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eHealth Africa

ehealthafrica.orgROR OpenAlex
World rank, all time
#28,739
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#6,047
of 7,310
Research works
145
▲ 2% vs 2018-21
Citations
1k
7.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.90×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
61%
world 40%
International
30%
world 18%
eHealth Africa

Which fields of science does eHealth Africa work in?

In 2022-now, 46% of research at eHealth Africa is in Health Sciences, 29% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (35%), Social Sciences (13%), Health Professions (11%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 20 fractional works · 46.3% of its workMedicine: 15 fractional works · 34.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 7.7% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 4.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 4.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 11.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 8.2% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 12 fractional works · 29.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 13.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 6.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 3.9% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 6.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 8 fractional works · 18.2% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 7.6% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 5.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 6.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 3.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKeHealth Africa43fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences18%Health Sciences46%Social Sciences29%

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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine1534.8%
    2. Health Professions511.0%
    3. Nursing00.4%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Social Sciences613.3%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance36.3%
    3. Psychology36.0%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting11.9%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.8%
    6. Decision Sciences00.8%
    1. Computer Science37.6%
    2. Engineering25.1%
    3. Environmental Science12.6%
    4. Energy01.2%
    5. Mathematics00.8%
    6. Chemistry00.5%
    7. Materials Science00.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology13.4%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences12.3%
    3. Neuroscience00.5%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
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: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.64× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.56× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.98× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 1.28× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.67× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 4.16× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.81× its world share, 15 worksMedicineNursing: 0.81× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.59× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.80× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.94× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.98× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.05× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions4.16×5 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.94×3 works
  3. Psychology1.98×3 works
  4. Medicine1.81×15 works
  5. Energy1.28×0 works
  6. Social Sciences1.05×6 works
  7. Computer Science0.98×3 works
  8. Nursing0.81×0 works
  9. Decision Sciences0.80×0 works
  10. Mathematics0.67×0 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.64×2 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting0.59×1 works
  13. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.56×0 works
  14. Environmental Science0.53×1 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.48×1 works
  16. Engineering0.34×2 works
  17. Chemistry0.33×0 works
  18. Neuroscience0.32×0 works
  19. Arts and Humanities0.27×0 works
  20. Dentistry0.18×0 works
  21. Materials Science0.11×0 works

Who are the top researchers at eHealth Africa?

Ranked on the quality score, Nirmal Ravi, Bruno Baeriswyl and Simon Stevens lead among researchers whose main affiliation is eHealth Africa.

  1. 1 Nirmal Ravi United States · #1,524,207 worldwide 173 citations · 28 works
  2. 2 Bruno Baeriswyl United States · #4,055,728 worldwide 2 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 Simon Stevens United States · #4,588,379 worldwide 18 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Reinhold Sojer United States · #6,136,564 worldwide 106 citations · 49 works
All ranked researchers at eHealth Africa

What are the most cited papers from eHealth Africa?

The most cited paper from eHealth Africa is "Global, regional, and national burden of chronic kidney disease in adults, 1990–2023, and its attributable risk factors: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023" (Patrick B Mark et al., 2025), with 366 citations. Next come "Patient-centered Applications: Use of Information Technology to Promote Disease Management and Wellness. A White Paper by the AMIA Knowledge in Motion Working Group" (328) and "Implementation of virtual reality in healthcare: a scoping review on the implementation process of virtual reality in various healthcare settings" (304).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Global, regional, and national burden of chronic kidney disease in adults, 1990–2023, and its attributable risk factors: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023 Patrick B Mark et al. · The Lancet Open access597 authors Nov 2025 366
2 Patient-centered Applications: Use of Information Technology to Promote Disease Management and Wellness. A White Paper by the AMIA Knowledge in Motion Working Group George Demiris, Lawrence B. Afrin, Stuart M. Speedie et al. · Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association Open access 18 Oct 2007 328
3 Implementation of virtual reality in healthcare: a scoping review on the implementation process of virtual reality in various healthcare settings Marileen M. T. E. Kouijzer, Hanneke Kip, Yvonne H. A. Bouman et al. · Implementation Science Communications Open access 16 Jun 2023 304
4 Synthetic MRI for Clinical Neuroimaging: Results of the Magnetic Resonance Image Compilation (MAGiC) Prospective, Multicenter, Multireader Trial Lawrence N. Tanenbaum, Apostolos John Tsiouris, Angela N. Johnson et al. · American Journal of Neuroradiology Open access 27 Apr 2017 295
5 KAME Fenglong Ma, Quanzeng You, Houping Xiao et al. Conference paperOpen access 17 Oct 2018 220
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at eHealth Africa?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Public Health, Epidemiology, Primary Care, Vaccine Development, Digital Health, Telemedicine, Social Media and Social Determinants of Health.

