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Centre for Healthy Start Initiative

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World rank, all time
#21,791
of 34,923
Rank in Nigeria
#137
of 202
Research works
252
▲ 6% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.9k
11.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.84×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
34%
world 40%
International
26%
world 18%
Centre for Healthy Start Initiative

Which fields of science does Centre for Healthy Start Initiative work in?

In 2022-now, 44% of research at Centre for Healthy Start Initiative is in Health Sciences, 43% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (33%), Social Sciences (16%), Psychology (12%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 19 fractional works · 44.0% of its workMedicine: 14 fractional works · 33.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 6.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 5.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 4.0% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 3.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 7.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 4.8% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 18 fractional works · 43.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 15.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLinguistics and Language: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 11.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 6.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 4.3% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 7.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 4.5% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 4.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMusic: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 3 fractional works · 7.6% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 5.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKCentre forHealthy Start…43fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences8%Health Sciences44%Social Sciences43%

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. Medicine1433.2%
    2. Health Professions37.3%
    3. Nursing12.4%
    4. Dentistry01.1%
    1. Social Sciences715.7%
    2. Psychology511.7%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance37.5%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting24.5%
    5. Arts and Humanities12.5%
    6. Decision Sciences01.0%
    1. Computer Science13.0%
    2. Environmental Science12.5%
    3. Engineering11.9%
    4. Mathematics00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology12.2%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology11.5%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.4%
    4. Neuroscience00.2%
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: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.48× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 2.22× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.77× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.73× its world share, 14 worksMedicineNursing: 4.98× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.88× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.41× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.03× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.51× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.85× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.24× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 5.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 18 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing4.98×1 works
  2. Psychology3.85×5 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3.51×3 works
  4. Health Professions2.77×3 works
  5. Dentistry2.22×0 works
  6. Medicine1.73×14 works
  7. Immunology and Microbiology1.48×1 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting1.41×2 works
  9. Social Sciences1.24×7 works
  10. Decision Sciences1.03×0 works
  11. Arts and Humanities0.88×1 works
  12. Environmental Science0.51×1 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.41×1 works
  14. Computer Science0.39×1 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.30×1 works
  16. Mathematics0.17×0 works
  17. Neuroscience0.14×0 works
  18. Engineering0.13×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Centre for Healthy Start Initiative?

Ranked on the quality score, Bolajoko Olubukunola Olusanya, M. K. C. Nair and Cecilia Breinbauer lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Centre for Healthy Start Initiative.

  1. 1 Bolajoko Olubukunola Olusanya Nigeria · #17,041 worldwide 159k citations · 339 works
  2. 2 M. K. C. Nair Nigeria · #469,350 worldwide 2.1k citations · 51 works
  3. 3 Cecilia Breinbauer Nigeria · #526,576 worldwide 2.6k citations · 21 works
  4. 4 Abayomi Joseph Afe Nigeria · #4,652,290 worldwide 228 citations · 31 works
All ranked researchers at Centre for Healthy Start Initiative

What are the most cited papers from Centre for Healthy Start Initiative?

The most cited paper from Centre for Healthy Start Initiative is "Global, regional, and national levels and causes of maternal mortality during 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013" (Nicholas J Kassebaum et al., 2014), with 1,682 citations. Next come "Global, regional, and national incidence and mortality for HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria during 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013" (998) and "Burden of 375 diseases and injuries, risk-attributable burden of 88 risk factors, and healthy life expectancy in 204 countries and territories, including 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023" (762).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Global, regional, and national levels and causes of maternal mortality during 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 Nicholas J Kassebaum et al. · The Lancet Open access349 authors 2 May 2014 1,682
2 Global, regional, and national incidence and mortality for HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria during 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 Christopher J L Murray et al. · The Lancet Open access366 authors 21 Jul 2014 998
3 Burden of 375 diseases and injuries, risk-attributable burden of 88 risk factors, and healthy life expectancy in 204 countries and territories, including 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023 Simon I Hay et al. · The Lancet Open access2,780 authors Oct 2025 762
4 Developmental disabilities among children younger than 5 years in 195 countries and territories, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016 Bolajoko Olubukunola Olusanya et al. · The Lancet Global Health Open access 29 Aug 2018 741
5 Global and National Burden of Diseases and Injuries Among Children and Adolescents Between 1990 and 2013 Hmwe Hmwe Kyu et al. · Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine Open access157 authors 26 Jan 2016 641
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Which keywords describe research at Centre for Healthy Start Initiative?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Mental Health, Depression, Global Burden, Stigma, Quality of Life, Prevalence and Resilience.

