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Ifakara Health Institute

In research, Ifakara Health Institute stands highest in Health Sciences (#6,276 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#5,509 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health — Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health is 15.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,184
of 28,054 · #10,008 all time
Rank in Tanzania
#7
of 43
Research works
633
▲ 18% vs 2013–17
Citations
23k
36.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
33.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
86%
world 28%

What is Ifakara 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 #6,276 of 11,982 33.6%111 #4844
MedicineField #5,509 of 10,443 33.3%94 #4461

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ifakara 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).

What does Ifakara Health Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health takes 15.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield · 34.2 works15×
← 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: 1.15× its world share, 9 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.75× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 6.74× its world share, 11 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.84× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.44× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.96× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 2.84× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.92× its world share, 94 worksMedicineNursing: 4.77× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.58× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.38× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.77× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.59× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 6.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Ifakara Health Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, Salim Abdulla, Honorati Masanja and Sarah Moore lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ifakara Health Institute.

  1. 1 Salim Abdulla Tanzania · #445,055 worldwide 95 citations · 29 works
  2. 2 Honorati Masanja Tanzania · #627,000 worldwide 36 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 Sarah Moore Tanzania · #851,744 worldwide 49 citations · 29 works
All ranked researchers at Ifakara Health Institute

Which keywords describe research at Ifakara Health Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Vaccine Development, Global Burden, Insecticide Resistance, Genome Sequence, Artemisinin Resistance, Plasmodium falciparum and Maternal 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. Epidemiology45▲ 6.8×51 topics
  2. Vaccine Development26▲ 62×6 topics
  3. Global Burden17▲ 19×10 topics
  4. Insecticide Resistance16▲ 121×4 topics
  5. Genome Sequence15▲ 109×2 topics
  6. Artemisinin Resistance15▲ 280×1 topic
  7. Plasmodium falciparum15▲ 280×1 topic
  8. Maternal Mortality14▲ 38×4 topics
  9. Health Inequalities12▲ 62×3 topics
  10. Vector Control12▲ 61×3 topics
  11. Community Health Workers12▲ 83×2 topics
  12. Child Mortality12▲ 99×1 topic
  13. Health Systems12▲ 99×1 topic
  14. Arboviral Diseases11▲ 99×1 topic
  15. Zika Virus11▲ 99×1 topic
  16. Immune Response9▲ 9.1×10 topics
  17. Public Health8▲ 3.4×28 topics
  18. Vaccine8▲ 12×8 topics
  19. Antiretroviral Therapy7▲ 27×6 topics
  20. Pathogenesis6▲ 6.9×8 topics
  21. Diagnosis5▲ 3.5×13 topics
  22. Helminth Infections5▲ 76×2 topics
  23. Infectious Diseases5▲ 8.8×8 topics
  24. Health System Reform5▲ 39×2 topics
  25. Drug Resistance5▲ 9.7×7 topics
  26. Global Burden of Disease4▲ 10×4 topics
  27. Health Financing4▲ 66×1 topic
  28. Universal Coverage4▲ 66×1 topic
  29. Biopesticides4▲ 35×3 topics
  30. Viral Load4▲ 29×2 topics
  31. Mortality Rates4▲ 24×2 topics
  32. Transmission4▲ 43×2 topics
  33. Global Health4▲ 15×4 topics
  34. HIV Transmission4▲ 30×2 topics
  35. Preexposure Prophylaxis4▲ 45×1 topic
  36. Stigma and Discrimination4▲ 45×1 topic
  37. Botanical Insecticides4▲ 55×1 topic
  38. Maternal and Child Undernutrition4▲ 26×1 topic
  39. Pest Management4▲ 26×2 topics
  40. Water Sanitation Hygiene4▲ 26×1 topic

Which research topics does Ifakara Health Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Malaria Research and Control, Global Maternal and Child Health, Mosquito-borne diseases and control and Healthcare Systems and Reforms.

Malaria Research and Con…15Malaria Research and Control: 15 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 12 fractional worksMosquito-borne diseases and control: 11 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and Reforms: 4 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 4 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 4 fractional worksInsect Pest Control Strategies: 4 fractional worksParasites and Host Interactions: 3 fractional worksGlobal Health and Surgery: 2 fractional worksParasitic Diseases Research and Treatment: 2 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthFinanceInfectious Diseases3 others

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

  1. 1 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 15 works
  2. 2 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 12 works
  3. 3 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 11 works
  4. 4 Healthcare Systems and Reforms Finance 4 works
  5. 5 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 4 works
  6. 6 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 4 works
  7. 7 Insect Pest Control Strategies Plant Science 4 works
  8. 8 Parasites and Host Interactions Parasitology 3 works
  9. 9 Global Health and Surgery Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  10. 10 Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment Infectious Diseases 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 available85.6%not open14.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors74.7%domestic only25.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Ifakara Health Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 18% 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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