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Donka Hospital

In research, Donka Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#7,125 of 8,541 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#8,276 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Epidemiology (Epidemiology is 10.0× its share of world research).

ROR OpenAlex
World rank, 2022-now
#20,422
of 22,385 · #27,403 all time
Rank in Guinea
#4
of 4
Research works
413
◆ 0% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.6k
3.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
0.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.84×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
65%
world 40%
International
26%
world 18%
Donka Hospital

What is Donka Hospital 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
MedicineField #7,125 of 8,541 0.5%105 #10900
Health SciencesDomain #8,276 of 9,902 0.5%113 #11997

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

In 2022-now, 87% of research at Donka Hospital is in Health Sciences, 9% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (81%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (5%), Health Professions (4%). It does 3.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 132 fractional works · 86.5% of its workMedicine: 124 fractional works · 80.8% of its workEpidemiology: 22 fractional works · 14.1% of its workSurgery: 17 fractional works · 11.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 9 fractional works · 5.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 8 fractional works · 5.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 7 fractional works · 4.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 6 fractional works · 3.7% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 5 fractional works · 3.3% of its workOncology: 5 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEmergency Medicine: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workOphthalmology: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workRheumatology: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHepatology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workReproductive Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnatomy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 4.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 13 fractional works · 8.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 5.4% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVirology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 3.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKDonka Hospital153fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences1%Health Sciences87%Social Sciences4%

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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine12480.8%
    2. Health Professions64.2%
    3. Nursing10.9%
    4. Dentistry10.5%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology85.4%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology42.3%
    3. Neuroscience10.9%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.1%
    1. Social Sciences21.2%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting21.1%
    3. Psychology10.7%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.6%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.1%
    1. Engineering10.4%
    2. Environmental Science00.3%
    3. Computer Science00.2%
    4. Mathematics00.2%
    5. Chemistry00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Donka Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Epidemiology takes 10.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. EpidemiologySubfield · 21.6 works10.0×
← 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: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.02× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.30× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.52× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 1.12× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.60× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.20× its world share, 124 worksMedicineNursing: 1.84× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 18 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine4.20×124 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology2.30×4 works
  3. Nursing1.84×1 works
  4. Health Professions1.60×6 works
  5. Dentistry1.12×1 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.02×8 works
  7. Neuroscience0.52×1 works
  8. Veterinary0.40×0 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting0.34×2 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.27×1 works
  11. Psychology0.23×1 works
  12. Mathematics0.13×0 works
  13. Social Sciences0.10×2 works
  14. Environmental Science0.06×0 works
  15. Arts and Humanities0.04×0 works
  16. Computer Science0.03×0 works
  17. Engineering0.03×1 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Donka Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Moumié Barry, Elhadj Ibrahima Bah and Mamadou Saliou Sow lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Donka Hospital.

  1. 1 Moumié Barry Guinea · #739,870 worldwide 1.1k citations · 21 works
  2. 2 Elhadj Ibrahima Bah Guinea · #825,763 worldwide 1.6k citations · 18 works
  3. 3 Mamadou Saliou Sow Guinea · #1,134,631 worldwide 2.7k citations · 40 works
  4. 4 N’Fally Magassouba Guinea · #1,207,150 worldwide 628 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 Naby Moussa Balde Guinea · #1,689,508 worldwide 2.5k citations · 91 works
  6. 6 Boubacar Alpha Diallo Guinea · #1,959,445 worldwide 1.2k citations · 65 works
  7. 7 Mamadou Sow Guinea · #2,546,623 worldwide 1.9k citations · 124 works
  8. 8 Lamah Leopold Guinea · #2,786,005 worldwide 564 citations · 39 works
  9. 9 Alimou Barry Guinea · #3,004,783 worldwide 177 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Yolande Hyjazi Guinea · #3,015,961 worldwide 429 citations · 36 works
All ranked researchers at Donka Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Donka Hospital?

