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Vector Control Research Centre

In research, Vector Control Research Centre stands highest in Medicine (#8,439 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#10,210 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Infectious Diseases — Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health is 18.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#19,727
of 28,054 · #31,744 all time
Rank in India
#1,310
of 1,840
Research works
724
▲ 40% vs 2013–17
Citations
10k
14.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
38%
world 28%

What is Vector Control Research Centre 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
MedicineField #8,439 of 10,443 18.0%80 #15250
Health SciencesDomain #10,210 of 11,982 17.2%86 #17751

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Vector Control Research Centre 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 Vector Control Research Centre specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health takes 18.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield · 41.7 works19×
  2. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 21.2 works18×
← 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: 3.49× its world share, 28 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.43× its world share, 13 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 9.70× its world share, 16 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.51× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.93× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.99× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.08× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.46× its world share, 80 worksMedicineNursing: 0.87× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 9.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Vector Control Research Centre?

Ranked on the composite score, P Jambulingam, S Sabesan and Das Pk lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Vector Control Research Centre.

  1. 1 P Jambulingam India · #545,238 worldwide 102 citations · 32 works
  2. 2 S Sabesan India · #625,259 worldwide 57 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Das Pk India · #764,283 worldwide 37 citations · 26 works
  4. 4 R. Natarajan India · #783,502 worldwide 48 citations · 28 works
  5. 5 Dr Manju Rahi India · #837,609 worldwide 0 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Panicker Kn India · #950,236 worldwide 22 citations · 20 works
  7. 7 S. L. Hoti India · #992,888 worldwide 53 citations · 24 works
  8. 8 K. Krishnamoorthy India · #997,457 worldwide 27 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 R. Govindarajan India · #1,304,168 worldwide 13 citations · 20 works
  10. 10 K Balaraman India · #1,432,142 worldwide 32 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Vector Control Research Centre

Which keywords describe research at Vector Control Research Centre?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Vaccine Development, Vector Control, Public Health, Arboviral Diseases, Zika Virus, Insecticide Resistance and Zoonotic Infections.

▲ 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. Epidemiology68▲ 10×30 topics
  2. Vaccine Development38▲ 89×4 topics
  3. Vector Control33▲ 168×4 topics
  4. Public Health22▲ 9.1×17 topics
  5. Arboviral Diseases21▲ 191×1 topic
  6. Zika Virus21▲ 191×1 topic
  7. Insecticide Resistance19▲ 143×4 topics
  8. Zoonotic Infections18▲ 188×2 topics
  9. Helminth Infections14▲ 218×2 topics
  10. Pathogenesis14▲ 16×7 topics
  11. Genome Sequence13▲ 92×2 topics
  12. Host-Pathogen Interactions12▲ 89×2 topics
  13. Genetic Diversity10▲ 14×6 topics
  14. Drug Resistance10▲ 21×3 topics
  15. Pathogen Transmission10▲ 88×3 topics
  16. Artemisinin Resistance10▲ 182×1 topic
  17. Plasmodium falciparum10▲ 182×1 topic
  18. Treatment10▲ 4.6×12 topics
  19. Bunyavirus9▲ 122×1 topic
  20. Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers9▲ 122×1 topic
  21. Biopesticides9▲ 81×3 topics
  22. Ivermectin9▲ 191×1 topic
  23. Lymphatic Filariasis9▲ 443×1 topic
  24. Diagnosis8▲ 5.2×7 topics
  25. Pest Management8▲ 54×3 topics
  26. Immunity7▲ 10×3 topics
  27. Leishmaniasis6▲ 195×1 topic
  28. Lyme Disease6▲ 159×1 topic
  29. Parasite6▲ 171×1 topic
  30. Tick-Borne Diseases6▲ 159×1 topic
  31. Microbiota6▲ 17×3 topics
  32. Symbiont6▲ 178×1 topic
  33. Wolbachia6▲ 178×1 topic
  34. Mode of Action6▲ 35×2 topics
  35. RNA Interference6▲ 40×2 topics
  36. Bacillus thuringiensis6▲ 130×1 topic
  37. P450 enzymes6▲ 130×1 topic
  38. Immunomodulation6▲ 25×2 topics
  39. Schistosomiasis6▲ 121×1 topic
  40. Soil-Transmitted Helminths6▲ 121×1 topic

Which research topics does Vector Control Research Centre publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Mosquito-borne diseases and control, Malaria Research and Control, Viral Infections and Vectors and Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment.

Mosquito-borne diseases …21Mosquito-borne diseases and control: 21 fractional worksMalaria Research and Control: 10 fractional worksViral Infections and Vec…9Viral Infections and Vectors: 9 fractional worksParasitic Diseases Resea…9Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment: 9 fractional worksVector-borne infectious diseases: 6 fractional worksResearch on Leishmaniasis Studies: 6 fractional worksInsect symbiosis and bac…6Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences: 6 fractional worksInsect Resistance and Genetics: 6 fractional worksParasites and Host Interactions: 6 fractional worksInsect Pest Control Strategies: 5 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthInfectious DiseasesParasitologyInsect Science2 others

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

  1. 1 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 21 works
  2. 2 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 10 works
  3. 3 Viral Infections and Vectors Infectious Diseases 9 works
  4. 4 Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment Infectious Diseases 9 works
  5. 5 Vector-borne infectious diseases Parasitology 6 works
  6. 6 Research on Leishmaniasis Studies Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 6 works
  7. 7 Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences Insect Science 6 works
  8. 8 Insect Resistance and Genetics Molecular Biology 6 works
  9. 9 Parasites and Host Interactions Parasitology 6 works
  10. 10 Insect Pest Control Strategies Plant Science 5 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 available38.3%not open61.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.9%domestic only92.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Vector Control Research Centre's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 40% 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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