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Ignace Deen Hospital

In research, Ignace Deen Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#7,700 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#6,722 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#20,148
of 22,385 · #30,738 all time
Rank in Guinea
#3
of 4
Research works
365
▲ 42% vs 2018-21
Citations
778
2.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
0.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.82×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
65%
world 40%
International
23%
world 18%
Ignace Deen Hospital

What is Ignace Deen Hospital known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #7,700 of 9,902 0.4%142 #13567
MedicineField #6,722 of 8,541 0.4%132 #11992

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ignace Deen Hospital 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Ignace Deen Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 90% of research at Ignace Deen Hospital is in Health Sciences, 7% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (84%), Health Professions (5%), Immunology and Microbiology (3%). It does 3.7× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 162 fractional works · 90.0% of its workMedicine: 151 fractional works · 83.8% of its workSurgery: 29 fractional works · 16.2% of its workEpidemiology: 15 fractional works · 8.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 13 fractional works · 7.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 11 fractional works · 6.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 9 fractional works · 5.0% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 8 fractional works · 4.4% of its workRheumatology: 7 fractional works · 4.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 6 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 6 fractional works · 3.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 6 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 5 fractional works · 2.9% of its workNeurology: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workUrology: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workOncology: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRehabilitation: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 10 fractional works · 5.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 7 fractional works · 3.8% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 12 fractional works · 6.9% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workVirology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workParasitology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workForestry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKIgnace DeenHospital180fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences1%Health Sciences90%Social Sciences2%

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 16 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine15183.8%
    2. Health Professions105.3%
    3. Nursing10.5%
    4. Dentistry00.2%
    5. Veterinary00.2%
    1. Immunology and Microbiology52.6%
    2. Neuroscience42.4%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology31.4%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.4%
    1. Social Sciences10.8%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting10.6%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.5%
    4. Psychology10.4%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.1%
    1. Engineering10.7%
    2. Mathematics00.0%
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: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.27× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.62× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.49× its world share, 4 worksNeuroscienceEngineering: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringMathematics: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.02× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.36× its world share, 151 worksMedicineNursing: 1.08× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.36× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 16 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine4.36×151 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology2.62×5 works
  3. Health Professions2.02×10 works
  4. Neuroscience1.49×4 works
  5. Veterinary1.36×0 works
  6. Nursing1.08×1 works
  7. Dentistry0.48×0 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.27×3 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.23×1 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting0.17×1 works
  11. Psychology0.12×1 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.09×1 works
  13. Social Sciences0.06×1 works
  14. Engineering0.05×1 works
  15. Arts and Humanities0.03×0 works
  16. Mathematics0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Ignace Deen Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Oumou Younoussa Sow, Abdourahmane Diallo and M. D. Bah lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ignace Deen Hospital.

  1. 1 Oumou Younoussa Sow Guinea · #2,046,318 worldwide 1.4k citations · 46 works
  2. 2 Abdourahmane Diallo Guinea · #3,014,447 worldwide 342 citations · 45 works
  3. 3 M. D. Bah Guinea · #3,571,796 worldwide 281 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 Labile Togba Soumaoro Guinea · #3,803,956 worldwide 471 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Alpha Oumar Diallo Guinea · #3,807,087 worldwide 953 citations · 125 works
  6. 6 Yaya Diallo Guinea · #3,920,885 worldwide 73 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 Souleymane Diakité Guinea · #4,137,032 worldwide 181 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 AB Diallo Guinea · #4,684,866 worldwide 20 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 Aissatou Kenda Bah Guinea · #4,693,793 worldwide 438 citations · 48 works
  10. 10 ND Camara Guinea · #4,731,876 worldwide 14 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Ignace Deen Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Ignace Deen Hospital?

The most cited paper from Ignace Deen Hospital is "A Mal functional variant is associated with protection against invasive pneumococcal disease, bacteremia, malaria and tuberculosis" (Chiea Chuen Khor et al., 2007), with 433 citations. Next come "A Four-Month Gatifloxacin-Containing Regimen for Treating Tuberculosis" (409) and "Investigation of the risk factors for tuberculosis: a case–control study in three countries in West Africa" (268).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A Mal functional variant is associated with protection against invasive pneumococcal disease, bacteremia, malaria and tuberculosis Chiea Chuen Khor et al. · Nature Genetics Open access 25 Feb 2007 433
2 A Four-Month Gatifloxacin-Containing Regimen for Treating Tuberculosis Corinne Simone Merle, Katherine Fielding, Omou Bah Sow et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 22 Oct 2014 409
3 Investigation of the risk factors for tuberculosis: a case–control study in three countries in West Africa Christian Lienhardt, Katherine Fielding, Jainaba Sillah et al. · International Journal of Epidemiology 24 May 2005 268
4 Prevalence of symptoms of asthma, rhinitis and eczema in 13‐ to 14‐year‐old children in Africa: the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood Phase III Nadia Ait-Khaled et al. · Allergy 8 Feb 2007 253
5 IFN-γ-inducible protein 10 and pentraxin 3 plasma levels are tools for monitoring inflammation and disease activity in Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection Annalisa Azzurri, Oumou Younoussa Sow, Amedeo Amedei et al. · Microbes and Infection Open access 10 Dec 2004 246
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Which keywords describe research at Ignace Deen Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Risk Factors, Global Burden, Treatment, Maternal Mortality, Complications and Surgery.

