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Research in Blantyre

Science Explorer records 6 research institutions in Blantyre, Malawi. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Malawi University of Science and Technology and Blantyre Institute for Community Ophthalmology.

Research institutions
6
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
1.6k
▲ 45% vs 2018-21
Citations
31k
19.2 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
20.7%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1956-2026
71 years on the record
Blantyre

A city carries no overall standing here. The quality score is built for institutions and countries, the units its floors and field normalisation were designed around. An empty rank on this page is a statement about the measure, not about the place.

Which research institutions are in Blantyre?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Malawi University of Science and TechnologyUniversity 452 #8,187
2Blantyre Institute for Community OphthalmologyNonprofit 378 #14,144
3Queen Elizabeth Central HospitalHospital / health system 313 #15,553 all time
4The Catholic University of MalawiUniversity 56 not ranked
5Museum of MalawiArchive 55 not ranked
6Malawi Blood Transfusion ServiceInstitution 24 not ranked

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022-now. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.

How concentrated the city is

The same institutions as shares of everything the list accounts for. A city that is one university and a city that is twelve read alike as a table and not at all alike here.

Malawi University of Science and Technology: 35.4%Blantyre Institute for Community Ophthalmology: 29.6%Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital: 24.5%The Catholic University of Malawi: 4.4%2 others listed: 6.2%35%largest
Malawi University of Science and Technology452 · 35.4%Blantyre Institute for Community Ophthalmology378 · 29.6%Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital313 · 24.5%The Catholic University of Malawi56 · 4.4%2 others listed79 · 6.2%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which fields of science does Blantyre work in?

In 2022-now, 39% of research in Blantyre is in Health Sciences, 23% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (32%), Social Sciences (11%), Environmental Science (9%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 204 fractional works · 38.6% of its workMedicine: 172 fractional works · 32.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 35 fractional works · 6.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 27 fractional works · 5.2% of its workEpidemiology: 26 fractional works · 5.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 18 fractional works · 3.4% of its workSurgery: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPharmacology: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOncology: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHepatology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 23 fractional works · 4.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 15 fractional works · 2.8% of its workHealth Information Management: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 8 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 8 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 119 fractional works · 22.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 50 fractional works · 9.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 12 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPollution: 12 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEcology: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 29 fractional works · 5.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBuilding and Construction: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 14 fractional works · 2.7% of its workInformation Systems: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 9 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workModeling and Simulation: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 117 fractional works · 22.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 57 fractional works · 10.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 20 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEducation: 10 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSafety Research: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnthropology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 24 fractional works · 4.5% of its workAccounting: 9 fractional works · 1.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness and International Management: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 15 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 12 fractional works · 2.3% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPsychology: 10 fractional works · 1.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMusic: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLife Sciences: 89 fractional works · 16.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 40 fractional works · 7.5% of its workPlant Science: 10 fractional works · 1.9% of its workFood Science: 7 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 7 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSoil Science: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInsect Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 22 fractional works · 4.2% of its workParasitology: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workImmunology: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMicrobiology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVirology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 20 fractional works · 3.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEndocrinology: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMolecular Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKBlantyre528fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences17%Physical Sciences23%Health Sciences39%Social Sciences22%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this city does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine17232.5%
    2. Health Professions234.3%
    3. Nursing81.6%
    4. Veterinary10.2%
    5. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Environmental Science509.4%
    2. Engineering295.5%
    3. Computer Science142.7%
    4. Energy91.7%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences71.3%
    6. Materials Science30.7%
    7. Mathematics30.5%
    8. Physics and Astronomy20.4%
    9. Chemistry20.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Social Sciences5710.7%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting244.5%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance152.8%
    4. Psychology101.8%
    5. Decision Sciences71.3%
    6. Arts and Humanities51.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences407.5%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology224.2%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology203.8%
    4. Neuroscience50.9%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Blantyre strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Blantyre is most concentrated in Infectious Diseases (7.1× the world share in Infectious Diseases).

  1. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 21.4 works7.1×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient against the world baseline. Inside a single field a city is a meaningful unit, which is why this is where a city is measured at all.

