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Teaching Hospital Kandy

In research, Teaching Hospital Kandy stands highest in Health Sciences (#8,610 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#7,574 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#20,820
of 28,054 · #31,048 all time
Rank in Sri Lanka
#28
of 37
Research works
790
▲ 17% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.6k
5.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
73%
world 28%

What is Teaching Hospital Kandy 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 #8,610 of 11,982 3.2%132 #14050
MedicineField #7,574 of 10,443 3.0%123 #12426

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Teaching Hospital Kandy 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).

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: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.03× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.17× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.61× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.68× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.12× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.59× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.54× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.85× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.68× its world share, 123 worksMedicineNursing: 3.05× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 4.21× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.48× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.61× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Teaching Hospital Kandy?

Ranked on the composite score, C. G. Uragoda and Dushantha Madegedara lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Teaching Hospital Kandy.

  1. 1 C. G. Uragoda Sri Lanka · #910,135 worldwide 11 citations · 15 works
  2. 2 Dushantha Madegedara Sri Lanka · #1,446,708 worldwide 2 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Teaching Hospital Kandy

Which keywords describe research at Teaching Hospital Kandy?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Vaccine Development, Pathogenesis, Immune Response, Pathophysiology and SARS-CoV-2.

▲ 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▲ 5.2×79 topics
  2. Diagnosis13▲ 8.0×31 topics
  3. Treatment12▲ 5.8×30 topics
  4. Vaccine Development9▲ 21×7 topics
  5. Pathogenesis8▲ 9.7×20 topics
  6. Immune Response8▲ 8.3×13 topics
  7. Inflammation8▲ 2.1×30 topics
  8. Cardiovascular Disease6▲ 3.2×18 topics
  9. Public Health6▲ 2.5×19 topics
  10. Pandemic6▲ 3.0×7 topics
  11. Quality of Life5▲ 2.0×19 topics
  12. Pathophysiology5▲ 9.6×5 topics
  13. SARS-CoV-25▲ 8.7×5 topics
  14. Mortality5▲ 4.8×10 topics
  15. Management5▲ 3.5×18 topics
  16. Chemotherapy5▲ 3.8×16 topics
  17. Risk Factors4▲ 2.4×18 topics
  18. Drug Resistance4▲ 8.9×5 topics
  19. ACE2 Receptor4▲ 10.0×3 topics
  20. Thrombosis4▲ 8.5×3 topics
  21. Clinical Characteristics4▲ 17×2 topics
  22. Complications4▲ 4.1×10 topics
  23. Vaccine4▲ 5.1×10 topics
  24. Autoantibodies4▲ 8.7×6 topics
  25. Antiviral Treatment3▲ 17×1 topic
  26. Critical Care3▲ 8.3×8 topics
  27. Cytokine Storm3▲ 17×1 topic
  28. Antibiotic Resistance3▲ 4.8×6 topics
  29. Echocardiography3▲ 6.8×5 topics
  30. Immunity3▲ 4.6×4 topics
  31. Host Immune Response3▲ 29×3 topics
  32. Maternal Mortality3▲ 7.9×5 topics
  33. Cognitive Impairment3▲ 6.6×6 topics
  34. Neurological Manifestations3▲ 22×2 topics
  35. Chronic Kidney Disease3▲ 6.6×7 topics
  36. Stroke3▲ 8.9×7 topics
  37. Vector Control3▲ 13×2 topics
  38. Virulence3▲ 24×2 topics
  39. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes3▲ 7.9×6 topics
  40. Epilepsy2▲ 13×4 topics

Which research topics does Teaching Hospital Kandy publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies, Mosquito-borne diseases and control, Research on Leishmaniasis Studies and Vasculitis and related conditions.

COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 3 fractional worksMosquito-borne diseases and control: 2 fractional worksResearch on Leishmaniasi…2Research on Leishmaniasis Studies: 2 fractional worksVasculitis and related c…2Vasculitis and related conditions: 2 fractional worksBurkholderia infections and melioidosis: 1 fractional worksLeptospirosis research and findings: 1 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Wate…1Child Nutrition and Water Access: 1 fractional worksClimate Change and Health Impacts: 1 fractional worksViral Infections and Vectors: 1 fractional worksThyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 1 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineEpidemiology4 others

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

  1. 1 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 3 works
  2. 2 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  3. 3 Research on Leishmaniasis Studies Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  4. 4 Vasculitis and related conditions Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  5. 5 Burkholderia infections and melioidosis Epidemiology 1 works
  6. 6 Leptospirosis research and findings Parasitology 1 works
  7. 7 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 1 works
  8. 8 Climate Change and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 1 works
  9. 9 Viral Infections and Vectors Infectious Diseases 1 works
  10. 10 Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 1 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 available73.1%not open26.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.1%domestic only82.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Teaching Hospital Kandy's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 17% 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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