▲ 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. Epidemiology32▲ 4.4×68 topics
  2. Diagnosis15▲ 9.2×24 topics
  3. Risk Factors13▲ 6.8×23 topics
  4. Treatment12▲ 5.3×23 topics
  5. Global Burden10▲ 10×9 topics
  6. Maternal Mortality10▲ 24×4 topics
  7. Inflammation9▲ 2.4×16 topics
  8. Complications9▲ 9.7×9 topics
  9. Surgery8▲ 13×7 topics
  10. Guidelines8▲ 9.4×9 topics
  11. Management8▲ 5.6×20 topics
  12. Public Health7▲ 2.8×14 topics
  13. Cardiovascular Disease7▲ 3.4×11 topics
  14. Neurological Disorders7▲ 6.6×10 topics
  15. Immune Response6▲ 6.3×11 topics
  16. Clinical Practice Guidelines6▲ 6.5×9 topics
  17. Mortality6▲ 6.3×9 topics
  18. Health Inequalities6▲ 28×2 topics
  19. Chemotherapy6▲ 4.8×11 topics
  20. Antiretroviral Therapy6▲ 20×6 topics
  21. Surgical Management6▲ 7.7×13 topics
  22. Child Mortality6▲ 43×1 topic
  23. Health Systems6▲ 43×1 topic
  24. Neuroprotection5▲ 8.5×4 topics
  25. Vaccine5▲ 7.2×9 topics
  26. Clinical Guidelines5▲ 9.3×5 topics
  27. Drug Resistance5▲ 9.4×3 topics
  28. Pathogenesis5▲ 5.3×11 topics
  29. Rehabilitation5▲ 6.8×9 topics
  30. Revascularization5▲ 17×3 topics
  31. Clinical Outcomes5▲ 12×2 topics
  32. Ischemic Stroke4▲ 16×2 topics
  33. Endovascular Therapy4▲ 35×1 topic
  34. Thrombolysis4▲ 35×1 topic
  35. Hypertension4▲ 7.9×4 topics
  36. Children4▲ 9.3×4 topics
  37. Antiepileptic Drugs4▲ 27×2 topics
  38. Stroke4▲ 12×5 topics
  39. Reproductive Health4▲ 41×3 topics
  40. Prenatal Diagnosis4▲ 13×5 topics

Which research topics does Ignace Deen Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Global Maternal and Child Health, Acute Ischemic Stroke Management, Epilepsy research and treatment and Urological Disorders and Treatments.

Global Maternal and Child Health: 6 fractional worksAcute Ischemic Stroke Management: 4 fractional worksEpilepsy research and treatment: 2 fractional worksUrological Disorders and Treatments: 2 fractional worksMaternal and fetal healthcare: 2 fractional worksBlood Pressure and Hypertension Studies: 2 fractional worksTuberculosis Research an…2Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 2 fractional worksFemale Genital Mutilation/Cutting Issues: 2 fractional worksAppendicitis Diagnosis and Management: 2 fractional worksDiagnosis and treatment …2Diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis: 2 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthEpidemiologyPsychiatry and Mental healthUrology5 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 6 works
  2. 2 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Epidemiology 4 works
  3. 3 Epilepsy research and treatment Psychiatry and Mental health 2 works
  4. 4 Urological Disorders and Treatments Urology 2 works
  5. 5 Maternal and fetal healthcare Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 2 works
  6. 6 Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 2 works
  8. 8 Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  9. 9 Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management Emergency Medicine 2 works
  10. 10 Diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis Surgery 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 available65.2%not open34.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.8%domestic only77.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Ignace Deen Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 42% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 Ignace Deen Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00059% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Ignace Deen Hospital0.00049% in 20251990200020102020

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

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Ignace Deen Hospital0.1% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 1.3% in 2021.

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