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Federal Ministry of Health

In research, Federal Ministry of Health stands highest in Health Sciences (#8,245 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#7,199 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#14,963
of 28,054 · #25,597 all time
Rank in Nigeria
#109
of 191
Research works
507
▲ 104% vs 2013–17
Citations
6.5k
12.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
78%
world 28%

What is Federal Ministry of Health 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 #8,245 of 11,982 18.9%104 #14684
MedicineField #7,199 of 10,443 19.0%82 #13420

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Federal Ministry of Health 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).

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: 0.43× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.67× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 5.27× its world share, 9 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.96× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.48× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.23× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.72× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.05× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.92× its world share, 18 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.43× its world share, 82 worksMedicineNursing: 3.79× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.43× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.00× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.69× its world share, 10 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.80× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.43× its world share, 9 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 5.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Federal Ministry of Health?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Immune Response, Vaccine, Maternal Mortality, Community Health Workers, Health Inequalities, Child Mortality and Health Systems.

▲ 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. Epidemiology28▲ 4.0×61 topics
  2. Immune Response12▲ 12×15 topics
  3. Public Health12▲ 4.5×31 topics
  4. Vaccine11▲ 16×10 topics
  5. Maternal Mortality11▲ 28×5 topics
  6. Community Health Workers10▲ 68×2 topics
  7. Health Inequalities9▲ 44×3 topics
  8. Child Mortality9▲ 75×1 topic
  9. Health Systems9▲ 75×1 topic
  10. COVID-199▲ 3.8×15 topics
  11. Global Burden8▲ 8.5×10 topics
  12. Treatment8▲ 3.5×14 topics
  13. Antiretroviral Therapy7▲ 25×6 topics
  14. Mental Health7▲ 2.7×12 topics
  15. Pandemic6▲ 3.4×9 topics
  16. Risk Factors6▲ 3.3×16 topics
  17. Vaccine Development6▲ 14×7 topics
  18. Helminth Infections6▲ 91×2 topics
  19. Diagnosis6▲ 3.7×18 topics
  20. HIV Transmission6▲ 46×2 topics
  21. Mortality Rates6▲ 36×2 topics
  22. Pathogenesis6▲ 6.2×12 topics
  23. Drug Resistance5▲ 11×6 topics
  24. Economic Growth5▲ 3.3×7 topics
  25. Health Outcomes5▲ 10×6 topics
  26. Viral Load5▲ 34×2 topics
  27. Global Epidemiology5▲ 63×2 topics
  28. Infectious Diseases5▲ 8.2×6 topics
  29. Genetic Diversity4▲ 5.8×8 topics
  30. Preexposure Prophylaxis4▲ 53×1 topic
  31. Stigma and Discrimination4▲ 53×1 topic
  32. Disease Burden4▲ 34×2 topics
  33. Immunomodulation4▲ 19×2 topics
  34. Insecticide Resistance4▲ 31×4 topics
  35. Immune Regulation4▲ 21×2 topics
  36. Schistosomiasis4▲ 87×1 topic
  37. Soil-Transmitted Helminths4▲ 87×1 topic
  38. HIV4▲ 27×4 topics
  39. Social Determinants of Health4▲ 9.1×3 topics
  40. Mycobacterium tuberculosis3▲ 34×1 topic

Which research topics does Federal Ministry of Health publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Global Maternal and Child Health, HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions, Parasites and Host Interactions and Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology.

Global Maternal and Chil…9Global Maternal and Child Health: 9 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 4 fractional worksParasites and Host Interactions: 4 fractional worksTuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 3 fractional worksViral Infections and Outbreaks Research: 3 fractional worksMalaria Research and Control: 3 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Wate…3Child Nutrition and Water Access: 3 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 3 fractional worksHIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk: 3 fractional worksMosquito-borne diseases and control: 2 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthInfectious DiseasesParasitologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health3 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 9 works
  2. 2 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 4 works
  3. 3 Parasites and Host Interactions Parasitology 4 works
  4. 4 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 3 works
  5. 5 Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research Infectious Diseases 3 works
  6. 6 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  7. 7 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 3 works
  8. 8 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 3 works
  9. 9 HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk Epidemiology 3 works
  10. 10 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 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 available78.3%not open21.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors48.0%domestic only52.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Federal Ministry of Health's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 104% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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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