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Vaidyaratnam P.S. Varier Ayurveda College

In research, Vaidyaratnam P.S. Varier Ayurveda College stands highest in Complementary and alternative medicine (#49 of 74 worldwide), Social Sciences (#7,346 of 10,521 worldwide) and Medicine (#8,125 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Complementary and alternative medicine, Pharmacology and Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics — Complementary and alternative medicine is 110.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#14,100
of 28,054 · #25,787 all time
Rank in India
#973
of 1,840
Research works
1.7k
▲ 333% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.6k
1.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
1.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
92%
world 28%

What is Vaidyaratnam P.S. Varier Ayurveda 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
Complementary and alternative medicineSubfield #49 of 74 1.3%306 #318
Social SciencesDomain #7,346 of 10,521 3.8%81 #14623
MedicineField #8,125 of 10,443 0.8%585 #14831
Health SciencesDomain #9,554 of 11,982 0.8%621 #17481
Life SciencesDomain #6,427 of 7,800 1.3%206 #11477
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #3,222 of 3,409 1.2%74 #5907
PharmacologySubfield #28 of 29 0.8%65 —
Pharmacology, Toxicology and PharmaceuticsField #111 of 114 1.1%73 #640

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Vaidyaratnam P.S. Varier Ayurveda 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. Complementary and alternative medicine#318 #49
  2. Social Sciences#14,623 #7,346
  3. Medicine#14,831 #8,125
  4. Health Sciences#17,481 #9,554
  5. Life Sciences#11,477 #6,427
  6. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#5,907 #3,222
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics#640 #111
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 Vaidyaratnam P.S. Varier Ayurveda College specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Complementary and alternative medicine takes 110.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Complementary and alternative medicineSubfield · 306.4 works110×
  2. PharmacologySubfield · 64.5 works36×
  3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and PharmaceuticsField · 72.8 works22×
  4. PharmacologySubfield · 48.8 works12×
  5. DermatologySubfield · 20.6 works8.2×
← 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: 1.64× its world share, 74 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.68× its world share, 35 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.85× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.04× its world share, 16 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 21.66× its world share, 73 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.73× its world share, 11 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 9 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.15× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.23× its world share, 8 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.70× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.74× its world share, 18 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.19× its world share, 585 worksMedicineNursing: 2.63× its world share, 12 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.03× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.97× its world share, 27 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.11× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.21× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.75× its world share, 22 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 23 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 21.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Vaidyaratnam P.S. Varier Ayurveda College?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Antioxidant, Cancer, Neuroprotective, Traditional Medicine, Immunomodulatory, Ocimum sanctum, Withania somnifera and Herbal Medicine.

▲ 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. Antioxidant227▲ 35×37 topics
  2. Cancer216▲ 17×16 topics
  3. Neuroprotective214▲ 148×8 topics
  4. Traditional Medicine200▲ 144×8 topics
  5. Immunomodulatory179▲ 593×2 topics
  6. Ocimum sanctum179▲ 793×1 topic
  7. Withania somnifera179▲ 793×1 topic
  8. Herbal Medicine102▲ 37×11 topics
  9. Antioxidant Activity67▲ 11×21 topics
  10. Epidemiology60▲ 1.60×56 topics
  11. Oxidative Stress59▲ 3.8×23 topics
  12. Inflammation56▲ 2.8×32 topics
  13. Medicinal Plants53▲ 14×14 topics
  14. Traditional Chinese Medicine50▲ 44×4 topics
  15. Adverse Reactions50▲ 92×2 topics
  16. Alternative Medicine50▲ 188×1 topic
  17. Complementary Medicine50▲ 188×1 topic
  18. Antioxidants44▲ 10×8 topics
  19. Anti-inflammatory43▲ 16×24 topics
  20. Mitochondrial Dysfunction40▲ 14×5 topics
  21. Pharmacology39▲ 16×12 topics
  22. Alzheimer's Disease36▲ 13×6 topics
  23. Osteoarthritis33▲ 27×4 topics
  24. Clinical Trials31▲ 4.9×10 topics
  25. Precision Medicine29▲ 6.5×5 topics
  26. Genomic Analysis29▲ 12×5 topics
  27. Pharmacokinetics29▲ 11×9 topics
  28. Diabetes28▲ 6.0×12 topics
  29. Ayurveda28▲ 119×1 topic
  30. Syndrome Differentiation28▲ 119×1 topic
  31. Drug-Induced Liver Injury27▲ 101×1 topic
  32. Hepatotoxicity27▲ 58×1 topic
  33. Phytochemistry27▲ 23×7 topics
  34. Triterpenoids26▲ 41×3 topics
  35. Bioactive Compounds25▲ 10×12 topics
  36. Bacopa monnieri25▲ 96×1 topic
  37. Centella asiatica25▲ 96×1 topic
  38. Apoptosis25▲ 8.5×8 topics
  39. Toxicity24▲ 5.9×8 topics
  40. Anticancer Effects22▲ 137×2 topics

Which research topics does Vaidyaratnam P.S. Varier Ayurveda College publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Phytochemicals and Medicinal Plants, Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies, Traditional Chinese Medicine Studies and Drug-Induced Hepatotoxicity and Protection.

Phytochemicals and Medic…179Phytochemicals and Medicinal Plants: 179 fractional worksComplementary and Alternative Medicine Studies: 50 fractional worksTraditional Chinese Medicine Studies: 28 fractional worksDrug-Induced Hepatotoxicity and Protection: 27 fractional worksMedicinal Plants and Neuroprotection: 25 fractional worksPlant-based Medicinal Research: 21 fractional worksPharmacological Effects of Medicinal Plants: 17 fractional worksEthnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies: 16 fractional worksMedical Case Reports and Studies: 15 fractional worksAcupuncture Treatment Research Studies: 13 fractional works
Complementary and alternative medicinePharmacologyPlant ScienceSurgery

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

  1. 1 Phytochemicals and Medicinal Plants Complementary and alternative medicine 179 works
  2. 2 Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies Complementary and alternative medicine 50 works
  3. 3 Traditional Chinese Medicine Studies Complementary and alternative medicine 28 works
  4. 4 Drug-Induced Hepatotoxicity and Protection Pharmacology 27 works
  5. 5 Medicinal Plants and Neuroprotection Complementary and alternative medicine 25 works
  6. 6 Plant-based Medicinal Research Pharmacology 21 works
  7. 7 Pharmacological Effects of Medicinal Plants Pharmacology 17 works
  8. 8 Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies Plant Science 16 works
  9. 9 Medical Case Reports and Studies Surgery 15 works
  10. 10 Acupuncture Treatment Research Studies Complementary and alternative medicine 13 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 available91.8%not open8.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors3.4%domestic only96.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Vaidyaratnam P.S. Varier Ayurveda College's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 333% higher than in 2013–2017.

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