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Gulu Hospital

ROR OpenAlex
Research works
59
▲ 83% vs 2018-21
Citations
515
8.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
81%
world 40%
International
59%
world 18%
Gulu Hospital

Not ranked overall: Gulu Hospital is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Gulu Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 67% of research at Gulu Hospital is in Health Sciences, 18% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (56%), Health Professions (10%), Social Sciences (7%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 20 fractional works · 67.3% of its workMedicine: 17 fractional works · 55.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 9.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 7.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 7.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 5.5% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 4.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 9.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 7.8% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 18.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 7.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 5.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 3.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 11.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 4.0% of its workForestry: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workToxicology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workALL ITS WORKGulu Hospital30fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences67%Social Sciences18%

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 17 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine1755.7%
    2. Health Professions39.7%
    3. Veterinary01.2%
    4. Nursing00.6%
    5. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Social Sciences27.3%
    2. Psychology25.9%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.9%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting11.8%
    5. Arts and Humanities01.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences14.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology13.7%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology13.2%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    1. Environmental Science12.2%
    2. Computer Science00.8%
    3. Mathematics00.5%
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: 0.83× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.69× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.15× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.63× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEnvironmental Science: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.69× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.90× its world share, 17 worksMedicineNursing: 1.14× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 9.05× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.56× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.87× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.94× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.58× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 9.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 17 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary9.05×0 works
  2. Health Professions3.69×3 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology3.15×1 works
  4. Medicine2.90×17 works
  5. Psychology1.94×2 works
  6. Nursing1.14×0 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.87×1 works
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.83×1 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.69×1 works
  10. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.63×0 works
  11. Social Sciences0.58×2 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting0.56×0 works
  13. Environmental Science0.45×1 works
  14. Mathematics0.43×0 works
  15. Arts and Humanities0.42×0 works
  16. Dentistry0.29×0 works
  17. Computer Science0.10×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Gulu Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Paska Apiyo lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Gulu Hospital.

  1. 1 Paska Apiyo Uganda · #1,265,495 worldwide 221 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Gulu Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Gulu Hospital?

The most cited paper from Gulu Hospital is "Assessment of the Risk of Ebola Virus Transmission from Bodily Fluids and Fomites" (Daniel G. Bausch, Jonathan S. Towner, Scott F. Dowell et al., 2007), with 526 citations. Next come "Rapid Diagnosis of Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever by Reverse Transcription-PCR in an Outbreak Setting and Assessment of Patient Viral Load as a Predictor of Outcome" (520) and "Chronic pulmonary aspergillosis commonly complicates treated pulmonary tuberculosis with residual cavitation" (171).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Assessment of the Risk of Ebola Virus Transmission from Bodily Fluids and Fomites Daniel G. Bausch, Jonathan S. Towner, Scott F. Dowell et al. · The Journal of Infectious Diseases 15 Nov 2007 526
2 Rapid Diagnosis of Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever by Reverse Transcription-PCR in an Outbreak Setting and Assessment of Patient Viral Load as a Predictor of Outcome Jonathan S. Towner, Pierre E. Rollin, Daniel G. Bausch et al. · Journal of Virology Open access 26 Mar 2004 520
3 Chronic pulmonary aspergillosis commonly complicates treated pulmonary tuberculosis with residual cavitation Iain D. Page, Rosemary Kusaba Byanyima, Sharath R. Hosmane et al. · European Respiratory Journal Open access 31 Jan 2019 171
4 The utility of handheld echocardiography for early rheumatic heart disease diagnosis: a field study Andrea Beaton, Jimmy C. Lu, Twalib Olega Aliku et al. · European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging Open access 6 Jan 2015 118
5 Antibiotic Prescribing Patterns in Ghana, Uganda, Zambia and Tanzania Hospitals: Results from the Global Point Prevalence Survey (G-PPS) on Antimicrobial Use and Stewardship Interventions Implemented Nikki D’Arcy et al. · Antibiotics Open access 17 Sep 2021 100
All 58 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Gulu Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Maternal Mortality, Health Inequalities, Community Health Workers, Child Mortality, Health Systems, Patient Satisfaction and Clinical Outcomes.

▲ 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 20 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology5▲ 4.3×38 topics
  2. Maternal Mortality3▲ 41×4 topics
  3. Health Inequalities2▲ 55×2 topics
  4. Community Health Workers2▲ 70×2 topics
  5. Child Mortality2▲ 85×1 topic
  6. Health Systems2▲ 85×1 topic
  7. COVID-192▲ 4.3×10 topics
  8. Clinical Outcomes2▲ 24×3 topics
  9. Patient Satisfaction2▲ 17×3 topics
  10. Health Care Utilization2▲ 48×2 topics
  11. Emergency Department Crowding1▲ 154×1 topic
  12. Risk Factors1▲ 4.3×6 topics
  13. Triage Systems1▲ 154×1 topic
  14. Vaccine Development1▲ 17×5 topics
  15. Quality Improvement1▲ 21×4 topics
  16. Depression1▲ 4.0×5 topics
  17. Global Burden1▲ 6.7×4 topics
  18. Mental Health1▲ 2.6×7 topics
  19. Primary Care1▲ 9.5×4 topics
  20. Vaccine1▲ 8.8×7 topics

Which research topics does Gulu Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Global Maternal and Child Health, Emergency and Acute Care Studies, Malaria Research and Control and Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health.

Global Maternal and Chil…2Global Maternal and Child Health: 2 fractional worksEmergency and Acute Care Studies: 1 fractional worksMalaria Research and Control: 1 fractional worksAdolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: 1 fractional worksCOVID-19 Impact on Reproduction: 0 fractional worksAgricultural and Rural D…0Agricultural and Rural Development Research: 0 fractional worksBehavioral Health and Interventions: 0 fractional worksIron Metabolism and Disorders: 0 fractional worksMaternal and fetal healthcare: 0 fractional worksPrimary Care and Health Outcomes: 0 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthEmergency MedicinePublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthGeneral Health Professions4 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 2 works
  2. 2 Emergency and Acute Care Studies Emergency Medicine 1 works
  3. 3 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  4. 4 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health General Health Professions 1 works
  5. 5 COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction Obstetrics and Gynecology 0 works
  6. 6 Agricultural and Rural Development Research Forestry 0 works
  7. 7 Behavioral Health and Interventions Applied Psychology 0 works
  8. 8 Iron Metabolism and Disorders Hematology 0 works
  9. 9 Maternal and fetal healthcare Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 0 works
  10. 10 Primary Care and Health Outcomes General Health Professions 0 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 available81.3%not open18.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors59.3%domestic only40.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Gulu Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 83% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Gulu Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00014% in 2024.

still counting0.00010%0.00020%Gulu Hospital0.00018% in 202520102020

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

Other research institutions in Gulu

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