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Surgery research in India

All India Institute of Medical Sciences ranks first in India for Surgery research in 2022–2025 (#152 worldwide), followed by Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research and Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College.

India's world rank
#12
of 88 countries, 2022–2025
Works, 2022–2025
33k
Top-10% rate
4.8%
Ranked institutions
60

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

What is the best university for Surgery in India?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1All India Institute of Medical SciencesNew Delhi #15233.05.7%1,451
2Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and ResearchChandigarh #22328.07.1%759
3Jawaharlal Nehru Medical CollegeAjmer #33922.412.6%320
4Saveetha UniversityChennai #42919.26.3%366
5Institute of Medical SciencesVaranasi #47717.82.4%763
6Manipal Academy of Higher EducationManipal #53016.410.0%272
7Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and ResearchWardha #73112.14.0%395
8All India Institute of Medical Sciences BhubaneswarBhubaneswar #75011.84.5%377
9All India Institute of Medical Sciences RishikeshRishikesh #75811.65.2%301
10Tata Memorial HospitalMumbai #80110.96.0%219
11All India Institute of Medical Sciences JodhpurJodhpur #83710.34.6%311
12Homi Bhabha National InstituteMumbai #84410.29.6%140
13Ganga HospitalCoimbatore #84810.19.2%172
14Kasturba Medical College, ManipalManipal #8789.77.7%182
15All India Institute of Medical Sciences BhopalBhopal #9129.25.4%274
16Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and ResearchPuducherry #9648.43.4%299
17Asian Institute of GastroenterologyHyderabad #9808.213.6%102
18Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical SciencesLucknow #9908.14.8%257
19All India Institute of Medical Sciences RaipurRaipur #9938.04.1%282
20Christian Medical College, VelloreVellore #1,0447.44.8%204
21King George's Medical UniversityLucknow #1,0597.23.4%296
22SRM Institute of Science and TechnologyChennai #1,1056.67.4%113
23Banaras Hindu UniversityVaranasi #1,1076.66.8%154
24Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research CentreErnakulam #1,1246.46.2%179
25Vardhman Mahavir Medical College & Safdarjung HospitalNew Delhi #1,1426.24.4%201
26Max Super Speciality HospitalDelhi #1,1506.15.0%198
27Institute of Liver and Biliary SciencesNew Delhi #1,1695.911.6%86
28Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College, Hospital and Research CentrePune #1,2485.02.1%295
29Indraprastha Apollo HospitalsNew Delhi #1,2664.89.8%87
30King Edward Memorial Hospital and Seth G.S. Medical CollegeMumbai #1,2824.63.5%188
31JSS Academy of Higher Education and ResearchMysuru #1,2964.59.7%64
32Apollo HospitalsChennai #1,3314.13.7%184
33Maulana Azad Medical CollegeNew Delhi #1,3703.83.4%171
34Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and ResearchPorur #1,3813.71.9%247
35Manipal HospitalBengaluru #1,3983.54.8%126
36Sarojini Naidu Medical CollegeAgra #1,4223.33.9%152
37L V Prasad Eye InstituteHyderabad #1,4233.27.9%70
38SMS Medical CollegeJaipur #1,4463.01.9%211
39Yenepoya UniversityMangaluru #1,4483.08.3%72
40Cancer Institute (WIA)Chennai #1,4553.06.0%81
41Government Medical CollegeJammu #1,4722.81.7%190
42Dayanand Medical College & HospitalLudhiana #1,4792.76.7%83
43Medanta The MedicityIndore #1,4832.78.7%71
44Dr. D.Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, PunePune #1,4862.72.9%150
45Christian Medical CollegeLudhiana #1,4912.64.7%95
46Gandhi Medical College & HospitalSecunderabad #1,4922.63.2%122
47Sir H.N. Reliance Foundation Hospital and Research CentreMumbai #1,4962.67.8%66
48Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed UniversityPune #1,5112.52.8%129
49Narayana HealthBengaluru #1,5312.35.8%86
50Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and ResearchKolkata #1,5422.23.0%128
51University College of Medical SciencesDelhi #1,5642.06.1%67
52D.Y. Patil UniversityNavi Mumbai #1,5791.94.6%88
53Sree Balaji Dental College and HospitalChennai #1,5841.81.7%150
54Sree Chitra Thirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and TechnologyThiruvananthapuram #1,5851.83.1%89
55Institute of Medical Sciences and Sum HospitalBhubaneswar #1,5901.82.6%112
56Rajendra Institute of Medical SciencesRanchi #1,5911.84.8%75
57Bangalore Medical College and Research InstituteBengaluru #1,5941.71.9%120
58Sir Ganga Ram HospitalNew Delhi #1,5951.72.2%129
59Apollo HospitalsHyderabad #1,5971.74.4%80
60Sancheti Institute For Orthopaedics & RehabilitationPune #1,6141.65.2%73

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

Who are the top Surgery researchers in India?

Viswanathan Mohan, Rajesh Malhotra and Ashok K. Hemal rank highest among researchers based in India.

  1. 1Viswanathan Mohan#7,823 worldwide overall2.7k citations · 36 works
  2. 2Rajesh Malhotra#13,728 worldwide overall724 citations · 29 works
  3. 3Ashok K. Hemal#56,665 worldwide overall362 citations · 45 works
  4. 4Vishal Sharma#65,243 worldwide overall483 citations · 37 works
  5. 5Shiv Kumar Sarin#189,513 worldwide overall585 citations · 25 works
  6. 6Rakesh Kochhar#232,914 worldwide overall171 citations · 35 works
  7. 7Shailesh V. Shrikhande#250,035 worldwide overall108 citations · 27 works
  8. 8Pramod Kumar Garg#270,898 worldwide overall193 citations · 34 works
  9. 9D. Nageshwar Reddy#329,757 worldwide overall178 citations · 37 works
  10. 10Atul Goel#364,195 worldwide overall173 citations · 35 works
  11. 11Raju Vaishya#448,475 worldwide overall172 citations · 33 works
  12. 12Vinay K. Kapoor#458,276 worldwide overall76 citations · 33 works
  13. 13Shanmuganathan Rajasekaran#474,696 worldwide overall168 citations · 55 works
  14. 14Zaheer Nabi#492,072 worldwide overall48 citations · 27 works
  15. 15RK Mishra#499,585 worldwide overall88 citations · 43 works

How India compares with other countries in Surgery