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Centre Muraz

In research, Centre Muraz stands highest in Health Sciences (#5,395 of 16,688 worldwide) and Medicine (#7,689 of 14,558 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#21,308
of 22,385 · #16,541 all time
Rank in Burkina Faso
#12
of 12
Research works
418
▲ 7% vs 2018-21
Citations
9k
21.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.97×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
52%
world 40%
International
52%
world 18%
Centre Muraz

What is Centre Muraz 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
Health SciencesDomain #5,395 of 16,688 8.5%275
MedicineField #7,689 of 14,558 7.8%236

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Centre Muraz 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 Centre Muraz work in?

In 2022-now, 56% of research at Centre Muraz is in Health Sciences, 35% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (49%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (19%), Immunology and Microbiology (8%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Health Sciences: 43 fractional works · 55.8% of its workMedicine: 37 fractional works · 48.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 10 fractional works · 13.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 9 fractional works · 12.0% of its workEpidemiology: 5 fractional works · 7.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 3.8% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 4.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 3.7% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Dentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 27 fractional works · 34.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 15 fractional works · 19.4% of its workPlant Science: 5 fractional works · 6.7% of its workInsect Science: 4 fractional works · 5.3% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workForestry: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 6 fractional works · 7.8% of its workParasitology: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workVirology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 7.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 3.5% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 7.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 4.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKCentre Muraz77fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences35%Physical Sciences2%Health Sciences56%Social Sciences7%

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 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine3748.5%
    2. Health Professions34.3%
    3. Nursing11.9%
    4. Dentistry10.9%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1519.4%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology67.8%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology57.0%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.4%
    5. Neuroscience00.2%
    1. Social Sciences34.3%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.6%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting10.7%
    4. Decision Sciences00.4%
    5. Psychology00.2%
    1. Environmental Science11.2%
    2. Mathematics10.7%
    3. Engineering00.2%
    4. Computer Science00.1%
    5. 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: 4.08× its world share, 15 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.31× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 7.73× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.11× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.61× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 1.94× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.63× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.52× its world share, 37 worksMedicineNursing: 3.98× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.73× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.34× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 7.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology7.73×6 works
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences4.08×15 works
  3. Nursing3.98×2 works
  4. Medicine2.52×37 works
  5. Dentistry1.94×1 works
  6. Health Professions1.63×3 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.31×5 works
  8. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.11×0 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.73×1 works
  10. Mathematics0.61×0 works
  11. Decision Sciences0.41×0 works
  12. Social Sciences0.34×3 works
  13. Veterinary0.32×0 works
  14. Environmental Science0.23×1 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.22×0 works
  16. Neuroscience0.13×0 works
  17. Psychology0.08×0 works
  18. Chemistry0.06×0 works
  19. Computer Science0.01×0 works
  20. Engineering0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Centre Muraz?

Ranked on the quality score, Sylvestre R.M. Tiendrebeogo, Nicolas Méda and Georges E. Roelants lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Centre Muraz.

  1. 1 Sylvestre R.M. Tiendrebeogo Burkina Faso · #1,167,994 worldwide 1.2k citations · 32 works
  2. 2 Nicolas Méda Burkina Faso · #1,287,734 worldwide 9k citations · 314 works
  3. 3 Georges E. Roelants Burkina Faso · #1,512,042 worldwide 3k citations · 82 works
  4. 4 Bachirou Tinto Burkina Faso · #1,667,950 worldwide 339 citations · 24 works
  5. 5 Robert Tinga Guiguemdé Burkina Faso · #1,836,074 worldwide 1.5k citations · 45 works
  6. 6 Dramane Kania Burkina Faso · #2,055,697 worldwide 1.4k citations · 102 works
  7. 7 Serge M. A. SOMDA Burkina Faso · #2,147,972 worldwide 1.1k citations · 72 works
  8. 8 Edounou Jacques Gnambani Burkina Faso · #2,265,997 worldwide 237 citations · 52 works
  9. 9 Serge P. Diagbouga Burkina Faso · #2,331,463 worldwide 1.5k citations · 84 works
  10. 10 Oumarou Sanou Burkina Faso · #2,523,215 worldwide 491 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Centre Muraz

What are the most cited papers from Centre Muraz?

