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Institut Supérieur de Technique Médicale

In research, Institut Supérieur de Technique Médicale stands highest in Health Sciences (#4,774 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#5,651 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and General Health Professions (Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health is 10.9× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#10,023
of 22,385 · #16,781 all time
Rank in Democratic Republic of the Congo
#5
of 15
Research works
489
▲ 83% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.3k
2.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.93×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
78%
world 40%
International
26%
world 18%
Institut Supérieur de Technique Médicale

What is Institut Supérieur de Technique Médicale 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 #4,774 of 9,902 5.8%122 #10514
MedicineField #5,651 of 8,541 2.7%77 #10810

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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Institut Supérieur de Technique Médicale work in?

In 2022-now, 58% of research at Institut Supérieur de Technique Médicale is in Health Sciences, 21% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (37%), Health Professions (17%), Social Sciences (12%). It does 2.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 173 fractional works · 58.2% of its workMedicine: 111 fractional works · 37.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 24 fractional works · 8.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 19 fractional works · 6.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 12 fractional works · 3.9% of its workEpidemiology: 10 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSurgery: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEmergency Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workReproductive Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHematology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 51 fractional works · 17.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 43 fractional works · 14.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 11 fractional works · 3.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 10 fractional works · 3.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 63 fractional works · 21.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 37 fractional works · 12.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 19 fractional works · 6.5% of its workHealth: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAnthropology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 11 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 8 fractional works · 2.6% of its workFinance: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPsychology: 8 fractional works · 2.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 37 fractional works · 12.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 19 fractional works · 6.5% of its workPlant Science: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workForestry: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workFood Science: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHorticulture: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEndocrinology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMolecular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 7 fractional works · 2.5% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workParasitology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVirology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 25 fractional works · 8.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 7 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 7 fractional works · 2.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKInstitutSupérieur de…297fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences8%Health Sciences58%Social Sciences21%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine11137.4%
    2. Health Professions5117.2%
    3. Nursing113.6%
    4. Dentistry00.2%
    1. Social Sciences3712.5%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance113.6%
    3. Psychology82.6%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting41.4%
    5. Arts and Humanities20.8%
    6. Decision Sciences10.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences196.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology82.6%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology72.5%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.4%
    5. Neuroscience10.3%
    1. Environmental Science72.4%
    2. Engineering72.2%
    3. Computer Science51.7%
    4. Chemistry20.7%
    5. Mathematics20.5%
    6. Materials Science10.4%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.2%
    8. Chemical Engineering10.2%
    9. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    10. Energy00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Institut Supérieur de Technique Médicale specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health takes 10.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSubfield · 24.3 works11×
  2. General Health ProfessionsSubfield · 42.5 works10×
← 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: 1.38× its world share, 20 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.48× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.49× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.21× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.59× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.42× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.21× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.15× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.48× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.43× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 6.51× its world share, 51 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.94× its world share, 111 worksMedicineNursing: 7.25× its world share, 11 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.42× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.66× its world share, 11 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.85× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.99× its world share, 37 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 7.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing7.25×11 works
  2. Health Professions6.51×51 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology2.49×8 works
  4. Medicine1.94×111 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.66×11 works
  6. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.38×20 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.21×1 works
  8. Social Sciences0.99×37 works
  9. Psychology0.85×8 works
  10. Chemical Engineering0.59×1 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.48×8 works
  12. Environmental Science0.48×7 works
  13. Mathematics0.43×2 works
  14. Chemistry0.42×2 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.42×4 works
  16. Dentistry0.35×0 works
  17. Arts and Humanities0.28×2 works
  18. Decision Sciences0.22×1 works
  19. Neuroscience0.21×1 works
  20. Computer Science0.21×5 works
  21. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.15×1 works
  22. Engineering0.15×7 works
  23. Materials Science0.11×1 works
  24. Physics and Astronomy0.03×0 works
  25. Energy0.02×0 works

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

Ranked on the quality score, R. Devignat, Félicien Tshimungu Kandolo and Leyka Mukandu Basua Babintu lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institut Supérieur de Technique Médicale.

  1. 1 R. Devignat Democratic Republic of the Congo · #4,246,207 worldwide 212 citations · 59 works
  2. 2 Félicien Tshimungu Kandolo Democratic Republic of the Congo · #4,866,425 worldwide 61 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 Leyka Mukandu Basua Babintu Democratic Republic of the Congo · #4,972,305 worldwide 3 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Institut Supérieur de Technique Médicale

What are the most cited papers from Institut Supérieur de Technique Médicale?

