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Research in Ifakara

Science Explorer records 2 research institutions in Ifakara, Tanzania. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Ifakara Health Institute and St. Francis Referral Hospital.

Research institutions
2
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
767
▲ 52% vs 2018-21
Citations
25k
32.9 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
25.9%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1952-2026
75 years on the record
Ifakara

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 Ifakara?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Ifakara Health InstituteNonprofit 633 #8,317
2St. Francis Referral HospitalHospital / health system 134 #21,597

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.

Which fields of science does Ifakara work in?

In 2022-now, 67% of research in Ifakara is in Health Sciences, 18% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (58%), Immunology and Microbiology (7%), Health Professions (7%). It does 2.8× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 187 fractional works · 66.5% of its workMedicine: 161 fractional works · 57.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 51 fractional works · 18.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 23 fractional works · 8.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 21 fractional works · 7.3% of its workEpidemiology: 13 fractional works · 4.7% of its workSurgery: 9 fractional works · 3.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 7 fractional works · 2.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEmergency Medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 19 fractional works · 6.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 13 fractional works · 4.7% of its workHealth Information Management: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 52 fractional works · 18.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 20 fractional works · 7.0% of its workParasitology: 8 fractional works · 2.8% of its workVirology: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workImmunology: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 15 fractional works · 5.2% of its workPlant Science: 8 fractional works · 2.8% of its workInsect Science: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 14 fractional works · 4.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEndocrinology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMolecular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 25 fractional works · 8.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 10 fractional works · 3.5% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 7 fractional works · 2.6% of its workFinance: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 18 fractional works · 6.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 10 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEcology: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workModeling and Simulation: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKIfakara280fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences18%Physical Sciences6%Health Sciences67%Social Sciences9%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine16157.6%
    2. Health Professions196.7%
    3. Nursing51.8%
    4. Veterinary10.4%
    5. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Immunology and Microbiology207.0%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences155.2%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology144.9%
    4. Neuroscience20.9%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.4%
    1. Social Sciences103.5%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance72.6%
    3. Psychology41.3%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting20.8%
    5. Decision Sciences10.4%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.1%
    1. Environmental Science103.4%
    2. Computer Science30.9%
    3. Mathematics20.8%
    4. Engineering20.7%
    5. Chemistry10.2%
    6. Materials Science00.2%
    7. Energy00.0%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.0%
    9. Physics and Astronomy00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Ifakara strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Ifakara is most concentrated in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (12.7× the world share in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health).

  1. Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield · 38.6 works13×
← 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: 0.94× its world share, 10 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.89× its world share, 11 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 7.24× its world share, 17 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.02× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.64× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.84× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.78× its world share, 17 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.01× its world share, 133 worksMedicineNursing: 4.19× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.28× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.36× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.44× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 7.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology7.24×17 works
  2. Nursing4.19×5 works
  3. Veterinary3.28×1 works
  4. Medicine3.01×133 works
  5. Health Professions2.78×17 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.36×7 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.02×1 works
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.94×10 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.89×11 works
  10. Mathematics0.84×2 works
  11. Environmental Science0.64×7 works
  12. Psychology0.44×3 works
  13. Decision Sciences0.41×1 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.30×2 works
  15. Social Sciences0.25×7 works
  16. Neuroscience0.20×1 works
  17. Chemistry0.13×0 works
  18. Computer Science0.12×2 works
  19. Dentistry0.06×0 works
  20. Arts and Humanities0.06×0 works
  21. Engineering0.04×1 works
  22. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.02×0 works
  23. Materials Science0.02×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Ifakara?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Vaccine Development, Global Burden, Insecticide Resistance, Genome Sequence, Artemisinin Resistance, Plasmodium falciparum and Maternal Mortality.

▲ 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. Epidemiology76▲ 6.8×70 topics
  2. Vaccine Development39▲ 54×9 topics
  3. Global Burden26▲ 17×12 topics
  4. Insecticide Resistance24▲ 107×4 topics
  5. Genome Sequence22▲ 93×2 topics
  6. Artemisinin Resistance21▲ 231×1 topic
  7. Plasmodium falciparum21▲ 231×1 topic
  8. Maternal Mortality21▲ 33×5 topics
  9. Public Health18▲ 4.5×28 topics
  10. Health Inequalities17▲ 49×3 topics
  11. Community Health Workers16▲ 65×2 topics
  12. Child Mortality16▲ 79×1 topic
  13. Health Systems16▲ 79×1 topic
  14. Vector Control15▲ 47×4 topics
  15. Diagnosis14▲ 5.4×22 topics
  16. Immune Response14▲ 8.8×13 topics
  17. Arboviral Diseases14▲ 76×1 topic
  18. Zika Virus14▲ 76×1 topic
  19. Vaccine12▲ 10×9 topics
  20. Antiretroviral Therapy11▲ 25×6 topics
  21. Treatment10▲ 3.0×20 topics
  22. Pathogenesis10▲ 6.8×12 topics
  23. Helminth Infections8▲ 72×2 topics
  24. Drug Resistance8▲ 9.9×7 topics
  25. Genetics8▲ 3.9×12 topics
  26. Infectious Diseases7▲ 7.7×8 topics
  27. Global Health7▲ 16×4 topics
  28. Pest Management6▲ 25×2 topics
  29. HIV Transmission6▲ 27×2 topics
  30. Biopesticides6▲ 30×3 topics
  31. Medical Education6▲ 7.4×6 topics
  32. Viral Load6▲ 26×2 topics
  33. Mortality Rates6▲ 21×2 topics
  34. Transmission6▲ 35×2 topics
  35. Zoonotic Infections6▲ 36×2 topics
  36. Global Burden of Disease5▲ 7.7×4 topics
  37. Preexposure Prophylaxis5▲ 39×1 topic
  38. Stigma and Discrimination5▲ 39×1 topic
  39. Botanical Insecticides5▲ 50×1 topic
  40. Essential Oils5▲ 17×1 topic

What research is done in Ifakara?

Malaria Research and Con…15Malaria Research and Control: 15 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 14 fractional worksMosquito-borne diseases and control: 11 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 5 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and Reforms: 4 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 4 fractional worksInsect Pest Control Strategies: 4 fractional worksParasites and Host Interactions: 4 fractional worksGlobal Health and Surgery: 3 fractional worksParasitic infections in humans and animals: 3 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthInfectious DiseasesFinance4 others

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

  1. 1 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 15 works
  2. 2 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 14 works
  3. 3 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 11 works
  4. 4 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 5 works
  5. 5 Healthcare Systems and Reforms Finance 4 works
  6. 6 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 4 works
  7. 7 Insect Pest Control Strategies Plant Science 4 works
  8. 8 Parasites and Host Interactions Parasitology 4 works
  9. 9 Global Health and Surgery Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  10. 10 Parasitic infections in humans and animals Pathology and Forensic Medicine 3 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 counting25%50%75%Ifakara25.0% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 64.1% in 2014.

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