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Amref Health Africa

In research, Amref Health Africa stands highest in Health Sciences (#15,162 of 20,462 worldwide) and Medicine (#13,432 of 17,978 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#19,744
of 28,054 · #31,208 all time
Rank in Kenya
#49
of 75
Research works
267
▲ 57% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.3k
19.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
60%
world 28%

What is Amref Health Africa known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Health SciencesDomain #15,162 of 20,462 19.3%173
MedicineField #13,432 of 17,978 20.4%132

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Amref Health Africa 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: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.96× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.82× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.67× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 2.15× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 5.28× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.02× its world share, 26 worksMedicineNursing: 9.44× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.56× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.16× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.85× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.32× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.10× its world share, 9 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 9.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Amref Health Africa?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology9▲ 3.4×33 topics
  2. Health Inequalities6▲ 73×2 topics
  3. Public Health6▲ 6.1×24 topics
  4. Community Health Workers5▲ 92×2 topics
  5. Maternal Mortality5▲ 35×2 topics
  6. Child Mortality5▲ 102×1 topic
  7. Health Systems5▲ 102×1 topic
  8. Mental Health4▲ 4.6×16 topics
  9. COVID-194▲ 4.5×10 topics
  10. Vaccine4▲ 13×6 topics
  11. Child Development3▲ 11×2 topics
  12. Infectious Diseases3▲ 14×6 topics
  13. Cardiovascular Disease3▲ 4.1×9 topics
  14. Immune Response3▲ 8.0×7 topics
  15. Social Media3▲ 2.9×4 topics
  16. Non-Communicable Diseases3▲ 14×2 topics
  17. Chronic Disease Management2▲ 20×3 topics
  18. Maternal and Child Undernutrition2▲ 46×1 topic
  19. Pandemic2▲ 3.5×7 topics
  20. Water Sanitation Hygiene2▲ 46×1 topic
  21. COVID-19 Vaccine2▲ 49×1 topic
  22. Vaccine Hesitancy2▲ 53×1 topic
  23. Adherence2▲ 30×2 topics
  24. Health Apps2▲ 60×1 topic
  25. Mobile Health2▲ 25×2 topics
  26. mHealth2▲ 60×1 topic
  27. Drug Resistance2▲ 12×7 topics
  28. Vaccine Development2▲ 12×5 topics
  29. Health Financing2▲ 84×1 topic
  30. Health Inequities2▲ 55×2 topics
  31. Health Outcomes2▲ 11×5 topics
  32. Pathogenesis2▲ 5.8×7 topics
  33. Universal Coverage2▲ 84×1 topic
  34. Corporate Political Activity2▲ 83×1 topic
  35. Global Trade2▲ 14×1 topic
  36. Antiretroviral Therapy2▲ 16×6 topics
  37. Global Health2▲ 18×4 topics
  38. Helminth Infections2▲ 72×2 topics
  39. Chronic Disease2▲ 15×4 topics
  40. HIV/AIDS2▲ 38×2 topics

Which research topics does Amref Health Africa publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Global Maternal and Child Health, Child Nutrition and Water Access, Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy and Mobile Health and mHealth Applications.

Global Maternal and Chil…5Global Maternal and Child Health: 5 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 2 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hes…2Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 2 fractional worksMobile Health and mHealt…2Mobile Health and mHealth Applications: 2 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and Reforms: 2 fractional worksGlobal Public Health Policies and Epidemiology: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 epidemiological…2COVID-19 epidemiological studies: 2 fractional worksPoverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 1 fractional worksViral Infections and Outbreaks Research: 1 fractional worksParasites and Host Interactions: 1 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthNutrition and DieteticsHealthGeneral Health Professions6 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 5 works
  2. 2 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 2 works
  3. 3 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 2 works
  4. 4 Mobile Health and mHealth Applications General Health Professions 2 works
  5. 5 Healthcare Systems and Reforms Finance 2 works
  6. 6 Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 2 works
  7. 7 COVID-19 epidemiological studies Modeling and Simulation 2 works
  8. 8 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 1 works
  9. 9 Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research Infectious Diseases 1 works
  10. 10 Parasites and Host Interactions Parasitology 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 available60.5%not open39.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors45.1%domestic only54.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Amref Health Africa's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 57% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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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