The most cited paper from Institut Supérieur de Technique Médicale is "Acceptability of Vaccination Against COVID-19 Among Healthcare Workers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo" (Michel Kabamba Nzaji, Léon Kabamba Ngombe, Guillaume Ngoie Mwamba et al., 2020), with 427 citations. Next come "Soil nutrient loss through erosion: Impact of different cropping systems and soil amendments in Ghana" (164) and "Trace metals and persistent organic pollutants in sediments from river-reservoir systems in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC): Spatial distribution and potential ecotoxicological effects" (112).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Acceptability of Vaccination Against COVID-19 Among Healthcare Workers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Michel Kabamba Nzaji, Léon Kabamba Ngombe, Guillaume Ngoie Mwamba et al. · Pragmatic and Observational Research Open access Oct 2020 427
2 Soil nutrient loss through erosion: Impact of different cropping systems and soil amendments in Ghana Janvier Bigabwa Bashagaluke, Vincent Logah, Andrews Opoku et al. · PLoS ONE Open access 19 Dec 2018 164
3 Trace metals and persistent organic pollutants in sediments from river-reservoir systems in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC): Spatial distribution and potential ecotoxicological effects Paola M. Mwanamoki, Naresh Devarajan, Florian Thevenon et al. · Chemosphere Open access 22 May 2014 112
4 Asymptomatic Plasmodium falciparum infection is associated with anaemia in pregnancy and can be more cost-effectively detected by rapid diagnostic test than by microscopy in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo Junior Rika Matangila, Jean Lufuluabo, Axel L Ibalanky et al. · Malaria Journal Open access 2 Apr 2014 81
5 Dengue and chikungunya among outpatients with acute undifferentiated fever in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo: A cross-sectional study Sam Proesmans, Freddy Katshongo, John Milambu et al. · PLoS neglected tropical diseases Open access 5 Sep 2019 76
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Institut Supérieur de Technique Médicale?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Public Health, Social Determinants of Health, Maternal Mortality, Health Inequalities, Primary Care, Epidemiology, Child Mortality and Health Systems.

▲ 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. Public Health37▲ 8.6×31 topics
  2. Epidemiology31▲ 2.6×64 topics
  3. Social Determinants of Health22▲ 35×4 topics
  4. Maternal Mortality20▲ 30×4 topics
  5. Health Inequalities20▲ 55×2 topics
  6. Primary Care20▲ 18×7 topics
  7. Child Mortality18▲ 83×1 topic
  8. Health Systems18▲ 83×1 topic
  9. Healthcare Policy17▲ 64×2 topics
  10. Digital Health17▲ 50×2 topics
  11. Inequalities17▲ 175×1 topic
  12. Universal Health Coverage17▲ 175×1 topic
  13. Mental Health14▲ 3.3×20 topics
  14. Risk Factors13▲ 3.9×18 topics
  15. Healthcare12▲ 3.6×9 topics
  16. Child Development10▲ 8.2×3 topics
  17. Global Burden of Disease9▲ 13×2 topics
  18. Maternal and Child Undernutrition9▲ 38×1 topic
  19. Water Sanitation Hygiene9▲ 38×1 topic
  20. Palliative Care9▲ 19×3 topics
  21. Public Health Policy8▲ 11×3 topics
  22. Vaccine8▲ 6.8×10 topics
  23. Immune Response7▲ 4.3×10 topics
  24. Smallholder Farmers7▲ 12×4 topics
  25. End-of-Life Care7▲ 21×2 topics
  26. Ethnicity7▲ 6.4×3 topics
  27. Pathogenesis7▲ 4.8×12 topics
  28. Healthcare Legislation7▲ 41×1 topic
  29. Patient Rights7▲ 34×1 topic
  30. Drug Resistance6▲ 7.4×6 topics
  31. Migration6▲ 5.8×5 topics
  32. Risk Perception6▲ 7.1×4 topics
  33. Antiretroviral Therapy5▲ 11×6 topics
  34. Cultural Diversity5▲ 7.8×4 topics
  35. Healthcare Access5▲ 6.5×5 topics
  36. Global Health5▲ 11×5 topics
  37. HIV/AIDS5▲ 26×3 topics
  38. Global Trends4▲ 18×2 topics
  39. Sociolinguistics4▲ 7.9×3 topics
  40. South Africa4▲ 53×2 topics

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

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

Global Maternal and Chil…18Global Maternal and Child Health: 18 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and P…17Healthcare Systems and Practices: 17 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 9 fractional worksHealth, Medicine and Soc…7Health, Medicine and Society: 7 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Impact and Resp…4HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses: 4 fractional worksMigration, Identity, and…4Migration, Identity, and Health: 4 fractional worksAdolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: 4 fractional worksAgriculture and Rural Development Research: 4 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 4 fractional worksAfrican Botany and Ecology Studies: 3 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthGeneral Health ProfessionsNutrition and DieteticsEconomics and Econometrics4 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 18 works
  2. 2 Healthcare Systems and Practices General Health Professions 17 works
  3. 3 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 9 works
  4. 4 Health, Medicine and Society General Health Professions 7 works
  5. 5 HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses Economics and Econometrics 4 works
  6. 6 Migration, Identity, and Health Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  7. 7 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health General Health Professions 4 works
  8. 8 Agriculture and Rural Development Research Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 4 works
  9. 9 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 4 works
  10. 10 African Botany and Ecology Studies Forestry 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 83% 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 Institut Supérieur de Technique Médicale as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00073% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Institut Supérieur de Technique Médicale0.00081% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Institut Supérieur de Technique Médicale 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 2025Institut Supérieur de Technique Médicale6.2% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 7.0% in 2023.

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