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Kamuzu Central Hospital

In research, Kamuzu Central Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,289 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#1,521 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Infectious Diseases and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health is 11.3× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#5,238
of 22,385 · #7,989 all time
Rank in Malawi
#2
of 10
Research works
595
▲ 181% vs 2018-21
Citations
8.3k
13.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.11×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
72%
world 40%
International
76%
world 18%
Kamuzu Central Hospital

What is Kamuzu Central 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 #1,289 of 9,902 11.4%201 #2194
MedicineField #1,521 of 8,541 11.1%159 #2486

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

Which fields of science does Kamuzu Central Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 72% of research at Kamuzu Central Hospital is in Health Sciences, 14% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (57%), Health Professions (11%), Social Sciences (5%). It does 3.0× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 226 fractional works · 72.1% of its workMedicine: 180 fractional works · 57.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 36 fractional works · 11.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 26 fractional works · 8.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 21 fractional works · 6.6% of its workEpidemiology: 20 fractional works · 6.3% of its workSurgery: 9 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEmergency Medicine: 8 fractional works · 2.5% of its workOncology: 7 fractional works · 2.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPhysiology: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 35 fractional works · 11.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 24 fractional works · 7.7% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Information Management: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 10 fractional works · 3.1% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 8 fractional works · 2.6% of its workResearch and Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPeriodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 45 fractional works · 14.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 16 fractional works · 5.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 11 fractional works · 3.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 10 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 7 fractional works · 2.3% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 29 fractional works · 9.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 12 fractional works · 3.7% of its workParasitology: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMicrobiology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVirology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrinology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMolecular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workToxicology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 13 fractional works · 4.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKKamuzu CentralHospital314fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences72%Social Sciences14%

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. Medicine18057.3%
    2. Health Professions3511.2%
    3. Nursing103.1%
    4. Dentistry10.4%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Social Sciences165.2%
    2. Psychology113.6%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance103.2%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting51.5%
    5. Arts and Humanities20.6%
    6. Decision Sciences10.4%
    1. Immunology and Microbiology123.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology82.7%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences51.5%
    4. Neuroscience20.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.5%
    1. Environmental Science51.5%
    2. Engineering30.8%
    3. Mathematics20.8%
    4. Computer Science20.8%
    5. Chemistry00.1%
    6. Materials Science00.1%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    8. Energy00.0%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Kamuzu Central Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health takes 11.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSubfield · 26.4 works11×
  2. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 20.8 works9.8×
  3. Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield · 36.3 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: 0.32× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.51× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.68× its world share, 12 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.45× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.48× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.06× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.31× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.66× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.82× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 4.26× its world share, 35 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.98× its world share, 180 worksMedicineNursing: 6.23× its world share, 10 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.45× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.48× its world share, 10 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.17× its world share, 11 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.41× 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, 6.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing6.23×10 works
  2. Health Professions4.26×35 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology3.68×12 works
  4. Medicine2.98×180 works
  5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.48×2 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.48×10 works
  7. Psychology1.17×11 works
  8. Dentistry0.82×1 works
  9. Mathematics0.66×2 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.51×8 works
  11. Neuroscience0.45×2 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting0.45×5 works
  13. Social Sciences0.41×16 works
  14. Veterinary0.40×0 works
  15. Decision Sciences0.40×1 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.32×5 works
  17. Environmental Science0.31×5 works
  18. Arts and Humanities0.22×2 works
  19. Computer Science0.10×2 works
  20. Chemistry0.08×0 works
  21. Engineering0.06×3 works
  22. Energy0.04×0 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.03×0 works
  24. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.02×0 works
  25. Materials Science0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Kamuzu Central Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Dominic Nkhoma, Alinane Linda Nyondo Mipando and Peter N. Kazembe lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kamuzu Central Hospital.

  1. 1 Dominic Nkhoma Malawi · #463,095 worldwide 639 citations · 71 works
  2. 2 Alinane Linda Nyondo Mipando Malawi · #564,380 worldwide 1.2k citations · 130 works
  3. 3 Peter N. Kazembe Malawi · #639,992 worldwide 12k citations · 260 works
  4. 4 Wingston Felix Ng’ambi Malawi · #738,145 worldwide 1.4k citations · 87 works
  5. 5 Roselyn Chipojola Malawi · #747,464 worldwide 679 citations · 34 works
  6. 6 Martha Kamanga Malawi · #759,022 worldwide 276 citations · 37 works
  7. 7 Msandeni Chiume Malawi · #764,269 worldwide 782 citations · 71 works
  8. 8 Vanessa J. Msosa Malawi · #1,050,592 worldwide 2.2k citations · 45 works
  9. 9 Samuel Lawrent Mpinganjira Malawi · #1,061,599 worldwide 195 citations · 28 works
  10. 10 Ellen Mbweza Chirwa Malawi · #1,135,344 worldwide 1.8k citations · 109 works
All ranked researchers at Kamuzu Central Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Kamuzu Central Hospital?

