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Infectious Diseases research in India

All India Institute of Medical Sciences ranks first in India for Infectious Diseases research in 2022–2025 (#74 worldwide), followed by Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research and Saveetha University.

India's world rank
#4
of 72 countries, 2022–2025
Works, 2022–2025
11k
Top-10% rate
8.7%
Ranked institutions
21

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

What is the best university for Infectious Diseases in India?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1All India Institute of Medical SciencesNew Delhi #7426.37.8%338
2Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and ResearchChandigarh #11119.49.5%250
3Saveetha UniversityChennai #2297.014.3%96
4Manipal Academy of Higher EducationManipal #2386.314.1%101
5University of DelhiNew Delhi #2555.217.7%71
6Institute of Medical SciencesVaranasi #2674.44.8%220
7Banaras Hindu UniversityVaranasi #2912.915.9%66
8Indian Veterinary Research InstituteBareilly #2952.713.7%68
9Christian Medical College, VelloreVellore #3101.89.2%77
10All India Institute of Medical Sciences BhopalBhopal #3111.86.0%98
11Jawaharlal Nehru Medical CollegeAjmer #317145.010.3%65
12Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical SciencesLucknow #318139.05.3%73
13Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and ResearchWardha #319134.07.4%76
14King George's Medical UniversityLucknow #322118.04.8%100
15All India Institute of Medical Sciences RaipurRaipur #323113.04.3%94
16Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College, Hospital and Research CentrePune #32792.04.6%86
17All India Institute of Medical Sciences BhubaneswarBhubaneswar #32886.06.0%75
18Government Medical CollegeJammu #33455.03.2%75
19All India Institute of Medical Sciences JodhpurJodhpur #33550.03.4%74
20Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and ResearchPuducherry #33835.03.1%73
21Government Medical CollegeThiruvananthapuram #34120.02.5%64

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

Who are the top Infectious Diseases researchers in India?

Vivekanand Jha, Sanghamitra Pati and Soumya Swaminathan rank highest among researchers based in India.

  1. 1Vivekanand Jha#18 worldwide overall5.8k citations · 10 works
  2. 2Sanghamitra Pati#1,743 worldwide overall2.8k citations · 9 works
  3. 3Soumya Swaminathan#3,249 worldwide overall1.6k citations · 21 works
  4. 4Bhaskaran Unnikrishnan#3,478 worldwide overall1.2k citations · 10 works
  5. 5Pankaj Bhardwaj#4,226 worldwide overall1.9k citations · 8 works
  6. 6Arunaloke Chakrabarti#21,447 worldwide overall522 citations · 23 works
  7. 7Sharath Burugina Nagaraja#23,858 worldwide overall796 citations · 9 works
  8. 8Gagandeep Kang#24,134 worldwide overall543 citations · 24 works
  9. 9Pugazhenthan Thangaraju#26,434 worldwide overall746 citations · 10 works
  10. 10Kuldeep Dhama#64,903 worldwide overall1.1k citations · 34 works
  11. 11Vishal Sharma#65,243 worldwide overall483 citations · 10 works
  12. 12Ramesh Paranjape#87,416 worldwide overall269 citations · 13 works
  13. 13Sarman Singh#164,213 worldwide overall254 citations · 14 works
  14. 14Sunil Dogra#196,226 worldwide overall178 citations · 17 works
  15. 15S. K. Kabra#220,481 worldwide overall122 citations · 10 works

How India compares with other countries in Infectious Diseases