Authors : Rupashree Dhar; Dr. Prangya Das

Volume/Issue : Volume 11 - 2026, Issue 6 - June

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DOI : https://doi.org/10.38124/ijisrt/26jun551

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Abstract : This paper will focus on the development of medical sciences literature in India during the past few decades, its history, institutions, technology, and qualitative aspects. The tradition of medical knowledge in India dates back to Vedic Ayurveda, the surgical innovations of Sushruta, the blossoming of the Unani school and Siddha school in Medieval India, the apex of which is the colonial era of introducing the formal Western medical education starting with Calcutta Medical College in 1835. The growth of medical colleges and research councils (like the ICMR) and funding agencies in the post-independence period created an infrastructure of an increasing scholarly output. Empirical support Bibliometric analyses have confirmed that India has registered 76.68 percent growth in medicine publication in 1999 - 2003 and 2004 2008 and in 2010- 2020 Indian compound annual growth rate is 9 percent in terms of increased publication, ranking it as the fastest growing research country in the world. The role of digitalization has been transformative, with the generation and dissemination of research and the generation and dissemination of bibliographic data streams, electronic health records, and national digital health missions continuing to increase in speed due to digitalization. India is currently at the second place in the world in terms of the publication on AI-in-healthcare, indicating a more profound penetration of the technology into its system of medical research. Nonetheless, major challenges continue to exist, such as a lack of research infrastructure in the majority of medical colleges or universities, a quality quantity mismatch, the churning out of predatory journals especially in the health sciences and a geographic concentration of high-impact production in a handful of institutional magn pockets. The future looks promising, though, unless continued investment, curriculum reform that encompasses research training, artificially intelligent analytic tools, and enhanced international cooperation are coupled by an actual cultural commitment to rigor, ethics-focused and societally engaging medical science. The paper supports strategic interventions that are required to convert the truly impressive quantitative development of India into the high quality and high-impact medical literature that has an impact all over the globe.

Keywords : Medical Science, Literature Growth, India, Technology.

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