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Table 5 Distribution of health research output from states and cities in India

From: The lack of public health research output from India

State / Union Territory*

Population in millions†

No. (%)‡ of health papers

No. of health papers per million population

Total impact factor of health papers

% quality-adjusted health research output§

Total impact factor per million population

National Capital Territory of Delhi

13.8

1014 (20.8)

73.5

1216.0

20.8

88.1

Karnataka

52.7

491 (10.1)

9.3

786.8

13.5

14.9

Maharashtra

96.7

573 (11.8)

5.9

710.1

12.2

7.3

Uttar Pradesh

166.0

484 (9.9)

2.9

591.0

10.1

3.6

West Bengal

80.0

362 (7.4)

4.5

510.6

8.7

6.4

Tamil Nadu

62.1

476 (9.8)

7.7

476.7

8.2

7.7

Andhra Pradesh

75.7

299 (6.1)

3.9

461.1

7.9

6.1

Union Territory of Chandigarh

0.9

364 (7.5)

404.4¶

336.2

5.8

373.6¶

Kerala

31.8

183 (3.8)

5.8

177.5

3.0

5.6

Punjab

24.3

105 (2.2)

4.3

123.4

2.1

5.1

Gujarat

50.6

74 (1.5)

1.5

68.4

1.2

1.4

Madhya Pradesh

60.4

71 (1.5)

1.2

61.9

1.1

1.0

Union Territory of Pondicherry

1.0

66 (1.4)

66.0

53.7

0.9

53.7

Haryana

21.1

95 (1.9)

4.5

44.6

0.8

2.1

Orissa

36.7

41 (0.8)

1.1

43.2

0.7

1.2

Rajasthan

56.5

62 (1.3)

1.1

40.8

0.7

0.7

Jammu And Kashmir

10.1

20 (0.4)

2.0

28.6

0.5

2.8

Assam

26.6

18 (0.4)

0.7

26.0

0.4

1.0

Uttaranchal

8.5

21 (0.4)

2.5

25.7

0.4

3.0

Meghalaya

2.3

9 (0.2)

3.9

13.7

0.2

6.0

Himachal Pradesh

6.1

12 (0.2)

2.0

13.1

0.2

2.1

Andaman & Nicobar Islands

0.4

6 (0.1)

15.0

9.9

0.2

24.8

Goa

1.3

6 (0.1)

4.6

8.6

0.1

6.6

Bihar

82.9

5 (0.1)

0.1

5.5

0.1

0.1

Jharkhand

26.9

5 (0.1)

0.2

3.4

0.1

0.1

Sikkim

0.5

3 (0.1)

6.0

1.6

0.0

3.2

Manipur

2.4

4 (0.1)

1.7

1.5

0.0

0.6

Chhattisgarh

20.8

3 (0.1)

0.1

1.3

0.0

0.1

Arunachal Pradesh

1.1

2 (0.0)

1.8

0.9

0.0

0.8

Tripura

3.2

2 (0.0)

0.6

0.3

0.0

0.1

Top fifteen cities (State / Union Territory)*

      

Delhi (National Capital Territory of Delhi)

13.8

1014 (20.8)

73.5

1216.0

20.8

88.1

Bangalore (Karnataka)

8.4

258 (5.3)

30.7

598.2

10.2

71.2

Mumbai (Maharashtra)

11.9

393 (8.1)

33.0

499.4

8.5

42.0

Kolkata (West Bengal)

4.6

299 (6.1)

65.0

463.6

7.9

100.8

Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh)

3.7

233 (4.8)

63.0

404.2

6.9

109.2

Chandigarh (Union Territory of Chandigarh)

0.9

364 (7.5)

404.4¶

336.2

5.8

373.6¶

Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh)

3.7

272 (5.6)

73.5

332.1

5.7

89.8

Chennai (Tamil Nadu)

4.2

246 (5.0)

58.6

267.6

4.6

63.7

Pune (Maharashtra)

7.2

108 (2.2)

15.0

163.0

2.8

22.6

Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh)

3.1

87 (1.8)

28.1

138.8

2.4

44.8

Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala)

3.2

121 (2.5)

37.8

135.7

2.3

42.4

Mysore (Karnataka)

2.6

74 (1.5)

28.5

96.2

1.6

37.0

Vellore (Tamil Nadu)

3.5

84 (1.7)

24.0

95.6

1.6

27.3

Pondicherry (Union Territory of Pondicherry)

0.7

66 (1.4)

94.3

53.7

0.9

76.7

Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh)

2.2

34 (0.7)

15.5

38.5

0.7

17.5

  1. *Listed in descending order of total impact factor of health papers; the states / union territories of Mizoram, Nagaland, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu, and Lakshadweep had no publications in PubMed in 2002
  2. †Population for 2001 from the Census of India [14]
  3. ‡Percent of the total 4876 health research papers from India in 2002
  4. §Percent of the total impact factor of 5842.055 for all 4876 health research papers from India
  5. ¶This high per capita output is likely related to the small population of Chandigarh and the high concentration of academic institutions