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West Bengal University of Health Sciences

In research, West Bengal University of Health Sciences stands highest in Medicine (#9,381 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#10,866 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#20,603
of 28,054 · #32,527 all time
Rank in India
#1,371
of 1,840
Research works
468
▲ 38% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.3k
4.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
74%
world 28%

What is West Bengal University of Health Sciences 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 #9,381 of 10,443 5.6%76 #15945
Health SciencesDomain #10,866 of 11,982 5.1%92 #17811

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where West Bengal University of Health Sciences 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: 0.96× its world share, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.19× its world share, 11 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.04× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.73× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 5.55× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.13× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.81× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.18× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.75× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.46× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.22× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.45× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.66× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.56× its world share, 11 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.35× its world share, 76 worksMedicineNursing: 3.80× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.94× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.37× its world share, 7 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.01× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.81× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 5.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at West Bengal University of Health Sciences?

Ranked on the composite score, Subir Kumar Das lead among researchers whose main affiliation is West Bengal University of Health Sciences.

  1. 1 Subir Kumar Das India · #552,287 worldwide 99 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at West Bengal University of Health Sciences

Which keywords describe research at West Bengal University of Health Sciences?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, COVID-19, Herbal Medicine, Pandemic, Social Impact, Vaccine, Antioxidant and Cardiovascular Disease.

▲ 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. Epidemiology17▲ 2.6×56 topics
  2. COVID-199▲ 4.0×12 topics
  3. Pandemic7▲ 4.1×8 topics
  4. Herbal Medicine7▲ 14×5 topics
  5. Inflammation6▲ 1.73×33 topics
  6. Nanoparticles6▲ 2.8×11 topics
  7. Cardiovascular Disease6▲ 3.1×21 topics
  8. Oxidative Stress6▲ 2.1×25 topics
  9. Treatment6▲ 2.7×16 topics
  10. Antioxidant5▲ 4.6×20 topics
  11. Public Health5▲ 2.0×18 topics
  12. Social Impact5▲ 7.3×3 topics
  13. Vaccine5▲ 6.9×9 topics
  14. Depression4▲ 3.0×12 topics
  15. Quality of Life4▲ 1.82×21 topics
  16. Cancer4▲ 1.91×23 topics
  17. Global Burden4▲ 4.5×9 topics
  18. Diagnosis4▲ 2.5×13 topics
  19. Obesity4▲ 3.1×13 topics
  20. Anxiety4▲ 4.7×5 topics
  21. Infectious Diseases4▲ 6.6×6 topics
  22. Coronavirus3▲ 9.6×3 topics
  23. Meta-Analysis3▲ 3.4×7 topics
  24. Alternative Medicine3▲ 69×1 topic
  25. Complementary Medicine3▲ 69×1 topic
  26. Maternal Mortality3▲ 8.0×5 topics
  27. Radiotherapy3▲ 4.7×6 topics
  28. Child Development3▲ 4.2×2 topics
  29. Health3▲ 4.1×3 topics
  30. economic burden3▲ 46×1 topic
  31. Global Burden of Disease2▲ 6.2×3 topics
  32. Maternal and Child Undernutrition2▲ 17×1 topic
  33. Water Sanitation Hygiene2▲ 17×1 topic
  34. Neuroprotective2▲ 8.7×5 topics
  35. Postcolonialism2▲ 10×3 topics
  36. Stress Management2▲ 13×2 topics
  37. Cardiac Rehabilitation2▲ 31×1 topic
  38. Coronary Heart Disease2▲ 31×1 topic
  39. Health Promoting Schools2▲ 77×1 topic
  40. School Health Promotion2▲ 77×1 topic

Which research topics does West Bengal University of Health Sciences publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies, Diverse Scientific Research Studies, Child Nutrition and Water Access and Cardiac Health and Mental Health.

Complementary and Altern…3Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies: 3 fractional worksDiverse Scientific Resea…3Diverse Scientific Research Studies: 3 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Wate…2Child Nutrition and Water Access: 2 fractional worksCardiac Health and Menta…2Cardiac Health and Mental Health: 2 fractional worksSchool Health and Nursing Education: 2 fractional worksMenstrual Health and Disorders: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 Pandemic Impacts2COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts: 2 fractional worksGlobal Health and Epidemiology: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 epidemiological studies: 1 fractional worksMultiple Sclerosis Resea…1Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies: 1 fractional works
Complementary and alternative medicineGeneral Health ProfessionsNutrition and DieteticsCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine6 others

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

  1. 1 Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies Complementary and alternative medicine 3 works
  2. 2 Diverse Scientific Research Studies General Health Professions 3 works
  3. 3 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 2 works
  4. 4 Cardiac Health and Mental Health Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  5. 5 School Health and Nursing Education Speech and Hearing 2 works
  6. 6 Menstrual Health and Disorders Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  7. 7 COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  8. 8 Global Health and Epidemiology Health Information Management 2 works
  9. 9 COVID-19 epidemiological studies Modeling and Simulation 1 works
  10. 10 Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies Pathology and Forensic Medicine 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 available73.6%not open26.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has West Bengal University of Health Sciences's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 38% 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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