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Institut Supérieur de Technique Médicale

In research, Institut Supérieur de Technique Médicale stands highest in Health Sciences (#11,431 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#10,162 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in General Health Professions and Health Professions — General Health Professions is 11.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#21,588
of 28,054 · #30,006 all time
Rank in Democratic Republic of the Congo
#13
of 15
Research works
489
▲ 216% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.3k
2.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
78%
world 28%

What is Institut Supérieur de Technique Médicale 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 #11,431 of 11,982 3.9%122 #19452
MedicineField #10,162 of 10,443 4.6%77 #17454

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institut Supérieur de Technique Médicale 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 Institut Supérieur de Technique Médicale specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: General Health Professions takes 11.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. General Health ProfessionsSubfield · 31.5 works11×
  2. Health ProfessionsField · 37.5 works6.9×
← 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: 1.45× its world share, 14 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.47× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.75× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.24× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.16× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.32× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.62× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 6.90× its world share, 38 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.94× its world share, 77 worksMedicineNursing: 8.04× its world share, 8 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.35× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.36× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.96× its world share, 9 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.71× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.01× its world share, 26 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 8.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Institut Supérieur de Technique Médicale?

Ranked on the composite score, R. Devignat lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institut Supérieur de Technique Médicale.

  1. 1 R. Devignat Democratic Republic of the Congo · #1,170,008 worldwide 8 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Institut Supérieur de Technique Médicale

Which keywords describe research at Institut Supérieur de Technique Médicale?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Public Health, Social Determinants of Health, Primary Care, Healthcare Policy, Digital Health, Inequalities, Universal Health Coverage and Epidemiology.

▲ 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. Public Health29▲ 9.6×27 topics
  2. Epidemiology23▲ 2.8×55 topics
  3. Social Determinants of Health20▲ 43×4 topics
  4. Primary Care16▲ 21×5 topics
  5. Healthcare Policy16▲ 80×2 topics
  6. Digital Health16▲ 66×2 topics
  7. Inequalities16▲ 215×1 topic
  8. Universal Health Coverage16▲ 215×1 topic
  9. Maternal Mortality13▲ 28×3 topics
  10. Health Inequalities12▲ 49×2 topics
  11. Child Mortality12▲ 82×1 topic
  12. Health Systems12▲ 82×1 topic
  13. Risk Factors10▲ 4.6×14 topics
  14. Mental Health10▲ 3.2×15 topics
  15. Healthcare8▲ 3.5×8 topics
  16. Child Development7▲ 8.5×3 topics
  17. Global Burden of Disease7▲ 14×2 topics
  18. Maternal and Child Undernutrition7▲ 42×1 topic
  19. Water Sanitation Hygiene7▲ 42×1 topic
  20. Palliative Care6▲ 20×3 topics
  21. Treatment6▲ 2.5×16 topics
  22. Public Health Policy6▲ 10×3 topics
  23. Vaccine6▲ 7.1×10 topics
  24. Immune Response6▲ 5.0×9 topics
  25. End-of-Life Care5▲ 21×2 topics
  26. Pathogenesis5▲ 4.8×9 topics
  27. Risk Perception5▲ 8.7×4 topics
  28. Smallholder Farmers5▲ 11×3 topics
  29. Development5▲ 6.7×4 topics
  30. Drug Resistance5▲ 8.2×6 topics
  31. HIV/AIDS5▲ 36×3 topics
  32. Healthcare Legislation5▲ 38×1 topic
  33. Patient Rights5▲ 31×1 topic
  34. Genetic Diversity5▲ 5.1×8 topics
  35. Migration4▲ 6.5×5 topics
  36. South Africa4▲ 77×2 topics
  37. Impact4▲ 93×1 topic
  38. Sub-Saharan Africa4▲ 163×1 topic
  39. Antiretroviral Therapy4▲ 11×6 topics
  40. Social Change3▲ 13×2 topics

Which research topics does Institut Supérieur de Technique Médicale publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Healthcare Systems and Practices, Global Maternal and Child Health, Child Nutrition and Water Access and Health, Medicine and Society.

Healthcare Systems and P…16Healthcare Systems and Practices: 16 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Chil…12Global Maternal and Child Health: 12 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 7 fractional worksHealth, Medicine and Soc…5Health, Medicine and Society: 5 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Impact and Resp…4HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses: 4 fractional worksAdolescent Sexual and Re…3Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: 3 fractional worksAgriculture and Rural Development Research: 3 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 3 fractional worksReligious, Philosophical, and Educational Studies: 3 fractional worksMigration, Identity, and Health: 3 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthNutrition and DieteticsEconomics and Econometrics3 others

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

  1. 1 Healthcare Systems and Practices General Health Professions 16 works
  2. 2 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 12 works
  3. 3 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 7 works
  4. 4 Health, Medicine and Society General Health Professions 5 works
  5. 5 HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses Economics and Econometrics 4 works
  6. 6 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health General Health Professions 3 works
  7. 7 Agriculture and Rural Development Research Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 3 works
  8. 8 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 3 works
  9. 9 Religious, Philosophical, and Educational Studies Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  10. 10 Migration, Identity, and Health Sociology and Political Science 3 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 available78.4%not open21.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.5%domestic only73.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Institut Supérieur de Technique Médicale's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 216% 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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