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Epidemiology research in India

All India Institute of Medical Sciences ranks first in India for Epidemiology research in 2022–2025 (#121 worldwide), followed by Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research and Vellore Institute of Technology University.

India's world rank
#8
of 79 countries, 2022–2025
Works, 2022–2025
17k
Top-10% rate
7.8%
Ranked institutions
40

This ranks research output and citation impact, not the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.

What is the best university for Epidemiology in India?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1All India Institute of Medical SciencesNew Delhi #12130.37.6%646
2Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and ResearchChandigarh #19923.18.6%428
3Vellore Institute of Technology UniversityVellore #30916.730.0%69
4Manipal Academy of Higher EducationManipal #35114.914.7%160
5Saveetha UniversityChennai #42812.08.2%190
6Jawaharlal Nehru Medical CollegeAjmer #44511.412.3%136
7Institute of Medical SciencesVaranasi #5179.23.2%362
8University of DelhiNew Delhi #5388.617.3%67
9Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and ResearchWardha #5807.67.7%149
10All India Institute of Medical Sciences BhubaneswarBhubaneswar #6555.86.2%157
11Banaras Hindu UniversityVaranasi #6705.513.3%84
12SRM Institute of Science and TechnologyChennai #7134.611.5%88
13Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical SciencesLucknow #7164.58.3%109
14King George's Medical UniversityLucknow #7344.15.6%137
15Institute of Liver and Biliary SciencesNew Delhi #7414.09.2%90
16Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and ResearchPuducherry #7583.75.7%150
17Christian Medical College, VelloreVellore #7713.47.8%108
18All India Institute of Medical Sciences BhopalBhopal #7833.25.7%125
19All India Institute of Medical Sciences RaipurRaipur #8032.85.7%116
20Kasturba Medical College, ManipalManipal #8062.87.5%93
21All India Institute of Medical Sciences JodhpurJodhpur #8182.65.7%116
22Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and ResearchPorur #8422.25.1%108
23Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College, Hospital and Research CentrePune #8442.14.0%136
24National Institute of Mental Health and NeurosciencesBengaluru #8571.97.5%84
25All India Institute of Medical Sciences RishikeshRishikesh #8641.85.1%109
26Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed UniversityPune #8661.77.2%66
27L V Prasad Eye InstituteHyderabad #8671.78.2%66
28Vardhman Mahavir Medical College & Safdarjung HospitalNew Delhi #887139.03.7%95
29Government Medical CollegeJammu #900118.02.2%106
30Maulana Azad Medical CollegeNew Delhi #903113.05.6%69
31Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and ResearchKolkata #904111.05.0%62
32Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research CentreErnakulam #909103.04.7%72
33King Edward Memorial Hospital and Seth G.S. Medical CollegeMumbai #92480.03.3%63
34Sarojini Naidu Medical CollegeAgra #92676.04.1%70
35Dr. D.Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, PunePune #92873.03.9%67
36Institute of Medical Sciences and Sum HospitalBhubaneswar #93169.03.9%61
37Max Super Speciality HospitalDelhi #93661.03.9%61
38Government Medical CollegeThiruvananthapuram #94941.01.8%82
39SMS Medical CollegeJaipur #95335.02.0%71
40Government Medical College and HospitalTrivandrum #95433.01.7%72

Institutions in India above the floor of 40 fractional works in Epidemiology, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022–2025.

Who are the top Epidemiology researchers in India?

Vivekanand Jha, S Harikrishnan and Jeyaraj Pandian rank highest among researchers based in India.

  1. 1Vivekanand Jha#18 worldwide overall5.8k citations · 19 works
  2. 2S Harikrishnan#4,332 worldwide overall3.3k citations · 15 works
  3. 3Jeyaraj Pandian#7,477 worldwide overall2.6k citations · 14 works
  4. 4Viswanathan Mohan#7,823 worldwide overall2.7k citations · 21 works
  5. 5Arunaloke Chakrabarti#21,447 worldwide overall522 citations · 20 works
  6. 6Shobha Broor#35,218 worldwide overall434 citations · 17 works
  7. 7Yogesh Chawla#51,105 worldwide overall233 citations · 14 works
  8. 8Kuldeep Dhama#64,903 worldwide overall1.1k citations · 16 works
  9. 9Vishal Sharma#65,243 worldwide overall483 citations · 14 works
  10. 10Joseph L. Mathew#66,396 worldwide overall259 citations · 19 works
  11. 11Sarman Singh#164,213 worldwide overall254 citations · 15 works
  12. 12Sunit Singhi#166,980 worldwide overall220 citations · 19 works
  13. 13Subrat Kumar Acharya#174,168 worldwide overall135 citations · 16 works
  14. 14Shivaprakash M. Rudramurthy#179,908 worldwide overall134 citations · 13 works
  15. 15Shiv Kumar Sarin#189,513 worldwide overall585 citations · 70 works

How India compares with other countries in Epidemiology