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Directorate General of Health Services

In research, Directorate General of Health Services stands highest in Health Sciences (#8,473 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#8,231 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health — Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health is 6.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#15,468
of 28,054 · #26,005 all time
Rank in Bangladesh
#85
of 135
Research works
622
▲ 142% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.7k
7.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
86%
world 28%

What is Directorate General of Health Services 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
Health SciencesDomain #8,473 of 11,982 7.1%167 #12786
MedicineField #8,231 of 10,443 6.9%140 #12360

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Directorate General of Health Services 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).

What does Directorate General of Health Services specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health takes 6.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield · 21.0 works6.0×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.78× its world share, 11 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.62× its world share, 7 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.41× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.03× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.29× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.19× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.36× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.79× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsDentistry: 1.58× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.50× its world share, 18 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.74× its world share, 140 worksMedicineNursing: 5.11× its world share, 7 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.49× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.40× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.49× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.09× its world share, 9 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.87× its world share, 29 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 5.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Directorate General of Health Services?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, COVID-19, Vaccine, Pandemic, Immune Response, Vaccine Development, Cardiovascular Disease and Maternal Mortality.

▲ 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. Epidemiology43▲ 4.1×92 topics
  2. COVID-1914▲ 4.0×20 topics
  3. Pandemic12▲ 4.3×10 topics
  4. Public Health12▲ 3.0×35 topics
  5. Cardiovascular Disease12▲ 3.9×26 topics
  6. Inflammation11▲ 1.92×40 topics
  7. Vaccine10▲ 9.2×10 topics
  8. Immune Response10▲ 6.4×12 topics
  9. Metabolic Syndrome9▲ 4.3×20 topics
  10. Treatment9▲ 2.8×27 topics
  11. Vaccine Development9▲ 13×9 topics
  12. Diagnosis8▲ 3.4×21 topics
  13. Maternal Mortality8▲ 13×5 topics
  14. Global Burden8▲ 5.3×12 topics
  15. Infectious Diseases7▲ 7.6×7 topics
  16. Child Development6▲ 5.8×5 topics
  17. Pathogenesis6▲ 4.7×19 topics
  18. Vector Control6▲ 20×4 topics
  19. Culture6▲ 4.3×2 topics
  20. SARS-CoV-26▲ 6.8×5 topics
  21. Community Health Workers6▲ 25×2 topics
  22. Health Inequalities6▲ 18×2 topics
  23. Socio-economic Factors6▲ 19×2 topics
  24. Child Mortality6▲ 30×1 topic
  25. Health Systems6▲ 30×1 topic
  26. Ethnicity5▲ 5.4×2 topics
  27. Arboviral Diseases5▲ 31×1 topic
  28. Drug Resistance5▲ 7.1×7 topics
  29. Foresight5▲ 15×2 topics
  30. Science5▲ 8.1×2 topics
  31. Zika Virus5▲ 31×1 topic
  32. Islam5▲ 9.1×1 topic
  33. Social Influence5▲ 8.9×1 topic
  34. Global Burden of Disease5▲ 7.5×3 topics
  35. Strategic Planning5▲ 12×2 topics
  36. ACE2 Receptor5▲ 7.4×3 topics
  37. Air Force5▲ 15×1 topic
  38. Legal Regulation5▲ 8.2×1 topic
  39. Modernization5▲ 9.8×1 topic
  40. Transport Policy5▲ 14×1 topic

Which research topics does Directorate General of Health Services publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Global Maternal and Child Health, Mosquito-borne diseases and control, Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies and Legal and Regulatory Analysis.

Global Maternal and Chil…6Global Maternal and Child Health: 6 fractional worksMosquito-borne diseases …5Mosquito-borne diseases and control: 5 fractional worksLinguistic, Cultural, an…5Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 5 fractional worksLegal and Regulatory Ana…5Legal and Regulatory Analysis: 5 fractional worksMilitary Technology and Strategies: 5 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 4 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hes…3Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 3 fractional worksTuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 3 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and Reforms: 3 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 2 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSociology and Political ScienceTransportation5 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 6 works
  2. 2 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 5 works
  3. 3 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 5 works
  4. 4 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 5 works
  5. 5 Military Technology and Strategies Aerospace Engineering 5 works
  6. 6 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 4 works
  7. 7 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 3 works
  8. 8 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 3 works
  9. 9 Healthcare Systems and Reforms Finance 3 works
  10. 10 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 2 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 available86.1%not open13.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors42.2%domestic only57.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Directorate General of Health Services's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 142% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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