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Banadir Hospital

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Research works
62
▲ 643% vs 2018-21
Citations
215
3.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.3%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
88%
world 40%
International
35%
world 18%
Banadir Hospital

Not ranked overall: Banadir Hospital is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Banadir Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 81% of research at Banadir Hospital is in Health Sciences, 8% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (69%), Health Professions (7%), Social Sciences (4%). It does 3.0× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 41 fractional works · 81.0% of its workMedicine: 35 fractional works · 68.6% of its workSurgery: 6 fractional works · 11.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 4 fractional works · 7.8% of its workEpidemiology: 4 fractional works · 7.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 4.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 4.8% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 4.1% of its workHepatology: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnatomy: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 7.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 4.2% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Dentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 8.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.7% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 6.9% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKBanadir Hospital51fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences81%Social Sciences8%

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 institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 18 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine3568.6%
    2. Health Professions47.4%
    3. Dentistry12.6%
    4. Nursing12.0%
    5. Veterinary00.5%
    1. Social Sciences23.7%
    2. Psychology12.3%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.7%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting00.6%
    1. Immunology and Microbiology23.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology12.9%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.7%
    4. Neuroscience00.1%
    1. Engineering11.5%
    2. Environmental Science11.1%
    3. Mathematics00.7%
    4. Energy00.3%
    5. Chemistry00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.55× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.18× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksChemistryEnergy: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 5.42× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.80× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.57× its world share, 35 worksMedicineNursing: 4.02× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.60× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.81× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.74× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 5.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 18 fields, with their numbers
  1. Dentistry5.42×1 works
  2. Nursing4.02×1 works
  3. Veterinary3.60×0 works
  4. Medicine3.57×35 works
  5. Immunology and Microbiology3.18×2 works
  6. Health Professions2.80×4 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.81×1 works
  8. Psychology0.74×1 works
  9. Mathematics0.59×0 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.55×2 works
  11. Energy0.35×0 works
  12. Social Sciences0.29×2 works
  13. Environmental Science0.22×1 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.18×0 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.15×0 works
  16. Chemistry0.10×0 works
  17. Engineering0.10×1 works
  18. Neuroscience0.08×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Banadir Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Eloise Meldrum lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Banadir Hospital.

  1. 1 Eloise Meldrum Somalia · #4,706,842 worldwide 3 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Banadir Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Banadir Hospital?

The most cited paper from Banadir Hospital is "Prevalence of serum antibodies against bloodborne and sexually transmitted agents in selected groups in Somalia" (Yassin Nur, Jan Groen, Ali Elmi et al., 2000), with 50 citations. Next come "Prevalence of and factors associated with depression among adult patients living with HIV/AIDs undergoing ART unit in Banadir hospital, Mogadishu Somalia" (32) and "The impact of anxiety and depression on the quality of life of hemodialysis patients in a sample from Somalia" (31).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Prevalence of serum antibodies against bloodborne and sexually transmitted agents in selected groups in Somalia Yassin Nur, Jan Groen, Ali Elmi et al. · Epidemiology and Infection Open access Feb 2000 50
2 Prevalence of and factors associated with depression among adult patients living with HIV/AIDs undergoing ART unit in Banadir hospital, Mogadishu Somalia Abdirahman Khalif Mohamud, Abdirahman Khalif Mohamud, Abdulrahman Ahmed Mohamud et al. · BMC Psychiatry Open access 7 Apr 2023 32
3 The impact of anxiety and depression on the quality of life of hemodialysis patients in a sample from Somalia Nur Adam Mohamed, Aşır Eraslan, Samet Köse · BMC Psychiatry Open access 10 Nov 2023 31
4 Assessment of healthcare workers' knowledge and attitude on Ebola virus disease in Somalia: a multicenter nationwide survey Abdirahman Khalif Mohamud, Abdirahman Khalif Mohamud, Ahmed İsse Ali et al. · BMC Public Health Open access 28 Aug 2023 22
5 Combating infectious disease outbreaks in Somalia’s fragile health system: the impact of climate change-narrative review Saadaq Adan Hussein, Marian Muse Osman, Mohamed Mohamoud Hassan et al. · Tropical Medicine and Health ReviewOpen access 23 Oct 2025 21
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Banadir Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Vaccine, Diagnosis, Immune Response, Treatment, Pathogenesis, Maternal Mortality and Management.

