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Research in Lilongwe

Science Explorer records 3 research institutions in Lilongwe. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Kamuzu University of Health Sciences.

Research institutions
3
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
244
fractional, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
27.6%
record average 16.5%

A city carries no overall standing here. The composite 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 Lilongwe?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Kamuzu University of Health SciencesUniversity 235 #8,557
2Emmanuel UniversityUniversity 5 not ranked
3MwAPATA InstituteResearch facility 4 not ranked

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022–2025. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.

What is Lilongwe strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Lilongwe is most concentrated in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (9.4× the world share in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health).

  1. Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield · 26.3 works9.4×
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Which keywords describe research in Lilongwe?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Maternal Mortality, Global Burden, Community Health Workers, Health Inequalities, Child Mortality, Health Systems and Antiretroviral Therapy.

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

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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. Epidemiology37▲ 4.5×73 topics
  2. Maternal Mortality15▲ 33×5 topics
  3. Global Burden14▲ 12×12 topics
  4. Community Health Workers13▲ 74×2 topics
  5. Health Inequalities13▲ 52×3 topics
  6. Child Mortality13▲ 86×1 topic
  7. Health Systems13▲ 86×1 topic
  8. Antiretroviral Therapy11▲ 31×6 topics
  9. Vaccine Development10▲ 20×7 topics
  10. Public Health10▲ 3.3×30 topics
  11. Risk Factors9▲ 4.0×21 topics
  12. Child Development8▲ 9.0×6 topics
  13. Global Health8▲ 25×4 topics
  14. Vaccine8▲ 9.1×10 topics
  15. Mortality Rates8▲ 37×2 topics
  16. Medical Education7▲ 13×8 topics
  17. HIV Transmission7▲ 42×2 topics
  18. Ethical Considerations6▲ 8.9×11 topics
  19. Primary Care6▲ 7.9×11 topics
  20. Viral Load6▲ 38×2 topics
  21. Drug Resistance6▲ 10×7 topics
  22. Insecticide Resistance6▲ 38×4 topics
  23. Genome Sequence6▲ 34×2 topics
  24. Artemisinin Resistance6▲ 90×1 topic
  25. Immune Response6▲ 5.0×11 topics
  26. Plasmodium falciparum6▲ 90×1 topic
  27. Preexposure Prophylaxis6▲ 57×1 topic
  28. Stigma and Discrimination6▲ 57×1 topic
  29. Global Burden of Disease5▲ 9.4×3 topics
  30. Infectious Diseases5▲ 6.8×6 topics
  31. Maternal and Child Undernutrition5▲ 26×1 topic
  32. Quality Improvement5▲ 11×6 topics
  33. Water Sanitation Hygiene5▲ 26×1 topic
  34. Surgical Care4▲ 43×2 topics
  35. Global Surgery4▲ 109×1 topic
  36. Health Development4▲ 109×1 topic
  37. HIV Prevention4▲ 34×2 topics
  38. Social Determinants of Health4▲ 8.8×4 topics
  39. Infection4▲ 7.8×4 topics
  40. Adolescent Health4▲ 22×2 topics

What research is done in Lilongwe?

  1. 1 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 13 works
  2. 2 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 6 works
  3. 3 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 6 works
  4. 4 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 5 works
  5. 5 Global Health and Surgery Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  6. 6 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health General Health Professions 4 works
  7. 7 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  8. 8 Antibiotic Use and Resistance Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 2 works
  9. 9 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 2 works
  10. 10 Parasites and Host Interactions Parasitology 2 works

Research output over time

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