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T. D. Medical College

In research, T. D. Medical College stands highest in Health Sciences (#10,109 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#8,869 of 10,443 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#11,393 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#18,902
of 28,054 · #29,054 all time
Rank in India
#1,259
of 1,840
Research works
858
▲ 79% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.8k
4.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
72%
world 28%

What is T. D. 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 #10,109 of 11,982 0.8%174 #16337
MedicineField #8,869 of 10,443 0.9%151 #14626
Physical SciencesDomain #11,393 of 12,888 6.4%69 #19778

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where T. D. 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).

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#16,337 #10,109
  2. Medicine#14,626 #8,869
  3. Physical Sciences#19,778 #11,393
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.

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: 1.02× its world share, 16 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.95× its world share, 16 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.38× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.73× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.71× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.76× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.38× its world share, 9 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.95× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.50× its world share, 24 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.77× its world share, 12 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.96× its world share, 11 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.75× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 4.42× its world share, 7 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.76× its world share, 15 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.44× its world share, 151 worksMedicineNursing: 0.85× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.15× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.61× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.56× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.56× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.43× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.98× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 9 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 4.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at T. D. Medical College?

Ranked on the composite score, Pradeep S. Nair lead among researchers whose main affiliation is T. D. Medical College.

  1. 1 Pradeep S. Nair India · #1,530,948 worldwide 4 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at T. D. Medical College

Which keywords describe research at T. D. Medical College?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Quality of Life, Diagnosis, Treatment, COVID-19, Global Burden, Pandemic 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. Epidemiology38▲ 3.0×77 topics
  2. Quality of Life15▲ 3.2×29 topics
  3. Treatment13▲ 3.4×26 topics
  4. COVID-1913▲ 3.0×15 topics
  5. Diagnosis12▲ 4.2×22 topics
  6. Inflammation12▲ 1.72×32 topics
  7. Pandemic10▲ 2.9×8 topics
  8. Cardiovascular Disease9▲ 2.6×18 topics
  9. Management9▲ 3.4×16 topics
  10. Global Burden8▲ 4.8×12 topics
  11. Public Health8▲ 1.62×19 topics
  12. Pathogenesis7▲ 4.5×15 topics
  13. Risk Factors7▲ 2.0×16 topics
  14. Obesity7▲ 2.8×15 topics
  15. Complications6▲ 4.0×14 topics
  16. Nanoparticles6▲ 1.55×14 topics
  17. Depression6▲ 2.1×7 topics
  18. Vaccine6▲ 4.4×7 topics
  19. Metabolic Syndrome6▲ 2.1×11 topics
  20. Genetics5▲ 2.1×13 topics
  21. Social Impact5▲ 3.6×4 topics
  22. Health4▲ 3.2×4 topics
  23. Herbal Medicine4▲ 4.5×6 topics
  24. Coronavirus4▲ 6.0×2 topics
  25. Prevention4▲ 3.1×10 topics
  26. Surgical Management4▲ 3.0×9 topics
  27. Prognosis4▲ 3.7×8 topics
  28. India4▲ 16×2 topics
  29. Development4▲ 3.3×3 topics
  30. SARS-CoV-24▲ 3.4×4 topics
  31. ACE2 Receptor4▲ 4.4×3 topics
  32. Myocardial Infarction3▲ 4.5×5 topics
  33. Neuroimaging3▲ 3.9×7 topics
  34. Thrombosis3▲ 3.8×4 topics
  35. Autoantibodies3▲ 4.3×8 topics
  36. Production3▲ 11×1 topic
  37. economic burden3▲ 27×1 topic
  38. Antibiotic Prophylaxis2▲ 9.7×3 topics
  39. Arrhythmias2▲ 8.4×2 topics
  40. Zoonotic Infections2▲ 14×2 topics

Which research topics does T. D. Medical College publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Agricultural Economics and Practices, Diverse Scientific Research Studies, Genetic and rare skin diseases. and Health and Well-being Studies.

Agricultural Economics a…3Agricultural Economics and Practices: 3 fractional worksDiverse Scientific Resea…3Diverse Scientific Research Studies: 3 fractional worksGenetic and rare skin diseases.: 2 fractional worksHealth and Well-being Studies: 2 fractional worksViral Infections and Vectors: 2 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 2 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and …2Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 2 fractional worksOccupational Health and Safety Research: 2 fractional worksSkin Diseases and Diabetes: 2 fractional works
General Agricultural and Biological SciencesGeneral Health ProfessionsGeneticsClinical Psychology5 others

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

  1. 1 Agricultural Economics and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 3 works
  2. 2 Diverse Scientific Research Studies General Health Professions 3 works
  3. 3 Genetic and rare skin diseases. Genetics 2 works
  4. 4 Health and Well-being Studies Clinical Psychology 2 works
  5. 5 Viral Infections and Vectors Infectious Diseases 2 works
  6. 6 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Health Information Management 2 works
  7. 7 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 2 works
  8. 8 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  9. 9 Occupational Health and Safety Research Radiological and Ultrasound Technology 2 works
  10. 10 Skin Diseases and Diabetes Dermatology 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 available72.5%not open27.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.0%domestic only92.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has T. D. Medical College's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 79% 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.