The whole field profile

All 26 fields at once: above the ring is more than a place this size would be expected to do. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1.62× its world share, 34 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.66× its world share, 16 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.87× its world share, 17 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.56× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.82× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.36× its world share, 12 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.86× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.01× its world share, 8 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.40× its world share, 26 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.81× its world share, 40 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.49× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.69× its world share, 20 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.70× its world share, 144 worksMedicineNursing: 2.87× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.32× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.33× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.44× its world share, 20 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.28× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.41× its world share, 13 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.62× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.82× its world share, 46 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology3.87×17 works
  2. Nursing2.87×6 works
  3. Energy2.01×8 works
  4. Environmental Science1.81×40 works
  5. Medicine1.70×144 works
  6. Health Professions1.69×20 works
  7. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.62×34 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting1.44×20 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.41×13 works
  10. Veterinary1.32×1 works
  11. Decision Sciences1.28×6 works
  12. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.86×6 works
  13. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.82×1 works
  14. Social Sciences0.82×46 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.66×16 works
  16. Psychology0.62×8 works
  17. Neuroscience0.56×4 works
  18. Mathematics0.49×3 works
  19. Engineering0.40×26 works
  20. Computer Science0.36×12 works
  21. Arts and Humanities0.33×4 works
  22. Chemical Engineering0.31×0 works
  23. Chemistry0.20×1 works
  24. Materials Science0.16×2 works
  25. Physics and Astronomy0.15×2 works
  26. Dentistry0.05×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Blantyre?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Vaccine Development, Vaccine, Maternal Mortality, Antiretroviral Therapy, Global Burden, Drug Resistance and Respiratory Infections.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in 2022-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this city's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology73▲ 3.5×79 topics
  2. Climate Change24▲ 1.71×48 topics
  3. Renewable Energy22▲ 2.8×22 topics
  4. Sustainability20▲ 1.54×37 topics
  5. Vaccine Development19▲ 14×9 topics
  6. Vaccine18▲ 8.6×10 topics
  7. Public Health18▲ 2.3×35 topics
  8. Global Burden16▲ 5.7×11 topics
  9. Maternal Mortality15▲ 13×5 topics
  10. Treatment14▲ 2.2×24 topics
  11. Antiretroviral Therapy14▲ 17×6 topics
  12. Drug Resistance14▲ 9.1×9 topics
  13. Respiratory Infections14▲ 23×2 topics
  14. Community Health Workers13▲ 28×2 topics
  15. Immune Response13▲ 4.3×10 topics
  16. Diagnosis13▲ 2.6×20 topics
  17. Antibiotic Resistance11▲ 5.5×12 topics
  18. Health Inequalities11▲ 17×4 topics
  19. Global Health11▲ 13×4 topics
  20. Child Mortality11▲ 28×1 topic
  21. Health Systems11▲ 28×1 topic
  22. Pathogenesis10▲ 3.9×17 topics
  23. Infection10▲ 7.3×5 topics
  24. Antimicrobial Resistance10▲ 8.7×7 topics
  25. Disease Burden9▲ 23×2 topics
  26. Genome Sequence9▲ 21×2 topics
  27. Infectious Diseases9▲ 5.3×8 topics
  28. Insecticide Resistance9▲ 22×4 topics
  29. Vulnerability9▲ 7.5×5 topics
  30. Household Fuel Use9▲ 25×1 topic
  31. Indoor Air Pollution9▲ 25×1 topic
  32. Artemisinin Resistance9▲ 50×1 topic
  33. Plasmodium falciparum9▲ 50×1 topic
  34. Medical Education9▲ 6.0×9 topics
  35. Helminth Infections8▲ 35×2 topics
  36. Viral Load7▲ 18×2 topics
  37. HIV Transmission7▲ 18×2 topics
  38. Immunomodulation7▲ 10×4 topics
  39. Immune Regulation7▲ 12×2 topics
  40. Mortality Rates7▲ 14×2 topics

What research is done in Blantyre?

Global Maternal and Child Health: 10 fractional worksEnergy and Environment Impacts: 8 fractional worksMalaria Research and Con…7Malaria Research and Control: 7 fractional worksGlobal Health and Surgery5Global Health and Surgery: 5 fractional worksParasites and Host Interactions: 5 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 5 fractional worksAgricultural Innovations…4Agricultural Innovations and Practices: 4 fractional worksTuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 4 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 4 fractional worksPneumonia and Respirator…4Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections: 4 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthPollutionPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthParasitology4 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 10 works
  2. 2 Energy and Environment Impacts Pollution 8 works
  3. 3 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 7 works
  4. 4 Global Health and Surgery Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 5 works
  5. 5 Parasites and Host Interactions Parasitology 5 works
  6. 6 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 5 works
  7. 7 Agricultural Innovations and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 4 works
  8. 8 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 4 works
  9. 9 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 4 works
  10. 10 Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections Epidemiology 4 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting20%40%Blantyre16.4% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 32.2% in 2015.

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