 5.5%115 #198
OrthodonticsSubfield #33 of 37 4.6%66 #177
Physical SciencesDomain #11,699 of 12,888 6.0%67 #20430

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ragas Dental College & 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).

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#2,938 #2,267
  2. Dentistry#217 #156
  3. Medicine#5,823 #5,166
  4. Oral Surgery#198 #52
  5. Orthodontics#177 #33
  6. Physical Sciences#20,430 #11,699
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 Ragas Dental College & Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oral Surgery takes 101.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Oral SurgerySubfield · 114.8 works102×
  2. OrthodonticsSubfield · 65.5 works100×
  3. DentistryField · 250.2 works88×
  4. General DentistrySubfield · 21.7 works85×
  5. PeriodonticsSubfield · 48.1 works60×
← 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: 0.29× its world share, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.03× its world share, 32 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.47× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.87× its world share, 6 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.29× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.36× its world share, 16 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.38× its world share, 33 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.14× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.35× its world share, 7 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 88.22× its world share, 250 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.98× its world share, 46 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.33× its world share, 149 worksMedicineNursing: 1.15× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.17× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.17× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.24× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 88.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Ragas Dental College & Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Freny Karjodkar, Elizabeth Joshua and Kannan Ranganathan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ragas Dental College & Hospital.

  1. 1 Freny Karjodkar India · #860,335 worldwide 21 citations · 20 works
  2. 2 Elizabeth Joshua India · #935,031 worldwide 14 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Kannan Ranganathan India · #1,089,885 worldwide 19 citations · 39 works
  4. 4 Ajinkya M. Pawar India · #1,472,869 worldwide 3 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 N. R. Krishnaswamy India · #1,501,737 worldwide 20 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 Shivani Bansal India · #1,585,973 worldwide 6 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Rajiv S. Desai India · #1,591,920 worldwide 3 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Ragas Dental College & Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Ragas Dental College & Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Quality of Life, Mineral Trioxide Aggregate, Root Canal Irrigants, Epidemiology, Clinical Trials, Dental Materials, Restorative Dentistry and Dental Caries.

▲ 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. Epidemiology65▲ 2.8×53 topics
  2. Quality of Life56▲ 6.6×17 topics
  3. Mineral Trioxide Aggregate43▲ 197×1 topic
  4. Root Canal Irrigants43▲ 197×1 topic
  5. Clinical Trials37▲ 9.4×9 topics
  6. Artificial Intelligence35▲ 4.3×8 topics
  7. Dental Materials33▲ 105×1 topic
  8. Restorative Dentistry33▲ 105×1 topic
  9. COVID-1931▲ 3.9×15 topics
  10. Dental Caries30▲ 53×2 topics
  11. Periodontal Disease30▲ 86×2 topics
  12. Cone-Beam CT28▲ 96×1 topic
  13. Dental Imaging28▲ 96×1 topic
  14. Risk Factors24▲ 3.8×7 topics
  15. Virtual Reality24▲ 8.2×5 topics
  16. Bone Regeneration24▲ 34×2 topics
  17. Orthognathic Surgery23▲ 79×2 topics
  18. Psychological Factors22▲ 18×4 topics
  19. Infection Control22▲ 45×2 topics
  20. Dental Practice22▲ 85×1 topic
  21. Transmission Routes22▲ 85×1 topic
  22. Dental Implants21▲ 72×1 topic
  23. Peri-implant Diseases21▲ 72×1 topic
  24. Diabetes Mellitus20▲ 18×6 topics
  25. Oral Microbiome20▲ 60×1 topic
  26. Periodontal Diseases20▲ 60×1 topic
  27. Prevention18▲ 7.4×8 topics
  28. Oral Health18▲ 54×3 topics
  29. Dental Erosion16▲ 135×1 topic
  30. Tooth Whitening16▲ 135×1 topic
  31. Biomaterials16▲ 12×5 topics
  32. Surgical Management16▲ 6.8×9 topics
  33. Diagnostic Criteria16▲ 12×6 topics
  34. Dental Esthetics16▲ 71×1 topic
  35. Orthodontic Tooth Movement16▲ 71×1 topic
  36. Regenerative Medicine15▲ 9.8×4 topics
  37. Osteoarthritis Treatment14▲ 60×2 topics
  38. Growth Factors13▲ 18×2 topics
  39. Orthopedic Surgery13▲ 39×2 topics
  40. Platelet-Rich Plasma13▲ 33×1 topic

Which research topics does Ragas Dental College & Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Endodontics and Root Canal Treatments, Dental materials and restorations, Dental Radiography and Imaging and Dental Research and COVID-19.

Endodontics and Root Canal Treatments: 43 fractional worksDental materials and restorations: 33 fractional worksDental Radiography and I…28Dental Radiography and Imaging: 28 fractional worksDental Research and COVI…22Dental Research and COVID-19: 22 fractional worksDental Implant Techniques and Outcomes: 21 fractional worksOral microbiology and periodontitis research: 20 fractional worksDental Erosion and Treat…16Dental Erosion and Treatment: 16 fractional worksOrthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics: 16 fractional worksPeriodontal Regeneration and Treatments: 13 fractional worksDental Anxiety and Anesthesia Techniques: 12 fractional works
Oral SurgeryOrthodonticsGeneral DentistryPeriodontics1 others

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

  1. 1 Endodontics and Root Canal Treatments Oral Surgery 43 works
  2. 2 Dental materials and restorations Orthodontics 33 works
  3. 3 Dental Radiography and Imaging Oral Surgery 28 works
  4. 4 Dental Research and COVID-19 General Dentistry 22 works
  5. 5 Dental Implant Techniques and Outcomes Oral Surgery 21 works
  6. 6 Oral microbiology and periodontitis research Periodontics 20 works
  7. 7 Dental Erosion and Treatment Orthodontics 16 works
  8. 8 Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics Orthodontics 16 works
  9. 9 Periodontal Regeneration and Treatments Urology 13 works
  10. 10 Dental Anxiety and Anesthesia Techniques Oral Surgery 12 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 available72.4%not open27.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.0%domestic only89.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Ragas Dental College & Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 29% 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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