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Aga Khan Hospital Dar es Salaam

In research, Aga Khan Hospital Dar es Salaam stands highest in Health Sciences (#9,521 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#8,770 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#23,019
of 28,054 · #37,332 all time
Rank in Tanzania
#35
of 43
Research works
227
▲ 193% vs 2013–17
Citations
2k
8.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
75%
world 28%

What is Aga Khan Hospital Dar es Salaam known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #9,521 of 11,982 8.6%80 #17419
MedicineField #8,770 of 10,443 8.6%74 #15412

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Aga Khan Hospital Dar es Salaam sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.11× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.12× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.00× its world share, 2 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 1.24× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.23× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.95× its world share, 74 worksMedicineNursing: 5.46× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.74× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.69× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 5.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Aga Khan Hospital Dar es Salaam?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Management, Prenatal Diagnosis, Treatment, Maternal Mortality, Cardiovascular Disease and Risk Factors.

▲ 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 institution'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. Epidemiology20▲ 5.3×71 topics
  2. Diagnosis8▲ 8.9×21 topics
  3. Management6▲ 8.0×14 topics
  4. Inflammation6▲ 2.8×19 topics
  5. Treatment5▲ 4.3×18 topics
  6. Quality of Life5▲ 3.5×18 topics
  7. Cardiovascular Disease5▲ 4.4×14 topics
  8. Risk Factors5▲ 4.4×15 topics
  9. Prenatal Diagnosis4▲ 28×7 topics
  10. Maternal Mortality4▲ 18×4 topics
  11. Immune Response3▲ 6.1×8 topics
  12. Infertility3▲ 24×4 topics
  13. Metabolic Syndrome3▲ 4.0×10 topics
  14. Public Health3▲ 2.3×16 topics
  15. Diabetes3▲ 6.3×7 topics
  16. Drug Resistance3▲ 11×4 topics
  17. Complications3▲ 5.9×10 topics
  18. Global Burden3▲ 5.5×11 topics
  19. Child Development3▲ 6.9×4 topics
  20. Pathogenesis3▲ 5.7×15 topics
  21. Vaccine3▲ 7.1×7 topics
  22. Guidelines3▲ 5.9×6 topics
  23. Pathophysiology3▲ 9.2×5 topics
  24. Reproductive Outcome3▲ 73×2 topics
  25. Insulin Resistance2▲ 5.7×5 topics
  26. Antiretroviral Therapy2▲ 15×6 topics
  27. Global Burden of Disease2▲ 9.1×2 topics
  28. Surgery2▲ 6.6×7 topics
  29. Surgical Management2▲ 5.3×9 topics
  30. Surgical Treatment2▲ 11×4 topics
  31. Maternal and Child Undernutrition2▲ 25×1 topic
  32. Water Sanitation Hygiene2▲ 25×1 topic
  33. Global Health2▲ 12×3 topics
  34. Global Prevalence2▲ 21×2 topics
  35. Placenta Accreta2▲ 62×1 topic
  36. Postpartum Hemorrhage2▲ 62×1 topic
  37. Critical Care2▲ 7.8×8 topics
  38. Hysteroscopic Treatment2▲ 76×1 topic
  39. Maternal Outcomes2▲ 22×2 topics
  40. Uterine Anomalies2▲ 76×1 topic

Which research topics does Aga Khan Hospital Dar es Salaam publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Child Nutrition and Water Access, Maternal and fetal healthcare, Gynecological conditions and treatments and Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology.

Child Nutrition and Wate…2Child Nutrition and Water Access: 2 fractional worksMaternal and fetal healt…2Maternal and fetal healthcare: 2 fractional worksGynecological conditions and treatments: 2 fractional worksTuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 1 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 1 fractional worksEndometriosis Research and Treatment: 1 fractional worksMaternal and Perinatal Health Interventions: 1 fractional worksIron Metabolism and Diso…1Iron Metabolism and Disorders: 1 fractional worksUrological Disorders and Treatments: 1 fractional worksEctopic Pregnancy Diagnosis and Management: 1 fractional works
Nutrition and DieteticsPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthObstetrics and GynecologyInfectious Diseases4 others

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

  1. 1 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 2 works
  2. 2 Maternal and fetal healthcare Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 2 works
  3. 3 Gynecological conditions and treatments Obstetrics and Gynecology 2 works
  4. 4 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 1 works
  5. 5 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 works
  6. 6 Endometriosis Research and Treatment Reproductive Medicine 1 works
  7. 7 Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions Obstetrics and Gynecology 1 works
  8. 8 Iron Metabolism and Disorders Hematology 1 works
  9. 9 Urological Disorders and Treatments Urology 1 works
  10. 10 Ectopic Pregnancy Diagnosis and Management Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world’s own shares — the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available75.4%not open24.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors35.2%domestic only64.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Aga Khan Hospital Dar es Salaam's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 193% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

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