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Harvard Global Health Institute

In research, Harvard Global Health Institute stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,463 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#1,888 of 10,443 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#2,106 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Infectious Diseases and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health — Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health is 8.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,567
of 28,054 · #3,730 all time
Rank in United States
#503
of 4,192
Research works
2k
▲ 64% vs 2013–17
Citations
91k
45.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
36.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
73%
world 28%

What is Harvard Global Health Institute 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 #1,463 of 11,982 34.2%336 #1181
MedicineField #1,888 of 10,443 32.6%244 #1480
Social SciencesDomain #2,106 of 10,521 41.8%169 #1760
Health ProfessionsField #815 of 1,928 38.6%72 #671
Social SciencesField #2,770 of 6,365 39.4%68 #2498

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Harvard Global Health Institute 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Health Sciences#1,181 #1,463
  2. Medicine#1,480 #1,888
  3. Social Sciences#1,760 #2,106
  4. Health Professions#671 #815
  5. Social Sciences#2,498 #2,770
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Harvard Global Health Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health takes 8.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSubfield · 36.2 works8.5×
  2. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 32.1 works8.3×
  3. Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield · 51.9 works6.9×
  4. General Health ProfessionsSubfield · 53.8 works6.8×
← 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: 0.13× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.49× its world share, 15 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.47× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.61× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.03× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.63× its world share, 18 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.00× its world share, 7 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.56× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 4.82× its world share, 72 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.22× its world share, 244 worksMedicineNursing: 6.45× its world share, 18 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.24× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.48× its world share, 9 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.65× its world share, 32 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.07× its world share, 53 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.95× its world share, 68 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 6.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Harvard Global Health Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, Margaret E. Kruk, Rebecca F. Grais and Margaret McConnell lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Harvard Global Health Institute.

  1. 1 Margaret E. Kruk United States · #26,262 worldwide 466 citations · 38 works
  2. 2 Rebecca F. Grais United States · #154,514 worldwide 146 citations · 31 works
  3. 3 Margaret McConnell United States · #221,968 worldwide 144 citations · 27 works
  4. 4 Sebastian Bauhoff United States · #289,629 worldwide 61 citations · 29 works
  5. 5 Nicolas A. Menzies United States · #310,092 worldwide 59 citations · 24 works
  6. 6 Márcia C. Castro United States · #310,221 worldwide 131 citations · 40 works
  7. 7 Stéphane Verguet United States · #346,885 worldwide 114 citations · 25 works
  8. 8 Christopher R. Sudfeld United States · #394,090 worldwide 80 citations · 30 works
  9. 9 Jesse B. Bump United States · #1,006,097 worldwide 33 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Aisha K. Yousafzai United States · #1,300,806 worldwide 23 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Harvard Global Health Institute

Which keywords describe research at Harvard Global Health Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Public Health, Maternal Mortality, Health Inequalities, Mental Health, Depression, Community Health Workers and Child 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. Epidemiology78▲ 3.5×97 topics
  2. Public Health49▲ 5.9×52 topics
  3. Mental Health36▲ 4.3×32 topics
  4. Maternal Mortality31▲ 25×5 topics
  5. Depression30▲ 6.1×18 topics
  6. Health Inequalities27▲ 40×3 topics
  7. Community Health Workers26▲ 54×2 topics
  8. COVID-1926▲ 3.4×20 topics
  9. Child Mortality26▲ 64×1 topic
  10. Health Systems26▲ 64×1 topic
  11. Child Development25▲ 10×5 topics
  12. Risk Factors22▲ 3.5×29 topics
  13. Cardiovascular Disease21▲ 3.3×33 topics
  14. Vaccine20▲ 8.6×11 topics
  15. Global Burden of Disease19▲ 14×4 topics
  16. Global Burden19▲ 6.2×12 topics
  17. Immune Response18▲ 5.7×15 topics
  18. Health Outcomes18▲ 11×7 topics
  19. Prevalence18▲ 7.5×12 topics
  20. Infectious Diseases17▲ 9.0×8 topics
  21. Psychological Distress16▲ 11×5 topics
  22. Primary Care16▲ 7.4×14 topics
  23. Ethical Considerations16▲ 8.1×9 topics
  24. Antiretroviral Therapy16▲ 17×6 topics
  25. Adolescents15▲ 7.1×8 topics
  26. Mortality15▲ 4.6×12 topics
  27. Global Health15▲ 17×8 topics
  28. Chronic Disease15▲ 15×4 topics
  29. Health System Reform15▲ 37×2 topics
  30. Maternal and Child Undernutrition14▲ 31×1 topic
  31. Water Sanitation Hygiene14▲ 31×1 topic
  32. Health Disparities14▲ 9.6×8 topics
  33. Chronic Disease Management14▲ 13×5 topics
  34. Low- and Middle-Income Countries13▲ 41×2 topics
  35. Medical Education13▲ 9.1×13 topics
  36. Health Equity13▲ 8.5×6 topics
  37. Drug Resistance13▲ 8.0×7 topics
  38. Health Financing12▲ 59×1 topic
  39. Universal Coverage12▲ 59×1 topic
  40. Adherence12▲ 18×2 topics

Which research topics does Harvard Global Health Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Global Maternal and Child Health, Child Nutrition and Water Access, Healthcare Systems and Reforms and Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology.

Global Maternal and Chil…26Global Maternal and Child Health: 26 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 14 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and Reforms: 12 fractional worksTuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 10 fractional worksMental Health Treatment and Access: 9 fractional worksGlobal Health and Surgery: 9 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and In…9HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 9 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 8 fractional worksGlobal Health Care Issues: 8 fractional worksGlobal Public Health Policies and Epidemiology: 7 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthNutrition and DieteticsFinanceInfectious Diseases5 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 26 works
  2. 2 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 14 works
  3. 3 Healthcare Systems and Reforms Finance 12 works
  4. 4 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 10 works
  5. 5 Mental Health Treatment and Access Social Psychology 9 works
  6. 6 Global Health and Surgery Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 9 works
  7. 7 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 9 works
  8. 8 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 8 works
  9. 9 Global Health Care Issues General Health Professions 8 works
  10. 10 Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 7 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 available72.6%not open27.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors58.1%domestic only41.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Harvard Global Health Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 64% 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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