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Growth and impact of research output of Government Medical College &
Hospital, Chandigarh: a case study
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Analyzes the research activities of the Government Medical College & Hospital (GMCH), Chandigarh, as reflected in
its 16 years (1992-2007) of 754 publications output covered in Scopus international multidisciplinary bibliographical
database. Focuses on publication growth characteristics, format and media of communication, research impact and quality,
patterns of research collaboration, broad and narrow areas of research focus and characteristics of its high productive authors
and cited papers. Finds that GMCH stands at 9th rank in research output, 13th in average citation per paper and 12th in h-index
among the top 15 medical colleges of the country. GMCH has recorded an annual publication growth rate of 19.79% and
impact as measured by average citation per paper as 0.89. Out of its 27 departments, only 7 departments scored higher
average impact factor than the average impact factor of papers of total medical college. Although 55.97% of its total papers
received one or more citations, but only 14 of its papers received 16 and above citations. Only 2.3% of its total papers
involve international collaboration.
Introduction
The Government Medical College & Hospital (GMCH)
started during 1991 in Chandigarh and currently is being
developed as a state of the art medical institution and
hospital in the country. It is a 500-bedded hospital and a
medical college. The college was started with the intake
of 50 students in the MBBS course annually. The
postgraduate courses, i.e., M.D. and M.S. with the
intake of 16 seats have also started since 2001 in 10
departments of the medical college. Beside these
courses, B.Sc. (Medical Lab Technology),
B.Sc.(Ophthalmic Techniques) and M.Sc. (Physiology)
courses are also offered at the medical college and
hospital. There are in all 23 departments in the college,
which may be classified as clinical, para-clinical and non-
India (including of Indian Institute of Technology,
Kharagpur1-2, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee3
and University of Mysore4) and abroad5. Studies had also
been conducted at the broader level, which include
evaluation of research at the group of institutes’ level6-7.
Still broader studies are available which deals with
evaluation of scientific activity, including institutional
activities8.
Objective of the study
The main objective of the present study is to analyze the
broad characteristic features of the publication output of
GMCH during 1992-2007. In particular, the study focuses
on the following aspects:
clinical. The staff of GMCH includes medical
professionals, faculty, para-medical staff and
administrative ministerial staff. The medical college and
hospital has been equipped with latest state of the art
equipment based on new and emerging technologies.
The present study focuses on the analysis of the research
output of this medical college and hospital based in
Chandigarh.
Similar studies have been undertaken on the evaluation
of the research output of different institutions,