The most cited paper from Kamuzu Central Hospital is "Midwifery and quality care: findings from a new evidence-informed framework for maternal and newborn care" (Mary J. Renfrew, Alison A. McFadden, Maria Helena Bastos et al., 2014), with 1,308 citations. Next come "Co-evolution of a broadly neutralizing HIV-1 antibody and founder virus" (1,066) and "Reduction of concentration of HIV-1 in semen after treatment of urethritis: implications for prevention of sexual transmission of HIV-1" (882).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Midwifery and quality care: findings from a new evidence-informed framework for maternal and newborn care Mary J. Renfrew, Alison A. McFadden, Maria Helena Bastos et al. · The Lancet 22 Jun 2014 1,308
2 Co-evolution of a broadly neutralizing HIV-1 antibody and founder virus Hua‐Xin Liao et al. · Nature Open access 2 Apr 2013 1,066
3 Reduction of concentration of HIV-1 in semen after treatment of urethritis: implications for prevention of sexual transmission of HIV-1 Myron S. Cohen, Irving Hoffman, Rachel A. Royce et al. · The Lancet Jun 1997 882
4 Tumor Necrosis Factor and Disease Severity in Children with Falciparum Malaria Georges E. Grau, Terrie Ellen Taylor, Malcolm Edward Molyneux et al. · New England Journal of Medicine 15 Jun 1989 847
5 Clinical Features and Prognostic Indicators in Paediatric Cerebral Malaria: A Study of 131 Comatose Malawian Children Malcolm Edward Molyneux, Terrie Ellen Taylor, Jack J. Wirima et al. · QJM May 1989 699
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Kamuzu Central Hospital?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology50▲ 4.0×93 topics
  2. Maternal Mortality22▲ 32×5 topics
  3. Community Health Workers19▲ 69×2 topics
  4. Health Inequalities19▲ 50×3 topics
  5. Socio-economic Factors19▲ 54×2 topics
  6. Child Mortality19▲ 83×1 topic
  7. Health Systems19▲ 83×1 topic
  8. Risk Factors16▲ 4.6×27 topics
  9. Antiretroviral Therapy16▲ 31×6 topics
  10. Global Burden16▲ 9.0×12 topics
  11. Public Health15▲ 3.3×36 topics
  12. Medical Education13▲ 16×8 topics
  13. Global Health13▲ 27×4 topics
  14. Ethical Considerations13▲ 12×10 topics
  15. Mortality Rates12▲ 40×2 topics
  16. Child Development11▲ 8.8×5 topics
  17. Vaccine10▲ 8.3×10 topics
  18. HIV Transmission10▲ 42×2 topics
  19. Vaccine Development10▲ 12×7 topics
  20. Viral Load9▲ 38×2 topics
  21. Preexposure Prophylaxis9▲ 58×1 topic
  22. Stigma and Discrimination9▲ 58×1 topic
  23. Quality Improvement9▲ 14×7 topics
  24. Surgical Care8▲ 50×2 topics
  25. Global Surgery8▲ 124×1 topic
  26. Health Development8▲ 124×1 topic
  27. Primary Care8▲ 7.0×12 topics
  28. Drug Resistance8▲ 8.6×7 topics
  29. Immune Response8▲ 4.3×13 topics
  30. Global Burden of Disease8▲ 9.8×4 topics
  31. Cancer Incidence7▲ 16×3 topics
  32. Critical Care7▲ 8.8×8 topics
  33. HIV Prevention7▲ 36×2 topics
  34. Infectious Diseases7▲ 6.4×5 topics
  35. Maternal and Child Undernutrition7▲ 26×1 topic
  36. Water Sanitation Hygiene7▲ 26×1 topic
  37. Social Determinants of Health7▲ 9.8×4 topics
  38. Adolescent Health6▲ 24×2 topics
  39. Sexual Behavior6▲ 56×1 topic
  40. Youth Risk Behavior6▲ 56×1 topic

Which research topics does Kamuzu Central Hospital publish most on?

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

Global Maternal and Chil…19Global Maternal and Child Health: 19 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and In…9HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 9 fractional worksGlobal Health and Surgery8Global Health and Surgery: 8 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 7 fractional worksAdolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: 6 fractional worksMalaria Research and Con…5Malaria Research and Control: 5 fractional worksTrauma and Emergency Care Studies: 4 fractional worksParasites and Host Interactions: 3 fractional worksGlobal Public Health Policies and Epidemiology: 3 fractional worksGlobal Cancer Incidence and Screening: 3 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthInfectious DiseasesPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthNutrition 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 19 works
  2. 2 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 9 works
  3. 3 Global Health and Surgery Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 8 works
  4. 4 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 7 works
  5. 5 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health General Health Professions 6 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 Parasites and Host Interactions Parasitology 3 works
  9. 9 Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 3 works
  10. 10 Global Cancer Incidence and Screening Oncology 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Kamuzu Central Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 181% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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 Kamuzu Central Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0015% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Kamuzu Central Hospital0.0012% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Kamuzu Central 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%Kamuzu Central Hospital12.9% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 13.6% in 2024.

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