▲ 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 37 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 37 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology4▲ 2.6×26 topics
  2. Mental Health2▲ 4.2×10 topics
  3. Depression2▲ 5.8×9 topics
  4. Quality of Life2▲ 3.6×7 topics
  5. Global Burden2▲ 8.0×8 topics
  6. Public Health2▲ 2.7×10 topics
  7. Stigma2▲ 28×3 topics
  8. Artificial Intelligence2▲ 2.5×5 topics
  9. Prevalence2▲ 8.8×4 topics
  10. Resilience2▲ 7.3×4 topics
  11. Risk Factors2▲ 3.2×8 topics
  12. Child Development1▲ 8.1×3 topics
  13. Health Equity1▲ 11×4 topics
  14. Low- and Middle-Income Countries1▲ 57×2 topics
  15. Mortality Rates1▲ 36×2 topics
  16. Sustainable Development1▲ 2.1×6 topics
  17. Coping Strategies1▲ 12×2 topics
  18. Human Rights1▲ 3.0×5 topics
  19. Cancer Incidence1▲ 20×2 topics
  20. Genetic Variants1▲ 16×2 topics
  21. Health Financing1▲ 79×1 topic
  22. Health System Reform1▲ 42×2 topics
  23. Universal Coverage1▲ 79×1 topic
  24. Caregiver Well-Being1▲ 47×1 topic
  25. Cognitive Function1▲ 14×3 topics
  26. Health Disparities1▲ 10×3 topics
  27. Identity1▲ 3.5×3 topics
  28. Parenting Stress1▲ 36×1 topic
  29. Psychological Impact1▲ 7.9×4 topics
  30. Regulatory Challenges1▲ 29×2 topics
  31. Community Health Workers1▲ 27×2 topics
  32. Cost-effectiveness Analysis1▲ 30×1 topic
  33. Cyberbiosecurity1▲ 109×1 topic
  34. Globalization1▲ 1.24×5 topics
  35. Health Utility Measures1▲ 30×1 topic
  36. Legal Implications1▲ 30×1 topic
  37. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes1▲ 13×2 topics

Which research topics does Centre for Healthy Start Initiative publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Healthcare Systems and Reforms, Family and Disability Support Research, Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life and Infant Development and Preterm Care.

Healthcare Systems and R…1Healthcare Systems and Reforms: 1 fractional worksFamily and Disability Su…1Family and Disability Support Research: 1 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 1 fractional worksInfant Development and P…1Infant Development and Preterm Care: 1 fractional worksNeonatal Health and Bioc…1Neonatal Health and Biochemistry: 1 fractional worksLaw, AI, and Intellectual Property: 1 fractional worksGlobal Public Health Policies and Epidemiology: 1 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and In…1HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 1 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 1 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 1 fractional works
FinanceClinical PsychologyEconomics and EconometricsPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health4 others

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

  1. 1 Healthcare Systems and Reforms Finance 1 works
  2. 2 Family and Disability Support Research Clinical Psychology 1 works
  3. 3 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  4. 4 Infant Development and Preterm Care Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 works
  5. 5 Neonatal Health and Biochemistry Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 works
  6. 6 Law, AI, and Intellectual Property Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  7. 7 Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 1 works
  8. 8 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 1 works
  9. 9 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 works
  10. 10 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 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 available34.3%not open65.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.9%domestic only74.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Centre for Healthy Start Initiative's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 6% 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 Centre for Healthy Start Initiative as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00012% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Centre for Healthy Start Initiative0.00018% in 202519801990200020102020

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