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Bugando Medical Centre

In research, Bugando Medical Centre stands highest in Health Sciences (#6,125 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#5,361 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#19,165
of 22,385 · #25,305 all time
Rank in Tanzania
#38
of 41
Research works
289
▲ 67% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.2k
18.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.97×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
80%
world 40%
International
48%
world 18%
Bugando Medical Centre

What is Bugando Medical Centre known for in research?

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

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #6,125 of 9,902 7.9%72 #8011
MedicineField #5,361 of 8,541 7.9%67 #7419

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Bugando Medical Centre 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Bugando Medical Centre work in?

In 2022-now, 77% of research at Bugando Medical Centre is in Health Sciences, 9% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (71%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (4%), Health Professions (4%). It does 3.1× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 84 fractional works · 76.5% of its workMedicine: 78 fractional works · 71.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 10 fractional works · 8.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 10 fractional works · 8.7% of its workSurgery: 8 fractional works · 7.1% of its workEpidemiology: 6 fractional works · 5.9% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 3.7% of its workEmergency Medicine: 4 fractional works · 3.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 4 fractional works · 3.4% of its workOncology: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workReproductive Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 3.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 10 fractional works · 9.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 10 fractional works · 9.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 4.4% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMolecular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 5 fractional works · 4.9% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKBugando MedicalCentre110fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences5%Health Sciences77%Social Sciences9%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine7871.0%
    2. Health Professions43.6%
    3. Nursing21.8%
    4. Dentistry00.2%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Social Sciences43.4%
    2. Psychology32.4%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance22.1%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting11.1%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.2%
    6. Decision Sciences00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology54.4%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology32.8%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.0%
    4. Neuroscience10.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.3%
    1. Computer Science21.6%
    2. Environmental Science21.5%
    3. Mathematics10.8%
    4. Engineering10.6%
    5. Physics and Astronomy00.4%
    6. Chemistry00.1%
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: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.83× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.82× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.83× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.64× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.35× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.69× its world share, 78 worksMedicineNursing: 3.64× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.97× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.80× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.69×78 works
  2. Nursing3.64×2 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology2.82×3 works
  4. Health Professions1.35×4 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.97×2 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.83×5 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.83×0 works
  8. Psychology0.80×3 works
  9. Mathematics0.64×1 works
  10. Dentistry0.36×0 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting0.36×1 works
  12. Neuroscience0.34×1 works
  13. Environmental Science0.30×2 works
  14. Veterinary0.28×0 works
  15. Social Sciences0.27×4 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.22×1 works
  17. Computer Science0.20×2 works
  18. Physics and Astronomy0.18×0 works
  19. Decision Sciences0.16×0 works
  20. Arts and Humanities0.05×0 works
  21. Engineering0.04×1 works
  22. Chemistry0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Bugando Medical Centre?

Ranked on the quality score, Samuel E. Kalluvya, Moke Magoma and Balthazar Gumodoka lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Bugando Medical Centre.

  1. 1 Samuel E. Kalluvya Tanzania · #512,091 worldwide 1.9k citations · 55 works
  2. 2 Moke Magoma Tanzania · #1,043,359 worldwide 1.2k citations · 27 works
  3. 3 Balthazar Gumodoka Tanzania · #1,932,103 worldwide 1.2k citations · 30 works
  4. 4 Nestory Andrew Masalu Tanzania · #2,154,875 worldwide 1.8k citations · 99 works
  5. 5 Fredrick Kalokola Tanzania · #2,590,280 worldwide 461 citations · 32 works
  6. 6 Charles Riziki Majinge Tanzania · #2,739,255 worldwide 576 citations · 34 works
  7. 7 Esther Lehman Kawira Tanzania · #3,216,114 worldwide 352 citations · 25 works
  8. 8 Samuel Elias Kalluvya Tanzania · #3,283,563 worldwide 948 citations · 53 works
  9. 9 Beda Likonda Tanzania · #3,357,544 worldwide 132 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Mwesige Charles Tanzania · #3,459,899 worldwide 128 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Bugando Medical Centre

What are the most cited papers from Bugando Medical Centre?

