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Blantyre Institute for Community Ophthalmology

In research, Blantyre Institute for Community Ophthalmology stands highest in Medicine (#13,562 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#15,760 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#16,230
of 28,054 · #23,550 all time
Rank in Malawi
#10
of 11
Research works
378
▲ 9% vs 2013–17
Citations
6.7k
17.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
64%
world 28%

What is Blantyre Institute for Community Ophthalmology 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
MedicineField #13,562 of 17,978 21.0%180
Health SciencesDomain #15,760 of 20,462 20.7%218

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Blantyre Institute for Community Ophthalmology 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: 0.97× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.22× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.06× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.78× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 2.69× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.86× its world share, 29 worksMedicineNursing: 2.85× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.24× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4.28× its world share, 11 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.11× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.62× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.05× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.95× its world share, 10 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Blantyre Institute for Community Ophthalmology?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Global Burden, Vaccine Development, Corporate Governance, Financial Constraints, Maternal Mortality, Financial Performance 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 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▲ 3.4×50 topics
  2. Global Burden4▲ 9.6×8 topics
  3. Corporate Governance4▲ 6.8×6 topics
  4. Vaccine Development4▲ 19×7 topics
  5. Climate Change4▲ 1.63×14 topics
  6. Financial Constraints3▲ 40×2 topics
  7. Financial Performance3▲ 6.4×3 topics
  8. Innovation3▲ 3.5×5 topics
  9. Public Health3▲ 2.6×21 topics
  10. Maternal Mortality3▲ 16×4 topics
  11. Antiretroviral Therapy3▲ 21×6 topics
  12. Community Health Workers3▲ 39×2 topics
  13. Risk Factors3▲ 3.1×11 topics
  14. Child Mortality2▲ 42×1 topic
  15. Health Systems2▲ 42×1 topic
  16. Insecticide Resistance2▲ 39×3 topics
  17. Artemisinin Resistance2▲ 90×1 topic
  18. Genome Sequence2▲ 35×2 topics
  19. Plasmodium falciparum2▲ 90×1 topic
  20. Mortality Rates2▲ 29×2 topics
  21. HIV Transmission2▲ 36×2 topics
  22. Investor Protection2▲ 30×1 topic
  23. Ownership Structure2▲ 30×1 topic
  24. Public-Private Partnerships2▲ 33×1 topic
  25. Risk Allocation2▲ 189×1 topic
  26. Corporate Finance2▲ 19×2 topics
  27. Profitability2▲ 18×2 topics
  28. Viral Load2▲ 28×2 topics
  29. Preexposure Prophylaxis2▲ 43×1 topic
  30. SMEs2▲ 5.9×2 topics
  31. Stigma and Discrimination2▲ 43×1 topic
  32. Adaptation2▲ 7.0×3 topics
  33. Global Health2▲ 13×3 topics
  34. Medical Education2▲ 7.8×9 topics
  35. Vulnerability2▲ 8.7×5 topics
  36. Trade Credit2▲ 73×1 topic
  37. Working Capital Management2▲ 73×1 topic
  38. Helminth Infections1▲ 46×2 topics
  39. Adolescent Health1▲ 19×2 topics
  40. Investment1▲ 17×2 topics

Which research topics does Blantyre Institute for Community Ophthalmology publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Global Maternal and Child Health, Malaria Research and Control, Public-Private Partnership Projects and Corporate Finance and Governance.

Global Maternal and Chil…2Global Maternal and Child Health: 2 fractional worksMalaria Research and Con…2Malaria Research and Control: 2 fractional worksPublic-Private Partnersh…2Public-Private Partnership Projects: 2 fractional worksCorporate Finance and Go…2Corporate Finance and Governance: 2 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 2 fractional worksWorking Capital and Financial Performance: 2 fractional worksPrivate Equity and Ventu…1Private Equity and Venture Capital: 1 fractional worksAdolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: 1 fractional worksFinancial Reporting and Valuation Research: 1 fractional worksMosquito-borne diseases …1Mosquito-borne diseases and control: 1 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthStrategy and ManagementAccounting2 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 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  3. 3 Public-Private Partnership Projects Strategy and Management 2 works
  4. 4 Corporate Finance and Governance Accounting 2 works
  5. 5 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 2 works
  6. 6 Working Capital and Financial Performance Accounting 2 works
  7. 7 Private Equity and Venture Capital Accounting 1 works
  8. 8 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health General Health Professions 1 works
  9. 9 Financial Reporting and Valuation Research Strategy and Management 1 works
  10. 10 Mosquito-borne diseases and control 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 available64.0%not open36.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors59.7%domestic only40.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Blantyre Institute for Community Ophthalmology's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 9% 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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