Medicometric Portrait of Dr. (Prof) Vishal U S Rao, Head and Neck Surgical Oncologist, the Creator of Aum Voice Prosthesis, World Cheapest Speaking Device Designed for Throat Cancer Patients

Abstract

Vishal Rao, a Bangalore-based doctor is recognized as an eminent head and neck oncologist and robotic surgeon in India. This bibliometric study is exhibited his 195 publications during 2007-2024 and biographical story of the real ‘Bharat Ratna” of medical world. His first paper appeared in 2007, when he was 30 years old. His research contributions include 10 non-collaborative and 185 collaborative papers along with total 727 collaborators (individual name wise 247). This scientometric study also draws scientist’s social activities through medical services and journey of his ground breaking social innovation of world’s cheapest voice device and depicts a quantitative analysis of his contributions highlighting different bibliometric indicators such as age-wise publications, authorship patterns, collaborative works, degree of collaboration, status as main author and co-authors, peak period of publications, contributions in publication channels, leading collaborators. His most closed collaborators are Anand Subash, and Shalini Thakur who are involved in 57 and 55 papers respectively with Vishal. Vishal’s favorite journal is Oral Oncology (IF 5.337) wherein maximum number of his papers i.e. 44 have been published. This study also has enumerated annual and compound annual growth rate, relative growth rate and doubling time, and counts citation received from his papers and frequency distribution of keywords. Finally, this study also examines whether the data set does satisfy Lotka’s Law and Bradford’s Law or not.

Keywords: Vishal Uchila Shishir Rao, Vishal U S Rao, Vishal Rao, Head & Neck Surgical Oncologist, Throat Cancer, Aum Voice Prosthesis Speaking Device, Tobacco-Free World, HealthCare Global (HGC) Centre

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