The most cited paper from Centre Muraz is "Averting a malaria disaster: will insecticide resistance derail malaria control?" (Janet Hemingway, Hilary Ranson, Alan J. Magill et al., 2016), with 627 citations. Next come "6-month efficacy, tolerance, and acceptability of a short regimen of oral zidovudine to reduce vertical transmission of HIV in breastfed children in Côte d'Ivoire and Burkina Faso: a double-blind placebo-controlled multicentre trial" (510) and "The role of agricultural use of insecticides in resistance to pyrethroids in Anopheles gambiae s.l. in Burkina Faso." (503).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Averting a malaria disaster: will insecticide resistance derail malaria control? Janet Hemingway, Hilary Ranson, Alan J. Magill et al. · The Lancet Open access 13 Feb 2016 627
2 6-month efficacy, tolerance, and acceptability of a short regimen of oral zidovudine to reduce vertical transmission of HIV in breastfed children in Côte d'Ivoire and Burkina Faso: a double-blind placebo-controlled multicentre trial François Dabis, Philippe Msellati, Nicolas Méda et al. · The Lancet Mar 1999 510
3 The role of agricultural use of insecticides in resistance to pyrethroids in Anopheles gambiae s.l. in Burkina Faso. Abdoulaye Diabaté, Thierry Baldet, Fabrice Chandre et al. · American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Dec 2002 503
4 Reduction of HIV-1 RNA Levels with Therapy to Suppress Herpes Simplex Virus Nicolas Nagot, Abdoulaye Ouédraogo, Vincent Foulongne et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 21 Feb 2007 389
5 Polymorphisms in Plasmodium falciparum Chloroquine Resistance Transporter and Multidrug Resistance 1 Genes: Parasite Risk Factors That Affect Treatment Outcomes for P. falciparum Malaria After Artemether-Lumefantrine and Artesunate-Amodiaquine Meera Venkatesan et al. · American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Open access 21 Jul 2014 311
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Centre Muraz?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Vaccine Development, Vector Control, Immune Response, Vaccine, Global Burden, Pathogenesis and Insecticide Resistance.

▲ 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. Epidemiology24▲ 7.7×50 topics
  2. Vaccine Development10▲ 51×8 topics
  3. Vector Control8▲ 88×4 topics
  4. Immune Response8▲ 17×12 topics
  5. Vaccine7▲ 22×10 topics
  6. Global Burden6▲ 16×6 topics
  7. Insecticide Resistance6▲ 90×4 topics
  8. Pathogenesis6▲ 14×12 topics
  9. Genome Sequence5▲ 81×2 topics
  10. Public Health5▲ 4.4×22 topics
  11. Artemisinin Resistance5▲ 188×1 topic
  12. Plasmodium falciparum5▲ 188×1 topic
  13. Arboviral Diseases4▲ 86×1 topic
  14. Zika Virus4▲ 86×1 topic
  15. Diversity4▲ 28×2 topics
  16. Antiretroviral Therapy3▲ 27×6 topics
  17. Host-Pathogen Interactions3▲ 48×2 topics
  18. Microbiota3▲ 18×4 topics
  19. Maternal Mortality3▲ 17×5 topics
  20. Symbiont3▲ 180×1 topic
  21. Wolbachia3▲ 180×1 topic
  22. Coronavirus2▲ 16×3 topics
  23. SARS-CoV-22▲ 10×5 topics
  24. Smallholder Farmers2▲ 15×4 topics
  25. Genomic Sequencing2▲ 26×5 topics
  26. Biopesticides2▲ 43×2 topics
  27. Essential Oils2▲ 24×2 topics
  28. Genetic Diversity2▲ 6.0×6 topics
  29. Child Mortality2▲ 35×1 topic
  30. Health Inequalities2▲ 21×2 topics
  31. Health Systems2▲ 35×1 topic
  32. Helminth Infections2▲ 60×2 topics
  33. Food Safety2▲ 8.3×7 topics
  34. ACE2 Receptor2▲ 10×2 topics
  35. Disease Burden2▲ 30×2 topics
  36. Infection2▲ 8.9×5 topics
  37. Pest Management2▲ 26×4 topics
  38. Viral Load2▲ 29×2 topics
  39. Zoonotic Infections2▲ 41×2 topics
  40. Drug Resistance2▲ 7.5×5 topics

Which research topics does Centre Muraz publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Malaria Research and Control, Mosquito-borne diseases and control, Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences and Global Maternal and Child Health.

Malaria Research and Con…5Malaria Research and Control: 5 fractional worksMosquito-borne diseases and control: 4 fractional worksInsect symbiosis and bacterial influences: 3 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 2 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 2 fractional worksInsect Pest Control Strategies: 2 fractional worksViral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology: 1 fractional worksAnimal Virus Infections Studies: 1 fractional worksParasites and Host Interactions: 1 fractional worksViral Infections and Immunology Research: 1 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthInsect SciencePediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthInfectious Diseases4 others

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

  1. 1 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 5 works
  2. 2 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  3. 3 Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences Insect Science 3 works
  4. 4 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 2 works
  5. 5 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 2 works
  6. 6 Insect Pest Control Strategies Plant Science 2 works
  7. 7 Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology Infectious Diseases 1 works
  8. 8 Animal Virus Infections Studies Animal Science and Zoology 1 works
  9. 9 Parasites and Host Interactions Parasitology 1 works
  10. 10 Viral Infections and Immunology Research Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 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 available52.4%not open47.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors51.7%domestic only48.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Centre Muraz's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 7% 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 Muraz as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00028% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Centre Muraz0.00031% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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