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Kamuzu Central Hospital

In research, Kamuzu Central Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#4,159 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#4,240 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health — Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health is 11.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,413
of 28,054 · #17,230 all time
Rank in Malawi
#3
of 11
Research works
595
▲ 127% vs 2013–17
Citations
8.3k
13.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
72%
world 28%

What is Kamuzu Central Hospital 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 #4,159 of 11,982 22.2%201 #8810
MedicineField #4,240 of 10,443 21.6%159 #8479

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kamuzu Central 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does Kamuzu Central Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health takes 11.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSubfield · 23.9 works11×
  2. Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield · 32.5 works8.8×
← 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: 0.33× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.48× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.56× its world share, 10 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.45× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.61× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.31× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.64× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.73× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 4.31× its world share, 32 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.96× its world share, 159 worksMedicineNursing: 6.26× its world share, 9 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.46× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.57× its world share, 9 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.14× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.44× its world share, 16 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 6.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Kamuzu Central Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Alinane Linda Nyondo‐Mipando and Michelle Kiser lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kamuzu Central Hospital.

  1. 1 Alinane Linda Nyondo‐Mipando Malawi · #755,718 worldwide 22 citations · 21 works
  2. 2 Michelle Kiser Malawi · #848,042 worldwide 10 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Kamuzu Central Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Kamuzu Central Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Maternal Mortality, Community Health Workers, Health Inequalities, Socio-economic Factors, Child Mortality, Health Systems and Global Burden.

▲ 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. Epidemiology44▲ 4.0×90 topics
  2. Maternal Mortality20▲ 33×5 topics
  3. Community Health Workers18▲ 74×2 topics
  4. Health Inequalities18▲ 52×3 topics
  5. Socio-economic Factors17▲ 56×2 topics
  6. Child Mortality17▲ 87×1 topic
  7. Health Systems17▲ 87×1 topic
  8. Risk Factors14▲ 4.7×26 topics
  9. Global Burden14▲ 9.2×11 topics
  10. Antiretroviral Therapy13▲ 29×6 topics
  11. Public Health13▲ 3.2×35 topics
  12. Global Health12▲ 30×4 topics
  13. Medical Education12▲ 17×8 topics
  14. Ethical Considerations12▲ 13×10 topics
  15. Mortality Rates10▲ 39×2 topics
  16. Child Development10▲ 8.7×5 topics
  17. Vaccine9▲ 8.1×10 topics
  18. HIV Transmission8▲ 41×2 topics
  19. Vaccine Development8▲ 12×7 topics
  20. Surgical Care8▲ 59×2 topics
  21. Quality Improvement8▲ 15×7 topics
  22. Global Surgery8▲ 150×1 topic
  23. Health Development8▲ 150×1 topic
  24. Viral Load8▲ 36×2 topics
  25. Preexposure Prophylaxis8▲ 55×1 topic
  26. Stigma and Discrimination8▲ 55×1 topic
  27. Primary Care7▲ 7.0×11 topics
  28. Mortality7▲ 4.4×10 topics
  29. Drug Resistance7▲ 8.5×7 topics
  30. Global Burden of Disease6▲ 9.4×3 topics
  31. Cancer Incidence6▲ 16×3 topics
  32. Infectious Diseases6▲ 6.9×5 topics
  33. Maternal and Child Undernutrition6▲ 26×1 topic
  34. Water Sanitation Hygiene6▲ 26×1 topic
  35. HIV Prevention6▲ 34×2 topics
  36. Social Determinants of Health6▲ 9.1×4 topics
  37. Critical Care6▲ 8.8×8 topics
  38. Health Outcomes6▲ 7.5×6 topics
  39. Adolescent Health6▲ 23×2 topics
  40. Sexual Behavior5▲ 54×1 topic

Which research topics does Kamuzu Central Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Global Maternal and Child Health, Global Health and Surgery, HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions and Child Nutrition and Water Access.

Global Maternal and Chil…17Global Maternal and Child Health: 17 fractional worksGlobal Health and Surgery8Global Health and Surgery: 8 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and In…8HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 8 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 6 fractional worksAdolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: 5 fractional worksMalaria Research and Con…5Malaria Research and Control: 5 fractional worksTrauma and Emergency Care Studies: 4 fractional worksGlobal Cancer Incidence and Screening: 3 fractional worksParasites and Host Interactions: 3 fractional worksGlobal Public Health Policies and Epidemiology: 3 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthInfectious DiseasesNutrition and Dietetics5 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 17 works
  2. 2 Global Health and Surgery Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 8 works
  3. 3 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 8 works
  4. 4 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 6 works
  5. 5 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health General Health Professions 5 works
  6. 6 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 5 works
  7. 7 Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Emergency Medicine 4 works
  8. 8 Global Cancer Incidence and Screening Oncology 3 works
  9. 9 Parasites and Host Interactions Parasitology 3 works
  10. 10 Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 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 available71.7%not open28.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors75.9%domestic only24.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Kamuzu Central Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 127% 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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