The most cited paper from Donka Hospital is "Emergence of Zaire Ebola Virus Disease in Guinea" (Sylvain Baize et al., 2014), with 1,399 citations. Next come "ISPAD Clinical Practice Consensus Guidelines 2018: Definition, epidemiology, and classification of diabetes in children and adolescents" (701) and "Evaluation of Convalescent Plasma for Ebola Virus Disease in Guinea" (552).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Emergence of Zaire Ebola Virus Disease in Guinea Sylvain Baize et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 16 Apr 2014 1,399
2 ISPAD Clinical Practice Consensus Guidelines 2018: Definition, epidemiology, and classification of diabetes in children and adolescents Elizabeth J. Mayer‐Davis, Anna R. Kahkoska, Craig Jefferies et al. · Pediatric Diabetes Open access 17 Sep 2018 701
3 Evaluation of Convalescent Plasma for Ebola Virus Disease in Guinea Johan van Griensven et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 6 Jan 2016 552
4 Clinical Presentation of Patients with Ebola Virus Disease in Conakry, Guinea Elhadj Ibrahima Bah et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 5 Nov 2014 391
5 Definition, epidemiology, and classification of diabetes in children and adolescents Maria E. Craig, Craig Jefferies, Dana Dabelea et al. · Pediatric Diabetes Sep 2014 368
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Donka Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Treatment, Diagnosis, Immune Response, Maternal Mortality, Risk Factors, Complications and Surgical Management.

▲ 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. Epidemiology35▲ 5.7×73 topics
  2. Treatment9▲ 5.0×24 topics
  3. Diagnosis8▲ 6.0×23 topics
  4. Risk Factors8▲ 5.0×21 topics
  5. Immune Response7▲ 8.4×12 topics
  6. Public Health7▲ 3.3×17 topics
  7. Cardiovascular Disease7▲ 4.0×15 topics
  8. Inflammation7▲ 2.2×17 topics
  9. Maternal Mortality7▲ 20×4 topics
  10. Chemotherapy6▲ 5.4×16 topics
  11. Complications6▲ 7.7×12 topics
  12. Global Burden6▲ 7.0×8 topics
  13. Surgical Management6▲ 8.9×13 topics
  14. Vaccine5▲ 8.3×9 topics
  15. Antiretroviral Therapy5▲ 19×6 topics
  16. Pathogenesis4▲ 5.8×11 topics
  17. Clinical Practice Guidelines4▲ 5.3×11 topics
  18. Health Inequalities4▲ 24×2 topics
  19. Child Mortality4▲ 37×1 topic
  20. Health Systems4▲ 37×1 topic
  21. Immunotherapy4▲ 3.6×8 topics
  22. Management4▲ 3.3×16 topics
  23. Non-Communicable Diseases4▲ 8.9×4 topics
  24. Internal Fixation4▲ 35×2 topics
  25. Prognostic Factors4▲ 5.5×9 topics
  26. Biomechanics4▲ 7.4×3 topics
  27. Infection Prevention3▲ 25×2 topics
  28. Mortality3▲ 3.9×6 topics
  29. Prevention3▲ 5.3×9 topics
  30. Pregnancy3▲ 10×6 topics
  31. Bone Healing3▲ 47×1 topic
  32. Fracture Epidemiology3▲ 47×1 topic
  33. Prenatal Diagnosis3▲ 14×6 topics
  34. Metastasis3▲ 5.6×3 topics
  35. Antiviral Therapy3▲ 19×3 topics
  36. Cancer Incidence3▲ 13×4 topics
  37. Cervical Cancer3▲ 17×3 topics
  38. Surgery3▲ 5.3×8 topics
  39. Liver Disease3▲ 19×2 topics
  40. Mortality Rates3▲ 18×2 topics

Which research topics does Donka Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Global Maternal and Child Health, Bone fractures and treatments, HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions and Healthcare Systems and Public Health.

Global Maternal and Child Health: 4 fractional worksBone fractures and treatments: 3 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 2 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and Public Health: 2 fractional worksCervical Cancer and HPV Research: 2 fractional worksNonmelanoma Skin Cancer Studies: 2 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and R…2Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional worksMaternal and fetal healthcare: 2 fractional worksHepatitis B Virus Studies: 2 fractional worksUrinary Tract Infections…1Urinary Tract Infections Management: 1 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthEpidemiologyInfectious DiseasesSurgery

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

  1. 1 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 4 works
  2. 2 Bone fractures and treatments Epidemiology 3 works
  3. 3 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 2 works
  4. 4 Healthcare Systems and Public Health Epidemiology 2 works
  5. 5 Cervical Cancer and HPV Research Epidemiology 2 works
  6. 6 Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer Studies Epidemiology 2 works
  7. 7 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 2 works
  8. 8 Maternal and fetal healthcare Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 2 works
  9. 9 Hepatitis B Virus Studies Epidemiology 2 works
  10. 10 Urinary Tract Infections Management Epidemiology 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 available64.7%not open35.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.5%domestic only73.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Donka Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 0% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Donka Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00066% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Donka Hospital0.00031% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Donka Hospital over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%all institutions10.0% in 2024Donka Hospital0.3% in 20242020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 1.8% in 2021.

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