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Vishnu Dental College

In research, Vishnu Dental College stands highest in Health Sciences (#9,241 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oral Surgery and Dentistry (Oral Surgery is 102.2× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#20,170
of 22,385 · #27,115 all time
Rank in ??
#426
of 487
Research works
300
▲ 51% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.1k
10.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.85×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
76%
world 40%
International
9%
world 18%
Vishnu Dental College

What is Vishnu Dental College known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #9,241 of 9,902 3.2%94 #13316

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Vishnu Dental 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Vishnu Dental College work in?

In 2022-now, 84% of research at Vishnu Dental College is in Health Sciences, 6% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Dentistry (47%), Medicine (28%), Health Professions (9%). It does 3.4× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 100 fractional works · 84.5% of its workDentistry: 56 fractional works · 47.4% of its workOral Surgery: 23 fractional works · 19.7% of its workOrthodontics: 14 fractional works · 11.4% of its workPeriodontics: 13 fractional works · 10.8% of its workGeneral Dentistry: 6 fractional works · 5.5% of its workMedicine: 33 fractional works · 28.2% of its workSurgery: 5 fractional works · 4.5% of its workUrology: 5 fractional works · 4.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 4 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 10 fractional works · 8.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPharmacy: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 7 fractional works · 6.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 3.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 5.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 5 fractional works · 4.2% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKVishnu DentalCollege119fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences84%Social Sciences5%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Dentistry5647.4%
    2. Medicine3328.2%
    3. Health Professions108.7%
    4. Nursing00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology53.9%
    2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics11.0%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.9%
    4. Neuroscience00.3%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    1. Decision Sciences21.4%
    2. Psychology21.3%
    3. Arts and Humanities21.3%
    4. Social Sciences10.9%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.3%
    1. Engineering22.0%
    2. Materials Science11.0%
    3. Chemistry10.5%
    4. Environmental Science00.4%
    5. Computer Science00.1%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Vishnu Dental College specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oral Surgery takes 102.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Oral SurgerySubfield · 23.4 works102×
  2. DentistryField · 56.3 works98×
← 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: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.72× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.92× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceDentistry: 97.73× its world share, 56 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.32× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.47× its world share, 33 worksMedicineNursing: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.45× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 1.41× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.44× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 97.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Dentistry97.73×56 works
  2. Health Professions3.32×10 works
  3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.92×1 works
  4. Medicine1.47×33 works
  5. Decision Sciences1.41×2 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.72×5 works
  7. Arts and Humanities0.45×2 works
  8. Psychology0.44×2 works
  9. Chemistry0.35×1 works
  10. Nursing0.33×0 works
  11. Materials Science0.30×1 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.18×1 works
  13. Neuroscience0.16×0 works
  14. Immunology and Microbiology0.14×0 works
  15. Engineering0.13×2 works
  16. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.13×0 works
  17. Environmental Science0.08×0 works
  18. Social Sciences0.07×1 works
  19. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.04×0 works
  20. Computer Science0.02×0 works

What are the most cited papers from Vishnu Dental College?

The most cited paper from Vishnu Dental College is "Shafer′s textbook of oral pathology" (TR Saraswathi, 2009), with 493 citations. Next come "Xylene: An overview of its health hazards and preventive measures" (340) and "Role of Sugar and Sugar Substitutes in Dental Caries: A Review" (201).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Shafer′s textbook of oral pathology TR Saraswathi · Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology 2009 493
2 Xylene: An overview of its health hazards and preventive measures Reena Kandyala, Sumanth PhaniC Raghavendra, SaraswathiT Rajasekharan · Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology Open access 2010 340
3 Role of Sugar and Sugar Substitutes in Dental Caries: A Review Prahlad Gupta, Nidhi Gupta, Atish Prakash Pawar et al. · ISRN Dentistry Open access 29 Dec 2013 201
4 Validity of bond strength tests: A critical review: Part I Kantheti Sirisha, Tankonda Rambabu, YalavarthiRavi Shankar et al. · Journal of Conservative Dentistry Open access 2014 188
5 Validity of bond strength tests: A critical review-Part II Kantheti Sirisha, Yalavarthi Ravishankar, Pabbati Ravikumar et al. · Journal of Conservative Dentistry Open access 2014 156
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Vishnu Dental College?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Quality of Life, Dental Caries, Clinical Trials, Epidemiology, Dental Materials, Restorative Dentistry, Virtual Reality and Bone Regeneration.