The most cited paper from Bugando Medical Centre is "Impact of improved treatment of sexually transmitted diseases on HIV infection in rural Tanzania: randomised controlled trial" (Heiner Grosskurth et al., 1995), with 1,416 citations. Next come "Newborn Mortality and Fresh Stillbirth Rates in Tanzania After Helping Babies Breathe Training" (461) and "Predictors of positive blood culture and deaths among neonates with suspected neonatal sepsis in a tertiary hospital, Mwanza- Tanzania" (336).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Impact of improved treatment of sexually transmitted diseases on HIV infection in rural Tanzania: randomised controlled trial Heiner Grosskurth et al. · The Lancet Open access Aug 1995 1,416
2 Newborn Mortality and Fresh Stillbirth Rates in Tanzania After Helping Babies Breathe Training Georgina Msemo, Augustine Massawe, Donan Mmbando et al. · PEDIATRICS 21 Jan 2013 461
3 Predictors of positive blood culture and deaths among neonates with suspected neonatal sepsis in a tertiary hospital, Mwanza- Tanzania Neema Kayange, Erasmus Kamugisha, Damas L. Mwizamholya et al. · BMC Pediatrics Open access 4 Jun 2010 336
4 Preparedness of Tanzanian health facilities for outpatient primary care of hypertension and diabetes: a cross-sectional survey Robert N. Peck, Janneth Maridadi Mghamba, Fiona M. Vanobberghen et al. · The Lancet Global Health Open access 13 Apr 2014 266
5 Predictors of surgical site infections among patients undergoing major surgery at Bugando Medical Centre in Northwestern Tanzania Brian Caesar Mawalla, Stephen Eliatosha Mshana, Phillipo Leo Chalya et al. · BMC Surgery Open access 31 Aug 2011 266
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Which keywords describe research at Bugando Medical Centre?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Maternal Mortality, Prognostic Factors, Diagnosis, Antiretroviral Therapy, Global Burden, Risk Factors and Genetic Alterations.

▲ 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. Epidemiology19▲ 4.4×63 topics
  2. Inflammation6▲ 2.3×22 topics
  3. Diagnosis5▲ 4.8×17 topics
  4. Treatment5▲ 3.5×19 topics
  5. Risk Factors5▲ 3.9×14 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Disease4▲ 3.5×18 topics
  7. Maternal Mortality4▲ 17×4 topics
  8. Prognostic Factors4▲ 8.7×8 topics
  9. Public Health4▲ 2.5×13 topics
  10. Quality of Life4▲ 2.5×16 topics
  11. Global Burden4▲ 6.3×8 topics
  12. Antiretroviral Therapy4▲ 21×5 topics
  13. Management4▲ 4.3×15 topics
  14. Immune Response4▲ 5.6×10 topics
  15. Genetic Alterations3▲ 39×2 topics
  16. Radiotherapy3▲ 7.2×7 topics
  17. Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia3▲ 82×1 topic
  18. Childhood Cancer3▲ 82×1 topic
  19. Chemotherapy3▲ 3.7×15 topics
  20. Medical Education3▲ 10×6 topics
  21. Mortality Rates3▲ 28×2 topics
  22. Cancer Incidence3▲ 19×3 topics
  23. Prenatal Diagnosis3▲ 17×7 topics
  24. Child Mortality2▲ 31×1 topic
  25. Health Systems2▲ 31×1 topic
  26. Insulin Resistance2▲ 5.1×6 topics
  27. Pulmonary Hypertension2▲ 17×2 topics
  28. Drug Resistance2▲ 7.7×7 topics
  29. Global Health2▲ 14×3 topics
  30. Health-related Quality of Life2▲ 9.3×2 topics
  31. Childhood Cancer Survivor Study2▲ 48×1 topic
  32. Genetic Regulation2▲ 13×2 topics
  33. Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory2▲ 48×1 topic
  34. Global Trends2▲ 25×2 topics
  35. Sickle-cell Disease2▲ 48×1 topic
  36. Thalassemia2▲ 48×1 topic
  37. Global Burden of Disease2▲ 7.8×4 topics
  38. PET Imaging2▲ 11×2 topics
  39. Molecular Profiling2▲ 19×2 topics
  40. Rituximab2▲ 12×2 topics

Which research topics does Bugando Medical Centre publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research, Global Maternal and Child Health, Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life and Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders.

Acute Lymphoblastic Leuk…3Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research: 3 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Chil…2Global Maternal and Child Health: 2 fractional worksChildhood Cancer Survivo…2Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life: 2 fractional worksHemoglobinopathies and R…2Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders: 2 fractional worksLymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 2 fractional worksParasites and Host Inter…2Parasites and Host Interactions: 2 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 2 fractional worksGlobal Cancer Incidence and Screening: 1 fractional worksAdvances in Oncology and…1Advances in Oncology and Radiotherapy: 1 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthGeneticsPathology and Forensic Medicine5 others

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

  1. 1 Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  2. 2 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 2 works
  3. 3 Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 2 works
  4. 4 Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders Genetics 2 works
  5. 5 Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pathology and Forensic Medicine 2 works
  6. 6 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 2 works
  7. 7 Parasites and Host Interactions Parasitology 2 works
  8. 8 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 2 works
  9. 9 Global Cancer Incidence and Screening Oncology 1 works
  10. 10 Advances in Oncology and Radiotherapy Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 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 available80.1%not open19.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors47.9%domestic only52.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Bugando Medical Centre's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 67% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Bugando Medical Centre as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00041% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Bugando Medical Centre0.00046% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Bugando Medical Centre over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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