▲ 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. Epidemiology4▲ 2.2×25 topics
  2. Public Health3▲ 4.6×13 topics
  3. Social Media2▲ 3.5×4 topics
  4. Economic Development2▲ 4.9×2 topics
  5. Primary Care2▲ 11×5 topics
  6. Vaccine Development2▲ 15×3 topics
  7. Digital Health2▲ 34×2 topics
  8. Quality of Life2▲ 2.4×9 topics
  9. Global Burden1▲ 6.2×9 topics
  10. Healthcare1▲ 2.8×6 topics
  11. Healthcare Policy1▲ 36×1 topic
  12. Healthcare Quality Indicators1▲ 56×2 topics
  13. Inequalities1▲ 99×1 topic
  14. Social Determinants of Health1▲ 15×2 topics
  15. Telemedicine1▲ 26×3 topics
  16. COVID-191▲ 2.3×4 topics
  17. Gender Equality1▲ 11×2 topics
  18. Cardiovascular Disease1▲ 2.4×13 topics
  19. Cultural Heritage1▲ 5.2×2 topics
  20. Education1▲ 1.61×4 topics
  21. Inflammation1▲ 1.35×12 topics
  22. Risk Perception1▲ 10×2 topics
  23. Chronic Disease Management1▲ 14×3 topics
  24. Depression1▲ 3.0×5 topics
  25. Globalization1▲ 1.26×5 topics
  26. Medical Ethics1▲ 21×2 topics
  27. Mortality1▲ 4.7×7 topics
  28. Open Access1▲ 26×2 topics
  29. Patient Rights1▲ 39×2 topics
  30. Smart Grid1▲ 7.1×2 topics
  31. Social Capital1▲ 4.9×2 topics
  32. CIM XML1▲ 102×1 topic
  33. Common Information Model1▲ 102×1 topic
  34. Digital Communication1▲ 35×1 topic
  35. Electronic Health Records1▲ 23×2 topics
  36. Empowerment1▲ 24×1 topic
  37. Information Studies1▲ 122×1 topic
  38. Microfinance1▲ 46×1 topic
  39. Patient Safety1▲ 15×4 topics
  40. Rural Development1▲ 6.8×3 topics

Which research topics does eHealth Africa publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Healthcare Systems and Practices, Microfinance and Financial Inclusion, Cultural Insights and Digital Impacts and Power Systems and Technologies.

Healthcare Systems and P…1Healthcare Systems and Practices: 1 fractional worksMicrofinance and Financi…1Microfinance and Financial Inclusion: 1 fractional worksCultural Insights and Digital Impacts: 1 fractional worksPower Systems and Techno…1Power Systems and Technologies: 1 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hes…1Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 1 fractional worksTracheal and airway disorders: 1 fractional worksTelemedicine and Telehealth Implementation: 1 fractional worksNatural Resources and Ec…1Natural Resources and Economic Development: 1 fractional worksMalaria Research and Control: 1 fractional worksEconomic Growth and Development: 1 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsEconomics and EconometricsComputer Networks and CommunicationsElectrical and Electronic Engineering5 others

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

  1. 1 Healthcare Systems and Practices General Health Professions 1 works
  2. 2 Microfinance and Financial Inclusion Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  3. 3 Cultural Insights and Digital Impacts Computer Networks and Communications 1 works
  4. 4 Power Systems and Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  5. 5 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 1 works
  6. 6 Tracheal and airway disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  7. 7 Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  8. 8 Natural Resources and Economic Development General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 1 works
  9. 9 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  10. 10 Economic Growth and Development Information Systems 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 available60.6%not open39.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors30.2%domestic only69.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has eHealth Africa's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 2% 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 eHealth Africa as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00015% in 2024.

still counting0.00010%0.00020%0.00030%eHealth Africa0.00014% in 20251990200020102020

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