▲ 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-now 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. Quality of Life14▲ 8.1×12 topics
  2. Epidemiology13▲ 2.7×19 topics
  3. Dental Caries9▲ 77×2 topics
  4. Clinical Trials8▲ 10×5 topics
  5. COVID-198▲ 5.2×7 topics
  6. Dental Materials8▲ 117×1 topic
  7. Restorative Dentistry8▲ 117×1 topic
  8. Artificial Intelligence7▲ 4.3×5 topics
  9. Virtual Reality7▲ 12×2 topics
  10. Bone Regeneration7▲ 51×2 topics
  11. Dental Practice6▲ 128×1 topic
  12. Mineral Trioxide Aggregate6▲ 144×1 topic
  13. Root Canal Irrigants6▲ 144×1 topic
  14. Transmission Routes6▲ 128×1 topic
  15. Periodontal Disease6▲ 89×2 topics
  16. Biomaterials6▲ 21×3 topics
  17. Dental Implants6▲ 105×1 topic
  18. Oral Health6▲ 85×3 topics
  19. Peri-implant Diseases6▲ 105×1 topic
  20. Risk Factors6▲ 4.6×6 topics
  21. Orthognathic Surgery6▲ 97×2 topics
  22. Cone-Beam CT6▲ 95×1 topic
  23. Dental Imaging6▲ 95×1 topic
  24. Diabetes Mellitus6▲ 24×3 topics
  25. Oral Microbiome6▲ 80×1 topic
  26. Periodontal Diseases6▲ 80×1 topic
  27. Prevention5▲ 11×5 topics
  28. Regenerative Medicine5▲ 17×2 topics
  29. Growth Factors5▲ 33×2 topics
  30. Psychological Factors5▲ 20×3 topics
  31. Orthopedic Surgery5▲ 70×2 topics
  32. Platelet-Rich Plasma5▲ 60×1 topic
  33. Tissue Regeneration5▲ 115×1 topic
  34. Global Burden4▲ 6.8×5 topics
  35. Fluoride4▲ 60×2 topics
  36. Dental Esthetics4▲ 83×1 topic
  37. Orthodontic Tooth Movement4▲ 83×1 topic
  38. Wound Healing4▲ 12×6 topics
  39. Remineralization4▲ 73×1 topic
  40. Social Determinants4▲ 15×1 topic

Which research topics does Vishnu Dental College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Dental materials and restorations, Dental Research and COVID-19, Endodontics and Root Canal Treatments and Dental Implant Techniques and Outcomes.

Dental materials and res…8Dental materials and restorations: 8 fractional worksDental Research and COVI…6Dental Research and COVID-19: 6 fractional worksEndodontics and Root Can…6Endodontics and Root Canal Treatments: 6 fractional worksDental Implant Technique…6Dental Implant Techniques and Outcomes: 6 fractional worksDental Radiography and Imaging: 6 fractional worksOral microbiology and periodontitis research: 6 fractional worksPeriodontal Regeneration…5Periodontal Regeneration and Treatments: 5 fractional worksOrthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics: 4 fractional worksDental Health and Care Utilization: 4 fractional worksDental Anxiety and Anesthesia Techniques: 3 fractional works
OrthodonticsGeneral DentistryOral SurgeryPeriodontics1 others

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

  1. 1 Dental materials and restorations Orthodontics 8 works
  2. 2 Dental Research and COVID-19 General Dentistry 6 works
  3. 3 Endodontics and Root Canal Treatments Oral Surgery 6 works
  4. 4 Dental Implant Techniques and Outcomes Oral Surgery 6 works
  5. 5 Dental Radiography and Imaging Oral Surgery 6 works
  6. 6 Oral microbiology and periodontitis research Periodontics 6 works
  7. 7 Periodontal Regeneration and Treatments Urology 5 works
  8. 8 Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics Orthodontics 4 works
  9. 9 Dental Health and Care Utilization Periodontics 4 works
  10. 10 Dental Anxiety and Anesthesia Techniques Oral Surgery 3 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 available76.5%not open23.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.0%domestic only91.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Vishnu Dental College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 51% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting2010201520202025
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Vishnu Dental College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00049% in 2024.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%Vishnu Dental College0.00038% in 202520102020

Fractional works of Vishnu Dental College over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Vishnu Dental College4.3% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 9.1% in 2014.

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