▲ 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 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. Epidemiology11▲ 5.5×47 topics
  2. Vaccine5▲ 25×10 topics
  3. Treatment4▲ 6.2×14 topics
  4. Diagnosis4▲ 7.8×14 topics
  5. Immune Response4▲ 12×9 topics
  6. Pathogenesis3▲ 13×14 topics
  7. Maternal Mortality3▲ 27×4 topics
  8. Public Health3▲ 3.8×15 topics
  9. Management3▲ 6.8×12 topics
  10. Genetic Diversity2▲ 11×3 topics
  11. Quality of Life2▲ 3.4×14 topics
  12. Metabolic Syndrome2▲ 5.8×10 topics
  13. Cardiovascular Disease2▲ 4.0×11 topics
  14. Oxidative Stress2▲ 2.6×7 topics
  15. Surgical Management2▲ 10×10 topics
  16. Pregnancy2▲ 17×4 topics
  17. Risk Factors2▲ 3.2×8 topics
  18. Child Mortality2▲ 43×1 topic
  19. Food Safety2▲ 11×3 topics
  20. Global Burden2▲ 5.8×8 topics
  21. Health Inequalities2▲ 26×2 topics
  22. Health Systems2▲ 43×1 topic
  23. Zoonotic Transmission2▲ 41×3 topics
  24. Complications2▲ 6.0×7 topics
  25. Drug Resistance2▲ 10.0×2 topics
  26. Global Health1▲ 18×4 topics
  27. Chronic Infection1▲ 198×1 topic
  28. Hepatitis E Virus1▲ 198×1 topic
  29. Insulin Resistance1▲ 5.6×5 topics
  30. Hepatocellular Carcinoma1▲ 11×2 topics
  31. Infectious Diseases1▲ 7.2×6 topics
  32. Placental Development1▲ 36×1 topic
  33. Preeclampsia1▲ 30×1 topic
  34. COVID-19 Vaccine1▲ 30×2 topics
  35. Global Burden of Disease1▲ 8.7×2 topics
  36. Medical Education1▲ 7.9×2 topics
  37. Antiretroviral Therapy1▲ 12×4 topics
  38. Ebola Virus1▲ 73×1 topic
  39. Laparoscopic Surgery1▲ 17×2 topics
  40. Outbreak1▲ 54×1 topic

Which research topics does Banadir Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Global Maternal and Child Health, Hepatitis Viruses Studies and Epidemiology, Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies and Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology.

Global Maternal and Chil…2Global Maternal and Child Health: 2 fractional worksHepatitis Viruses Studie…1Hepatitis Viruses Studies and Epidemiology: 1 fractional worksPregnancy and preeclamps…1Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies: 1 fractional worksTuberculosis Research an…1Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 1 fractional worksViral Infections and Outbreaks Research: 1 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 1 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Wate…1Child Nutrition and Water Access: 1 fractional worksKidney Stones and Urolithiasis Treatments: 1 fractional worksHepatitis B Virus Studies: 1 fractional worksGlobal Health and Surgery1Global Health and Surgery: 1 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthHepatologyObstetrics and GynecologyInfectious Diseases5 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 2 works
  2. 2 Hepatitis Viruses Studies and Epidemiology Hepatology 1 works
  3. 3 Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies Obstetrics and Gynecology 1 works
  4. 4 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 1 works
  5. 5 Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research Infectious Diseases 1 works
  6. 6 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 1 works
  7. 7 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 1 works
  8. 8 Kidney Stones and Urolithiasis Treatments Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  9. 9 Hepatitis B Virus Studies Epidemiology 1 works
  10. 10 Global Health and Surgery 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 available87.5%not open12.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors35.4%domestic only64.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Banadir Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 643% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Banadir Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00020% in 2024.

still counting0.00010%0.00020%0.00030%Banadir Hospital0.00018% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Banadir Hospital over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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