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Bugando Medical Centre

In research, Bugando Medical Centre stands highest in Medicine (#9,567 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#11,146 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#24,054
of 28,054 · #31,822 all time
Rank in Tanzania
#39
of 43
Research works
289
▲ 21% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.2k
18.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
80%
world 28%

What is Bugando Medical Centre 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
MedicineField #9,567 of 10,443 12.3%67 #15051
Health SciencesDomain #11,146 of 11,982 12.3%72 #17226

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 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: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.81× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.81× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.31× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.70× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.46× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.68× its world share, 67 worksMedicineNursing: 3.78× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.04× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.68× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Bugando Medical Centre?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Maternal Mortality, Diagnosis, Risk Factors, Global Burden, Antiretroviral Therapy, Treatment and Immune Response.

▲ 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. Epidemiology18▲ 4.8×59 topics
  2. Inflammation5▲ 2.4×19 topics
  3. Risk Factors4▲ 4.3×14 topics
  4. Treatment4▲ 3.7×17 topics
  5. Diagnosis4▲ 4.8×16 topics
  6. Maternal Mortality4▲ 18×4 topics
  7. Quality of Life4▲ 2.7×15 topics
  8. Global Burden4▲ 6.9×8 topics
  9. Management4▲ 4.7×15 topics
  10. Public Health4▲ 2.6×11 topics
  11. Cardiovascular Disease3▲ 3.3×16 topics
  12. Immune Response3▲ 6.2×9 topics
  13. Antiretroviral Therapy3▲ 21×5 topics
  14. Prognostic Factors3▲ 6.8×7 topics
  15. Mortality Rates3▲ 31×2 topics
  16. Cancer Incidence3▲ 20×3 topics
  17. Prenatal Diagnosis3▲ 19×7 topics
  18. Pulmonary Hypertension2▲ 18×2 topics
  19. Radiotherapy2▲ 6.5×7 topics
  20. Genetic Alterations2▲ 32×2 topics
  21. Child Mortality2▲ 32×1 topic
  22. Genetic Regulation2▲ 15×2 topics
  23. Health Systems2▲ 32×1 topic
  24. Health-related Quality of Life2▲ 9.9×2 topics
  25. Global Health2▲ 15×3 topics
  26. Medical Education2▲ 8.5×5 topics
  27. Sickle-cell Disease2▲ 52×1 topic
  28. Thalassemia2▲ 52×1 topic
  29. Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia2▲ 63×1 topic
  30. Childhood Cancer2▲ 63×1 topic
  31. Childhood Cancer Survivor Study2▲ 48×1 topic
  32. Drug Resistance2▲ 7.6×7 topics
  33. Global Burden of Disease2▲ 8.7×4 topics
  34. Global Trends2▲ 26×2 topics
  35. Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory2▲ 48×1 topic
  36. Liver Disease2▲ 22×3 topics
  37. Anemia2▲ 20×2 topics
  38. Antiviral Therapy2▲ 19×3 topics
  39. Health Disparities2▲ 7.3×3 topics
  40. Quality Improvement2▲ 10×7 topics

Which research topics does Bugando Medical Centre publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Global Maternal and Child Health, Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders, Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research and Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life.

Global Maternal and Chil…2Global Maternal and Child Health: 2 fractional worksHemoglobinopathies and R…2Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders: 2 fractional worksAcute Lymphoblastic Leuk…2Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research: 2 fractional worksChildhood Cancer Survivo…2Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life: 2 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 2 fractional worksGlobal Cancer Incidence and Screening: 1 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and In…1HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 1 fractional worksIron Metabolism and Disorders: 1 fractional worksMaternal and fetal healthcare: 1 fractional worksParasites and Host Inter…1Parasites and Host Interactions: 1 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthGeneticsPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthNutrition and Dietetics4 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 Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders Genetics 2 works
  3. 3 Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  4. 4 Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 2 works
  5. 5 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 2 works
  6. 6 Global Cancer Incidence and Screening Oncology 1 works
  7. 7 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 1 works
  8. 8 Iron Metabolism and Disorders Hematology 1 works
  9. 9 Maternal and fetal healthcare Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 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 available80.1%not open19.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Bugando Medical Centre's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 21% 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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